Abstract: An antenna arrangement having a stacked layered structure. The antenna arrangement includes a radiation layer including one or more radiation elements, and a distribution layer facing the radiation layer. The distribution layer is arranged to distribute a radio frequency signal to the one or more radiation elements. The distribution layer includes at least one distribution layer feed and a first electromagnetic bandgap, EBG, structure arranged to form at least one first waveguide intermediate the distribution layer and the radiation layer. The first EBG structure is also arranged to prevent electromagnetic propagation in a frequency band of operation from propagating from the at least one first waveguide in directions other than through the at least one distribution layer feed and the one or more radiation elements. The distribution layer includes a plurality of distribution modules and a positioning structure, the positioning structure is arranged to fix the distribution modules in position.

Abstract: A sensor module includes a sensor module main body having a rectangular board provided with a radio radar sensor function, and a metallic case having a rectangular parallelepiped box shape in which an opening part opened at one face in a thickness direction is formed and a cut-out opening for drawing out a cable connecting the sensor module main body is formed on a side face, the opening part being closed by the board inserted through the opening part with a component disposed on a front face of the board facing toward a bottom part on the inner side, and the cable is inserted into at least a part of the cut-out opening, and the cut-out opening is formed to be symmetrical with respect to a plane passing through the center of the metallic case and perpendicular to a plane of the cut-out opening.

Abstract: An electronic device for an automotive lighting device, including a driver and a mixer. The driver includes a power and signal input and has a supply voltage threshold, in such a way that the microcontroller is configured to reset if the voltage value in the power and signal input is lower than the supply voltage threshold. The mixer includes an output connected to the power and signal input of the driver, and is configured to provide an output signal which is related to the highest between the non-permanent signal and the permanent signal inputs.

Abstract: A slot antenna comprising a first conductive structure, a second conductive structure, and an antenna feed coupled to the first conductive structure. The first conductive structure is wholly or partially enclosed by the second conductive structure and comprises a conductive surface and a non-conductive pattern. The non-conductive pattern comprises a longitudinal slot and a lateral slot extending at an angle from the longitudinal slot.

Abstract: A driver circuit that includes an input side including a power input circuit and an output side including a light emitting diode (LED) output current circuit. The output side of the driver circuit includes an output smoothing capacitor for controlling flicker percentage. A light emitting diode (LED) power supply circuit is present between the input side and the output side for controlling current from the AC power input circuit to the light emitting diode (LED) output current circuit. The LED power supply circuit includes at least two linear current regulators that are connected in parallel. The circuit also includes a controller circuit including a controller for signaling the light emitting diode (LED) power supply to control current to the light emitting diode (LED) output current circuit to provide a lighting characteristic.

Abstract: Aspects of the embodiments are directed to an on-chip loop antenna and methods of manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, the on-chip loop antenna is in an integrated circuit (IC) die. The IC die comprises metal loops substantially centered around a core region of the IC die in a metallization stack of the IC die, a dielectric between spaces of the metal loops, an electric circuit in the core region electrically connected to the metal loops with an interconnect, and a ground plane in the metallization stack electrically connected to the loops with a first plurality of vias and to the electric circuit with a second plurality of vias. The first plurality of vias is different from the second plurality of vias, and the electric circuit includes an inductor. In some embodiments, the on-chip loop antenna can be carried by a semiconductor package.

Abstract: An antenna device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a dielectric layer, an antenna unit disposed on a top surface of the dielectric layer, the antenna unit including a radiator and a transmission line connected to the radiator, a dummy electrode separated from the antenna unit on the top surface of the dielectric layer, the dummy electrode at least partially surrounding the antenna unit, and a blocking pattern arranged around the antenna unit in the dummy electrode. Radiation interruption from the dummy electrode is prevented by the blocking pattern to improve radiation reliability.

Abstract: A remote signal communication system includes a first antenna that transmits first frequency bands and a second antenna that transmits second frequency bands that are higher than the first frequency bands. A first dual matching network is provided for the first frequency bands and a second dual matching network is provided for the second frequency bands.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve in-memory multiply and accumulate operations. An example apparatus includes a first multiplexer in a subarray of memory, the first multiplexer to receive first values representative of a column of a lookup table (LUT) including entries to represent products of four-bit numbers and return second values from an intersection of a row and the column of the LUT based on a first element of a first operand; shift and adder logic in the subarray, the shift and adder logic to shift the second values based on at least one of the first element of the first operand or a first element of a second operand; and accumulation storage in the subarray, the accumulation storage to store at least the shifted second values.

Abstract: A method of initializing an LED driver to power an LED light engine comprising one or more LEDs is disclosed, the method comprising: connecting a control terminal of the LED driver to a control terminal of the LED light engine; determining whether the control terminal of the LED light engine is a communication terminal by outputting a communication signal from the control terminal of the LED driver to the control terminal of the LED light engine; establishing that the control terminal of the LED light engine is a communication terminal if a reply communication signal to the communication signal is received within a predetermined period; if the control terminal of the LED light engine is a communication terminal, perform an initialisation of the LED driver by exchanging configuration data between the LED driver and the LED light engine; if the control terminal of the LED light engine is not a communication terminal, determining an impedance value observed at the control terminal of the LED light engine and

