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A diamond sintered compact that has a cemented carbide substrate and a sintered diamond layer and that is obtained by sintering diamond grains and a binder on the cemented carbide substrate, wherein the sintered diamond layer comprises a main diamond layer and a cobalt-rich diamond layer that is disposed between the main diamond layer and the cemented carbide sUbstrate and that has a higher cobalt content than the main diamond layer, characterised in that the main diamond layer has a residual compressive stress of 1.5 GPa to 3 GPa.
A method to prepare a polylactic acid comprising the steps of: (i) performing a ring opening polymerization using a catalyst and either a catalyst killer compound or an endcapping additive to obtain a raw polylactic acid of MW greater than 10,000 g/mol, (ii) purifying the raw polylactic acid by removing and separating low boiling compounds comprising lactide and impurities from the raw polylactic acid by devolatization of the low boiling compounds as a gas phase stream, wherein the devolatization operates under a lactide partial pressure of less than 20 mbar, preferably less than 10 mbar, particularly preferred less than 5 mbar, (iii) purifying the lactide from the devolatization and removing the impurities from the gas phase stream of evaporated low boiling compounds by means of crystallization by desublimation from the gas phase, wherein the lactide is purified and the removed impurities include a catalyst residue and a compound containing at least one hydroxyl group such that the purified lactide is then polymerized by feeding it back into the ring opening polymerization. (i) performing a ring opening polymerization using a catalyst and either a catalyst killer compound or an endcapping additive to obtain a raw polylactic acid of MW greater than 10,000 g/mol, (ii) purifying the raw polylactic acid by removing and separating low boiling compounds comprising lactide and impurities from the raw polylactic acid by devolatization of the low boiling compounds as a gas phase stream, wherein the devolatization operates under a lactide partial pressure of less than 20 mbar, preferably less than 10 mbar, particularly preferred less than 5 mbar, (iii) purifying the lactide from the devolatization and removing the impurities from the gas phase stream of evaporated low boiling compounds by means of crystallization by desublimation from the gas phase, wherein the lactide is purified and the removed impurities include a catalyst residue and a compound containing at least one hydroxyl group such that the purified lactide is then polymerized by feeding it back into the ring opening polymerization.
Method for monitoring an image sensor, wherein the image sensor has a communication interface for communicating with an external monitoring unit, wherein the method comprises the following steps: reading a request signal generated by the monitoring unit via the communication interface; modifying an image that is generated by the image sensor and comprises a first part representing an actual image content and a second part representing a test pattern, wherein the second part is modified using the request signal in order to obtain a modified test pattern; and outputting the modified test pattern to the communication interface to enable the monitoring unit to evaluate the modified test pattern. reading a request signal generated by the monitoring unit via the communication interface; modifying an image that is generated by the image sensor and comprises a first part representing an actual image content and a second part representing a test pattern, wherein the second part is modified using the request signal in order to obtain a modified test pattern; and outputting the modified test pattern to the communication interface to enable the monitoring unit to evaluate the modified test pattern.
