Abstract: A method for determining a thermal impedance of a sample device is described. According to the method, a sample device is heated to an initial temperature. A pulsed power including a sequence of pulses is applied to the sample device. Temperature of the sample device is measured in a time-dependent manner. A thermal impedance of the sample device is determined based on the temperature of the sample device and the pulsed power.

Abstract: A semiconductor package (1, 1?, 1?), the package (1, 1?, 1?) comprising a first substrate (2) comprising at a front cavity side (5?) a plurality of cavities (6, 6?), each of the cavities (6, 6?) having a bottom wall (7) and side walls (8), and having a conductive path (10) forming an electric contact surface (9) located at the inner side of the bottom wall (7) of the cavity (6, 6?), a plurality of semiconductor elements (16, 7), each of the semiconductor elements (16, 17) comprising a first electric contact surface (9) on a first side (26) and a second electric contact surface (9) on a second side (28) opposite to the first side (26), wherein at least one of the semiconductor elements (16, 17) is placed within a corresponding cavity (6, 6?) at the front cavity side (5?) of the first substrate (2), wherein the first electric contact (27) of the semiconductor element (16, 17) and the electric contact surface (9) at the inner side of the bottom wall (7) of the corresponding cavity (6, 6?) are electrically conduc

Abstract: A method for determining a thermal impedance of a sample device is described. According to the method, a sample device is heated to an initial temperature. A pulsed power including a sequence of pulses is applied to the sample device. Temperature of the sample device is measured in a time-dependent manner. A thermal impedance of the sample device is determined based on the temperature of the sample device and the pulsed power.

Abstract: A semiconductor package (1, 1?, 1?), the package (1, 1?, 1?) comprising a first substrate (2) comprising at a front cavity side (5?) a plurality of cavities (6, 6?), each of the cavities (6, 6?) having a bottom wall (7) and side walls (8), and having a conductive path (10) forming an electric contact surface (9) located at the inner side of the bottom wall (7) of the cavity (6, 6?), a plurality of semiconductor elements (16, 7), each of the semiconductor elements (16, 17) comprising a first electric contact surface (9) on a first side (26) and a second electric contact surface (9) on a second side (28) opposite to the first side (26), wherein at least one of the semiconductor elements (16, 17) is placed within a corresponding cavity (6, 6?) at the front cavity side (5?) of the first substrate (2), wherein the first electric contact (27) of the semiconductor element (16, 17) and the electric contact surface (9) at the inner side of the bottom wall (7) of the corresponding cavity (6, 6?) are electrically conduc

Abstract: A laundry washing and drying machine (1) includes a casing (2) and, inside the casing, a laundry container (3, 6) for housing the laundry to be washed and dried, and a heat-pump-type, hot-air generator (10) able to circulate a stream of hot air inside the laundry-container (3, 6), and to heat up the washing water supplied to said laundry container (3, 6). The hot-air generator (10) includes a heat-pump assembly (21) which is provided with a first air/refrigerant heat exchanger (23) which is located along the air recirculating conduit (19) for heating up the airflow (f) directed to the laundry container (3, 6). A second water/refrigerant heat exchanger (24) is located out of the air recirculating conduit (19), and heats up or cools down the water arriving from the laundry container (3, 6). A third air/water heat exchanger (25) is located along the air recirculating conduit (19), upstream of the first air/refrigerant heat exchanger (23), for cooling the airflow (f) arriving from the laundry container (3, 6).

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition in the form of a multiphase (especially a bilayered, optionally coated) tablet. The tablet has a narcotic analgesic phase containing a therapeutically effective quantity of a narcotic analgesic or an analgesically effective salt thereof (e.g. codeine phosphate) and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory phase containing a therapeutically effective quantity of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory carboxylic acid or an anti-inflammatory salt or ester thereof (e.g. ibuprofen). The narcotic analgesic phase is free from a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory carboxylic acid or salt or ester thereof, stearic acid and stearate salt, and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory phase is free from a narcotic analgesic or salt thereof, stearic acid and a stearate salt. Further, both the narcotic analgesic phase and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory phase contain a self-lubricating, compression aid, especially a self-lubricating, direct compression aid, such as microcrystalline cellulose.

Abstract: A solid, controlled release, pharmaceutical composition comprising an active ingredient incorporated in a matrix comprising a first substance selected from a water soluble polydextrose and a water soluble cyclodextrin and a second substance selected from a C.sub.12 -C.sub.36 fatty alcohol and a polyalkylene glycol.Preferably the first substance is a cyclodextrin, especially a beta-cyclodextrin, while the second substance is a C.sub.14 -C.sub.22 fatty alcohol, especially stearyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, cetostearyl alcohol or myristyl alcohol. The matrix may also contain a cellulose ether, especially a hydroxyalkylcellulose or a carboxyalkylcellulose.

Abstract: A solid, controlled release, pharmaceutical composition comprising an active ingredient incorporated in a controlled release matrix comprising a water soluble polydextrose.The controlled release matrix may also contain at least one of a digestibele C.sub.8 --C.sub.50 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon, especially a C.sub.12 --C.sub.36 fatty alcohol, and a polyalkylene glycol, especially polyethylene glycol. Optionally, the matrix may contain a cellulose ether, especially a hydroxyalkylcellulose or a carboxyalkylcellulose.