Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno

International Business Machines Corporation

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.v.

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur F&#xf6;rderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.

Technische Universitat Braunschweig

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Andreas Heinrich Dietzel

Jeroen Van Den Brand

Friedrich Fleischmann

Ruediger Friedrich Berger

Rolf Schaefer

Marcus Breuer

Hubert Grimm

Sander Christiaan Broers

Nikolaus Luckner

Milan Saalmink

Karl-Heinz Lehnhert

Guenther Michaelis

Frank Krause

Herbert Lifka

Jean Fompeyrine

Edward Willem Albert Young

Harmannus Franciscus Maria Schoo

Thomas P Burg

Ike Gerke De Vries

Marinus Marc Koetse

Jean-Pierre A Locquet

Erik Dekempeneer

Volker Heinrich

Erich Maechler

Margherita Bassu

Roel Henry Louis Kusters

Foelke Purr

Andreas Tanda

Thomas Frank

David Metz

For comparing first optical properties of a first fluid with second optical properties of a second fluid a first transparent grating having a grating constant is made of the first liquid, and a second transparent grating also having the grating constant is made of the second liquid. The second transparent grating is arranged at a lateral offset of less than 45% of the grating constant with regard to the first transparent grating such that grating bars of the first and second transparent gratings are arranged side by side. Coherent light is directed onto the first and second transparent gratings such that light which passed through the grating bars of the first and second transparent gratings forms a diffraction pattern comprising intensity maxima. Two light intensities of two intensity maxima of a same order higher than zero are measured and compared to each other.

Method and apparatus for comparing optical properties of two liquids

According to one aspect, the invention provides a method of providing conductive structures between two foils in a multi-foil system. The system comprises at least two foils, from which at least one foil comprises a terminal. The method comprises the steps of (in any order) providing at least one solid state adhesive layer, patterning adhesive layer with through-holes; filling the through-holes with conductive material, so as to form the conductive structure, connected to the terminal; and bonding the at least two foils. One advantage of the invention is that it may be used in a manufacturing process for multi-foil systems.

Method of providing conductive structures in a multi-foil system and multifoil system comprising same

A method is presented for assembling a component () with a flexible substrate (), the component having electric contacts (). The method comprises the steps of Also an apparatus is presented that is suitable for carrying out the method. In addition an assembly is present that can be obtained by the method and the apparatus according to the invention.

Method and apparatus for assembling electric components on a flexible substrate as well as assembly of an electric component with a flexible substrate

The invention relates to an apparatus for laminating a first and a second sheet with a plane carrier () and a drum shaped carrier () for carrying a respective sheet. The apparatus has a first main operational mode wherein the drum shaped carrier () is at distance from a first carrier surface () of the plane carrier () in said third direction (Z), and a second main operational mode wherein the drum shaped carrier () is close to first carrier surface to bring the first and the second sheet () in contact with each other. In the first main operational mode the drum shaped carrier () is virtually rolled over the first carrier surface () and the sheets are mutually aligned. In the second operational mode the sheets are laminated.

Apparatus and method for laminating a first and a second sheet

An apparatus is provided for laminating a first and a second sheet () comprising&#x2014;a chamber () having a first, a second and a third compartment (resp.) subsequently arranged along a first axis (Z), each compartment having a port (resp.)&#x2014;a first sheet carrier () arranged transverse to said first axis (Z) and being displaceable along said first axis (Z),&#x2014;a second sheet carrier () arranged in a plane aligned with and opposite the first sheet carrier (), the second sheet carrier being displaceable and/or rotatable in said plane,&#x2014;a first flexible membrane () extending laterally to a wall of the chamber, the first sheet carrier () and/or the first flexible membrane () separating the first and the second compartment () of the chamber () from each other,&#x2014;a second flexible membrane () extending laterally from the second sheet carrier () to the wall of the chamber, the second sheet carrier () and the second flexible membrane () separating the second and the third compartment () of the chamber () from each other,&#x2014;an alignment facility () for aligning the second sheet () relative to the first sheet () by moving the second sheet carrier () in a direction transverse to the first axis (Z) and/or rotating the second sheet carrier around an axis parallel to the first axis (Z).

