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8182139 |
Calibration of temperature sensing circuitry in an electronic device
Temperature sensing circuitry is used for thermal management of an electronic device. The temperature sensing circuitry includes at least one thermistor placed at or near a component of the...
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8157439 |
Methods for determining wafer temperature
Methods and apparatus for wafer temperature measurement and calibration of temperature measurement devices may be based on determining the absorption of a layer in a semiconductor wafer. The...
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8160832 |
Apparatus and method for identifying a defect and/or operating characteristic of a system
An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment,...
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8143574 |
Method and apparatus for compensating infrared sensor for temperature
To improve the precision of temperature compensation in an infrared sensor and obtain a sharp image, a correction is applied to a variation in output voltage (referred to as “background infrared r...
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8140293 |
On die thermal sensor
An on die thermal sensor (ODTS) for use in a semiconductor device includes a temperature information output unit for measuring an internal temperature of the semiconductor device to generate a...
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8140294 |
Temperature estimations in a blood glucose measuring device
Methods of estimating the temperature of a reaction site on a measurement strip in a blood glucose measuring devices are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes determining an activation...
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8126672 |
Ear-type thermometer and a control method thereof
An ear-type thermometer which measures body temperature using a temperature detection element 21 that detects ambient temperature and an infrared detection element 22 that detects infrared...
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8096706 |
Temperature detector and the method using the same
A temperature detector includes a plurality of comparators, an electronic component and a controller. Each of the comparators is responsible for detecting different temperature ranges. The...
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8095332 |
Method for pre-heating hard disk drive of computer device
Disclosed is a method for pre-heating a hard disk drive of a computer device, wherein a temperature sensor and a heater are arranged at preset locations outside the computer device. The temperature...
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8047706 |
Calibration of temperature control system for semiconductor processing chamber
Methods and systems for calibrating a temperature control system in a vapor deposition chamber. A temperature sensor senses temperature within a semiconductor processing chamber and generates an...
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8047712 |
Method and apparatus for predicting steady state temperature of solid state devices
The disclosure generally relates to method and apparatus for predicting the steady state temperature of solid state devices, preferably under transient conditions. An apparatus according to one...
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8029187 |
Apparatus, system and method for high resolution identification with temperature dependent resistive device
A temperature measuring and identification (TMID) device obtains identification information and temperature information of a connected device having a temperature sensing circuit (TSC). The TSC...
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8024145 |
Method and system for signal generation via a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit
Aspects of a method and system for signal generation via a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit are provided. In this regard, a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit (TSCIC)...
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8019563 |
Method for determining the exhaust gas temperature of an internal combustion engine
A method for determining an exhaust gas temperature of an internal combustion engine, which is performed by measuring a lambda value of the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine and...
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8010468 |
Method for wafer analysis with artificial neural network and system thereof
A method for wafer analysis with artificial neural network and the system thereof are disclosed. The method of the system of the present invention has several steps, including: first of all,...
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7991571 |
Providing nonlinear temperature compensation for sensing means by use of padé approximant function emulators
Pade Approximant function emulators are used to model the nonlinear offset and/or nonlinear sensitivity behaviors of a sensor relative to temperature sub-ranges and to produce temperature...
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7957926 |
System and process for calibrating pyrometers in thermal processing chambers
A method and system for calibrating temperature measurement devices, such as pyrometers, in thermal processing chambers are disclosed. According to the present invention, the system includes a...
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7953569 |
On die thermal sensor of semiconductor memory device and method thereof
An on die thermal sensor (ODTS) includes a thermal sensor for outputting a first comparing voltage by detecting a temperature of the semiconductor memory device; a comparing unit for outputting a...
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7937236 |
Method and a system for adaptive compensation of the temperature drift of a sensor
A method for adaptive compensation of a temperature drift of a sensor, designed to measure the torque of a shaft or a drive train or the force in mechanical equipment during operation. A sensor...
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7925459 |
Method and apparatus for determining an operating voltage for preventing photovoltaic cell reverse breakdown during power conversion
A method and apparatus for determining an operating voltage lower bound for preventing photovoltaic (PV) cell reverse breakdown during power conversion. The method comprises determining a PV cell...
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7925463 |
Method and system for compensating temperature readings from a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit
Aspects of a method and system for compensating temperature readings from a temperature sensing crystal integrated circuit are provided. In this regard, a temperature indication and calibration...
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7895886 |
Evaluation method for pneumatic tires and system thereof
An evaluation method for pneumatic tires and a system thereof, is provided, capable of appropriately evaluating an adverse effect, such as deterioration, of tire temperature by expressing severity...
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7857508 |
Method for monitoring the functionality of a temperature sensor
In a method for monitoring the functionality of a temperature sensor that can deliver an electrical signal as a function of the measured temperature and is disposed, in particular, in the cooling...
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7857510 |
Temperature sensing circuit
A temperature sensor, in accordance with the principles of the invention comprises a silicon substrate. The silicon substrate includes a bandgap, an offset circuit for providing calibration...
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7853424 |
Method of using a bipolar transistor as a self-calibrated thermometer and/or temperature sensor
This invention relates a method to use a bipolar transistor as temperature sensor and/or self-calibrated thermometer which is immune to errors generated by parasitic elements as resistances and...
