Assembly and circuit structure for measuring current through an integrated circuit module device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8970246-B2
Application number	US-201113334676-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2011
Priority date	Dec 23, 2010
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

An assembly and circuit structure for measuring current through an integrated circuit (IC) module device is disclosed. The circuit structure includes a power supply, at least one IC module device, at least one amplifier, and a resistive washer. The power supply can be configured to generate direct or alternating current. The at least one IC module device having a pair of terminals can be configured to receive the generated current. The at least one amplifier can be configured to measure the amount of current that flows through the IC module device. The at least one amplifier may be electrically coupled to a resistor. Also, a resistive washer may be configured to oppose current flow through the at least one IC module so as to redirect current to flow through the resistor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly for measuring current applied to an integrated circuit (IC) module, comprising:
a bolt including a threaded male portion corresponding to a threaded aperture;
a bus structure arrangement in contact with the bolt, the bus structure having an insulating layer sandwiched between an upper electrical conductive layer and a lower electrical conductive layer, said bus structure arrangement configured to receive current applied from an external power s…

Assignees

• Hickam Christopher D
• Caterpillar Inc

Inventors

• Hickam Christopher D

Classifications

• G01R31/006

  Physics · mapped topic

• G01R31/2818

  Physics · mapped topic

• Y10T29/49117

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• G01R1/203 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic