Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device 100, comprising: at least one semiconductor chip 5, and a structure 2 thermally coupled to the at least one semiconductor chip 5, wherein the structure 2 comprises a surface located within an interior of the semiconductor device, and the surface comprises a groove 12; and a sensor 16 comprising an optical fibre 13 passing through the groove 12, wherein the sensor 16 is configured to sense a temperature of the at least one semiconductor chip 5.

Abstract: A silirane-functionalized compound that consists of a substrate to which a least two silirane groups of the formula (1) are covalently bonded, a mixture containing the silirane-functionalized compounds, and a process for preparing siloxanes using the mixture are described herein.

Abstract: A monitoring system for an electric vehicle that draws current from a conductor by means of a current collector that contacts a conductor in operation of the electric vehicle. The monitoring system includes a plurality of sensor modules throughout the current collector, wherein each sensor module comprises a plurality of FBG (Fibre Bragg Grating) sensors. Sensors of each module are arranged in a geometric pattern that compensates for temperature induced wavelength changes in the FBG sensors of each module. An optical source illuminates each sensor module and an optical coupler optically couples the optical source to each sensor module. An optical signal interpretation module receives optical signals from each sensor module wherein the optical signals are generated by the sensor modules in response to illumination of the sensor modules, wherein the interpretation module is configured to determine from the optical signals, a temperature-independent strain measurement for each sensor module.

Abstract: A monitoring system for an electric vehicle that draws current from a conductor by means of a current collector (3, 7) that contacts a conductor (13) in operation of the vehicle, the system comprising: a plurality of sensor modules distributed at spaced intervals throughout the current collector, wherein each sensor module comprises a plurality of FBG (Fibre Bragg Grating) sensors orientated so as to be at least generally co-planar with a surface of the current collector that conducts the conductor in operation of the vehicle, the sensors of each said module being arranged in a geometric pattern that compensates for temperature induced wavelength changes in the FBG sensors of each module; an optical source (15) for illuminating each said sensor module; means (19) for optically coupling said optical source to each said sensor module; and an optical signal interpretation module (17) configured to receive optical signals from each said sensor module via said optical coupling means, said optical signals being gen