181 results about "Displacement current" patented technology

In a non-volatile memory, the displacement current generated in non-selected word lines that results when the voltage levels on an array's bit lines are changed can result in disturbs. Techniques for reducing these currents are presented. In a first aspect, the number of cells being simultaneously programmed on a word line is reduced. In a non-volatile memory where an array of memory cells is composed of a number of units, and the units are combined into planes that share common word lines, the simultaneous programming of units within the same plane is avoided. Multiple units may be programmed in parallel, but these are arranged to be in separate planes. This is done by selecting the number of units to be programmed in parallel and their order such that all the units programmed together are from distinct planes, by comparing the units to be programmed to see if any are from the same plane, or a combination of these. In a second, complementary aspect, the rate at which the voltage levels on the bit lines are changed is adjustable. By monitoring the frequency of disturbs, or based upon the device's application, the rate at which the bit line drivers change the bit line voltage is adjusted. This can be implemented by setting the rate externally, or by the controller based upon device performance and the amount of data error being generated.

A passenger detecting system is disclosed, that comprises a seat, a plurality of electrodes disposed at predetermined intervals on at least the front surface of the seat, an oscillating circuit for generating a weak electric field between at least one particular electrode (referred to as a first type electrode) of the electrodes and the other electrodes (referred to as second type electrodes), a current/voltage converting circuit for detecting displacement currents that flow corresponding to the weak electric field and for converting the displacement currents into respective voltages, a controlling circuit for detecting a seating pattern of an passenger or the like on the seat corresponding to output signals of the current/voltage converting circuit, and an air bag device for inflating an air bag in case of a collision.

A microwave emission mechanism includes: a transmission path through which a microwave is transmitted; and an antenna section that emits into a chamber the microwave transmitted through the transmission path. The antenna section includes an antenna having a slot through which the microwave is emitted, a dielectric member through which the microwave emitted from the antenna is transmitted and a closed circuit in which a surface current and a displacement current flow. A surface wave is formed in a surface of the dielectric member. The closed circuit has at least: an inner wall of the slot; and the surface and an inner portion of the dielectric member. When a wavelength of the microwave is λ₀, a length of the closed circuit is nλ₀±δ, where n is a positive integer and δ is a fine-tuning component including 0.

In a non-volatile memory, the displacement current generated in non-selected word lines that results when the voltage levels on an array's bit lines are changed can result in disturbs. Techniques for reducing these currents are presented. In a first aspect, the number of cells being simultaneously programmed on a word line is reduced. In a non-volatile memory where an array of memory cells is composed of a number of units, and the units are combined into planes that share common word lines, the simultaneous programming of units within the same plane is avoided. Multiple units may be programmed in parallel, but these are arranged to be in separate planes. This is done by selecting the number of units to be programmed in parallel and their order such that all the units programmed together are from distinct planes, by comparing the units to be programmed to see if any are from the same plane, or a combination of these. In a second, complementary aspect, the rate at which the voltage levels on the bit lines are changed is adjustable. By monitoring the frequency of disturbs, or based upon the device's application, the rate at which the bit line drivers change the bit line voltage can be adjusted. This can be implemented by setting the rate externally, or by the controller based upon device performance and the amount of data error being generated.

In a VP-SEM that uses gas multiplication induced within a low-vacuum sample chamber and uses a method of detecting a positive displacement current, a secondary electron detector for the VP-SEM that responds at high speed, which can acquire a TV-Scan rate image at a low cost while saving a space is provided. A secondary electron detector is formed by forming the electron supplying electrode and the detection electrode on the flexible thin film type substrate such as a polyimide film, etc., by an etching method. Thereby, the space can be saved while realizing low cost due to mass production. Further, the ion horizontally moving with respect to the surface of the secondary electron detector is detected and the ion moving in a vertical direction returned to the sample holder is not detected, making it possible to realize a high-speed response.

