Abstract: Apparatus comprises an electronic display, a processor coupled to the electronic display and configured by software to divide the electronic display into first and second display portions, a frame member including at least two surround members and a divider member. The frame member is secured adjacent the electronic display so that the surround members provide a surround to at least two opposite edges of the electronic display and such that the first display portion of the electronic display is on an opposite side of the divider member to the second display portion of the electronic display, and wherein the processor is configured by software to control the display to provide a first image in the first display portion and a second image in the second display portion, the second image being independent of the first image.

Abstract: Micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a MEMS device includes a semiconductive layer disposed over a substrate. A trench is disposed in the semiconductive layer, the trench with a first sidewall and an opposite second sidewall. A first insulating material layer is disposed over an upper portion of the first sidewall, and a conductive material disposed within the trench. An air gap is disposed between the conductive material and the semiconductive layer.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a workpiece having a buried layer disposed beneath a top portion thereof. A trench is disposed in the workpiece extending at least through the buried layer. At least one sinker contact is disposed in the top portion of the workpiece. The at least one sinker contact is proximate sidewalls of at least a portion of the trench and is adjacent the buried layer. An insulating material is disposed on the sidewalls of the trench. A conductive material is disposed within the trench and is coupled to a lower portion of the workpiece.

Abstract: For the integration of an npn bipolar transistor with a hetero bipolar transistor, a placeholder layer is generated in a base region of the hetero bipolar transistor after structuring a collector structure for both types of transistors, wherein the placeholder layer is not present in a base region of the bipolar transistor. After generating the base of the bipolar transistor, the base of the bipolar transistor is covered, whereupon the placeholder layer is removed and the base of the hetero bipolar transistor is generated in the places where the placeholder layer has been removed. The emitter structure is again generated equally for both types of transistors so that an integrated circuit results which includes bipolar transistors and hetero bipolar transistors whose collector structures and/or whose emitter structures consist of identical production layers. Thus, space-saving and cost-effective integrated circuits may be produced benefiting from the advantages of both types of transistors.

Abstract: A cordless telephone system consisting of a fixed station and at least one mobile station, both of which switch over to standby operation after a telephone conversation has been terminated, and correspond with one another at fixed intervals. Each mobile station is registered in the fixed station and can be addressed by the fixed station, and both the fixed and the mobile station each have a receiver circuit and a transmission circuit. The transmission power of the transmission amplifier can be set, at least in the fixed station, as a function of the number of connected mobile stations.

Abstract: An office furniture unit has an outer face with slotted hangers, and a removable storage unit assembly including a bottom panel positioned in a generally horizontal orientation along the office furniture unit, and a top panel disposed above and generally parallel with the bottom panel. First and second panels are disposed at opposite ends of the top and bottom panels and are connected therewith to define a rigid, box-shaped case having an open back portion. The first and second end panels have rear portions with multiple vertically spaced slots. First and second hanger brackets have a rear portion with first hooks selectively received in the slotted hangers of the office furniture units, and a forward portion with second hooks selectively received in the slots in the rear portions of the first and second end panels to detachably support the case against the outer face of the office furniture unit.

Abstract: A storage unit assembly and method for office furniture units includes two end panels and a bottom panel configured to support objects thereon. A back stop rail is connected to end panels and the bottom panel. The back stop rail includes a lower web having a bottom flange and a center flange, wherein the bottom flange abuts the bottom panel of the storage unit, and the center flange extends above the bottom panel into the storage unit. An upper web is connected to the center flange, wherein the upper web extends upwardly and terminates at a top flange. A rear flange extends downwardly from the top flange, wherein the planar extent of the rear flange is substantially coplanar with the planar extent of the lower web.

Abstract: A system for dividing a workspace includes first and second vertically extending walls having a respective upper and lower edge and respective side edges. The first and second walls are arranged in parallel to partially enclose an area. A ceiling is included that extends between the first and second walls to join the upper edges of the first and second walls and at least partially cover the partially enclosed area. The resulting arch-shaped divider system may include any of a plurality of features. For example, the systems may include integrated work surfaces, informational areas, or may include viewing passages and may be arranged in a variety of configurations designed to facilitate collaborative work.

