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A method of texturing a single crystalline silicon wafer comprising the steps of • surface healing by laser irradiation, to produce a smooth surface of the silicon wafer due to silicon melting and recrystallization of the silicon at the said surface; and • texturing, carried out onto the smooth surface of the silicon wafer wherein said texturing step comprises: a. Immersing the laser scanned wafer into dilute Hydrofluoric acid solution; b. Putting the wafer under flowing de-ionized water; c. Putting the wafer into a mixture of potassium hydroxide and isopropyl alcohol; d. Rinsing the wafer in flowing de-ionized water. • surface healing by laser irradiation, to produce a smooth surface of the silicon wafer due to silicon melting and recrystallization of the silicon at the said surface; and • texturing, carried out onto the smooth surface of the silicon wafer wherein said texturing step comprises: a. Immersing the laser scanned wafer into dilute Hydrofluoric acid solution; b. Putting the wafer under flowing de-ionized water; c. Putting the wafer into a mixture of potassium hydroxide and isopropyl alcohol; d. Rinsing the wafer in flowing de-ionized water. a. Immersing the laser scanned wafer into dilute Hydrofluoric acid solution; b. Putting the wafer under flowing de-ionized water; c. Putting the wafer into a mixture of potassium hydroxide and isopropyl alcohol; d. Rinsing the wafer in flowing de-ionized water.
Device for releasing a gaseous composition contained in an envelope of an atmospheric balloon at a pressure that is higher than a pressure that prevails in an atmosphere external to said atmospheric balloon, said device comprising: - an exhaust line capable of linking said envelope of said atmospheric balloon to said external atmosphere; - at least two flaps, named parallel flaps (24, 26), disposed inside said exhaust line and adapted, in a closed position, to each close a distinct portion of a section of said exhaust line; - an actuator adapted to be able to move a first parallel flap between a first position, named closed position, for limiting at least the release of said gaseous composition, and a second position, named open position, for releasing said gaseous composition; - an actuator adapted to be able to move a second parallel flap between a first position, named closed position, for limiting at least the release of said gaseous composition, and a second position, named open position, for releasing said gaseous composition; - at least one flap, named series flap (27, 29), disposed inside said exhaust line, distinct from said parallel flap; - an actuator adapted to be able to move said series flap (27, 29) between a position, named closed position, for limiting at least the release of said gaseous composition, and a position, named open position, for releasing said gaseous composition, said exhaust line being fully closed when all of said parallel flaps are in the closed position, said exhaust line being fully closed when each series flap is in the closed position, characterized in that said actuator of said second parallel flap is adapted to be able to move said second parallel flap independently of the position of said first parallel flap. - an exhaust line capable of linking said envelope of said atmospheric balloon to said external atmosphere; - at least two flaps, named parallel flaps (24, 26), disposed inside said exhaust line and adapted, in a closed position, to each close a distinct portion of a section of said exhaust line; - an actuator adapted to be able to move a first parallel flap between a first position, named closed position, for limiting at least the release of said gaseous composition, and a second position, named open position, for releasing said gaseous composition; - an actuator adapted to be able to move a second parallel flap between a first position, named closed position, for limiting at least the release of said gaseous composition, and a second position, named open position, for releasing said gaseous composition; - at least one flap, named series flap (27, 29), disposed inside said exhaust line, distinct from said parallel flap; - an actuator adapted to be able to move said series flap (27, 29) between a position, named closed position, for limiting at least the release of said gaseous composition, and a position, named open position, for releasing said gaseous composition,
A method for remelting metal in an electric furnace, wherein material electrodes are melted by forming a slag bath and the molten metal of the material electrodes solidifies in ingot form in a crucible device as a result of cooling in such a way that an ingot growth forms from an ingot base due to a progressive solidification process, wherein the ingot base is heated in order to influence the cooling process, characterised in that a heating device and a bottom closing plate for closing the opening in the crucible bottom are arranged on a changing device such that it is made possible to alternately position the bottom closing plate and the heating device on the crucible bottom, and in that following solidification of the ingot base, the bottom closing plate is substituted for the heating device, and in that following this, the ingot base is heated by directly acting upon the ingot base with energy.
