Abstract: The disclosure relates to determining a carrier phase shift between a first transceiver and a second transceiver, each transceiver comprising a local oscillator for generating a carrier signal, an example method for which comprises: the first transceiver generating and transmitting a first continuous wave carrier signal packet; the second transceiver receiving the first continuous wave carrier signal packet; the second transceiver calculating a first phase correction based on a comparison between the received first continuous wave carrier signal packet and a local oscillator carrier signal at the second transceiver; the second transceiver generating and transmitting a second continuous wave carrier signal packet; the first transceiver receiving the second continuous wave carrier signal packet; the first transceiver calculating a second phase correction based on a comparison between the received second continuous wave carrier signal packet and a local oscillator signal at the first transceiver; and the first t

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a detector circuit, including: a voltage source configured to produce a first voltage on a first output, a second voltage on a second output, and third voltage on a third output, wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage and the second voltage is greater than the third voltage; a first switch connected to the second output; a sampling capacitor connected to the switch, wherein the sampling capacitor is charged by the voltage source when the switch is closed; a first comparator with one input connected to the first output and a second input connected to the sampling capacitor; a second comparator with one input connected to the third output and a second input connected to the sampling capacitor; a multiplexer with a plurality of inputs configured to be connected to a plurality of terminals of an external circuit and an output connected to the sampling capacitor, the first input of the first comparator, and the first input of the second comparator; and a controll

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for designing an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit is to be structured in cells, wherein the cells are to comprise functional cells and spare cells. The method comprises: a) designing at least one functional cell; and b) placing a plurality of functional cells on associated pattern positions of an, in particular regular, pattern matrix designed for the functional cells. The method further comprises c) placing, on at least one of the remaining pattern positions of the pattern matrix and instead of at least one spare cell conceivable for the at least one of the remaining pattern positions of the pattern matrix, a gate-based decoupling cell, and alternatively or in addition, d) placing, in at least one gap between pattern positions of the matrix pattern and instead of at least one filler cell conceivable for the at least one gap between pattern positions of the pattern matrix, a gate-based decoupling cell.

Abstract: A nanosheet semiconductor device and fabrication method are described for integrating the fabrication of nanosheet transistors (71) and capacitors/sensors (72) in a single nanosheet process flow by forming separate transistor and capacitor/sensor stacks (12A-16A, 12B-16B) which are selectively processed to form gate electrode structures (68A-C) which replace remnant SiGe sandwich layers in the transistor stack, to form silicon fixed electrodes using silicon nanosheets (13C, 15C) on a first side of the capacitor/sensor stack, and to form SiGe fixed electrodes using SiGe nanosheets (12C, 14C, 16C) from the middle of remnant SiGe sandwich layers in the capacitor/sensor stack (e.g., 16-2) which are separated from the silicon fixed electrodes by selectively removing top and bottom SiGe nanosheets (e.g., 16-1, 16-3) from the remnant SiGe sandwich layers in the capacitor/sensor stack.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a method and system for resuming a secure communication session with a server by a device, including: sending a message to the server requesting the resumption of a secure communication session; receiving from the server a server identifier, a server nonce, and a salt; determining that the device has a shared key with the server based upon the server identifier; determining that the received salt is valid; calculating a salted identifier based upon the shared key and the salt; sending the salted identifier to the server; and resuming the secure communication session with the server.

Abstract: In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a method is conceived for providing a digital representation of a transaction card in a mobile device, comprising: detecting, by a near field communication unit of said mobile device, that the transaction card is in proximity of the mobile device; upon or after said detecting, performing, by a processing unit of said mobile device, the following steps: retrieving the digital representation of the transaction card from a digitization server; loading the digital representation of the transaction card into a memory of the mobile device; activating the digital representation of the transaction card for a predefined validity period; invalidating the digital representation of the transaction card if no successful near field communication transaction has been performed within said validity period. In accordance with other aspects of the present disclosure, a corresponding computer program and a corresponding mobile device are provided.

