Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for better reading large populations of RFID tags. Such systems include an RFID reader and a plurality of RFID tags, each having an antenna and an associated RFID chip. Each chip includes an auto-tune circuit and is programmed to confirm the occurrence of a preselected condition. Upon such confirmation, the RFID chip modifies the functionality of the auto-tune circuit to reduce the effects of proximity coupling within the population. The preselected condition may be the tag being read by the RFID reader or the elapse of a preselected amount of time since a power-on-reset of the chip or some other event. The modification to the functionality of the auto-tune circuit may be the disabling of the auto-tune circuit or the changing of the impedance value of the chip or a decrease in the power supplied to the chip or some other modification.

Abstract: A system for testing a first layer disposed over a capacitive sensing device includes a test probe having a substantially flat conductive test surface, a device under test (DUT) disposed over the capacitive sensing device, and a power supply operatively connected to the test probe. The DUT can include the first layer and one or more additional layers. The substantially flat conductive test surface is positioned over a surface of the DUT and applies power to the DUT. The capacitance between the test probe and at least one capacitive sensing element in the capacitive sensing device is then measured.

Abstract: A method for qualifying circuit board fabrication, assembly, and repair processes includes establishing primary assembly process specifications and secondary repair process specifications. A group of test circuit boards is assembled using the primary assembly process, with each board having a section of components linked together to provide functional circuits and a section of components daisy-chained together to provide non-functional circuits, and with each section also including SIR test patterns and CAF test patterns. A subset of the assembled test boards is then repaired using the secondary repair process. A sample of each set of the test boards is exposed to test conditions including thermal cycle test conditions, humidity test conditions, and vibration test conditions. Inner layer build quality, surface cleanliness, circuit performance, and solder joint quality are then evaluated using the provided circuitry.

Abstract: A tape feeder, including a tape feeder body and a feeder wagon/linear guide, is used to direct component tape in a linear movement towards a component pick position. The feeder wagon comprises a feeder wagon body slidably mounted to the tape feeder body for movement between a first, pickup position and a second, delivery position. The feeder wagon further comprises a feeder head mounted to the feeder wagon body for movement (1) with the feeder wagon body as it moves along the first path, and (2) along a second path transverse to the first path between a first, tape-engaged position and a second, tape-released position. The feeder head comprises a tape-engaging element engageable with component tape.

Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a carrier including an adhesive disposed over the carrier. The semiconductor device further comprises a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of semiconductor die separated by a non-active region. A plurality of bumps is formed over the semiconductor die. The semiconductor wafer is mounted to the carrier with the adhesive disposed around the plurality of bumps. Irradiated energy is applied to the non-active region to form a modified region within the non-active region. The semiconductor wafer is singulated along the modified region to separate the semiconductor die. The semiconductor wafer is singulated along the modified region by applying stress to the semiconductor wafer. The adhesive is removed from around the plurality of bumps after singulating the semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of semiconductor die comprising through silicon vias. The modified region optionally includes a plurality of vertically stacked modified regions.

Abstract: A power component device includes a heat sink having a recess with a base surface and a first side surface. The first side surface of the recess is at a generally acute angle relative to the base surface. The power component device includes a first passive electrical component with a support element, having a first side surface which faces the first side surface of the recess, and is at generally the same angle relative to the base surface as the first side surface of the recess is relative to the base surface. A pressure transmission element has a first side surface which is averted from the first side surface of the support element. The base surface is at a generally acute angle relative to the first pressure transmission element side surface. A pressure generating apparatus presses the support element against the first side surface of the recess.

Abstract: A test board includes a first chip mounting area, a first input area, a second input area, a first output area, and a second output area. The test board also includes a first conductive pattern, a second conductive pattern, a third conductive pattern, and a fourth conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern electrically connects a first pin of the first input area and a first pin of the first chip mounting area. The second conductive pattern electrically connects a first pin of the second input area and a second pin of the first chip mounting area. The third conductive pattern electrically connects a first pin of the first output area and a third pin of the first chip mounting area. The fourth conductive pattern electrically connects a first pin of the second output area and a fourth pin of the first chip mounting area.