A method of generating a routing policy from an origin to a destination through a navigable network, the navigable network being represented by an electronic map comprising a plurality of segments representing navigable segments of the navigable network, each segment having associated therewith data indicative of an expected travel time along the segment, the method comprising: using the expected travel times for respective segments of the electronic map to determine a route from the origin to the destination that has a shortest expected journey time using a deterministic routing algorithm; and using a stochastic routing algorithm to generate a routing policy that maximises the probability of arriving at the destination within a time budget from leaving the origin, wherein the time budget is based at least on said determined shortest expected journey time, and wherein the routing policy is a solution to a set of non-linear equations that provides a dynamic routing strategy to determine, upon arrival at a node of the electronic map, the next segment to take at the node based on the travel time taken to reach the node from the origin, such that the probability of arriving at the destination within the time budget is maximised. using the expected travel times for respective segments of the electronic map to determine a route from the origin to the destination that has a shortest expected journey time using a deterministic routing algorithm; and using a stochastic routing algorithm to generate a routing policy that maximises the probability of arriving at the destination within a time budget from leaving the origin, wherein the time budget is based at least on said determined shortest expected journey time, and wherein the routing policy is a solution to a set of non-linear equations that provides a dynamic routing strategy to determine, upon arrival at a node of the electronic map, the next segment to take at the node based on the travel time taken to reach the node from the origin, such that the probability of arriving at the destination within the time budget is maximised.
Electronic ballast for a lighting device, comprising: - a first and a second supply voltage connection. (51N, 51L) for receiving a supply voltage for the lighting device, - integrating circuit coupled between the first and second supply voltage terminals (51N, 51L) and designed to generate an output signal (A 1) that is indicative of a DC voltage component of the supply voltage, characterized in that the electronic ballast further comprises: - a differentiating circuit that is coupled to the integrating circuit and is designed to generate an output signal that is indicative of control signals modulated on the supply voltage, - wherein the integrating circuit comprises a voltage divider having a first resistor and a second resistor which are coupled in series between the first and second supply voltage terminals (51N, 51L), and - wherein the differentiating circuit is coupled to a voltage divider tap-off between the first and second resistors (R11, R12) of the integrating circuit. - a first and a second supply voltage connection. (51N, 51L) for receiving a supply voltage for the lighting device, - integrating circuit coupled between the first and second supply voltage terminals (51N, 51L) and designed to generate an output signal (A 1) that is indicative of a DC voltage component of the supply voltage, - a differentiating circuit that is coupled to the integrating circuit and is designed to generate an output signal that is indicative of control signals modulated on the supply voltage, - wherein the integrating circuit comprises a voltage divider having a first resistor and a second resistor which are coupled in series between the first and second supply voltage terminals (51N, 51L), and - wherein the differentiating circuit is coupled to a voltage divider tap-off between the first and second resistors (R11, R12) of the integrating circuit.
A water stop for preventing seepage within a concrete construction joint, comprising: an elongate body having at least one major face defined between generally parallel edges which extend along the direction of elongation, wherein at least one layer of adhesive is attached to the at least one major face of the elongate body, the elongate body being formed by shaping a composition mixture comprising aqueously-swellable ingredients; characterized in that, the at least one layer of adhesive is a pressure-sensitive adhesive having an average layer thickness of at least 50 micrometers; the composition mixture after being shaped into the elongate body has a Shore A hardness less than 35 (measured at 21°C); and the elongate body has a volume expansion of at least 120 percent of the original volume after immersion in water. an elongate body having at least one major face defined between generally parallel edges which extend along the direction of elongation, wherein at least one layer of adhesive is attached to the at least one major face of the elongate body, the elongate body being formed by shaping a composition mixture comprising aqueously-swellable ingredients; characterized in that, the at least one layer of adhesive is a pressure-sensitive adhesive having an average layer thickness of at least 50 micrometers; the composition mixture after being shaped into the elongate body has a Shore A hardness less than 35 (measured at 21°C); and the elongate body has a volume expansion of at least 120 percent of the original volume after immersion in water.
