Patents Assigned to Technologies AG
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Publication number: 20220359328Abstract: A radar chip package includes a radar monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) having a backside, a frontside arranged opposite to the backside, and lateral sides that extend between the backside and the frontside, wherein the radar MIMIC comprises a recess that extends from the backside at least partially towards the frontside; a plurality of electrical interfaces coupled to the frontside of the radar MIMIC; at least one antenna arranged at the frontside of the radar MIMIC; and a lens formed over the recess and the at least one antenna, wherein the lens is coupled to the backside of the radar MMIC.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Bernhard RIEDER, Thomas KILGER
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Patent number: 11496127Abstract: Voltage monitoring circuit having an analog reset signal generator to generate a reset signal and coupled to a voltage to be monitored; first register to store a first state bit and coupled to the voltage to be monitored; second register connected in parallel to the first register, redundant to the first register, to store a second state bit, and coupled to the voltage to be monitored; logic coupled to the first and second registers and to determine a state control signal from the first and second state bits, and a second reset signal; and OR logic to receive the following signals on the input side and process them with one another according to an OR operation: a first reset signal generated by the analog reset signal generator and the second reset signal, so that a reset control signal is generated and fed to reset inputs of the registers.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Manuel Schoeffmann, Christoph Saas
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Patent number: 11493538Abstract: A sensor device comprises a dielectric substrate, a busbar mechanically connected to the dielectric substrate, a cavity formed in the dielectric substrate, and a sensor chip arranged in the cavity, wherein the sensor chip is designed to detect a magnetic field induced by an electric current flowing through the busbar, wherein in an orthogonal projection of the sensor chip onto the busbar, the sensor chip at least partly overlaps the busbar.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Rainer Markus Schaller, Juergen Hoegerl, Volker Strutz
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Patent number: 11493527Abstract: A magnetic sensor module includes an axially polarized back bias magnet having a body that radially extends from an inner sidewall to an outer sidewall and a bore that defines the inner sidewall. The magnet generates a radially symmetric bias magnetic in-plane field about a center axis in a sensor plane. The magnetic field has a magnetic flux density of substantially zero along the extension of the center axis and at a circumference of a zero-field circle located in the sensor plane, where the circumference of the zero-field circle vertically overlaps with the magnet body in a plan view. The magnetic sensor module includes a magnetic sensor including at least three sensor elements arranged in the sensor plane at locations where the radially symmetric bias magnetic in-plane field has a magnetic flux density of substantially zero, including at least two sensor elements being arranged on the circumference of the zero-field circle.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Gernot Binder
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Patent number: 11495273Abstract: A write circuit for writing to a plurality of memory cells of a non-volatile data memory, including a buffer memory forming a single memory element which is configured to buffer a first data value before storing said value in the plurality of non-volatile memory cells of the non-volatile data memory. The write circuit also includes a first write line, by means of which the buffer memory is connected to a first memory cell of the plurality of memory cells, and a second write line, which is different from the first write line and by means of which the buffer memory is connected to a second memory cell of the plurality of memory cells.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Thomas Roehr, Volker Pissors
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Patent number: 11493133Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sealing assembly for sealing a space between a first machine element and a second machine element that is movable in relation to the first machine element. The first and second machine elements are arranged concentrically to each other. According to the invention, the sealing assembly is characterized in that it further comprises a conductive element that is used to establish an electrically conductive connection between the first and the second machine elements extending from the first machine element to the second machine element, and is mechanically connected at least in sections to the side of the seal facing away from the space to be sealed. The conductive element consists of an electrically conductive fiber fabric embedded in an elastomer matrix.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Stöhr, Holger Mildenberger