Abstract: A central control device used in a manufacture work machine for performing a manufacture work to control, in a centralized manner, work-element performing apparatuses each configured to perform one of work elements that constitute the manufacture work, by sequentially transmitting motion commands each of which is a command for one motion to be performed by one of the work-element performing apparatuses, the central control device including: a source-data storage section configured to store source data in which is encoded a matter of each of the work elements to be performed by each of the work-element performing apparatuses to perform manufacture work; a motion-command generating section configured to generate motion commands on the basis of the source data; and a command-transmission processing section configured to preform transmission processing to transmit the motion commands generated by the motion-command generating section to the work-element performing apparatuses.

Abstract: A crimp tool includes a frame, a lead screw and a nut assembly connected to the lead screw. A spring member is connected to the frame and movable with rotation of the lead screw. A first transducer is connected to the nut assembly to measure a first force applied on the nut assembly. A second transducer is connected to the spring member to measure a second force applied thereon by the spring member.

Abstract: A mounting structure in which a plurality of substrates are electrically connected to each other includes a first substrate having a first alignment mark formed by partially cutting away a first terminal, and a second substrate having a second alignment mark formed by partially cutting away a second terminal. The first terminal and the second terminal are electrically connected to each other by being relatively positioned with respect to each other.

Abstract: A portable test device (1) can be configured as a rotor conductivity anomaly tester, a magnetic core anomaly tester, or a rotational eccentricity fault tester for a multiphasic motive force electrical machine (6) by providing an immotive multiphasic motive force electrical machine test signal from a plurality of multiphasic motive force electrical machine signal generators (4) through a detachable electrical power connectivity (2) and by having a multiphasic motive force electrical machine fault analyzer (16) that can sense responses and discern the existence of a fault. Control of the test signal can be accomplished by an immotive multiphasic test signal controller (3) that varies frequency and achieves incremental movement or to achieve stator magnetization plane angle changes or movement that tests angular relationships.

Abstract: A display device includes a display device main body including a display panel provided on a circumferential portion thereof with an electrode unit and a dummy electrode unit, a chassis housing the display device main body, a source driver FPC configured to be electrically connected to the electrode unit and supply an electric signal to the display panel, and a flexible fixing board connected to the dummy electrode unit and fixed to the chassis.

Abstract: A reader for reading radio frequency identification (RFID) tags of a fiber router. The reader includes a main body and a scanner portion. The main body includes a circuit board and at least one indicating lamp electrically connected to the circuit board. The scanner portion is coupled to the main body and includes at least one scanning protrusion. Each scanning protrusion corresponds to one of the at least one indicating lamps, each scanning protrusion includes an antenna electrically connected to the circuit board, and each antenna corresponds to the indicating lamp. Each antenna receives information from a RFID tag and transmits the information to the circuit board, and the circuit board controls the corresponding indicating lamp to emit indicating colors according to the information received by each of the antennas.

Abstract: Die stacking systems and methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a passivation surface and a conductive die receiving surface located in an opening of the passivation surface. The conductive die receiving surface has a surface area that is larger than a footprint of a second die that is electrically coupled to the conductive die receiving surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a piezoelectric multi-layer component with a plurality of piezoelectric layers (1) lying one above the other and with electrode layers (2a, 2b) arranged between the piezoelectric layers, wherein an absorption layer (4) of absorbing mechanical vibration energy is arranged in the layer stack.

Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a tray for use in a subrack of a rack, the tray comprising a printed circuit board configured so that a plurality of connections can be made at a plurality of positions on the printed circuit board. Each of the plurality of connections involves at least one connector having an RFID tag associated therewith. The tray further comprises a plurality of RFID antennas integrated into the printed circuit board, each the RFID antennas associated with a respective one of the positions. The printed circuit board is configured to localize a field emitted from each RFID antenna so that only the RFID tag associated with that RFID antenna is energized and read.

Abstract: Systems, methods of operation, and software are provided, for encoding RFID tags with which a predefined group of items is tagged. Encoding is by writing applicable Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) to the tags, so as to identify the individual items in the group. A base code can be read from each tag, and the applicable EPC is then written to it.