A method of manufacturing a stator of a claw pole motor, in particular to drive a centrifugal pump, consisting of annular-disc-shaped stator laminations with adjoining claw poles, which are arranged opposite permanent-magnetic poles of a rotor, a ring-shaped winding and an insulating-material body, which is arranged between the stator laminations and the winding, and a short-circuit ring, arranged radially around the winding and the stator laminations, which lies securely against the stator laminations, characterized by the following method steps: a) the short-circuit ring is assembled from at least two sheet-metal rings (14, 15), coaxially nested into each other, each having at least one cut out (17, 18) which are dimensioned in such a manner that under all tolerance states of the claw pole stator and of the short-circuit ring and under the tolerance of the contact pressure upon assembly there can always be produced a secure, play-free connection between the components to be connected, b) the cut outs (17, 18) are arranged offset at an angle to one another so that they do not overlap, wherein the two cut outs (17, 18) define two angular ranges α1, α2, c) the sheet-metal rings (14, 15) are securely connected to one another at a first connecting site in the angular range α1, d) the short-circuit ring is attached onto the stator laminations with windings wound therearound and is pressed thereon in a play-free manner and e) the second sheet-metal ring is securely connected to the first sheet-metal ring at a second connecting site in the angular range α2 with the aid of tabs (12, 40) of the second sheet-metal ring.
A ventilation device with a through housing that is a duct for an air jet flow and is connected to an opening of a building partition whereat a stationary regenerative heat exchanger and a pumping section formed of a centrifugal fan of constant rotation direction are arranged, characterized in that the device furthermore comprises a main reversible air jet driver with an individual drive arranged in series with the centrifugal fan inside the housing and that the heat exchanger is provided with a metallic pressure vessel with at least one heat exchange system affixed to its walls, the interior of the pressure vessel being filled with a thermodynamic working agent and connected to a cyclic discrete pressure control system of the working agent.
A method for diagnosing a prostate carcinoma or a predisposition therefor comprising: (a) determining the physiologically occuring metabolite Pyruvate in a test sample derived from blood, plasma, serum, lymph, cells, tissues or organs of a subject suspected to suffer from said prostate carcinoma or to have a predisposition therefore, and (b) comparing the test results of the determination in step (a) to a reference, whereby said prostate carcinoma or a predisposition therefor is to be diagnosed. (a) determining the physiologically occuring metabolite Pyruvate in a test sample derived from blood, plasma, serum, lymph, cells, tissues or organs of a subject suspected to suffer from said prostate carcinoma or to have a predisposition therefore, and (b) comparing the test results of the determination in step (a) to a reference, whereby said prostate carcinoma or a predisposition therefor is to be diagnosed.
A method in a first user equipment for handling reference signals in a communications network, the first user equipment is configured to send a signal to a base station over a radio channel, which signal comprises a first slot and a second slot, the first slot comprises a first reference signal and the second slot comprises a second reference signal, the method being characterized in that it further comprises: receiving, from the base station, information that the first reference signal should be assigned to the second slot and that the second reference signal should be assigned to the first slot; assigning the first reference signal to the second slot; assigning the second reference signal to the first slot; and processing the first reference signal assigned to the second slot and the second reference signal assigned to the first slot by applying to each reference signal one of a time domain processing and a frequency domain processing. receiving, from the base station, information that the first reference signal should be assigned to the second slot and that the second reference signal should be assigned to the first slot; assigning the first reference signal to the second slot; assigning the second reference signal to the first slot; and processing the first reference signal assigned to the second slot and the second reference signal assigned to the first slot by applying to each reference signal one of a time domain processing and a frequency domain processing.
