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20100264828 | Failure Detection for Series of Electrical Loads - An apparatus for detecting failures in an illumination device includes at least two light emitting diodes connected in series. The apparatus includes a first, a second, and a third circuit node for interfacing the illumination device such that the voltage drop across at least two light emitting diodes is applied between the first and the second circuit node and a fraction of the voltage drop is applied between the second and the third circuit node. An evaluation unit is coupled to the first, the second, and the third circuit node and configured to assess whether the electric potential present at the third circuit node is within a pre-defined range of tolerance about a nominal value that is defined as a pre-defined fraction of the potential difference present between the first and the second circuit node. | 10-21-2010 |
20120061700 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A RELIABLE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method and a system for a reliable LED semiconductor device are provided. In one embodiment, the device comprises a carrier, a light emitting diode disposed on the carrier, an encapsulating material disposed over the light emitting diode and the carrier, at least one through connection formed in the encapsulating material, and a metallization layer disposed and structured over the at least one through connection. | 03-15-2012 |
20120074947 | Failure Detection for Series of Electrical Loads - A device can be used for detecting failures in an illumination device having a plurality of light emitting diodes connected in series. A first circuit node, a second circuit node, and a third circuit node interface the illumination device such that a voltage supplying the plurality of light emitting diodes is applied between the first and the second circuit node and a first fraction of the supply voltage drop is provided between the third and the second circuit node. An evaluation unit is coupled to the first circuit node, the second circuit node, and the third circuit node and configured to assess whether a voltage present at the third circuit node is within a pre-defined range of tolerance about a nominal value that is defined as a second fraction of the supply voltage present between the first and the second circuit node. | 03-29-2012 |
20130277704 | Method and System for Providing a Reliable Light Emitting Diode Semiconductor Device - A method and a system for a reliable LED semiconductor device are provided. In one embodiment, the device comprises a carrier, a light emitting diode disposed on the carrier, an encapsulating material disposed over the light emitting diode and the carrier, at least one through connection formed in the encapsulating material, and a metallization layer disposed and structured over the at least one through connection. | 10-24-2013 |
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20110084369 | DEVICE INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND A CARRIER AND FABRICATION METHOD - A description is given of a method. In one embodiment the method includes providing a semiconductor chip with semiconductor material being exposed at a first surface of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip is placed over a carrier with the first surface facing the carrier. An electrically conductive material is arranged between the semiconductor chip and the carrier. Heat is applied to attach the semiconductor chip to the carrier. | 04-14-2011 |
20140070376 | Methods for manufacturing a chip arrangement, methods for manufacturing a chip package, a chip package and chip arrangements - A method for manufacturing a chip arrangement is provided, the method including: forming a hole in a carrier including at least one chip, wherein forming a hole in the carrier includes: selectively removing carrier material, thereby forming a cavity in the carrier, forming passivation material over one or more cavity walls exposed by the selective removal of the carrier material; selectively removing a portion of the passivation material and further carrier material exposed by the selective removal of the passivation material, wherein a further portion of the passivation material remains over at least one cavity side wall; the method further including subsequently forming a layer over the further portion of passivation material remaining over the at least one cavity side wall. | 03-13-2014 |
20150115417 | METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A CHIP ARRANGEMENT, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A CHIP PACKAGE, A CHIP PACKAGE AND CHIP ARRANGEMENTS - A method for manufacturing a chip arrangement is provided, the method including: forming a hole in a carrier including at least one chip, wherein forming a hole in the carrier includes: selectively removing carrier material, thereby forming a cavity in the carrier, forming passivation material over one or more cavity walls exposed by the selective removal of the carrier material; selectively removing a portion of the passivation material and further carrier material exposed by the selective removal of the passivation material, wherein a further portion of the passivation material remains over at least one cavity side wall; the method further including subsequently forming a layer over the further portion of passivation material remaining over the at least one cavity side wall. | 04-30-2015 |
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20140327003 | Removable indicator structure in electronic chips of a common substrate for process adjustment - A method of processing a plurality of packaged electronic chips being connected to one another in a common substrate is provided, wherein the method comprises etching the electronic chips, detecting information indicative of an at least partial removal of an indicator structure following an exposure of the indicator structure embedded within at least a part of the electronic chips and being exposed after the etching has removed chip material above the indicator structure, and adjusting the processing upon detecting the information indicative of the at least partial removal of the indicator structure. | 11-06-2014 |
20150108666 | Thinning in package using separation structure as stop - A method of forming a thinned encapsulated chip structure, wherein the method comprises providing a separation structure arranged within an electronic chip, encapsulating part of the electronic chip by an encapsulating structure, and thinning selectively the electronic chip partially encapsulated by the encapsulating structure so that the encapsulating structure remains with a larger thickness than the thinned electronic chip, wherein the separation structure functions as a thinning stop. | 04-23-2015 |
