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20090021275 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR POSITIONING A PROBE CARD - A method for perpendicular positioning of a probe card relative to a test substrate, includes storing a separation position approached in a first positioning step as a distance between the needle tips of the probe card and the substrate, storing a contact position approached in a second positioning step until the probe card contacts the substrate, and displaying an image of the needle tips. For avoiding erroneous operation after a probe card has been changed, when imaging the needle tips, the stored contact position is imaged and is changed until presentation of this contact position corresponds to actual height of the tips appropriate for the respective probe card and this setting is then stored as a new contact position. A display device presents the needle tips and the stored contact position and is connected to a memory, a recording device and an input device which changes the contact position. | 01-22-2009 |
20090085595 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR POSITIONING A PROBE CARD - A method for perpendicular positioning of a probe card relative to a test substrate, includes storing a separation position approached in a first positioning step as a distance between the needle tips of the probe card and the substrate, storing a contact position approached in a second positioning step until the probe card contacts the substrate, and displaying an image of the needle tips. For avoiding erroneous operation after a probe card has been changed, when imaging the needle tips, the stored contact position is imaged and is changed until presentation of this contact position corresponds to actual height of the tips appropriate for the respective probe card and this setting is then stored as a new contact position. A display device presents the needle tips and the stored contact position and is connected to a memory, a recording device and an input device which changes the contact position. | 04-02-2009 |
20110241711 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING A TEST SUBSTRATE IN A PROBER UNDER DEFINED THERMAL CONDITIONS - A method and an apparatus for verifying or testing test substrates, i.e. wafers and other electronic semiconductor components, in a prober under defined thermal conditions. Such a verifying apparatus, known to the person skilled in the art as a prober, has a housing having at least two housing sections, in one housing section of which, designated hereinafter as test chamber, the test substrate to be verified is held by a chuck and is set to a defined temperature, and in the other housing section of which, designated hereinafter as probe chamber, probes are held. For verification purposes, the test substrate and the probes are positioned relative to one another by means of at least one positioning device and the probes subsequently make contact with the test substrate. | 10-06-2011 |
20140239991 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING A TEST SUBSTRATE IN A PROBER UNDER DEFINED THERMAL CONDITIONS - A method and an apparatus for verifying or testing test substrates, i.e. wafers and other electronic semiconductor components, in a prober under defined thermal conditions. Such a verifying apparatus, known to the person skilled in the art as a prober, has a housing having at least two housing sections, in one housing section of which, designated hereinafter as test chamber, the test substrate to be verified is held by a chuck and is set to a defined temperature, and in the other housing section of which, designated hereinafter as probe chamber, probes are held. For verification purposes, the test substrate and the probes are positioned relative to one another by means of at least one positioning device and the probes subsequently make contact with the test substrate. | 08-28-2014 |
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20150295598 | Distance to VSWR Fault Measurement - The present invention addresses apparatuses, methods and computer program product for providing improved distance to fault measurement for voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) on antenna line in networks. An embodiment of he present invention comprises the steps of transmitting a signal to a line to be tested, capturing a forward signal of the signal, capturing a reverse signal of the signal, separating the reflection of the signal in time domain via cross correlation of the forward signal and the reverse signal, and detecting a distance to fault in the line by searching and processing maximum peak position of the captured and separated signals. | 10-15-2015 |
20150358144 | Detecting Intermodulation in Broadband Communication Affecting Receiver Sensitivity - The present invention provides methods, apparatuses and a program relating to detecting passive intermodulation in broadband communication. The present invention includes transmitting, at a base station, a first signal at a first centre frequency and a second signal at a second centre frequency with a predetermined transmit power, capturing, at the base station, received signal at a reception frequency, obtaining, at the base station, a delay between the transmitted signal and a passive intermodulation caused received signal. | 12-10-2015 |