The invention discloses a quadrature error closed-loop compensating circuit for a vibrating type silicon micromechanical gyroscope. A gyroscope detection signal enters a synchronous demodulation circuit by diving into two parts after being amplified and filtered: one part of gyroscope detection signal is demodulated through reference signals generated by a phase-locked loop, and after low-pass filtering is performed, an angular velocity signal is obtained; the other part of the gyroscope detection signal is demodulated through the reference signals, which is subjected to phase displacement for 90 degrees, and generated by the phase-locked loop, after low-pass filtering is performed, the voltage amplitude of quadrature error signals in the detection signal is extracted out, and a feedback control voltage is obtained through an integrating circuit; the feedback control voltage passes through a single-double switching circuit and is modulated to the driving frequency through a driving detection capacitance so as to generate a feedback current to compensate quadrature displacement current in the detection shaft direction, and then quadrature error amount in the detection signal is eliminated and finally, the pure angular velocity is obtained. According to the invention, the quadrature error amount in an angular velocity detection loop is eliminated by using the feedback current to compensate the quadrature displacement current in the detection shaft direction of the micromechanical gyroscope, and high-precision closed-loop compensating for the quadrature error of the vibrating type silicon micromechanical gyroscope is achieved.

Embodiments relate to functional test methods useful for fabricating products containing Light Emitting Diode (LED) structures. In particular, LED arrays are functionally tested by injecting current via a displacement current coupling device using a field plate comprising of an electrode and insulator placed in close proximity to the LED array. A controlled voltage waveform is then applied to the field plate electrode to excite the LED devices in parallel for high-throughput. A camera records the individual light emission resulting from the electrical excitation to yield a function test of a plurality of LED devices. Changing the voltage conditions can excite the LEDs at differing current density levels to functionally measure external quantum efficiency and other important device functional parameters.

A method and a device (MON) for monitoring plasma-discharges during a surface treatment process are described. In this process electrodes within a gaseous medium are provided with an alternating voltage (U_HV) for generating plasma. The monitoring device (MON) has a detector device (M1) for detecting a measurement signal (I) generated by the alternating voltage (U_HV) within the gaseous medium, separating means (M2) for separating signal components above a preset frequency and evaluating means (M3) for evaluating the resulting separated signal components by comparing them with at least one preset reference. Preferably the generating of the plasma is achieved by dielectric barrier discharge and the electric current penetrating the medium, especially the dielectric displacement current, is measured as the measurement signal (I).

A trench-gate type semiconductor device that can prevent breakdown of a gate insulating film caused by a displacement current flowing into a protective diffusion layer at a portion of a trench underlying a gate electrode at a turn-off time and simultaneously improves a current density by narrowing a cell pitch. The semiconductor device includes a gate electrode embedded into a trench penetrating a base region. The gate electrode is disposed into a lattice shape in a planar view, and a protective diffusion layer is formed in a drift layer at the portion underlying thereof. At least one of blocks divided by the gate electrode is a protective contact region on which the trench is entirely formed. A protective contact for connecting the protective diffusion layer at a bottom portion of the trench and a source electrode is disposed on the protective contact region.

Method and arrangement for controlling a discharge plasma in a discharge space (11) having at least two spaced electrodes (13, 14). A gas or gas mixture is introduced in the discharge space (11), and a power supply (15) for energizing the electrodes (13, 14) is provided for applying an AC plasma energizing voltage to the electrodes (13, 14). At least one current pulse is generated and causes a plasma current and a displacement current. Means for controlling the plasma are provided and arranged to apply a displacement current rate of change for controlling local current density variations associated with a plasma variety having a low ratio of dynamic to static resistance, such as filamentary discharges. By damping such fast variations using a pulse forming circuit (20), a uniform glow discharge plasma is obtained.