20160071819 | Method of Producing a Semiconductor Device and a Semiconductor Device - A method of producing a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes: providing a semiconductor wafer, the wafer including an upper layer of a semiconductor material, an inner etch stop layer and a lower layer; forming a plurality of functional areas in the upper layer; performing a selective first etch process on the upper layer so as to separate the plurality of functional areas from each other by trenches etched through the upper layer, the first etch process being substantially stopped by the inner etch stop layer; and removing the lower layer by a second etch process, the second etch process being substantially stopped by the inner etch stop layer. | 03-10-2016 |
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20140072930 | MEDICAL OR DENTAL INSTRUMENT WITH A TEMPERATURE-MEASURING DEVICE - Medical or dental instruments, preferably handpieces having different temperature-measuring devices for measuring the temperature in the instrument or of at least a part of the instrument are described. The temperature-measuring devices are designed, for example, to measure the temperature contacht-freely by detection of electromagnetic radiation or to measure the temperature of an interior of the instrument that can be heated by a heat source. The temperature-measuring devices may be designed, for example, as electrical temperature-measuring devices or may have a magnetic material whose magnetic property is a function of temperature and/or has a temperature-dependent course. The temperature-measuring device may comprise for example, an electrical switching device and a signal device to switch the signal device at least between a first signal condition and a second signal condition when a temperature limit value is reached or exceeded or is underrun. | 03-13-2014 |
20140120496 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR REGULATING A COMPRESSED-GAS-OPERABLE MEDICAL DRIVE DEVICE AND SUCH A DRIVE DEVICE - Methods for controlling and/or regulating of a compressed-gas-operable medical or dental drive device and a control and/or regulating device for performing such methods are described. In one method according to a first embodiment, a rotor of the drive device is operated at an essentially constant rotational speed (n | 05-01-2014 |
20140318287 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR MEDICAL OR DENTAL TOOL - Various mechanical drive devices, mechanical gears, combinations thereof and medical or dental treatment devices with such mechanical drive devices or gears are described. The mechanical drive devices and mechanical gears convert a unidirectional rotational movement received by a motor drive into a multidirectional movement, so that a tool-holding device of the treatment device can be induced to a multidirectional movement, in particular to a, preferably simultaneous, lifting and rotating movement or to a lifting and oscillating rotational movement with a reduced rotational speed. | 10-30-2014 |
20160038257 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING A DRIVING MOVEMENT FROM A VIBRATION TRANSFERRING HANDPIECE TO A MEDICAL OR DENTAL TOOL - A coupling device for transferring a driving motion (and optionally, a working medium) from a vibration transferring handpiece to a medical or dental tool with a first coupling element provided on the handpiece and a second coupling element provided on the tool. One of the first and second coupling elements is designed as a coupling protrusion, and the other coupling element is designed as a coupling recess to receive the coupling protrusion. The coupling protrusion and the coupling recess each have a first section for releasable connection of the two coupling elements, and a second section for positioning the two coupling elements relative to their joint axis of rotation. The second section is formed on the coupling protrusion and on the coupling recess, such that the two coupling elements are guided toward one another and can be displaced along the joint axis of rotation before the two coupling elements are releasably connected to one another by the respective first sections. | 02-11-2016 |
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20150230881 | MEDICAL OR DENTAL HAND INSTRUMENT - A hand instrument, comprising: a tool-holding device for fastening a treatment tool on the hand instrument, a driveshaft for transmitting a driving movement to the tool-holding device and a stroke gear which is designed to induce the tool-holding device in a stroke movement. According to a first embodiment the hand instrument further has a rotary gear which is designed to induce the tool-holding device to a rotational movement, wherein a drive-side element of the rotary gear and a drive-side element of the stroke gear are arranged jointly on the driveshaft. According to a second embodiment the drive-side element of the stroke gear is designed such, that in a complete revolution of the drive-side element of the stroke gear the tool-holding device runs through more than a double stroke. According to another embodiment the drive-side element of the stroke gear is disposed concentrically around an axis of rotation of the driveshaft. | 08-20-2015 |
20160067011 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MEDICAL, DENTAL OR SURGICAL TOOL - Different mechanical drive devices for a medical, dental or surgical tool are described that are designed to put the tool into an oscillating, rotational motion, wherein the oscillating, rotational motion comprises an alternating rotation of the tool by a first angle of rotation in a first rotational direction and by a second angle of rotation in a second rotational direction substantially opposed to the first rotational direction, wherein the first and second angles of rotation may have different values, so that during multiple sequential rotations in the first and second rotational directions, the tool cumulatively experiences a rotational motion in a preferred direction. | 03-10-2016 |
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20080319466 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING A CRESTAL SINUS LIFT - A surgical instrument for use in a sinus lift includes a substantially cylindrical sleeve which is sealingly insertable into a bore of a jawbone. The sleeve has a lumen and is formed with an inlet channel and an outlet port which is in fluid communication with the lumen. A vibration unit is operatively connected to the instrument for transmitting vibrations into the lumen. | 12-25-2008 |
