All The Claims

1. A control apparatus configured to control a plasma processing apparatus,
the plasma processing apparatus comprising an electrode on which a substrate to be processed is disposed, in a process room, a first power supply circuit configured to supply first power to the electrode, a plasma generation unit configured to generate plasma in a space isolated from the electrode in the process room, a second power supply circuit configured to supply second power to the plasma generation unit, comprising:
a detection unit configured to detect parameters output from the first power supply circuit; and
a control unit configured to control the first power and the second power supplied from the first power supply circuit and the second power supply circuit, respectively, such that each of the parameters detected by the detection unit corresponds to each of target values.
2. The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein
the parameters detected from the detection unit include voltage and current.
3. The control apparatus of claim 2, wherein
the control unit decreases the first power supplied from the first power supply circuit when the voltage detected by the detection unit is larger than the target value and increases the first power supplied from the first power supply circuit when the voltage detected by the detection unit smaller than the target value, and
the control unit decreases the second power supplied from the second power supply circuit when the current detected by the detection unit is larger than the target value and increases the second power supplied from the second power supply circuit when the current detected by the detection unit smaller than the target value.
4. The control apparatus of claim 1, wherein
the parameters detected from the detection unit include voltage and a value of product of voltage, current and cos\u03c6 where \u03c6 is phase difference between voltage and current.
5. The control apparatus of claim 4, wherein
the control unit decreases the first power supplied from the first power supply circuit when the voltage detected by the detection unit is larger than the target value and increases the first power supplied from the first power supply circuit when the voltage detected by the detection unit smaller than the target value, and
the control unit decreases the second power supplied from the second power supply circuit when the value of product of voltage, the current and cos\u03c6 detected by the detection unit is larger than the target value and increases the second power supplied from the second power supply circuit when the value of product of voltage, current and cos\u03c6 detected by the detection unit smaller than the target value.
6. A plasma processing apparatus, comprising:
an electrode on which a substrate to be processed is disposed in a process room;
a first power supply circuit configured to supply first power to the electrode;
a plasma generation unit configured to generate plasma in a space isolated from the electrode in the process room, a second power supply circuit configured to supply second power to the plasma generation unit;
a detection unit configured to detect parameters output from the first power supply circuit; and
a control unit configured to control the first power and the second power supplied from the first power supply circuit and second power supply circuit, respectively, such that each of the parameters detected by the detection unit corresponds to each of target values, respectively.
7. A method for controlling a control apparatus configured to control a plasma processing apparatus,
the plasma processing apparatus comprising an electrode on which a substrate to be processed is disposed, in a process room, a first power supply circuit configured to supply first power to the electrode, a plasma generation unit configured to generate a space isolated from the electrode in the process room, and a second power supply circuit configured to supply a second power to the plasma generation unit, comprising:
detecting parameters output from the first power supply circuit; and
controlling the first power and the second power supplied from the first power supply circuit and the second power supply circuit, respectively, such that each of the parameters detected by the detection unit corresponds to each of the target values, respectively.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A solar cell having at least one photovoltaic layer made of an organic material, in particular a polymer material, which absorbs light and in which electron-hole pairs can be produced, said solar cell having two opposite layer surfaces of which one is connected with at least one hole-receiving layer produced inside said photovoltaic layer and the other is connected with at least one electron-receiving layer produced inside said photovoltaic layer, as well as having electrode areas En and Ep, of which one said electrode area is electrically contacted to said hole-receiving layer and the other said electrode area is electrically connected to said electron receiving layer, wherein
said electron-receiving layer is connected via its electrode area to a flat substrate having a front side and a rear side,
said flat substrate is provided with opening structures projecting laterally through from said front side to said rear side,
said hole-receiving layer, said photovoltaic layer, said electron-receiving layer and said electrode area connected to said layer are applied on said front side of said flat substrate in such a manner that at least single said opening structures project laterally through said flat substrate and through said layer system comprising said layers En, n, A, and p,
an electrically conducting p++ layer is applied onto said hole-receiving layer or said hole-receiving layer is designed as a p++ layer which at least partially fills said opening structures projecting laterally through said flat substrate to said rear side of said flat substrate, and
said electrode area for receiving said hole-receiving layer is provided on said rear side of said flat substrate, said electrode area being electrically contacted to said p++ layer reaching through said opening structures.
2. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein a hole-conducting material, which has better electrical conductivity than the layer material of which said p++ layer is made, is contained inside at least single opening structures.
3. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the electrical conductivity of said hole-conducting material inside said opening structures is selected so low that possible short circuits inside said opening structures between said electron-receiving electrode area and said p++ layer do not significantly impair the short circuit current andor the efficiency of said solar cell.
4. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the electrical conductivity of said hole-conducting material outside said opening structures is selected so low that possible short circuits outside said opening structures between said electron-receiving electrode area and said p++ layer do not significantly impair the short circuit current andor the efficiency of said solar cell.
5. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said electrode areas are designed as metal layers.
6. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said p++ layer has a maximum electrical resistance of 106 \u03a9, preferably between 105 and 102 \u03a9, particularly preferably between 103 and 104 \u03a9.
7. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said p++ layer has a light transmission for photovoltaic useable sunlight of at least 50%, preferably 70%, particularly preferably 80%.
8. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said doped p++ layer contains polythiophenes or polythiophene derivatives.
9. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the hole-conducting p++ layer material introduced inside said opening structures contains graphite, metals or doped zinc oxides or doped tin oxides, such as antimony-doped tin oxide or aluminum-doped zinc oxide.
10. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said flat substrate is made of a porous material having pores which form said opening structures projecting laterally through said flat substrate.
11. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein
said opening structures provide opening diameters in the range from 1 to 10 \u03bcm and adjacent said opening structures are spaced between 10 and 100 \u03bcm apart, or
said opening structures provide openings diameters in the range from 0.1 to 1 \u03bcm and adjacent said opening structures are spaced between 1 and 10 \u03bcm apart, or said opening structures provide opening diameters in the range from 10 to 100 \u03bcm and adjacent said opening structures are spaced between 100 and 500 \u03bcm apart, or
said opening structures have opening diameters in the range from 5 to 25 \u03bcm and adjacent said opening structures are spaced between 25 and 100 \u03bcm apart.
12. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the present sequence of layers on said front side of said flat substrate comprising said electrode area, said electron-receiving layer, said photovoltaic layer have an overall thickness which is less than half of the opening diameter of said opening structures or in case a p++ layer is provided in addition to said hole-receiving layer, the thickness of said hole-receiving layer must be taken into account in said overall layer thickness.
13. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said flat substrate is made of a porous plastic, textile or cellulose material, such as paper, or a surface-treated metal foil.
14. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said surface substrate material is elastic.
15. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said photovoltaic layer contains polymer material or polymer material compounds.
16. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said photovoltaic layer contains a mixture of a fullerene derivative and a PPV polymer.
17. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said electron-receiving layer is a LiF layer or an Al-doped or Cs-doped bathophenanthroline layer.
18. The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein said electrode areas are made of aluminum.
19. The solar cell according to of claim 1, wherein
said hole-receiving layer is connected via its electrode area to a flat substrate having a front side and a rear side,
said flat substrate has opening structures projecting laterally through from said front side to said rear side,
said electron-receiving layer, said photovoltaic layer, said hole-receiving layer and said electrode area connected to said layer are applied onto said front side of said flat substrate in such a manner that at least single opening structures project laterally through said flat substrate and through the layer system made of said layers Ep, p, A, and n,
an electrically conducting n++ layer is applied onto said electron-receiving layer or said electron-receiving layer is designed as a n++ layer which at least partially fills said opening structures projecting laterally through said flat substrate to said rear side of said flat substrate, and
said electrode area for said electron-receiving layer is provided on said rear side of said flat surface, said electrode area being electrically contacted to said n++ layer reaching through said opening structures.
20. The solar cell according to claim 19, wherein the features are singly or in combination useable in such a manner that the nature of the conductivity of said electrically conducting materials cited in said claims must be inverted.
21. A method for producing a solar cell having at least one photovoltaic layer made of an organic material, in particular a polymer material, comprised by the process steps:
provision of a flat substrate having a front side and a rear side, which is provided with opening structures projecting laterally through said flat substrate from said front side to said rear side,
application of an electrode area onto said front side of said flat substrate,
two-dimensional application of an electron-receiving layer onto said electrode area on said front side of said flat substrate,
two-dimensional application of said photovoltaic layer onto said electron-receiving layer,
two-dimensional application of a hole-receiving layer or application of a p++ layer onto said photovoltaic layer, respectively two-dimensional application of a p++ layer in the case of the provision of a hole-receiving layer on the latter, in such a manner that said opening structures projecting laterally through said flat substrate to said rear side of said flat surface are filled with said p++ layer material, and
application of an additional electrode area onto said rear side of said flat substrate in such a manner that said p++ layer is contacted to said additional electrode area through said opening structures.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein in addition to said p++ layer material, an electrically conducting material, is introduced into said opening structures in such a manner that said electrically conducting material contacts said p++ layer as well as said electrode area on said rear side of said flat substrate.
