Abstract: An electronic device, an electronic module comprising the electronic device and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. In one example, the electronic device includes a semiconductor substrate and a metal stack disposed on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the metal stack comprises a first layer, wherein the first layer comprises NiSi.

Abstract: An emitter structure includes a substrate with a membrane arrangement. The membrane arrangement includes at least one first membrane, a first heating path and a second heating path in different substrate planes. The first heating path and the second heating path are positioned with respect to one another such that a projection of the first heating path and a projection of the second heating path onto a common plane lie at least partly next to one another in the common plane.

Abstract: A ball screw nut for a ball screw drive includes a sleeve element which is formed as a sheet metal part and has a thread which is formed for the largest part as a load channel, wherein a relief section formed within the thread extends from the load channel at least slightly radially outwards and adjoins a deflection channel.

Abstract: A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque and supported for rotation around an axis of rotation; an impeller including an impeller shell connected to the cover and at least one impeder blade; a turbine in fluid communication with the impeller and including a turbine shell and at least one turbine blade; and a stator assembly including a stator including a plurality of stator blades, a side plate including a radially outer surface defining a slot, a one-way clutch axially disposed between the stator and the side plate, and a washer including an annular body portion in contact with the side plate, and an axial protrusion extending past the annular body portion in a first axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation, and disposed in the slot.

Abstract: A hybrid module shaft assembly includes a rotational axis, a housing with a tubular portion, a shaft extending through the tubular portion, a first seal, a first ball bearing, and a plain bearing. The tubular portion has a first distal end arranged on an engine side of the housing, and a second distal end arranged on a transmission side of the housing. The first seal is arranged to seal the shaft to the first distal end, and the first ball bearing is disposed on the engine side adjacent to the first seal to position the shaft in the tubular portion. The plain bearing is arranged at the second distal end to position the shaft.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a rotor-integrated clutch for a drive train of a motor vehicle, and has a stator and a rotor. The rotor has a carrier, on which a first part of a friction clutch configured for a force-locking connection with a second part is attached, wherein a coolant fluid line is provided in order to supply the stator or the rotor with coolant fluid to bring about heat dissipation. The coolant fluid line is arranged and perforated such that the coolant fluid both drips under gravity onto a section of the rotor in order to generate a spray mist, and flows over the outer surface of the stator.

Abstract: A winding mat arrangment which is provided as a stator winding for a stator, has at least two winding mats which cross one another. A method for producing a stator is also provided.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a planetary roller screw having: a nut arranged on a threaded spindle and divided crosswise to a spindle axis into two nut parts; planetary rollers arranged between the threaded spindle and the nut distributed over the circumference, the planetary rollers intermeshing with the nut parts and with the threaded spindled; a rotatingly driven planetary roller carrier arranged on the threaded spindle, in pockets of which, arranged distributed over the circumference, the planetary rollers are mounted, held at a distance in the circumferential direction, so as to be rotatable about the planetary roller axis; and a housing in which the planetary roller carrier is rotatably mounted. A pre-loading device is provided in order to adjust an axial pre-load between the housing and the planetary rollers.

Abstract: A device for connecting a cooling nozzle to a cooling lubricant supply for a grinding machine includes a central axis, a housing arranged for receiving the cooling nozzle, a rotary-linear transmission and a tube section. The rotary-linear transmission has a drive element, pivotable about the central axis, and a manual lever fixed to the drive element. The tube section is rotationally fixed in the housing and movable along the central axis by the rotary-linear transmission to be pressed against the cooling nozzle. The rotary-linear transmission may be a self-locking transmission. The drive element may have a thread structure which extends over less than a full revolution.

Abstract: A segmental bearing device includes a plurality of rolling elements, a segmental cage for receiving the plurality of rolling elements, and a partial shell. The segmental cage has a first end region and a first interference region disposed in the first end region. The partial shell has a bearing race for the plurality of rolling elements, and first and second axial guide flanges for axially guiding the segmental cage. The first interference region lies against the first axial guide flange, axially clamping the segmental cage. The segmental cage may also include a second end region, axially opposite the first end region, and a second interference region disposed in the second end region. The second interference region lies against the second axial guide flange, axially clamping the segmental cage.

Abstract: A method is disclosed. In one example, the method includes bonding a first panel of a first material to a base panel in a first gas atmosphere, wherein multiple hermetically sealed first cavities encapsulating gas of the first gas atmosphere are formed between the first panel and the base panel. The method further includes bonding a second panel of a second material to at least one of the base panel and the first panel, wherein multiple second cavities are formed between the second panel and the at least one of the base panel and the first panel.

