Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Asml Netherlands B.v.

Jacobus Josephus Leijssen

Gerardus Johannes Nicolaas Doodeman

Rick Bezemer

Wouter Herman Peeters

Harry Marinus

Mark Peter Paul Kleijnen

Nicolaas Ten Kate

Raymond Wilhelmus Louis Lafarre

Nina Vladimirovna Dziomkina

Yogesh Pramod Karade

Siegfried Alexander Tromp

Jeroen Jacob Arnold Tol

Elisabeth Corinne Rodenburg

Machiel Antonius Martinus Hendrix

Hendrik Huisman

Josephus Adrianus Maria Van Erp

Roelf Van Der Wal

Maurice Wilhelmus Leonardus Hendricus Feijts

Ronny Hubertus Johannes Grosfeld

Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark

Hubert Cecile Francois Martens

Willem-Jan Arend De Wijs

Michiel De Jong

Igor Wilhelmus Franciscus Paulussen

Jan Harm De Boer

Michael Marcel Jose Decre

Martijn Gerarda Lambertus Justinus Van Uden

Maurice Feijts

Mark Kleijnen

Raymond Lafarre

Hubert C F Martens

Michel M J Decre

Jeroen J A Tol

A light emitting unit is configured to be applied to a surface area of a marine vessel and includes at least one light source configured to emit anti- fouling light (e.g., UV light), and two electrically conductive plates. One side of the at least one light source is electrically connected to one of the plates and another side to the electric energy distribution arrangement of the light emitting unit. The plates are arranged to form respective capacitors with an electrically conductive area of, or over, the surface of the marine vessel, the capacitors connected in series through the electrically conductive surface area once the light emitting unit is applied to the surface the marine vessel.

Anti-fouling light emitting unit for marine vessel surfaces

An inductive sensing device comprises first () and second () loops, the first loop () being coupled with a capacitor to form a resonator circuit (), and the resonator circuit and second loop being coupled via an active buffering component (). The active buffering component provides voltage to current amplification, and an output of the buffering component drives a current in the second loop. Conductive lines forming each of the first and second loop parts are radially spaced apart.

Inductive sensing device and method

An antifouling system for reducing and/or preventing fouling of an object exposed to fouling conditions when in use, comprising a plurality of antifouling devices () for providing an antifouling radiation to at least part of the object and/or at least part of the antifouling system; wherein the antifouling system further comprises: &#x2014;a power transmission system comprising: &#x2014;an inductive power emitter () comprising at least one inductive emitter element (); and &#x2014;a plurality of inductive power receivers () each one comprising at least one inductive receiver element; wherein the inductive power emitter and the plurality of inductive power receivers are for mounting on the object in a fixed configuration with respect to each other thereby to provide an inductive coupling between each one of the at least one inductive receiver elements and the at least one inductive emitter element such that power may be inductively transmitted when the power transmission system is in use; and wherein the plurality of antifouling devices () are configured to be driven using transmitted power from at least one of the plurality of inductive power receivers when the system is in use.

Antifouling system with inductive power transfer for use in protecting a surface against biofouling

The present invention relates to a system SY for determining a position of an RF transponder circuit RTC respective an ultrasound emitter unit UEU. The RF transponder circuit RTC emits RF signals that are modulated based on received ultrasound signals that are emitted or reflected by the ultrasound emitter unit UEU. The position of the RF transponder circuit RTC respective the ultrasound emitter unit UEU is determined based on a time difference &#x394;T1 between the emission of an ultrasound signal by the ultrasound emitter unit UEU and the detection by the RF detector unit RFD of a corresponding modulation in the RF signal emitted or reflected by the RF transponder circuit (RTC).

Wireless position determination

The invention provides a magnetic inductive sensing device () comprising a loop antenna () for inductively coupling with electromagnetic (EM) signals emitted from a medium in response to stimulation of the medium with electromagnetic excitation signals. The device includes an electromagnetic shield () element which is arranged such as to intercept electromagnetic signals travelling to or from the antenna. The shield element is formed of conductive material such as to block electrical field components of incident signals but further incorporates a non-conductive gap in the material so as to prevent the formation of eddy currents. A loop of the antenna is broken by an opening, the opening being bridged by a capacitor, and the device comprises a signal processing means which is electrically coupled to the antenna via only a single point of the antenna, located to one side of the opening.

