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A method of manufacturing a solar cell, the method comprising steps of: forming a dopant layer (20, 30) by doping a dopant to a semiconductor substrate; and forming an electrode (24, 34) electrically connected to the dopant layer (20, 30), wherein the forming of the electrode (24, 34) comprises: forming a metal layer on the dopant layer (20, 30); heat-treating the metal layer to form a first layer and a second layer, wherein a portion of the metal layer adjacent to the semiconductor substrate forms the first layer comprising a compound formed by a reaction of the metal layer and the semiconductor substrate, and a remaining portion of the metal layer forms the second layer that covers the first layer; and forming at least one other metal layer (244, 246) on the second layer after the heat-treating of the metal layer, wherein the first layer is thicker than the second layer. forming a dopant layer (20, 30) by doping a dopant to a semiconductor substrate; and forming an electrode (24, 34) electrically connected to the dopant layer (20, 30), wherein the forming of the electrode (24, 34) comprises: forming a metal layer on the dopant layer (20, 30); heat-treating the metal layer to form a first layer and a second layer, wherein a portion of the metal layer adjacent to the semiconductor substrate forms the first layer comprising a compound formed by a reaction of the metal layer and the semiconductor substrate, and a remaining portion of the metal layer forms the second layer that covers the first layer; and forming at least one other metal layer (244, 246) on the second layer after the heat-treating of the metal layer, wherein the first layer is thicker than the second layer. forming a metal layer on the dopant layer (20, 30); heat-treating the metal layer to form a first layer and a second layer, wherein a portion of the metal layer adjacent to the semiconductor substrate forms the first layer comprising a compound formed by a reaction of the metal layer and the semiconductor substrate, and a remaining portion of the metal layer forms the second layer that covers the first layer; and forming at least one other metal layer (244, 246) on the second layer after the heat-treating of the metal layer, wherein the first layer is thicker than the second layer.
An apparatus for acquiring multispectral images of one side of a printed sheet, comprising a supporting surface adapted to allow the placement of said printed sheet whose printed image is to be acquired, a suction cylinder adapted to aspirate, contactless, the printed sheet that is made to pass thereon, grip means adapted to capture and immobilize one end of the printed sheet without making contact with the image to be acquired, and a linear multispectral image acquisition system arranged above said suction cylinder, whereby said grip means comprise a grip clamp characterized in that said grip clamp is provided with a suction system, and said surface for supporting said printed sheet is adapted to pass from an inactive position to an active, raised position, in order to allow the grip means to aspirate and thus grip and immobilize the end of said printed sheet.
An in vitro co-culture system of podocytes and endothelial cells comprising a solid support containing a first culture medium inside which a semi-permeable membrane of PET with pores of diameter between 0.3 μm and 1.2 μm is kept in suspension through a second solid support, said membrane being coated on both sides with collagen type IV, wherein on the lower side of the membrane a microvascular endothelial mammal cell line is grown in the first culture medium and on the upper side of the membrane a mammal podocyte line is placed in culture in a second culture medium; wherein said microvascular endothelial mammal cell line is obtained by growing it in the presence of VEGF at a concentration of 3 to 50 ng/ml for one week before plating podocytes.
A wound dressing for use in the application of topical negative pressure at a wound site, the wound dressing comprising: a liquid and gas permeable transmission layer; an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate, the absorbent layer overlying the transmission layer wherein the absorbent layer comprises a pad of cellulose fibres and a plurality of superabsorbent particles; a gas impermeable cover layer overlying the absorbent layer and comprising a first orifice, wherein the cover layer is moisture vapour permeable; wherein the cover layer comprises: a moisture vapour permeable film; and an adhesive layer pattern spread onto the film, wherein the moisture vapour permeable film comprises a film manufactured from a material that has an increased water transmission rate when wet; and a suction port sealed to the top of the cover film over the orifice and configured to communicate negative pressure through the orifice. a liquid and gas permeable transmission layer; an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate, the absorbent layer overlying the transmission layer wherein the absorbent layer comprises a pad of cellulose fibres and a plurality of superabsorbent particles; a gas impermeable cover layer overlying the absorbent layer and comprising a first orifice, wherein the cover layer is moisture vapour permeable; wherein the cover layer comprises: a moisture vapour permeable film; and an adhesive layer pattern spread onto the film, wherein the moisture vapour permeable film comprises a film manufactured from a material that has an increased water transmission rate when wet; and a suction port sealed to the top of the cover film over the orifice and configured to communicate negative pressure through the orifice. a moisture vapour permeable film; and an adhesive layer pattern spread onto the film, wherein the moisture vapour permeable film comprises a film manufactured from a material that has an increased water transmission rate when wet; and a suction port sealed to the top of the cover film over the orifice and configured to communicate negative pressure through the orifice.
