Abstract: A semiconductor die defect detection device including a current mirror providing a first current on its first output and a second current on its second output, the first and second currents being identical, a swap circuit having a first terminal connected to the first output of the current mirror, a second terminal connected to the second output of the current mirror, a third terminal and a fourth terminal. The device also includes a die ring circuitry disposed at edges of the semiconductor die including a first plurality of segments disposed on a first leg of the die ring circuitry, and a second plurality of segments disposed on a second leg of the die ring circuitry. The device further includes a voltage comparator including a positive input terminal, a negative input terminal and an output terminal, and an adjustable resistor.

Abstract: New components for gasoline additives can be made. The new components for gasoline additives may be provided as amides. The gasoline additives that have these new amide components can be used for improving fuel efficiency, removing or reducing deposits on intake valves, and removing or reducing fouling of injector nozzles.

Abstract: Certain branched amines are useful as additives for gasoline fuels, especially for reducing injector nozzle fouling in direct injection spark ignition engines.

Abstract: Use of a hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid for improving or boosting the separation of water from fuel oils and gasoline fuels which comprise additives with detergent action. A Fuel additive concentrate comprising the said hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid, certain additives with detergent action and optionally other customary additives and solvents or diluents.

Abstract: The use of a complex ester obtainable by esterification reaction between aliphatic linear or branched C2- to C12-dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic linear or branched polyhydroxy alcohols with 3 to 6 hydroxyl groups, and, as chain stopping agents, aliphatic linear or branched C1- to C30-monocarboxylic acids or aliphatic linear or branched monobasic C1- to C30-alcohols, as an additive in a fuel for minimization of power loss in the operation of an internal combustion engine with this fuel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for generating a thin inorganic film on a substrate. In particular, the present invention relates to a process in which a compound of formula (I) is brought into a gaseous or an aerosol state and deposited from the gaseous or aerosol state onto a solid substrate: In the formula (I), R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or a silyl group; p is 1, 2; M is Ni or Co; X is a ?-donating ligand which coordinates M; m is 1 or 2; and n is 0 to 3.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of processes for the generation of thin inorganic films on substrates. In particular, the present invention relates to a process comprising bringing a compound of general formula (I) into the gaseous or aerosol state Lm—M—Xn (I) and depositing the compound of general formula (I) from the gaseous or aerosol state onto a solid substrate, wherein R is independent of each other hydrogen, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or a silyl group, p is 1, 2 or 3, M is Ni or Co, X is a ?-donating ligand which coordinates M, wherein if present at least one X is a ligand which coordinates M via a phosphor or nitrogen atom, m is 1 or 2 and n is 0 to 3.

Abstract: A method for the production of MSnx nanoparticles, wherein M is an element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, In, Al, Ge, Pb, Bi, Ga, and 0<x?10, the method including synthesizing Sn nanoparticles by reducing a tin salt with a solution of a hydride in an anhydrous polar solvent, separating the solid Sn nanoparticles formed from the solution, and washing the Sn nanoparticles, synthesizing M nanoparticles by reducing a metal salt with a solution of a hydride in an anhydrous polar solvent, separating the solid M nanoparticles formed from the solution, and washing the M nanoparticles, mechanical mixing the Sn nanoparticles and the M nanoparticles to convert them into MSnx nanoparticles.

Abstract: Use of a hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid for improving or boosting the separation of water from fuel oils and gasoline fuels which comprise additives with detergent action. A Fuel additive concentrate comprising the said hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid, certain additives with detergent action and optionally other customary additives and solvents or diluents.

Abstract: Use of a hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid for improving or boosting the separation of water from fuel oils and gasoline fuels which comprise additives with detergent action. A Fuel additive concentrate comprising the said hydrocarbyl-substituted dicarboxylic acid, certain additives with detergent action and optionally other customary additives and solvents or diluents.

