2016results about "Voltage measurements only" patented technology

An SSD controller dynamically adjusts read thresholds in an NVM to reduce errors due to device threshold voltage distribution shifts, thus improving performance, reliability, and/or cost of a storage sub-system, such as an SSD. A retention drift clock uses one or more reference pages (or ECC units or blocks) on one or more NVM die as read threshold over time/temperature references, and uses a function of those values as a measure of drift (over time/temperature). At some initial time, the one or more reference pages are programmed and an initial read threshold is measured for each of the one or more reference pages. In some embodiments, read threshold values are averaged among one or more of: all references pages on the same die; and all reference pages in the same one or more die in an I/O device.

An inspection method which simplifies an inspection step by eliminating the need to set probes on wiring or probe terminals, and an inspection device for performing the inspection step. A voltage is applied to each of inspected circuits or circuit elements to operate the same. Signal processing is performed on an output from each inspected circuit or circuit element during operation to form a signal (operation information signal) including information on the operating condition of the circuit or the circuit element. The operation information signal is amplified and the amplitude of an alternating current voltage separately input is modulated with the amplified operation information signal. The voltage of the modulated alternating current is read in a non-contact manner to determine whether the corresponding circuit or circuit element is non-defective or defective.

A voltage detection device for accurately correcting detection errors with voltage greater than an internal reference voltage. The device includes a first switch group of switches for obtaining the voltage across a battery block in a battery pack. A charge-discharge unit has two or more capacitors connected in series or in parallel. A voltage detector detects discharge voltage of the capacitors. In a first period, the capacitors are series-connected and charged with the voltage of the battery block. In a second period, the capacitors charged in the first period are series-connected and discharged, and the voltage detector detects the discharge voltage. In a third period, the capacitors are parallel-connected and each capacitor is charged with an internal reference voltage. In the fourth period, the capacitors charged in the third period are series-connected and discharged, and the detection error is corrected using the discharge voltage as a reference.

A voltage detection device detects an objective AC voltage arising on a detection object. The voltage detection device includes; a detecting electrode placed so as to be capacitively coupled with the detection object; a reference signal output section for outputting a reference signal; a detecting section outputting a detection signal changing its amplitude in accordance with both current values of a detection object current flowing according to the objective AC voltage and a reference current flowing according to the reference signal; and a signal extracting section for extracting a signal component of the objective AC voltage from an amplified detection signal and outputting the signal component as an output signal, the amplified detection signal being obtained through controlling a gain for amplifying the detection signal so as to make a signal component of the reference signal included in the detection signal have a predetermined value.

The present invention relates to voltage measurement apparatus. The voltage measurement apparatus comprises a potential attenuator configured to be electrically connected between first and second conductors, which are electrically coupled to a source. The potential attenuator comprises a first impedance and a reference impedance arrangement in series with each other. The reference impedance arrangement has an electrical characteristic which is changed in a known fashion. The voltage measurement apparatus further comprises a processing arrangement configured: to acquire at least one signal from the reference impedance arrangement, the at least one signal reflecting change of the electrical characteristic in the known fashion; and to determine a voltage between the first and second conductors in dependence on the fashion in which the electrical characteristic is changed being known and the at least one signal.

A semiconductor integrated circuit device formed by a trench dielectric isolation technique has input terminals connected to positive and negative terminals of secondary cells of an assembled battery and includes monitor circuits for respectively monitoring cell voltages of the cells. Each monitor circuit includes a cell voltage detection circuit, a reference voltage generation circuit, and a comparison circuit. The cell voltage detection circuit divides a voltage between the input terminals connected to the positive and negative terminals of a corresponding cell and detects the cell voltage based on the divided voltage. The reference voltage generation circuit generates a reference voltage from the cell voltage. The comparison circuit is powered by the cell voltage of the corresponding cell and compares the divided voltage with the reference voltage.

An embodiment of a voltage-measuring circuit includes: a first resistor connected to a first measurement node; a second resistor connected to the first resistor and a second measurement node; a configuration switch configured to, in response to a control signal, selectively interconnect the first and second resistors, during enable and disable phases of the control signal respectively, into and out of either a parallel or a series configuration; and a control and measurement circuit configured to provide the control signal, receive a first measurement voltage from the first and second measurement nodes during the enable phase, and receive a second measurement voltage from the first and second measurement nodes during the disable phase.

