144 patents
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Disaggregated Distributed Measurement Analysis System Using Dynamic Application Builder
15 Jul 20
Disaggregated distributed measurement analysis systems provide a test and measurement automation platform that uses solution workflow metadata to create automation test suites as solutions to be deployed in an automation engine of a test and measurement automation platform.
Sriram Mandyam Krishnakumar, Mahesha Guttahalli Lakshmipathy, Satish Kumar Makanahalli Ramaiah, Vishnu Vardhan Kandan, Rovin Jolly Pulikken
Filed: 9 Jan 20
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Recommending Measurements Based on Detected Waveform Type
1 Jul 20
An oscilloscope including an input port for receiving training data including waveforms and corresponding known classifications and a processor for training a plurality of classifiers on the training data.
Ian R. Absher, Kraig M. Strong
Filed: 5 Mar 20
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Real-time Jitter Impairment Insertion for Signal Sources
1 Jul 20
A test and measurement device having a signal source, including an impairment generator configured to output an impairment and a waveform synthesizer.
Gregory A. Martin, Patrick Satarzadeh, Karen Hovakimyan, Hungming Chang
Filed: 11 Aug 19
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Device Signal Separation for Full Duplex Serial Communication Link
1 Jul 20
A test and measurement instrument for extracting waveforms from a differential transmission line without disrupting the differential transmission line.
P E. Ramesh, Tsuyoshi Miyazaki
Filed: 18 Dec 19
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Compound Via RF Transition Structure In a Multilayer High-density Interconnect
1 Jul 20
A multilayer circuit board having a central conductor and core layers between a first set of alternating layers and a second set of alternating layers.
George S. Curtis
Filed: 26 Dec 18
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Linear and Non-Linear Calibration for Time Interleaved Digital-to-Analog Converter
1 Jul 20
A time-interleaved digital-to-analog converter system, comprising a digital pre-distorter configured to receive an input digital signal and an error signal and output a distorted digital signal based on the input digital signal and the error signal; a time-interleaved digital-to-analog converter having a first sample rate, the time-interleaved digital-to-analog converter configured to convert the distorted digital signal to an analog signal; and a calibration system.
Karen Hovakimyan, Gregory A. Martin, Daniel G. Knierim
Filed: 29 Jul 19
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Dual Output Signal Paths for Signal Source Channels to Optimize for Bandwidth and Amplitude Range
1 Jul 20
A signal source device includes at least one digital-to-analog converter, at least one connector, a first output path from the at least one digital-to-analog converter to the at least one connector, and a second output path from the at least one digital-to-analog converter to the at least one connector.
Gregory A. Martin, Pirooz Hojabri
Filed: 29 Sep 19
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Split Frequency Band Signal Paths for Signal Sources
1 Jul 20
A signal generator device includes a digital signal waveform generator to produce a digital signal waveform, a first frequency band signal path having a first frequency band filter to receive the digital signal waveform and to pass first frequency band components of the digital signal waveform, and a first digital-to-analog converter to receive the first frequency band components of the digital signal waveform and to produce a first frequency band analog signal, a second frequency band signal path having a second frequency band filter to receive the digital signal waveform and to pass second frequency band components of the digital signal waveform, a second digital-to-analog converter to receive the second frequency band components of the digital signal waveform and to produce a second frequency band analog signal, and a combining element to combine the first frequency band analog signal and the second frequency band analog signal to produce a wideband analog signal.
Gregory A. Martin
Filed: 29 Sep 19
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Digital Signal Processing Waveform Synthesis for Fixed Sample Rate Signal Sources
1 Jul 20
A test and measurement instrument including a digital-to-analog converter having an output sample rate configured to receive a digital sample waveform and a reference clock and output an analog waveform at the sample rate, a waveform synthesizer configured to receive an input waveform having a baud rate and output a digital sample waveform having a baud rate less than the sample rate of the digital-to-analog converter, and a port configured to output the analog waveform.
Gregory A. Martin, Patrick Satarzadeh, John J. Pickerd, Daniel G. Knierim
Filed: 27 Aug 19
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Test and Measurement Devices, Systems, and Methods Associated with Augmented Reality
24 Jun 20
A test and measurement system can include a data store configured to store augmentation settings for dynamically augmenting a physical testing environment and a computing device coupled to the data store.
