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20130334531 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE AND CURRENT IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES - Embodiments relate to measurement of temperature and current in semiconductor devices. In particular, embodiments relate to monolithic semiconductor, such as power semiconductor, and sensor, such as a current or temperature sensor, device. In embodiments, temperature and/or current sensing features are monolithically integrated within semiconductor devices. These embodiments thereby can provide direct measurement of temperature and current, in contrast with conventional solutions that provide temperature and current sensing near or alongside but not integrated within the actual semiconductor device. For example, in one embodiment an additional layer structure is applied to a power semiconductor stack in backend processing. This monolithic integration provides for localized measurement of temperature and/or current, an advantage over conventional side-by-side configurations. | 12-19-2013 |
20140306551 | DETECTION OF CURRENT CHANGE IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An embodiment relates to an integrated circuit comprising measurement means for detection of a current change, wherein said measurement means comprise at least one coil. | 10-16-2014 |
20140306732 | DETECTION OF DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS - An embodiment relates to an integrated circuit comprising at least two electrical connections and at least one coil arranged adjacent to at least one of the electrical connection, wherein the at least one coil each comprises at least one winding and wherein the at least one coil is arranged on or in the integrated circuit. | 10-16-2014 |
20150253412 | DEVICE AND CURRENT SENSOR FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION INDICATING A SAFE OPERATION - An example of a device comprises a signal generator to generate a signal causing a magnetic self test field for a magneto-resistive sensing element. A signal input is configures to receive a first sensor signal at a first time instant before the magnetic self test field is applied and a second sensor signal at a second time instant after the magnetic self test field is applied. An evaluation circuit is configured to determine information indicating a safe operation based on an evaluation of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. | 09-10-2015 |
20160126951 | INTEGRATED MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR-CONTROLLED SWITCH DEVICES - Embodiments relate to integrated magnetic field sensor-controlled switch devices, such as transistors, current sources, and power switches, among others. In an embodiment, a magnetic switch and a load switch are integrated in a single integrated circuit device. In embodiments, the magnetic switch is configured to sense a dynamic change in magnetic field caused by movement of a magnet in at least one of a linear, three-dimensional, and rotational direction. | 05-05-2016 |
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20120134933 | USE OF HIGH-DOSES OF MONOMERIC CONTRAST MEDIUM CONTAINING IODINE IN X-RAY DIAGNOSTICS, IN PARTICULAR IN INTERVENTIONAL X-RAY DIAGNOSTICS AND IN RADIATION THERAPY ASSISTED BY CONTRAST MEDIA CONTAINING IODINE - The invention relates to a diagnostic or therapeutic composition comprising a monomeric X-ray contrast medium containing iodine, in particular iopromide, for use in an X-ray assisted diagnosis or therapy and for the use of high doses of an X-ray contrast medium given to a patient, in particular patients with restricted kidney function. | 05-31-2012 |
20140005533 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONTRAST MEDIUM-ASSISTED X-RAY IMAGE AND X-RAY SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140086382 | COMBINATION OF CONTRAST MEDIUM AND MAMMOGRAPHY CT SYSTEM WITH A PRESPECIFIED ENERGY RANGE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TOMOGRAPHIC MAMMOGRAPHY CT IMAGES BY THIS COMBINATION - A mammography CT system is disclosed which includes an X-ray generator; and a first radiator-detector system. A contrast medium, including an opacifying element including an absorption peak in a first energy range, is useable for tomographic imaging of a female breast of a patient. After filtering, the X-rays with a prespecified tube voltage that form at an anode, are configured to emit an X-ray spectrum having a second energy range, wherein the radiator-detector system is configured to acquire a plurality of circumferential projections around the breast. The first energy range is a part of the second energy range and the second energy range includes an upper limit of less than 70 keV and a lower limit of greater than 20 keV. A corresponding method for generating tomographic mammography CT images is also disclosed. | 03-27-2014 |
20150132229 | BIS AZAINOSITOL HEAVY METAL COMPLEXES FOR X-RAY IMAGING - The present invention describes a new class of trinuclear heavy metal complexes comprising two hexadentate azainositol tricarboxylic acid ligands, a method for their preparation and their use as X-ray contrast agents. | 05-14-2015 |
20160060209 | BIS AZAINOSITOL HAFNIUM COMPLEXES FOR X-RAY IMAGING - The present invention describes a new class of trinuclear hafnium complexes comprising two hexadentate azainositol carboxylic acid ligands, methods for their preparation and their use as X-ray contrast agents and X-ray diagnostic agents. The claimed compounds can be described by the following Markush formula describing rinuclear hafnium complexes of general formula (I). The following is a compound according to the above Markush formula (example 8). | 03-03-2016 |
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20090308180 | AXIAL FORCE TRANSDUCER - Disclosed is an axial force transducer comprising a deformable element ( | 12-17-2009 |