Magnetic inductive sensing device and method

The invention provides a magnetic inductive sensing system for sensing electromagnetic signals emitted from a body in response to electromagnetic excitation signals applied to the body. The electromagnetic signals are generated and sensed by the same loop resonator which comprises a single-turn loop antenna and a tuning capacitor. The loop antenna of the resonator and a signal generation means for exciting the resonator to generate excitation signals are together configured so as to optimize the value of a ratio between the radial frequency of the generated electromagnetic excitation signals and a reference frequency of the antenna, where the reference frequency is the frequency for which one wavelength of the generated excitation signals (waves) matches the circumferential length of the antenna. This ratio, which corresponds to a normalized radial frequency of the generated excitation signals, is maintained between a value of 0.025 and 0.50.

Inductive sensing system for sensing electromagnetic signals from a body

An anti-fouling lighting system is used for protecting a surface () against biofouling while the surface () is submerged in water. A non-contact water sensor () is used for sensing water thereby to detect whether or not a light source arrangement (), or a portion of the light source arrangement (), is submerged in water. The light source arrangement (), or the portion of the light source arrangement (), is controlled in dependence on the water sensor () output.

Method and system for protecting a surface against biofouling

According to an aspect, there is provided a stethoscope apparatus stethoscope apparatus, the stethoscope apparatus comprising a sound sensor for measuring sounds produced by the breathing of a subject and for outputting a sound signal representing the measured breathing sounds; an antenna for receiving a modulated electromagnetic signal from the body, wherein the modulated electromagnetic signal is modulated by movement of air, fluid and/or tissue in the body; a processing unit that is configured to receive the sound signal from the sound sensor and the modulated electromagnetic signal from the antenna; and normalise the sound signal using the modulated electromagnetic signal.

Stethoscope apparatus and a method of processing breathing sounds produced by a subject

A substrate holder for a lithographic apparatus has a planarization layer provided on a surface thereof. The planarization layer provides a smooth surface for the formation of a thin film stack forming an electronic component. The thin film stack comprises an (optional) isolation layer, a metal layer forming an electrode, a sensor, a heater, a transistor or a logic device, and a top isolation layer.

Substrate holder, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method, and method of manufacturing a substrate holder

The invention relates to an electronic apparatus () comprising a charging module () for receiving external energy (RF) and for transferring it to a rechargeable energy storage () in a 'charging state'. Moreover, the apparatus comprises a processing module which can be operated in a working state that is enabled if the charging module () is in the charging state and the apparatus is in a standard operating mode. The processing module may for example be a communication module () that can communicate wirelessly in its working state. In the standard operating mode, communication with the apparatus () is thus only possible if the apparatus () is simultaneously charged. The communication module () can therefore be completely switched off during the residual time, thus reducing power consumption and avoiding erroneous communication or misuse.

Apparatus with wireless communication module

A determination circuit for measuring a current is reset each time the integration value of the current exceeds a threshold until expiration of a predefined maximum integration time. This increases the accuracy of integrating a current and also increases the dynamic range of currents that can be integrated. To further increase the dynamic range of currents, the determination circuit may further include circuits having different gain factors.

Current integrator with wide dynamic range

Components having a screw thread useful for mechanical fixation of the component to a corresponding component may be equipped with electrical wire following at least part of the turns of the screw thread and thereby forming at least a part of a coil. The corresponding component may have a matching screw thread, or the component of the invention may be self-tapping, in which case a matching screw thread in the corresponding component would be superfluous. The coil may be used as charging and/or power-conversion coil and/or communication antenna. The reuse of the screw thread for a coil maximizes the coil area without consuming extra space of the component. This is in particular useful in medical electrical implant devices, such as a pace maker or a neuron pace maker in deep brain stimulation, in that the maximum size of such a pace maker is very limited. Moreover, the screw thread of such components may additionally comprise connectors for providing electrical connection to other electrical parts in a matching component.

Reuse of screw thread

A switched mode power supply assembly () is described, comprising at least two switched mode power supply units () coupled to each other in parallel; each power supply unit () having an output stage () capable of selectively operating in a first mode wherein its output signal (I) is increasing and operating in a second mode wherein its output signal (I) is decreasing; a control device () receiving mode switch control signals from all power supply units (); wherein the control device (), if it finds that the actual phase relationship between two power supply units deviates from an optimal phase relationship, is designed to generate synchronising control signals for at least one power supply unit (), effectively changing the timing of at least one mode switch moment, such that the deviation between the actual phase relationship and said optimal phase relationship is reduced.

Switched mode power supply including power supply units and controller

A detection module for detecting electro-magnetic radiation comprises a photosensor, a current integration circuit and an arithmetic unit fits the integration samples to a predetermined time dependency of the integrated current and computes an accumulated electrical charge accumulated over the integration time interval from the fit. Notably, the detection module is employed in an optical imaging apparatus to image e.g. a woman's breast by way of near-infrared light.

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Waalre, Netherlands

Jacobus Josephus Leijssen