23. The method according to claim 21, wherein said electrode area, said electron-receiving layer, said photovoltaic layer, said hole-receiving layer, said p++ layer andor said electrode are are applied by means of vapor deposition, sputtering or wet chemical processes.
24. The method according to claim 21, wherein a foil is applied onto said rear side of said flat substrate before said flat substrate is coated, and
said foil is removed from said rear side of said flat substrate before applying said additional electrode area onto said rear side of said flat substrate.
25. The method according to claim 21, wherein said contacting of said p++ layer contained in said opening structures projecting laterally through said flat substrate from said front side to said rear side to said electrode area on said rear side of said flat substrate is supported by pastes, varnishes or solutions.
26. The method according to claim 25, wherein said pastes, varnishes or solutions are electrically conducting and at least partially penetrate said opening structures and produce an electrically conducting connection to said p++ layer.
27. The method according to claim 21, wherein on andor inside said p++ layer, at least one thin ITO layer (doped indium tin oxide) andor an inorganic transparent electrically conducting layer is provided.
28. The method according to claim 27, wherein said ITO layer andor said inorganic transparent electrically conducting layer are vapor deposited or sputtered on.
29. The method according to claim 21, wherein said application of said electrode area onto said rear side of said flat substrate occurs by means of vapor deposition or gluing on a metal foil.
30. The method according to claim 29, wherein an electrically conductive adhesive is utilized for gluing on said metal foil.
31. The method according to claim 30, wherein said electrically conductive adhesive at least partially penetrates said opening structures and produces a conducting connection to said p++ layer.
32. The method according to claim 21, wherein said flat substrate is provided by being unrolled from a first roll and after execution of all said process steps, the yielded solar cell is rolled onto a second roll.
33. A method according to the generic part of claim 21, comprised by the method steps:
provision of a flat substrate having a front side and a rear side, which is provided with opening structures projecting laterally through said flat substrate from said front side to said rear side,
application of an electrode area onto said front side of said flat substrate,
two-dimensional application of a hole-receiving layer onto said electrode area on said front side of said flat substrate,
two-dimensional application of said photovoltaic layer onto said hole-receiving layer,
two-dimensional application of an electron-receiving layer or application of a n++ layer onto said photovoltaic layer, respectively two-dimensional application of a n++ layer in the case of the provision of an electron-receiving layer on the latter, in such a manner that said opening structures projecting laterally through said flat substrate to said rear side of said flat surface (are filled with said n++ layer material, and
application of an additional electrode area onto said rear side of said flat substrate in such a manner that said n++ layer is contacted to said additional electrode area through said opening structures.
34. The method according to claim 21, wherein the features can be applied in such a manner that the nature of the conductivity of said electrically conducting materials must be inverted.

1. A vehicle stabilization device for use in auto extrication and other stabilization operations, comprising:
a base plate for enabling emplacement of the device on an underlying support surface beneath the vehicle to be stabilized;
first and second extender members, each having a base end and a distal end, said members being hingedly connected to each other at their distal ends;
the said base ends of said members being rotably mounted to said base plate and the base ends being moveable toward each other from an initial spaced position; said reduction of spacing between the said base ends in conjunction with the hinged attachment of said distal ends increasingly inclining said extender members with respect to said base plate and thereby increasingly elevating the said distal ends above the base plate;
a vehicle contact and support member being secured to the distal hinged ends, which member elevates with the elevation of said distal ends, whereby said contact and support member contacts the overlying portion of the vehicle; and
means to retain the drawn together base portions in the position where contact with the vehicle is achieved, to provide stabilizing support to the vehicle.
2. A device in accordance with claim 1, including a spring biasing means connected to provide a force enabling said movement of said base ends toward each other, and further including a locking means for preventing said movement in the absence of manual release of the locking mean by an operator.