Abstract: It is described a tamper detection device for detecting tampering with respect to a packaging, the device comprising: i) a first electrode comprising a first patterned structure, and ii) a second electrode comprising a second patterned structure. The first electrode and the second electrode are arranged so that the first patterned structure and the second patterned structure are at least partially opposite to each other. In a first arrangement state of the first patterned structure and the second patterned structure with respect to each other, a first capacitance is measurable, in a second arrangement state of the first patterned structure and the second patterned structure with respect to each other, a second capacitance is measurable, wherein the first capacitance is different from the second capacitance, and wherein the first arrangement state is different from the second arrangement state.

Abstract: There is described a method of determining a phase value for an NFC card emulating device that enables said NFC card emulating device to communicate in phase with an NFC reader device while utilizing active load modulation, wherein the NFC card emulating device comprises a card antenna and the NFC reader device comprises a reader antenna, the method comprising receiving a reader signal from the NFC reader device at the NFC card emulating device through coupling of the card antenna and the reader antenna, the reader signal comprising a subcarrier modulation; estimating a resonance frequency of a system corresponding to the coupled card antenna and reader antenna based on the received communication signal; and determining the phase value based on the estimated resonance frequency and a set of parameters that represents a predetermined reference system. Furthermore, an NFC card emulating device, an NFC system, and a computer program are described.

Abstract: A device for providing side-channel protection to a data processing circuit is provided and includes a chaotic oscillator and a counter. The data processing circuit has an input for receiving an input signal, a power supply terminal, and an output for providing an output signal. The chaotic oscillator circuit has an input coupled to receive a control signal, and an output coupled to provide an output signal for controlling a voltage level of a power supply voltage of the data processing circuit. The counter has an input coupled to receive a clock signal, and an output coupled to control a variable parameter of the chaotic oscillator in response to the clock signal. In another embodiment, a method is provided providing the side-channel protection to the device.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a transceiver device, an electronic control unit and an associated method. The transceiver device is suitable for communicating between one or more network protocol controllers and a network bus and comprises: first interface circuitry configured to communicate with the one or more network protocol controllers; second interface circuitry configured to communicate with the one or more network protocol controllers; and selector circuitry configured to switch communication with the one or more network protocol controllers from the first interface circuitry to the second interface circuitry in response to a communication error in data carried on the first interface circuitry.

Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for handling communications with external communication channel hardware devices by a processor executing event-based programming code to interface a plurality of virtual machines with the external communication channel hardware devices by providing the processor with an event latch for storing hardware events received from the external communication channel hardware devices, with a timer circuit that generates a sequence of timer interrupt signals, and with a masking circuit that masks the hardware events stored in the event latch with an event mask in response to each timer interrupt signal, where each event mask is associated with a different virtual machine running on the processor such that each virtual machine is allowed to communicate only on a masked subset of the hardware events specified by the event mask to ensure freedom from interference between the plurality of virtual machines when communicating with the external communication channel hardware device

Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a plurality of IC units, while maintaining the operational reliability. The vehicle control device includes an IC unit for performing image processing on outputs from cameras; an IC unit for performing recognition processing of an external environment of the vehicle; and an IC unit for performing judgment processing for cruise control of the vehicle. A control flow is provided so as to allow the IC unit to transmit a control signal to the IC units and. The control flow is provided separately from a data flow configured to transmit the output from the cameras, the image data, and the external environment data.

Abstract: In accordance with a first aspect, a communication device is provided, comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit one or more radio frequency signal pulses to an external communication device; a receiver configured to receive one or more response signals in response to the radio frequency signal pulses transmitted by the transmitter; a signal analyzer configured to detect one or more characteristics of the response signals, to compare the detected characteristics with predefined reference characteristics and to generate an output indicative of a result of comparing the detected characteristics with the predefined reference characteristics; a processing unit configured to determine at least one category to which the external communication device belongs based on the output generated by the signal analyzer. In accordance with a second aspect, a corresponding method of operating a communication device is conceived. In accordance with a third aspect, a corresponding computer program is provided.

