Abstract: A processing machine system has at least one mobile control unit. At least one substance-related feature of the processing machine system can be detected by the mobile control unit. Upon detection of the substance-related feature by the mobile control unit, data which is associated with the feature can be made available to a user by the mobile control unit. A method is provided for operating such a processing machine system. The invention provides an alternative processing machine system or an alternative method for operating a processing machine system. The data associated with the feature contains data concerning at least one consumable of the processing machine system.

Abstract: The invention concerns a system for preparing beverages comprising:—a container enclosing a beverage or food ingredient, wherein the container carries at least one dielectric or conductive pattern said pattern encoding information, and—a dispenser adapted for decoding information encoded by the at least one dielectric or conductive pattern carried by the container and for preparing a food or a beverage from the beverage or food ingredient enclosed in the container.

Abstract: The invention describes a modular playing figure which consists of at least a first and a second module, wherein the first module is a basic object and the second module is an identification means, and the identification means has an electrically conductive layer.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a trench capacitor for a semiconductor memory includes forming a masking layer in a trench that is disposed in a substrate. Nanocrystallites, which are used to pattern the masking layer, are deposited on the masking layer. Microtrenches are etched into the substrate in a lower region of the trench by the patterned masking layer. The microtrenches form a roughened trench sidewall. As a result, the outer capacitor electrode is formed with a larger surface area, allowing the trench capacitor to have a higher capacitance.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a trench capacitor for a semiconductor memory includes forming a masking layer in a trench that is disposed in a substrate. Nanocrystallites, which are used to pattern the masking layer, are deposited on the masking layer. Microtrenches are etched into the substrate in a lower region of the trench by the patterned masking layer. The microtrenches form a roughened trench sidewall. As a result, the outer capacitor electrode is formed with a larger surface area, allowing the trench capacitor to have a higher capacitance.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a trench capacitor, that includes steps of: providing a silicon substrate; forming a trench, having a lower region and a surface, in the silicon substrate; and forming a doped layer in the silicon substrate in the lower region of the trench. In addition, a roughened silicon layer that has silicon grains with a diameter ranging from essentially 10 to 100 nm is produced in the lower region of the trench. A dielectric intermediate layer is applied on the roughened silicon layer, and the trench is filled with a doped layer.

Abstract: A microroughness on a surface is produced in a single process step by forming semiconductor grains directly from a process gas. The semiconductor grains are finely distributed on the surface. As a result of forming the microroughness in a single process step, time and costs are saved during fabrication.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a trench capacitor, that includes steps of: providing a silicon substrate; forming a trench, having a lower region and a surface, in the silicon substrate; and forming a doped layer in the silicon substrate in the lower region of the trench. In addition, a roughened silicon layer that has silicon grains with a diameter ranging from essentially 10 to 100 nm is produced in the lower region of the trench. A dielectric intermediate layer is applied on the roughened silicon layer, and the trench is filled with a doped layer.

Abstract: STM probe, in particular for use in an SEM for examining a surface of a sle by STM and/or SEM operation, comprising an outer and an inner piezotube; an object carrier plate mounted on the annular top face of the inner piezotube; a triangular head plate mounted on the annular top face of the outer piezotube and having a recess substantially concentric with the tubes in the triangle side crossing the tubes, the object carrier plate being arranged in this recess with play on all sides; a triangular test-prod attachment plate arranged at a space above the head plate and having a test-prod attachment made of an insulating material in the triangle side passing above the object carrier plate, for receiving a test prod; the corner areas of the plates being provided with fine-thread spindles for setting the space between the plates; and the two plates being held together by means of three springs engaging the corners.