Tyler B. Niles, Daniel G. Knierim, Michael J. Wadzita, Joshua J. O'Brien, David Everett Burgess
Filed: 17 Jun 18
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Abstracting of Digital Acquisition Memory
17 Jun 20
An abstracted digital memory acquisition circuit, including an analog input configured to receive an analog signal, an analog-to-digital converter configured to receive the analog signal and convert the analog signal to a first digital signal, a digital input configured to receive a second digital signal, a controller configured to receive the first digital signal and the second digital signal and output a stream of bits, the stream of bits including the first digital signal and the second digital signal, and a control signal, and an output configured to electrically connect to a digital input of a test and measurement instrument and output the stream of bits and the control signal.
Jonathan D. Clem
Filed: 16 Dec 18
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Categorization of Acquired Data Based on Explicit and Implicit Means
27 May 20
A method of classifying waveform data includes receiving input waveform data at a test and measurement system, accessing a repository of reference waveform data and corresponding classes, analyzing the input waveform data and the reference waveform data to designate a class of the input waveform data, and using the class designation to provide information to a user.
Joshua J. O'Brien, Brian S. Mantel
Filed: 25 Nov 19
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System for Test and Measurement Instrumentation Data Collection and Exchange
27 May 20
A method of capturing instrument data using a communications device includes sending an actuation signal to a camera to take a photograph of at least one instrument, one of either transmitting or receiving a trigger message between the communications device and the at least one instrument, storing the photograph in a memory on the communications device, determining associated information for the photograph, and transmitting the photograph, associated information and user information to a network.
Frederick B. Kuhlman, III, Shane L. Arnold
Filed: 25 Nov 19
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Cable Connector to PCB Interconnect
29 Apr 20
A device can include a coaxial connector that has a signal portion to electrically couple with a signal portion of a printed circuit board (PCB) to enable transmission of a signal therebetween, a ground portion to electrically couple with a ground portion of the PCB, and a mounting to interact with a mounting component to secure the coaxial connector to the PCB.
Devin M. Bingham
Filed: 16 Apr 18
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Systems, Devices, and Methods for Measuring Direct Current/low Frequency Signal Components
29 Apr 20
A test and measurement probe system (100,104), including an input (106) to receive an input signal, the input signal including a low frequency (LF) and/or direct current (DC) component and an alternating current (AC) component, an extractor circuit (110), such as an AC coupling circuit or a LF and/or DC rejection circuit, configured to receive the input signal and to separate the AC component and the LF and/or DC component from the input signal, a first output (118) to output the alternating current component to the test and measurement instrument, and a second output to output the direct current component to the test and measurement instrument.
Michael J. Mende
Filed: 12 Jul 18
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Test and Measurement Instrument with a Hysteresis Loop Mask
15 Apr 20
A test and measurement instrument, comprising at least one port configured to receive a signal from a device under test; a user interface configured to receive a user input, the user input indicating magnetic properties of a magnetic material of the device under test, and one or more processors.
U N Vasudev, Gajendra Kumar Patro, Krishna N H Sri
Filed: 14 Oct 18
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Uv Curable Conductive Adhesive
25 Mar 20
A composition of matter includes an ultraviolet (UV) and thermally curable, non-epoxy acrylic adhesive having a concentration in the range of 5 to 30 weight percent of the composition and conductive metal particles having a concentration in the range of 70 to 95 weight percent of the composition.
Julie A. Campbell
Filed: 12 Sep 19
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Electronic Rotary Switch
22 Jan 20
An electronic switch includes a substrate and a rotator assembly.
James D. Pileggi, Daniel G. Knierim
Filed: 22 Jul 18
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Integrated Communication Link Testing
18 Dec 19
A test and measurement device includes an input configured to receive an analog signal from a Device Under Test (DUT), an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) coupled to the input and structured to convert the analog signal to a digital signal, a receiver implemented in a first Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and structured to accept the digital signal and perform signal analysis on the digital signal, a transmitter implemented in a second FPGA and structured to generate a digital output signal, and a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) coupled to the transmitter and structured to convert the digital output signal from the transmitter to an analog signal, and structured to send the analog signal to the DUT.
Pirooz Hojabri, Joshua O'Brien, Gregory A. Martin, Patrick Satarzadeh, Karen Hovakimyan
Filed: 12 Jun 19
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Calibration for Test and Measurement Instrument Including Asynchronous Time-interleaved Digitizer Using Harmonic Mixing
11 Dec 19
A test and measurement instrument includes a coefficient storage facility coupled to a programmable filter.
Daniel G. Knierim, Barton T. Hickman
Filed: 23 Jun 19