Abstract: A multistatic detection device for measuring a distance to an object includes a transmitter and a receiver, each having a high-frequency oscillator and a pulse generator. The pulse generators can be supplied with synchronisation signals emitted by signals generators, the synchronisation signals being transmitted by a data bus common to the transmitter and the receiver. The relation of the deterministic phases of high-frequency signals can be produced by the high-frequency oscillator. The method includes feeding two synchronisation signals to the transmitter and the receiver by the common data bus, the transmitter signal is transmitted towards an object, the signal passing through the receiver and contained in the data bus being mixed with a reception signal reflected by the object, thereby producing a measuring signal thereby making it possible to compare the phases of clock signals.

Abstract: A radar is provided with transmitting means for transmitting a signal and with receiving means for receiving a reflection of the transmitted signal. The inventive radar is characterized in that the transmitting means is provided with a transmitting oscillator and the receiving means is provided with an evaluation oscillator.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device comprising a converter (EW) which converts ambient energy into an alternating quantity (WSig) and a reflector (MR) that can be modulated via the alternating quantity.

Abstract: A tire measuring device has a converter for converting the ambient energy to an alternating value, and a reflector that can be modulated by the alternating value.

Abstract: The invention relates to arrangements and methods for improving the signal and transmission properties of laser/electro-optical mixers (EOM) of measuring and data transmission links. The idea of attempting to suppress coherent properties of laser light is novel since, until now, the aim has always been to obtain the greatest possible coherence or coherence length in most technical applications. The invention has the following features: suppressing coherence and intensity fluctuations in the beam path of laser EOM by using optical methods and suppressing the coherence in the output radiation of the laser source, e.g. by a remodulated current pulse modulation or excitation of a number of modes within a laser diode (VCSEL).

Abstract: Anti-theft protection system for a motor vehicle, and a method for operating an anti-theft protection system. The anti-theft protection system has a transmitting and receiving unit in the motor vehicle, which transmits radar signals modulated over a broad bandwidth and then waits for echo signals. A code transmitter, which receives a radar signal, for its part sends back an additionally modulated and coded signal. An evaluation unit analyses all the received echo signals firstly for authorization of the code transmitter and secondly in order to determine the distance between the code transmitter and the transmitting and receiving unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device, especially an active backscatter transponder, for generating an oscillator signal based on a base signal. It comprises an oscillator for actively constructing the oscillator signal by oscillations, an input for the base signal and an output for the oscillator signal produced. The oscillator can be induced by the base signal to generate oscillator signal in a quasi-coherent manner to the base signal. For the transmission of data, the device further has a data insertion device for inserting data or a data signal into the oscillator signal. A corresponding suitable receiver receives and processes the received signal that was generated and transmitted by such a device as a quasi-coherent signal. A separation device removes the signal portions of the oscillator from the received signal via the base signal of a receiver-side oscillator, with a data retrieval device for retrieving the inserted data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a BIMSM element (M,M?), in which at least the substrate (1,1?), the electrode pair (2) and the photosensitive layer (3) are combined in a monolithic structure. According to the invention, at least one electrode of the electrode pair (2) can be used to induce a modulation voltage, at least one electrode of the electrode pair (2) can be used to decouple a mixed product and the MSM element (M,M?) can be used as an electro-optical mixer.

Abstract: Activation system includes a reception device for receiving an activation signal (SIGA), and an activation circuit (4) for activating an electric circuit (5). A pyroelectric element (3) is connected to the reception device (1) and to the activation circuit (4). The pyroelectric element can be heated by the activation signal (SIGA) in such a way that a voltage high enough to actuate the activation circuit (4) is produced in the pyroelectric element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for producing an oscillator signal based on a base signal. Said oscillator signal is actively constructed by an oscillator. The oscillator can be quasi-phase-coherently excited by the base signal.

