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A method comprising: powering a circuit with a plurality of power supply phases; and monitoring thermal properties of the plurality of power supply phases; responsive to the thermal properties indicating at least one of the plurality of power supply phases exceeds a thermal threshold, selecting a dormant power supply phase to operationally replace the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases; enabling the selected dormant power supply phase and disabling the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases; and responsive to disabling the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases, placing the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases into a pool of dormant power supply phases from which the dormant power supply phase is selected. powering a circuit with a plurality of power supply phases; and monitoring thermal properties of the plurality of power supply phases; responsive to the thermal properties indicating at least one of the plurality of power supply phases exceeds a thermal threshold, selecting a dormant power supply phase to operationally replace the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases; enabling the selected dormant power supply phase and disabling the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases; and responsive to disabling the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases, placing the at least one of the plurality of power supply phases into a pool of dormant power supply phases from which the dormant power supply phase is selected.
A polycrystalline diamond compact, comprising: a polycrystalline diamond material comprising a plurality of grains of diamond (106, 108) bonded to one another by inter-granular bonds; and a structurally ordered intermetallic gamma prime (γ') or κ-carbide phase disposed within interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded diamond grains (106, 108), the structurally ordered intermetallic gamma prime (y') or κ-carbide phase comprising: a Group VIII metal selected from iron, cobalt, or nickel; aluminum; and a stabilizer comprising carbon. a polycrystalline diamond material comprising a plurality of grains of diamond (106, 108) bonded to one another by inter-granular bonds; and a structurally ordered intermetallic gamma prime (γ') or κ-carbide phase disposed within interstitial spaces between the inter-bonded diamond grains (106, 108), the structurally ordered intermetallic gamma prime (y') or κ-carbide phase comprising: a Group VIII metal selected from iron, cobalt, or nickel; aluminum; and a stabilizer comprising carbon. a Group VIII metal selected from iron, cobalt, or nickel; aluminum; and a stabilizer comprising carbon.
A method of applying a coating applied to at least part of the surface of an article, said coating being conductive and corrosion resistant, the method comprising applying a layer including a transition metal applied to the said surface of the article and applying a material to said layer which is substantially carbon based with a graphite microcrystalline structure said article is electrically conductive and the said coating is applied using apparatus including a chamber in which the article is held with an electrical bias on a carrier, and at least one magnetron with a target of the material which is sputter deposited onto the article such as to allow the article with the coating thereon to continue to be electrically conductive when placed in a corrosive medium, and a power supply is connected to the at least one magnetron to cause the sputter deposition of material therefrom and characterised in that the level of the power supply is increased during the sputter application of the material to form the coating on the article and there is at least a phase during the sputter application in which the current of the power supply is increased at a greater rate than the voltage of the power supply.
An article comprising: a thermoplastic polymer skin layer having opposite first and second major surfaces; a barrier stack coated on the first major surface of the thermoplastic polymer skin layer, the thermoplastic polymer skin layer and the barrier stack forming an integral protective layer, the integral protective layer having a thickness no greater than 12.7 micrometers; and a removable carrier film having a major surface releasably attached to the second major surface of the thermoplastic polymer skin layer, the removable carrier film being configured to support the integral protective layer, wherein the attachment of the barrier stack to the thermoplastic polymer skin layer is substantially stronger than the attachment of the removable carrier film to the thermoplastic polymer skin layer such that the integral protective layer tends to delaminate along a delamination surface corresponding to the interface between the removable carrier film and the thermoplastic polymer skin layer. a thermoplastic polymer skin layer having opposite first and second major surfaces; a barrier stack coated on the first major surface of the thermoplastic polymer skin layer, the thermoplastic polymer skin layer and the barrier stack forming an integral protective layer, the integral protective layer having a thickness no greater than 12.7 micrometers; and a removable carrier film having a major surface releasably attached to the second major surface of the thermoplastic polymer skin layer, the removable carrier film being configured to support the integral protective layer, wherein the attachment of the barrier stack to the thermoplastic polymer skin layer is substantially stronger than the attachment of the removable carrier film to the thermoplastic polymer skin layer such that the integral protective layer tends to delaminate along a delamination surface corresponding to the interface between the removable carrier film and the thermoplastic polymer skin layer.
