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- Patent Title: Dynamic multidimensional electric potential and electric field quantitative measurement system and method
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Application No.: US16928898Application Date: 2020-07-14
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Publication No.: US11293964B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Edward R. Generazio
- Applicant: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
- Current Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Shawn P. Gorman; Robin W. Edwards; Helen M. Galus
- Main IPC: G01N27/60
- IPC: G01N27/60 ; G01R29/12 ; G01R29/08

Abstract:
Various embodiments provide a multi-dimensional electric potential sensor array to remotely quantitatively measure static, quasi-static, and dynamic electric potential and electric field in free space, and emanating and propagating from objects. Various embodiments enable the evaluation of the integrity of electronic circuits and electronic components by quantitatively and dynamically imaging electric potential generated during electronic circuit activation, operation, and deactivation. In various embodiments, the electrical potential of active electronics and objects of interest in containers may be quantitatively measured by the electric potential and electric field methods and by using specified materials in a combined structural and electronic component design to construct a multi-dimensional sensor array.
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