An orthopedic device comprising: first and second elongate struts (204, 208) each having a strap coupling member; at least one flexible strap securing to the first and second struts (204, 208) by the strap coupling members, the at least one strap adjustable in length relative to the strap coupling members; characterized in that a semi-rigid and resiliently bendable expander (222, 224) is connected to and spans a predetermined length between the struts (204, 208), the expander (222, 224) providing two main configurations for the orthopedic device including maintaining the first and second struts (204, 208) in a generally flat configuration relative to one another and a curved configuration upon application of a load on the first and second struts (204, 208), the expander (222, 224) reverting to a flat configuration upon removal of a load. first and second elongate struts (204, 208) each having a strap coupling member; at least one flexible strap securing to the first and second struts (204, 208) by the strap coupling members, the at least one strap adjustable in length relative to the strap coupling members; characterized in that a semi-rigid and resiliently bendable expander (222, 224) is connected to and spans a predetermined length between the struts (204, 208), the expander (222, 224) providing two main configurations for the orthopedic device including maintaining the first and second struts (204, 208) in a generally flat configuration relative to one another and a curved configuration upon application of a load on the first and second struts (204, 208), the expander (222, 224) reverting to a flat configuration upon removal of a load.
A drum for transporting and feeding welding wire, in which the drum defines an interior space and comprises a first end surface, wherein the interior space contains a wire having proximal and distal ends coiled around a longitudinal axis defining a space around the longitudinal axis; characterized in that the first end surface of the drum comprises an access door defined at least in part by a gap in the first end surface that extends from a wire feeding opening of the first end surface toward a circumference of the drum, the proximal end of the wire protruding through the wire feed opening, and wherein the access door is configured to enable access to the distal end of the wire in the interior space of the drum when it is opened or removed from the first end surface. wherein the interior space contains a wire having proximal and distal ends coiled around a longitudinal axis defining a space around the longitudinal axis; characterized in that the first end surface of the drum comprises an access door defined at least in part by a gap in the first end surface that extends from a wire feeding opening of the first end surface toward a circumference of the drum, the proximal end of the wire protruding through the wire feed opening, and wherein the access door is configured to enable access to the distal end of the wire in the interior space of the drum when it is opened or removed from the first end surface.
A vibration-type actuator, comprising: a vibrating body adapted to generate a bending vibration; a driven body (419, 719) adapted to be driven by the bending vibration generated in said vibrating body; and a contact member (109, 209, 309, 409) having a shoulder portion fixed to said vibrating body via a plurality of fixing portions and adapted to be in contact with said driven body (419, 719), wherein said contact member (109, 209, 309, 409) includes converting portions each disposed between said shoulder portion and one of said plurality of fixing portions, wherein the shoulder portion extends obliquely relative to a contact surface (104, 204, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704) adjacent to said shoulder portion for contact with said driven body (419, 719) and extending toward a side opposite from the contact surface (104, 204, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704), wherein said converting portion extends, from the corresponding fixing portion to the corresponding shoulder portion, obliquely relative to the corresponding fixing portion in a direction opposite from the projecting direction of the shoulder portion, and wherein said converting portions are adapted to convert a change in relative distance in a first axis (x axis) direction between the plurality of fixing portions caused by deformation of said vibrating body into a displacement in a second axis (z axis) direction perpendicular to the first axis (x axis) direction. a vibrating body adapted to generate a bending vibration; a driven body (419, 719) adapted to be driven by the bending vibration generated in said vibrating body; and a contact member (109, 209, 309, 409) having a shoulder portion fixed to said vibrating body via a plurality of fixing portions and adapted to be in contact with said driven body (419, 719), wherein said contact member (109, 209, 309, 409) includes converting portions each disposed between said shoulder portion and one of said plurality of fixing portions, wherein the shoulder portion extends obliquely relative to a contact surface (104, 204, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704) adjacent to said shoulder portion for contact with said driven body (419, 719) and extending toward a side opposite from the contact surface (104, 204, 304, 404, 504, 604, 704), wherein said converting portion extends, from the corresponding fixing portion to the corresponding shoulder portion, obliquely relative to the corresponding fixing portion in a direction opposite from the projecting direction of the shoulder portion, and wherein said converting portions are adapted to convert a change in relative distance in a first axis (x axis) direction between the plurality of fixing portions caused by deformation of said vibrating body into a displacement in a second axis (z axis) direction perpendicular to the first axis (x axis) direction.