An integrated circuit battery sensor and system thereof are provided. The battery sensor includes a voltage sensor configured to sample a voyage of a battery and a buffer in electrical communication with the voltage sensor and configured for scaling the sampled battery voltage and outputting a voltage signal proportional to the sampled battery voltage; wherein the voltage sensor is further configured for isolating the buffer from the battery. The voltage sensor includes a first capacitor coupled to a positive potential terminal of the battery and a second capacitor coupled to a negative potential terminal of the battery. The battery sensor includes a first die including a first and second input terminal configured for coupling to the positive and negative potential terminals of the battery; and a second die including the voltage sensor, wherein the first and second die are electrically isolated from each other.

A method and apparatus for providing AC voltage measurements. The apparatus comprises an AC voltage monitor for determining at least a first and a second voltage representing an AC voltage of an AC circuit, generating a serial data stream frame comprising data representing the at least a first and a second voltage, and transmitting the serial data stream frame.

Systems and methods for measuring alternating current (AC) voltage of an insulated conductor (e.g., insulated wire) are provided, without requiring a galvanic connection between the conductor and a test electrode or probe. A non-galvanic contact (or “non-contact”) voltage measurement system includes a conductive sensor, an internal ground guard and a reference shield. A common mode reference voltage source is electrically coupled between the internal ground guard and the reference shield to generate an AC reference voltage which causes a reference current to pass through the conductive sensor. At least one processor receives a signal indicative of current flowing through the conductive sensor due to the AC reference voltage and the AC voltage in the insulated conductor, and determines the AC voltage in the insulated conductor based at least in part on the received signal.

A voltage detecting apparatus detects a detection voltage generated in a detected object which is covered by an insulator. The voltage detecting apparatus includes: a detection electrode that is disposed so as to contact the insulator directly, or indirectly via another insulator; a vibrator that causes the insulator to vibrate; a current-to-voltage converter circuit that converts a detection current to a detection voltage signal, the detection current flowing from the detected object via the detection electrode to a reference voltage in a state where the insulator is being caused to vibrate, having an amplitude that is modulated in accordance with a potential difference between the detection voltage and the reference voltage, and being synchronized with vibration of the vibrator; and a detector circuit that detects a detection output indicating the potential difference from the detection voltage signal.

A voltage sensing device with which high-precision voltage sensing is possible without acquiring a unique correction constant for each device. A pair of voltage input nodes NCk and NCk-1 are selected from n+1 voltage input nodes NC0-NCn in switch part 10, and the selected voltage input nodes NCk and NCk-1 are connected to inspection input nodes NA and NB. Here, voltage input nodes NCk and NCk-1 and inspection input nodes NA and NB are connected in two types of patterns of different polarity (forward connection, reverse connection) under the control of control part 50, and digital data S30 for the two sensed voltage signals S20 generated in the two types of connection patterns is input to sensed data processing part 40. With sensed data processing part 40, sensed voltage data S40 that represents the potential difference between voltage input nodes NCk and NCk-1 is generated according to the difference in the two sensed voltage signals S20.

The invention provides a device capable of measuring physical quantity of alternating current at a long distance. The device comprises an analogue sampling passageway, a sampling switch, a register, a bus and a timing controller, wherein the analogue sampling passageway is used for inputting the alternating current to carry out analogue sampling so as to output an analogue sampling value, the sampling switch is used for resampling so as to obtain a remote-measurement data frequency required at a receiving side, the register is used for storing a resampling value from the sampling switch, the bus is used for outputting the resampling value in the register to the receiving side, and the timing controller is used for controlling resampling frequencies of the analogue sampling passageway and the sampling switch; and the device is characterized by further comprising a digital low-pass filter which is used for filtering a high-frequency component in the sampling value, wherein an input of the digital low-pass filter is connected with the analogue sampling value output by the analogue sampling passageway, an output of the digital low-pass filter is connected with the sampling switch, and cut-off frequency of the digital low-pass filter must be 0.5 folds smaller than the resampling frequency of the sampling switch. The invention also provides a corresponding method. When the device is adopted, the remote measurement accuracy of power physical quantity is increased, a waveform value is output through resampling, and an effective value, a steady-state value as well as a fundamental harmonic effective value and steady-state value are also output, so that many requirements of the receiving side for remote measurement data can be met.