Method and apparatus for laminating a first and a second sheet

A laminating apparatus () for laminating a substrate foil (SF) with a laminating foil (LF) comprises

Laminating device and laminating method

An electronic device comprises a functional stack () and a cover () coupled thereto by an insulating adhesive layer (). The functional stack () comprises a first transparent and electrically conductive layer (), a second electrically conductive layer () and a functional structure (), comprising at least one layer, sandwiched between said first and second conductive layer. The cover () includes a substrate () and at least a first conductive structure () that is arranged in a first plane between the adhesive layer () and the substrate (). First and second transverse electrical conductors () transverse to the first plane () electrically interconnect the first and the second electrically conductive layer () with the first and the second conductive structure () in the first plane ().

Electronic device and method of manufacturing the same

An optical sensor for measuring a force distribution includes a substrate, one or more light emitting sources, and one or more detectors provided on the substrate, with the detectors responsive to the light emitted by the sources. A deformable opto-mechanical layer is also provided on the substrate with light responsive properties depending on a deformation of the opto-mechanical layer. The design of the sensor and particularly the use of optical components in a deformable layer make it possible to measure the contact force accurately, including in some embodiments, the direction of the contact force. The sensor is scalable and adaptable to complex shapes.

Optical sensor for measuring a force distribution

A method is described for manufacturing a flexible electronic product, the method comprising the steps of&#x2014;providing (S) a flexible foil () with a first and a second, mutually opposite main side (),&#x2014;placing (S) a component () at the first foil at the first main side (), the component having at least one electrical terminal () facing towards the second main side ()&#x2014;estimating (S) a position of the at least one electrical terminal (),&#x2014;adaptively forming (S) a conductive path (A,B,C) to the at least one electrical terminal, based on said estimated position.

Method of manufacturing a flexible electronic product

A method of forming a high density structure may include the steps of providing a substrate wherein the high density structure is to be formed with a release liner, the release liner being self-removable; forming at least one cavity in the substrate through the release liner, the at least one cavity forming at least a part of the high density structure; at least partially filling the at least one cavity with a filler material; sintering the thus formed structure; and removing the release liner from the substrate.

Method of forming a high density structure

A high-resolution magnetic encoder system includes a magnetic resistive sensor, a fixed suspension, and a mechanism. The magnetic resistive sensor is mounted to the fixed suspension above a magnetic medium having at least one magnetic track. The fixed suspension is attached to the mechanism, such as a housing, a substrate, and/or an electronic board. The sensor is adapted to perform a relative movement with respect to and in close contact to the surface of the magnetic medium. The magnetic medium may be protected by an overcoat layer. The magnetic resistive sensor may be Giant Magnetic-Resistive (GMR) sensor and/or a Tunneling Magnetic-Resistive Sensor (TMR).

High-resolution magnetic encoder

An apparatus for exactly positioning a medium mounted on a spindle is provided, whereby the apparatus comprises a device for continuously changing the angular position of said medium with respect to a predefined reference position by rotating said spindle. Additionally, the apparatus comprises a friction element for braking said spindle at a predetermined position, not allowing a swing back.

Precise positioning of media

A suspension arm ( ) of a disk storage device has an elastic portion ( ) with thickness d and a rigid portion ( ) with thickness d . At the free end of the suspension arm, a slider ( ) is mounted on the suspension arm. The bottom surface of the slider has a distance FH to a top surface of a hard disk ( ). The suspension arm particularly comprises a heating element ( ) disposed on the suspension arm. An electric current I flowing through electrical supply wires ( ) causes the temperature of the suspension arm locally to rise and therefore its spring constant to decrease. Together with the force F resulting from the air cushion effect of the slider a new equilibrium flying height FH is stabilized.

Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling the flying behavior and height of a read/write head in a storage device by manipulating the spring constant of the suspension

A method and apparatus for recording and storing information on and reproducing information from a storage medium is described, wherein the active storage medium forms part of the write/read signal path.

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