A method for processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving an input audio signal including multi-channel or multi-object signals; receiving truncated subband filter coefficients for each subband, the truncated subband filter coefficients being at least a portion of subband filter coefficients obtained from binaural room impulse response, BRIR filter coefficients for binaural filtering of the input audio signal; and filtering the input audio signal by using the truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to each subband signal of the input audio signal, characterized in that: a length of the truncated subband filter coefficients for each subband is determined based on a filter order obtained by at least partially using reverberation time information extracted from subband filter coefficients of the corresponding subband, a length of truncated subband filter coefficients of at least one subband is different from a length of truncated subband filter coefficients of another subband, and the filter order is determined to be variable in a frequency domain according to reverberation time information of each subband and has a single value for each subband. receiving an input audio signal including multi-channel or multi-object signals; receiving truncated subband filter coefficients for each subband, the truncated subband filter coefficients being at least a portion of subband filter coefficients obtained from binaural room impulse response, BRIR filter coefficients for binaural filtering of the input audio signal; and filtering the input audio signal by using the truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to each subband signal of the input audio signal, characterized in that: a length of the truncated subband filter coefficients for each subband is determined based on a filter order obtained by at least partially using reverberation time information extracted from subband filter coefficients of the corresponding subband, a length of truncated subband filter coefficients of at least one subband is different from a length of truncated subband filter coefficients of another subband, and the filter order is determined to be variable in a frequency domain according to reverberation time information of each subband and has a single value for each subband. a length of the truncated subband filter coefficients for each subband is determined based on a filter order obtained by at least partially using reverberation time information extracted from subband filter coefficients of the corresponding subband, a length of truncated subband filter coefficients of at least one subband is different from a length of truncated subband filter coefficients of another subband, and the filter order is determined to be variable in a frequency domain according to reverberation time information of each subband and has a single value for each subband.
A method for exposing a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) compatible device to an operating system software on a portable computing device (102, 210, 310), the method comprising: providing content in a set of PCIe base address registers in firmware integrated on the portable computing device, the content describing a PCIe compatible device; communicating the content from the set of PCIe base address registers to an advanced configuration power interface (ACPI); and with the operating system software, using the content from the firmware to initialize the PCIe compatible device which is coupled to the portable computing device, by matching the content from the set of PCIe base address registers with a list of one or more resources contained within the ACPI such that when a match exists the PCIe compatible device is exposed to the operating system software operating within the portable computing device absent driver software. providing content in a set of PCIe base address registers in firmware integrated on the portable computing device, the content describing a PCIe compatible device; communicating the content from the set of PCIe base address registers to an advanced configuration power interface (ACPI); and with the operating system software, using the content from the firmware to initialize the PCIe compatible device which is coupled to the portable computing device, by matching the content from the set of PCIe base address registers with a list of one or more resources contained within the ACPI such that when a match exists the PCIe compatible device is exposed to the operating system software operating within the portable computing device absent driver software.
System for hot forging wire and arc additive manufacturing comprising an additive manufacturing device and a controllable forging treatment tool embedded in the additive manufacturing device, - the additive manufacturing device comprising, a main conductor, a welding tip surrounded by a welding tip shell (6.1), a material conveyor where the wire, in use, travels through from the wire feeder through the main conductor to the welding tip, - the controllable forging treatment tool comprising a hammer at least one actuator (3.1), that transmits movement to the hammer through a connector that connects the actuator (3.1) to the hammer, wherein the hammer surrounds the welding tip, configured to perform a local viscoplastic deformation of the layers already deposited as the material is being deposited. - the additive manufacturing device comprising, a main conductor, a welding tip surrounded by a welding tip shell (6.1), a material conveyor where the wire, in use, travels through from the wire feeder through the main conductor to the welding tip, - the controllable forging treatment tool comprising a hammer at least one actuator (3.1), that transmits movement to the hammer through a connector that connects the actuator (3.1) to the hammer,
A system for cloud-based privacy-preserving navigation operations between multiple parties, the system comprising: one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions encoded thereon such that when executed, the one or more processors perform operations of: performing a two-party computation between input data related to a current location of a first party and public data stored on a cloud computing infrastructure, wherein each party individually performs a 2PC on the public data while maintaining privacy of their input data; performing multi-party computations between multiple parties and the cloud computing infrastructure, where the multiple parties privately update the public data with a result obtained from the 2PC; generating a privacy-preserved navigation result for the first party from the first party's current location to a desired end location using results obtained from the 2PC and the MPC; and causing the first party to perform a navigation operation based on the privacy-preserved navigation result. performing a two-party computation between input data related to a current location of a first party and public data stored on a cloud computing infrastructure, wherein each party individually performs a 2PC on the public data while maintaining privacy of their input data; performing multi-party computations between multiple parties and the cloud computing infrastructure, where the multiple parties privately update the public data with a result obtained from the 2PC; generating a privacy-preserved navigation result for the first party from the first party's current location to a desired end location using results obtained from the 2PC and the MPC; and causing the first party to perform a navigation operation based on the privacy-preserved navigation result.