In order to design on-chip interconnect structures in a flexible way, a CAD approach is advocated in three dimensions, describing high frequency effects such as current redistribution due to the skin-effect or eddy currents and the occurrence of slow-wave modes. The electromagnetic environment is described by a scalar electric potential and a magnetic vector potential. These potentials are not uniquely defined, and in order to obtain a consistent discretization scheme, a gauge-transformation field is introduced. The displacement current is taken into account to describe current redistribution and a small-signal analysis solution scheme is proposed based upon existing techniques for static fields in semiconductors. In addition methods and apparatus for refining the mesh used for numerical analysis is described.

A device, using which signals and energy may be transmitted without contact between an electrical device on or in the vehicle body and an electrical device on or in a vehicle seat, reliable signal and energy transmission being ensured even in the event of frequent changes of the seating configuration, without the vehicle user having to take special precautions for this purpose. The two electrical devices are each assigned a transmission module. These transmission modules form a high-frequency wireless transmission path. The transmission module on or in the vehicle body is integrated into the rail system for the vehicle seat, while the transmission module on or in the seat may be coupled into the rail system in such a way that the signal and/or energy transmission occurs via the displacement current generated in the rail system.

Embodiments relate to functional test methods useful for fabricating products containing Light Emitting Diode (LED) structures. In particular, LED arrays are functionally tested by injecting current via a displacement current coupling device using a field plate comprising of an electrode and insulator placed in close proximity to the LED array. A controlled voltage waveform is then applied to the field plate electrode to excite the LED devices in parallel for high-throughput. A camera records the individual light emission resulting from the electrical excitation to yield a function test of a plurality of LED devices. Changing the voltage conditions can excite the LEDs at differing current density levels to functionally measure external quantum efficiency and other important device functional parameters.

There is disclosed an antenna device comprising an elongate dielectric radiating element having a longitudinal axis and a feeding mechanism for generating displacement currents in the dielectric radiating element. The radiating element is configured to support displacement current resonance modes parallel to the longitudinal axis but to inhibit displacement current resonance modes transverse to the longitudinal axis.

An electric field signature detector for detecting and identifying objects that uses multiple electrostatic sensor nodes each having a passive sensing electrode whose free conduction electrons are displacement responsive to an externally applied or sensed electric field potential, and a transimpedance converter and amplifier exhibiting ultra-high input impedance for translating low level input displacement current from a sensing electrode into a useable output signal in response to a charge displacement signal induced on the passive sensing electrode by an external electric field. The electric field signature detector further includes an exciter for providing a reference electric field used in the retrieval and processing of an electric field signature representative of an object and class of object under investigation. The electric field signature detector having uses including military, security, anti-terrorist, and defense related.

The invention discloses a partial discharge measurement device under impulse voltage on site and a signal processing method thereof. The device comprises a current sensor, a tapping point, a voltage attenuator, a voltage transient suppression device and a back-end processing and displaying system, wherein the output end of the current sensor is connected to the input end of the tapping point through an integrating resistor and a coaxial-cable; one path of the output end of the tapping point is connected to the input end of the voltage attenuator, and the other path is connected to the input end of the voltage transient suppression device; and the output ends of the voltage attenuator and the voltage transient suppression device are respectively connected onto the backeend processing and displaying system. The partial discharge measurement device under impulse voltage on site detects a displacement current signal on a GIS (Geographic Information System) ground wire through a Rogowski coil, the on-site measurement for loop building is simple, and the measurement mode is easy to operate and ensures the security of personnel and equipment.

Embodiments relate to functional test methods useful for fabricating products containing Light Emitting Diode (LED) structures. In particular, LED arrays are functionally tested by injecting current via a displacement current coupling device using a field plate comprising of an electrode and insulator placed in close proximity to the LED array. A controlled voltage waveform is then applied to the field plate electrode to excite the LED devices in parallel for high-throughput. A camera records the individual light emission resulting from the electrical excitation to yield a function test of a plurality of LED devices. Changing the voltage conditions can excite the LEDs at differing current density levels to functionally measure external quantum efficiency and other important device functional parameters. Spectral filtering is used to improve measurement contrast and LED defect detection. External light irradiation is used to excite the LED array and improve onset of charge injection light emission and throughput.