Abstract: A MicroElectroMechanical Structure (MEMS) accelerometer includes a piezoelectric membrane including at least one electrode and an inertial mass, the piezoelectric membrane being affixed to a holder; and a circuit for evaluating sums and differences of signals associated with the at least one electrode to determine a three-dimensional acceleration direction, wherein the at least one electrode includes a segmented electrode, and wherein the segmented electrode includes four segmentation zones.

Abstract: A method for providing a semiconductor layer arrangement on a substrate which comprises providing a semiconductor layer arrangement having a functional layer and a semiconductor substrate layer, attaching the semiconductor layer arrangement to a glass substrate layer such that the functional layer is arranged between the glass substrate layer and the semiconductor substrate layer, and removing the semiconductor substrate layer at least partially such that the glass substrate layer substitutes the semiconductor substrate layer as the substrate of the semiconductor layer arrangement.

Abstract: A test stand for testing a bearing with a first bearing ring and a second bearing ring includes a rotatable drive flange for driving the first bearing ring, a holding bearing for supporting the bearing and for introducing a testing force into the bearing, and a drive motor. The holding bearing includes a first support ring arranged to be secured to the second bearing ring, a second support ring secured in a rotationally fixed manner, and an intermediate ring mounted between the first support ring and the second support ring in a relatively rotatable manner. The drive motor is coupled to the intermediate ring for rotating the intermediate ring relative to the first support ring and the second support ring. The bearing may be a wheel bearing of a motor vehicle. The first bearing ring may be an inner ring and the second bearing ring may be an outer ring.

Abstract: A power semiconductor switch includes an active cell region with a drift region, an edge termination region, and IGBT cells within the active cell region. Each IGBT cell includes trenches that extend into the drift region and laterally confine mesas. At least one control trench has a control electrode for controlling the load current. At least one dummy trench has a dummy electrode electrically coupled to the control electrode. At least one further trench has a further trench electrode. At least one active mesa is electrically connected to a first load terminal within the active cell region. Each control trench is arranged adjacent to no more than one active mesa. At least one inactive mesa is adjacent to the dummy trench. A cross-trench structure merges each control trench, dummy trench and further trench to each other. The cross-trench structure overlaps at least partially along a vertical direction with the trenches.

Abstract: An electro-mechanical park lock actuator includes a shaft and a circuit board. The shaft is arranged for connecting to a transmission park pawl. The circuit board includes a first non-contact inductive position sensor integrated circuit, a first trace electrically connected to the first non-contact inductive position sensor integrated circuit for determining an angular position of the shaft, and an electrical connector for connecting the circuit board to an external master controller. In some example embodiments, the electro-mechanical park lock actuator includes an electric motor drivingly connected to the shaft, and a transmission arranged in a torque path between the electric motor and the shaft.

Abstract: Sampling circuits and methods for sampling are provided. In a first operating phase, sampling capacitors are coupled to inputs, and in a second operating phase, to a common-mode signal.

Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes a power semiconductor chip arranged between a first substrate and a second substrate and electrically coupled to the substrates, and a temperature sensor arranged between the substrates and laterally besides the power semiconductor chip such that a first side of the temperature sensor faces the first substrate and a second side of the temperature sensor faces the second substrate. A first electrical contact of the temperature sensor is arranged on the first side and electrically coupled to the first substrate. A second electrical contact of the temperature sensor is arranged on the second side and electrically coupled to the second substrate.

Abstract: In some examples, a circuit may be configured to perform a method that includes performing a circuit function via a circuit function unit of a circuit, receiving sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the circuit function unit, and estimating a remaining life of the circuit based on an accelerated reliability model and the sensor data, wherein the sensor data comprises input to the accelerated reliability model. The circuit itself may include a dedicated circuit unit that estimates the remaining life of the circuit based on an accelerated reliability model and the sensor data, and the circuit may output one or more predictive alerts or predictive faults when the remaining life is below a threshold, which may prompt the system for predictive maintenance on the circuit.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an emitter package for a photoacoustic sensor, the emitter package comprising a MEMS infrared radiation source for emitting pulsed infrared radiation in a first wavelength range. The MEMS infrared radiation source may be arranged on a substrate. The emitter package may further comprise a rigid wall structure being arranged on the substrate and laterally surrounding a periphery of the MEMS infrared radiation source. The emitter package may further comprise a lid structure being attached to the rigid wall structure, the lid structure comprising a filter structure for filtering the infrared radiation emitted from the MEMS infrared radiation source and for providing a filtered infrared radiation in a reduced second wavelength range.