A method of processing a work piece by pulsed electric discharges in solid- gas plasmas comprising the steps of: - providing a vacuum in a processing chamber, - providing sputtering and reactive gases in the processing chamber, - producing pulsed discharges in gas and vapor located between first electrodes including an anode and a magnetron sputtering cathode for creating blobs of ionized gas and partially ionized solid plasma by providing a pulsed current to said first electrodes (1, 2) from a first pulse generator, said first pulse generator including a capacitor acting as accumulator for an electric charge, where energy stored in said capacitor is used to produce said pulsed discharges, the plasma blobs moving or spreading from a region at a surface of the magnetron sputtering cathode towards second electrodes including the work piece and the anode, and - applying a potential to the work piece from a second pulse generator, - wherein the potential is applied to the work piece in such a way that a pulsed current comprising biasing pulses arises between the second electrodes (2, 7), said biasing pulses being generated from a charged capacitor of said second pulse generator - wherein the biasing pulses have the same frequency as the pulsed discharges. - providing a vacuum in a processing chamber, - providing sputtering and reactive gases in the processing chamber, - producing pulsed discharges in gas and vapor located between first electrodes including an anode and a magnetron sputtering cathode for creating blobs of ionized gas and partially ionized solid plasma by providing a pulsed current to said first electrodes (1, 2) from a first pulse generator, said first pulse generator including a capacitor acting as accumulator for an electric charge, where energy stored in said capacitor is used to produce said pulsed discharges, the plasma blobs moving or spreading from a region at a surface of the magnetron sputtering cathode towards second electrodes including the work piece and the anode, and - applying a potential to the work piece from a second pulse generator, - wherein the potential is applied to the work piece in such a way that a pulsed current comprising biasing pulses arises between the second electrodes (2, 7), said biasing pulses being generated from a charged capacitor of said second pulse generator - wherein the biasing pulses have the same frequency as the pulsed discharges.
Backscatter sensor for liquid, pasty and/or pulverulent media, having a light source for emitting a measuring beam, a detector for detecting the measuring beam at least partly reflected on the medium being measured, and a liquid-tight optical shielding element for shielding the light source and the detector with respect to the medium being measured, wherein the shielding element is in the form of a biconvex lens, having at least one first convex surface which faces towards the light source and the detector, and at least one second convex surface which in measuring configuration faces towards the medium being measured, wherein the backscatter sensor is in measuring configuration configured for direct contact between the second convex surface and the medium being measured, characterised in that the detector is arranged outside a measuring beam reflection plane which is defined by the beam path of the measuring beam inside the shielding element and by the beam path of the measuring beam partly reflected on the inner side of the second convex surface inside the shielding element.
Fill level radar device, comprising: a signal source arrangement (102, 301) configured to generate an electromagnetic transmission signal with a frequency changing during a measurement cycle and which duration is longer than double a run time of the transmission signal from a signal source arrangement to a filling material, characterized in that the fill level radar device further comprises: a transmission-power adjustment circuitry configured to adjust a power of the transmission signal depending on a frequency of the transmission signal in accordance with a predefined correlation. a signal source arrangement (102, 301) configured to generate an electromagnetic transmission signal with a frequency changing during a measurement cycle and which duration is longer than double a run time of the transmission signal from a signal source arrangement to a filling material, characterized in that the fill level radar device further comprises: a transmission-power adjustment circuitry configured to adjust a power of the transmission signal depending on a frequency of the transmission signal in accordance with a predefined correlation.