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20080205678 | Hearing apparatus with a special energy acceptance system and corresponding method - Supplying energy into a hearing apparatus in order to charge its rechargeable battery is to be carried out by way of components, which take up as little space as possible. Components, which are mostly already present, are thus used for the energy supply. Energy is inductively injected into the coil of a receiver, into a data transmission coil or a telephone coil for instance. Alternatively, acoustic energy can also be injected via the receiver or microphone and converted there into electrical energy. Special components need then not be provided for the energy supply process. | 08-28-2008 |
20080226107 | Transmission method with dynamic transmission power adjustment and corresponding hearing device system - With the date transmission in a hearing device system, overloads are to be avoided and the energy consumption during transmission is to be kept as low as possible. To this end, a transmission method and a corresponding system for the inductive transmission is proposed, in which the receiver returns an item of quality information relating to the received signal back to the transmitter. The transmission power of the transmitter is then dynamically varied as a function of the item of quality information. With unidirectional transmission, the transmitter can obtain an item of distance information relating to the distance of the receiver from the transmitter and thereupon adjust the transmission power accordingly. | 09-18-2008 |
20080246542 | Amplifier for a radio frequency transmitter for transmitting a transmit signal to an otological apparatus - There is described an amplifier for a radio frequency signal for transmitting a transmit signal to an otological apparatus. The amplifier comprises at least one power transistor for switching an output signal. A breaker gap of the power transistor is actively connected to a network such that a power loss converted in the power transistor is at least partially reduced during a switchover into a switched-on state and/or at least during a switchover into a switched-off state. The breaker gap of the at least one transistor is at least indirectly connected in series to a power supply source by way of a choke coil. The amplifier comprises a transmit coil as an output load, with the transmit coil comprising an inductor and being actively connected to the power transistor. The transmit coil is coupled to the choke coil in a transformer-like manner, with the choke coil thus being able to transmit an output power to the transmit coil. The transmit coil can generate a transmit signal from the output power. | 10-09-2008 |
20090010465 | Multi-component hearing aid system and a method for its operation - The invention relates to a multi-component hearing aid system, comprising at least one first component that is designed to be disposed on or in the ear of a patient for the purpose of generating and/or amplifying an auditory stimulus and at least one further component which can engage at least partially and/or temporarily in a wireless communication connection via which a data transmission can take place with the first component that is to be worn on or in the ear, wherein circuitry means are included which can place at least one source of interference contained in the hearing aid system at least during the transmission of data into an operating mode in which interference signals are coupled by said at least one source of interference into a receiver involved in the data transmission in a manner that is at least attenuated compared to the normal operating mode. | 01-08-2009 |
20090087004 | Operating device for a hearing aid - An especially small operating device for a hearing aid, but one which is nevertheless simple for a user to actuate manually, which still enables a multiplicity of different operating functions in a simple and clear manner is provided. The use of a fingerprint sensor is provided for this purpose, whereby different operating functions are assigned to the individual fingers of the user. Depending on the finger with which the user actuates the fingerprint sensor, different operating functions are initiated. | 04-02-2009 |
20090285426 | Hearing Aid and Energy Charger as well as Associated Method - A hearing aid with a rechargeable energy storage unit used as a power supply and an antenna used for wireless transmission and reception of electromagnetic signals is provided. The hearing aid also includes an energy charging unit which is arranged between the antenna and the energy storage unit, with the energy transmitted electromagnetically in a charging mode to the antenna being fed electrically via the energy charging unit into the energy storage unit. An energy charger and an energy storage method are also provided. | 11-19-2009 |
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20140065330 | GLAZING FOR A RAIL VEHICLE - A glazing for a rail vehicle includes at least two panes which are mutually spaced apart and disposed one above the other. One pane is made of a safety glass and the other pane is made of a plastic. The two panes are connected to each other by elastic spacers. | 03-06-2014 |
