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20120220696 | Hardening Accelerator Composition Containing Phosphated Polycondensates - The invention concerns a process for the preparation of a hardening accelerator composition by reaction of a water-soluble calcium compound with a water-soluble silicate compound and by reaction of a calcium compound with a silicon dioxide containing component under alkaline conditions, in both cases the reaction being carried out in the presence of a polycondensate containing at least one structural unit consisting of an aromatic or heteroaromatic moiety bearing a polyether side chain and at least one structural unit consisting of an aromatic or heteroaromatic moiety bearing at least one phosphoric acid ester group and/or its salt. The invention concerns a composition of calcium silicate hydrate and the polycondensate, its use as hardening accelerator and for the reduction of the permeability of hardened compositions. | 08-30-2012 |
20120270969 | Accelerator Composition - Compositions containing calcium silicate hydrate and at least one (co)polymer having carboxylic acid groups and/or carboxylate groups and sulphonic acid groups and/or sulphonate groups, wherein the molar ratio of the number of carboxylic acid groups and/or carboxylate groups to the sulphonic acid groups and/or sulphonate groups is from 1/20 to 20/1. Processes for producing the aqueous and also solid compositions, their use as curing accelerators in building material mixtures containing cement, slag sand, fly ash, silica dust, metakaolin, natural pozzuolanas, calcined oil shales and/or calcium aluminate cement and their use as grinding aid in the production of cement. | 10-25-2012 |
20140066546 | Powdered Accelerator - The present invention relates to a solid composition containing calcium silicate hydrate and at least one water-swellable polymer which can form a hydrogel, and also to a process for preparing the composition, to the use thereof as a setting accelerator, and as a grinding aid in cement production. It also relates to building material mixtures which comprise the compositions. | 03-06-2014 |
20150148456 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SOLID ACCELERATORS FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL MIXTURES - The present invention relates to a process for producing solid compositions comprising calcium silicate hydrate and at least one water-soluble polymer with cationic structural units, uncharged structural units and/or anionic structural units containing sulpho groups, wherein an aqueous suspension of the calcium silicate hydrate is contacted with the polymer and the mixture is dried by a drum drying process. | 05-28-2015 |
20150152008 | PULVERULENT ACCELERATOR - The invention concerns a solid composition comprising calcium silicate hydrate and at least one water-soluble cationic (co)polymer. Additionally, a process for producing the compositions, in which an aqueous suspension of calcium silicate hydrate, preferably suitable as a setting and curing accelerator for (portland)cement-containing binder systems, is contacted with at least one cationic (co)polymer and the product is dried. Also concerned is the use as setting accelerator in preferably (portland)cement-containing building material mixtures and as grinding assistant in the production of (portland) cement. The invention further concerned building material mixtures comprising the solid compositions of the invention. | 06-04-2015 |
20150299042 | HARDENING ACCELERATOR COMPOSITION - The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a hardening accelerator composition by reacting a calcium source selected from calcium hydroxide, calcium oxide with a water-soluble silicate compound in the presence of at least one water-soluble polymeric dispersing agent and the hardening accelerator composition obtainable by said process. The composition has a low content of anions and of alkali cations and is therefore broadly applicable in building material mixtures. | 10-22-2015 |
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20100035817 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CONJUGATES OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) - The present invention relates to a fusion protein comprising IGF-I or an IGF-I variant N-terminally linked to the C-terminus of a propeptide. The invention relates also to a method involving the use of the aforementioned fusion protein in the production of a lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant. The method comprises the steps of cultivating a prokaryotic host cell comprising an expression vector containing a nucleic acid encoding the fusion protein and causing the cell to express the fusion protein, recovering and PEGylating said fusion protein, cleaving said PEGylated fusion protein with IgA protease, and recovering lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant. The invention relates also to a lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant produced using the above method. In addition, the invention relates to a method for treating a neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease using the lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant and a composition comprising the lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant. | 02-11-2010 |
20100121036 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 - Method for the production of IGF-I, characterized by cultivating a prokaryotic host cell comprising an expression vector containing a nucleic acid encoding a fusion protein comprising said IGF-I N-terminally linked to the C-terminus of a propeptide, whereby said propeptide ends C-terminally with amino acids -Y-Pro, wherein Y is selected from the group consisting of Pro, Pro-Ala, Pro-Gly, Pro-Thr, Ala-Pro, Gly-Pro, Thr-Pro, Arg-Pro, or Pro-Arg-Pro, recovering and cleaving said fusion protein with IgA protease, and recovering said IGF-I. IGF-I is useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease. | 05-13-2010 |
