An improved turbine blade having a tip configured to provide a reduced blade tip clearance between the blade tip and the inside of a turbine casing and to provide an improved flow path for the discharge of cooling air from the turbine blade tip. The integrated circuit may include dedicated communications port circuitry that can be used in making the above-mentioned connection, or the programmable logic circuitry itself can be configured for operation as communications port circuitry for use in making the connection. The member is resiliently deformable from the default shape to conform to at least a portion of the container and is attached by the resiliency of the member. In the aggregate, the amplified sub-bands provide coverage of the same ultra-wideband frequency range of the original input signal, in some cases. In addition, a device in the form of the higher-level device for performing the method in an automation system is also proposed, wherein at least one device comprising a functional module for executing at least one device function is arranged under the higher-level device.