20140376994 | Fastening device and fastening arrangement for fastening an interior equipment element of a vehicle - A fastening device fastening an interior equipment element, particularly a passenger seat, to a side wall of a vehicle, preferably a rail vehicle, includes a fastening element forming a C-profile rail receiving slot nuts detachably fastening the interior equipment element to the fastening device on the wall side. The fastening device can be or is fastened to a structure of the side wall and has an elastic damping configuration elastically fastening the fastening device to the structure of the side wall embodied as a wall structure by an adhesive bond and a damping element elastically supporting the fastening device on a further structure of the side wall embodied as a protrusion. A fastening configuration fastening an interior equipment element to a side wall of a vehicle, preferably a rail vehicle, includes a structure of the side wall and a corresponding fastening device permanently or detachably fastened to the structure. | 12-25-2014 |
20150059612 | STONE IMPACT PROTECTION ARRANGEMENT AND RAIL VEHICLE WITH A STONE IMPACT PROTECTION ARRANGEMENT - A stone impact protection configuration for protecting at least one vehicle component, in particular a wheelset shaft, disposed in the region of the underbody of a rail vehicle, includes a plurality of resilient shielding elements in the form of flexurally resilient strips being supported and held at both end regions thereof by at least one retention device. A corresponding rail vehicle with a stone impact protection configuration for operating on track systems with a ballast bed superstructure, is also provided. | 03-05-2015 |
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20120126783 | SELF TIMED CURRENT INTEGRATING SCHEME EMPLOYING LEVEL AND SLOPE DETECTION - Some embodiments of the invention relate to a sense amplifier configured to determine the slope of a bitline charging voltage and to utilize the determined slope in combination with a voltage level sensing scheme to aid in reading data from a memory cell associated with the bitline. In particular, a sense amplifier circuit is configured to determine a slope of a bit line charging voltage and based upon the determined slope to adjust the slope of the bitline voltage (e.g., by adding a dynamic slope dependent current to a memory cell current configured to charge the bitline) provided to a sense amplifier. By adjusting the slope of the bitline voltage, the charging speed of memory cells in a low resistive state (e.g., having a high cell current and therefore a good SNR) can be increased. | 05-24-2012 |
20130208527 | MEMORY CELL, A METHOD FOR FORMING A MEMORY CELL, AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A MEMORY CELL - A memory cell is provided, the memory cell including a first two-terminal memory element; a second two-terminal memory element; a controller circuit configured to program the first two-terminal memory element to one or more states and the second two-terminal memory element to one or more states, wherein a state of the first two-terminal memory element and a state of the second two-terminal memory element are interdependent; and a measuring circuit configured to measure a difference signal between a first two-terminal memory element signal associated with the state of the first two-terminal memory element and a second two-terminal memory element signal associated with the state of the second two-terminal memory element. | 08-15-2013 |
20140056058 | Differential Sensing Method and System for STT MRAM - The invention relates to methods and systems for reading a memory cell and in particular, an STT MRAM. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a system for reading a memory cell includes a read path and a precharge path. The reference current is provided through the read path and is sampled via a sampling element in the read path. Subsequently, a current from the memory cell is provided through the same sampling element and read path. The output level is then determined by the cell current working against the sampled reference current. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056059 | Symmetrical Differential Sensing Method and System for STT MRAM - The invention relates to methods and systems for reading a memory cell and in particular, an STT MRAM. In one example, a system for reading a memory cell includes a sense path and an inverse path. A reference current is provided through the sense path and is sampled via a first sampling element in the sense path, and a cell current from the memory cell is provided through the inverse sense path and is sampled via a second sampling element in the inverse sense path. Subsequently, the memory cell is disconnected from the inverse sense path, the cell current is provided through the sense path, the reference source is disconnected from the sense path, and the reference current is provided through the inverse sense path. The output levels are then determined by the cell and reference currents working against the sampled reference and sampled cell currents. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056079 | Method and System for Switchable Erase or Write Operations in Nonvolatile Memory - Embodiments relate to systems and methods including a step of switching between two or more erase operations and/or two or more write operations for erasing of and/or writing to least one memory cell of a nonvolatile memory enabling to select a most suitable erase and/or write operation for a particular erase and/or write operation within the memory. | 02-27-2014 |
