Abstract: A sensor for parallel measurement of pressure and acceleration of a vehicle, including a substrate, a sensor element disposed on the substrate, a material being connected with the sensor element and being exposed to the environment of the sensor, wherein the material is configured to act as a seismic mass, and an electronic circuitry connected with the sensor element and including a first filter and a second filter, wherein the first and second filters have different filter characteristics so that an output of the first filter is representative for the pressure and an output of the second is representative for the acceleration.

Abstract: A method for operating a water-bearing household appliance for treating articles, in particular a dishwasher or washing machine, the water-bearing household appliance including a treatment chamber for treating the articles with a washing liquor and a dosing system for dispensing a dosing-amount of detergent provided by a dosing unit, the method comprising: selecting one of a plurality of different treatment cycles, controlling the water-bearing household appliance to perform the selected treatment cycle, actuating the dosing system to dispense the dosing-amount of detergent according to the selected treatment cycle, detecting a sensor signal of the dispensed dosing-amount of detergent, adjusting the selected treatment cycle as a function of the detected sensor signal, and controlling the water-bearing household appliance to perform the adjusted treatment cycle.

Abstract: A sensor for parallel measurement of pressure and acceleration of a vehicle, including a substrate, a sensor element disposed on the substrate, a material being connected with the sensor element and being exposed to the environment of the sensor, wherein the material is configured to act as a seismic mass, and an electronic circuitry connected with the sensor element and including a first filter and a second filter, wherein the first and second filters have different filter characteristics so that an output of the first filter is representative for the pressure and an output of the second is representative for the acceleration.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing, a door pivotably connected to the housing, a cable having one end connected to the door, a motor, and a cable drum onto which the cable can be unwound at least in partial and from which the cable can be unwound at least in part. The cable and the motor interact such that the door pivots when winding the cable onto the cable drum or when the cable unwinds from the cable drum.

Abstract: A method for operating a water-bearing household appliance for treating articles, in particular a dishwasher or washing machine, the water-bearing household appliance including a treatment chamber for treating the articles with a washing liquor and a dosing system for dispensing a dosing-amount of detergent provided by a dosing unit, the method comprising: selecting one of a plurality of different treatment cycles, controlling the water-bearing household appliance to perform the selected treatment cycle, actuating the dosing system to dispense the dosing-amount of detergent according to the selected treatment cycle, detecting a sensor signal of the dispensed dosing-amount of detergent, adjusting the selected treatment cycle as a function of the detected sensor signal, and controlling the water-bearing household appliance to perform the adjusted treatment cycle.

Abstract: A protective glazing is provided that has long-term stability against degradation under high temperatures. The protective glazing includes a glass or glass ceramic pane having two opposite faces and being transparent in the visible spectral range and an infrared radiation reflecting coating on at least one of the faces. The coating includes a first layer on the face and a second layer deposited on the first layer. The first layer is a doped transparent conductive oxide and the second layer is an X-ray amorphous oxide layer or of a nitride layer.

Abstract: A household appliance includes a housing, a door pivotably connected to the housing, a cable having one end connected to the door, a motor, and a cable drum onto which the cable can be unwound at least in partial and from which the cable can be unwound at least in part. The cable and the motor interact such that the door pivots when winding the cable onto the cable drum or when the cable unwinds from the cable drum.

Abstract: A protective glazing is provided that has long-term stability against degradation under high temperatures. The protective glazing includes a glass or glass ceramic pane having two opposite faces and being transparent in the visible spectral range and an infrared radiation reflecting coating on at least one of the faces. The coating includes a first layer on the face and a second layer deposited on the first layer. The first layer is a doped transparent conductive oxide and the second layer is an X-ray amorphous oxide layer or of a nitride layer.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device includes a substrate with a first layer situated on the substrate. The first layer defines a first opening with a cover layer deposited on the first layer and coating a sidewall portion of the first opening. A second layer is situated on the cover layer. The second layer defines a second opening extending through the second layer and through the cover layer to connect the first and second openings.

Abstract: To fabricate a trench capacitor in a substrate, a trench is formed in the substrate. The trench has an upper region and a lower region. In the trench, first of all nanocrystallites and/or a seed layer for nanocrystallites are deposited in the upper region and the lower region. Then, the nanocrystallites and/or the seed layer are removed from the upper region of the trench by means of an etching process. The etching parameters of the etching process are selected in such a way that the seed layer and/or the nanocrystallites which are uncovered in the upper region and the lower region are removed only from the upper region. Consequently, an expensive mask layer can be avoided in the lower region of the trench.

Abstract: A trench capacitor is formed with an insulation collar. After the formation of the trench, firstly an insulating layer is deposited, from which layer the insulation collar will be subsequently formed. Afterward, the trench is partly filled with a sacrificial filling material and a thin patterning layer is deposited thereon. Spacers are formed from that layer and cover the insulating layer in the upper region of the trench. Afterward, the sacrificial filling material and the insulating layer are completely removed in the lower region of the trench. As a result, the insulation collar is produced in the upper region of the trench.