Abstract: In an embodiment a sensor element includes at least one carrier layer having a top side and an underside and at least one functional layer, wherein the functional layer is arranged at the top side of the carrier layer and includes a material having a temperature-dependent electrical resistance, wherein the sensor element is configured to be integrated as a discrete component directly into an electrical system, and wherein the sensor element is configured to measure a temperature.

Abstract: In an embodiment a method for producing a substrate includes forming a green sheet stack including first green sheets and second green sheets, wherein each of the first green sheets and the second green sheets contains a ceramic material as a main component, and wherein the second green sheets further contain a sintering aid in addition to the ceramic material.

Abstract: A coil arrangement with reduced losses and a stabilized coupling factor. For this purpose, the arrangement has a coil core and a first winding, the turns of which are distributed over several sections which are spaced apart from one another.

Abstract: In an embodiment a load transfer element includes a bottom side, a top side and a connection between the bottom side and the top side, wherein the load transfer element is configured to transfer a mechanical load from a top side of a housing of a stationary part of a wireless power transfer (WPT) system to a bottom side of the housing.

Abstract: In an embodiment a switching device includes at least one stationary contact, a movable contact, an armature, a first permanent magnet, a second permanent magnet and a magnetic switch, wherein the movable contact is movable by the armature, wherein the first permanent magnet is attached to the armature, and wherein the second permanent magnet is arranged in a fixed position relative to the magnetic switch.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a switching device includes at least one stationary contact, a movable contact, an armature, a permanent magnet and a magnetically-operated switch, wherein the movable contact is movable by the armature, wherein the permanent magnet is attached to the armature, and wherein the magnetically-operated switch is a Hall switch.

Abstract: A hybrid polymer aluminum electrolytic capacitor and a method for manufacturing a capacitor are disclosed.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a capacitor includes a winding element having a diameter of more than 10 mm, at least two tabs electrically contacted with an anode foil and at least two tabs electrically contacted with a cathode foil, wherein the capacitor is a hybrid polymer aluminum electrolytic capacitor, wherein the winding element is arranged inside a can having a can bottom, and wherein the can comprises a corrugation which fixes the winding element.

Abstract: An NTC compound, a thermistor and a method for producing a thermistor are disclosed. In an embodiment an NTC compound includes a ceramic material of a Mn—Ni—O system as a main constituent, wherein the Mn—Ni—O system has a general composition NixMn2O4-?, wherein y corresponds to a molar fraction of Ni of a total metal content of the ceramic material of the Mn—Ni—O system, which is defined as c(Ni):(c(Ni)+c(Mn)), and wherein the following applies: 0.500<x<0.610 and 0.197<y<0.240.

Abstract: A multi-layer capacitor including a capacitor element having at least two segments. Each segment includes multiple layer planes, including ceramic dielectric layers and electrode layers arranged therebetween, which are arranged in a layer sequence one above the other. The electrode layers include different electrodes, including at least first and second electrodes. The different electrodes overlap in active regions but not in passive regions. Multiple segments are arranged one above the other in a stack direction. The outermost dielectric layers of two segments form a connection region in which the segments are fixedly connected to each other parallel to the layer planes. The connection region contains a relief region. The relief region occupies at least the entire passive region of the capacitor.

Abstract: A ceramic component and a method for manufacturing a ceramic component are disclosed. In an embodiment a ceramic component includes a ceramic base body and at least one metallization located an outer surface of the ceramic base body, wherein the metallization contains lithium vanadium phosphate having the general chemical formula LixVy(PO4)z, copper and glass, wherein a is a proportion of copper, b is a proportion of lithium vanadium phosphate and c is a proportion of glass which is contained in the metallization, wherein the following applies: 40 wt. %?a?99 wt. %, 1 wt. %?b?30 wt. %, 0 wt. %?c?20 wt. %, wherein x is a proportion of lithium, y is a proportion of vanadium and z is a proportion of phosphate in lithium vanadium phosphate, and wherein the following applies: 0<x, 0<y, 0<z.

