Abstract: A processing device embodied in an integrated circuit may be divided into first and second functional units. A mount for the integrated circuit may be assigned to the first functional unit, which may define the external electrical connections of the processing device. Processing may take place in a second functional unit of the processing device, whose essential connections may normally be accessible from the outside via the external connections of the first functional unit. The processor device having first and second functional units in a mount may be similar to a hybrid circuit but may serve a different purpose. The first functional unit, which may also comprise more than one monolithic integrated circuit, may define the external connections and may make available suitable matching circuits for the second functional unit.

Abstract: A system for exchanging data includes at least two memory units, each unit functioning as both a transmitter and a receiver of data. The exchange of data occurs whenever at least two memory units are within a certain distance of each other. The user is thus capable of simultaneously being both a transmitter and a receiver of data, such that the transmitter can send data continuously but can receive data transmitted from other memory units only when the receiver is within a certain distance from a transmitter. As a result, data are received only by those memory units that are located in the immediate environment of the transmitter. Since the data transmitted can be selected personally by the user, the data thus reflects the preferences of the user acting as the transmitter.

Abstract: A system having a consumer electronics device (1) providing an audio signal (21), a device (3) for the setting of, particularly a frequency response and/or a set of dynamics of the audio signal (21), and at least one set of headphones (5) for playing back the audio signal (21), wherein a device (7) for determining an individual hearing characteristic, such as a hearing threshold level of a user, is provided, by means of which particularly the frequency response and/or the dynamics of the audio signal (21) can be adjusted according to the determined hearing characteristic of the user.

Abstract: A process is provided for the intracellular manipulation of a biological cell (3) which is positioned adhering to a support area (5) in a culture medium (2). Inside the support area (5) for the cell (3) an opening into the membrane of the cell (3) is created spaced from its support edge. The edge of the cell membrane surrounding the opening, adhering to the support area (5), thus seals off the cell fluid situated in the interior of the cell (3) from the culture medium (2) and insulates the cell fluid against the culture medium (2). The interior of the cell (3) is manipulated through the opening. An apparatus for implementing the process is also provided, including an object carrier (4) with a support area (5) for adhering the cell and a poration tool (6) for creating the opening in the cell membrane. The poration tool (6) may be any of various chemical, mechanical and/or electrical devices.

Abstract: In a process for mixing microdroplets (2a, 2b, 2c), at least two carriers (3a, 3b) are provided whose surfaces (4a, 4b) are each structured in such a way that at least one hydrophilic surface domain (5a, 5b) is delimited by at least one hydrophobic surface domain (6a, 6b). A first microdroplet (2a, 2b, 2c) is disposed on a hydrophilic surface domain (5a) of a first carrier (3a), and a second microdroplet (2a, 2b, 3c) is disposed on a hydrophilic surface domain (5b) of a second carrier (3b). The carriers (3a, 3b), with their first and second hydrophilic surfaces (4a, 4b) facing each other, are positioned adjacent to each other and sufficiently close to each other by being moved toward each other that the microdroplets (2a, 2b, 2c) come into contact with each other.

Abstract: In a method for measuring the concentration of a ligand contained in a sample that is to be tested, at a plurality of test sites that are located on the surface of at least one substrate, in each case at least one receptor that is suitable upon contact with the ligand for specifically binding to said ligand, is immobilized. The sample is brought into contact for a predetermined time with the test sites in such a way that in the sample differently sized diffusion volumes are adjacent to the receptors from which at least one ligand can diffuse to the respective receptor during the predetermined time. After the predetermined time has passed, for each test site a measured signal for the number or density of the binding events at the test site is acquired.

Abstract: A chip includes a memory that stores confidential data, a power supply device to apply a voltage and/or or a current, and an interface to transfer the data from and/or to another device. To secure the data in the memory, the power supply device is an integrated component of the chip. The power supply device is equipped with a limited, non-replenishable fuel reservoir so that data can be maintained in the memory over a limited service life. In other embodiments, voltage provided by the power supply device can also be employed actively to delete data in the memory in the event of unauthorized access to the chip.

Abstract: Television receiver comprising a flat screen display which has a component interface unit spatially separate from the television receiver for the external terminals, such as, for example, SCART sockets or speaker terminals, the component interface unit being connected through at least one high-capacity bus connection to the television receiver. The bus connection is connected in the spatially separate component interface unit to first bus interfaces for signals to be fed in and out, and is connected in the television receiver to second bus interfaces.

Abstract: An integrated sensor array has a substrates, at least one sensor element, and a signal processing device integrated in the substrate and connected or capable of being connected with the sensor elements. A layer having a measuring surface is capable of being detachably bonded to the substrate so that a signal emitted from the measuring surface is capable of being processed by the signal processing device when the layer is bonded to the substrate. The substrate has at least one feedthrough hole abutting with the layer, which feedthrough hole is connected or capable of being connected to a vacuum generating device in order to bond the layer to the substrate by suction.

Abstract: A processing device embodied in an integrated circuit may be divided into first and second functional units. A mount for the integrated circuit may be assigned to the first functional unit, which may define the external electrical connections of the processing device. Processing may take place in a second functional unit of the processing device, whose essential connections may normally be accessible from outside via the external connections of the first functional unit. The processor device having first and second functional units in a mount may be similar to a hybrid circuit but may serve a different purpose. The first functional unit, which may also comprise more than one monolithic integrated circuit, may define the external connections and may make available suitable matching circuits for the second functional unit.

