Patent classifications
G01R19/1659
DETECTOR
The present technology is to provide a detector capable of detecting an input voltage outside the guaranteed operating voltage range, even if the delay time caused in a logic element by a decrease in power-supply voltage varies due to an external factor.
The detector includes a plurality of first detection circuits, a first detection rate calculation unit, a plurality of second detection circuits, a second detection rate calculation unit, and a comparison determination unit. In the detector to be provided, each of the plurality of first detection circuits detects whether or not an input voltage has a value outside a guaranteed operating range for a normal operation, the first detection rate calculation unit calculates a first detection rate of the detected number of the first detection circuits, each of the plurality of second detection circuits detects whether or not a predetermined reference voltage is lower than a threshold voltage, the second detection rate calculation unit calculates a second detection rate of the detected number of the second detection circuits, and the comparison determination unit determines the value of the input voltage to be equal to or smaller than the value of the threshold voltage when the first detection rate is equal to or higher than the second detection rate.
FREQUENCY CONVERTER MODULE
A frequency converter module includes a frequency control management module. An input port of the frequency conversion control management module is electrically connected to an input port of a power supply module. The power accuracy monitoring module includes an initial power measuring module, a power prediction correction module, and an actual power display storage module. An output port of the initial power measuring module is electrically connected to an input port of the power prediction correction module. An output port of the power prediction correction module is electrically connected to an input port of the actual power display storage module.
MULTIMODAL VOLTAGE TEST DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION
A multimodal voltage test device and method of operating is provided. The device includes a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact. A circuit electrically is disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact, the circuit being configured to measure a voltage between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. A first light source is electrically coupled to the circuit. An audio device is electrically coupled to the circuit, wherein the circuit is configured to cause the first light source to illuminate and to emit a first sound from the audio device in response to the voltage measured by the circuit being equal to or greater than a first threshold.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOME HEALTH EVALUATION AND REMEDIATION
A device for evaluating aspects of health of a residential property configured to: (i) receive a first element of internal home health data captured by one or more smart devices installed within a residential property, the first element of internal home health data reflecting an aspect of operational quality of one or more assets of the residential property; (ii) determine a safety score based upon the first element of internal home health data; (iii) receive a second element of internal home health data captured by the one or more smart devices; (iv) determine a home health score based upon the first or second elements of internal home health data, the home health score representing a measure of health of the residential property; and (v) cause to be displayed, to a homeowner via a graphical user interface, a home health evaluation that includes the safety score and the home health score.
Temperature compensated current source for cryogenic electronic testing
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for current source temperature compensation for use during cryogenic electronic testing. A temperature compensation circuit can provide a temperature compensation signal to a current source circuit configured to provide an electrical current for testing a cryogenic device under test to compensate for temperature effects on the current source circuit based on a time constant adjustment signal. The time constant adjustment signal can adjust a time constant of the temperature compensation circuit to delay by a given amount of time that the temperature compensation circuit compensates for the temperature effects on the current source circuit. A controller can be configured to execute a temperature compensation method to provide the time constant adjustment signal based on at least one temperature signal characterizing a temperature of an environment that includes the current source circuit or a temperature of the current source circuit.
System and method of determining an issue associated with a power distribution system of an information handling system
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, one or more methods, and/or one or more processes may: send, by a battery management unit (BMU) of a battery of an information handling system (IHS), a request for a first amount of current to an embedded controller (EC) of the IHS; provide, by the EC, the request for the first amount of current to a charger of the IHS; receive, by the charger, the request; provide, by the charger, a second amount of current based at least on the request and based at least on a voltage measurement across a resistor of the charger; determine, by the BMU, a measurement of the second amount of current; provide, by the BMU, the measurement to the EC; determine, by the EC, that the measurement does not match the first amount of current; and provide, by the EC, an alert.
Circuit for driving an inductive load, corresponding device, vehicle and method
An embodiment circuit comprises high-side and low-side switches arranged between supply and reference nodes, and having an intermediate node. A switching control signal is applied with opposite polarities to the high-side and low-side switches. An inductive load is coupled between the intermediate node and one of the supply and reference nodes. Current sensing circuitry is configured to sample a first value of the load current flowing in one of the high-side and low-side switches before a commutation of the switching control signal, sample a second value of the load current flowing in the other of the high-side and low-side switches after the commutation of the switching control signal, sample a third value of the load current flowing in the other of the high-side and low-side switches after the second sampling, and generate a failure signal as a function of the first, second and third sampled values of the load current.
DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS
A point-of-care diagnostic system that includes a cartridge and a reader. The cartridge can contain a patient sample, such as a blood sample. The cartridge is inserted into the reader and the patient sample is analyzed. The sample can be processed for data collection and analysis to provide interpretative results indicative of a disorder, condition, disease and/or infection of the patient. Processing can include external sonication and conjugating non-magnetic target material with magnetic nanoparticles and non-magnetic solids.
Abnormal voltage monitoring device, and storage and vehicle comprising the abnormal voltage monitoring device
The present disclosure provides an abnormal voltage monitoring device, a storage device, and a vehicle. The abnormal voltage monitoring device comprises a voltage divider configure to receive an input voltage from a voltage generator and output a first distribution voltage based on the input voltage, a second bandgap reference generation circuit configured to output a reference voltage, and a monitoring circuit configured to receive the first distribution voltage from the voltage divider and the reference voltage from the second bandgap reference generation circuit, and output an alarm signal responsive to comparing a voltage level of the first distribution voltage with that of the reference voltage. The voltage generator comprises a first bandgap reference generation circuit, and the second bandgap reference generation circuit is configured to generate the reference voltage differently than the first bandgap reference generation circuit.
Leakage and loading detector circuit
Various embodiments relate to a detector circuit, including: a voltage source configured to produce a first voltage on a first output, a second voltage on a second output, and third voltage on a third output, wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage and the second voltage is greater than the third voltage; a first switch connected to the second output; a sampling capacitor connected to the switch, wherein the sampling capacitor is charged by the voltage source when the switch is closed; a first comparator with one input connected to the first output and a second input connected to the sampling capacitor; a second comparator with one input connected to the third output and a second input connected to the sampling capacitor; a multiplexer with a plurality of inputs configured to be connected to a plurality of terminals of an external circuit and an output connected to the sampling capacitor, the first input of the first comparator, and the first input of the second comparator; and a controller with inputs connected to the first comparator, the second comparator, and a clock generation unit, wherein the controller is configured to produce control signals to control the first switch and the multiplexer and wherein the controller is configured to produce an output signal indicting the presence of a current leak on one of the plurality of terminals.