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A method for forming dual work function gate electrodes in a semiconductor device formed on a substrate, comprising: providing a dielectric layer outwardly of the substrate; forming a metal layer directly on the dielectric layer; forming a silicon-germanium layer outwardly of the metal layer; removing a first portion of the silicon-germanium layer to expose a first portion of the metal layer, with a second portion of the silicon-germanium layer remaining over a second portion of the metal layer; forming by an anneal process a silicon-germanium metal compound layer from the second portion of the silicon-germanium layer and the second portion of the metal layer, the silicon-germanium metal compound layer being formed directly on the dielectric layer; forming a first gate electrode having a first work function, the first gate electrode comprising the first portion of the metal layer; and forming a second gate electrode having a second work function that is different from the first work function, the second gate electrode comprising the silicon-germanium metal compound layer. providing a dielectric layer outwardly of the substrate; forming a metal layer directly on the dielectric layer; forming a silicon-germanium layer outwardly of the metal layer; removing a first portion of the silicon-germanium layer to expose a first portion of the metal layer, with a second portion of the silicon-germanium layer remaining over a second portion of the metal layer; forming by an anneal process a silicon-germanium metal compound layer from the second portion of the silicon-germanium layer and the second portion of the metal layer, the silicon-germanium metal compound layer being formed directly on the dielectric layer; forming a first gate electrode having a first work function, the first gate electrode comprising the first portion of the metal layer; and forming a second gate electrode having a second work function that is different from the first work function, the second gate electrode comprising the silicon-germanium metal compound layer.
A container for an aerosol-generating device, comprising: a first section comprising a first compartment, the first compartment being sealed and tubular, and comprising a nicotine source; a second section comprising a second compartment, the second compartment being sealed and tubular, and comprising a delivery enhancing compound; and a transfer section arranged between the first compartment and the second compartment, and wherein, at least one of the first section and the second section comprises a recessed end, and wherein the transfer section is formed by the recess when one end of the first section abuts one end of the second section. a first section comprising a first compartment, the first compartment being sealed and tubular, and comprising a nicotine source; a second section comprising a second compartment, the second compartment being sealed and tubular, and comprising a delivery enhancing compound; and a transfer section arranged between the first compartment and the second compartment, and wherein, at least one of the first section and the second section comprises a recessed end, and wherein the transfer section is formed by the recess when one end of the first section abuts one end of the second section.
A method of distinguishing input signals detected by a mobile terminal, the method comprising: detecting (S505, S515) a proximity signal and a touch signal inputted at a location of a specific menu icon, wherein a first vibration signal is associated with the proximity signal and a second vibration signal is associated with the touch signal; determining a first location through which the proximity signal is inputted and a second location through which the touch signal is inputted; characterized by further comprising the steps of: sequentially outputting (S510, S520) by a haptic module of the mobile terminal, the first vibration signal and a third vibration signal that is a combination of the first and second vibration signals in response to determining that the first and second locations are the same; wherein the third vibration signal results from an addition or subtraction of the first and second vibration signals, wherein a combination method of the first and second vibration signals by addition or subtraction is automatically determined by a controller according to an analyzed signal; and sequentially outputting (S510, S530) the first and second vibration signals in response to determining that the first and second locations are different. detecting (S505, S515) a proximity signal and a touch signal inputted at a location of a specific menu icon, wherein a first vibration signal is associated with the proximity signal and a second vibration signal is associated with the touch signal; determining a first location through which the proximity signal is inputted and a second location through which the touch signal is inputted; characterized by further comprising the steps of: sequentially outputting (S510, S520) by a haptic module of the mobile terminal, the first vibration signal and a third vibration signal that is a combination of the first and second vibration signals in response to determining that the first and second locations are the same; wherein the third vibration signal results from an addition or subtraction of the first and second vibration signals, wherein a combination method of the first and second vibration signals by addition or subtraction is automatically determined by a controller according to an analyzed signal; and sequentially outputting (S510, S530) the first and second vibration signals in response to determining that the first and second locations are different. sequentially outputting (S510, S520) by a haptic module of the mobile terminal, the first vibration signal and a third vibration signal that is a combination of the first and second vibration signals in response to determining that the first and second locations are the same; wherein the third vibration signal results from an addition or subtraction of the first and second vibration signals, wherein a combination method of the first and second vibration signals by addition or subtraction is automatically determined by a controller according to an analyzed signal; and sequentially outputting (S510, S530) the first and second vibration signals in response to determining that the first and second locations are different.