A method for updating firmware of devices such as automation devices or energy management devices, comprising the method steps of - providing at least one firmware file; - loading the at least one firmware file into a loading tool; - providing of loading information for a loading process for transferring the firmware file into the device, wherein the loading information is saved hived-off the loading tool in at least one external data source; - loading the loading information into the loading tool; - connecting the loading tool to the device; and - starting the loading process for transferring the firmware file via a communication interface of the loading tool to the device, characterized in that the loading information is provided as firmware-specific loading information of the firmware file to be transferred and as device-specific loading information of the device to be uploaded and loaded by the loading tool from the at least one external data source, and that the firmware-specific loading information and the device-specific loading information is interpreted before the start of the loading process by the loading tool, wherein, by comparison of the firmware-specific loading information with the device-specific information a loading process is selected with compatible loading information supported by the device and the firmware file, and the communication interface of the loading tool corresponding to the matching loading information is established. - providing at least one firmware file; - loading the at least one firmware file into a loading tool; - providing of loading information for a loading process for transferring the firmware file into the device, wherein the loading information is saved hived-off the loading tool in at least one external data source; - loading the loading information into the loading tool; - connecting the loading tool to the device; and - starting the loading process for transferring the firmware file via a communication interface of the loading tool to the device,
A radiator that takes advantage of the heating medium flow and consists of tubular heating sections, which are firmly connected with two peripheral tubular connecting bars (2,3), while these tubular connecting bars (2,3) are connected with said tubular heating sections through holes, wherein each tubular connecting bar (2,3) is equipped with two bushings, the left tubular connecting bar with a left lower bushing and a left upper bushing, the right tubular connecting bar with a right lower bushing and a right upper bushing, characterized in that the radiator comprises a pipe as well as a nipple or plug, wherein the left tubular connecting bar and the right tubular connecting bar are linked by said pipe, while both its ends (6,7) overlap into tubular connecting bars (2,3) and are coaxial with both the left lower bushing and right lower bushing and are adjusted for said nipple or said plug to be screwed or mounted through the designated lower bushing or.
A method of recycling or processing layered packaging material, the method including admixing a polymer-metal composite obtained from or forming part of layered packaging material with a reactant selected to react with the metal of the polymer-metal composite at elevated temperatures, wherein the polymer-metal composite is a polymer-aluminium composite and wherein the reactant is a metal salt, an ammonium salt, or a metalloid-based material, selected to react with the aluminium to form an aluminium-containing compound; and reacting the polymer-aluminium composite with the reactant at an elevated reaction temperature in the range of about 200°C to about 800°C, either at pyrolytic conditions to subject the polymer of the polymer-aluminium composite to pyrolysis, or under combustion or incineration conditions to subject the polymer of the polymer-aluminium composite and any other non-metal layer of the layered packaging material that may be present, to combustion, to form an aluminium-containing compound and burning or driving off, at said elevated reaction temperature, the polymer of the polymer-aluminium composite and any other non-metal layer material of the layered packaging material that may be present. admixing a polymer-metal composite obtained from or forming part of layered packaging material with a reactant selected to react with the metal of the polymer-metal composite at elevated temperatures, wherein the polymer-metal composite is a polymer-aluminium composite and wherein the reactant is a metal salt, an ammonium salt, or a metalloid-based material, selected to react with the aluminium to form an aluminium-containing compound; and reacting the polymer-aluminium composite with the reactant at an elevated reaction temperature in the range of about 200°C to about 800°C, either at pyrolytic conditions to subject the polymer of the polymer-aluminium composite to pyrolysis, or under combustion or incineration conditions to subject the polymer of the polymer-aluminium composite and any other non-metal layer of the layered packaging material that may be present, to combustion, to form an aluminium-containing compound and burning or driving off, at said elevated reaction temperature, the polymer of the polymer-aluminium composite and any other non-metal layer material of the layered packaging material that may be present.