Abstract: A method of selecting a used secondary battery includes an internal resistance measurement step of measuring a specific internal resistance (second internal resistance) at a specific battery temperature (second battery temperature) of each of used secondary batteries, and a selection step of selecting a used secondary battery or batteries having the specific internal resistance (second internal resistance) smaller than a preset threshold from the plurality of used secondary batteries whose specific internal resistances (second internal resistance) have been measured in order to exclude an electrode-deteriorated battery from the used secondary batteries.

Abstract: A surgical apparatus comprises a body assembly, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft assembly, a motor, and a locking feature. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft assembly comprises a waveguide operable to transmit ultrasonic vibrations. The motor is operable to rotate the ultrasonic transducer to thereby selectively couple the ultrasonic transducer with the waveguide. The locking feature is configured to selectively prevent rotation of at least a portion of the shaft assembly relative to the body assembly. The locking feature and the motor may be activated automatically in response to an operator positioning a proximal portion of the shaft assembly in a distal portion of the body assembly. The surgical apparatus may include a feature configured to alert a user when the waveguide has been adequately secured to the ultrasonic transducer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a degradation diagnosis device for a cell, the degradation diagnosis device for a cell comparing a potential variation characteristic of a comparison subject cell during discharging and after discharging is stopped and a potential variation characteristic of a degradation diagnosis subject cell during discharging and after discharging is stopped, in a case where the potential variation characteristic of the comparison subject cell during discharging and after discharging is stopped and the potential variation characteristic of the degradation diagnosis subject cell during discharging and after discharging is stopped are not same, diagnosing a cause of the degradation as including degradation of an active material, and in a case where they are same, diagnosing the cause of the degradation as being other than the active material.

Abstract: A multibeam light source unit, a method of adjusting the same, a light scanning unit, and an image forming apparatus are provided. The multibeam light source unit includes light sources that emit multiple beams, a flange that includes installation surface on which holder installation holes are provided, and middle holders on which a light source is installed. The middle holder includes a light source mounting unit, a cylinder-shape insertion unit that is inserted into a holder installation hole, and fixing protrusion units protruding outside from a light source mounting unit and fixed to the flange, and a jig coupling unit that is coupled with a jig when adjustment is performed.

Abstract: Designs and methods of construction for a printed circuit board (PCB) in an implantable pulse generator (IPG) are disclosed which facilitate IPG PCB testing while also providing for protection of IPG circuitry in a simple and cost effective manner. The IPG PCB is formed as part of a larger test PCB, which includes an extender portion with traces routing nodes of interest in the IPG PCB to an edge connector. IPG electronics are mounted or soldered to the IPG PCB, and then such electronics are tested via the edge connector. The IPG PCB is then singulated from the extender portion in a manner leaving one or more PCB tabs at the severed edge of the PCB. The PCB tab(s) extend from the severed edge, and create an offset distance preventing traces severed and now exposed at the severed edge from contacting and potentially shorting to conductive structures in the IPG.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to an optical metrology system and methods of using the optical metrology system. The optical metrology system has a linear optical array including a plurality of optical components. One end of the linear optical array is configured to receive a confined beam. At various stages of the fabrication process, the performance of the actual optical components used in HAMR devices is evaluated based on the performance of the optical metrology system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a battery (10) in which at least one battery module (12) having a plurality of battery cells (14) is provided. A cooling device (26) is selected depending on whether liquid cooling or cooling by a gaseous medium is intended for the at least one battery module (12). Depending on the selection, at least one first heat sink (26), through which a cooling liquid can flow, or at least one second heat sink, through which a gaseous medium can flow, is arranged on the at least one battery module (12) as the cooling device. The invention further relates to a battery arrangement and a modular system for producing a battery (10).

