Sugar alcohol mixtures are used as antimicrobially active compounds.

A transistor (200) comprises a single, common base region (202). One or more source regions (112) are formed in the base region (202). One or more gate regions (120) overly the common base (202) and the source regions (112). In an alternate embodiment, the gate regions (320) have a raised central portion (321). In yet another embodiment, certain source regions (402) are cross connected (404). Additionally, a polysilicon pattern (602) may be used which provides a gate finger feed network (614, 61...

A common-mode signal sensor for supplying a common-mode signal in response to a difference signal. A first input terminal and a second input terminal receive the difference signal and an output terminal supplies the common-mode signal. A first differential pair of a first conductivity type is connected to a first current source at a first node and has its control electrodes connected to the input terminals. A second differential pair of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivi...

A thyristor comprised of a vertical thyristor including, on its front surface, a localized anode region, and on its rear surface, a cathode metallization substantially coating the whole rear surface region, and, on its front surface region, a lateral thyristor. The thyristor gate corresponds to the cathode region or to the cathode-gate region of the lateral thyristor. The cathode-gate region or cathode region, respectively, of the lateral thyristor is connected to the cathode of the vertical thy...

A specific acupuncture technique for the remedial treatment of various types of baldness by inserting acupuncture needles into selected acupuncture points on multiple meridians. The need for drugs, chemical treatment, surgery, herbs, etc. is eliminated.

A common mode choke coil having a couple of cores shaped like U and four coils wound around legs of the cores. The cores having coils around their legs are butt-jointed at the end, and coils wound around each couple of butted legs cause magnetic fluxes in mutually opposite directions.

An inventive potential generator generates a predetermined potential and includes first operational amplifier, current supply circuit and current sink circuit. A first reference potential is applied to the non-inverting input terminal of the first amplifier and a potential at the output node of the first amplifier is not only applied to the inverting input terminal of the first amplifier but also used as the output of the generator. The current supply circuit supplies a current to the output nod...

An improvement to a code-division-multiple-access (CDMA) system employing spread-spectrum modulation, with the CDMA system having a base station (BS) and a plurality of remote stations. The base station has a BS-spread-spectrum transmitter and a BS-spread-spectrum receiver. A remote station has an RS-spread-spectrum transmitter and an RS-spread-spectrum receiver. The BS transmitter transmits a broadcast common-synchronization channel, which includes a frame-timing signal. The broadcast common-sy...

A common rail injector having an injector housing that can be made to communicate via a high-pressure connection with a high-pressure reservoir. A nozzle needle is axially displaceable against a nozzle needle seat in order to adjust the injection onset and the injection quantity in a common rail injection system of an internal combustion engine as a function of the position of a magnet-controlled control piston that is prestressed counter to a spring. To make it possible that during operation to...

A common rail system having a regulated prefeed pump, which pumps a fuel flow from a fuel tank to a high-pressure pump. The fuel flow is split with the aid of a valve assembly into a lubricant flow and a high-pressure feed flow that is pumped into a high-pressure reservoir, and acted upon by high pressure. The prefeed pump has a substantially linear characteristic feed curve with a certain slope. To improve the regulating performance, the valve assembly for the lubricant flow includes a valve wh...