Abstract: The use of a complex ester obtainable by esterification reaction between aliphatic linear or branched C2- to C12-dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic linear or branched polyhydroxy alcohols with 3 to 6 hydroxyl groups, and, as chain stopping agents, aliphatic linear or branched C1- to C30-monocarboxylic acids or aliphatic linear or branched monobasic C1- to C30-alcohols, as an additive in a fuel for minimization of power loss in the operation of an internal combustion engine with this fuel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel uses of corrosion inhibitors in fuels and lubricants.

Abstract: The use of a complex ester obtainable by esterification reaction between aliphatic linear or branched C2- to C12-dicarboxylic acids, aliphatic linear or branched polyhydroxy alcohols with 3 to 6 hydroxyl groups, and, as chain stopping agents, aliphatic linear or branched C1- to C30-monocarboxylic acids or aliphatic linear or branched monobasic Ci- to C30-alcohols, as an additive in a fuel.

Abstract: A method for the production of SbMx nanoparticles is described that comprises the steps of reducing an antimony salt and optionally an alloying metal with a hydride in an anhydrous polar solvent, separating the solid product formed from the solution, preferably via centrifugation, and washing the product with water. M is an element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Ni, Cu, In, Al, Ge, Pb, Bi, Fe, Co, Ga, and 0?x<2.

Abstract: The use of a polyalkylene glycol of formula HO-(A-O)p—(CH2CH2—O)m-(A-O)q—H wherein A is a C3- to C20-alkylene group or a mixture of such alkylene groups, m is a number of from 2 to 100 and p and q are each numbers of from 1 to 100, as an additive in a fuel.

Abstract: The use of an alkoxylated polytetrahydrofurane of formula wherein m, m?, n, n?, p, p? and k are integers in the range of ?1, R1 denotes an unsubstituted linear or branched alkyl radical, R2 denotes —CH2—CH3, and R3 denotes a hydrogen atom or —CH3, as an additive in a fuel for reducing fuel consumption in the operation of an internal combustion engine with this fuel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of amines and/or Mannich adducts as detergents and/or dispersants in fuel and lubricant compositions for direct-injection gasoline engines. The invention further relates to fuel and lubricant compositions which comprise at least one such Mannich adduct, and also a bisaminoalkylated Mannich adduct.

Abstract: An antimony based anode material for a rechargeable battery includes nanoparticles of composition SbMxOy, where M is an element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Ni, Cu, In, Al, Ge, Pb, Bi, Fe, Co, and Ga, with 0?x<2 and 0?y?2.5+2x. The nanoparticles form a substantially monodisperse ensemble with an average size not exceeding a value of 30 nm and by a size deviation not exceeding 15%. A method for preparing the antimony based anode material is carried out in situ in a non-aqueous solvent and starts by reacting an antimony salt and an organometallic amide reactant and oleylamine.

Abstract: An antimony based anode material for a rechargeable battery includes nanoparticles of composition SbMxOy, where M is an element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Ni, Cu, In, Al, Ge, Pb, Bi, Fe, Co, and Ga, with 0?x<2 and 0?y?2.5+2x. The nanoparticles form a substantially monodisperse ensemble with an average size not exceeding a value of 30 nm and by a size deviation not exceeding 15%. A method for preparing the antimony based anode material is carried out in situ in a non-aqueous solvent and starts by reacting an antimony salt and an organometallic amide reactant and oleylamine.

Abstract: An antimony based anode material for a rechargeable battery comprises nanoparticles of composition SbMxOy where M is a further element selected from the group consisting of Sn, Ni, Cu, In, Al, Ge, Pb, Bi, Fe, Co, Ga, with 0?x<2 and 0?y?2.5+2x. The nanoparticles form a substantially monodisperse ensemble with an average size not exceeding a value of 30 nm and by a size deviation not exceeding 15%. A method for preparing the antimony based anode material is carried out in situ in a non-aqueous solvent and starts by reacting an antimony salt and an organometallic amide reactant and oleylamine.