20140063923 | Mismatch Error Reduction Method and System for STT MRAM - The invention relates to methods and systems for reading a memory cell and in particular, an STT MRAM. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method for reading a memory cell includes combining a cell current from a memory cell with a reference current from a reference source to create an average current, enabling the average current to flow through a first mirror transistor in a sense path and a second mirror transistor in a reference path, storing the current mismatch on a capacitor coupled to the gates of the first mirror transistor and the second mirror transistor, disconnecting the memory cell from the reference path and disconnecting the reference source from the sense path, enabling the cell current only to flow through the sense path, and determining the output level of the memory cell. | 03-06-2014 |
20140064011 | System and Method for Providing Voltage Supply Protection in a Memory Device - The invention relates to an electronic memory system, and more specifically, to a system for providing voltage supply protection in a memory device, and a method for providing voltage supply protection in a memory device. According to an embodiment, a system for providing voltage supply protection in a memory device is provided, the system including a memory array including a plurality of memory cells arranged in a plurality of groups of memory cells, and a plurality of current limiting elements, wherein each group of memory cells is associated with at least one current limiting element. | 03-06-2014 |
20140215124 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE BIT RATE PROGRAMMING OF A MEMORY DEVICE - The disclosure relates to an electronic memory system, and more specifically, to a system for adaptive bit rate programming of a memory device, and a method for adaptive bit rate programming of a memory device. According to an embodiment, a system for adaptive bit rate programming of a memory device including a plurality of memory cells is provided, wherein the memory cells are configured to be electrically programmable by application of a current supplied by a current source, the system including selection devices for selecting memory cells for programming based on availability of current from the current source. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090234687 | METHOD OF DESIGNING AN OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM OPTIMIZED FOR OPERATING TIME BUDGET - Provided is a method of designing an optical metrology system for measuring structures on a workpiece wherein the optical metrology system is configured to achieve a time budget for completing metrology process steps. The design of the optical metrology system is optimized by using collected operating data in comparison to the selected operating criteria. In one embodiment, the optical metrology system is used for stand alone systems. In another embodiment, the optical metrology system is integrated with fabrication clusters in semiconductor manufacturing. | 09-17-2009 |
20090240537 | APPARATUS FOR DESIGNING AN OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM OPTIMIZED FOR OPERATING TIME BUDGET - Provided is an apparatus for designing an optical metrology system for measuring structures on a workpiece wherein the optical metrology system is configured to achieve a time budget for completing metrology process steps. The design of the optical metrology system is optimized by using collected operating data in comparison to the selected operating criteria. In one embodiment, the optical metrology system is used for stand alone systems. In another embodiment, the optical metrology system is integrated with fabrication clusters in semiconductor manufacturing. | 09-24-2009 |
20090248339 | DESIGNING AN OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM OPTIMIZED WITH SIGNAL CRITERIA - Provided is a method of designing an optical metrology system for measuring structures on a workpiece wherein the optical metrology system is configured to meet one or more signal criteria. The design of the optical metrology system is optimized by using collected signal data in comparison to the one or more signal criteria. In one embodiment, the optical metrology system is used for stand alone systems. In another embodiment, the optical metrology system is integrated with a fabrication cluster in semiconductor manufacturing. | 10-01-2009 |
20090248340 | APPARATUS FOR DESIGNING AN OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM OPTIMIZED WITH SIGNAL CRITERIA - Provided is an apparatus for designing an optical metrology system for measuring structures on a workpiece wherein the optical metrology system is configured to meet one or more signal criteria. The design of the optical metrology system is optimized by using collected signal data in comparison to set one or more signal criteria. In one embodiment, the optical metrology system is used for stand alone systems. In another embodiment, the optical metrology system is integrated with a fabrication cluster in semiconductor manufacturing. | 10-01-2009 |
20090248341 | PROCESS CONTROL USING AN OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM OPTIMIZED WITH SIGNAL CRITERIA - Provided is system and method for controlling a fabrication cluster using at least one parameter of a structure measured with an optical metrology system designed and configured to meet one or more signal criteria. The design of the optical metrology system is optimized by using collected signal data in comparison to set one or more signal criteria. In one embodiment, the optical metrology system is used for standalone systems. In another embodiment, the optical metrology system is integrated with a fabrication cluster in semiconductor manufacturing. At least one parameter determined from a signal measured using the optical metrology system is transmitted to a fabrication cluster. The at least one parameter is used to modify at least one process variable or equipment setting of the fabrication cluster. | 10-01-2009 |