Abstract: A processing device embodied in an integrated circuit may be divided into first and second functional units. A mount for the integrated circuit may be assigned to the first functional unit, which may define the external electrical connections of the processing device. Processing may take place in a second functional unit of the processing device, whose essential connections may normally be accessible from outside via the external connections of the first functional unit. The processor device having first and second functional units in a mount may be similar to a hybrid circuit but may serve a different purpose. The first functional unit, which may also comprise more than one monolithic integrated circuit, may define the external connections and may make available suitable matching circuits for the second functional unit.

Abstract: In a carrier medium having at least two defined regions, biological and/or chemical substances are applied to the regions of the carrier medium for analyzing an analyte. The carrier medium is also provided with a stored code that indicates which biological and/or chemical substance is located in which defined region. The application of multiple biological and/or chemical substances to one carrier medium enables multiple analyses to be performed simultaneously on the analyte. This approach reduces the required quantities of the biological and/or chemical substances needed to perform the desired analyses of the analyte. The carrier medium itself does not reveal which biological and/or chemical substance is located in which region; this information may instead be provided by the code.

Abstract: A system for exchanging data includes at least two memory units, each unit functioning as both a transmitter and a receiver of data. The exchange of data occurs whenever at least two memory units are within a certain distance of each other. The user is thus capable of simultaneously being both a transmitter and a receiver of data, such that the transmitter can sent data continuously but can receive data transmitted from other memory units only when the receiver is within a certain distance from a transmitter. As a result, data are received only by those memory units that are located in the immediate environment of the transmitter. Since the data transmitted can be selected personally by the user, the data thus reflects the preferences of the user acting as the transmitter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining the number of receptors on a carrier, in addition to a biosensor, especially a protein sensor, which can be produced using the method.

Abstract: In a method for immobilizing molecules on a surface, a layer of a hydrophobic, e.g., a non-swelling polymer, may be applied to the surface and molecules are immobilized on a surface of the polymer layer. The hydrophobic polymers may be polyimide or polystyrene, and the surface to which the polymer layer is applied may be made of an inorganic material, e.g., a semiconductor material (silicon), a semiconducting oxide (silicon dioxide), glass, nitride, or ceramic. Hydrophobic polymers such as polyimide or polystyrene can be applied to the surface of an inorganic support with conventional methods. Further, they electrically insulate the support with respect to the molecules applied to the surface of the polymer layer or substances associated with these molecules. Thus, electrical sensors and processor circuits can be integrated into the support without any detrimental effect on their function due to molecules and substances applied to the surface of the polymer layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an optical transmitting and receiving device (1, 1a) comprising a light emitting transmission element (3, 3a) and a receiving element (4, 4a) which converts this light into an electrical magnitude. The transmission and receiving elements are inserted into a silicon substrate. The optical transmitting and receiving device (1) is preferably inserted in a monolithic manner into a common substrate, comprising a sequence of superimposed layers for the light emitting transmission element (3) and the light receiving element (4). An electrically insulating intermediate layer (9, 9a) is incorporated between the transmission and receiving element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier medium (10, 20, 30, 30?) for analyzing an analyte, to which biological and/or chemical substances (A through I) are applied in at least two defined regions (11, 21, 31, 31?), with a code (12, 32, 3?) showing which biological and/or chemical substance (A through I) is located in which of the defined regions (11, 21, 31, 31?). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing carrier media with the following steps: a. producing a set of identical carrier media (30) having a first arrangement of the defined regions (31) and/or a first arrangement of the biological and/or chemical substances (A through I) within the defined regions (31), b. assigning a different code (32) to each of these carrier media (30), c. storing the arrangement of the defined regions (31) and/or the arrangement of the biological and/or chemical substances (A through I) within the defined regions (31) of the carrier media (30) along with the associated code (32), d.

Abstract: A mount for a programmable electronic processing device is disclosed. It is divided into at least a first functional unit (7) and a second functional unit (8) which represent separate, particularly monolithic integrated, components. The first functional unit (7) defines all input and output interfaces of the processing device with respect to their electrical properties. All essential connections of the second functional unit (8) are accessible from outside only via the first functional unit (7). To this end, the first functional unit (7) includes matching circuits which serve to electrically adapt the connections of the second functional unit (8) to the external conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a capacitive magnetic field sensor. This sensor has a first electrode (2) and a second electrode (3), which are spaced apart from one another and which form a measurement capacitance. The first electrode (2) is situated on a first substrate body (4), and the second electrode (3) on a second substrate body (5). The second substrate body (5) is designed as a deformable membrane in the vicinity of the second electrode (3). A magnetic body (6) is situated in the vicinity of the second electrode (3) and the membrane, and is rigidly connected to the membrane and to the second electrode (3). As a result of this rigid connection, the influence of an external magnetic field on the magnetic body causes not only the magnetic body (6) to change its position but also causes the membrane and the second electrode (3) to change their position, since they are rigidly connected to said magnetic body.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for recording and playback of contents involving at least one receiving/storage unit and at least one storage/playback unit, with the at least one receiving/storage unit in each case recording contents, placing them in interim storage, managing them, and deleting them as appropriate in accordance with a first rule set assigned to it, and at least a part of the contents in each case being transferred to the at least one storage/playback unit in accordance with a second rule set and there stored, managed, and deleted as appropriate in accordance with the assigned second rule set. On the basis of the first and second rule sets, large quantities of contents can be recorded, stored, managed, and again deleted as appropriate in an optimized fashion for a user.