20100210547 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CONJUGATES OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) - The present invention relates to a fusion protein comprising IGF-I or an IGF-I variant N-terminally linked to the C-terminus of a propeptide. The invention relates also to a method involving the use of the aforementioned fusion protein in the production of a lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant. The method comprises the steps of cultivating a prokaryotic host cell comprising an expression vector containing a nucleic acid encoding the fusion protein and causing the cell to express the fusion protein, recovering and PEGylating said fusion protein, cleaving said PEGylated fusion protein with IgA protease, and recovering lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant. The invention relates also to a lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant produced using the above method. In addition, the invention relates to a method for treating a neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease using the lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant and a composition comprising the lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant. | 08-19-2010 |
20110009317 | CONJUGATES OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) - A conjugate consisting of an insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) variant and one or two poly(ethylene glycol) group(s), characterized in that said IGF-I variant has an amino acid alteration at up to three amino acid positions 27, 37, 65, 68 of the wild-type IGF-I amino acid sequence so that one or two of said amino acids is/are lysine and amino acid 27 is a polar amino acid but not lysine, is conjugated via the primary amino group(s) of said lysine(s) and said poly(ethylene glycol) group(s) have an overall molecular weight of from 20 to 100 kDa is disclosed. This conjugate is useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease. | 01-13-2011 |
20110034672 | PURIFICATION OF NOT-GLYCOSYLATED POLYPEPTIDES - The current invention reports a method for the purification of a not-glycosylated, heterologous polypeptide, which has been recombinantly produced in a prokaryotic cell, wherein the method comprises three chromatography steps of which the first chromatography step selected from i) hydrophobic charge induction chromatography, or ii) hydrophobic interaction chromatography, or iii) affinity chromatography, or iv) ion exchange chromatography, the second chromatography step is selected from i) anion exchange chromatography, or ii) cation exchange chromatography, or iii) hydroxylapatite chromatography, or iv) hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and the a third chromatography step is selected from i) hydrophobic charge induction chromatography, or ii) anion exchange chromatography, or iii) cation exchange chromatography, or iv) hydrophobic interaction chromatography, whereby the first chromatography step is an affinity chromatography in case of polypeptides capable of interacting with metal ligands, the second chromatography step is not a hydroxylapatite chromatography step in case of polypeptides with an isoelectric point below 6.0, and the third chromatography step can be performed in flow-through mode with polypeptides having a low or high isoelectric point. | 02-10-2011 |
20120309679 | IGF-I POLY (ETHYLENE GLYCOL) CONJUGATES - Herein is reported a method for producing of a polypeptide conjugated to one poly (ethylene glycol) comprising a) providing a nucleic acid encoding an expression construct comprising in 5′ to 3′ direction a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide, and a nucleic acid encoding a trypsin site of SEQ ID NO: 01, b) expressing the nucleic acid of a) in a cell and recovering the expression construct from the cell and/or the cultivation medium, c) providing a target peptide with an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 02 covalently conjugated to a poly (ethylene glycol) at the C-terminal lysine residue, d) incubating the expression construct and the target peptide with the trypsin mutant D189K, K60E, N143H, E151H, and e) recovering and thereby producing the polypeptide conjugated to one poly (ethylene glycol) from the incubation mixture. | 12-06-2012 |
20120322732 | CONJUGATES OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) - A conjugate consisting of an insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) variant and one or two poly(ethylene glycol) group(s), characterized in that said IGF-I variant has an amino acid alteration at up to three amino acid positions 27, 37, 65, 68 of the wild-type IGF-I amino acid sequence so that one or two of said amino acids is/are lysine and amino acid 27 is a polar amino acid but not lysine, is conjugated via the primary amino group(s) of said lysine(s) and said poly(ethylene glycol) group(s) have an overall molecular weight of from 20 to 100 kDa is disclosed. This conjugate is useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease. | 12-20-2012 |
20130065831 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CONJUGATES OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) - The present invention relates to a fusion protein comprising IGF-I or an IGF-I variant N-terminally linked to the C-terminus of a propeptide. The invention relates also to a method involving the use of the aforementioned fusion protein in the production of a lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant. The method comprises the steps of cultivating a prokaryotic host cell comprising an expression vector containing a nucleic acid encoding the fusion protein and causing the cell to express the fusion protein, recovering and PEGylating said fusion protein, cleaving said PEGylated fusion protein with IgA protease, and recovering lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant. The invention relates also to a lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant produced using the above method. In addition, the invention relates to a method for treating a neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease using the lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant and a composition comprising the lysine-PEGylated IGF-I or IGF-I variant. | 03-14-2013 |