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Patent number: 11493982Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for controlling a microcontroller (MCU) on a per-application basis. A control system includes a microcontroller unit (MCU) including a first application group and a second application group. The first application group includes at least one hardware component not associated with the second application group. The control system includes a power management integrated circuit (PMIC). The PMIC includes monitoring circuitry configured to monitor the first application group to detect a first application group fault condition and monitor the second application group to detect a second application group fault condition. Based on the monitoring, the PMIC provides a first reset signal to the first application group that does not reset the second application group or provides a second reset signal to the second application group that does not reset the first application group.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Konstantin Ivanchenko, Cristian Garbossa, Bejoy Mathews
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Patent number: 11491991Abstract: A method for determines the drive train sensitivity of a drive train of a motor vehicle. A vehicle body is placed in longitudinal oscillations in the direction of travel and a parameter for the drive train sensitivity is determined as a function of the determined longitudinal accelerations of the vehicle body and the resultant angular accelerations of a transmission input shaft of a transmission of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Tobias Hoffmann, Jan Faißt, Olaf Werner, Stefan Winkelmann
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Patent number: 11493118Abstract: A ball screw drive includes two screw drive parts (3, 4), namely a lead screw (3) and a nut (4). The ball screw drive also includes a deflection element (6) for the individual deflection of balls (5) is inserted into a recess (7), formed by one of the screw drive parts (3, 4), such that a gap (16) is formed between the base (15) of the recess (7) and the deflection element (6), and such that lateral contact surfaces (17) of the deflection element (6) which are located next to the recess (7) rest on the screw drive part (3, 4).Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Philippe Ott, Raphael Wittmann
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Patent number: 11491860Abstract: A hybrid module includes a housing with a bulkhead wall, a K0 shaft, a rotor assembly, a rotor carrier and a first bearing. The K0 shaft is arranged for driving connection with a crankshaft. The rotor assembly has an electric motor rotor and a thrust surface for a K0 clutch. The K0 clutch is arranged to drivingly connect the rotor assembly to the K0 shaft. The rotor carrier is fixed to the rotor assembly and the first bearing is arranged to rotationally separate the bulkhead wall and the rotor carrier. In an example embodiment, the first bearing is a deep groove ball bearing. In an example embodiment, the hybrid module includes a seal installed in the bulkhead wall and contacting the K0 shaft. In an example embodiment, the hybrid module includes a bushing installed on the K0 shaft and arranged for contacting an inner bore of the crankshaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Ayyalraju Satyaseelan, Charles Schwab
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Patent number: 11495144Abstract: A cryptographical apparatus for converting input bit sequences, whose overflow-free arithmetic addition results in a secret, into output bit sequences whose logic XORing results in the secret. The apparatus comprises a data interface for providing a first input bit sequence and a second input bit sequence and a processing circuit configured to a) gate the first input bit sequence and the second input bit sequence to obtain a logic result indicating overflow bit positions at which both the first input bit sequence and the second input bit sequence have a value of one; and to b) change the first and/or second input bit sequence at at least one overflow bit position. The processing circuit is configured to repeatedly perform steps a) and b) by using the respectively changed input bit sequences, until the logic result indicates no further overflow bit position and the output bit sequences are obtained.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Markus Rau, Stefan Heiss
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Patent number: 11496065Abstract: A power module is provided that is configured to supply power to a load. The power module includes a current generator configured to generate a current; a current rail configured to receive the current and output the current from the power module, wherein the current rail includes a first opening formed therethrough, and the current, while flowing along the current rail in an output direction, flows around the first opening; and a housing that houses the current generator, wherein the housing includes an outer frame from which the current rail outwardly extends, wherein the outer frame includes a recess aligned with the first opening of the current rail such that the recess and the first opening form a unitary opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Leo Aichriedler, Gerald Wriessnegger
