Nxp B.v.

Imec

Ams International Ag

Asml Netherlands B.v.

Axel Nackaerts

Willem Frederik Adrianus Besling

Klaus Reimann

Matthias Merz

Viet Nguyen

Gustaaf Verhaegen

Anthony Kerselaers

Youri Victorovitch Ponomarev

Mircea Dusa

Liesbeth Gommé

Roel Daamen

Pascal Bancken

Rita Rooyackers

Paul Marchal

Frederik Leys

Filip Frederix

Viet Hoang Nguyen

Casper Juffermans

Staf Verhaegen

Micha Benjamin Disselkoen

One example discloses a device for electromagnetic structural characterization, including: a controller having an electromagnetic transmitter output and a communications interface; wherein the controller is configured to send a signal over the electromagnetic transmitter output that causes an electromagnetic transmitter to generate a first electrical field (E) and a first magnetic field (H); wherein the controller configured to receive over the communications interface a second electric field (E) and a second magnetic field (H) received by an electromagnetic receiver; wherein the first electrical field and the first magnetic field correspond to when the electromagnetic transmitter is at a first location proximate to a structure and the second electrical field and the second magnetic field correspond to when the electromagnetic receiver is at a second location proximate to the structure; and wherein the controller is configured to calculate an impedance based on the electric and magnetic fields interacting with the structure.

Device for electromagnetic structural characterization

One example discloses a segmented platform, including: a set of cells configured to receive a set of different items; a cell content circuit configured to map each different item to at least one of the cells; a set of visual indicators coupled to the set of cells; and a cell selector circuit configured to identify a selected item from the set of different items and activate a visual indicator from the set of visual indicators corresponding to a selected cell from the set of cells that is configured to contain the selected item.

Segmented platform for items

One example discloses a liquid exposure sensing device, including: a first sensor configured to be coupled to a reference material; wherein the first sensor configured to generate a first signal in response to either a liquid phase and/or vapor phase of a substance passing through the reference material; a second sensor configured to be coupled to an exposed material; wherein the second sensor configured to generate a second signal in response to the liquid phase and/or vapor phase of the substance passing through the exposed material; and a controller coupled to the first and second sensors and configured to generate a liquid detection signal in response to a time delay between the first signal and the second signal that exceeds a threshold time delay.

Liquid exposure sensing device and controller

One example discloses a wireless device, comprising a near-field transceiver configured to be coupled to a host structure; a controller coupled to the transceiver; wherein the near-field transceiver includes a feed point configured to be coupled to a conductive surface; wherein the conductive surface is configured to be capacitively coupled to the host structure to form part of a near-field electric antenna; and wherein the conductive surface is configured to be in repeated, but not continuous, contact with a ground.

Wireless device

Embodiments of a buffer device, an electronic system, and a method for operating a buffer device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a buffer device includes buffer bus connections, a peripheral bus interface connectable to a peripheral bus, a buffer memory module, and a buffer memory controller connected between the buffer bus connections, the peripheral bus interface, and the buffer memory module. Each of the buffer bus connections is connectable to a respective peripheral device. The buffer memory module comprises memory segments corresponding to the peripheral devices. The buffer memory controller is configured to control data communications between the buffer bus connections, the peripheral bus interface, and the buffer memory module.

Buffer device, an electronic system, and a method for operating a buffer device

One example discloses a fluid flow device, including: a drop chamber, having an interior, a fluid input, and a fluid output; a drop detector coupled to the drop chamber and configured to detect a fluid drop at the fluid input; a pressure sensor configured to monitor a pressure in the interior of the drop chamber; and a flow rate device configured to determine a fluid flow rate based on a number of fluid drops detected over a time period, and the pressure in the interior of the drop chamber.