20130190478 | PURIFICATION OF NOT-GLYCOSYLATED POLYPEPTIDES - The current invention reports a method for the purification of a non-glycosylated, heterologous polypeptide, which has been recombinantly produced in a prokaryotic cell, wherein the method comprises three chromatography steps of which the first chromatography step selected from i) hydrophobic charge induction chromatography, or ii) hydrophobic interaction chromatography, or iii) affinity chromatography, or iv) ion exchange chromatography, the second chromatography step is selected from i) anion exchange chromatography, or ii) cation exchange chromatography, or iii) hydroxylapatite chromatography, or iv) hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and the a third chromatography step is selected from i) hydrophobic charge induction chromatography, or ii) anion exchange chromatography, or iii) cation exchange chromatography, or iv) hydrophobic interaction chromatography, whereby the first chromatography step is an affinity chromatography in case of polypeptides capable of interacting with metal ligands, the second chromatography step is not a hydroxylapatite chromatography step in case of polypeptides with an isoelectric point below 6.0, and the third chromatography step can be performed in flow-through mode with polypeptides having a low or high isoelectric point. | 07-25-2013 |
20130217623 | CONJUGATES OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) - A conjugate consisting of an insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) variant and one or two poly(ethylene glycol) group(s), characterized in that said IGF-I variant has an amino acid alteration at up to three amino acid positions 27, 37, 65, 68 of the wild-type IGF-I amino acid sequence so that one or two of said amino acids is/are lysine and amino acid 27 is a polar amino acid but not lysine, is conjugated via the primary amino group(s) of said lysine(s) and said poly(ethylene glycol) group(s) have an overall molecular weight of from 20 to 100 kDa is disclosed. This conjugate is useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease. | 08-22-2013 |
20140220633 | PURIFICATION OF NOT-GLYCOSYLATED POLYPEPTIDES - The current invention reports a method for the purification of a not-glycosylated, heterologous polypeptide, which has been recombinantly produced in a prokaryotic cell, wherein the method comprises three chromatography steps of which the first chromatography step selected from i) hydrophobic charge induction chromatography, or ii) hydrophobic interaction chromatography, or iii) affinity chromatography, or iv) ion exchange chromatography, the second chromatography step is selected from i) anion exchange chromatography, or ii) cation exchange chromatography, or iii) hydroxylapatite chromatography, or iv) hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and the a third chromatography step is selected from i) hydrophobic charge induction chromatography, or ii) anion exchange chromatography, or iii) cation exchange chromatography, or iv) hydrophobic interaction chromatography, whereby the first chromatography step is an affinity chromatography in case of polypeptides capable of interacting with metal ligands, the second chromatography step is not a hydroxylapatite chromatography step in case of polypeptides with an isoelectric point below 6.0, and the third chromatography step can be performed in flow-through mode with polypeptides having a low or high isoelectric point. | 08-07-2014 |
20150044718 | ON-COLUMN ENZYMATIC CLEAVAGE - Herein is reported a method for obtaining a polypeptide by an immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography from a pro-polypeptide that comprise at its N- or C-terminus an metal ion affinity chromatography tag and a protease cleavage site comprising the step of recovering the polypeptide from the immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography column by incubating the bound pro-polypeptide with a protease, whereby the immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography material has been washed at least once with an urea solution. | 02-12-2015 |
20150056656 | METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF 1->2 READING FRAME SHIFTS - Herein is reported a method for the recombinant production of a polypeptide, which comprises the dipeptide AR, characterized in that the method comprises the recovering of the polypeptide from the cells or the cultivation medium of a cultivation of a cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide and thereby producing the polypeptide, whereby the dipeptide AR comprised in the polypeptide is encoded by the oligonucleotide gca cgt, or the oligonucleotide gcg cgt, or the oligonucleotide gcc cgt. | 02-26-2015 |
20150064746 | METHOD FOR REDUCTION OF 1->3 READING FRAME SHIFTS - Herein is reported a method for the recombinant production of a polypeptide, which comprises the tripeptide QKK, characterized in that the method comprises the step of recovering the polypeptide from the cells or the cultivation medium of a cultivation of a cell comprising a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide and thereby producing the polypeptide, whereby the tripeptide QKK comprised in the polypeptide is encoded by the oligonucleotide cag aaa aaa or the oligonucleotide caa aag aaa. | 03-05-2015 |
20150099699 | CONJUGATES OF INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1 AND POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) - A conjugate consisting of an insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) variant and one or two poly(ethylene glycol) group(s), characterized in that said IGF-I variant has an amino acid alteration at up to three amino acid positions 27, 37, 65, 68 of the wild-type IGF-I amino acid sequence so that one or two of said amino acids is/are lysine and amino acid 27 is a polar amino acid but not lysine, is conjugated via the primary amino group(s) of said lysine(s) and said poly(ethylene glycol) group(s) have an overall molecular weight of from 20 to 100 kDa is disclosed. This conjugate is useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's Disease. | 04-09-2015 |