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20090033943 | Interferometric Measuring Device - A device for an interferometric measuring device having a first interferometer and a second interferometer, short coherent radiation being supplied to the first interferometer via a radiation source which is split into to beam components by a first beam splitter; and the optical path length in a beam component being longer than in the other beam component to the effect that the optical path difference is greater than the coherence length of the radiation; before emerging from the first interferometer, the two beam components being recombined and supplied to the second interferometer, which splits the radiation into two additional beam components; the optical path lengths of the two beam components being different to the effect that the optical path difference registered in the first interferometer is balanced again; the optical path length for the respective beam component in the first and the second interferometer being able to be set by at least one movable optical component, and the movable optical components are coupled to each other mechanically. A method for balancing an optical path difference in such an interferometric measuring device, the optical path differences between the beam components being changed in the two interferometers by mechanically coupled movable optical components at the same time and by the same absolute amount. By doing this, path differences in the beam components of the interferometers are able to be varied in one working step, the conditions for the formation of interference being complied with. | 02-05-2009 |
20100284023 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE SHAPE OF FREEFORM SURFACES - A device for measuring the shape of freeform surfaces of objects includes a point-measuring optical and or interferometric scanning arm which is displaceable along a predefined path line, which device generates a measurement beam focused on the freeform surface to be measured. With reference to the scanning point, the scanning arm is able to rotate in at least one plane, in such a way that the measuring beam impinges upon the freeform surface to be measured in a perpendicular manner or within an acceptance angle of the scanning arm. | 11-11-2010 |
20110116100 | SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING A MEASURED OBJECT RELATIVE TO A DETECTOR, INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEM AS WELL AS ALIGNMENT METHOD - The invention relates to an arrangement for aligning a measured object ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110122414 | OFFICIAL SYSTEM FOR ILLUMINATING A MEASURED OBJECT AND INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEM FOR MEASURING SURFACES OF A MEASURED OBJECT - An interferometric system for measuring surfaces of a measured object using an optical system. The optical system has a beam splitter, which directs measuring beams in a first beam path and measuring beams in a second beam path onto the surfaces of the measured object with the aid of two mirrors. The beam paths which are formed by the light beams which are reflected on the surfaces at least partially overlap in an area having identical beam direction. In this manner, measured surfaces of the measured object are at least partially imaged on an identically irradiated surface of a detector, such as an image recorder. | 05-26-2011 |
20110128551 | INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A PATH DIFFERENCE - An interferometric system for measuring a measured object, having an arrangement for generating a measuring beam path, measuring beams being directed at the measured object, having an arrangement for generating a reference beam path, reference beams being directed to a reference element, having an adjusting arrangement for adjusting a path difference between the measuring beams and the reference beams, and a having a detector for recording images of the superposition of the reference beams and the measuring beams reflected by the measured object. According to the present system, a synchronization arrangement is used to control the adjusting arrangement so that the path difference between the measuring beams and the reference beams is adjusted in synchronization with the images recorded by the detector. The present system also relates to a method for adjusting a path difference. | 06-02-2011 |
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20090029403 | Sesnsor for detecting a toxic or hazardous gas mixture and operating method - A sensor for detecting a gas mixture which substantially comprises air and contains one or a plurality of gases that exhibit a disadvantageous effect on living organisms, comprising: a sensor chip composed of silicon for reading out at least one signal which is generated at a sensitive substance given the presence of one or a plurality of target gases in the measurement gas, a sensitive substance applied on the sensor chip, comprising living cells, which respond to target gas, a signal processing unit for evaluating the signals of the Si chip. | 01-29-2009 |
20100071460 | Signal quality of field effect transistor-based humidity sensors or gas sensors - Humidity or a gas concentration or a solvent concentration in at least one gas is detected by a field effect transistor-based gas sensor whose sensor signal is generated by the change in the work function on a sensitive film. Detection is to be provided in a simple, effective and inexpensive manner. An additional change in potential is impressed at a gate of the field effect transistor and a variable of the resulting change in the sensor signal relative to the additional change in potential is evaluated. For example, each variable, which is e.g. a ratio, can be assigned a relative humidity, a gas concentration, or a solvent concentration. Sensitive films having at least one polymer are particularly advantageous. | 03-25-2010 |
20120282142 | GAS SENSOR - Volatile organic compounds or oxidizing gases are detected when the work function of a metal-organic framework is measured to produce a sensor signal. | 11-08-2012 |
20130264660 | MICROMECHANICAL SUBSTRATE FOR A DIAPHRAGM WITH A DIFFUSION BARRIER LAYER - At least two separate single-crystal silicon layers are formed in a micromechanical substrate which has a diaphragm in a partial region. The diaphragm has a thickness of less than 20 μm and includes part of a first of the single-crystal silicon layers. The substrate construction also includes a heating element configured to generate a temperature of more than 650° C. in at least part of the diaphragm. The substrate includes at least one diffusion barrier layer that reduces the oxidation of the first single-crystal silicon layer. | 10-10-2013 |