3. A device in accordance with claim 2 including a one way movement means for allowing the released spring biased member ends to move toward each other until contact with the overlying vehicle is achieved, while preventing reversal of the movement, whereby the support of the vehicle automatically holds or adjusts to a more elevated position without further operator attention.
4. A device in accordance with claim 3, wherein said base plate has a U-shaped cross-section, said one-way movement means comprising saw teeth extending along the bottom of longitudinally directed slots formed in the sides of said U-cross sectioned base plate, which teeth are engaged by a horizontal slide pin at the base end of the first of said extender members sliding into a notch between the saw teeth.
5. A device in accordance with claim 4, wherein said horizontal slide pin comprises the means for rotably attaching the first extender plate to said base plate; and wherein the second extender plate has a horizontal pin at its base end which is mounted for rotation at a fixed axis at the second end of said base plate.
6. A device in accordance with claim 5, wherein said vehicle contact and support member comprises angle supports mounted at the non-adjacent sides of said extender members proximate to their distal ends one leg of each said angle support facing generally upward when the extender members are elevated, the generally upwardly facing sides forming at least part of a support surface for the said vehicle.
7. A device in accordance with claim 5, wherein the underside of said support plate is provided with a slip resistant surface.
8. A device in accordance with claim 2, wherein when said base ends of said extender members are in their maximum spaced position, the said extender plates lie substantially horizontally atop the support plate.
9. A device in accordance with claim 8, wherein the upwardly facing side of one said substantially flat extender members is provided with a handle to facilitate carrying of said device.
10. A vehicle stabilization device for use in auto extracation and other stabilization operations, comprising:
a base plate for emplacement of the device on an underlying support surface beneath the vehicle to be stabilized;
first and second extender members, each having a base end rotably attached to said base plate, the base ends being spaced from one another, the distance between the base plate attached ends of said extender members being adjustable; and the distal ends of said extender members being connected to each other by a hinge which enables the apex angle between the connected distal ends to be changed;
a support means for said vehicle being provided at the upwardly directed portions of said distal ends; reduction of said distance between said base plate attached ends decreasing the apex angle between said distal ends and elevating said support means above said base plate;
means for drawing said base ends together to a position where said support means is raised to contact the overlying vehicle portion; and
means to retain the drawn together base portions in the position where contact with the vehicle and support thereof is achieved.
11. A device in accordance with claim 10, including a spring biasing means connected to provide a force enabling said movement of said base ends toward each other, and further including a locking means for preventing said movement in the absence of manual release of the locking mean by an operator.
12. A device in accordance with claim 11, wherein said base plate has a U-shaped cross-section, and wherein a one-way movement of said base ends toward each other is enabled by saw teeth which extend along the bottom of longitudinally directed slots formed in the sides of said U cross-sectioned base plate, which teeth are engaged by a horizontal slide pin at the base end of the first of said extender members sliding into a notch between the saw teeth.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A driver information system in a vehicle, comprising:
a viewing direction recognition unit to recognize a driver’s viewing direction; and
an indicating unit to indicate a position of a critical event for when a deviation between the driver’s viewing direction and the position of the critical event situated from the driver’s viewpoint exceeds a limit value.
2. The driver information system of claim 1, wherein the indicating unit is active only when the deviation between the driver’s viewing direction and the position of the critical event exceeds the limit value.
3. The driver information system of claim 1, wherein the indicating unit is embodied for visual presentation of the critical event.
4. The driver information system of claim 1, wherein the indicating unit includes a laser pointer for generating a laser beam that presents the position of the critical event on an indicator visible to the driver.
5. The driver information system of claim 4, wherein the laser pointer is mounted in the vehicle interior and is directed onto a projection surface.
6. The driver information system of claim 5, wherein the projection surface is located on the dashboard.
7. The driver information system of claim 5, wherein the projection surface is located on or outside the windshield.
8. The driver information system of claim 1, wherein the indicating unit is embodied as a head-up display.
9. The driver information system of claim 1, wherein a dot or arrow traveling between the driver’s viewing direction and the position of the critical event is presentable in the indicating unit.
10. The driver information system of claim 1, wherein various symbols for characterizing the critical event are presentable in the indicating unit.
11. The driver information system of claim 1, wherein the viewing direction recognition unit encompasses an infrared camera directed onto an eye of the driver.
12. The driver information system of claim 1, wherein a critical event in the vehicle surroundings is indicated in the indicating unit.