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20110176207 | SIGHTING TELESCOPE - The invention relates to a sighting telescope comprising a beam splitter which is slanted relative to an optic axis and is configured between an objective and an ocular, further a projection element to generate onto the beam splitter a target mark visible from the ocular, said projection element being fitted with a light source, further two image planes between the objective and the ocular, of which a first image plane is nearer the objective and a second image plane is nearer the ocular, and a reversal system configured between the image planes, a reticle being situated in the first image plane and the target mark in the second image plane. | 07-21-2011 |
20110239516 | SIGHTING TELESCOPE WITH A REVERSAL-SYSTEM SUPPORT NOT REQUIRING A TIGHT FIT - The sighting telescope comprises an external tube and receives within it an inner tube that contains an optical reversal system with at least two optical elements which are fitted into optical mounts and are displaceably supported in the direction of the sighting telescope's longitudinal axis, as a result of which a displacement of the lenses causes a change in magnification, the mounts within a guide sleeve being supported while prestressed by an elastic device. | 10-06-2011 |
20120212811 | TARGET-FIELD TELESCOPE WITH CORRECTING LENS - Regarding a sighting telescope comprising a reversing system which is configured between an objective and is fitted an ocular and fitted with an objective-proximate field lens and at least two mutually displaceable optical elements near the ocular, further comprising an objective-proximate image plane situated between the objective and the field lens and spaced from latter, further with an ocular-proximate image plane situated between the reversing system and the ocular, where, when displacing the said optical elements, an intermediate image projected by the objective into the ocular-proximate image plane is erected and reproduced at a variable magnification in the ocular proximate image plane, and at a magnification of at least 4×, the invention stipulates configuring a correcting field lens element between the objective-proximate image plane and the field lens. | 08-23-2012 |
20120224258 | SIGHTING TELESCOPE WITH OPTIMIZED EXIT PUPIL - Regarding a sighting telescope comprising an objective and a reversing system, a first and second image planes respectively being configured between the objective and the reversing system and on a reversing system's side facing away from the objective, where an intermediate image projected by the objective into to the first image plane is reproduced into the second image plane, the invention stipulates an optical unit situated on the reversing system's side away from the objective to make visible the intermediate image in the second image plane. | 09-06-2012 |
20130318853 | SIGHTING TELESCOPE - A sighting telescope has two image planes situated between an objective and an ocular. A first such plane is situated closer to the objective and a second image plane is closer to the ocular. A reversal system is situated between the first and second image planes containing reversing lens elements. The reversing lens elements for a first and for a second adjustment distance can be adjusted by an adjustment means in a manner that the image in the second image plane shall be parallax-free between the target image and the target mark. | 12-05-2013 |
20140285882 | TELESCOPIC SIGHT - A telescopic sight has an objective lens system, an eyepiece lens system and an inversion system disposed in the optical path between the objective lens system and the eye piece lens system and pivotably supported by means of a height adjustment device, a lateral adjustment device, a reticle, and a projection means disposed at the end of the inversion system on the eyepiece side. The inversion system generates an image plane at the end on the eyepiece side having a perpendicular alignment relative to the inversion system optical axis. The projection means generates a projection in the field of view of the sight, which is located in a projection plane, wherein the projection plane is aligned perpendicularly relative to the optical axis and in the image plane of the inversion system. A display means allocated to the inversion system generates information and/or an a target mark in the projection plane. | 09-25-2014 |
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20100223511 | AT-SPEED BITMAPPING IN A MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF-TEST BY LOCKING AN N-TH FAILURE - In a sophisticated semiconductor device including a large memory portion, a built-in self-test circuitry comprises a failure capturing logic that allows the capturing of a bitmap at a given instant in time without being limited to specific operating conditions in view of interfacing with external test equipment. Thus, although pipeline processing may be required due to the high speed operation during the self-test, reliable capturing of the bitmap may be achieved while maintaining high fault coverage of the test algorithm under consideration. | 09-02-2010 |
20100223513 | LATENCY DETECTION IN A MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF-TEST BY USING A PING SIGNAL - In a complex semiconductor device including embedded memories, the round trip latency may be determined during a memory self-test by applying a ping signal having the same latency as control and failure signals used during the self-test. The ping signal may be used for controlling an operation counter in order to obtain a reliable correspondence between the counter value and a memory operation causing a specified memory failure. | 09-02-2010 |
20110202788 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLOCK GATE CONTROLLING - A method and an activity tracking device for controlling clock gating of a data processing block is provided. The processing block is one of a plurality of data processing blocks of a circuitry system interconnected by a streaming data bus. The activity tracking device receives a busy indication from processing units and streaming data bus segments of the data processing block to keep track of the data transfer and processing activity therein, and has an output connected to a clock gate at the root of the local clock distribution network of the data processing block to gate off the clock of the data processing block when an idle condition is detected, and to recover the clock when a wake-up condition is detected. This provides a low complexity way of automatic clock gating in SoC designs, and generally a way to reduce power consumption of electronic devices. | 08-18-2011 |
