814 results about "Electrostatic induction" patented technology

A method for depositing a substance on a substrate that involves forming a supercritical fluid solution of at least one supercritical fluid solvent and at least one solute, discharging the supercritical fluid solution through an orifice under conditions sufficient to form solid particles of the solute that are substantially free of the supercritical fluid solvent, and electrostatically depositing the solid solute particles onto the substrate. The solid solute particles may be charged to a first electric potential and then deposited onto the substrate to form a film. The solute particles may have a mean particle size of less than 1 micron.

The invention provides an electronic skin of a friction electrostatic induction type, and the electronic skin comprises a friction layer, an upper electrode, an insulating layer, a lower electrode and a flexible substrate, wherein the friction layer, the upper electrode, the insulating layer, the lower electrode and the flexible substrate are sequentially arranged in a fixed manner from the top to the bottom, and the upper and lower electrodes are insulated from each other. Each intersection point of the upper and lower electrodes represents one detection position. When human skin touches any detection position, the corresponding electrodes of the upper and lower electrodes respectively output a signal, so the touch position can be obtained. The electronic skin employs the friction electrostatic induction effect, and generates an electric signal through the contact and separation of a human body with the friction layer, so as to sense the touch condition of an external object. The electronic skin has a self-drive function, is good in stability, is high in sensitivity, and is quick in response. Meanwhile, the electronic skin employs a flexible polymer thin film material with the biocompatibility, and is wide in application range.

An integrated electrostatic inductively-coupled (i-ESIC) device is provided for plasma processing that may be used as a primary or secondary source for generating a plasma to prepare substrates for, and to process substrates by applying, dielectric and conductive coatings. The i-ESIC device is practical for processing advanced semiconductor devices and integrated circuits that require uniform and dense plasma. The invention may be embodied in an apparatus that contains a substrate support, typically including an electrostatic chuck, that controls ion energy by capacitively coupling RF power to the plasma and generating voltage bias on the wafer relative to the plasma potential. An integrated inductive coupling element is provided at the perimeter of the substrate support that increases plasma density at the perimeter of the wafer, compensating for the radial loss of charged particles toward chamber walls, to produce uniform plasma density above the processed wafer. An annular slotted shield protects the inductive coupling element from the plasma and provides conditions for effective inductive coupling of RF power into the plasma, such as eliminating capacitive coupling from the element to the plasma and unwanted sputtering of the element. The i-ESIC device has a capacitive coupling zone in its center where wafers are placed and an inductive coupling zone at the perimeter of the wafer coupled to a matching network and RF generator. Both zones together with plasma create a resonant circuit.

The invention provides a composite power generator based on flowing liquid, a power generation method and a sensing method. Flowing energy, which comprises electrostatic energy and mechanical energy, of liquid in an environment is collected, and is converted into electricity for direct use or storage. The power generator can be used as a self-powered sensor to detect the concentration of ethanol in a solution. The power generator is mainly formed by stacking an electrostatic induction power generation assembly and a contact friction power generation assembly. When liquid, such as rainwater and water, in the environment touches the power generator, static electricity of the water can drive the electrostatic induction power generation assembly to work and produce electricity output. Mechanical energy of the flowing water can drive the contact friction power generator to work and produce electricity output at the same time. According to the invention, flowing energy of waste water in the environment and raindrops can be widely collected and converted into electricity, and the application prospect is broad.

A system for electrostatically coating particles is provided. The system is particularly well suited for coating charged drug delivery particles (e.g., nanoparticles, microparticles) with a coating of opposite charge. The coating may include a targeting moiety such as a small molecule ligand, peptide, protein, aptamer, etc. The coated particles are biodegradable and/or biocompatible, have a near neutral zeta (ξ) potential, and are stable in serum. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions and kits including the inventive coated particles. Methods of preparing and using the inventive particles are also included.

An electrostatic separation system for separating fine metal and plastics is disclosed. An electrostatic separation system according to the present invention comprises a negative electrostatic induction plate and positive metal net made of special materials, which have appropriate dimensions and an appropriate space between them to improve separation efficiency, and a separating plate which is appropriately positioned to improve separation efficiency. The electrostatic separation system has processing capacity more than 5 times in comparison to conventional electrostatic selection systems and is able to separate fine particles of 0.1 mm in size. In addition, the electrostatic separation system has wide application in recycling other useful recourses as well as separating the mixture of fine particle metal and non-metal materials.