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7848902 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring a thermal management system of an electro-mechanical transmission
Temperature of an electric power device of a hybrid transmission is managed based upon device temperatures and power flow, ambient temperature, and a cooling circuit flow rate.
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7844414 |
Method of calibrating temperature compensated sensors
A method of calibrating an individual sensor of a particular sensor type whose output varies non-linearly with at least one measured quantity and at least one operating condition. The first step...
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7826991 |
Temperature-averaging field device compensation
An average-temperature compensated field device comprises a field module, a temperature-averaging sensor, a microprocessor, and an interface. The field module is configured to characterize a...
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7813878 |
Gyroscopic steering tool using only a two-axis rate gyroscope and deriving the missing third axis
A two-axis gyroscope used on a bottom hole assembly can be used for determining a rate of rotation about the rotational axis of a BHA. The method takes advantage of possible misalignment of at...
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7809519 |
System and method for automatically calibrating a temperature sensor
There is provided a system and method for automatically calibrating a temperature sensor. More specifically, there is provided a system made up of a temperature sensor which includes a first...
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7802917 |
Method and apparatus for chuck thermal calibration
Wafer temperature is measured as a function of time following removal of a heat source to which the wafer is exposed. During the wafer temperature measurements, a gas is supplied at a substantially...
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7798703 |
Apparatus and method for measuring local surface temperature of semiconductor device
An apparatus and method is described for measuring a local surface temperature of a semiconductor device under stress. The apparatus includes a substrate, and a reference MOSFET. The reference...
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7801694 |
Gyroscope with temperature compensation
A method for compensating for bias and scale factor errors in vibrating structure gyroscopes. Certain embodiments utilize the functional relationship that bias and scale factor errors have with...
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7785000 |
Venting system for drywell calibrators
In one aspect of the invention a drywell includes a heated receiver for receiving a temperature probe. The receiver has upper and lower ends and an inner shield positioned around the receiver to...
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7778791 |
Electronic clinical thermometer, method of controlling the same, and control program
An electronic clinical thermometer capable of high-precision measurement within a shorter period of time. The electronic clinical thermometer for predicting an equilibrium temperature based on a...
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7771113 |
Sensor rationality diagnostic
A sensor diagnostic method, such as to determine rationality of one of three temperature sensors used in an exhaust aftertreatment system, includes determining the temperature difference between...
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7774671 |
Method and apparatus to adjust voltage for storage location reliability
According to embodiments of the present invention, an integrated circuit such as a processor includes a counter to count an actual number of unreliable storage locations in the processor cache, at...
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7762721 |
On chip temperature measuring and monitoring method
A device temperature measurement circuit, an integrated circuit (IC) including a device temperature measurement circuit, a method of characterizing device temperature and a method of monitoring...
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7756663 |
Self-calibration systems and methods
Various embodiments of self-calibration systems and methods are described. One method embodiment, among others, includes imposing an alternate test to components within the device, responsive to...
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7744276 |
Sensor measurement error
There are a number of sensors (2, 22) such as thermocouples which can provide a putative measurand signal which is within a predicted range for such signals whilst the sensor is incorrectly...
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7742890 |
Cold junction compensation method for temperature controlling console
A compensation method for cold junction of temperature controlling console is used to compensate the temperature difference of cold junctions when a plurality of temperature controlling consoles...
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7739067 |
In-service calibration of temperature measurement devices using plant monitoring system data
System for automating the determination of cross calibration coefficients based on data stored by a plant computer and data storage unit or a plant monitoring system. The automated system includes...
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7736053 |
Bolometric on-chip temperature sensor
Disclosed are embodiments of an improved on-chip temperature sensing circuit, based on bolometry, which provides self calibration of the on-chip temperature sensors for ideality and an associated...
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7734439 |
System and process for calibrating pyrometers in thermal processing chambers
A method and system for calibrating temperature measurement devices, such as pyrometers, in thermal processing chambers are disclosed. According to the present invention, the system includes a...
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7734440 |
On-chip over-temperature detection
An improved method and apparatus for setting a trip-point temperature value for detection of an over-temperature condition in a chip when a reading from a main temperature sensor exceeds the...
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7706997 |
Method and device for compensating temperature dependencies
A method for measuring the temperature dependency of a sensor element for a variable, the value of which varies with the temperature, for any liquid. The method includes the steps of changing the...
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7693673 |
Apparatus and method for identifying a defect and/or operating characteristic of a system
An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment,...
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7690843 |
Failsafe mechanism for preventing an integrated circuit from overheating
Techniques for preventing an integrated circuit (IC) from overheating are described herein. According to one embodiment, an exemplary process includes detecting whether a temperature of an...
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7677794 |
Multi-fixed-point cells and temperature calibration system using it
The present invention relates to a multi fixed-point cell for calibrating a thermometer and a thermometer calibration apparatus using the same, wherein measuring errors can be checked by using a...
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7676338 |
Method for detecting abnormality of temperature sensor in machine tool
The invention enables an abnormality of a temperature sensor to be simply detected. In S1, a temperature measurement is performed with each temperature sensor, and measured signals are digitalized...
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