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Patent number: 11493752Abstract: A method of Lissajous scanning includes transmitting a plurality of light pulses at a plurality of time moments based on a trigger signal; driving about a first rotation axis at a first driving frequency (f1) according to a first driving signal and driving about a second rotation axis at a second driving frequency (f2) according to second driving signal; controlling the first and second driving signals to generate a Lissajous scanning pattern according to a predefined frame rate (FR); selecting the first and second driving frequencies such that the frame rate is a greatest common divisor thereof and such that they satisfy the following equation: f2?f1=(2*N+1)*FR; determining the plurality of time moments; and generating the trigger signal based on the determined plurality of time moments, wherein the plurality of time moments (ti) are determined according to the following equation: t i = 2 ? i + 1 8 * FR * F 1 ? F 2 , where : F 1 = f 1 FR , F 2 = f 2 FR , i = 0 , 1 ,Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Boris Kirillov
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Publication number: 20220348285Abstract: A brake device for a vehicle with at least one wheel, wherein the wheel defines a rotational axis, with a brake body device for the transmission of a brake force to the wheel, with a concentric brake cylinder for the generation of the brake force. The brake cylinder has an inner housing part for radial support on a wheel axle of the wheel and an outer housing part for axial support on the brake body device. The two housing parts can be moved relative to one another, and a pressure chamber which runs around the rotational axis is formed between the two housing parts. The brake device has an insulation device for the thermal insulation of the brake body device in the direction of the brake cylinder. The insulation device is arranged at least axially between the outer housing part and the brake body device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Alan BARRERA, Philippe WAGNER, Doris Maria WIMMER, Simon ORTMANN, Aurelien GRAUSS
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Publication number: 20220353108Abstract: A method and slave devices are disclosed in which an address assignment to slave devices takes place with the aid of a collision detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Christof MICHENTHALER, Leo AICHRIEDLER, Thomas HAFNER, Dirk HAMMERSCHMIDT
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Patent number: 11488921Abstract: A multi-chip device is provided. The multi-chip device includes a first chip, a second chip mounted on the first chip, and a hardened printed or sprayed electrically conductive material forming a sintered electrically conductive interface between the first chip and the second chip.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Ali Roshanghias, Alfred Binder, Barbara Eichinger, Stefan Karner, Martin Mischitz, Rainer Pelzer
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Patent number: 11490460Abstract: An emitter structure includes a substrate with a membrane arrangement. The membrane arrangement includes at least one first membrane, a first heating path and a second heating path in different substrate planes. The first heating path and the second heating path are positioned with respect to one another such that a projection of the first heating path and a projection of the second heating path onto a common plane lie at least partly next to one another in the common plane.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: David Tumpold, Sebastian Anzinger, Christoph Glacer
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Patent number: 11489658Abstract: A device, method, or computer program product for conducting a cryptographic operation in a vehicle is disclosed herein. The device is arranged to receive key data and input data, and to conduct a cryptographic computation of the input data to output data using the key data. The cryptographic computation is conducted with or without side channel attack counter measures, which are toggled based on the key data or based on a control input.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Laurent Heidt
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Patent number: 11489522Abstract: A circuit arrangement comprises: a primary coil and a secondary coil, which are inductively coupled, but galvanically isolated from one another; a first voltage divider which is connected between a first terminal and a second terminal of the secondary coil and which has a center tap connected to a ground node; a second voltage divider, which is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal of the secondary coil; and an active circuit, which is connected to the first terminal and the second terminal of the secondary coil, a center tap of the second voltage divider and to the ground node. The active circuit is configured to provide a current path between the first terminal of the secondary coil and the ground node and between the second terminal of the secondary coil and the ground node depending on a voltage at the center tap of the second voltage divider.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Marcus Nuebling
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Patent number: 11487600Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic circuit includes a plurality of clock generators wherein each clock generator is configured to store a counter value, to receive a reference clock, to change the counter value in accordance with the reference clock and to generate at least one clock signal based on the counter value. The circuit also includes a comparator configured to receive, for each of at least two of the plurality of clock generators, the counter value and compare the received counter values and an error handling circuit configured to initiate an error handling based on the result of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Rex Kho, Udo Elsholz