Abstract: A bracket configured to mount a high voltage component to a structure of a vehicle. The bracket includes a body, a plurality of first apertures formed in the body that are each respectively configured for receipt of a fastener that secures the body to the high voltage component, and a plurality of second apertures formed in the body that are respectively configured for receipt of a fastener that secures the body to the structure of the vehicle. Upon application of a sufficient force to the vehicle, a material of the body that forms at least one of the first apertures and the second apertures is configured to fail to permit either the body and the high voltage component to disengage from structure of the vehicle or the high voltage component to disengage from the body.

Abstract: A press-fit-interlocking connection of an inner part to an outer part which is fastened to the inner part includes a cylindrical press joint (3) between the outer part and the inner part. The interlocking connection is formed by an axial stop having contacting stop parts (18, 19) on the inner part and on the outer part. The connection has an edge support in contact with the stop parts which contact one another, in a first main plane of curvature (E1) to which the cylinder axis of the press joint is perpendicular, with equal radii of curvature (ra1, ra2), and in a second main plane of curvature (E2) in which the cylinder axis of the press joint lies, with different radii of curvature (ra2, ri2).

Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for automatically controlling a construction process of a road section, the section comprising a plurality of subsections, the construction process comprising processing a road surface material layer using a paver with a height-adjustable screed, the paver travelling along a predetermined path, the method comprising receiving construction design data comprising information about the path and about a nominal surface and a nominal layer thickness of the paved road surface material layer for a multitude of positions along the path, receiving a set of rules comprising different priorities for each of the plurality of subsections, continuously receiving position data indicating a current position of the screed, continuously receiving thickness data indicating a current layer thickness of the paved road surface material layer, calculating a height-adjustment of the screed, generating, based on the calculation, control data to adjust a height of the screed.

Abstract: A bracket configured to mount a high voltage component to a structure of a vehicle. The bracket includes a body, a plurality of first apertures formed in the body that are each respectively configured for receipt of a fastener that secures the body to the high voltage component, and a plurality of second apertures formed in the body that are respectively configured for receipt of a fastener that secures the body to the structure of the vehicle. Upon application of a sufficient force to the vehicle, a material of the body that forms at least one of the first apertures and the second apertures is configured to fail to permit either the body and the high voltage component to disengage from structure of the vehicle or the high voltage component to disengage from the body.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a vehicle control system having: two GNSS receivers positioned fixedly in a known relationship with respect to one another on a vehicle, for receiving signals from navigation satellites, a computer unit for using the signals to form direction vectors, and generating instructions for steering the vehicle as a function of the direction vectors, wherein at least one retro-reflector is arranged in a predefined position with respect to the GNSS receivers on the vehicle, a geodetic measuring device is positioned in an immovable fashion at a known reference position in order to determine exact absolute positions of the retro-reflector, wherein the measuring device has a transmitter for transmitting the exact absolute positions to a receiver of the computer unit, and the computer unit is also designed to generate the instructions as a function of the exact absolute positions.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention include a vehicle control system having: two GNSS receivers positioned fixedly in a known relationship with respect to one another on a vehicle, for receiving signals from navigation satellites, a computer unit for using the signals to form direction vectors, and generating instructions for steering the vehicle as a function of the direction vectors, wherein at least one retro-reflector is arranged in a predefined position with respect to the GNSS receivers on the vehicle, a geodetic measuring device is positioned in an immovable fashion at a known reference position in order to determine exact absolute positions of the retro-reflector, wherein the measuring device has a transmitter for transmitting the exact absolute positions to a receiver of the computer unit, and the computer unit is also designed to generate the instructions as a function of the exact absolute positions.

Abstract: A transponder and a method for wireless data transmission is provided. The transponder comprises an input circuit with input terminals for connecting an antenna coil for data transmission to a base station by means of inductive coupling, a first controllable switching means, at least one resistor, which is looped in series with the first controllable switching means between the input terminals of the input circuit, and a controller which is designed in such a way that it connects through the first switching means as soon as a voltage applied at the input terminals falls below a first settable threshold value, and again interrupts it as soon as the voltage applied at the input terminals for a settable duration is above the first settable threshold value and/or above a second settable threshold value.

Abstract: A method for wireless data transmission, in, for example, RFID systems, between a base station and a passive transponder, as well as a passive transponder is provided by inductive coupling, as well as a passive transponder. It is possible to transmit data from the base station to the transponder by a first data transmission protocol type and by at least one second data transmission protocol type, whereby the first or the at least second data transmission protocol type is selected by writing a configuration register in the transponder.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a carrier signal transmitted by a base station according to either a first data-transmission protocol or a second data-transmission protocol; detecting a first field gap in the carrier signal indicating initiation of a data transmission by the base station; and determining whether a reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap. The method includes, if the reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap then, according to the first data-transmission protocol, determining a calibration value for the data transmission based on the reference duration and decoding the data transmission by measuring durations between successive subsequent field gaps and determining whether each duration as measured is a binary 1 or binary 0 based on the calibration value.