A vehicle lamp (101L, 101R) comprising: a first light source that emits light for low-beam light distribution; a lens arranged in a front side of the first light source; a shade that is arranged between the first light source and the lens and forms a cut-offline of a low-beam light distribution pattern; a reflector that reflects light from the first light source towards the lens; and a second light source that is arranged between the first light source and the lens and emits light for high-beam additional light distribution, characterized in that a rear focal point of the lens is located more to a front side than a second focal point of the reflector which is on a front side of the first light source, and a lens optical axis of the lens is inclined forward and obliquely downward with respect to a lamp optical axis of the lamp on which the rear focal point and the second focal point are located. a first light source that emits light for low-beam light distribution; a lens arranged in a front side of the first light source; a shade that is arranged between the first light source and the lens and forms a cut-offline of a low-beam light distribution pattern; a reflector that reflects light from the first light source towards the lens; and a second light source that is arranged between the first light source and the lens and emits light for high-beam additional light distribution, characterized in that a rear focal point of the lens is located more to a front side than a second focal point of the reflector which is on a front side of the first light source, and a lens optical axis of the lens is inclined forward and obliquely downward with respect to a lamp optical axis of the lamp on which the rear focal point and the second focal point are located.
A sensor device for detecting flowable media (3, 3'), in particular in the form of fluids which can be received in pressure devices such as pressure containers or pressure lines, said sensor device having at least one sensor element which has an oscillation device which is excited to produce oscillations under the influence of a magnetic field of a field generation device, and the oscillation behaviour of which oscillations changes upon the influx of the respective medium, the change being able to be detected by a measuring and evaluation device (19, 27), the field generation device being formed by a magnet device and the measuring device being formed by at least one electromagnetic coil, the magnetic flux of which, in addition to an electrical voltage in the coil, is influenced by the oscillations of the sensor element when said sensor element is excited, and the oscillation device having a metal tongue, characterised in that the oscillation device of the sensor element is formed in the manner of a reed switch or reed contact, the reed switch or reed contact being formed from at least two elastic metal tongues (35, 35') which move away from one another as the field strength of the magnet device decreases and are thus excited to produce oscillations, at least one oscillation characteristic, which can be detected by means of the measuring and evaluation device (19, 27), changing upon the influx of the medium (3, 3').
A heat exchanger for cooling a fluid, with an accumulator, a housing and a tube formed into a coil, wherein between the accumulator and the housing, a gap is formed in which the tube formed into a coil is arranged, wherein between the housing and the coil, a frictional connection is formed, characterised in that the frictional connection is created via a plastic deformation of the housing.
Method for checking workpieces, in particular vehicle bodies, the method comprising the following: - ascertaining one or more workpiece parameters of the workpieces to be checked and/or one or more facility parameters of a treatment facility for treating the workpieces to be checked; - processing and/or compiling the one or more workpiece parameters and/or the one or more facility parameters, a workpiece-specific data set being created for each workpiece, characterized in that after one or more treatment steps have been carried out in one or more treatment stations, the workpieces are supplied to one or more post-treatment stations, depending on the content of the corresponding workpiece-specific data record, in that the workpiece-specific data sets of the workpieces are modified and/or supplemented during and/or after the post-treatment, in particular with workpiece parameters which relate to carrying out the post-treatment, and/or with facility parameters which relate to one or more post-treatment stations, and/or with treatment result parameters which are obtained in a treatment-specific and/or workpiece-specific manner due to the post-treatment, and in that after one or more post-treatment steps have been carried out, the workpieces are supplied to one or more further post-treatment stations, depending on the modified and/or supplemented content of the corresponding workpiece-specific data set. - ascertaining one or more workpiece parameters of the workpieces to be checked and/or one or more facility parameters of a treatment facility for treating the workpieces to be checked; - processing and/or compiling the one or more workpiece parameters and/or the one or more facility parameters, a workpiece-specific data set being created for each workpiece, after one or more treatment steps have been carried out in one or more treatment stations, the workpieces are supplied to one or more post-treatment stations, depending on the content of the corresponding workpiece-specific data record, in that the workpiece-specific data sets of the workpieces are modified and/or supplemented during and/or after the post-treatment, in particular with workpiece parameters which relate to carrying out the post-treatment, and/or with facility parameters which relate to one or more post-treatment stations, and/or with treatment result parameters which are obtained in a treatment-specific and/or workpiece-specific manner due to the post-treatment, and in that after one or more post-treatment steps have been carried out, the workpieces are supplied to one or more further post-treatment stations, depending on the modified and/or supplemented content of the corresponding workpiece-specific data set.