Abstract: A ceramic component having a ceramic main part containing AxByC1?x?vTi1?y+wO3*(Mn2P2O7)z*Du, in which A is a first dopant selected from a group including neodymium, praseodymium, cerium, and lanthanum, B is a second dopant selected from a group including niobium, tantalum, and vanadium, C is selected from a group including calcium, strontium, and barium, and D includes a metal selected from a group including aluminum, nickel, and iron. x is the proportion of A, y is the proportion of B, v is the proportion of A vacancies, w is the proportion of excess titanium, z is the proportion of Mn2P2O7, u is the proportion of D, and the following applies: 0.0?x<0.1, 0.0?y<0.1, 0?v<1.5*x, 0?w<0.05, 0.01?z<0.1, 0?u<0.05. A method for producing the ceramic component is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical device having a terminal region for connection with a printed circuit board. The terminal region has a stranded wire and an enclosure piece surrounding the stranded wire. The enclosure piece is connected with the stranded wire, for example, by thermal diffusion bonding.

Abstract: In an embodiment a bus bar includes a first interface and a second interface, a filter element electrically connected between the first and the second interface and a first rail between the first interface and the second interface, wherein the first rail includes a central section with a metal sheet and a dielectric material at least partially covering the central section.

Abstract: A device for producing a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma and a method for operating a piezoelectric transformer are disclosed. In an embodiment a device includes a piezoelectric transformer, a driver circuit configured to apply an input signal to the piezoelectric transformer and a field probe configured to measure a field strength of an electric field produced by the piezoelectric transformer at a measurement point, wherein the driver circuit is configured to adapt the input signal while taking into account measurement results of the field probe, and wherein the device is configured to produce a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma.

Abstract: In an embodiment a method for manufacturing a multilayer varistor includes providing a first ceramic powder for producing a first ceramic material and at least one second ceramic powder for producing a second ceramic material, wherein the ceramic powders differ from each other in concentration of monovalent elements X+ by 50 ppm??c(X+)?5000 ppm, wherein X+=(Li+, Na+, K+ or Ag+), and wherein ?c denotes a maximum concentration difference occurring between an active region and a near-surface region of the multilayer varistor, slicking of the ceramic powders and forming of green films, partially printing of a part of the green films with a metal paste to form inner electrodes, stacking printed and unprinted green films, laminating, decarbonizing and sintering the green films and applying outer electrodes.

Abstract: In an embodiment a device includes a first arrester unit with at least one first gas-filled surge arrester and a second arrester unit with at least one second gas-filled surge arrester, wherein the first and second arrester units are connected in series with one another between a first potential node and a reference potential node, wherein the first arrester unit and the second arrester unit are different from each other, wherein the first arrester unit includes a larger response voltage than the second arrester unit, and wherein the first arrester unit includes a smaller arc voltage than the second arrester unit.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a component includes a first electrode and a second electrode arranged one above the other in a stacking direction, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode overlap in a first overlap region, wherein the first electrode has, in a first region containing the first overlap region, an extent in a first direction perpendicular to the stacking direction that is greater than an extent of the second electrode in the first direction in the first region, and wherein the first electrode has, in the first region containing the first overlap region, an extent in a second direction perpendicular to the stacking direction and to the first direction that is greater than an extent of the second electrode in the second direction in the first region, and a third electrode arranged in the same plane as the second electrode, wherein the first electrode is a floating electrode, wherein the first electrode and the third electrode overlap in a second overlap region, wherein the first electrode has, in

Abstract: An electrical component comprises a main body and at least one external electrode that is fastened by a connecting material to the main body. The main body and the external electrode have different coefficients of thermal expansion that determine a critical temperature which, when exceeded, results in a connection between the main body and the external electrode experiencing mechanical stresses that lead to damage to the component. The connecting material has a melting point which is lower than a critical temperature.

Abstract: In an embodiment a capacitor includes a winding element arranged in a case, a mounting plate which has a non-conductive material and which is fixed to the case and a metal element arranged between the case and the mounting plate, wherein the metal element includes a protruding part protruding through the mounting plate.