Abstract: Methods and systems are described for converting, using a first asynchronous ADC, an analog input signal to a digital output signal according to a first clock cycle, and outputting a done signal upon completion of the conversion, the first asynchronous ADC configured with a supply voltage large enough that the done signal is asserted prior to a next clock cycle with predetermined probability, generating, using a timing margin sensor comprising a programmable delay unit, a delayed done signal having a reduced timing margin, and measuring, using a dynamic voltage scaling controller, an error rate of the delayed done signal according to the next clock cycle, and adjusting the supply voltage provided to the first asynchronous ADC responsive to the measured error rate deviating from a target error rate by a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An adapter for enabling grinding of one or more materials using a centrifugal mixer, the adapter to be fitted into a container of the centrifugal mixer; it has a body defining an inner compartment, the body including openings; a filter positioned or for positioning around the body; and wherein the inner compartment is configured to receive grinding media for grinding the one or more materials and the openings are adapted to enable the one or more materials to enter and/or leave the inner compartment for grinding by the grinding media when subject to the centrifugal force applied by the centrifugal mixer while maintaining the grinding media in the inner compartment, the filter is adapted to filter the one or more materials that are ground to a size suitable to pass through the filter; a method of use thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laser component including a first laser chip with a first emission region, a second laser chip with a second emission region, and a connection carrier with an upper side and an underside, wherein the first laser chip is secured to the upper side of the connection carrier and is electrically connected, the second laser chip is secured to the underside of the connection carrier and is electrically connected, and the connection carrier has a thickness of max. 200 ?m.

Abstract: A tunneling device includes a body assembly, an expander coupled to the body assembly and extending along a longitudinal axis, and a tip coupled to the expander. The expander is disposed between a force transmitter and the tip. The expander is expandable in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis between a first configuration having a first width measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a second configuration having a second width measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The tip has a width measured perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The first width of the expander is equal to or less than the width of the tip. The force transmitter is configured to deliver a force through the expander to the tip to move the tip in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis with the expander in the second configuration.

Abstract: A turbine engine includes a rotor, a stator having an aft wall, and a seal assembly having a plurality of seal segments disposed between the rotor and the stator. The rotor, the stator, and the seal assembly are arranged together to define a high pressure region and a low pressure region. The turbine engine also includes at least one biasing member engaged with one or more of the plurality of seal segments. The plurality of seal segments include a primary seal segment and a secondary seal segment connected together via a flexible joint. As such, the flexible joint allows for angular misalignment between the primary seal segment and the secondary seal segment, thereby allowing the primary seal segment to move with the rotor while the secondary seal segment maintains contact with the aft wall of the stator.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optoelectronic component including an electrically conductive first contact layer located on a carrier substrate, an electrically conductive platform that is located on the first contact layer and is formed integrally therewith, at least one laser diode that is located on the platform and is electrically connected thereto, and an electrically conductive second contact layer which is electrically coupled to the at least one laser diode. The height of the platform is such that the laser facet of the at least one laser diode is at such a vertical distance from the carrier substrate that a light cone emitted by the laser diode through the laser facet does not strike the carrier substrate within a predefined horizontal distance from the laser facet.

Abstract: A heating element for heating air or liquid may include an electrically conductive heating conductor equipped for heating at least one of air and liquid, a converter unit configured to convert a high DC voltage into a high AC voltage, and a transformer. The transformer may include a primary winding and a secondary winding. The secondary winding may have a lower winding number than the primary winding such that the high AC voltage, which is fed to the primary winding by the converter unit, is transformed into a low AC voltage in the secondary winding. The heating conductor may at least partially form the secondary winding and may be flowed through by a secondary current heating the heating conductor. An amperage of the secondary current may materialise as a function of an ohmic resistance of the heating conductor and of the low AC voltage.