20110216861 | CIRCUITRY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING SYNCHRONOUS CLOCK DOMAINS OF THE CIRCUITRY SYSTEM - A clock domain separation device and a method for operating the device is provided for separating two clock domains of a bus system in a system-on-chip (SoC). The clock domain separation device is a hardware module that acts as a guarding between the two clock domains that contain either bus end, and is generally applicable with handshake-type bus protocols. The clock domain separation module allows for each clock domain to switch its clock on and off independently from the state of the other clock domains, without risking data loss or protocol violation. | 09-08-2011 |
20120072788 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF TEST (MBIST) CIRCUITRY HAVING ENHANCED FEATURES AND METHODS - Integrated circuits with memory built-in self test (MBIST) circuitry and methods are disclosed that employ enhanced features. In one aspect of the invention, an integrated circuit is provided having MIBST circuitry configured to serially test multiple arrays of memory elements within a component of the integrated circuit and to also conduct parallel initialization of the serially tested arrays. In another aspect of the invention, the MBST circuitry is used set the memory elements of the arrays to a first state and then to an inverse state during a burn-in operation to maintain each of the two opposing states for a desired time in order to either force a failure of the integrated circuit component or produce a pre-stressed component beyond an infancy stage. | 03-22-2012 |
20120072789 | MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF TEST (MBIST) CIRCUITRY CONFIGURED TO FACILITATE PRODUCTION OF PRE-STRESSED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND METHODS - Integrated circuits with memory built-in self test (MBIST) circuitry and methods are disclosed that employ enhanced features. In one aspect of the invention, MBST circuitry is used set memory elements of arrays to a first state and then to an inverse state during a burn-in operation to maintain each of the two opposing states for a desired time in order to either force a failure of the integrated circuit component or produce a pre-stressed component beyond an infancy stage. Preferably, an integrated circuit is provided having MIBST circuitry configured to serially test multiple arrays of memory elements within a component of the integrated circuit and to also conduct parallel initialization of the serially tested arrays. | 03-22-2012 |
20120079146 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR STREAMING DATA PROFILING - A circuit arrangement includes a plurality of functional units each of which comprises a plurality of data processing modules and a local controller. The plurality of data processing modules run a common system clock and are connected by a streaming data bus running a handshake-type streaming data transfer protocol. A profiling module of the circuit arrangement assesses control signals tapped at predefined interfaces of the streaming data bus during real time operation, for determining link performance and communication patterns for profiling and debugging purposes, and hence constitutes a simple and low cost approach for assessing intra-component and inter-component link performance and communication patterns on large SoCs. A method for profiling data flow for use in such a circuit arrangement is also provided. | 03-29-2012 |
20130205104 | Finite State Machine for System Management - Implementations relate to a hybrid finite state machine that is based on a micro-coded processor and the use of look-up tables to implement combinational logic. Micro-coding is used to describe the state transitions of the FSM and look-up tables are used to determine the conditions for state transitions and to generate the outputs as a function of the state. | 08-08-2013 |
20130205179 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH MEMORY BUILT-IN SELF TEST (MBIST) CIRCUITRY HAVING ENHANCED FEATURES AND METHODS - Integrated circuits with memory built-in self test (MBIST) circuitry and methods are disclosed that employ enhanced features. In one aspect of the invention, an integrated circuit is provided having MIBST circuitry configured to serially test multiple arrays of memory elements within a component of the integrated circuit and to also conduct parallel initialization of the serially tested arrays. In another aspect of the invention, the MBST circuitry is used set the memory elements of the arrays to a first state and then to an inverse state during a burn-in operation to maintain each of the two opposing states for a desired time in order to either force a failure of the integrated circuit component or produce a pre-stressed component beyond an infancy stage. | 08-08-2013 |
20130232385 | Latency Detection in a Memory Built-In Self-Test by Using a Ping Signal - In a complex semiconductor device including embedded memories, the round trip latency may be determined during a memory self-test by applying a ping signal having the same latency as control and failure signals used during the self-test. The ping signal may be used for controlling an operation counter in order to obtain a reliable correspondence between the counter value and a memory operation causing a specified memory failure. | 09-05-2013 |
20130246676 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SOFTWARE TRACING - A circuit for software tracing in a system on chip is described as including a plurality of components, each component having at least one local processor connected to a first communication bus; and each component being connected to a second communication bus. The circuit may further include a separate trace data bus being configured to transmit trace data generated by code running on the components. A method associated with software tracing on such a circuit is also disclosed. | 09-19-2013 |
