Sensing system and method
    21.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11480555B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US16412497

    申请日:2019-05-15

    Abstract: A sensor system includes an electrical circuit having plural leads coupled with one or more sensing regions. The sensing regions include gaps having sensing materials that detect an analyte of interest. The gaps close responsive to the sensing material corresponding to the gaps detecting the analyte of interest. One or more processors communicatively coupled with the electrical circuit receive electrical signals from the electrical circuit indicative of the gaps closing responsive to the sensing material of the corresponding gaps detecting the analyte of interest. The electrical circuit is in a closed position in the presence of the analyte of interest. The sensor system is configured to consume an increased amount of power when the electrical circuit is in the closed position relative to the electrical circuit in an open position responsive to the one or more of the gaps closing. A responsive action is determined based on the electrical signals.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENTHALPY MONITORING OF A FLUID

    公开(公告)号:US20210108505A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US16600049

    申请日:2019-10-11

    Abstract: A system includes a downhole tool having a housing and a passage extending through the housing, where the passage includes an inlet configured to receive a flow of a wellbore fluid and an outlet configured to discharge the flow of the wellbore fluid. The downhole tool includes a heating element configured to heat the flow of the wellbore fluid and to enable the flow of the wellbore fluid to transition to a single-phase fluid flow within the passage. The downhole tool includes a phase composition sensor positioned adjacent the passage and configured to provide feedback indicative of formation of the single-phase fluid flow. The system includes a controller configured to monitor a power consumption of the heating element and to determine an enthalpy of the wellbore fluid based in part on the power consumption and the feedback from the phase composition sensor.

    Systems and methods for networked sensor nodes

    公开(公告)号:US10749961B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US16245356

    申请日:2019-01-11

    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes an impedance sensor element, an impedance sensor reader and a communications module. The communications module is configured to communicate with a remote computing device. The impedance sensor reader is coupled to the impedance sensor element. The impedance sensor reader includes a synthesizer and a detector. The synthesizer is configured to output an excitation signal having known values for a plurality of signal characteristics to the impedance sensor element and to generate the excitation signal based on a plurality of direct digital synthesizer (DDS) coefficients received from the remote computing device through the communications module. The detector is coupled to the impedance sensor element and configured to detect a response of the impedance sensor element to the excitation signal and determine an impedance of the impedance sensor element based at least in part on the response of the impedance sensor element to the excitation signal.

    Detection system including sensors and method of operating such

    公开(公告)号:US10739318B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US15491083

    申请日:2017-04-19

    Abstract: A detection system includes a first sensor configured to send a first ultrasonic pulse toward an object in a blowout prevention system. The first ultrasonic pulse has a first parameter. The detection system also includes a second sensor spaced from the first sensor and configured to send a second ultrasonic pulse toward the object. The second ultrasonic pulse has a second parameter that is different from the first parameter of the first ultrasonic pulse. The first parameter and the second parameter are one of an amplitude, a frequency, a duration, an emission time, and an excitation code. The second sensor is further configured to receive the first ultrasonic pulse after the first ultrasonic pulse interacts with the object. The detection system is configured to determine that the first ultrasonic pulse received by the second sensor was sent by the first sensor. The detection system further includes a controller coupled to the second sensor and configured to determine a characteristic of the object based on the first ultrasonic pulse.

    Method and system using computational sigma-delta modulators

    公开(公告)号:US09722626B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-01

    申请号:US14589484

    申请日:2015-01-05

    CPC classification number: H03M3/35 G01D5/2291 H03M3/466

    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided includes a first sigma-delta modulator (SDM) electrically coupled to a first signal input. The first SDM includes a first summing junction configured to receive a plurality of inputs to the first SDM. The ADC further includes a second sigma-delta modulator (SDM) electrically coupled to a second signal input. The second SDM includes a second summing junction configured to receive a plurality of inputs to the second SDM. The first SDM also includes a cross-coupled feedback loop from an output of the first SDM to a negative input of the first summing junction and to a positive input of the second summing junction. The second SDM also includes a cross-coupled feedback loop from an output of the second SDM to a negative input of the first summing junction and to a negative input of the second summing junction.

    Method and system for transient voltage suppressors
    26.
    发明授权
    Method and system for transient voltage suppressors 有权
    瞬态电压抑制器的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08765524B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-01

    申请号:US13967886

    申请日:2013-08-15

    Abstract: A method of forming a silicon carbide transient voltage suppressor (TVS) assembly and a system for a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) assembly are provided. The TVS assembly includes a semiconductor die in a mesa structure that includes a first layer of a first wide band gap semiconductor having a conductivity of a first polarity, a second layer of the first or a second wide band gap semiconductor having a conductivity of a second polarity coupled in electrical contact with the first layer wherein the second polarity is different than the first polarity. The TVS assembly also includes a third layer of the first, the second, or a third wide band gap semiconductor having a conductivity of the first polarity coupled in electrical contact with the second layer. The layer having a conductivity of the second polarity is lightly doped relative to the layers having a conductivity of the first polarity.

    Abstract translation: 提供了形成碳化硅瞬态电压抑制器(TVS)组件的方法和用于瞬态电压抑制器(TVS)组件的系统。 TVS组件包括台面结构中的半导体管芯,其包括具有第一极性的导电率的第一宽带隙半导体的第一层,具有第二极导电率的第一或第二宽带隙半导体的第二层 极性与第一层电接触,其中第二极性不同于第一极性。 TVS组件还包括具有与第二层电接触的第一极性的导电性的第一,第二或第三宽带隙半导体的第三层。 相对于具有第一极性的导电性的层,具有第二极性的导电性的层被轻掺杂。

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORKED SENSOR NODES

    公开(公告)号:US20190222651A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-18

    申请号:US16245356

    申请日:2019-01-11

    CPC classification number: H04L67/12 G01N27/00 G01N27/026 G01R27/02

    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes an impedance sensor element, an impedance sensor reader and a communications module. The communications module is configured to communicate with a remote computing device. The impedance sensor reader is coupled to the impedance sensor element. The impedance sensor reader includes a synthesizer and a detector. The synthesizer is configured to output an excitation signal having known values for a plurality of signal characteristics to the impedance sensor element and to generate the excitation signal based on a plurality of direct digital synthesizer (DDS) coefficients received from the remote computing device through the communications module. The detector is coupled to the impedance sensor element and configured to detect a response of the impedance sensor element to the excitation signal and determine an impedance of the impedance sensor element based at least in part on the response of the impedance sensor element to the excitation signal.

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