Abstract: A system for dividing a workspace includes a wall designed to divide the workspace into a workspace and an area outside of the workspace. The wall includes a variety of features such as a slit extending horizontally across at least a portion of the wall at a level designed to provide individuals seated within the interior workspace with a constant view of the area outside of the workspace at both an immediate periphery of the wall as well as areas at a distance from the wall. Furthermore, the slit includes dimensions configured to provide individuals located in the area outside of the workspace with a view into the interior workspace when at a distance from the wall and restrict individuals located in the area outside of the workspace from views into the interior workspace when in close proximity to the wall. Also, the wall may include other feature such as a visual shield extending thereabove and a lining formed by a composite construction element.

Abstract: A photodetector is formed in a semiconductor body. A hard mask grating is photolithographically formed on a surface of the semiconductor body. The semiconductor body is etched using the hard mask grating as a mask. The etching is performed down to a predetermined depth. An implantation is performed such that an anode or cathode of the photodector that has been interrupted during the etching is re-formed.

Abstract: An automation and platform management system for navel vessels configured to be operated from a multimedia information and operation control center. This automation and management system has a system for monitoring and commanding the ship, a system for navigating the ship, a system for coordinating weapons deployment, a system for handling the external and internal radio communications, a system for controlling and handling the information distribution, a system for power generation and distribution (power management monitoring), and a system for monitoring ship operations. To be able further to reduce the number of crewmembers of a ship equipped with the automation and management system, the automation and management system further has a system for automated ship damage control and/or an integrated onboard information and data network (2) and/or an integrated system for monitoring and control of a COPAW drive of the ship.

Abstract: A damage control system for monitoring, suppressing and eliminating leakage damage, fire damage and/or ABC contamination after collisions, running aground, the effects of weapons, etc., has an automation and monitoring system for system failures, voltage outages and equipment failures and has an operating station at which a perspective layout of the ship, which represents the rooms of the ship, can be displayed. To obtain a picture of the situation more rapidly after a collision, running aground or the effects of weapons, an alarm unit is installed in each room or in each of a group of rooms of the ship allocated together, these alarms cooperating with the damage control system, so that when deployed, the display of the corresponding room and/or group of rooms allocated together undergoes a color change in the perspective layout of the ship.

Abstract: For the integration of an npn bipolar transistor with a hetero bipolar transistor, a placeholder layer is generated in a base region of the hetero bipolar transistor after structuring a collector structure for both types of transistors, wherein the placeholder layer is not present in a base region of the bipolar transistor. After generating the base of the bipolar transistor, the base of the bipolar transistor is covered, whereupon the placeholder layer is removed and the base of the hetero bipolar transistor is generated in the places where the placeholder layer has been removed. The emitter structure is again generated equally for both types of transistors so that an integrated circuit results which includes bipolar transistors and hetero bipolar transistors whose collector structures and/or whose emitter structures consist of identical production layers. Thus, space-saving and cost-effective integrated circuits may be produced benefiting from the advantages of both types of transistors.

Abstract: A method for producing bipolar transistors with the aid of selective epitaxy for producing a collector and base. The method includes widening the area of the base either by the isotropic etching of the conductive layer or by the oxidation of the conductive layer and by the subsequent removal of the oxide layer. This widening of the area of the base prevents the occurrence of short-circuits between the emitter and the collector during the subsequent production of the base.

Abstract: A semiconductor circuit arrangement includes a circuit element embedded in a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type in an integrated manner and is provided with at least one gate electrode and first and second terminal electrodes. The first terminal electrode includes a well region that is embedded in the semiconductor substrate and is of a second conductivity type which is opposite the first conductivity type. A sub-well region is embedded in the well region of the first terminal electrode and is of the second conductivity type and has a higher doping than said well region. The sub-well region is embedded in the surface of the substrate and ends without reaching a well region of the gate electrode which is of the first conductivity type.

Abstract: A damage control system for monitoring, suppressing and eliminating leakage damage, fire damage and/or ABC contamination after collisions, running aground, the effects of weapons, etc., has an automation and monitoring system for system failures, voltage outages and equipment failures and has an operating station at which a perspective layout of the ship, which represents the rooms of the ship, can be displayed.

Abstract: A marine automation support system can be operated from a multimedia information and operation control center. It has a system for monitoring and commanding the ship, a system for navigating the ship, a system for coordinating weapons deployment, a system for handling the external and internal radio communications, a system for controlling and handling the information distribution, a system for power generation and distribution (power management monitoring) and a system for monitoring ship operations.