20130295835 | AIR-CONDITIONING DEVICE - A control/regulation unit and a sensor device in an air-conditioning device enable detecting presence of an analyte in room air to infer the quality of the room air. A light source emits light into the room on a light path that is reflected to a light-sensitive detector. The air-conditioning device is controlled/regulated as a function of an output of the detector. If the analyte is situated on the light path, the light is scattered and/or absorbed such that the detector detects a smaller quantity of light, on the basis of which it is possible to infer the presence of the analyte. The light source can be pivoted to set various light paths through the room to determine where the analyte is situated in the room based on the output of the detector for each light path. The air-conditioning device can controlled to selectively influence the atmospheric environment locally. | 11-07-2013 |
20140109648 | Operating Method for a Gas Sensor and Gas Sensor - The disclosure relates to an operating method for a gas sensor, in particular a gas sensor for detecting asthma. According to said method, nitrogen monoxide or nitrogen dioxide is detected in a measuring phase and the gas sensor is heated by a heating device in a desorption phase in order to accelerate desorption. The heating process is continued until the temporal alteration of the measuring signal of the gas sensor falls below a threshold value. | 04-24-2014 |
20140202232 | Monitoring of the Functionality of a Converter of a Breath Analysis Apparatus - A device for the gas analysis of a gas mixture includes a converter configured to convert a first gas component into a target gas component, a sensor system configured to detect the target gas component or another component of the gas mixture after the conversion by the converter, and an evaluating apparatus. The converter is further configured to change the concentration of a second gas component or to cause a conversion to a second target gas component. The sensor system is configured to determine the concentration of the second gas component or of the second target gas component. The evaluating apparatus is configured to determine a value for the aging of the converter on the basis of the concentration of the second gas component or of the second target gas component. | 07-24-2014 |
20150112221 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF NITROGEN MONOXIDE IN THE RESPIRATORY AIR OF A PATIENT - A device for measuring the concentration of nitrogen monoxide in the respiratory air of a patient includes a nitrogen dioxide sensor and a converter. The sensor is arranged between an inlet opening and an outlet opening of the device. The converter, for oxidation of nitrogen monoxide to nitrogen dioxide, is arranged between the inlet opening and the sensor such that the device can be switched to at least two states. In a first state, a fluidic connection is present between the inlet opening and the sensor but does not lead through the converter. In a second state, a fluidic connection is present between the inlet opening and the sensor and leads through the converter. | 04-23-2015 |
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20130264869 | MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle electrical system having a starter and a first energy store, which are arranged in a first region of the motor vehicle electrical system, and a generator and a second energy store, which are arranged in a second region of the motor vehicle electrical system, wherein, a switching element is arranged between the first and the second region of the motor vehicle electrical system, wherein the switching element has at least two switching states, wherein, in a first switching state, a current can flow only from the first region toward the second region and, in a second switching state, the first and second region have a through-connection to one another, wherein the second energy store is connected to the generator via a DC/DC converter, wherein, via a second switching element, the starter is connected directly to the second energy store. | 10-10-2013 |
20150084345 | MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle electrical system, wherein a control unit senses or detects a start-stop command for the internal combustion engine, wherein when a start-stop command is sensed or detected a switching element is switched into the first switching state and the voltage at the DC/DC output, which is connected to the switching element, is increased by a control unit by means of a control command, wherein a measuring unit senses and evaluates the voltage condition over the switching element, wherein depending upon the evaluation the start-stop command is or is not carried out by a control unit using a control command Also disclosed is a method for operating a motor vehicle electrical system. | 03-26-2015 |
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20080265190 | Electromagnetic Pressure Regulating Valve Device Having an Integrated Pressure Sensor - An electromagnetic pressure regulating valve device for regulating a hydraulic pressure including at least one pressure regulating valve which includes a solenoid part having at least one bobbin holding an electric coil, a coil core and a movably guided armature; a valve part having at least one supply connection, one return connection, one load connection and one actuating element operated by the armature and cooperating with a valve seat; and an electronic part having at least one pressure sensor for measuring the hydraulic pressure present at the load connection. At least the pressure sensor is situated on an end of the solenoid part facing the valve part upstream from the electronic part. Positioning the pressure sensor close to the valve part may substantially reduce the filter effect of the transmission link, and the hydraulic pressure to be measured is therefore transmittable free of errors up to a much higher cutoff frequency. This may result in a higher measurement accuracy, and therefore also a higher regulation accuracy, of the pressure regulating valve. | 10-30-2008 |