Electric machine, - wherein the electric machine has a housing, in which a stator is arranged and in which a rotor is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, - wherein the housing, viewed in the direction of the axis of rotation, extends from a front end to a rear end, - wherein the housing has either an air inlet opening in the vicinity of the front end and an air outlet opening in the vicinity of the rear end or an air inlet opening in the vicinity of the front end and the rear end respectively and an air outlet opening on a side parallel to the axis of rotation therebetween, - wherein the electric machine draws in air at the air inlet openings and expels the drawn-in air at the air outlet opening during operation, - wherein a cap is positioned on the side of the housing parallel to the axis of rotation, said cap covering the air inlet openings and the air outlet opening in the manner of a hood, such that the air expelled from the housing at the air outlet opening is fed back to the air inlet openings, characterised in that - tubes for a liquid cooling medium are arranged in the stator, by means of which the stator is directly cooled during operation, and - at least some of the tubes, viewed in the direction of the axis of rotation, project above the stator in the direction towards the front and the rear end (6, 7), so that they extract heat from the drawn-in air flowing inside the housing during operation. - wherein the electric machine has a housing, in which a stator is arranged and in which a rotor is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, - wherein the housing, viewed in the direction of the axis of rotation, extends from a front end to a rear end, - wherein the housing has either an air inlet opening in the vicinity of the front end and an air outlet opening in the vicinity of the rear end or an air inlet opening in the vicinity of the front end and the rear end respectively and an air outlet opening on a side parallel to the axis of rotation therebetween, - wherein the electric machine draws in air at the air inlet openings and expels the drawn-in air at the air outlet opening during operation, - wherein a cap is positioned on the side of the housing parallel to the axis of rotation, said cap covering the air inlet openings and the air outlet opening in the manner of a hood, such that the air expelled from the housing at the air outlet opening is fed back to the air inlet openings, - tubes for a liquid cooling medium are arranged in the stator, by means of which the stator is directly cooled during operation, and - at least some of the tubes, viewed in the direction of the axis of rotation, project above the stator in the direction towards the front and the rear end (6, 7), so that they extract heat from the drawn-in air flowing inside the housing during operation.
Improved turbocompound system, the system comprising - an internal combustion engine having an exhaust manifold (Ex) and an exhaust line connected to and adjacent with the exhaust manifold, - a single exhaust gas purification system arranged on said exhaust line, - a power turbine, arranged on the exhaust line downstream of said single purifying system, wherein the power turbine has a variable geometry, controlled by processing means, to increase an average counterpressure on the exhaust line, wherein said purification system comprises an SCR and first means for injecting an urea-based aqueous solution controlled by said processing means and characterized in that said processing means are adapted to control said power turbine and said first injection means in order to maximize a mechanical energy recovered by the power turbine, increasing at the same time a counterpressure at the exhaust line and a flow rate of urea-based aqueous solution, in order to exploit an open Rankine cycle. - an internal combustion engine having an exhaust manifold (Ex) and an exhaust line connected to and adjacent with the exhaust manifold, - a single exhaust gas purification system arranged on said exhaust line, - a power turbine, arranged on the exhaust line downstream of said single purifying system,
Plastic scintillator, comprising a polymer matrix wherein at least one fluorophore and at least one metal carboxylate are included, characterised in that the metal carboxylate is a metal 2-methylbutyrate of formula: wherein M represents a metal selected from lithium gadolinium, bismuth, lead, cadmium, tin, tungsten, mercury and osmium and n corresponds to the degree of oxidation of the metal M.
Method of activating an exposed layer of a structure comprising: - a provision of a structure comprising an exposed layer in a reactor, the reactor comprising a reaction chamber inside which the structure is disposed, - before or after the provision of the structure, a deposition in the reaction chamber of a layer with the basis of a material of chemical formula C x H y F z, x, y and z being positive integers, at least x and z being non-zero, the activation method being characterised by the fact that it comprises: - a treatment, in the presence of the structure, of the layer with the basis of a material of chemical formula C x H y F z by an activation plasma with the basis of at least one from among oxygen and nitrogen, the treatment by the activation plasma being configured to consume at least partially the layer with the basis of the material of chemical formula C x H y F z so as to activate the exposed layer of the structure. - a provision of a structure comprising an exposed layer in a reactor, the reactor comprising a reaction chamber inside which the structure is disposed, - before or after the provision of the structure, a deposition in the reaction chamber of a layer with the basis of a material of chemical formula C x H y F z, x, y and z being positive integers, at least x and z being non-zero, the activation method being characterised by the fact that it comprises: - a treatment, in the presence of the structure, of the layer with the basis of a material of chemical formula C x H y F z by an activation plasma with the basis of at least one from among oxygen and nitrogen, the treatment by the activation plasma being configured to consume at least partially the layer with the basis of the material of chemical formula C x H y F z so as to activate the exposed layer of the structure. - a treatment, in the presence of the structure, of the layer with the basis of a material of chemical formula C x H y F z by an activation plasma with the basis of at least one from among oxygen and nitrogen, the treatment by the activation plasma being configured to consume at least partially the layer with the basis of the material of chemical formula C x H y F z so as to activate the exposed layer of the structure.