20150278131 | DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS CONTROLLER WITH GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS - A DMA controller with general programmability and functionality is described. The DMA controller includes a bus interface coupled to an internal memory domain and an external memory domain and general purpose input and output lines. The DMA controller also includes a set of instruction registers that can store (and a processing unit to execute) instructions to transfer data using the bus interface and to read or write signals on the general purpose lines. | 10-01-2015 |
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20100117439 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE CUTTING HORIZON OF A MINING EXTRACTION SYSTEM, AND PAN ELEMENT THEREFOR - The invention relates to a device for determining the cutting horizon of a mining winning system, having a movable conveyor which is composed of individual pan elements, and having at least one optical detection sensor which has a sensor head that is received in a sensor carrier and can be pressed with at least one pressure means against a coal/basement rock boundary layer. In order to improve the sensing and working reliability, over the length of the conveyor, a plurality of pan elements are configured as sensor pans which are provided with a protected recess which is open to the basement rock and in which the sensor carrier is arranged or can be arranged such that it can be disassembled together with the sensor head. | 05-13-2010 |
20100263569 | CARRIAGE FOR A RECOVERY PLOUGH - The invention relates to a traction carriage for an underground mining plow, comprising a traction carriage body which can be inserted into a cavity in a plow body and which on the rear side of a guide recess | 10-21-2010 |
20100288604 | CONNECTOR DEVICE FOR TROUGH PANS ON MINING EQUIPMENT TROUGH PAN AND ASSEMBLY COMPONENT FOR THE SAME - A connector device for connecting an attachment part, in particular a plough guide part, to a lateral element of a trough pan of a mining device, comprising first fittings arranged on the lateral element, comprising counter fittings arranged on the attachment part and detachably connectable to the fittings, and comprising at least one retaining piece, which in the closing position prevents detachment of the fitting and counter fitting and in the opening position permits detachment. In order to facilitate assembly and disassembly, to the retaining piece there is assigned, according to the invention, a hydraulic cylinder for moving the retaining piece between the closing and opening position. | 11-18-2010 |
20100294055 | ROOF CUTTER HOLDER ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND SECURING ELEMENT THEREFOR - A roof cutter holder adjustment device for a roof cutter holder arranged in a vertically adjustable manner on a plow body of a winning plow, comprising a worm wheel for interacting with a rack-like tooth system on the roof cutter holder, an input shaft for actuating the worm wheel, and comprising a head plate which has a passage for the input shaft and which can be fastened or is fastened to the plow body in a rotationally fixed manner. In order to enable the roof cutter holder adjustment device to be mounted and released in a simple manner, the head plate has at least one fastening device, to which a securing element which can be put onto the free end of the input shaft can be fastened in a rotationally fixed manner in the mounted state. | 11-25-2010 |
20100320828 | DRIVE STATION FOR AN UNDERGROUND PLOUGH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING RECOVERY PLOUGHS - The invention relates to a drive station for an underground plough system, in particular a coal plough system, with a machine frame to which a plough box can be fastened, and with a wedge trough which is connected to the machine frame and is provided with a plough guide device, which has chain channels for a plough chain, and also a plough end stop on a runout section for a winning plough. In order to facilitate the repair of a winning plough, the plough end stop is formed on an attachment which can be dismantled, when the plough guide device is mounted, to produce a repair section in the longwall-gallery transition of the wedge trough. The invention also relates to a repair method in which the plough end stop is dismantled and the winning plough is moved into the repair section. | 12-23-2010 |
20110095595 | CHAIN GUIDE FOR A DRIVING CHAIN OF A MINING MACHINE - A chain guide for a driving chain of a winning plow or the like, the chain guide being provided with a chain guide element which is arranged in spatial proximity to the sprockets at a driving or return station and is against the chain transversely to the direction of movement of the latter, provision is made according to the invention for the chain guide element to have at least one pressure roller which can be adjusted against the chain links of the driving chain, as a result of which the wear on the chain guide element is considerably reduced. | 04-28-2011 |
20120032495 | MINING PLOUGH FOR PLOUGH SYSTEMS AND PLOUGH SYSTEM FOR INCLINED FORMATION - A mining plough for plough systems for the exploiting of minerals in inclined formations. In order to provide a mining plough and a plough system, with which coal seams, in particular seams in steep formation can be exploited economically and with high operating safety, the mining plough includes a separable plough body having two plough body basic elements each being provided with a fixture for a separate traction means and with a guide means for moving the coal plough by means of at least two traction means and for guiding the coal plough on at least two mutually spaced guide mechanisms. | 02-09-2012 |
