Abstract:
A method of backside contacting of thin layer photovoltaic cells having Si elements as well as thin film cells, like CIGS, is provided, including the following steps: providing a p-n-junction including a thin n-doped Si layer and a thin p-doped Si layer bonded on top of said n-doped Si layer; bonding said p-n-junction to a glass substrate; preparing contact points on said structured thin p-doped Si layer and said thin n-doped Si layer; and creating contact pins on said structured thin p-doped Si layer and said thin n-doped Si layer.
Abstract:
A magnetic field sensor device comprising a substrate having at least a first tilted planar section having a surface normal at a first angle with respect to a surface normal of the substrate, and at least a first magnetoresistive layered structure positioned at the at least first tilted section. Methods for manufacturing magnetic field sensor devices are also presented.
Abstract:
A policy engine generates configlets that are vendor-neutral, vendor-specific or both, based on a selected target level and a selected device/device group. A translator translates and combines the configlets to form vendor-dependent configuration files. The policy engine generates the configlets using policies associated with the selected target level and its sub-target levels, as defined by a target level hierarchy. A policy includes at least a condition, and an action which the policy engine performs if the condition is true. In performing the action, the policy engine typically writes to at least a partial configlet. A policy may further include a verification clause, which is used to verify a running configuration. Policy dependencies may also be defined such that where a second policy is dependent on a first policy, the second policy must be evaluated after the first policy. This is necessary, where, for example, the first policy generates and stores a value to be used by the second policy. Policies are small programs written as small programs. A configlet hierarchy is defined, such that a child configlet inherits properties which it does not define from its parent. A mapping function maps infrastructure data in a first format to a second format, so that the second format is recognizable by the policy engine. A loader batches, schedules and loads a configuration file to its intended device. Upon replacing a first device using a first configuration format with a second device using a second configuration format, the first device's configuration is read in or uploaded and reverse-translated into configlets. The configlets are then translated into a configuration formatted for the second device. The system retains device logins and passwords in encrypted format. A user desiring to connect to a device must log in to the system instead. The system in turn logs in or connects to the device and passes information back and forth between the user and the device, as if the user were logged directly into the device.
Abstract:
A seal for a servo medium of a torque transmission device (2) in which sealing rings can be dispensed with by providing an annular sealing gap (12) which extends on both axial sides of a servo medium supply and by a special choice of materials and structural configuration in this region, the sealing gap (12) diminishes in size with increasing warming-up of the device (2) which diminution counteracts the decreasing viscosity of the servo medium.
Abstract:
A photovoltaic cell with reduced shading and series resistance for increased efficiency. A contact grid containing a set of optical structures is embedded into a substrate. An array of electrical contacts is aligned and in electrical communication with the optical structures and provides electrical communication between the active layer and the substrate.
Abstract:
A method for performance analysis and use management of a battery module is disclosed, wherein the battery module includes a multitude of interconnected battery cells and a battery management system with a plurality of dedicated analysis/control units (ACUs) that analyze performance of the battery module, the ACUs being assigned to individual battery cells and/or battery blocks of battery module. The method includes measuring current and voltage of one or more of an individual battery cell and a battery block; calculating a charge removal from the one or more of the individual battery cell and the battery block; calculating a loading charge of the one or more of the individual battery cell and the battery block; determining the remaining charge of the one or more of the individual battery cell and the battery block; and failure monitoring of the one or more of the individual battery cell and the battery block.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a clamping device for clamping workpiece, which comprises a base in which a center holding fixture for the shank of a tool to be clamped and an annular damping cavity surrounding the fixture or a plurality of damping cavities arranged around the fixture and set off from each other are configured. Every damping cavity is open towards the front face of the chuck base facing the workpiece. The clamping device is characterized in that the open end of every damping cavity is at least partially closed by respective covers which are inserted into the respective damping cavity from the open front face and are fixed inside the damping cavity.
Abstract:
A method of fabricating solar cell chips. The method includes creating an integrated circuit chip process route for fabricating integrated circuit chips using integrated circuit wafers in an integrated circuit fabrication facility; creating a solar cell process route for fabricating solar cells using solar cell wafers in the integrated circuit fabrication facility; releasing integrated circuit chip wafers and solar cell wafers into tool queues of tools of the an integrated circuit fabrication facility; and processing the solar cell wafers on at least some tools of the integrated circuit fabrication facility used to process the integrated circuit wafers. Also the process used to fabricate the solar cell chips.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a magnetic field sensor device in one embodiment includes applying a mask on a substrate, performing a wet etching procedure on the substrate for generating at least a first groove having tilted side walls, and depositing at least one layer of magnetoresistive material onto a section of the surface of at least a first tilted side wall of the groove. A method of manufacturing a magnetic field sensor device on a substrate having a plurality of tilted planar sections, each of the tilted planar sections having a surface normal angled with respect to a surface normal of the substrate is also provided. The method includes depositing a magnetoresistive layered structure positioned at each of the tilted planar sections of the substrate, wherein the tilted planar sections are oriented such that a direction of an applied magnetic field in at least one of an x-, y- and z-direction relative to the substrate is detectable based on field-induced resistance changes of the magnetoresistive layered structures.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a clamping device for clamping workpiece, which comprises a base in which a center holding fixture for the shank of a tool to be clamped and an annular damping cavity surrounding the fixture or a plurality of damping cavities arranged around the fixture and set off from each other are configured. Every damping cavity is open towards the front face of the chuck base facing the workpiece. The clamping device is characterized in that the open end of every damping cavity is at least partially closed by respective covers which are inserted into the respective damping cavity from the open front face and are fixed inside the damping cavity.