20100251831 | Load Cell for Sensing Supporting Forces in a Support Element - A load cell for detecting the supporting force transmitted by a load-bearing support element is provided. The load cell forms a measuring portion of the support element, which deforms under the supporting force and transverse forces in a direction deviating from the supporting force to form part of the support element with the same. A plurality of thin-film resistors are arranged at the measuring portion, and exhibit a reaction proportional to strain and whose reactions proportional to transverse forces cancel each other. | 10-07-2010 |
20110283804 | MEASURING DEVICE INCLUDING DETECTION OF DEFORMATIONS - A measuring device is described which has a metal body deformable in accordance with a value to be measured. A sensor element having a metal carrier and ohmic resistors formed thereon in metal thin-film technique is connected to the metal body by welding and generates a signal adapted to be electrically evaluated which corresponds to the deformation of the metal body. The weld for connecting the metal body and the sensor element completely encloses the metal carrier at its circumference. The metal body has, at the welded connection with the metal carrier, a material thickness t which is completely penetrated by the weld. The value to be measured by the measuring device comprises force, pressure, temperature, torque or combinations thereof. | 11-24-2011 |
20130180343 | Force-sensing device for measuring a traction-and/or pressure force load in structure - A force-sensing device for measuring a traction- and/or pressure force load in a structure, for example, in a container-locking bolt is provided. The force-sensing device is constructed shaped like a rod and a sensor section detects expansions and/or compressions of the structure. | 07-18-2013 |
20130340537 | FORCE SENSOR INCLUDING SENSOR PLATE WITH LOCAL DIFFERENCES IN STIFFNESS - A force sensor for measuring forces comprises a sensor plate where at least one measuring resistor is arranged whereby deformations of the sensor plate can be detected as a result of forces to be measured. The sensor plate includes at least one local weakened area whereby deformation behavior of the sensor plate is influenced. The weakened area results in bypassing the flux of force in the sensor plate and in concentrating the forces at non-weakened portions of the sensor plate. The at least one measuring resistor is preferably arranged at such non-weakened deforming portion of the sensor plate. The at least one weakened area defines sensor plate portions separated from at least in sections, the sensor plate portions being exposed to opposite forces. The sensor plate can be mounted in a housing with an evaluation circuit, for example, and constitute a force sensor having compact dimensions and high measuring sensitivity. | 12-26-2013 |
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20130029479 | ARRANGEMENT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTILAYER BODIES - The invention relates to a multilayer body arrangement, which comprises at least two multilayer bodies each having at least one surface to be processed as well as at least one device for positioning the multilayer bodies, wherein the device is configured such that the respective surfaces to be processed are opposite each other and thus form a quasi-closed processing space disposed between the surfaces, in which the processing occurs. It further relates to a system for processing multilayer bodies with such a multilayer body arrangement, as well as a method for processing multilayer bodies, wherein the multilayer bodies are disposed such that the respective surfaces to be processed are opposite each other and thus form a quasi-closed processing space disposed between the surfaces, in which the processing occurs. | 01-31-2013 |
20130045558 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRECIPITATING A LAYER ON A SUBSTRATE - A device for depositing a layer containing at least two components on an object, including: a deposition chamber; a source containing a material to be deposited; and a control device, which controls the deposition process, implemented such that a concentration of the component of the material can be modified in its gas phase prior to deposition on the object by selective binding a specified quantity of the component, wherein the selectively bound quantity of the component is controlled by modifying a control parameter that is actively coupled to a binding rate or the component, and wherein the control device contains a gettering element containing a reactive material containing copper and/or molybdenum. Also, a method for depositing a layer containing at least two components on an object, wherein a selectively bound quantity of a component is controlled by modifying a binding rate of the component of the control device. | 02-21-2013 |
20130067723 | DEVICE FOR FORMING A REDUCED CHAMBER SPACE, AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING MULTILAYER BODIES - A device for forming a reduced chamber space, which is a process box or a process hood, containing an apparatus, which positions at least two multilayer bodies each including a surface to be processed, wherein the apparatus is designed such that the multilayer bodies are opposite to each other, wherein the surfaces to be processed are facing away from each other such that the multilayer bodies can be processed as a multilayer body arrangement in a processing system. In addition, a method for positioning the two multilayer bodies comprising a surface to be processed, with the two multilayer bodies disposed in such a device such that multilayer bodies are opposite each other, wherein the surfaces to be processed are facing away from each other, such that the multilayer bodies are processable as a multilayer body arrangement in a processing system. | 03-21-2013 |