20110270236 | DEVICE FOR MAKING A BOREHOLE INTO A BONE - The invention relates to a device for penetratingly extending a blind hole into a hard tissue, particularly a jawbone. The device is characterized in that it comprises a tubular body ( | 11-03-2011 |
20130344453 | FUHRUNGSELEMENT UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM EINBRINGEN EINER KNOCHENBOHRUNG - A guide element is constructed for arrangement on a device for the penetrating extension of a blind hole created in hard tissue, in particular in the jawbone, wherein the device includes a hollow body that forms a pressure chamber and that has a distal working opening and an inlet opening opposite the working opening. The guide element can be inserted into the inlet opening with a tight fit and the inlet opening can be closed by the guide element, the guide element has a through-hole, through which a shaft of a working tool, for example, of a milling tool, can be guided and inserted into the hollow body, and the guide element has a connection for a working medium for applying an internal pressure in the pressure chamber or in the hollow body. | 12-26-2013 |
20150320522 | ANGULAR CONNECTOR/MILLING CUTTER - A device for the perforating extension of a blind bore introduced into a jawbone, includes a hollow body defining a hollow space and having a distal working opening and an inlet opening opposite the working opening, and being sealingly insertable into the blind bore, a working tool connected with the hollow body so as to form a common unit with the hollow body, a shaft arranged on the working tool and having a distal tool head for working on the jawbone, said shaft being insertable into the hollow space through the inlet opening, said distal tool head being at least partially guidable through the working opening for working on the jawbone, a connection fluidly connected to the hollow body for establishing an internal pressure in the hollow, and an adjustment mechanism provided in or on the device for axial movement or linear forward feed of the shaft in the hollow space along a longitudinal axis of the shaft and the hollow space | 11-12-2015 |
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20110030507 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID PIG IRON OR LIQUID PRIMARY STEEL PRODUCTS - A process and an apparatus for producing liquid pig iron or liquid primary steel products from charge materials formed by iron ores and additions. The charge materials are subjected to a further reduction in a reducing zone ( | 02-10-2011 |
20110229276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING PARTICULATE SOLIDS FROM A GAS STREAM - A method and a device for separating particulate solids from a gas flow, particularly a carrier gas flow for transporting the particulate solids, has a transport line ( | 09-22-2011 |
20120279356 | Process and Device for Charging Into a Smelting Unit - A process and a device for charging a primary product for pig iron into a smelting unit are provided. According to the process and device, some of the primary product that has been formed by reducing oxidic iron carriers is stored in the hot state in a reservoir tank before being supplied into the storage device or charging device that is directly connected to the smelting unit. | 11-08-2012 |
20120328465 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING PRESSED ARTICLES - A method is provided for producing pressed articles which contain direct-reduced, fine particulate iron (direct reduced iron, DRI) from a fluidized bed reduction system for direct reduction of fine particulate iron ore, wherein direct-reduced, fine particulate iron produced in the fluidized bed reduction system during direct reduction is compacted into pressed articles. Dry, fine particulate material containing at least fine particulate iron ore and optionally fine particulate iron and carbon is admixed to the direct-reduced fine particulate iron and the mixture thus obtained is subsequently compacted into pressed articles. An apparatus for carrying out such method is also provided. | 12-27-2012 |
20130019716 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CHARGE MATERIALS CONTAINING IRON ORE OR FOR PRODUCING PIG IRON OR LIQUID PRIMARY STEEL PRODUCTS - A process and an apparatus for reducing charge materials containing iron ore or for producing pig iron or liquid primary steel products in a smelting unit are provided, the charge materials being at least partially reduced in at least one reduction unit by means of a reducing gas and optionally at least some of the at least partially reduced charge materials being melted in a smelting unit while supplying coal or coke and gas containing oxygen, while simultaneously forming the reducing gas, and the reducing gas or a reducing gas generated externally being supplied to the reduction unit. In the event of an interruption in the production of pig iron or primary steel products, the at least one reduction unit is emptied and the at least partially reduced charge materials are introduced into at least one vessel and kept under a non-oxidizing shielding gas atmosphere. | 01-24-2013 |
20140110891 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHARGING COAL-CONTAINING MATERIAL AND IRON CARRIER MATERIAL - A melter gasifier of a smelting reduction installation is charged by bringing together coal-containing material in lump form and iron carrier material (which may be hot) before and/or while they enter the melter gasifier. The ratio of the combined amounts of iron carrier material and coal-containing material in lump form is variable. The combined amounts of iron carrier material and coal-containing material in lump form are distributed over the cross section of the melter gasifier by a dynamic distributing device, and the ratio of the combined amounts of the iron carrier material and coal-containing material in lump form is set depending on the position of the dynamic distributing device. | 04-24-2014 |
20140196571 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR CHARGING INTO A SMELTING UNIT - A process and a device for charging a primary product for pig iron into a smelting unit are provided. According to the process and device, some of the primary product that has been formed by reducing oxidic iron carriers is stored in the hot state in a reservoir tank before being supplied into the storage device or charging device that is directly connected to the smelting unit. | 07-17-2014 |