Abstract: A level conversion circuit includes a first pin, a second pin, a target pin, a core module and a switch. A first terminal of the switch is connected to the first pin, a second terminal of the switch is connected to the second pin, and the core module is connected to the target pin, the second pin and a control terminal of the switch respectively. The core module is configured to: when a voltage connected to the target pin is at a first reference high level, control the switch to turn on to transmit a signal with a specified voltage amplitude, and pull the first pin to the first reference high level and the second pin to a second reference high level based on the first reference high level; where the first reference high level is higher than the second reference high level.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a fill light and a power supply circuit thereof, said power supply circuit is electrically connected to an external power supply device with PD protocol, and comprises a TYPE-C interface module, a PD induction module, a switching tube Q1 as well as a voltage stabilization module, said voltage stabilization module is a Buck-Boost switching power supply module, the input of said voltage stabilization module is connected with the drain of said switching tube Q1. The technical solution uses the PD induction module to disguise the fill light to be presented as an electric equipment for supporting PD protocol, so that the external power supply device with PD protocol can output high voltage above 12V, while using the Buck-Boost switching power module as the voltage stabilization module of this technical solution to improve the adaptability of the power circuit to the input voltage amplitude.

Abstract: A method comprises receiving (222,224,226,232,234,236) information identifying power on/off-related behavior (e.g. shutdown moment and/or elapsed time) from each of the plurality of lighting devices and partitioning the plurality of lighting devices in groups of lighting devices, e.g. Group1: L1+L2 and Group2: L3, based on the received information. Each of the groups comprises only lighting devices with similar power on/off-related behavior. The method further comprises controlling (242) the lighting device in response to a user command, determining that a problem has occurred when controlling the lighting device, and identifying the group that comprises the lighting device. The method also comprises determining a power on/off state of at least one other lighting device in the identified group, determining diagnostic information based the determined power on/off states, and providing (243) the diagnostic information to the user. The diagnostic information indicates a likely cause for the problem.

Abstract: Control of a reconfigurable platform can include determining, by a host computer, an interface universally unique identifier (UUID) of an interface of platform circuitry implemented on an accelerator, wherein the accelerator is communicatively linked to the host computer. An electronic request to run a partition design on the accelerator is received by the host computer. In response to the electronic request, the host computer determines an interface UUID for an interface of the partition design and determines compatibility of the partition design with the platform circuitry based on a comparison of the interface UUID of the partition design with the interface UUID of the platform circuitry. The partition design is implemented on the accelerator in response to determining that the partition design is compatible with the platform circuitry.

Abstract: This invention provides a method for operating an automotive arrangement with a lighting device and a vehicle sensor. This method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of auxiliary sensors, configured to provide some device data, provide a control unit configured to estimate a vehicle sensor temperature using the device data and controlling an operation parameter of the automotive lighting device using the estimated vehicle sensor tem-perature. The invention also provides a data processing element and a computer program to carry out this method and an automotive lighting device comprising a control unit which carries out this method.

Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna base having a longitudinal direction, a first antenna element on the antenna base, and a pair of second antenna elements on the antenna base, the pair of second antenna elements being capable of transmitting and receiving radio waves in a higher frequency band than the first antenna element. In a planar view, when the antenna base is divided into four regions by a first line segment along the longitudinal direction and a second line segment orthogonal to the first line segment intersecting each other at the center point of the first antenna element, a region where one of the pair of second antenna elements is located is not adjacent to a region where the other of the pair of second antenna elements is located.

Abstract: Disclosed is a performance directing system including a control console device that generates at least one emission control signal including data, in which an emission-related operation is defined for each direction scene, and transmits the at least one emission control signal to at least one communication device, the at least one communication device that transmits the emission control signal received from the control console device, and at least one light emitting device that identifies an emission control signal, which includes predetermined identification information of a communication device, from among the emission control signal thus transmitted and performs the emission-related operation defined in the data in the identified emission control signal.

Abstract: A wall-mounted keypad may include a light detector circuit located inside the keypad that is configured to measure an ambient light level in a space. The light detector circuit may receive ambient light through an aperture that is hidden from view by the keypad. The keypad may include a reflector for directing ambient light onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include an enclosure that houses the light detector circuit. The enclosure may define a recess that exposes at least a portion of the light detector circuit. The enclosure may include a reflector that may focus ambient light received through the aperture onto the light detector circuit. The keypad may include a control circuit that may be configured to illuminate the indicia of respective buttons of the control device in response to actuations of the one or more buttons, in accordance with the measured ambient light level.

Abstract: An operation method of a proximity sensor comprises: controlling a light-emitting element by a processing circuit. Such control includes a plurality of light source on and light source off operations. An optical sensor receives light and outputs a sensing signal corresponding to the intensity of the light. The processing circuit computes the sensing signal to produce a sensing result. The plurality of light source on and light source off operations includes a group having two light sources on operations and two light sources off operations. The two light sources on operations in the group or the two light sources off operations in the group are performed consecutively. In this way, the ambient light components of the light source on and off operations may cancel out each other to reduce the ambient light components contained in the sensing results.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an antenna subsystem includes a sparse receive antenna and an electronically steerable transmit antenna. The sparse receive antenna includes an array of electronically steerable receive elements each configured to receive a respective signal having a wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the receive elements by a respective first distance that is more than one half of the wavelength. And the electronically steerable transmit antenna includes an array of transmit elements each configured to radiate a respective signal having the wavelength and each spaced apart from each adjacent one of the transmit elements by a respective second distance that is less than one half of the wavelength. To reduce aliasing, such an antenna subsystem can be operated to filter, spatially, a receive beam pattern generated by the receive antenna with a transmit beam pattern generated by the transmit antenna.