20120038204 | PLOUGHING DEVICE FOR MINING AND PLOUGH BODY FOR SAID DEVICE - A ploughing device for mining, with a ploughing tool having a plurality of plough bodies being interconnected by means of detachable coupling members, and with a longwall conveyor forming a plough guiding means, wherein at least one ploughing body is provided with pivotable cutter carriers. In order to have a ploughing device for mining different seam thicknesses in an efficient manner even and with low number of spare parts to be stored, the ploughing tool has three plough bodies, one forming a central ploughing body, at the end of which are connected a first and second lateral ploughing body by means of a first and second coupling members, wherein the coupling members in each case consist of a toggle bolt with toggle shaft and toggle heads being insertable on open-edged toggle pockets on the bodies. | 02-16-2012 |
20120043802 | BIT ARRANGEMENT FOR A MINING PLOUGH, AND MINING PLOUGH FOR PLOUGH SYSTEMS - A bit arrangement for fastening to a plough-body element of a mining plough for underground mining, particularly of a coal plough for the excavation of steeply disposed coal seams, having a plurality of bit pockets for accommodating, preferably demountably, respectively one bit per bit pocket. In order thereby to create a bit arrangement and a mining plough that can be used advantageously for the excavation of steeply disposed mineral deposits and that render possible economic excavation of such mineral deposits, at least two bit pockets are locked in recesses on a front side of a bit strip, which is provided, on a back side, with at least one groove indentation for the positive engagement of a locking projection on the plough-body element and is detachably fastenable to the plough-body element by means of detachable fastening means. | 02-23-2012 |
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20140340254 | RADAR DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING A MALFUNCTION OF A RECEIVER CHANNEL OF A RADAR DEVICE - A radar device for transmitting and receiving a signal in a frequency band for target detection. The invention includes a control means, an oscillator, with an input of the oscillator being connected via a converter to the control means, with it being able to address the oscillator via control means in order to generate a signal, and with it being possible to tap the signal generated via the oscillator at an output of the oscillator, at least one transmission antenna for transmitting the signals provided at the output of the oscillator, with the transmission antenna being connected to the output of the oscillator, and at least one receiver channel for receiving a receiver signal, for processing the receiver signal, and for forwarding the processed receiver signal to the control means, with the receiver channel comprising at least one receiving antenna for receiving the receiver signal and a mixer for mixing the receiver signal with the signal provided at the output of the oscillator, and with the mixer being connected to the output of the oscillator. | 11-20-2014 |
20150109166 | Radar Unit and Method for Operating a Radar Unit - A radar unit and a method for operating a radar unit. The method for includes a step of determining a functionality of a receiving channel in a radar unit, wherein the radar unit is configured for transmitting and receiving a signal in a frequency band, and has a control means, a transmission path with a voltage controlled oscillator and an output unit for generating a transmission signal and a transmission antenna for emitting the transmission signal, and a receiving path with at least one receiving channel for receiving, processing and conveying a received signal, wherein the at least one receiving channel has at least one receiving antenna and at least one switchable amplifier, wherein the control means is connected to the transmission path and to the receiving path, and is configured to be able to control the transmission path and the receiving path, wherein the at least one switchable amplifier of the at least one receiving channel is disposed at the input of the receiving channel and is connected to the receiving antenna. | 04-23-2015 |
20150160336 | RADAR DEVICE AND PROCESS THEREFOR - A radar device for the transmission of a signal in a frequency band. The radar device includes a control means and an oscillator. The input of the oscillator is connected to the control means by means of a converter. The oscillator is controllable by means of the control means for the generation of the signal. The signal is generated by means of the oscillator and can be picked up on an output of the oscillator. The radar device also includes at least one transmission aerial for the transmission of the signal being present at the output of the oscillator. The transmission aerial is connected to the output of the oscillator. At least one receiver channel is provided for the reception of a received signal and for the processing of the received signal and for the transmission of the processed received signal to the control means. The receiver channel has at least one receiving aerial and a mixer for the mixing of the received signal with the signal which is present at the output of the oscillator. The mixer is connected to the output of the oscillator, and the output of the oscillator is connected to an input of a switchable amplifier and the amplifier provides a signal at the output and transmits it to the at least one mixer. A wattmeter is provided, which monitors the signal at the output of the amplifier and transmits it to the control means. | 06-11-2015 |
20150192662 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE OPERABILITY OF A SWITCHABLE RECEPTION AMPLIFIER - A method for determining the functionality of a switchable reception amplifier of a radar system with a transmitting unit, a receiving unit and a voltage-controlled oscillator, wherein, before the radar system is started up, calibration is carried out in order to compensate for a frequency deviation of the frequency emitted by the oscillator. The invention provides for at least one calibration cycle to be run with at least one first signal at a first frequency and one second signal at a second frequency during calibration of the oscillator, wherein the first signal and the second signal are transmitted by the transmitting unit and are received by the receiving unit, wherein the reception amplifier is switched with a switching sequence, which results in amplitude modulation of the first and second signals, and the amplitude modulation is used to determine the functionality of the reception amplifier. | 07-09-2015 |