Abstract: A method and device for synchronizing a transmitter and a receiver that communicate with each other over a radio interface. A transmission signal is produced with a signal source in the transmitter and is transmitted via the radio interface. A corresponding receiver signal is received in the receiver from the radio interface and is evaluated using a receiver signal source signal from a signal source of the receiver adapted to the signal source of the transmitter. In order to improve synchronization and correction of momentary deviations, the same frequency modulation is applied to the receiver signal source signal, whereby the receiver signal received in the receiver is mixed with the receiver signal source signal to form a mixed signal and the mixed signal is analysed with respect to frequency unbalance.

Abstract: Separation determination systems for determining the separation between a base station and a transponder, whereby the base station includes an oscillating signal source, for generating a signal and a transmission device for broadcasting the signal. The transponder includes a receiving device, for receiving the signal from the base station, an oscillator, for generating a signal which is phase-coherent therewith and a transmission device for broadcasting the phase-coherent signal. The base station furthermore includes a receiver device, for receiving the phase-coherent signal from the transponder and a separation determination device for determining the distance between base station and transponder. The system and components may be improved whereby the oscillator in the transponder is energized with the received signal in order to generate a quasi-phase-coherent signal.

Abstract: According to the invention a reference measurement is carried out without or with only one measurement object and the frequencies of the noise fraction are determined for the resulting frequency spectrum. Discrete measurement values are determined at equidistant sampling points in the form of complex-value overlays of oscillation functions and the noise and useful frequencies and by means of mathematical calculation methods corrected by the noise fractions. The measurement values corrected in this way are then subjected to a known method of frequency analysis.

Abstract: Anti-theft protection system for a motor vehicle, and a method for operating an anti-theft protection system. The anti-theft protection system has a transmitting and receiving unit in the motor vehicle, which transmits radar signals and then waits for echo signals. A code transmitter, which receives a radar signal, modulates this signal and sends it back. An evaluation unit analyses all the received echo signals firstly for authorization of the code transmitter and secondly in order to determine the relative interior/exterior position of the code transmitter with respect to the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A tire measuring device has a converter for converting the ambient energy to an alternating value, and a reflector that can be modulated by the alternating value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for producing an oscillator signal based on a base signal. Said oscillator signal is actively constructed by an oscillator. The oscillator can be quasi-phase-coherently excited by the base signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a PMD system which is characterized by controlling a photoelectronic mixing device (PMD) by at least one modulation signal (Umod) and one modulation signal (Umod) that is complementary thereto. A transmitter (E) emits electromagnetic radiation that is intensity-modulated by means of the at least one modulation signal (Umod). The inventive method is further characterized by varying the modulation signal (Umod) between at least two modulation frequencies (f1,f2,fi).

Abstract: The PMD system comprises at least one PMD element (PMD), at least one transmitter (E), whose intensity can be modulated, and at least one controlling electronic device (FG) by means of which the PMD element (PMD) and the transmitter (E) can be controlled with at least one respective modulation voltage (Umod, Umod, UTxmod), and by means of which a phase shift (&Dgr;f) can be altered by an actuating signal. The PMD system is characterized in that a controlled system (CTR) is provided into which at least one output signal (Ua, Ub, Ud) of the PMD element (PMD) can be fed as a controlled variable (U′d) and whose output signal (U1phs, U1fc) can be fed into the controlling electronic device (FG) as an actuating signal, whereby the controlled variable (U′d) can be set to the value of a predetermined target variable by the controlled system (CTR).

Abstract: Signals are emitted with a FMCW sensor system, are received after reflection at targets and are processed to form a measured signal whose frequency spectrum is analyzed. Discrete, equidistant samples are stored and are arranged in a double Hankel matrix in the existing sequence. This matrix is diagonalized with a singular value decomposition, and an approximation is identified taking only the “principle values” into consideration, in order to calculate the frequencies and their amplitudes therefrom according to known methods.

Abstract: A coding scheme is specified which, compared to the prior art and with the system having a structure resolution of the same magnitude, allows an enlarged code size for the same number of code elements, and/or by which fewer code elements are required per code for a predetermined code size. The code elements are disposed with basic values in a matrix defined in a novel manner, with the matrix having a finer subdivision of the basic values than the subdivision corresponding to the structure resolution. Further development with mean-value formations are possible.