20100127197 | PRESSURE-REGULATING VALVE - A pressure-regulating valve includes a magnetic actuator and a housing. Accommodated in the housing is an armature, which is movable in a pole tube. The pole tube is encompassed by a magnetic coil. The armature is supported in the pole tube in a film structure. | 05-27-2010 |
20120104293 | PRESSURE CONTROL VALVE, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - A pressure control valve for an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle includes a housing, a valve slide which is guided in the housing and which has multiple adjacent sections, a first section having a first diameter, a second section adjacent thereto having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and a third section having the first diameter adjacent to the second section. An inflow pressure opening is assigned to the first section, a control pressure opening is assigned to the second section and a return flow opening is assigned to the third section. An electromagnetic actuating device acts upon the valve slide via a piston, which is guided pressure-tight in the housing. | 05-03-2012 |
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20090022780 | HYDROGEL - The invention is related to gel preparations capable of absorbing as well as releasing liquid, and the use of such gel preparations in the treatment of wounds. | 01-22-2009 |
20090169626 | TAMPER RESISTANT DOSAGE FORMS - Tamper resistant controlled release formulations. | 07-02-2009 |
20100247631 | PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXTERNAL APPLICATION OF ANTISEPTIC AGENTS AND/OR AGENTS PROMOTING THE HEALING OF WOUNDS - The present invention relates to liposomal pharmaceutical preparations which include active agents such as antiseptic agents, wound-healing agents, or combinations thereof, useful in the treatment of external wounds. The active agents are encapsulated in liposomes, and the liposomes are incorporated in pharmaceutical preparations such as liquids, ointments, gels, lotions, or creams capable of delivering the active agents to external wound sites. The invention further relates to methods of preparation of the liposomes and the pharmaceutical preparations, and to methods of treatment of external wounds and ophthalmic infections. | 09-30-2010 |
20120009253 | PREPARATIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ESPECIALLY ANTISEPTIC AGENTS AND/OR AGENTS PROMOTING THE HEALING OF WOUNDS OF THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT - Use of an anti-inflammatory agent such as povidone iodine for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of diseases of the lower respiratory tract which are susceptible to the administration of such agents. | 01-12-2012 |
20120101118 | TAMPER RESISTANT DOSAGE FORMS - Tamper resistant controlled release formulations. | 04-26-2012 |
20120177725 | PREPARATIONS FOR THE EXTERNAL APPLICATION OF ANTISEPTIC AGENTS AND/OR AGENTS PROMOTING THE HEALING OF WOUNDS - The present invention relates to liposomal pharmaceutical preparations which include active agents such as antiseptic agents, wound-healing agents, or combinations thereof, useful in the treatment of external wounds. The active agents are encapsulated in liposomes, and the liposomes are incorporated in pharmaceutical preparations such as liquids, ointments, gels, lotions, or creams capable of delivering the active agents to external wound sites. The invention further relates to methods of preparation of the liposomes and the pharmaceutical preparations, and to methods of treatment of external wounds and ophthalmic infections. | 07-12-2012 |
20120282323 | Dry Liposomal PVP-iodine Compositions - The present invention is directed to a storage stable package of a iodophor containing particulate pharmaceutically acceptable carrier compositions. The invention is particularly directed to a storage stable package of a PVP-iodine liposome compositions. The packaging material is generally plastic, paper or cardboard. | 11-08-2012 |
20120294933 | Use of PVP-Iodine Liposomes for Treatment of Acne - The invention concerns a method for the production of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of acne forms that is characterized in, that the preparation comprises at least one antiseptic compound associated with a particular carrier. | 11-22-2012 |
20120321695 | Use of PVP-Iodine Liposomes for Treatment of Herpes - The invention concerns a method for the production of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of | 12-20-2012 |
20130122084 | HYDROGEL - The invention is related to gel preparations capable of absorbing as well as releasing liquid, and the use of such gel preparations in the treatment of wounds. | 05-16-2013 |
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20140094481 | TAMPER RESISTANT DOSAGE FORMS - Tamper resistant controlled release formulations. | 04-03-2014 |
20140141063 | HYDROGEL - The invention is related to gel preparations capable of absorbing as well as releasing liquid, and the use of such gel preparations in the treatment of wounds. | 05-22-2014 |
20150313934 | Use of PVP-Iodine Liposomes for Treatment of Herpes - The invention concerns a method for the production of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment of Herpes forms that is characterized in, that the preparation comprises at least one antiseptic compound associated with a particular carrier. | 11-05-2015 |