Abstract: A planar lightwave circuit (PLC) is disclosed having fixed thereto a coupling tube for coupling an optical fiber. The PLC comprises a planar optical substrate having in it an optical waveguide having an optical aperture located on an edge surface of the optical substrate and a tube formed having a lumen dimensioned to receive an optical fiber ferrule and an edge surface fixed to the substrate edge surface so that a cross section of the lumen at the edge surface is aligned with the optical aperture.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gap adjusting method which easily adjusts a gap between a bimetal and a crossbar by using a gap adjusting block and an adjusting screw in a trip mechanism of a molded case circuit breaker without a separate additional device. The gap adjusting method in the trip mechanism of the molded case circuit breaker includes setting a reference gap between a crossbar and a bimetal, measuring a total resistance of the trip mechanism and a trip stroke of a switching mechanism to set a compensation gap, placing a gap adjusting block on a position separated from a crossbar by a gap based on the sum of the reference gap and the compensation gap, rotating an adjusting screw assembled with the bimetal to contact the adjusting screw with the gap adjusting block, and adhering the adjusting screw to the bimetal.

Abstract: The present invention provides electric cable having substantial immunity to external magnetic fields. The cables may be prepared by splitting one or more conductors of an original cable design into two or more sub-conductors, determining a crosssectional area for each one of the sub-conductors to obtain a desirable electrical current density therethrough, arranging the sub-conductors in said cable in an intervening fashion such that each sub-conductor is placed adjacent and alongside at least one neighboring conductor or sub-conductor associated with either a different electrical phase or electric current direction, and electrically connecting the sub-conductors of each split conductor in parallel.

Abstract: A method for assembling a radio frequency (RF) safe switch and detonator system in a non-RF free environment. More particularly, the method is for assembling an RF-safe switch and detonator system for an oil well perforating gun at a well-site that is in a non-RF free environment.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a liquid discharging head, the method including forming a plurality of nozzles that discharge liquid droplets, forming a plurality of piezoelectric elements that generate pressure for discharging liquid droplets from the respective nozzles; and performing a repolarization process on the piezoelectric elements to set non-uniformity of the droplet discharging characteristics of the nozzles to be in a predetermined range by combining adjustment of a polarization sensitivity and adjustment of a polarization voltage for each of the piezoelectric elements.

Abstract: A capacitor assembly for use in, and a method of assembling, a filtered feedthrough. The capacitor includes an insulative member fixedly attached to its bottom portion to inhibit high voltage arcing. The termination material present on the inner and outer diameters of the capacitor is absent from a portion of the capacitor proximate the bottom portion, e.g., at the insulative member.

Abstract: A flexible embedded sensor array includes a first substrate, an electrically conductive pad disposed on at least a portion of the first substrate, and a plurality of sensors disposed on at least a portion of electrically conductive pads. Further, the flexible embedded sensor array includes an electrically non-conductive adhesive material disposed in proximity to one or more of the plurality of sensors, a second substrate, and an electrical contact disposed between at least a portion of the sensor and at least a portion of the second substrate.

Abstract: A method of maintaining a high voltage bushing can comprise inspecting a high voltage bushing connection, the high voltage bushing connection comprising a tubular lead, a lower stud connector, and the high voltage bushing. A method of maintaining a high voltage bushing can also comprise restoring the high voltage bushing connection, which can further comprise applying conductive material to at least one of a mating portion of a tubular lead and a mating portion of a high voltage bushing, machining an outside diameter of at least one of the mating portion or the tubular lead and the mating portion of the high voltage bushing to a predetermined outer diameter, and machining a mating portion of a lower stud connector to a predetermined inner diameter. A high voltage bushing connection can comprise a restored mating portion of a tubular connector and a restored lower stud connector.

Abstract: A matrix analyzer for determining the size and location of a conductive item placed thereon. The matrix analyzer includes plural row conductors and column conductors with a corresponding grid of conductive areas exposed on the surface of the matrix analyzer. When a conductive item, such as an ink droplet, is jetted onto the matrix analyzer, the intersection of various row conductors and column conductors exhibit a low resistance. The rows and columns of the matrix analyzer can be sequentially accessed to find those intersections where the low resistance exists. From such data, the size and location of the ink droplets can be determined.

