Abstract: A carrier for holding a substrate is described. The carrier includes a carrier body having a first surface, and an adhesive arrangement provided on the first surface. The carrier body includes one or more conduits configured for providing a gas into the adhesive arrangement. Further, a method for controlling a temperature of a substrate is described. The method includes providing a carrier as described herein; supplying a gas through the one or more conduits into the adhesive arrangement; and providing the gas to a backside of the substrate attached to the adhesive arrangement.

Abstract: An assembly is provided that includes a mineral-based monolithic support for full-surface supporting of a workpiece during processing and transportation and a workpiece supported thereon, wherein the surface of the support is designed so that adherence of the supported workpiece is prevented, and wherein the support has provisions with means inserted therein, which permit to lift the workpiece from the support from below and/or to shift the workpiece laterally, and furthermore relates to a mineral-based monolithic support suitable for this purpose.

Abstract: A fluid management system for the treatment of ascites, pleural effusion or pericardial effusion is provided including an implantable device including a pump, control circuitry, battery and transceiver; a charging and communication system configured to periodically charge the battery and communicate with the implantable device to retrieve performance data; and monitoring and control software, suitable for use with conventional personal computers, for configuring and controlling operation of the implantable device and charging and communication system. The implantable device includes a number of features that provide automated movement of fluid to the bladder with reduced risk of clogging, with no patient involvement other than occasional recharging of the battery of the implantable device. The monitoring and control software is available only to the treating physician, such that the physician interacts with the implantable device via the charging and communication system.

Abstract: A steering column may comprise an adjusting unit that holds a steering spindle rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis, a holding unit that receives the adjusting unit, a clamping device that locks the adjusting unit relative to the holding unit in a fixing position and permits adjustment in an unlocked position, and an energy absorption element attached to the adjusting unit and extending through an opening of a wedging housing parallel to the longitudinal axis. The energy absorption element is longitudinally movable in the opening in the unlocked position and lockable within the opening in the fixing position. The opening may have a wedging section with inner wall regions that converge longitudinally. A wedging element is movable into the wedging section and disposed between the energy absorption element and the inner wall regions.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a transparent body for use in a touch screen panel is provided.

Abstract: An autonomous energy supply network has energy producers and energy consumers that are driven by a local control device. The following steps reduce the parameterization outlay required for the operation of the autonomous energy supply network: provision of model data of the autonomous energy supply network in a data memory of a computing device superordinate to the local control device, the model data specifying the respective energy producers and their operating parameters; determination of an operating plan for the autonomous energy supply network with the computing device by using the model data, the operating plan specifying the operating state of the autonomous energy supply network during a particular time interval; transmission of the operating plan to the local control device; and driving of the energy producers and/or the energy consumers according to the specifications of the operating plan by the local control device.

Abstract: A fluid management system for the treatment of ascites, pleural effusion or pericardial effusion is provided including an implantable device including a pump, control circuitry, battery and transceiver; a charging and communication system configured to periodically charge the battery and communicate with the implantable device to retrieve performance data; and monitoring and control software, suitable for use with conventional personal computers, for configuring and controlling operation of the implantable device and charging and communication system. The implantable device includes a number of features that provide automated movement of fluid to the bladder with reduced risk of clogging, with no patient involvement other than occasional recharging of the battery of the implantable device. The monitoring and control software is available only to the treating physician, such that the physician interacts with the implantable device via the charging and communication system.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for dividing and merging online content sharing environments such as, for example, online chat rooms. An online content sharing environment may have a group of user profiles associated therewith, some subgroup of which may be exchanging message content within the online content sharing environment at any given time. If an amount of message data traffic being exchanged and/or a number of user profiles exchanging messages exceeds a corresponding threshold value, the online content sharing environment may be divided into two or more sub-environments. Respective sub-groups of user profiles may then be identified based on association criteria and associated with the various sub-environments.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a transparent body for use in a touch screen panel is provided. The process includes depositing a first transparent layer stack over a first side of a transparent substrate, wherein said first transparent layer stack is selected from the group consisting of: a layer stack, wherein the layer stack includes a first dielectric film with a gradient refractive index from a first refractive index to a second refractive index, and a layer stack, wherein the layer stack includes at least a first dielectric film with a first refractive index and a second dielectric film with a second refractive index different from the first refractive index.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system configured for sputter deposition on a substrate. The system includes a sputter deposition chamber having a processing zone, one or more sputter deposition sources arranged at a first side of the processing zone, and a shielding device arranged at a second side of the processing zone, wherein the shielding device includes a frame assembly mounted to the sputter deposition chamber and one or more conductive sheets detachably mounted on the frame assembly, wherein the one or more conductive sheets provide a surface arranged along the processing zone.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a masking device for use in a lithium deposition process in the manufacturing of thin film batteries. The masking device includes a mask portion made of a metal or metal alloy, and one or more openings in the mask portion, wherein the one or more openings are configured to allow particles of a deposition material to pass through the mask portion, and wherein a size of each opening of the one or more openings, is at least 0.5 cm2.