A servo system comprising: a host apparatus; and a plurality of servo amplifiers, the host apparatus and the plurality of servo amplifiers transmitting and receiving a communication signal, each of the servo amplifiers including a servo computation unit configured to perform servo computation processing for each servo computation period (Tsv), a communication unit configured to transmit and receive the communication signal, a storage unit configured to save servo computation information in the servo computation processing as history data, and a trigger processor configured to set, in advance, a save stop condition for stopping saving the history data, determine, for each servo computation period (Tsv), whether the save stop condition is matched, and notify, when the save stop condition is matched, the communication unit of a determination result indicating detection of a trigger as a trigger detection flag (Ftr), wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit a communication response (Crsp) including the trigger detection flag (Ftr) to the host apparatus, each of the servo amplifiers is configured to acquire the communication responses (Crsp) transmitted from other servo amplifiers other than the servo amplifier itself, the trigger processor is configured to determine, based on the trigger detection flag (Ftr) included in the communication response (Crsp) transmitted via the other servo amplifiers, whether another servo amplifier has detected the trigger. each of the servo amplifiers including a servo computation unit configured to perform servo computation processing for each servo computation period (Tsv), a communication unit configured to transmit and receive the communication signal, a storage unit configured to save servo computation information in the servo computation processing as history data, and a trigger processor configured to set, in advance, a save stop condition for stopping saving the history data, determine, for each servo computation period (Tsv), whether the save stop condition is matched, and notify, when the save stop condition is matched, the communication unit of a determination result indicating detection of a trigger as a trigger detection flag (Ftr), wherein the communication unit is configured to transmit a communication response (Crsp) including the trigger detection flag (Ftr) to the host apparatus, each of the servo amplifiers is configured to acquire the communication responses (Crsp) transmitted from other servo amplifiers other than the servo amplifier itself, the trigger processor is configured to determine, based on the trigger detection flag (Ftr) included in the communication response (Crsp) transmitted via the other servo amplifiers, whether another servo amplifier has detected the trigger.
A measurement method for measuring the temperature of water, the method being performed at least in part in a meter and comprising the steps of: ▪ causing an emitter transducer of the meter to emit an ultrasonic measurement signal, and acquiring an electrical measurement signal (Sm) produced by a receiver transducer of the meter when it receives the ultrasonic measurement signal after the ultrasonic measurement signal has travelled along a path of defined length in the water; characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: ▪ measuring a speed of the ultrasonic measurement signal in the water; ▪ measuring a level of the electrical measurement signal (Sm); ▪ using the level of the electrical measurement signal to determine whether the temperature of the water is less than or greater than an inflection temperature corresponding to a point of inflection in a curve plotting the speed of sound in water as a function of the temperature of the water; ▪ estimating the temperature of the water from the speed of the ultrasonic measurement signal by using a first formula if the temperature of the water is less than the inflection temperature, and by using a second formula if the temperature of the water is greater than the inflection temperature. ▪ causing an emitter transducer of the meter to emit an ultrasonic measurement signal, and acquiring an electrical measurement signal (Sm) produced by a receiver transducer of the meter when it receives the ultrasonic measurement signal after the ultrasonic measurement signal has travelled along a path of defined length in the water; characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: ▪ measuring a speed of the ultrasonic measurement signal in the water; ▪ measuring a level of the electrical measurement signal (Sm); ▪ using the level of the electrical measurement signal to determine whether the temperature of the water is less than or greater than an inflection temperature corresponding to a point of inflection in a curve plotting the speed of sound in water as a function of the temperature of the water; ▪ estimating the temperature of the water from the speed of the ultrasonic measurement signal by using a first formula if the temperature of the water is less than the inflection temperature, and by using a second formula if the temperature of the water is greater than the inflection temperature. ▪ measuring a speed of the ultrasonic measurement signal in the water; ▪ measuring a level of the electrical measurement signal (Sm); ▪ using the level of the electrical measurement signal to determine whether the temperature of the water is less than or greater than an inflection temperature corresponding to a point of inflection in a curve plotting the speed of sound in water as a function of the temperature of the water; ▪ estimating the temperature of the water from the speed of the ultrasonic measurement signal by using a first formula if the temperature of the water is less than the inflection temperature, and by using a second formula if the temperature of the water is greater than the inflection temperature.