Abstract: Secondary battery reuse method in which, when used secondary battery packs G and A in a lithium secondary battery have become unusable, the resistances and capacities of a plurality of secondary battery stacks constituting the secondary battery pack G are measured and a reusable secondary battery stack is selected and separated therefrom by comparing these measured resistances and capacities with a resistance threshold value H and a capacity threshold value I, respectively. In addition, a new secondary battery pack is rebuilt (constructed) by combining the secondary battery stack with a secondary battery stack that has been determined to be reusable in the secondary battery pack A in the same manner as in the secondary battery pack G.

Abstract: A lens system having, in order from an object, at least a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, and second to fourth lens groups G2 to G4, wherein the first lens group G1 includes a front portion lens group G1a, and a rear portion lens group G1b which is disposed to an image side of the front portion lens group G1a with an air distance therebetween, and performs focusing by shifting the rear portion lens group G1b in the optical axis direction, and the fourth lens group G4 includes, in order from the object, a negative lens and a positive lens (cemented negative lens L41), a negative lens L42, and an aperture stop S, and is fixed in the optical axis direction with respect to an image plane I upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state.

Abstract: Flexible light engines capable of being cut, and methods thereof, are provided. A cuttable flexible light engine includes a flexible strip and strings of solid state light sources coupled in parallel. A voltage balancer establishes a desired current flow through the strings of solid state light sources when the flexible strip is cut to a desired length, and may be part of a connector placed where the strip is cut. The strings may be provided in a first set of strings coupled in parallel between a first conductive path and an intermediate conductive path and a second set of strings coupled in parallel between the intermediated conductive path and a second conductive path. A cuttable flexible light engine may also include test points positioned within the strings.

Abstract: In some embodiments, processes for testing for structural flaws in sapphire parts such as display cover plates used in the manufacturing of electronic devices are disclosed. A process may include transmitting a destructive acoustic signal onto a sapphire part, and determining whether the sapphire part failed in response to the destructive signal. The destructive acoustic signal may include a Rayleigh acoustic wave, wherein the destructive acoustic signal breaks the sapphire part if the sapphire part has a surface flaw larger than a specified size. In this manner, only sapphire parts that can withstand the destructive acoustic signal are used in manufacturing of the electronic device.

Abstract: A method for producing a gradient coil assembly for a magnetic resonance imaging system includes applying a number of primary gradient coils and a number of secondary gradient coils to a winding mandrel to form the gradient coil assembly. A control coil arrangement is associated with the winding mandrel. During an intermediate check before completion of the gradient coil assembly, at least one coupling inductance value between the control coil arrangement and at least one of the primary gradient coils and/or at least one of the secondary gradient coils is determined. An arrangement of the relevant gradient coils on the winding mandrel is corrected as a function of the at least one coupling inductance value.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head includes forming a first electrode made of platinum, forming a buffer layer made of a compound having a pyrochlore structure that contains bismuth or platinum on the first electrode, forming an oxide layer made of an oxide containing bismuth on the buffer layer, forming a piezoelectric layer made of a compound having a perovskite structure that contains bismuth by burning the oxide layer, and forming a second electrode on the piezoelectric layer.

Abstract: A method is provided for selecting an optimal manufacturing process for producing printed circuit boards. The method includes measuring electrical characteristics of a reference printed circuit board having circuitry; producing two or more printed circuit boards using two or more candidate manufacturing processes, respectively, each produced printed circuit board having circuitry that is the same as the circuitry of the reference printed circuit board; measuring electrical characteristics of each of the produced printed circuit boards; and selecting a candidate manufacturing process of the two or more candidate manufacturing processes based on the measured electrical characteristics of the reference printed circuit board.

Abstract: The process for charging a lead battery comprises an initialisation phase (E1), during which a value representative of an amount of lead oxide of the negative active material of the battery is determined, and a charging phase (E2), the duration of which is determined as a function of the value representative of amount of lead oxide.

Abstract: A sensing apparatus comprising an ultrasound transceiver for transmitting ultrasound signals into a sample and receiving a resultant ultrasound reflection signal from the sample, a detector for processing signals received by the transceiver by comparing the received signal against a reference signal to generate a response signal, the response signal comprising values as a function of time that represent the strength of the match between the received signal and the reference signal at the respective time; and a driver capable of generating a plurality of pre-defined pulse templates.

