Epcos Ag

Relyon Plasma Gmbh

Epos Ag

Tdk Electronics Ag

Christoph Auer

Franz Rinner

Reinhard Gabl

Markus Puff

Martin Galler

Georg Kuegerl

Dieter Somitsch

Markus Koini

Jürgen Konrad

Thomas Wippel

Jan-Thorsten Reszat

Monika Stadlober

Christian Hoffmann

Stefan Nettesheim

Marion Ottlinger

Georg Kügerl

Manfred Schweinzger

Shaoyu Sun

Gerhard Fuchs

Markus Weiglhofer

Yihai Sun

An electrical connection contact () for a ceramic component () is specified. The connection contact () comprises a first material (M) and a second material (M) arranged thereon, wherein the first material (M) has a high electrical conductivity and the second material (M) has a low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Electrical connection contact for a ceramic component, a ceramic component, and a component arrangement

A device and a method for improving combustion are disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a combustion chamber including at least one combustion chamber inlet for feeding in fuel or air or the fuel/air mixture, a reactor chamber connected upstream of the combustion chamber, the reactor chamber comprising a plasma generator, wherein the plasma generator is a piezoelectric transformer configured to operate with a low voltage and a control apparatus for the plasma generator, wherein the device is configured in such a way that even before a start of an actual combustion process at least one gaseous component in the reactor chamber is enriched with radicals and ions by the plasma generator.

Device and method for improving combustion

A method for producing a multilayer component () is specified, which involves providing a body having dielectric layers () arranged one above another and first and second electrically conductive layers () arranged therebetween. The first conductive layers () are connected to a first auxiliary electrode () and the second conductive layers () are connected to a second auxiliary electrode (). The body () is introduced into a medium and a voltage is applied between the first and second auxiliary electrodes () for producing a material removal. Furthermore, a multilayer component is specified, which has depressions () formed by an electrochemically controlled material removal.

Method for producing a multi-layer component and multi-layer component

An electronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the electronic component includes a plurality of functional layers arranged one on top of the other forming a stack, first inner electrodes, and second inner electrodes, each of the first and second inner electrodes arranged between two adjacent functional layers. The electronic component further includes a first outer contact electrically connected to the first inner electrodes and a second outer contact electrically connected to the second inner electrodes, wherein the functional layers are selected such that the first and second outer contacts are electrically conductively connected to one another via the functional layers both in a basic state and in a hot state of the electronic component, wherein a temperature of the hot state is higher than a temperature of the basic state, and wherein the electronic component is an NTC component.

Electronic component

A method of producing a ceramic component includes a) providing a main body having internal electrodes, outer edges of which are located on at least one first outer surface of the main body, b) contacting the first outer surface of the main body with a composition including an electrophoretically mobile insulating material and electrophoretically depositing the insulating material on outer edges of the internal electrodes on the first outer surface of the main body, and c) producing an insulating layer from the insulating material on the outer edges of the internal electrodes.

Method of producing a ceramic component having a main body with internal electrodes

A piezoelectric actuator of a multilayer design includes outer electrodes that are fastened by means of a bonding layer applied by thermal spraying. For example, the outer electrodes are formed as a woven wire fabric. Furthermore, a method for fastening an outer electrode in a piezoelectric actuator is specified.

Method of forming a piezoelectric actuator

The invention relates to an actuator () having stacked piezoelements (), first and second inner electrodes () disposed alternatingly between the piezoelements (), a first outer electrode () which is electrically conductively connected to the first inner electrode (), a second outer electrode () which is electrically conductively connected to the second inner electrode (), characterized in that the actuator () comprises a plurality of actuator segments () and that the second outer electrode () comprises separate electrode segments () each of which are electrically conductively connected to the second inner electrodes () in one of the actuator segments ().

Actuator, actuator system and actuation of an actuator

Piezoelectric actuator of a multilayer design and method for fastening an outer electrode in a piezoelectric actuator

A solder material can be used for fastening an outer electrode on a piezoelectric component. The solder material contains tin as the main constituent and at least one addition from the group of cobalt, tungsten, osmium, titanium, vanadium, iron and rare earth metals. A piezoelectric component includes such a solder material. The solder material is applied by means of a base metallization.

Solder material for fastening an outer electrode on a piezoelectric component and piezoelectric component comprising a solder material

A component includes a component body and a contact-connection element composed of sheet metal having a contact region, which has an outer contour line and at least one hole. The contact region is arranged on a side of the component body having a side edge and the outer contour line has straight regions running along straight regions of the side edge. The straight regions of the outer contour line are connected by rounded corners.

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