Patent • #US9722796B2. An apparatus for increasing security in inter-chip communication includes a sending control module, a communication bus, and a receiving control module. The communication bus is coupled between the sending control module and the receiving control module. The sending control module operates to send data on the communication bus, disable...
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Inductive Circuit Sensor for Intrusion Detection
Featured Opportunity • Sandia’s intrusion detection system uses inductive power transfer to reliably sense whether a barrier has been opened, closed, or breached relative to a stationary surface. Over the last forty years, balanced magnetic switching (BMS) has become the standard form of intrusion detection for secure sites throughout the United States. BMS...
Inertial sensing microelectromechanical (MEM) safe-arm device
Patent • #US7530312B1. Microelectromechanical (MEM) safe-arm devices comprise a substrate upon which a sense mass, that can contain an energetic material, is constrained to move along a pathway defined by a track disposed on the surface of the substrate. The pathway has a first end comprising a "safe" position and a second...
Inertial Sensors
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Information searching system
Patent • #US10331732B1. A method and computer system for searching a collection of documents. The method comprises first identifying text in the document and then identifying an image in the document. Then the features of the image are extracted from the document and image terms are identified from the features. Finally, the...
Information-based self-organization of sensor nodes of a sensor network
Patent • #US8022987B2. A sensor node detects a plurality of information-based events. The sensor node determines whether at least one other sensor node is an information neighbor of the sensor node based on at least a portion of the plurality of information-based events. The information neighbor has an overlapping field of view...
Infrared (IR) Sources and Detectors
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Infrared detector device inspection system
Patent • #US9410900B2. Methods and apparatuses for identifying carrier lifetimes are disclosed herein. In a general embodiment, a beam of light is sent to a group of locations on a material for an optical device. Photons emitted from the material are detected at each of the group of locations. A carrier lifetime...
Infrared intrusion detection system (IRIDS)
Patent • #US11100651B1. A system and method for intrusion detection includes an imager directed towards an object in an interior space. The imager is in data communication with a computer. The computer is arranged to process digital three-dimensional image data received from the imager and programmed to execute a change detection algorithm...
Infrared nanoantenna apparatus and method for the manufacture thereof
Patent • #US8750653B1. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a photodetector comprising a semiconductor body, a periodically patterned metal nanoantenna disposed on a surface of the semiconductor body, and at least one electrode separate from the nanoantenna. The semiconductor body comprises an active layer in sufficient proximity to the nanoantenna...
Inherently Safe In-Situ Uranium Recovery
Featured Opportunity • An in-situ method of extracting uranium that significantly reduces adverse impacts to communities and water sources There remains a growing unmet need for domestic sourcing of uranium in the United States as well as continued concerns over its environmental impact. In-situ recovery (ISR) uses fluids containing chemical agents to dissolve...
Inhibitors for targeting flaviviruses
Patent • #US11197854B1. The present invention relates to methods for identifying candidate therapeutics for a disease caused by a viral envelope protein. In particular, the method can include contacting a test envelope protein with the candidate and determining its activity.
Injectable sacrificial material systems and methods to contain molten corium in nuclear accidents
Patent • #US11783954B2. Systems and methods for injecting a carbonate-based sacrificial material into a nuclear reactor containment for containment of molten corium in severe nuclear reactor accidents are disclosed. Molten corium can be quickly cooled and solidified by the endothermic decomposition of the sacrificial material.
Injectable sacrificial material systems and methods to contain molten corium in nuclear accidents
Patent • #US11309096B1. Systems and methods for injecting a carbonate-based sacrificial material into a nuclear reactor containment for containment of molten corium in severe nuclear reactor accidents are disclosed. Molten corium can be quickly cooled and solidified by the endothermic decomposition of the sacrificial material.
Innovation Marketplace
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Inspection workcell
Patent • #US10955429B1. An inspection workcell includes an equipment rack for securing one or more part trays comprising inspection parts, one or more inspection stations for inspecting the inspection parts, and a robotic manipulator for transporting the one or more part trays from the equipment rack to the one or more inspection...
Instantaneous ultra-wideband sensing using frequency-domain channelization
Patent • #US10788568B1. A radar system wherein a radar return is channelized by frequency into a plurality of channels, and each of the channels is sampled by a respective analog-to-digital converter that has a sampling rate less than the Nyquist rate of the radar return. The digitally sampled channel signals are Fourier...
Instantaneous ultra-wideband sensing using frequency-domain channelization
Patent • #US10788568B1. A radar system wherein a radar return is channelized by frequency into a plurality of channels, and each of the channels is sampled by a respective analog-to-digital converter that has a sampling rate less than the Nyquist rate of the radar return. The digitally sampled channel signals are Fourier...
Instrument Control
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Integrated circuit authentication from a die material measurement
Patent • #US10942215B2. The various technologies presented herein relate to measuring a signal generated by a die-based test circuit incorporated into an IC and utilizing the measured signal to authenticate the IC. The signal can be based upon a sensor response generated by the test circuit fabricated into the die, wherein the...
Integrated circuit authentication from a die material measurement
Patent • #US10429438B1. The various technologies presented herein relate to measuring a signal generated by a die-based test circuit incorporated into an IC, and utilizing the measured signal to authenticate the IC. The signal can be based upon a sensor response generated by the test circuit fabricated into the die, wherein the...
Integrated circuit physically unclonable function
Patent • #US10103733B1. An integrated circuit (IC) based physically unclonable function (PUF) that comprises a common source amplifier for generating PUF output voltages, a unity gain, negative feedback operational amplifier for generating bias voltages, a voltage regulator and a bit exclusion circuit that excludes unstable PUF bits. Compensation circuitry built into the...
Integrated circuit test-port architecture and method and apparatus of test-port generation
Patent • #US9311444B1. A method and apparatus are provided for generating RTL code for a test-port interface of an integrated circuit. In an embodiment, a test-port table is provided as input data. A computer automatically parses the test-port table into data structures and analyzes it to determine input, output, local, and output-enable...
Integrated field emission array for ion desorption
Patent • #US9425019B1. An integrated field emission array for ion desorption includes an electrically conductive substrate; a dielectric layer lying over the electrically conductive substrate comprising a plurality of laterally separated cavities extending through the dielectric layer; a like plurality of conically-shaped emitter tips on posts, each emitter tip/post disposed concentrically within...
Integrated field emission array for ion desorption
Patent • #US8536564B1. An integrated field emission array for ion desorption includes an electrically conductive substrate; a dielectric layer lying over the electrically conductive substrate comprising a plurality of laterally separated cavities extending through the dielectric layer; a like plurality of conically-shaped emitter tips on posts, each emitter tip/post disposed concentrically within...
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