A connector system includes a connector for connecting a first conductor in electrical communication with a second conductor, and a sensor supported adjacent the connector. The sensor is in electrical communication with the first conductor and in electrical communication with the second conductor. The sensor detects a characteristic of the connection between the first conductor and the second conductor.

A device for thermal treatment of samples includes: a base unit with a receiving region for a sample carrier; a temperature control block arranged in the receiving region; a lid; a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the temperature control block; a control unit for heating and cooling the temperature control block; and a reference element for in situ calibrating, validating and/or adjusting of the temperature sensor, which reference element is comprised of a material having at least one phase change at at least one predetermined phase change temperature in a temperature range suitable for calibrating the temperature sensor, during which phase change the material remains in the solid state.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to temperature sensors with programmable magnetic tunnel junction structures and methods of manufacture. A structure includes a resistor material connected in series with a programmable magnetic tunnel junction structure in a Wheatstone bridge configuration.

The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to temperature sensors with programmable magnetic tunnel junction structures and methods of manufacture. A structure includes a resistor material connected in series with a programmable magnetic tunnel junction structure in a Wheatstone bridge configuration.

A tracking system for tracking a marker device for being attached to a medical device is provided, whereby the marker device includes a sensing unit comprising a magnetic object which may be excited by an external magnetic or electromagnetic excitation field into a mechanical oscillation of the magnetic object, and the tracking system comprises a field generator for generating a predetermined magnetic or electromagnetic excitation field for inducing mechanical oscillations of the magnetic object, a transducer for transducing a magnetic or electromagnetic field generated by the induced mechanical oscillations of the magnetic object into one or more electrical response signals, and a position determination unit for determining the position of the marker device on the basis of the one or more electrical response signals.

A tracking system for tracking a marker device for being attached to a medical device is provided, whereby the marker device includes a sensing unit comprising a magnetic object which may be excited by an external magnetic or electromagnetic excitation field into a mechanical oscillation of the magnetic object, and the tracking system comprises a field generator for generating a predetermined magnetic or electromagnetic excitation field for inducing mechanical oscillations of the magnetic object, a transducer for transducing a magnetic or electromagnetic field generated by the induced mechanical oscillations of the magnetic object into one or more electrical response signals, and a position determination unit for determining the position of the marker device on the basis of the one or more electrical response signals.

Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus of the present disclosure may comprise: a cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet; an induction heater which is disposed outside the drum and heats the drum; a magnet which is fixed to the drum and of which a residual magnetic flux density changes depending on temperature; and a coil fixed to the outside of the drum and disposed at a position overlapping the magnet in the longitudinal direction of the central axis of rotation of the drum.

Disclosed is a clothes treatment apparatus. The clothes treatment apparatus of the present disclosure may comprise: a cabinet; a drum rotatably provided in the cabinet; an induction heater which is disposed outside the drum and heats the drum; a magnet which is fixed to the drum and of which a residual magnetic flux density changes depending on temperature; and a coil fixed to the outside of the drum and disposed at a position overlapping the magnet in the longitudinal direction of the central axis of rotation of the drum.

A heat-flow sensor that includes an insulating layer, a magnetic field application layer arranged on a first surface of the insulating layer and composed of a conductor, and a heat-flow detection layer arranged on a second surface of the insulating layer, the second surface facing the first surface, and the heat-flow detection layer composed of a conductive magnetic body. The heat-flow detection layer faces the magnetic field application layer via the insulating layer.

A heat-flow sensor that includes an insulating layer, a magnetic field application layer arranged on a first surface of the insulating layer and composed of a conductor, and a heat-flow detection layer arranged on a second surface of the insulating layer, the second surface facing the first surface, and the heat-flow detection layer composed of a conductive magnetic body. The heat-flow detection layer faces the magnetic field application layer via the insulating layer.