A modular current interrupt device for a battery, comprising: a) an electrically-conductive rupture disc; b) an electrically-conductive pressure disc attached to the rupture disc to form an electrical pathway; c) an electrically-insulating ring partitioning a perimeter of the rupture disc from a perimeter of the pressure disc; and d) a seating element, the seating element securing the electrically-insulating ring to the pressure disc, wherein the seating element is electrically conductive and electrically connected to the pressure disc; and wherein the rupture disc and the electrically-insulating ring together define a conduit, whereby exposure of one side of the pressure disc to sufficient force through the conduit will cause the pressure disc to separate from the rupture disc to thereby sever the electrical pathway. a) an electrically-conductive rupture disc; b) an electrically-conductive pressure disc attached to the rupture disc to form an electrical pathway; c) an electrically-insulating ring partitioning a perimeter of the rupture disc from a perimeter of the pressure disc; and d) a seating element, the seating element securing the electrically-insulating ring to the pressure disc, wherein the seating element is electrically conductive and electrically connected to the pressure disc; and
A hearing assistance for use by a listener having an ear canal, comprising: a microphone configured to receive input sounds and produce an input signal representing the input sounds; a speaker configured to receive an output signal and produce output sounds based on the output signal; and a processing circuit coupled between the microphone and the speaker, the processing circuit configured to process the input signal to produce the output signal and including: a rectifier (212, 312) configured to rectify the input signal; a threshold envelope generator (214, 314) configured to generate a threshold signal being an envelope of the rectified input signal; an accumulator (218, 318) configured to produce an accumulator value by accumulating a difference between an amplitude of the rectified input signal and an amplitude of the threshold signal; a normalizer (220, 320) configured to normalize the accumulator value using the rectified input signal; a gain calculator (222, 322) configured to determine an applied gain using the normalized accumulator value; and an amplifier (224, 324) configured to produce the output signal by applying the applied gain to the input signal. a microphone configured to receive input sounds and produce an input signal representing the input sounds; a speaker configured to receive an output signal and produce output sounds based on the output signal; and a processing circuit coupled between the microphone and the speaker, the processing circuit configured to process the input signal to produce the output signal and including: a rectifier (212, 312) configured to rectify the input signal; a threshold envelope generator (214, 314) configured to generate a threshold signal being an envelope of the rectified input signal; an accumulator (218, 318) configured to produce an accumulator value by accumulating a difference between an amplitude of the rectified input signal and an amplitude of the threshold signal; a normalizer (220, 320) configured to normalize the accumulator value using the rectified input signal; a gain calculator (222, 322) configured to determine an applied gain using the normalized accumulator value; and an amplifier (224, 324) configured to produce the output signal by applying the applied gain to the input signal. a rectifier (212, 312) configured to rectify the input signal; a threshold envelope generator (214, 314) configured to generate a threshold signal being an envelope of the rectified input signal; an accumulator (218, 318) configured to produce an accumulator value by accumulating a difference between an amplitude of the rectified input signal and an amplitude of the threshold signal; a normalizer (220, 320) configured to normalize the accumulator value using the rectified input signal; a gain calculator (222, 322) configured to determine an applied gain using the normalized accumulator value; and an amplifier (224, 324) configured to produce the output signal by applying the applied gain to the input signal.
A surface-mountable semiconductor arrangement comprising - a mounting side, - at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip having mutually opposite chip top and chip bottom sides, - an at least partially radiation-transmissive body having a body underside on which the semiconductor chip is arranged such that the chip top side faces the body underside, wherein the semiconductor chip has a square base area, - an at least partially radiation-transmissive adhesive connection via which the semiconductor chip and the body are connected to one another, wherein the chip bottom side is free of the adhesive connection, and - at least two electrical connection points for electrically contacting the semiconductor arrangement, wherein the body comprises a recess on the body underside in which recess the at least one semiconductor chip is located, wherein the connection points do not project laterally beyond the body and limit the semiconductor arrangement on its mounting side with their side facing away from the semiconductor chip, characterized in that a lateral extent of the body deviates by less than 40% from a lateral extent of the semiconductor chip, and the radiation-transmissive body has a rectangular cross section and surrounds the semiconductor chip laterally on only two mutually opposite side surfaces. - a mounting side, - at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip having mutually opposite chip top and chip bottom sides, - an at least partially radiation-transmissive body having a body underside on which the semiconductor chip is arranged such that the chip top side faces the body underside, wherein the semiconductor chip has a square base area, - an at least partially radiation-transmissive adhesive connection via which the semiconductor chip and the body are connected to one another, wherein the chip bottom side is free of the adhesive connection, and - at least two electrical connection points for electrically contacting the semiconductor arrangement, wherein the body comprises a recess on the body underside in which recess the at least one semiconductor chip is located,
Display device (1000, 2101), comprising a display (130, 2130) and a device (101,2101), wherein the device (101,2101) comprises a first disk-shaped element and a second disk-shaped element and a coating introduced between said first disk-shaped element and said second disk-shaped element, wherein the at least first disk-shaped element and the at least second disk-shaped element form a composite and the space between the first disk-shaped element and the second disk-shaped element is filled with a filler material and the coating is an IR-reflecting coating applied to the first and/or second element and/or the filler material in the form of foils, characterized in that the device further comprises adaptation layers (23.1, 23.2) in the form of oxidic and/or conductive oxidic layers which are arranged between the first and second disk-shaped elements and the at least one IR-reflective coating, and whose refractive index steps and layer thicknesses are selected such that the reflectivity R vis in the visible spectral range from 380nm to 780nm of the device is <2%, in particular <1%, and the device is configured such that the IR reflectivity of the device is in the range of 45% to 95%, in particular in the range of 50% to 80%, and the first and/or the second disk-shaped element comprises an anti-reflection coating, in particular in the visible wavelength range, wherein the anti-reflection coating is arranged on one or more of the following surfaces: - an outer side of the first disk-shaped element; - an outer side of the second disk-shaped element, so that the layer system has a contrast T vis /R vis in the range of 20 to 60 at normal light D 65 with high IR solar reflection and low IR transmission. - an outer side of the first disk-shaped element; - an outer side of the second disk-shaped element, so that the layer system has a contrast T vis /R vis in the range of 20 to 60 at normal light D 65 with high IR solar reflection and low IR transmission.
