Electronics card insitu testing apparatus and method utilizing unintended RF emission features

    公开(公告)号:US20240356196A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18757352

    申请日:2024-06-27

    申请人: Nokomis, Inc.

    摘要: A diagnostic apparatus for analysis, testing, inspecting and/or screening an integrated and assembled electrically powered equipment rack and its populated cards and devices for measurement of degree of device aging, improper operation, degradation, condition, and/or Remaining Useful Life (RUL). The device includes an antenna card with a detachably attachable antenna module that can be positioned at a distance from the electrically devices under test and a signal receiver or sensor for examining a signal from the electrically powered device, but especially applied to rackmount supported electronics and/or chassis based electronics. The receiver or sensor collects unintended and/or intended RF energy components emitted by the electrically powered device and performs the above analysis in a response to the acquired signal input while the electrically powered device is active or powered.

    HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF VEHICLES USING UNINTENDED EMISSIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240353463A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18754072

    申请日:2024-06-25

    申请人: Nokomis, Inc.

    发明人: Alexander Keller

    IPC分类号: G01R31/00 G07C5/08

    摘要: An apparatus configured to assess health of electronic components in vehicles. This may be achieved by simply driving a vehicle into or through a physical device or over a physical device and determining the health of the vehicle. The apparatus may be comprised of a physical enclosure with antennas and a RF emission or other electromagnetic emission signature analyzer. The antennas capture unintended electronic emissions from the vehicle which provide the electromagnetic signatures of the electronic component to the signature analyzer. The evolution of the unintended electromagnetic emissions signature as the electronics ages is measured and evaluated, providing a measure of the health of the electronics within the vehicle. The apparatus may have an ultra-sensitive RF collection portion with a sensitivity preferably of at least −150 dBm. The RF collection portion may measure bandwidths of at least 100 MHz and may have a frequency resolution of 1 Hz or better.

    Plug-Type Electric Discharge Detection Unit and Electric Discharge Detection System

    公开(公告)号:US20240345151A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18689614

    申请日:2022-09-07

    IPC分类号: G01R31/00 H02H1/00 H02H3/16

    摘要: A plug-in discharge detection unit includes two plugs of a cathode and an anode configured to allow insertion into respective two plug insertion holes of a plug socket. A discharge detection section configured to allow detection of a noise of discharge superimposed on a voltage or current, and an arithmetic section configured to allow determination of whether discharge has occurred based on the noise. The detection unit further includes a ground terminal electrically connected to a ground; at least one first switch electrically connected to a secondary side of the respective plug; and a current limiting resistor electrically connected to a secondary side of the first switch. The current limiting resistor has a secondary side electrically connected to the ground terminal, and the arithmetic section changes, if determining that discharge has occurred, the first switch from an open state to a closed state to pass an artificial leakage current with a current value in accordance with a resistance value of the current limiting resistor through the ground terminal.

    APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES RESULTING FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE AND SOLAR STORM

    公开(公告)号:US20240313526A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18669443

    申请日:2024-05-20

    摘要: An apparatus detects complex time-variant electromagnetic disturbances resulting from a high-altitude nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) or solar storm. The device relies on a circuit (104, 1301) to monitor the input power lines (301, 401, 501) for sustained conducted electrical disturbances associated with the E3 phase of an EMP or solar storm. A separate circuit (105, 1302) monitors the power lines and the ambient environment (503) for transient electromagnetic pulse disturbances associated with the E1 and E2 phases of an EMP. A housing (901, 902) has a pair of AC mains wall plug prongs (905) extending from a side. When sustained electrical disturbances or transient electromagnetic pulse disturbances are detected, the apparatus provides a visual alarm (603, 609), audible alarm (608), and discrete indication signal (607) that can be used to disconnect (702) or redirect the flow of electrical power.

    Calculating energy loss during an outage

    公开(公告)号:US12066472B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-20

    申请号:US17566383

    申请日:2021-12-30

    摘要: Calculating energy loss during an outage, including: determining that windspeed data indicating device windspeeds measured at an energy generating device are unavailable within a particular time duration; receiving meteorological data associated with a site location of the energy generating device, the meteorological data including meteorological windspeed data collected within the particular time duration; and predicting one or more estimated device windspeeds at the energy generating device during the particular time duration based on the meteorological data using a trained model for the energy generating device, the trained model being trained using a machine learning algorithm that utilizes historical meteorological windspeed data associated with the site location collected during a previous time duration and corresponding historical device windspeed data measured at the energy generating device during the previous time duration.