20140053896 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE PENTANARY COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR CZTSSE, AND THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL - A method for producing a compound semiconductor composed of pentanary kesterite/stannite of the type Cu | 02-27-2014 |
20140363916 | PROCESS BOX, ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING COATED SUBSTRATES - A transportable process box for processing substrates coated on one side is described. The box has a base for the placement of a first substrate in a manner such that the latter is supported over the full area, a frame, a cover which is placed onto the frame, and an intermediate element which is arranged between the base and the cover and is intended for the placement of a second substrate in a manner such that the latter is supported over the full area. Arrangements and methods for processing substrates are also described. | 12-11-2014 |
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20150072460 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRECIPITATING A LAYER ON A SUBSTRATE - The invention relates to a device for depositing a layer made of at least two components on an object, with a deposition chamber for disposing the object, at least one source with material to be deposited, as well as at least one device for controlling the deposition process, implemented such that the concentration of at least one component of the material to be deposited can be modified in its gas phase prior to deposition on the substrate by selective binding of a specified quantity of the at least one component, wherein the selectively bound quantity of the at least one component can be controlled by modifying at least one control parameter that is actively coupled to a binding rate or the component. It further relates to a device for depositing a layer made of at least two components on an object, wherein a device for controlling the deposition process has at least one gettering element made of a reactive material, wherein the reactive material includes copper and/or molybdenum. It further relates to a method for depositing a layer made of at least two components on an object, wherein a selectively bound quantity of at least one component is controlled by modifying a binding rate of a device for controlling the deposition process. | 03-12-2015 |
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20130216967 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEAT-TREATING A PLURALITY OF MULTI-LAYER BODIES - A device for continuous heat-treating of at least two multilayer bodies on at least two process levels disposed one beneath another in at least one heating chamber and at least one cooling chamber, which are arranged one after another is described. The heating chamber of the device has a first process level and a second process level. The cooling chamber of the device has a cooling device, the first process level and the second process level. | 08-22-2013 |
20150197850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATES - The present invention relates to a system for processing coated substrates, having the following features: at least one evacuable process box for accommodating at least one substrate with a gas-tightly sealable housing, which forms a hollow space, wherein the housing comprises at least one housing section, which is implemented such that the substrate is thermally treatable by incident electromagnetic thermal radiation, wherein the housing has at least one housing section coupleable to a cooling device for its cooling and at least one housing section not coupled to the cooling device, wherein the hollow space is divided by at least one separating wall into a process space for accommodating the substrate and an intermediate space, wherein the separating wall has one or a plurality of openings and is arranged between the substrate and the housing section coupled to the cooling device, and wherein the housing is provided with at least one sealable gas passage that opens into the hollow space, for evacuating and introducing gas into the hollow space; a cooling device for cooling the process box housing section coupleable to the cooling device; at least one loading/unloading unit for loading and/or unloading the process box; at least one heating unit for heating the substrate in the process box; at least one cooling unit for cooling the substrate in the process box; at least one pumping-out device for draining the hollow space of the process box; at least one gas supply device for supplying the hollow space of the process box with at least one gas; at least one transport mechanism, which is implemented for the purpose of executing a relative movement between, on the one hand, the process box and, on the other, the heating, cooling, and loading/unloading unit. | 07-16-2015 |
20150206781 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEAT TREATING AN OBJECT - The present invention relates to a device for heat treating an object, in particular a coated substrate, with an in particular gas-tightly sealable housing that encloses a hollow space, wherein the hollow space has a separating wall, by which the hollow space is divided into a process space for accommodating the object and an intermediate space, wherein the separating wall has one or a plurality of openings, which are implemented such that the separating wall acts as a barrier for the diffusion out of the process space into the intermediate space of a gaseous substance generated in the process space by the heat treatment of the object. The housing has at least one housing section coupled to a cooling device for its active cooling, wherein the separating wall is arranged between the object and the coolable housing section. The invention further relates to the use of a separating wall as a diffusion barrier in a device for heat treating an object as well as a corresponding method for heat treating an object. | 07-23-2015 |