Abstract: An integrated circuit is disclosed with adjusting elements, which in a first manufacturing stage are connected via tracks to terminal pads lying outside the integrated circuit. At least one of the tracks of the integrated circuit lies on a surface of a region, which includes semiconductor material and in a second manufacturing stage is isolated by a pn junction from additional semiconductor material, which is adjacent to the region. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing this type of integrated circuit is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for wireless data transmission, in, for example, RFID systems, between a base station and a passive transponder, as well as a passive transponder is provided by inductive coupling, as well as a passive transponder. It is possible to transmit data from the base station to the transponder by a first data transmission protocol type and by at least one second data transmission protocol type, whereby the first or the at least second data transmission protocol type is selected by writing a configuration register in the transponder.

Abstract: A method for wireless data transmission, in, for example, RFID systems, between a base station and a passive transponder, as well as a passive transponder is provided by inductive coupling, as well as a passive transponder. It is possible to transmit data from the base station to the transponder by a first data transmission protocol type and by at least one second data transmission protocol type, whereby the first or the at least second data transmission protocol type is selected by writing a configuration register in the transponder.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a carrier signal transmitted by a base station according to either a first data-transmission protocol or a second data-transmission protocol; detecting a first field gap in the carrier signal indicating initiation of a data transmission by the base station; and determining whether a reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap. The method includes, if the reference duration is present in the carrier signal after the first field gap then, according to the first data-transmission protocol, determining a calibration value for the data transmission based on the reference duration and decoding the data transmission by measuring durations between successive subsequent field gaps and determining whether each duration as measured is a binary 1 or binary 0 based on the calibration value.

Abstract: A transponder and a method for wireless data transmission is provided. The transponder comprises an input circuit with input terminals for connecting an antenna coil for data transmission to a base station by means of inductive coupling, a first controllable switching means, at least one resistor, which is looped in series with the first controllable switching means between the input terminals of the input circuit, and a controller which is designed in such a way that it connects through the first switching means as soon as a voltage applied at the input terminals falls below a first settable threshold value, and again interrupts it as soon as the voltage applied at the input terminals for a settable duration is above the first settable threshold value and/or above a second settable threshold value.

Abstract: An integrated circuit is disclosed with adjusting elements, which in a first manufacturing stage are connected via tracks to terminal pads lying outside the integrated circuit. At least one of the tracks of the integrated circuit lies on a surface of a region, which includes semiconductor material and in a second manufacturing stage is isolated by a pn junction from additional semiconductor material, which is adjacent to the region. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing this type of integrated circuit is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and transponder for wireless data transmission between a base station and a transponder is provided by means of inductive coupling, the transponder supports a first data transmission protocol type and/or a second data transmission protocol type. In the first data transmission protocol type, the data transmission is ended when a maximum value for the duration between successive field gaps is exceeded and in the second data transmission protocol type, after the initiation of the data transmission a reference duration is transmitted by the base station, by means of which the calibration value is determined in the transponder, whereby the calibration value is used for calibrating subsequently received durations. The reference duration is selected as greater than the maximum duration value.

Abstract: A circuit for voltage limitation is provided in a transponder with a resonant circuit, which comprises at least one inductor, a capacitor, a depletion layer component with an input, output, and a control input, a first resonant circuit terminal, which is connected to the input of the depletion layer element, and a second resonant circuit terminal, which is connected to the output of the depletion layer element, whereby there is a connection between the control input of the depletion layer component and the first resonant circuit terminal and the second resonant circuit terminal. A method for voltage limitation in a transponder is provided, whereby for voltage limitation in the transmitting and receiving resonant circuit, the control terminal of the depletion layer element is driven by the voltage of the first and second resonant circuit terminal.

Abstract: A method and circuit for amplifying and demodulating amplitude-modulated signals is disclosed that amplifies a primary signal into an amplified signal, bandpass filters the amplified signal into a filtered signal, compares the filtered signal with a regulation threshold and regulates the gain of the primary signal such that peak values of the filtered signal approach the regulation threshold, compares the filtered signal with a signal threshold, and demodulates the result of the comparison. Whereby a value of the signal threshold is smaller than a value of the regulation threshold.

Abstract: The operation of a test plant comprising a series of test rooms with a respective number of test beds requires management of a multiplicity of data, resources, people, processes, etc. Optimum operation of a test plant with as little unproductivity as possible is possible only when all of this information is networked together and optimum structures for the separation and management of a test plant are created. To this end, the invention now proposes splitting a test order into an order specimen and a process specimen, the two specimens being used to store different information. By linking an order specimen to a process specimen and the associated data and processes, it is a simple matter to generate a test process plan, and the handling of the test job can be controlled and monitored on the basis of the test process plan.

Abstract: An infrared receiver chip is provided for installation in a standardized lead frame of an infrared receiver module having multiple contact areas for connection of associated function points of the lead frame via bond wires, wherein at least one contact area is spaced apart from the outer edge of the infrared receiver chip and all contact areas are positioned with respect to one another such that, when the infrared receiver chip is installed in any standardized lead frame, the respective bond wires do not cross when the bond wires are routed directly from the associated contact area to the associated function point.