A system for producing dihydrogen comprising: - an electrolyser suitable for implementing water electrolysis and producing dioxygen and dihydrogen; - a dihydrogen compressor; - a dihydrogen cooler; - a main circuit of dihydrogen from the electrolyser, on which at least the compressor and the cooler are successively arranged; - an auxiliary circuit of dioxygen and residual water vapour from the electrolyser, the system being characterised in that: - it further comprises a condenser of said residual vapour; - the cooler comprises an expander, an exchanger and a heat storage module (42a, 42b); the condenser, the expander and the exchanger being successively arranged on the auxiliary circuit, the exchanger operating heat exchange between the dihydrogen compressed by the compressor, the dioxygen expanded by the expander and the heat storage module (42a, 42b). - an electrolyser suitable for implementing water electrolysis and producing dioxygen and dihydrogen; - a dihydrogen compressor; - a dihydrogen cooler; - a main circuit of dihydrogen from the electrolyser, on which at least the compressor and the cooler are successively arranged; - an auxiliary circuit of dioxygen and residual water vapour from the electrolyser, - it further comprises a condenser of said residual vapour; - the cooler comprises an expander, an exchanger and a heat storage module (42a, 42b);
An optical coherence tomography system (150, 150') comprising: a light source (152, 152'); an interferometric system (160, 160') optically coupled with the light source and including at least one movable scanning mirror (170, 170', 176); and a processor and memory coupled with the interferometric system, the processor being configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to: cause the at least one movable scanning mirror to scan a first portion of the plurality of points in the sample according to a first pattern based on a Lissajous curve (250, 250', 252, 254); characterised in that the processor is furthermore configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to: cause the at least one movable scanning mirror to scan a second portion of the plurality of points in the sample according to a second pattern based on a hypotrochoid or epitrochoid curve; and switch from the first pattern to the second pattern or from the second pattern to the first pattern at a location where the first and second patterns overlap. a light source (152, 152'); an interferometric system (160, 160') optically coupled with the light source and including at least one movable scanning mirror (170, 170', 176); and a processor and memory coupled with the interferometric system, the processor being configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to: cause the at least one movable scanning mirror to scan a first portion of the plurality of points in the sample according to a first pattern based on a Lissajous curve (250, 250', 252, 254); characterised in that the processor is furthermore configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to: cause the at least one movable scanning mirror to scan a second portion of the plurality of points in the sample according to a second pattern based on a hypotrochoid or epitrochoid curve; and switch from the first pattern to the second pattern or from the second pattern to the first pattern at a location where the first and second patterns overlap. cause the at least one movable scanning mirror to scan a first portion of the plurality of points in the sample according to a first pattern based on a Lissajous curve (250, 250', 252, 254); characterised in that the processor is furthermore configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to: cause the at least one movable scanning mirror to scan a second portion of the plurality of points in the sample according to a second pattern based on a hypotrochoid or epitrochoid curve; and switch from the first pattern to the second pattern or from the second pattern to the first pattern at a location where the first and second patterns overlap. cause the at least one movable scanning mirror to scan a second portion of the plurality of points in the sample according to a second pattern based on a hypotrochoid or epitrochoid curve; and switch from the first pattern to the second pattern or from the second pattern to the first pattern at a location where the first and second patterns overlap.
