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6959258 Methods and structure for IC temperature self-monitoring  
Methods and systems are provided for thermal self-monitoring of integrated circuits. Temperature is sensed, digitized, encoded, and compared to one or more threshold values by circuits added within...
6937948 Flash memory program and erase operations  
A flash memory device includes a charge pump having a capacity that is preset to a particular value. The flash memory device includes a measuring circuit to measure the actual capacity of the...
6934658 Computer chip heat responsive method and apparatus  
Disclosed is an apparatus incorporating hardware based logic and a predetermined default list of software affecting responses to be taken in connection with temperatures sensed by thermal sensors...
6925400 Second battery control circuit  
According to the present invention, there is provided a secondary battery control circuit which can perform a reliable charge/discharge control without activating Positive Temperature Coefficient...
6907364 Methods and apparatus for deriving thermal flux data for processing a workpiece  
Presented are methods, systems, and apparatus for deriving heat flux information and using heat flux information for a workpiece used in temperature sensitive processes.
6895354 System and method for generating thermal network data and recording medium  
A method for generating thermal network data for use in thermal analysis of a coupling structure of a large number of components. Depending on the density of nodes having a position defined by the...
6885964 Method and apparatus for thermal analysis  
In a method and an apparatus for thermal analysis, a target region is divided by dividing the geometry of the target object of the thermal analysis into a finite number of finite elements or cells....
6885976 Fault determining apparatus, fault determining method and engine control unit for variable valve timing mechanism  
A fault determining apparatus for a variable valve timing mechanism is provided for shortly and accurately determining a fault even at low oil temperatures. The mechanism is driven by an oil...
6871118 Method for detecting and controlling hydrate formation at any point of a pipe carrying multiphase petroleum fluids  
Method intended for continuous detection and control of hydrate formation at any point of a pipe carrying multiphase petroleum fluids. The method uses a compositional code allowing to simulate the...
6862550 Determining meat quality of a live animal  
A method of providing an indication of pH levels in an animal can alternatively be used to provide an indication of stress in an animal. Since pH and temperature are related to ultimate meat...
6842718 Intelligent auxiliary cooling system  
A portable auxiliary cooling system for cooling electrical power transformers is provided with an intelligent controller that is programmable for functioning in a plurality of different operational...
6842714 Method for determining the leakage power for an integrated circuit  
A method for determining full chip leakage power first estimates leakage power and dynamic power for each circuit macro. The power supply voltage to each macro is first assumed to be nominal. The...
6829555 Method and arrangement for monitoring the emissions during operation of a supply vessel for supplying a volatile medium including a fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle  
A method monitors the emissions of a supply vessel storing a volatile medium during operation including a fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle. A tightness check of the supply vessel is carried out...
6804612 Methods and systems for performing integrated analyzes, such as integrated analyzes for gas turbine power plants  
Automated systems for performing integrated analyses. In one embodiment, an integrated analysis system can be used to comprehensively evaluate the effects of changes in hardware configuration or...
6801871 Method and equipment for assessing the life of members put under high in-service temperature environment for long period  
For each component which is used at a high in-service temperature for a long period, its creep damage degree is approximated by a relational expression containing the Larson-Miller parameter. The...
6766269 LPG fuel composition estimation method and system  
A Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) fuel composition estimation method is provided that determines an LPG fuel composition from saturation vapor pressure data and an estimated fuel temperature and fuel...
6766268 Method for calculating heating procedure of linear heating  
A distribution of bending principal strains giving a target shape of a curved surface is obtained (Step S 1 ), and a calculation grid is divided along the direction of the bending principal strains...
6748339 Method for simulating power supply noise in an on-chip temperature sensor  
A method for estimating accuracy of an on-chip temperature sensor is provided. A representative power supply waveform having noise is input into a simulation of the on-chip temperature sensor and...
6714891 Method and apparatus for thermal management of a power supply to a high performance processor in a computer system  
The temperature of a component of a processor power supply that delivers chip core current to a data processor performing in a computer system is sensed. The system has a separate, main power...
6643605 Method and device for determining the enthalpy of wet steam  
A method and a device for determining an enthalpy of wet steam, in particular of wet steam at an outlet of a steam turbine. A part volume flow of the wet steam is mixed with a reference gas to form...
6609079 Method and arrangement for ascertaining state variables  
In a method for ascertaining temperatures (tqm, tqh, tom, tok) in an oil-cooled transformer, the transformer terminal voltages ( 2 ), the winding currents ( 3 ) and the ambient temperature ( 6 )...
6591210 Circuit and method to combined trim and set point  
A method and apparatus is provided that combines bandgap trim, temperature sensor trim, comparator offset trim, and the setting of the temperature trip point. A comparator compares a bandgap...
6591215 Systems and methods for controlling the activity of carbon in heat treating atmospheres  
Systems and methods monitor the activity of carbon in a heat treating atmosphere, e.g., where a two phase region is desired for spherodize annealing. The systems and methods generate a computed...
6581022 Vehicle air conditioning apparatus  
A control unit takes in a set temperature, a vehicle-internal temperature, an ambient temperature, an engine-water temperature, a sun load and a vehicle speed from a means for setting a temperature...
6564166 Projection moirĂ© method and apparatus for dynamic measuring of thermal induced warpage  
The projection moiré and temperature controlled chamber system houses a workpiece in the chamber and subjects the workpiece to changing temperatures according to a predefined temperature/time...
