Abstract: A method for registering a total station, which is deployed in a measurement environment with one or more objects, in the reference system of a computer-aided design (CAD) model, which images the one or more objects of the measurement environment, includes registering the total station by a control device.

Abstract: A temperature control device for a gaseous media. The temperature control device includes a first heat exchanger layer in which a medium channel for a gas to be temperature-controlled is formed, a second heat exchanger layer which extracts heat from and/or supplies heat to the first heat exchanger layer, and a diffusion layer which is arranged between the first heat exchanger layer and the second heat exchanger layer. The diffusion layer is open to the gas to be temperature-controlled.

Abstract: A circuit comprises a mechanical relay and a solid-state relay. The mechanical relay is configured to switch a first supply current of the first heating element on a first supply line. The solid-state relay is configured to switch a second supply current of a second heating element on a second supply line.

Abstract: A circuit comprises a mechanical relay and a solid-state relay. The mechanical relay is configured to switch a first supply current of the first heating element on a first supply line. The solid-state relay is configured to switch a second supply current of a second heating element on a second supply line.

Abstract: A system including a first electrode, a second electrode, a first circuit and a second circuit. The second electrode is capacitively coupled to the first electrode. The first circuit is configured to receive data via a network and transmit a signal via the first electrode based on the data. The second circuit is configured to receive data via the network and receive a current that corresponds to the signal via the second electrode based on the data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to an electronic control unit for an airbag, said control unit having a data recorder unit that has a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory and a copy circuit. The copy circuit is designed to copy data from the volatile memory to the nonvolatile memory during a second operating phase of the control unit. A protocol unit designed to record vehicle and/or accident data in the volatile memory is arranged in the data recorder unit during a first operating phase of the control unit. A first power supply unit is connected to the control unit and supplies the protocol unit and further components of the control unit with power and a second power supply unit is connected to the data recorder unit and supplies the latter with power.

Abstract: A carrier for a substrate, wherein at least a part of the carrier contains a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion which is higher than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate, wherein in a specified region of the carrier a bar is centrally fastened whose coefficient of thermal expansion is lower than that of the region on which it is fastened.

Abstract: A system including a first electrode, a second electrode, a first circuit and a second circuit. The second electrode is capacitively coupled to the first electrode. The first circuit is configured to receive data via a network and transmit a signal via the first electrode based on the data. The second circuit is configured to receive data via the network and receive a current that corresponds to the signal via the second electrode based on the data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to an electronic control unit for an airbag, said control unit having a data recorder unit that has a volatile memory, a nonvolatile memory and a copy circuit. The copy circuit is designed to copy data from the volatile memory to the nonvolatile memory during a second operating phase of the control unit. A protocol unit designed to record vehicle and/or accident data in the volatile memory is arranged in the data recorder unit during a first operating phase of the control unit. A first power supply unit is connected to the control unit and supplies the protocol unit and further components of the control unit with power and a second power supply unit is connected to the data recorder unit and supplies the latter with power.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an automated thermal processing module that is used perform a lamination process that is used to isolate the active regions of a solar cell from the external environment. One embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for bonding a composite solar cell structure comprising a conveyer system configured to transfer and support the composite solar cell structure, a preheat module disposed along the conveyer system, a lamination module disposed along the conveyer system, and a system controller adapted to control the preheat module and the lamination module.

Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping device for holding a substrate. This clamping device includes a press-on fixture and a lower part, wherein at least the press-on fixture or the lower part includes at least a permanent magnet. If one of the two parts includes a permanent magnet, it suffices if the other part includes magnetizable material. A further permanent magnet can be provided, with which one end of the press-on fixture can be lifted up.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier for a substrate, wherein at least parts of the carrier are comprised of a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion which is higher than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate. In order to avoid, or at least decrease, the nonuniform coating of the substrates at the margins, in particular during sputtering processes, a web is centrally connected with the carrier. This web has a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than the region of the carrier on which it is fastened.

Abstract: The invention relates to a substrate carrier comprising two vertical plates and two horizontal plates. In order for the substrate during its transport through a sputter unit to be coated uniformly in its margin regions, a lever arrangement is provided between the two vertical plates. The lever arrangement comprises at least one horizontal web which under the effect of heat expands to a lesser degree than the horizontal plates.