Measuring apparatus
US11719663B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 8, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R31/64
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To provide a measuring apparatus that can detect a wide range of capacitance values with high sensitivity. The measuring apparatus includes an alternating-current signal generator that generates N (where N is a natural number not less than 2) detection alternating-current signals with different frequencies, a superpositioner that superposes the N detection alternating-current signals, multiplication processors that respectively multiply the N detection alternating-current signals with different frequencies by a measurement alternating-current signal output from a device under test to which a detection alternating-current signal obtained through the superposition has been applied, thereby obtaining N synchronous detection signals, low-pass filter processors that perform a low-pass filter process on the N synchronous detection signals to obtain N direct-current voltage signals, and a capacitance measurer that measures as the capacitance value of the device under test a capacitance value corresponding to the voltage values of the N direct-current voltage signals.
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