6564165 Apparatus and method for inline testing of electrical components  
An apparatus ( 10 ) for inline testing of a product ( 15 ) includes an environmental chamber ( 20 ), a conveyor ( 40 ), a stimulation means ( 60 ), and a monitoring means ( 80 ). The environmental...
6536945 Measurement of heat flux in a heated chamber  
A heat flux measuring device for transporting through a heated chamber, the device having an array of sensors, each sensor comprising first and second surfaces bounding a region, a thermally...
6532423 Method for determining fluid flow characteristic curves of heat-dissipating system  
A method for determining a plurality of fluid flow characteristic curves of a heat-dissipating system, wherein each fluid flow characteristic curve is a relationship curve of one of an air pressure...
6529849 Thermal efficiency diagnostic method and apparatus of a combined power generation plant  
A thermal efficiency diagnostic of a combined power generation plant is performed by using measurement data relative to energy input/output of the respective equipment of the combined power...
6517238 Thermal imaging measurement of lateral diffusivity and non-invasive material defect detection  
A system and method for determining lateral thermal diffusivity of a material sample using a heat pulse; a sample oriented within an orthogonal coordinate system; an infrared camera; and a computer...
6512991 Method and apparatus for reducing deposition variation by modeling post-clean chamber performance  
A method for reducing deposition thickness variation in a processing tool comprises storing a post-clean performance model of the processing tool; receiving at least one of a showerhead age and a...
6496749 Semiconductor producing apparatus and temperature control method therefor  
A semiconductor producing apparatus is capable of quickly and accurately changing a controlled variable to a target value to thereby make the controlled variable quickly follow the target value....
6487515 Method and apparatus for measuring thermal and electrical properties of thermoelectric materials  
A method and apparatus for measuring and characterizing microscopic thermoelectric material samples using scanning microscopes. The method relies on concurrent thermal and electrical measurements...
6456957 Method and system for determining heating point and heating line in bending of steel plate  
A method for determining a heating line for bending a steel plate includes the steps of: placing a virtual pattern on a virtual plate; rolling the plate along a frame line from a reference position...
6449580 Evaluating properties of oil using dielectric spectroscopy  
A working fluid of a mechanical system is analyzed by measuring the permittivity of the working fluid as the temperature of the working fluid is varied over a range. Within this temperature range,...
6438504 Method of calculating thermal resistance in semiconductor package accommodating semiconductor chip within a case which can be applied to calculation for semiconductor package with radiation fins  
The thermal resistance of an entire semiconductor package with a semiconductor chip and radiation fins is calculated based on thermal resistance of resin between the semiconductor chip and case,...
6418393 Thermal module inspecting device  
An inspecting device for a thermal module for cooling a CPU of a computer to decide whether the module can work properly is disclosed. The device includes a computer stored with preset data. A...
6408256 Apparatus and method for thermal evaluation of any thin material  
An apparatus and method for evaluation of a material having a first and second contact-surface. The apparatus includes a computer-controlled thermally-variable central element comprising a first...
6397162 System, device and method for estimating evapo-transpiration in plants  
A system for estimating evapo-transpiration from a plant is provided. The system includes (a) a first detector for detecting environmental radiation at a vicinity of the plant; (b) a second...
6397163 Method for determining thermal exposure of a product  
A computer-based method of determining a thermal exposure of a product disposed within a shipping container to determine whether a conditioned environment is required for shipping. A shipping route...
6361205 Method of determining contact wear in a trip unit  
A method of determining contact wear in a trip unit of a circuit breaker is presented. The trip unit includes a microcontroller and associated memories. An algorithm (program) stored in a memory of...
6343259 Methods and apparatus for electrical connection inspection  
Apparatus and methods for inspecting electrical connections so as to determine the presence of fault connections between magnet wires and power leads are described. The apparatus includes a...
6324482 Sensor provided with adjusting function  
An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic compensation sensor that can eliminate an exclusive input terminal for the compensation mode signal. To achieve this object, the...
6304851 Mobile data collection systems, methods and computer program products  
Systems, methods and computer program products are configured for conducting time and motion studies using a portable computing device having a memory, wherein the internal clock of the portable...
6269321 Method for optimizing mechanical strength of a casting using microstructure predictions  
A method for quantitatively predicting and consequently minimizing the amount of critical phases such as eutectic Al 2 Cu formed during solidification of Al--Si--Cu alloys used in a vehicle engine...
6244097 Method for measuring without combustion the heat value of fuel gas  
The fuel gas or a substream of the fuel gas is passed through a volumetric flowmeter and the volumetric gas flow is measured. In addition, the pressure, temperature and the proportion of at least...
6183128 Apparatus and method for determining paperboard thermal conductivity  
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining paperboard thermal conductivity. Such structures of this type, generally, determine the thermal conductivity of a planar material,...
6169965 Fluid property and flow sensing via a common frequency generator and FFT  
A method and apparatus for using a common frequency generator for measuring selected properties of a fluid of interest via one or more heater and/or sensor elements. The common frequency generator...
6169964 Apparatus for controlling consumption by a household appliance  
A system for controlling the consumption of a household appliance, comprising an electronic microcontroller and non-volatile memory device associated with the microcontroller, the household...
6098030 Method and apparatus for tracking power of an integrated circuit  
An integrated circuit which includes a temperature modeling circuit for reducing operational activity of the integrated circuit when its operating temperature exceeds a predefined threshold. The...
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