A method for operating a base station, BS, in a wireless network, the method comprising: transmitting, to a mobile station, MS, a first configuration message for one or more first sounding reference symbols, SRSs, corresponding to at least one first transmit beam of a first set of transmit beams in a first sounding channel (1305, 1310) configured in a first bandwidth corresponding to an entire usable bandwidth; receiving, through the first sounding channel from the MS, the one or more first SRSs, transmitted via the at least one first transmit beam; configuring a second sounding channel (1315, 1320) in a second bandwidth within the first bandwidth based on the configured first sounding channel and a channel estimation derived from the received one or more first SRSs, to refine the channel estimation; transmitting, to the MS, a second configuration message for one or more second SRSs corresponding to at least one second transmit beam of a second set of transmit beams in the configured second sounding channel (1315, 1320); and receiving, through the second sounding channel from the MS, the one or more second SRSs transmitted via the at least one second transmit beam, wherein the second set of transmit beams comprises a subset of the first set of transmit beams. transmitting, to a mobile station, MS, a first configuration message for one or more first sounding reference symbols, SRSs, corresponding to at least one first transmit beam of a first set of transmit beams in a first sounding channel (1305, 1310) configured in a first bandwidth corresponding to an entire usable bandwidth; receiving, through the first sounding channel from the MS, the one or more first SRSs, transmitted via the at least one first transmit beam; configuring a second sounding channel (1315, 1320) in a second bandwidth within the first bandwidth based on the configured first sounding channel and a channel estimation derived from the received one or more first SRSs, to refine the channel estimation; transmitting, to the MS, a second configuration message for one or more second SRSs corresponding to at least one second transmit beam of a second set of transmit beams in the configured second sounding channel (1315, 1320); and receiving, through the second sounding channel from the MS, the one or more second SRSs transmitted via the at least one second transmit beam, wherein the second set of transmit beams comprises a subset of the first set of transmit beams.
Crimping module characterised in that it comprises: - a cylinder for storing a plurality of rings to be crimped, said cylinder comprising a base body comprising a distribution outlet, a main cylindrical body mounted so that it can rotate along a cylinder axis relative to said base in a plurality of angular positions, said main cylindrical body comprising a plurality of sheaths which are parallel one to another and each suitable for accommodating a plurality of rings, each sheath being arranged so as to lead to said distribution outlet of said base body for a predetermined angular position of said main cylindrical body; and - a mechanism for positioning a ring on an attachment rod, the positioning mechanism comprising at least one receiving finger suitable for extending at least partially into the distribution outlet of the cylinder. - a cylinder for storing a plurality of rings to be crimped, said cylinder comprising a base body comprising a distribution outlet, a main cylindrical body mounted so that it can rotate along a cylinder axis relative to said base in a plurality of angular positions, said main cylindrical body comprising a plurality of sheaths which are parallel one to another and each suitable for accommodating a plurality of rings, each sheath being arranged so as to lead to said distribution outlet of said base body for a predetermined angular position of said main cylindrical body; and - a mechanism for positioning a ring on an attachment rod, the positioning mechanism comprising at least one receiving finger suitable for extending at least partially into the distribution outlet of the cylinder.
A method of wireless communication comprising: receiving a scheduling message on a first channel, the scheduling message comprising a first uplink, UL, grant for the first channel and a second UL grant for a second channel; performing a first channel clearance procedure on the first channel based at least in part on receiving the scheduling message on the first channel; and performing a second channel clearance procedure on the second channel different than the first channel clearance procedure based at least in part on determining that the scheduling message has not been received on the second channel. receiving a scheduling message on a first channel, the scheduling message comprising a first uplink, UL, grant for the first channel and a second UL grant for a second channel; performing a first channel clearance procedure on the first channel based at least in part on receiving the scheduling message on the first channel; and performing a second channel clearance procedure on the second channel different than the first channel clearance procedure based at least in part on determining that the scheduling message has not been received on the second channel.
Optical sensor for detecting objects within a protection field, comprising an illuminating unit producing a line of light and at least one camera, which is associated with the illuminating unit and forms a receiver, at a first edge of the protection field, a reflector arranged at a second edge of the protection field and an evaluating unit in which an object detection signal is generated in dependence on received signals of the at least one camera, characterised in that the reflector has a reflector pattern of mirroring reflective segments and light-absorbing segments, that when the protection field is free the line of light is produced by the illuminating unit on the reflector pattern of the reflector and the light of the line of light is conducted to the at least one camera by the mirroring reflective segments, that the at least one camera has a viewing range covering at least a part of the protection field, that a reflective object within the viewing range is detected by light of the illuminating unit reflected at the object being conducted directly to the at least one camera, that a non-reflective object within the viewing range is detected by the line of light of the illuminating unit being interrupted by this object so that light is no longer conducted to the at least one camera from all mirroring reflective segments of the reflector, and that a reflective or non-reflective object arranged outside the viewing range, but within the protection field, is detected by the line of light of the illuminating unit being interrupted by this object so that light is no longer conducted to the at least one camera from all mirroring reflective segments of the reflector.