Abstract: A method and corresponding device are provided for determining a flow speed in a fluid conduit. The fluid conduit is provided with first, second and third ultrasonic transducers, wherein respective connection lines between transducers extend outside of a symmetry axis of the fluid conduit. First and second measuring signals are applied to the first ultrasonic transducer and received at the second and the third ultrasonic transducer, respectively. The measuring signals comprise a respective reversed signal portion with respect to time of a response signal. Respective first and second response signals are measured and the flow speed is derived from at least one of the first and second response signals.

Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to managing and accessing a community Wi-Fi network. The community Wi-Fi network can include sharer computing devices in differing local networks that share respective network bandwidth capacities with consumer computing devices. Feedback information pertaining to network bandwidth capacity available at different geographic locations covered by the community Wi-Fi network can be collected and evaluated to enable generation of maps for visualizing coverage of the community Wi-Fi network. A consumer computing device can display a map that includes visual information pertaining to the geographic coverage of the community Wi-Fi network relative to a geographic location of the consumer computing device.

Abstract: A method identifies a diagnosis variable which indicates an aging state of an operating device in an electrical energy supply network. In the method, first measurement values of at least one measurement variable are detected at a first measuring point of the operating device. Then simultaneously second measurement values of the at least one measurement variable are detected at a second measuring point of the operating device. The diagnosis variable is identified using respective simultaneously detected first and second measurement values. It is proposed that the first and second measurement values are detected in a time-controlled manner in such a way that a signal of the at least one measurement variable is sampled at a prescribed sampling rate at set times and over a set measurement duration so as to generate time profiles of the first and second measurement values.

Abstract: In a method for parameterizing an electrical device, a communication link is set up between a user unit and a computation apparatus. The latter provides a parameterization program for parameterizing the electrical device. The user unit is used to record settings made at the user end that affect the electrical device, and the recorded settings are used to form setting values for parameterizing the electrical device. A parameterization file containing the setting values is produced for the electrical device. In order to be able to perform parameterization of electrical devices, in particular electrical devices that are used in automation installations in a safety-critical environment, in a comparatively simple and inexpensive manner, the parameterization program for parameterizing the electrical device is executed by the computation apparatus and a user interface for the parameterization program is displayed by the user unit.

Abstract: A system includes an implantable device including a pump to pump the fluid from the peritoneum to the bladder via respective catheters, control circuitry, battery and transceiver; a charging and communication system configured to periodically charge the battery and communicate with the implantable device to retrieve data reflective of the patient's health; and monitoring and control software, suitable for use with conventional personal computers, for configuring and controlling operation of the implantable device and charging and communication system. The monitoring and control software allows a treating physician to remotely adjust the volume, time, and frequency with which fluid is pumped from the peritoneal cavity to the bladder based on the data reflective of the patient's health.

Abstract: A method and corresponding device are provided for determining a flow speed in a fluid conduit. The fluid conduit is provided with first, second and third ultrasonic transducers, wherein respective connection lines between transducers extend outside of a symmetry axis of the fluid conduit. First and second measuring signals are applied to the first ultrasonic transducer and received at the second and the third ultrasonic transducer, respectively. The measuring signals comprise a respective reversed signal portion with respect to time of a response signal. Respective first and second response signals are measured and the flow speed is derived from at least one of the first and second response signals.

Abstract: Cleaning device for cleaning a transparent cover of a camera, in particular a lens of the camera, comprising at least one cleaning agent feed line and at least two cleaning agent spraying elements.

Abstract: A sputtering source is described. The sputtering source includes a backing support having a target receiving surface and a further surface opposing the target receiving surface, and at least one magnet assembly provided adjacent the further surface, wherein the target receiving surface of the backing support has at least one recess, wherein the recess is provided opposite to the magnet assembly.

Abstract: In a method of forming a three-dimensional semiconductor device, a first chip is provided that includes a first substrate, a first device layer positioned on and covering the first substrate, and a first metallization system positioned on and covering the first device layer, wherein the first device layer includes a plurality of first transistor elements. A second chip is also provided and includes a second substrate, a second device layer positioned on and covering the second substrate, and a second metallization system positioned on and covering the second device layer, wherein the second device layer includes a plurality of second transistor elements. The second chip is attached to the first chip so that a heat spreading material is positioned between the first chip and the second chip and covers at least a portion of the first metallization system.