Abstract: An access/edge network node (300) according to the invention includes a single proxy function (301) to terminate on the subscriber side a single requesting protocol for a plurality of streaming video services.

Abstract: A method and a device for transmission and/or reception of digital signals are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises quantizing a source digital signal to generate with different quantizations at least a first and a second bit-stream, of which at least one bit-stream is generated by an embedded quantization, transmitting at least one of the at least first and second bit-streams and generating a dequantized digital signal from at least parts of one of the transmitted at least first and second bit streams, whereby if in the generation of the dequantized digital signal the parts of the at least first and second bit-streams are combined, the combined dequantized signal is generated by an embedded dequantizer having at least two quantization levels and having at least one quantization interval at each quantization level which is finer than quantization intervals for dequantizing any of the at least first and second bit-streams.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a charge pump circuit. A multi-stage charge pump circuit with a particular structure for at least one of said stages is presented. The stage has two switches of which the second switch has a pair of conduction terminals connected between the first control terminal of the first switch and a next stage. The second switch, for instance a transistor, has a second control terminal, the second control terminal being connected to said previous stage. The present charge pump circuit is especially suited for use in an integrated memory device. No special last or output stage is required. Further, the circuit is suited for exploiting the floating well type technology, which is an advantage as the bulk effect is reduced by using such technology. In accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention, the choice of the steering signals (control and node clocks), possibly due to the selecting of the particular stage structure, is discussed.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method, wherein a PZT layer includes a first PZT sub-layer and a second PZT sub-layer, the Ti-concentration of the first PZT sub-layer being higher than the Ti-concentration of the second PZT sub-layer.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for depositing a metal-containing film from a metal plating bath, comprising the steps of subsequently depositing a metal-containing layer from a metal plating bath followed by a heating step and/or a vacuum step, said subsequent steps being repeated for a number of times in different sequences.