Patent SG-11201810493W-A (SG)
Title: System and method for electrical circuit monitoring
Inventor: McMeen Mark Taylor
IPC: H05K1/16
Filed: 2017-05-31
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111111111111111 010111010 111111111111111010 11111 011111111111111111111111 0111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\"\" WO 2017/210310 Al 07 December 2017 (07.12.2017) W I PO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: 158 Generals Retreat Place, Franklin, Tennessee 37064 HO5K 1/16 (2006.01) HO5K 1/18 (2006.01) (US). (21) International Application Number: (74) Agent: TRUMPER, Regan L. et al.; Cochran Freund & PCT/US2017/035239 Young LLC, 2026 Caribou Drive Suite 201, Fort Collins, (22) International Filing Date: Colorado 80525 (US). 31 May 2017 (31.05.2017) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (26) Publication Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (30) Priority Data: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, 15/170,710 01 June 2016 (01.06.2016) US HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, (71) Applicant: KYZEN CORPORATION [US/US]; 430 MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, Harding Industrial Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37211 (US). PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, (72) Inventors: MCMEEN, Mark Taylor; 2306 Trenton Cir-TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. de, Huntsville, Alabama 35803 (US). TYNES, Jason Ed- ward; 2614 Brookline Drive NW, Huntsville, Alabama (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 35810 (US). BIXENMAN, Michael L.; 409 Louviers Lane, kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, — Old Hickory, Tennessee 37138 (US). LOBER, David T.; GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, = (54) Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MONITORING = = On Chip Leakage Sensor 160 = Current Detector 130 (Metal Film) Detecting = = 110 NC Circuit . = .-- -.• s , = = I = Thermal Pad = ..... = = 120 — 140 120 = = = 150 150 = i ,-1 NC 130 110 0 FIGURE 1 1-1 cr) 0 1-1 el (57) : Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring a characteristic of an environment of an electronic device. The elec- tronic device may include a printed circuit board [100] and a component. A sensor [140] is placed on the printed circuit board [100], IN , 1 and may be between the component and the board [100], and connects to a monitor [160], or detector [160]. An end user device [170] 0 may be used to store, assess, display and understand the data received from the sensor [140] through the monitor [160]. ei C [Continued on next page] WO 2017/210310 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIRMEMO III IIIII 010 IDIOM 010 DEEM TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: — as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(H)) — as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))