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Evaluating data handling devices by means of a marker impurity

US6959586B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 2001
Grant dateNov 1, 2005
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11B33/14
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is a method for evaluating a multiplicity of data handling devices each having a sealed chamber with several interior surfaces. It uses an impurity chamber containing thousands of dispersed gas-borne particles that each contain a marker impurity that is substantially absent from all of the interior surfaces of at least one of the devices. That device is tested for vulnerability to external dust using the marker impurity.

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