The invention discloses a planar slot antenna based on a triangular substrate integrated waveguide resonant cavity, which is fed by a coplanar waveguide on the lower surface of a dielectric plate by slotting in the edge region of the upper surface of an equilateral triangular substrate integrated waveguide resonant cavity. electricity, so that the antenna works in model. A rectangular slit is opened on the edge of the equilateral triangular substrate integrated waveguide resonant cavity, and made parallel to one side of the equilateral triangular substrate integrated waveguide resonant cavity, so that a displacement current will be generated on the slit, and electromagnetic waves will be radiated. The antenna retains the advantages of better radiation performance of the traditional cavity-backed slot antenna. At the same time, the entire antenna, including the radiation structure, feed structure and back cavity, is completely fabricated on a single-layer dielectric board, which greatly reduces the processing complexity and reduces the processing time. The cost also makes planar circuit integration easier.

The invention provides an unbalance vibration control system of a bearingless asynchronous motor. The system consists of a directional inverse decoupling control system of a rotor flux linkage of the bearingless asynchronous motor and an unbalance exciting force feedforward compensation system, wherein the directional inverse decoupling control system of the rotor flux linkage of the bearingless asynchronous motor comprises an original system, an inverse system and four adjustors and realizes dynamic decoupling control of an electromagnetic torque, the rotor flux linkage and a random displacement component; the unbalance exciting force feedforward compensation system comprises an LMS self-adapted filter unbalance exciting force compensator and a force/flow conversion module and dynamically adjusts the unbalance displacement extraction speed and precision by using a simple step-length factor adjusting function; output of the feedforward compensation system and a steady random displacement current output by the inverse system are overlaid to form a magnetic suspension dynamic decoupling control system. The system provided by the invention cancels the links of online identification of a predictable load torque in the inverse system and a closed loop of a stator current of the original system, so that the influence of the unbalance exciting force can be effectively inhibited and the control precision and performance are improved.

A plasma display device and a driving method thereof. A scan electrode driver (or a sustain electrode driver) uses a power source for supplying the voltage Vs-Va to increase the initial voltage to the voltage Vs-Va and uses an address voltage output by an address electrode driver to increase the voltage Vs-Va to the voltage Vs to thus apply a sustain discharge pulse during a sustain period. Therefore, the voltage used by a driver for applying the sustain discharge pulse is reduced by using a voltage output by the address driver to apply the sustain pulse voltage.

An embodiment of the present application discloses an ESD protection circuit, comprising a negative ESD protection module and a positive ESD protection module, wherein the negative ESD protection module comprises a first resistor, a charging capacitor, a first field effect transistor and a second field effect transistor, and the positive ESD protection module comprises a fourth field effect transistor. When a negative ESD event occurs, the gate of P-type GAN enhanced power supply will have a large transient voltage relative to the source, so that a displacement current from the source to the gate of the P-type GAN enhanced power supply is generated on the recharge capacitor, as that first field effect transistor is tur on, the first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor form a path, thereby releasing negative ESD energy from the grid relative to the source. At that same time, when a negative steady-state voltage is apply to the gate electrode with respect to the source electrode, the first field effect transistor is in an off state, so that the negative voltage test at the steady-state state can be compatible.

The present application relates to a ferroelectric memory device having a multilevel polarization (MLP) state generated due to adjustment of a displacement current and to a method for manufacturing the ferroelectric memory device.

There is disclosed a simulation model for designing a semiconductor device, comprising adding at least a part of a difference between a density of a carrier described in a quasi-static manner with respect to a voltage applied between electrodes at a first time and a density of the carrier described in a transient state at a second time before the first time to the carrier density at the second time in accordance with a running delay of the carrier between both the times to thereby describe the carrier density at the first time in the transient state with respect to a semiconductor element having the first and second electrodes. A current flowing between the electrodes is described as a sum of a current flowing between the electrodes in the quasi-static manner, and a displacement current between the electrodes.