What is claimed is:
1. A method for monitoring the status of an electronic network, said method comprising:
executing a first program on at least one portion of said electronic network;
receiving first data resulting from the execution of said first program;
analyzing said first data to determine if said at least one portion of said network is not operating within a preselected specification;
executing a second program on said at least one portion of said electronic network if the analysis of said first data indicates that said at least one portion of said electronic network is not operating within said preselected specification;
receiving second data resulting from the execution of said second program; and
analyzing said first data and second data to determine the cause of said at least one portion of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said executing a first program comprises measuring the latency associated with said at least one portion of said electronic network.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one portion of said network has a connector associated therewith, said connector storing a management information base, and wherein said executing a first program comprises measuring data stored in said management information base.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said executing a first program comprises performing at least two measurements of a parameter of said network, and wherein said first data provides an indication of said network not operating within a preselected specification if the difference of said at least two measurements exceeds a preselected amount.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said first program stores correlations between previous network conditions and previous network problems, and wherein said executing a first program comprises comparing present network conditions to stored network conditions and determining a network problem based at least in part on the comparison.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said executing said first program comprises running at least one trace route routine on said at least one portion of said network, said trace route routine measuring the latency of said at least one portion of said network.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said executing said first program comprises running a trace route routine a first time and a second time on said at least a portion of said network, said trace route routine measuring the latency of said at least one portion of said network, said first data corresponding to the difference between the latency measured said first time and said second time said trace route routine is run.
8. The method of claim 1 and further comprising displaying a graphical user interface representative of said network, said graphical user interface indicating said portion of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said graphical user interface further displays information relating to at least one cause of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
10. A device for evaluating the operational status of an electronic network, said device comprising a computer operatively connected to said network, said computer comprising a computer-readable medium having instructions for operating said computer and evaluating said network by:
executing a first program on at least one portion of said electronic network;
receiving first data resulting from the execution of said first program;
executing a second program on said at least one portion of said electronic network if the analysis of said first data indicates that said at least one portion of said electronic network is not operating within said preselected specification;
receiving second data resulting from the execution of said second program; and
analyzing said first data and second data to determine the cause of said at least one portion of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
11. The device of claim 10, wherein said executing a first program comprises measuring the latency associated with said at least one portion of said electronic network.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein said at least one portion of said network has a connector associated therewith, said connector storing a management information base, and wherein said executing a first program comprises measuring data stored in said management information base.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein said executing a first program comprises performing at least two measurements of a parameter of said network, and wherein said first data provides an indication of said network not operating within said preselected specification if the difference of said at least two measurements exceeds a preselected amount.
14. The method of claim 10, wherein said first program stores correlations between previous network conditions and previous network problems, and wherein said executing a first program comprises comparing present network conditions to stored network conditions and determining a network problem based at least in part on the comparison.
15. The method of claim 10, wherein said executing said first program comprises running at least one trace route routine on said at least one portion of said network, said trace route routine measuring the latency of said at least one portion of said network.
16. The method of claim 10, wherein said executing said first program comprises running a trace route routine a first time and a second time on said at least a portion of said network, said trace route routine measuring the latency of said at least one portion of said network, said first data corresponding to the difference between the latency measured said first time and said second time said trace route routine is run.
17. The method of claim 10 and further comprising displaying a graphical user interface representative of said network, said graphical user interface indicating said portion of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein said graphical user interface further displays information relating to at least one cause of said network not operating within said preselected specification.
19. A device for monitoring the status of an electronic network, said device comprising:
first diagnostic means for executing a first diagnostic program on at least one portion of said electronic network, said first diagnostic program generating first data representative of the status of said at least one portion of said electronic network;
first analysis means for analyzing said first data;
second diagnostic means for executing a second diagnostic program on at least one portion of said electronic network if said first analysis means determines that said at least one portion of said electronic network is not operating within a preselected specification, said second diagnostic program generating second data representative of the status of said at least one portion of said network; and
second analysis means for analyzing said first data and said second data, said second analysis means generating an indication representative of the cause of said at least one portion of said electronic network not operating within said preselected specification.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-15. (canceled)
16. An apparatus for depositing a battery active material on a surface of a substrate comprising:
a substrate conveyor system for transporting the substrate within the apparatus;
a material spray assembly disposed above the substrate conveyor system, the material spray assembly having a 2-D array of nozzles configured to electrospray an electrode forming solution on the surface of the substrate; and
a first heating element disposed adjacent to the material spray assembly above the substrate conveyor system configured to heat the substrate.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a first nozzle disposed at an edge of the material spray assembly and a second nozzle disposed inward of the first nozzle, the first nozzle having an inward inclination relative to the second nozzle.
18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
an edge zone and a center zone, the edge zone having a density of nozzles different than that of the center zone.
19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
an edge zone and a center zone, the edge zone having nozzles about 5 to about 10 mm closer to the substrate than nozzles disposed in the center zone nozzle.
20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
a manifold having the plurality of nozzles extending therefrom; and
an extractor plate positioned between the nozzles and substrate conveyor, wherein the extractor plate further comprises a plurality of apertures formed in the extractor plate aligning with the nozzles formed in the manifold.
21. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
air curtain generator configured to direct deflect a trajectory of spray exiting adjacent nozzles inward.
22. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the material spray assembly further comprises:
at least one dummy nozzle disposed on the material spray assembly outward of the 2-D array of nozzles.
23. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a column of edge nozzles located along an edge of the material spray assembly, the edge nozzles having a spray trajectory angled inward towards a center of the material spray assembly.
24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a plurality of zones configured to provide independent control of deposition attributes.
25. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a row of nozzles having nozzle to nozzle spacing of between about 9 mm to about 30 mm.
26. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles further comprises:
a plurality of columns, each column comprising multiple nozzles.
27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the plurality of columns comprises:
a first column offset from a second column.
28. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the plurality of columns comprises:
a first column offset from a second column by a distance of up to about 15 mm.
29. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles are spaced from the conveyor system by a distance between about 10 mm to about 60 mm.
30. An apparatus for depositing a battery active material on a surface of a substrate comprising:
a substrate conveyor system for transporting the substrate within the apparatus;
a plurality of material spray assemblies disposed above the substrate conveyor system, the material spray assemblies each having a 2-D array of nozzles configured to electrospray an electrode forming solution on the surface of the substrate while disposed on the conveyer system, at least one of the 2-D array of nozzles having a row of nozzles having nozzle to nozzle spacing of between about 9 mm to about 30 mm; and
a plurality of heating elements disposed between the material spray assembly above the substrate conveyor system configured to heat the substrate.
31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles on at least one of the material spray assemblies further comprises:
a first nozzle disposed at an edge of the material spray assembly and a second nozzle disposed inward of the first nozzle, the first nozzle longer relative to the second nozzle.
32. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein at least one of the material spray assemblies further comprises:
a plurality of dummy nozzles disposed on the material spray assembly outward of the 2-D array of nozzles.
33. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the 2-D array of nozzles on at least one of the material spray assemblies further comprises:
a first column offset from a second column.
34. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein at least one of the material spray assemblies further comprises:
air curtain generator configured to direct or deflect a trajectory of spray exiting adjacent nozzles inward.
35. A method for depositing a battery active material on a surface of a substrate, comprising:
electrospraying an electrode forming solution from at least one material electrospray dispenser assembly onto a substrate; and
heating the deposition materials disposed on the substrate by a plurality of heaters disposed adjacent to the material electrospray dispenser assembly.