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20090139968 | SEAM POSITION CONTROL FOR LASER PROCESSING - A course of a position of a positioning device is determined as a laser beam welds a workpiece at a focus area of the laser beam. The positioning device is configured to position the focus area of a laser beam on a workpiece such that a joint is formed on the workpiece. A course of the joint on the workpiece from the determined course of the position of the positioning device is estimated, and a deviation between the determined course of the position of the positioning device and the estimated course of the joint on the workpiece is calculated. The deviation represents a parameter related to the precision of the seam position control. | 06-04-2009 |
20090145888 | PREPARING AND PERFORMING OF A LASER WELDING PROCESS - A first position of a joint site on a workpiece is detected with a sensor device. The first position is in a first measurement zone in front of a laser beam incident on the workpiece. The second position is in a second measurement zone at the position of the laser beam, and the third position is in a third measurement zone behind the position of the laser beam. One or more of a second position and a third position of the joint site is detected. The position of the laser beam incident on the workpiece is detected. The first, and one or more of the second and third positions are compared to the position of the laser beam, and, based on the comparison, one or more of a laser machining head configured to direct the laser beam onto the workpiece and the sensor device are adjusted relative to the workpiece. | 06-11-2009 |
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20130119026 | Method and Device for Laser Material Processing of a Workpiece - Cutting a workpiece with a laser beam includes using the laser beam to melt and/or vaporize at least a portion of the workpiece, and moving at least one of the workpiece and the laser beam relative to one another to form a cutting front on the workpiece, in which the laser beam includes either at least two different radially polarized beam portions offset relative to each along an advancing direction of the laser beam, or multiple laser beam strips extending along the advancing direction of the laser beam. Each laser beam strip has a different linear polarization direction, and the advancing direction corresponds to a direction along which the workpiece is cut by the laser beam. | 05-16-2013 |
20130319980 | Device and Method for Monitoring a Laser Cutting Process - The present disclosure relates to a device for monitoring and for controlling a laser cutting process on a workpiece, and a method of using the same. The device includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing an image of a region of the workpiece to be monitored, in which the region of the workpiece to be monitored includes a region of interaction of a laser beam with the workpiece, and an evaluation apparatus for detecting material boundaries of the workpiece using the captured image. The evaluation apparatus is configured to determine at least one characteristic value of the laser cutting process based on a geometric relationship between at least two of the detected material boundaries, the region of interaction, or combinations thereof. | 12-05-2013 |
20140269816 | DETECTING DEFECTS DURING LASER WELDING - A method for detecting defect in a weld seam during laser welding. The method includes performing a two-dimensionally locally resolved detection of radiation that is emitted by a solidified molten mass that is adjacent to a liquid melting bath. The method also includes determining at least one characteristic value for heat dissipation in the solidified molten mass by evaluating the detected radiation along at least one profile-section of the solidified molten mass, and detecting a defect in the weld seam by comparing the at least one characteristic value with at least one reference value. | 09-18-2014 |
20140346150 | DETECTING AN INCOMPLETE CUTTING ACTION - Methods, devices and systems for detecting an incomplete cutting action when cutting a workpiece with a high-energy beam are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes taking an image of a region of the workpiece to be monitored, the region including an interaction region of the high-energy beam with the workpiece, evaluating the image taken in order to detect pooled slag at an end of the interaction region opposite a cutting front, and detecting whether a related cutting action is incomplete based on an occurrence of detection of pooled slag. | 11-27-2014 |
20150053656 | Laser-Supported Plasma Processing - Methods, devices and systems for laser-supported plasma cutting or plasma welding of a workpiece. In one aspect, a method includes producing a plasma beam which extends in an expansion direction between an electrode and a processing location on the workpiece, the plasma beam having, with respect to a center axis of the plasma beam that extends in the expansion direction, an inner central region and an outer edge region, and supplying laser radiation to the outer edge region of the plasma beam. The laser radiation supplied to the outer edge region extends parallel with the center axis of the plasma beam. | 02-26-2015 |
20150217402 | Laser Cutting Machine and Method for Cutting Workpieces of Different Thicknesses - A laser cutting machine for cutting a workpiece having a first thickness (using a first processing laser beam having a first laser beam characteristic and a workpiece having a different second thickness using at least a second processing laser beam having a different second laser beam characteristic includes a laser source for producing a unprocessed laser beam having a laser wavelength of less than 4 μm, a device which forms from the unprocessed laser beam the processing laser beams, and a control unit which controls the device in dependence on the thickness of the workpiece to be cut. | 08-06-2015 |