A potential measurement apparatus for measuring a surface potential of an object of measurement detects a change in electric charge induced at a detection electrode due to electrostatic induction by changing a distance between the detection electrode and the object of measurement in accordance with a predetermined period, using a neutral distance as reference, as a signal representing a change in electric current. The potential measurement apparatus includes a first detection unit for detecting a signal representing a fundamental period of the change in electric current and a signal representing a second harmonic period, a second detection unit for detecting information representing a capacitance between the detection electrode at the neutral distance and the object of measurement and an arithmetic unit for computationally obtaining information on the surface potential of the object of measurement, with eliminating an influence of the neutral distance and the capacitance, according to an outcome of detection of the first detection unit and an outcome of detection of the second detection unit.

A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus and a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) apparatus that reduce the number of fine particles inside a chamber. The CVD and the PECVD apparatuses each include a chamber; a gas injection unit that injects a gas into the chamber; a gas exhaust unit that exhausts the gas to the outside of the chamber, and is positioned facing the gas injection unit; a film formation unit that incorporates a film formation region on which a film is formed from the gas, and is positioned between the gas injection unit and the gas exhaust unit; and a electrostatic induction unit, which is positioned around a region corresponding to the film formation region in order not to overlap with the film formation region, and is connected to a voltage source that is insulated from the chamber.

A disc pump includes a pump body having a cavity for containing a fluid. The disc pump also includes an actuator adapted to hold an electrostatic charge to cause an oscillatory motion at a drive frequency. The disc pump further includes a conductive plate positioned to face the actuator outside of the cavity and adapted to provide an electric field of reversible polarity, the conductive plate being electrically associated with the actuator to cause the actuator to oscillate at the drive frequency in response to reversing the polarity of the electric field. The disc pump further includes a valve disposed in at least one of a first aperture and a second aperture in the pump body. The oscillation of the actuator at the drive frequency causes fluid flow through the first aperture and the second aperture when in use.

The invention discloses a portable electrostatic detection device and an electrostatic detection method thereof and belongs to the field of detection. A static inductive sensor of the portable electrostatic detection device comprises a shield casing with a signal receiving window; an electrostatic signal receiving surface is arranged inside the casing; a circuit board and a signal transmitting bracket are arranged in the casing; a vibration electrode slice with a vibration source is arranged on the signal transmitting bracket; a covering sheet in parallel to a metallic electrostatic signal receiving surface is arranged at the front end of the vibration electrode slice; the rear end of the vibration electrode slice is fixedly arranged on the signal transmitting bracket or fixedly arranged on the signal transmitting bracket through the vibration source; and an electrical signal processing unit of the portable electrostatic detection device at least comprises a vibration source driving circuit, a signal amplifying circuit, a rectifier circuit and a singlechip circuit. According to the portable electrostatic detection device and the electrostatic detection method thereof disclosed by the invention, the induced electrostatic voltage is converted into alternating voltage by adopting a mechanical interrupt method for an output and subsequent detection/amplifying unit to use, and thus the electrostatic quantitative determination is realized; and in addition, the repeatability of monitored and detected data is favorable and the precision and the stability of the electrostatic detection are improved.

Using single circular ring type static sensor, the invention implement measures average velocity of grains, simplifies measuring device, and reducing dependence of flow condition between two phases of gas and solid. Belonging to non-contact type, the static sensor does not influence on flow condition of liquid in structure. Based on spatial filtering method of static sensor, the technique for measuring average velocity of grains possesses features of simple structure, convenience of processing signal, low cost, and high measuring accuracy. The invention is applicable to site environment of inclement industrial pneumatic transport. The invention carries out experimental study systematically on experimental installation of gravity handling grain flow, and compressive dense phase pneumatic transport system. The result indicates that the measuring system possesses good repeatability and stability.

This invention relates to high voltage direct current circuit insulator field measurement method, which belongs to power system high voltage output circuit electricity test field and adopts integration circuit and measures the direct current field intensity between two metal conductors induced charge in the measurement space. This invention only transfers the device to the insulator front and slide to fulfill the whole direct charge field distribution measurement.

To provide an acceleration sensor and a sensor network system having a construction in which the consumption of power to be consumed can be reduced and the sensor itself can be miniaturized without using any piezoelectric sensor or piezoelectric bimorph.

An acceleration sensor device provided with an acceleration sensor which is an electrostatic induction conversion device for conversion between electric energy and kinetic energy, which comprises a conductor and an electret moving relatively to the conductor, said acceleration sensor device having: an acceleration detection unit to detect a signal corresponding to acceleration, from an AC voltage output by the acceleration sensor; a rectification unit to rectify the AC voltage; and a power supply circuit having a battery to power circuits in the device to work, to charge the battery with the rectified voltage as electric energy.