Abstract: Protective containers for electronic equipment, and methods of testing, use, and/or manufacture thereof, are provided. The cabinets provide a HEMP protection level to electronic equipment housed therein that meets a HEMP protection level according to MIL-STD-188-125-1.

Abstract: A surveillance camera includes a primary power connection for electrically connecting the camera to a primary power source. The camera includes a housing and a test port in the housing. The test port includes a port connection for electrically connecting the camera to a secondary local power source such that the camera receives power from the secondary power source. The port connection is further for connecting the camera to a portable monitor such that video from the camera is displayed on the monitor when the camera is electrically connected to the secondary power source independent of whether the camera is electrically connected to the primary power source.

Abstract: Test fixtures for automotive parts, methods of fabricating test fixtures for automotive parts, and methods of heat testing automotive parts are disclosed. A method of fabricating a test fixture for supporting an automotive part may include forming a plurality of vertical support blades. Each of the plurality of vertical support blades comprises a support portion contoured to correspond to at least a portion of an underside of the automotive part. The method further includes assembling the plurality of vertical support blades such that each vertical support blade is substantially parallel to and spaced apart from an adjacent vertical support blade. The method further includes attaching the plurality of vertical support blades to a base such that the support portion of each of the plurality of vertical support blades is positioned to engage the corresponding portion of the underside of the automotive part.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a method and an apparatus that allow production of metal plate chip resistors having a relatively low resistance with high accuracy and yield through simple process. The object is achieved by apparatus for manufacturing metal plate chip resistors including cutting mold for cutting intermediate product strip transversely to obtain worked product chip, ohm meter for measuring the resistance of the worked product chip, control device having a calculating part for performing a calculation using the resistance measured by the ohm meter to work out a width in which the strip is to be cut transversely so as to obtain a worked product chip of a desired resistance, and cutting width adjustor for making an adjustment so that the strip is to be cut transversely in the width obtained from the calculating part.

Abstract: First and second measurement probes come into contact with first and second electrode pads, respectively, and third and fourth measurement probes come into contact with the first and second electrode pads, respectively. A current flows in a current path including the first and second electrode pads and a plurality of lines through the first and second measurement probes. A value of the current in the current path is measured, and a value of a voltage between the third and fourth measurement probes is measured. Conductivity between the first and second electrode pads is inspected based on the measured value of the current and the measured value of the voltage.

Abstract: A touch panel producing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a first coiled sheet and a second coiled sheet are transferred in a specified direction. Then, the first coiled sheet and the second coiled sheet are laminated together. Then, a laminated structure of the first coiled sheet and the second coiled sheet is cut, so that a sensing plate section is produced. Then, the sensing plate section is removed from the laminated structure of the first coiled sheet and the second coiled sheet, so that a sensing plate is produced. Afterwards, a touch control circuit board is attached on the sensing plate. The first coiled sheet includes plural sensing regions. The second coiled sheet is an adhesive sheet. The sensing plate section includes one of the plural sensing regions.

Abstract: A sensor apparatus for a battery cell of an electrical energy reservoir is provided, which battery cell has a housing. The sensor apparatus has: a sensing device for sensing sensor data with regard to the battery cell, which sensing device is located inside the housing of the battery cell and has a coupling element for inductive emission of the sensor data and for inductive reception of electrical power; an evaluation device for evaluating the sensor data, which evaluation device is located inside or outside the housing of the battery cell and has a transfer element for inductive transfer of electrical power to the sensing apparatus and for inductive reception of the sensor data from the sensing apparatus.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a torsional state of a cable having a central longitudinal axis, includes providing a cable including a torsion sensor longitudinally extending along the cable, the torsion sensor including a single-mode optical fiber arranged substantially along the central longitudinal axis of the cable, and at least three longitudinal structural elements, at least one of the longitudinal structural elements being an electrically conductive core, wherein the torsion sensor is mechanically coupled with at least one of the longitudinal structural elements; measuring a torsional state of the single-mode optical fiber by polarisation-sensitive optical reflectometry; and associating the torsional state of the cable along the longitudinal axis with the measured torsional state of the single-mode optical fiber.