20150295105 | LAYER SYSTEM FOR THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS HAVING AN NaxIn1SyClz BUFFER LAYER - The present invention relates to a layer system ( | 10-15-2015 |
20150318433 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR, AND THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL - The present invention relates to a method for producing a compound semiconductor ( | 11-05-2015 |
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20100080521 | OPTICAL FIBER WITH WATER-BLOCKING - Polymer-coated transmission media having water-blocking material embedded in the outer surface of the transmission media prevents water penetration into the transmission media and reduces the overall diameter of a cable made from the transmission media by eliminating a water-blocking tape layer in the cable. The outer surface of the transmission media is a polymer whose outer surface is embedded with a water-blocking material. The water-blocking material is applied before the polymer is cured. The transmission media may be any known type of optical media, which guides a light within the optical media. In various embodiments, optical fibers, buffered optical fibers and fiber ribbons are used as the transmission media. | 04-01-2010 |
20130058613 | COMPACT, LOW-COST OUTSIDE PLANT OR INDOOR/OUTDOOR CABLES - An optical fiber cable includes an unbuffered optical fiber, a tensile reinforcement member surrounding the unbuffered optical fiber, and a jacket surrounding the tensile reinforcement member. The jacket is suitable for outside plant environment. A water blocking material is placed between the unbuffered fiber and the jacket. The unbuffered optical fiber comprises an ultra bend-insensitive fiber that meets the requirements of ITU-T G.657.B3 and exhibits an additional loss of less than approximately 0.2 dB/turn when the fiber is wrapped around a 5 mm bend radius mandrel. The optical fiber cable also exhibits an additional loss of less than approximately 0.4 dB/km at 1550 nm when the cable is subjected to −20° C. outside plant environment. | 03-07-2013 |
20150153529 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLES WITH POLYETHYLENE BINDER - An optical fiber cable includes a bundle of a plurality of loose tubes held by a polyethylene binder. The polyethylene binder softens or melts when a hot cable sheath is applied during the cable manufacturing process. This prevents the polyethylene binder to cut into the loose tubes to cause indentations. Therefore, the resulting optical fiber cable is substantially free from indentations. | 06-04-2015 |
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20120123121 | SYNTHESIS OF PICOPLATIN - An improved method for the synthesis of the anticancer drug picoplatin is provided. Condensation of a tetrachloroplatinate salt (TCP), such as potassium tetrachloroplatinate, and 2-picoline, in a solvent, is catalyzed by the presence of oxygen, such as in air, and additionally catalyzed by the presence of a Pt | 05-17-2012 |
20140024848 | Synthetic Method for Phosphaplatin Compounds - This application discloses novel methods and processes for preparation and purification of phosphaplatin compounds. The improvements of the synthetic methods and purification processes include, but are not limited to, efficient and reproducible large-scale preparation of these useful pharmaceutical agents in high quality and good yield. | 01-23-2014 |
20140187727 | 1,2-CYCLOHEXANEDIAMINPLATINUM(II)-BIS-(4-METHYLBENZENESULFONATE) AND THE HYDRATES THEREOF - The present invention describes the dihydrate of 1,2-cyclohexanediaminplatinum(II)-bis-(4-methylbenzenesulfonate), a method for producing 1,2-cyclohexanediaminplatinum(II)-bis-(4-methylbenzenesulfonate) and the hydrates thereof, and the use of 1,2-cyclohexanediaminplatinum(II)-bis-(4-methylbenzenesulfonate) and of the hydrates thereof. | 07-03-2014 |
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20090111187 | Moss Expressing Promotion Regions - Disclosed are isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding wild type nucleus derived moss expression promoting regions (MEPRs) as well as a method for producing recombinant polypeptides using such MEPRs. | 04-30-2009 |
20090291078 | GLYCO-ENGINEERED ANTIBODIES - The present invention relates to an antibody preparation comprising modified antibodies of an animal or derivatives or fragments thereof, specific for an antigen, characterized in that • the antibodies or derivatives or fragments thereof comprise an N-glycan structure free of fucose and xylose, and • at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, more preferred at least 99%, most preferred at least 100% of the modified antibodies, derivatives or fragments thereof lack a C-terminal lysine residue. | 11-26-2009 |
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20150079632 | METHOD FOR INCREASING THE SECRETION OF RECOMBINANT PROTEINS - The invention relates to a method for producing a recombinant protein in cells with a cell wall, comprising the step of increasing the secretion of the recombinant protein through the cell wall by expression of the protein in the cells in a culture medium containing a combination of a surface-active polymer and monovalent metal ions and with an osmolarity at least 0.32 osmol/L, said invention further relating to culture media and nutrient mixtures for the method. | 03-19-2015 |
20150284461 | Glyco-Engineered Antibodies - The present invention relates to an antibody preparation comprising modified antibodies of an animal or derivatives or fragments thereof, specific for an antigen, characterized in that the antibodies or derivatives or fragments thereof comprise an N-glycan structure free of fucose and xylose, and at least 90%, preferably at least 95%, more preferred at least 99%, most preferred at least 100% of the modified antibodies, derivatives or fragments thereof lack a C-terminal lysine residue. | 10-08-2015 |