Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for spread-spectrum time-domain reflectometry and design data wire testing
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Application No.: US15298900Application Date: 2016-10-20
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Publication No.: US10102695B2Publication Date: 2018-10-16
- Inventor: Brandon M. Courter , Nam V. Ngo , Scott C. Farner , Joseph M. Dray , Terrance Lee Thomas
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Parsons Behle & Latimer
- Main IPC: G07C5/08
- IPC: G07C5/08 ; G01R31/11 ; G01R31/04 ; G01R31/00 ; B60R16/023

Abstract:
A method for wire connectivity testing includes receiving wiring data indicating at least a length of a wire segment of a vehicle from a design database. The method further includes receiving spread-spectrum time-domain reflectometry (SSTDR) data associated with the wire segment from an SSTDR device coupled to an endpoint of the wire segment. The method also includes calculating a distance-to-fault based on the SSTDR data. The method includes comparing the distance-to-fault to the length of the wire segment. The method further includes, in response to the distance-to-fault being less than the length of the wire segment, generating fault data indicating a failure within the wire segment. The method also includes sending the fault data to a user output device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180114382A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPREAD-SPECTRUM TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY AND DESIGN DATA WIRE TESTING Public/Granted day:2018-04-26
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