An intelligent electronic device (IED), e.g., an electrical power meter having circuitry for an input voltage structure with an adjusting voltage divider, resulting in a highly accurate power measurement, is provided. The IED includes a first voltage input for receiving a sensed voltage from a first phase of an electrical distribution system, the first voltage input being coupled to a first voltage divider; a second voltage input for receiving a sensed voltage from a neutral phase of the electrical distribution system, the second voltage input being coupled to a second voltage divider; and an inverting operational amplifier (op amp) coupled to the first and second voltage inputs for providing an output proportional to the voltage of the first phase referenced to the neutral phase, wherein the first voltage divider is adjustable to match a ratio of the first voltage divider to a ratio of the second voltage divider.

The invention provides a leakage detection equipment which is equipped with a detection pipeline for detecting leakage of pipeline where liquid flows through and determines whether the liquid leaks from the pipeline based on voltage change of the detection pipeline. The leakage detection equipment is provided, which detects whether the detection pipeline comprising a plurality of leads leaks. The leakage detection equipment comprises the detection pipeline comprising a first to a third wire, wherein end ports of the first to third wires are connected electrically via a diode; a pipeline measuring unit for measuring a pipeline voltage in a special position point of each of the second and third wires after applying constant current to the first wire; and a microcomputer for detecting whether the pipeline leaks based on the pipeline voltage of each of the second and third wires.

Systems and methods for measuring alternating current (AC) voltage of an insulated conductor (e.g., insulated wire) are provided, without requiring a galvanic connection between the conductor and a test electrode or probe. A non-galvanic contact (or “non-contact”) voltage measurement system includes a variable capacitance subsystem which operates to generate a variable capacitive voltage between an insulated conductor under test and earth ground. During measurement, the non-contact voltage measurement system varies the capacitance of the variable capacitance subsystem to change the impedance of a capacitive divider circuit between the insulated conductor under test and earth ground. By sequentially making two (or three) measurements across the variable capacitance subsystem, the AC voltage of the insulated conductor can be determined without requiring any galvanic connection to the insulated conductor. The determined AC voltage of the insulated conductor may then be presented to an operator and/or communicated to an external device.

A reference potential adjusting apparatus is provided. The reference potential adjusting apparatus includes a reference potential measuring unit configured to measure a potential of a solution, a counter electrode disposed in the solution, and configured to change the potential of the solution through oxidation-reduction reactions with the solution, and a comparator configured to compare a measurement voltage provided by the reference voltage measuring unit to a reference voltage provided by a reference voltage supply unit, and to adjust reactions of the counter electrode with the solution according to the result of the comparison. The reference potential measuring unit includes a reference electrode, a common electrode disposed to be spaced apart from the reference electrode, and at least one nano structure contacting the reference electrode and the common electrode, and having electrical conductivity changing according to the potential of the solution.

A system including a non-intrusive capacitive voltage sensor configured to couple to an insulator surrounding a metal conductor, wherein the non-intrusive capacitive voltage sensor is configured to produce a voltage signal indicative of a voltage in the metal conductor, and a monitor-controller system configured to receive the voltage signal from the non-intrusive capacitive voltage sensor, wherein the monitor-controller system is configured to use the voltage signal to monitor or control a machine.

A voltage sensor housing includes a top portion including a conductive top portion composed of conductive material and non-conductive top portions composed of non-conductive material, a bottom portion composed of non-conductive material, side portions composed of non-conductive material, wherein the top portion the bottom portion and the side portions define an interior area structured to hold a voltage sensor, and conductive side portions composed of conductive material and being disposed adjacent to the side portions. The conductive top portion is electrically floating and the conductive side portions are electrically grounded.