A method in a first radio base station for decreasing interference of a user equipment present in a first cell towards a second radio base station (21,40,140), which first radio base station and second radio base station (21,40,140) are comprised in a radio communications network and which first radio base station serves the first cell and which second radio base station (21,40,140) serves a second cell (264,42,142), method comprising - receiving (71,82,84) data, which data is associated with the second radio base station (21,40,140) indicating pathloss between each user equipment and the second radio base station (21,40,140), - estimating (72,85) uplink interferences of user equipments towards the second radio base station (21,40,140) based on the received data, - calculating (73,86) a maximum allowed user equipment transmission power of the user equipment based on a lower bound, an X-percentile, of the estimated uplink interferences of the user equipments, and - signalling (74,87) the maximum allowed user equipment transmission power to each user equipment in the cell, which maximum allowed user equipment transmission power limits a transmission power used by the user equipment. - receiving (71,82,84) data, which data is associated with the second radio base station (21,40,140) indicating pathloss between each user equipment and the second radio base station (21,40,140), - estimating (72,85) uplink interferences of user equipments towards the second radio base station (21,40,140) based on the received data, - calculating (73,86) a maximum allowed user equipment transmission power of the user equipment based on a lower bound, an X-percentile, of the estimated uplink interferences of the user equipments, and - signalling (74,87) the maximum allowed user equipment transmission power to each user equipment in the cell, which maximum allowed user equipment transmission power limits a transmission power used by the user equipment.
An interconnect structure for an integrated circuit, the interconnect structure comprising: a first layer of the interconnect structure disposed above a substrate, the first layer comprising a grating of alternating metal lines and first dielectric lines in a first direction; and a second layer of the interconnect structure disposed above the first layer, the second layer comprising a grating of alternating metal lines and second dielectric lines in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, wherein each metal line of the grating of the second layer is disposed on a recessed third dielectric line comprising alternating distinct regions of a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material aligned to the alternating metal lines and first dielectric lines of the first layer of the interconnect structure, and wherein each second dielectric line of the grating of the second structure comprises a continuous region of a third dielectric material distinct from the alternating distinct regions of the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material. a first layer of the interconnect structure disposed above a substrate, the first layer comprising a grating of alternating metal lines and first dielectric lines in a first direction; and a second layer of the interconnect structure disposed above the first layer, the second layer comprising a grating of alternating metal lines and second dielectric lines in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, wherein each metal line of the grating of the second layer is disposed on a recessed third dielectric line comprising alternating distinct regions of a first dielectric material and a second dielectric material aligned to the alternating metal lines and first dielectric lines of the first layer of the interconnect structure, and wherein each second dielectric line of the grating of the second structure comprises a continuous region of a third dielectric material distinct from the alternating distinct regions of the first dielectric material and the second dielectric material.
Refrigerator with a housing, the housing having at least one vacuum body with an outer shell (101, 201, 301, 401), wherein the outer shell (101, 201, 301, 401) has a first outer shell region (103, 203, 303, 403) and a second outer shell region (105, 205, 305, 405) which is more elastic than the first outer shell region (103, 203, 303, 403) and has a smaller thickness than the first outer shell region (103, 203, 303, 403), wherein the first outer shell region (103, 203, 303, 403) has a thickness which is greater than 150 micrometres and wherein the second outer shell region (105, 205, 305, 405) has a thickness ranging from 75 micrometres to 150 micrometres.