Abstract: A system includes a first integrated circuit device, a second integrated circuit device, and a reference clock provided to the first and second integrated circuit devices. The first integrated circuit device detects a first edge of a first clock utilized by the first integrated circuit device, detects a second edge of the first clock, determines a first count of cycles of the reference clock between the first edge and the second edge, and communicates the first count to the second integrated circuit device. The second integrated circuit device receives the first count, provides a third edge of a second clock utilized by the second integrated circuit device, determines that a first number of cycles of the reference clock since providing the third edge is equal to the first count, and provides a fourth edge of the second clock in response to determining that the first number of cycles is equal to the first count.

Abstract: A Controller Area Network, CAN, bit stream sampling apparatus for a CAN controller, the apparatus configured to receive a bit stream from a CAN transceiver, the apparatus configured to: detect rising edges in said bit stream; detect, separately, falling edges in said bit stream; and generate a restored non-return-to-zero coded bit stream based at least on said detected falling edges and said detected rising edges.

Abstract: A linear chirp radar system, apparatus and method use a radar control processing unit to control an LFM radar front end which includes a frequency-scanning transmit antenna and a frequency-scanning receive antenna which respectively sweep a transmit and receive energy focus across an angle space with each linear chirp signal, where the radar control processing unit processes digital output signals generated from target return signals received in response to transmitted linear chirp signals and extracts target range-angle information by applying time-frequency analysis processing to the digital output signals to generate a first range-angle map which includes range-biased angle information, and then applying a group delay compensation process to generate a second range-angle map which includes target range-angle information that is generated by selectively adjusting the range-biased angular information in the first range-angle map with an angular adjustment.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of making the same. The device includes an encapsulant. The device also includes a semiconductor die in the encapsulant. The device further includes electromagnetic radiation transmitting and receiving parts in the encapsulant. The device also includes an intermediate portion having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is attached to the encapsulant. The device also includes an antenna portion attached to the second surface of the intermediate portion. The antenna portion includes one or more openings for conveying electromagnetic radiation. The intermediate portion includes one or more corresponding openings aligned with the openings of the antenna portion. Each opening of the antenna portion and each corresponding opening of the intermediate portion forms an electrically contiguous passage for conveying the electromagnetic radiation to the electromagnetic radiation transmitting and receiving parts in the encapsulant.

Abstract: A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag is disclosed. The RFID tag includes an antenna to receive a high frequency signal, a capacitor bank coupled with the antenna, a charge pump coupled with the antenna configured to convert the high frequency signal to a direct current (DC) signal, an envelope detector to measure peak voltage of the high frequency signal and a detector to compare an output of the charge pump and an output of the envelope detector. The RFID tag also includes an impedance tuning circuit coupled with the charge pump and the envelope detector configured change a capacitance of the capacitor bank based on an output of the detector and the envelope detector.

Abstract: A method for digital-to-analog signal conversion with distributed reconstructive filtering includes receiving a digital code synchronous to a clock signal having a first frequency, determining next states of a plurality of digital-to-analog current elements based on the digital code, combining a plurality of currents to generate an output current, and generating the plurality of currents. Each of the plurality of currents is based on a corresponding control signal of a plurality of control signals. The method includes generating the plurality of control signals based on the next states of the plurality of digital-to-analog current elements. Each of the plurality of control signals selects a first voltage level, a second voltage level, or a transitioning voltage level for use by a corresponding digital-to-analog current element. The transitioning voltage level linearly transitions from the first voltage level to the second voltage level over a predetermined number of periods of the clock signal.

Abstract: A first anchor of a first type communicates with a mobile electronic device. A characteristic of the communications between the first anchor of the first type and the mobile electronic device is determined. One or more second anchors each of a second type is selected based on the characteristic of the communications. A respective distance to the mobile electronic is determined based on each of the selected one or more second anchors each of the second type.