An apparatus for coupling and tipping in air a container or a moveable case in order to unload its content, comprising an upper frame coupled to lifting means and a lower frame coupled to a container, wherein the two frames (2, 3) are connected to each other by means of hinges at one end and by means of a piston device at the other end, the piston device being capable of separating the two frames (2, 3) by a given angle between a closed resting position and an open working position, characterized in that it comprises opening means of a pivoting door of a container at one end of the lower frame opposite to the end of the hinges.
Columnar resin particles, each including filaments of a fibrous material, wherein the filaments of the fibrous material are aligned in an axial direction of each of the columnar resin particles, characterized in that the height of the resin particles is 5 μm or greater but 500 μm or less, measured as described in the description.
Method for controlling a battery, an alternator and the electrical connections thereof for a motor vehicle engine of the scooter type, the battery comprising two terminals, one positive and the other negative, and the alternator drawing a mechanical energy during the rotation of the engine by transforming it into an electrical energy supplying a current regulator arranged between the battery and the alternator by having, on the one side, a first and a second electrical connection respectively at the positive terminal and at the negative terminal of the battery and, on the other side, electrical connections with the alternator, the battery having a charge level and being electrically recharged by the alternator via the regulator, characterised in that the second electrical connection between the negative terminal of the battery and the regulator is interrupted during an effective engine torque demand above a predetermined torque value (CDESA) under the first condition that the thus effective voltage of the battery is greater than a predetermined minimum voltage, the second electrical connection being re-established for an engine torque demand below the predetermined value (CDESA).
A vacuum cleaner filter bag of a thermally weldable filter material, wherein a closed off interior of the vacuum cleaner filter bag is defined by the filter material, wherein the interior is closed at at least one side of the vacuum cleaner filter bag by means of a linearly running weld seam at which at least two layers of the filter material are welded to one another, wherein in the direction of the linear course, the weld seam alternately has welded and unwelded regions of the at least two layers, characterised in that the welded regions are dimensioned from 1.0 mm to 10.0 mm measured in the direction of the linear course, are dimensioned from 1.3 mm to 10.0 mm measured perpendicularly to the linear course and the unwelded regions are dimensioned from > 1.0 mm to 5.0 mm measured in the direction of the linear course.
A method of winding and packaging wide wallpaper by winding the wallpaper on a cylindrically shaped winding and rotary device providing, during rotation, for the uniform winding of wallpaper thereon, forming a roll consisting of successive wraps overlapped one over another, characterized in that the winding and rotary device is made in the form of a hollow closed cylindrical tube of flexible material, equipped with a valve, through which air is pumped inside the tube to form its cylindrical shape; the wallpaper edge is fixed along the length of the pumped cylindrical tube and the wallpaper is wound onto the tube until a roll of the required length is obtained; air is released from the tube through the valve until a flat structure is obtained in the form of wallpaper layers with a tube placed inside; the resulting flat structure is laid in several layers for packaging in containers for transportation or storage with the possibility of subsequent pumping of the tube to a cylindrical shape.
An inflatable sports equipment, preferably for water sports, comprising a board which can be inflated by means of a pump unit with a compressor with a gaseous medium, preferably air, wherein the pump unit is integrated with the compressor in the board, wherein the pump unit comprises the compressor and driving units (8, 9, 11) which are jointly provided in a housing which are removable from or insertable into the board and can be fastened therein, characterized in that the pump unit is provided with an inlet and outlet valve arranged in the housing for manual or automatic feeding or discharging of the medium inside the board, wherein the board is provided with a support box, preferably made of plastic material, for receiving the housing with the pump unit, wherein at least one opening extending between the upper and lower outer walls (2, 3) of the board is provided in the board for receiving the support box, the latter in the installed state being glued or welded into the upper and lower outer walls (2, 3) and/or a wall (4a, 4b) lying in the interior of the board between the upper and lower outer walls, wherein the inlet and outlet valve of the pump unit is provided with a mouthpiece which projects into an air chamber of the wall (4a, 4b) of the board and is fastened on the one hand to the support box for the pump unit and, on the other hand, is fastened in an airtight manner into the wall (4a, 4b).