UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160117149 | Method and System for Generating Random Numbers - A method and apparatus for generating true random numbers is provided which is hardware based, and which uses unpredictable physical noise produced by an optoisolator. Specifically, the noises resulting from one or more of quantum shot, thermal noise, flicker, and the photoelectric effect are used as variable energy sources for subsequent conversion into a bitstream used for random number selection. The apparatus is preferably provided with a through hole prototype design and construction which requires minimal number of components reducing overall costs. | 04-28-2016 |
20150044807 | Ultrasonic Sensor Microarray and Method of Manufacturing Same - A sensor assembly including one or more capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) microarray modules which are provided with a number of individual transducers. The transducers include silicon device and backing layers joined by a fused benzocyclobutene (BCB) layer which defines the transducer air gap, and which are arranged to simulate or orient individual transducers in a hyperbolic paraboloid geometry. The transducers/sensor are arranged in a matrix and are activatable to emit and receive reflected beam signals at a frequency of between about 100 to 170 kHz. | 02-12-2015 |
20140324399 | Method and System for Determining Fluid Flow of Compressible and Non-Compressible Liquids - A system and method for determining fluid flow of compressible and non-compressible liquids is described. The system may include input means for receiving a model of an object defined as a plurality of cells having a plurality of nodes P, and a processor coupled to a memory. The processor may be configured for: discretizing a partial differential equation (PDE) corresponding to the received model; for each node P: (i) locating all neighbouring cells that share the node P; (ii) grouping all of the neighbouring cells to form one larger cell having a common vertex at node P; (iii) approximating the PDE at the common vertex at node P using the discretized PDE; and iteratively updating the solution for all the nodes P from an initial guess until a convergence criterion is satisfied. | 10-30-2014 |
20140141609 | Process for Electroless Deposition of Gold and Gold Alloys on Silicon - A plating bath for electroless deposition of gold and gold alloy layers on such silicon-based substrates, includes Na(AuCl | 05-22-2014 |
20140125193 | Ultrasonic Sensor Microarray and Method of Manufacturing Same - A sensor assembly including one or more capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) microarray modules which are provided with a number of individual transducers. The microarray modules are arranged to simulate or orient individual transducers in a hyperbolic paraboloid geometry. The transducers/sensor are arranged in a rectangular or square matrix and are activatable individually, selectively or collectively to emit and received reflected beam signals at a frequency of between about 100 to 170 kHz. | 05-08-2014 |
20140062516 | Apparatus for the Automated Testing and Validation of Electronic Components - An automatic test equipment (ATE) unit, which incorporates a mass interconnect system. The mass interconnect system is provided with a universal mounting table for use with receiver and test interface modules for electronically mounting and testing a variety of different types of electronic components or unit under test thereon. The mounting table test interface module incorporates MEMS based spring contacts to provide high-speed micro test-channels in order to establish signal connectivity between the components or unit under test and the tester, and which maintain the signal integrity up to 50 GHz without significant signal loss distortion. | 03-06-2014 |
20130216721 | Process for Electroless Deposition on Magnesium Using a Nickel Hydrate Plating Bath - A plating process using an electroless plating bath formed from a single component solution used to effect nickel or nickel alloy plating on magnesium. The plating solution is provided with a nickel hydrate compound as a source of plating ions, a sodium hydrate compound and ammonium hydroxide. The bath solution is heated to a temperature of 50° C. or more, and the substrate is immersed therein for upto ten minutes to allow for formation of the heating layer. | 08-22-2013 |
20130209698 | Process for Electroless Deposition of Metals Using Highly Alkaline Plating Bath - A plating process using an electroless plating bath formed from two separate prepared component solutions. The component solutions mixed within 120 hours prior to plating operations, to provide a highly alkaline plating bath solution. One component solution of the two-part plating bath, is provided with a metal salt or source of plating ions, and which is initially kept in a separate solution from the second other prepared component solution. The second component solution contains formaldehyde, and preferably paraformaldehyde, used to reduce the metal salts into the metal to be deposited on a substrate. Each component solution further includes sodium hydroxide in concentrations selected so that when the two solutions are preferably mixed the final plating bath solution has a pH greater than 11.5. | 08-15-2013 |