Abstract: A device is described for igniting an air-fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine using a high-frequency electric power source having a coaxial waveguide structure (5) into which the high-frequency electric power may be coupled and whose one end protrudes into the individual combustion chamber of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The one end of the coaxial waveguide structure (5) is designed as an igniter (7a) in such a way that, when a voltage potential is applied, a field structure (22), protruding into the combustion chamber, and thus a free-standing plasma in the air-fuel mixture at the inner conductor (7, 7a), projecting from the waveguide structure, is generatable via an abrupt and/or smooth cross-section change (21) of the inner conductor (7) and/or the outer conductor (6).

Abstract: A compact radar device that can be produced with little complication has at least one cavity (3) with a radiation element (10) disposed therein and a shielded chamber (2) for electrical circuits (4). A housing (1) is designed in such a manner that it defines both the shielded chamber (2) for the electrical circuits (4) and the at least one cavity (3) for the at least one antenna radiation element (10). A printed board (5) carries the electrical circuits (4) and is inserted into the housing (1) between the two chambers (2, 3) as a shielding partition. The antenna radiation element (10) is electrically coupled to the two conductor arms to a feed network on the printed board (5) via contact pins (16, 19).

Abstract: It is provided that the semiconductor component is a component of a semiconductor circuit (10) comprising a first silicon layer (12), an adjoining silicon dioxide layer (insulating layer (14)) and a subsequent further silicon layer (structured layer (16)) (SOI wafer), and the semiconductor component comprises an IMPATT oscillator (30), having a resonator (24) which includes a metallized cylinder (18) of silicon, disposed in the structured layer (16); a coupling disk (28) covering the cylinder (18) in the region of the first layer (12); and an IMPATT diode (32), communicating with the cylinder (18) of the resonator (24) via a recess (38) in the coupling disk (28); and a reference oscillator (46) of lower frequency, having a resonator (24) which includes a metal cylinder (18) of silicon, disposed in the structured layer (16), and coupling disk (28) covering the cylinder in the region of the first layer (12); and a microwave conductor, communicating with the cylinder (18) of the resonator (24) via a recess (38)

Abstract: The invention relates to a micromechanical resonator having a bondable resonance body and a method for fabricating a micromechanical resonator for semiconductor components. The invention provides that the resonator (26) is composed successively of a first layer (16) of silicon for coupling the resonator (26) in terms of a circuit, an insulating layer (14) of silicon dioxide, a cylindrical base layer (cylinder 18), and a metal layer (20) completely surrounding the cylinder (18). The method provides that a cylindrical structure (18) (cylinder) is etched (trench etching process) in a base layer (12) of p?-doped silicon (SOI wafer) separated from a layer (16) of silicon by an insulating layer (14), and the cylindrical structure (18) is coated with a metal layer (20).

Abstract: A device is described for igniting an air-fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine using a high-frequency electric power source having a coaxial waveguide structure (5) into which the high-frequency electric power may be coupled and whose one end protrudes into the individual combustion chamber of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine. The one end of the coaxial waveguide structure (5) is designed as an igniter (7a) in such a way that, when a voltage potential is applied, a field structure (22), protruding into the combustion chamber, and thus a free-standing plasma in the air-fuel mixture at the inner conductor (7, 7a), projecting from the waveguide structure, is generatable via an abrupt and/or smooth cross-section change (21) of the inner conductor (7) and/or the outer conductor (6).

Abstract: A high frequency oscillator for an integrated semiconductor circuit is a component of the semiconductor circuit, which is comprised of a first silicon layer, an adjoining silicon dioxide layer (insulation layer), and an additional subsequent silicon layer (structured layer), (SOI wafer), wherein the high frequency oscillator is comprised of a resonator with a metallized cylinder made of silicon disposed in the structured layer and a coupling disk that overlaps the cylinder in the vicinity of the layer, and an IMPATT diode that is connected to the cylinder of the resonator via a recess in the coupling disk.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compact radar device that can be produced with little complication and that comprises at least one cavity (3) with a radiation element (10) disposed therein and a shielded chamber (2) for electrical circuits (4). A housing (1) is designed in such a manner that it defines both the shielded chamber (2) for the electrical circuits (4) and the at least one cavity (3) for the at least one antenna radiation element (10). A printed board (5) carries the electrical circuits (4) and is inserted into the housing (1) between the two chambers (2, 3) as a shielding partition. The antenna radiation element (10) is electrically coupled to the two conductor arms to a feed network on the printed board (5) via contact pins (16, 19).

Abstract: The invention relates to a locator, in particular a handheld locator for detecting inclusions in walls, ceilings and/or floors, having a capacitive sensor device disposed in a housing, having means for generating a detection sensor of the at least one capacitive sensor device, having a control and evaluation unit, communicating with the sensor device, for ascertaining measurement values from the detection sensor, and having an output unit for reproducing measurement values of the capacitive sensor device. According to the invention, it is proposed that a measuring capacitor (16) of the capacitive sensor device (10) has a first electrode (21), which includes one face of the housing (14) of the sensor device (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated semiconductor component for high-frequency measurements and to the use thereof.

Abstract: The device has a printed-circuit board (5), on one side of which at least one antenna (1) is located and, on the other side of which electrical circuits (3) are located. An electromagnetic shield between the antenna (1) and the electrical circuits (3) is realized in a manner that is simple with regard for production engineering by locating a feeder network (13, 15)—developed using a coplanar circuit technique and with which the at least one antenna (1) is contacted—on the antenna-side surface of the printed-circuit board (5), and by covering the antenna-side surface of the printed-circuit board (5) with the connected-to-ground outer conductor (45) of the coplanar circuit to such an extent that the required shield between the antenna (1) and the electrical circuits (3) is produced as a result.

Abstract: The invention relates to a locator, in particular a handheld locator for detecting inclusions in walls, ceilings and/or floors, having a capacitive sensor device disposed in a housing, having means for generating a detection sensor of the at least one capacitive sensor device, having a control and evaluation unit, communicating with the sensor device, for ascertaining measurement values from the detection sensor, and having an output unit for reproducing measurement values of the capacitive sensor device.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high frequency oscillator for an integrated semiconductor circuit and its use.

Abstract: The invention relates to a micromechanical resonator having a bondable resonance body and a method for fabricating a micromechanical resonator for semiconductor components.

Abstract: A device is proposed for ascertaining distance and transmitting data in a motor vehicle. It has a transmitting arrangement for generating and emitting a radar signal. A receiving arrangement receives a radar signal. It is characterized in that switchover arrangements are provided which cause the transmitting and/or receiving arrangement to operate either in a radar operating mode for detecting the distance and/or speed of a further object, or in a data-exchange operating mode for the exchange of data with a transceiver. Specific functions are enabled in dependence on the data exchange.