Abstract: A method and device for determining the ratio between the actual value of an RC time constant of an RC network embodied in an integrated circuit and a set value of the RC time constant includes first and second reference RC networks each having a resistor and a capacitor. The two RC networks may be oppositely connected in a circuit arrangement between first and second supply potentials, where the product of the resistance and capacitance values of the two RC networks may be equal. A normalized RC time constant may be defined for the two reference RC networks. Successive charge and discharge cycles are implemented during a predetermined evaluation period, the two capacitors being charged in a cycle during a charge time until the potential at a first node of the first reference RC network approximately corresponds to the potential at a second node of the second reference RC network. The two capacitors may be subsequently discharged for a discharge time.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for determining the ratio of the RC time constant of at least one RC element in an integrated circuit to a preset value, using a first reference RC element with a first resistor and a first capacitor, and a second reference RC element with a second resistor and a second capacitor, which elements are oppositely connected between a first and a second supply potential, wherein the product of the resistance value and the capacitance value of the two elements is equal in each case.

Abstract: The injection nozzle according to the invention for cooling the pistons of an internal combustion engine serves to produce a sharply bundled solid stream. In order to prevent separation of the oil stream at high oil temperatures and the associated low viscosity of the lubricating oil, it is proposed to provide at least two exit channels approximately parallel to one another, whose spacing is less than twice the diameter of the larger exit channel. With this design of two exit channels that are located very close together, an oil stream is produced that is a coherent solid stream a short time after leaving the exit channels.