An electrostatic operating apparatus (electrostatic induction generator) includes a first substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode and set in a state where the first electrode and the second electrode are electrically separated from each other at least on the substrate and a second substrate including an electret member, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are so provided as to be opposed to each other at an interval and so formed as to be movable relatively with each other, and at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is so formed as to be capacitively coupled with the electret member.

The invention discloses a linear electrostatic sensor array method for measuring particle speed and a device thereof. The method comprises the following steps: a duct is axially provided with a first linear electrostatic sensor array and a second linear electrostatic sensor array which are composed of a plurality of ring electrodes; when charged particles pass through the two electrostatic sensor arrays, two sets of electrostatic signals, which reflect gas-solid flow information, are generated; after the electrostatic signals are accessed into a front charge differential circuit to be amplified, a data acquisition circuit sends the amplified signals into a computer; and the computer carries out spectral analysis on the differential electrostatic signal and determines the peak frequency on the frequency spectrum, thereby obtaining the average speed of gas-solid two-phase flow particles. Compared with the single ring electrostatic induction spatial filter, the linear electrostatic sensor array has higher space selectivity, thereby enhancing the measurement accuracy of the particle speed. The device comprises a measuring probe, a front charge differential amplification circuit, a data acquisition card and a computer.

An electrostatic operation device in which a variation in the amount of electric charges accumulated in an electret film caused by physical impact can be suppressed. The electrostatic operation device (electrostatic induction power generating device (1)) comprises movable electrodes (8), an electret film (5) so formed as to face the movable electrodes (8) at a space therebetween, and a stopper (401b) for suppressing the approach of the movable electrodes (8) to the electret film (5) within a predetermined space.

An implantable medical lead for transmitting electrical signals between an implantable medical device and selected body tissue comprises a lead body having a distal end portion, a proximal end and an electrically insulating, elongated housing connecting the distal end portion and the proximal end. The proximal end of the lead body carries an electrical connector assembly adapted to be electrically connected to the implantable medical device and the distal end portion of the lead body carries at least one electrode electrically coupled to a terminal contact on the connector assembly. The lead comprises at least one surface susceptible during use of the lead to the accumulation of electrostatic charges, the at least one surface having a coating comprising carbon nanotubes.

A haptic effect enabled device for producing a haptic effect. In some cases, the haptic effect may represent a component of a spatial pattern represented on a surface of the haptic effect enabled device. In some cases, the haptic effect enabled device may comprise a haptic output device, a drive module, and a drive circuit. The drive module may receive information indicative of a location of a touch input at the surface and determine whether the touch input's location corresponds with a location of one of multiple components of the spatial pattern. The drive module may generate a drive signal that the drive circuit then applies to the haptic output device to generate the haptic effect.

The present invention discloses an adaptive reclosure method for the novel monopolar grounding fault of a true bipolar MMC-HVDC power transmission system. According to the invention, after the occurrence of a monopolar grounding fault and the isolation of a faulty electrode circuit, the grounding voltage Uf of the faulty electrode circuit is measured after the experience of a certain period of dissociation process. According to the principle of electrostatic induction between power transmission circuits, if Uf is larger than Uset, the residual voltage occurs to the circuit. A fault point has disappeared, and the fault is determined as a transient fault. After the time delay of delta t2, a faulty electrode converter is restarted. If the fault isolation is achieved by a DC circuit breaker, the DC circuit breaker needs to be re-switched on. If Uf is smaller than Uset, little residual voltage occurs to the circuit. The fault point still exists, and the fault is determined as a permanent fault. The faulty electrode converter is not restarted. By adopting the above method, the pre-judgment of a fault type can be realized without unlocking the converter, so that the secondary damage of the system is avoided. Compared with existing reclosure methods for the true bipolar MMC-HVDC power transmission system, the secondary overcurrent impact caused by the reclosure of a permanent monopolar grounding fault is effectively avoided.

A microcontroller-based multifunctional electronic switch using a detection circuit design to convert external motion signals into message carrying sensing signals readable to the microcontroller. Based on the time length of sensing signals and the format of the sensing signals received in a preset instant period of time the microcontroller through the operation of its software program codes written in the OTPROM is able to recognize the working modes chosen by the external signal generating user and thereby selecting the appropriate loops of subroutine for execution. The system and method of the present invention may simultaneously be applicable to detection circuit design using infrared ray sensor, electrostatic induction sensor, conduction based touch sensor or push button sensor for performing multifunction such as controlling the on/off switch performance, the diming or speed control and the delay timer management within the capacity of a single lighting device or an electrical appliance.