A dynamic eyepiece for projecting an image to an eye of a viewer, the dynamic eyepiece comprising: a waveguide layer (404, 606, 610, 618, 702, 708, 810, 902, 908, 1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1308, 1402, 1412, 1502, 1626, 1628, 1630, 1730, 1910, 2010, 2020, 2030, 2110, 2112, 2720, 2730, 2740) having an input surface, an output surface opposing the input surface, and a periphery, wherein the waveguide layer is configured to propagate light therein; and a mechanical structure (602, 604, 614, 616) in contact with at least a portion of the periphery of the waveguide layer, wherein the mechanical structure (602, 604, 614, 616) is operable to: apply a first mechanical force to the at least a portion of the periphery of the waveguide layer to impose a first surface profile on the output surface of the waveguide layer; and apply a second mechanical force to the at least a portion of the periphery of the waveguide layer to impose a second surface profile different from the first surface profile on the output surface of the waveguide layer. a waveguide layer (404, 606, 610, 618, 702, 708, 810, 902, 908, 1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1308, 1402, 1412, 1502, 1626, 1628, 1630, 1730, 1910, 2010, 2020, 2030, 2110, 2112, 2720, 2730, 2740) having an input surface, an output surface opposing the input surface, and a periphery, wherein the waveguide layer is configured to propagate light therein; and a mechanical structure (602, 604, 614, 616) in contact with at least a portion of the periphery of the waveguide layer, wherein the mechanical structure (602, 604, 614, 616) is operable to: apply a first mechanical force to the at least a portion of the periphery of the waveguide layer to impose a first surface profile on the output surface of the waveguide layer; and apply a second mechanical force to the at least a portion of the periphery of the waveguide layer to impose a second surface profile different from the first surface profile on the output surface of the waveguide layer. apply a first mechanical force to the at least a portion of the periphery of the waveguide layer to impose a first surface profile on the output surface of the waveguide layer; and apply a second mechanical force to the at least a portion of the periphery of the waveguide layer to impose a second surface profile different from the first surface profile on the output surface of the waveguide layer.
An electrophotographic photosensitive drum unit usable with a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the main assembly including a driving shaft to be driven by a motor, having a rotational force applying portion, wherein said electrophotographic drum unit is dismountable from the main assembly in a dismounting direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the driving shaft, said electrophotographic drum unit comprising: i) an electrophotographic photosensitive drum having a photosensitive layer at a peripheral surface thereof, said electrophotographic photosensitive drum being rotatable about an axis thereof; ii) a coupling member rotatable about an axis thereof, engageable with the driving shaft to receive a rotational force, from the rotational force applying portion, for rotating said electrophotographic photosensitive drum, wherein said coupling member is provided at an axial end of said electrophotographic photosensitive drum such that said coupling member is capable of moving in a direction of the axis of said coupling member and capable of pivoting, wherein said electrophotographic drum unit is adapted such that when said electrophotographic drum unit is dismounted from the main assembly in the dismounting direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of said electrophotographic photosensitive drum, said coupling member pivots while retracting toward the direction of the axis of said coupling member so as to move from a rotational force transmitting angular position to a disengaging angular position. i) an electrophotographic photosensitive drum having a photosensitive layer at a peripheral surface thereof, said electrophotographic photosensitive drum being rotatable about an axis thereof; ii) a coupling member rotatable about an axis thereof, engageable with the driving shaft to receive a rotational force, from the rotational force applying portion, for rotating said electrophotographic photosensitive drum, wherein said coupling member is provided at an axial end of said electrophotographic photosensitive drum such that said coupling member is capable of moving in a direction of the axis of said coupling member and capable of pivoting,
A method for feeding notes of value to a device for handling notes of value, in particular to an automated teller machine or a cash register system, in which the notes of value are manually fed to the cash cassette via an opening during filling, a cover of the cash cassette for closing the opening is closed, the cash cassette is rotated such that that side which was arranged at the bottom during the filling of the cash cassette is arranged at the top, and in which the cash cassette is subsequently inserted into the device for handling notes of value in this rotated orientation, wherein in the device for handling notes of value, the notes of value are automatically removed from the cash cassette via another opening of the cash cassette by means of a separating module of the device, and wherein the opening for the manual filling and the opening for the automatic removal are provided on the same side of the cash cassette.