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ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDED TESTING CHAMBER WITH VENTILATION
20230050818 · 2023-02-16 ·

A testing apparatus for electromagnetically sensitive equipment includes a housing defining a testing chamber. The housing blocks transmission of electromagnetic waves from an external environment into the testing chamber and reduces reflection of electromagnetic waves within the testing chamber. The testing apparatus also includes a tube defining an air flow path between the testing chamber and the external environment. The tube blocks transmission of electromagnetic waves from the external environment into the air flow path. The tube includes a proximal end coupled to an opening in the housing such that the air flow path is fluidly coupled to the testing chamber via the opening, a distal end opposing the proximal end, and a bent segment extending between the proximal end and the distal end.

GROUND FAULT DETECTION DEVICE

A ground fault detection device includes: a detection capacitor; a switch group for switching between a first charging path connecting the battery and the detection capacitor, a second charging path connecting the battery, a negative side insulation resistance and the detection capacitor, a third charging path connecting the battery, a positive side insulation resistance and the detection capacitor, and a measurement path for measuring a charging voltage of the detection capacitor; and a controller configured to calculate the insulation resistance based on a charging voltage measured value of the detection capacitor which exists after charging each of the charging paths, wherein after measurement of the charging voltage of the second charging path, the controller is configured to cause the switch group to switch to the third charging path before switching to the first charging path.

Portable anechoic chamber

An anechoic chamber and test system that is adapted for installation in or to a vehicle. The chamber includes an outer structure that is durable enough to withstand the effects of transportation. The anechoic chamber and test system may also include an inner faraday shield, a transmission antenna, and a controller that can introduce GNSS, alternative navigation signals, jamming, or spoofing signals into the anechoic chamber along with vehicle sensor signals. The controller is adapted to monitor a GNSS system's ability to resist the jamming or spoofing signals using, at least in part, the vehicle sensor signals.

Method for providing an antenna probe array for a compact anechoic chamber for active and passive antenna over-the-air testing
11579179 · 2023-02-14 · ·

The disclosed exemplary apparatuses, systems and methods provide at least two realizations of synchronized antenna probe arrays. These antenna probe arrays may be used to generate and receive RF signals in a compact anechoic chamber for over the air antenna testing, or other applications such as far-field antenna test chambers. A compact anechoic chamber for over-the-air antenna testing may include at least: a chamber housing; an interchangeable irradiating test panel, integral to the chamber; a plurality of absorbing material at least partially lining an interior of the chamber and capable of directing the irradiating; at least one moveable cart suitable for moving and removing the antenna from the chamber; at least one panel interface for interconnecting the antenna and equipment for the testing, wherein a response of the antenna to the irradiating is communicated through the panel interface to the testing equipment; and at least one switch matrix for multiplexed switching of ones of signals of the testing.

Method and system for online correction of junction temperatures of IGBT in photovoltaic inverter considering aging process
11579644 · 2023-02-14 · ·

The invention discloses a method and a system for correction of the junction temperatures of an IGBT module in a photovoltaic inverter. The method includes: constructing an electrothermal coupling model of an IGBT model based on a photovoltaic inverter topology, a light radiation intensity, and an ambient temperature; selecting an IGBT collector-emitter on-state voltage drop as an aging parameter and designing an on-state voltage drop sampling circuit to ensure measurement accuracy; constructing an aging database for IGBT modules in different aging stages based on large current and small current injection methods; comparing a junction temperature value output by the electrothermal coupling model with the calibrated junction temperature value and calibrating an aging process coefficient of an electrothermal coupling model correction formula; comparing an IGBT aging monitoring value with the aging threshold to determine the aging process and selecting a corresponding aging process coefficient to ensure accuracy of junction temperature data.

Instrument interfacing method and device thereof
20230043853 · 2023-02-09 ·

An instrument interface method and device. Two capacitors, one capacitor has one end as input of the device, connected to live line of power output of a LISN, and has other end as output of the device, connected to one test port of an oscilloscope; the other capacitor has one end as input of the device, connected to neutral line of the power output of the LISN, and has other end as output of the device, connected to another test port of the oscilloscope; without changing the LISN design, existing LISN products can be used for conducted emission test with oscilloscope-based time-domain EMI measurement instruments by means of the method and device. Said two capacitors have a capacity of <0.09 μF, which reduced the requirements of oscilloscope's A/D conversion, making low-cost oscilloscope can also be used for EMI testing.

TESTING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE SYSTEM, AND TESTING METHOD
20230038552 · 2023-02-09 ·

A testing apparatus for testing electrical components and/or conductor track structures. The testing apparatus includes: a multiplicity of testing locations, each receiving an electrical component and/or a conductor track structure; a selection device for selecting one of the testing locations; electrical lines disposed in rows and electrical lines disposed in columns for the supply of an alternating voltage to the component or structure, situated at the selected testing location; Z diodes for the electrical connection of the respective component and/or structure at the respective testing location via one of the Z diodes to one of the rows of electrical lines; a signal generator developed to generate a test signal that has a voltage signal as the sum of a square wave signal and a wave-shaped signal; and an electromigration device for applying a direct voltage signal to the components and/or structures to bring about electromigration in the components and/or structures.

INSULATION FAULT RESPONSE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FUEL CELL VEHICLE
20230044324 · 2023-02-09 ·

An insulation fault response method for a fuel cell vehicle, comprising: when a vehicle starts, detecting whether a fuel cell is in a startup state or not; when the fuel cell is not in the startup state, reading a first insulation resistance detected by a fuel cell control unit and a second insulation resistance detected by a cell management system; when the first insulation resistance indicates that the vehicle is in an insulation fault, executing a first control policy; and when the second insulation resistance indicates that the vehicle in an insulation fault, executing a second control policy, wherein the first control policy is different from the second control policy, and wherein when the first insulation resistance is less than a first threshold and/or the second insulation resistance is less than a second threshold, the vehicle is in an insulation fault.

EXPERIMENTAL BENCH FOR A UAV POWER SYSTEM AND AVIONICS EQUIPMENT
20230043316 · 2023-02-09 ·

An experimental bench for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) power system and avionics equipment, which relates to the technical field of UAV test, comprising a support component, a power system load-bearing component, an avionics equipment load-bearing component, a jacking component and a roller component. A plurality of power system load-bearing components are provided, and are fixedly arranged on the support components, respectively, and each power system load-bearing component is configured to carry the power system of a UAV; the avionics equipment load-bearing component is fixedly arranged on the support component, and the avionics equipment load-bearing component is configured to bear the avionics equipment of the UAV; the output end of the jacking component is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the support component.

Relay Status Detection System
20230044927 · 2023-02-09 ·

Systems, devices, and methods including: a relay, the relay comprising: at least one contact; a reflector attached to at least one contact; a sensor, the sensor comprising: an emitter configured to emit a pulse; a detector configured to receive a portion of the emitted pulse; where the reflector may be configured to reflect at least a portion of the emitted pulse to be received by the detector when the at least one contact may be in at least one of: an open position and a closed position