Fluid flow device

Disclosed is an integrated circuit, comprising a semiconductor substrate carrying a plurality of circuit elements; and a pressure sensor including a cavity on said semiconductor substrate, said cavity comprising a pair of electrodes laterally separated from each other; and a flexible membrane over and spatially separated from said electrodes such that said membrane interferes with a fringe field between said electrodes, said membrane comprising at least one aperture. A method of manufacturing such an IC is also disclosed.

Integrated circuit with a pressure sensor

One example discloses a substance detection device, including: a substrate configured to carry a substance; wherein the substrate has a length and a substance loss along the length of the substrate; a test region coupled to the substrate and configured to bond to at least a portion of the substance; a sensor coupled to the substrate at a fixed location along the length and having a sensing signal output; an integration circuit coupled to the sensor and configured to integrate, over a time interval, a signal from the sensing signal output; and a detection circuit coupled to the integration circuit and configured to output a substance detected signal if the integrated sensing signal output signal deviates from the substance loss corresponding to the fixed sensor location.

Substance detection device

There is provided a lateral flow immunoassay test device. The test device comprises a test strip. The test strip comprises a test membrane having a translucent section including a control zone and a test zone. The device is adapted to house the test strip such that at least the translucent section is exposable to ambient light. The device comprises a backing structure for backing the test strip which comprises a first optical detector for detecting ambient light which has passed through the test zone, and a second optical detector for detecting ambient light which has passed through the translucent section in a further zone outside of the test and control zones. Using the detector outputs an amount of analyte in a test liquid may be calculated.

Analyte detection methods and devices

Method of manufacturing an integrated circuit comprising a pressure sensor

Disclosed is an integrated circuit (), comprising a semiconductor substrate () carrying a plurality of circuit elements; and a pressure sensor including a cavity () on said semiconductor substrate, said cavity comprising a pair of electrodes () laterally separated from each other; and a flexible membrane () over and spatially separated from said electrodes such that said membrane interferes with a fringe field between said electrodes, said membrane comprising at least one aperture (). A method of manufacturing such an IC is also disclosed.

Integrated circuit with pressure sensor having a pair of electrodes

A lighting system uses interior and exterior light sensors for detecting lighting level and color. A lighting unit has a controlled color and intensity so that a color match zone can be defined where the interior space lighting has color temperature based on the exterior lighting conditions.

Lighting system

Disclosed is an integrated circuit comprising a substrate () carrying plurality of circuit elements (); a metallization stack () over said substrate for providing interconnections to at least some of said circuit elements, the metallization stack comprising a plurality of patterned metal layers () spatially separated from each other by respective electrically insulating layers (), at least some of said electrically insulating layers comprising conductive portions () that electrically interconnect portions of adjacent metal layers, wherein at least one of the patterned metallization layers comprises a plurality of ion-sensitive electrodes (), each ion-sensitive electrode being electrically connected to at least one of said circuit elements, a plurality of sample volumes () extending into said metallization stack, each sample volume terminating at one of said ion-sensitive electrodes; and an ion-sensitive layer lining at least the ion-sensitive electrodes in said sample volumes. A method of manufacturing such an IC is also disclosed.

Integrated circuit with ion sensitive sensor and manufacturing method

The invention relates to an electrochemical sensor integrated on a substrate, the electrochemical sensor including: a field effect transistor integrated on the substrate and having a source, gate and drain connections, said gate of the field effect transistor including: a sensing gate conductively coupled to a sensing electrode; and a bias gate, wherein the sensing gate is capacitively coupled to the bias gate and the bias gate is capacitively coupled to the substrate.

Sensor

The present invention relates to a sensor comprising a substrate () carrying a field effect transistor () having a gate electrode (), the sensor further comprising a measurement electrode () spatially separated from the gate electrode; and a reference electrode (), said measurement electrode being in configurable conductive contact with said gate electrode, the sensor further comprising a charge storage element () comprising a first electrode connected to a node () between the measurement electrode and the gate electrode; and a second electrode configurably connected to a known potential source (). The present invention further relates to a method of performing a measurement with such a sensor.

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