Abstract: According to one embodiment a circuit comprises a supply pin operable to receive a supply voltage, a non-volatile memory for storing one or more parameters, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) transceiver that is operable to receive data representing the one or more parameters. The circuit is operable to deactivate the NFC transceiver in response to receiving the supply voltage at the supply pin.

Abstract: A disclosed intermediate circuit arrangement includes first and second partial circuit boards of identical design having a series circuit of at least two capacitor banks. The partial circuit boards each have a terminal strip having a positive intermediate circuit connection, a negative intermediate circuit connection, and a central connection. The circuit arrangement also includes a connecting circuit board for electrically connecting the respective connections of the terminal strips of the two partial circuit boards to one another. The connecting circuit board is a multi-layer circuit board with two outer metal layers and at least two inner metal layers arranged between the outer metal layers.

Abstract: A modular hybrid transmission that provides for an improved support of the rotor as well as an improved cooling layout for the stator. The modular hybrid transmission has a rotating assembly and a housing assembly. The rotating assembly includes a rotor assembly, a rotor carrier hub that supports the rotor, and an input shaft. The rotor carrier is rotationally fixed on the input shaft. The housing assembly houses the rotating assembly, and includes a housing having an outer wall, a stator assembly connected to the outer wall, and a radially extending stationary wall that extends from the outer wall toward the output shaft. The stationary wall includes an axially extending wall portion that extends parallel to an outer surface of the input shaft, and a radial ball bearing supports the input shaft on this axially extending wall portion. Two stator cooling paths are channeled in the housing.

Abstract: An example method for performing depth measurements with an image sensor comprises, for at least a first pixel, performing one or more continuous-wave phase measurements for the first pixel and performing a coded-modulation measurement for the first pixel. The method further comprises determining a mask value for the first pixel, based on the coded-modulation measurement, and applying the mask value to a distance value calculated from the one or more continuous-wave phase measurements, to obtain a masked distance value for the first pixel that has no ambiguity due to phase wrapping.

Abstract: A torque transmission apparatus for transmitting a torque between a first drive element and an output element, including a torque converter, having a torque converter input, which is rotatable about a rotation axis (A) and is coupled to the first drive element, and a torque converter output, which can be connected to the output element. A separating clutch arranged outside of the torque converter and effectively between the first drive element and the torque converter, having a clutch input and a clutch output, which can be connected thereto by the action of a clutch actuating apparatus The clutch actuating apparatus having a pressure means chamber and a pressure means channel (K4) supplying said pressure means chamber with pressure means, and the separating clutch being dry-operated and the pressure means channel (K4) extending through the torque converter at least in portions.

Abstract: A method for machining a bearing ring of a rolling bearing includes providing a blank with an annular surface for producing the bearing ring, clamping the blank in a machine tool, and structuring the annular surface by high-feed milling to form a sealing face. The method may include removing material from the blank to produce a track of the bearing ring while the blank is still clamped in the machine tool, with the blank rotating during the steps of structuring the annular surface and removing material from the blank. The method may also include providing a high-feed milling cutter with a face, and performing the high-feed milling with the face.

Abstract: A microphone device includes a number N of at least two serially coupled microphones forming a microphone chain. The microphones are configured to transmit data to a controller via the microphone chain. The microphone chain is configured to output time-multiplexed data transmitted by the microphones.

Abstract: A temperature measuring device is disclosed for a stator of an electrical machine having hairpin or rod wave windings and for measuring the temperature of the stator. The temperature measuring device includes a sensor device for measuring the temperature of the stator, a holding device for holding the sensor device on a winding of the stator, wherein the holding device is designed to engage behind at least one winding of the stator and to latch onto it.

Abstract: A power electronics system for an electric motor of a motor vehicle drive includes a first busbar, a second busbar which is electrically insulated relative to the first busbar, and at least one capacitor. The at least one capacitor, by way of its first electrode, makes contact with a plate-like receiving region of the first busbar and, by way of its second electrode, makes contact with a plate-like receiving region of the second busbar. At least one of the two busbars is of hollow design, with direct formation of a cooling duct.

Abstract: A hybrid module comprising a housing, a torque converter, and a resolver assembly is provided. The torque converter comprises a turbine having a turbine shell including at least one blade attached thereto; an impeller having an impeller shell including at least one blade attached thereto; and an impeller hub attached to a radially extending end of the impeller shell. The resolver assembly comprises a rotor connected to an outer surface of the impeller hub and a stator connected to the housing.

Abstract: Metal sheets are connected in that a hole is introduced into metal sheets of a first stack, and a region of metal sheets of a second stack are deformed in a stack direction. The deformed region can be plastically deformed in such a way that there is interlocking of the deformed region with at least one metal sheet lying below same. In embodiments, the hole has a shape with a reduced width at the center.

Abstract: A power electronics unit for an electric motor of a motor vehicle drive, having a plate-like cooling element, at least one semiconductor module and a module holder which consists of plastic and secures the at least one semiconductor module relative to the cooling element. The module holder is fixed to the cooling element via an interlocking snap connection.

Abstract: A connecting element (1, 11) has a connecting part (2, 12) which has a thread (3, 13), wherein the thread (3-13) comprises a nominal diameter (d), a flank diameter (d2), a pitch (Sges), and —thread turns (nges), wherein the pitch (Sges) of the thread (3, 13) is made up of a first pitch (Snorm) and of a second pitch (Sdiff), wherein the first pitch is a standard pitch (Snorm), in particular corresponding to the nominal diameter (d), and wherein the second pitch (Sdiff) corresponds to an amount of elastic and/or plastic extension under strain (f, fz) of the threaded connecting part (2, 12), wherein the extension under strain (f, fz) occurs in a predetermined operating state of the threaded connecting element (1, 11).

Abstract: A hybrid module includes a housing with a multiple clutch accommodated therein having a first, a second and a third clutch device and a support in an axial end position, and an electric machine which is arranged in an axially parallel manner on the housing and is coupled to the multiple clutch via a gear connection which transmits a torque. The housing is closed axially either by housing cover portion axially and radially adjoining the support or by a transmission wall, axially adjoining the support, of a transmission connected downstream. A lubricant to be delivered to the multiple clutch can be delivered to the support either radially via at least one feed conduit or axially via at least one feed conduit.

Abstract: A rolling bearing for rotatably supporting a shaft has an inner ring with a first raceway for a rolling body, an outer ring with a second raceway for a rolling body, and rolling bodies which are arranged between the raceways of the bearing rings. At least two plates are fastened to a first of the bearing rings, wherein an electrically conducting element is arranged between the two plates, which electrically conducting element lies against the respective other bearing ring or a component which is connected to the respective other bearing ring.

Abstract: A method is provided for conducting an operation, the method including: determining a first result based on combining a first input with a first mask; determining a second result based on combining a second input with a second mask, the first mask and the second mask fulfilling a precondition; and conducting the operation based on the first result and the second result. A corresponding device is also provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including an Integrated Circuit (IC) package and a plastic waveguide. The IC package includes a semiconductor chip; and an embedded antenna formed within a Redistribution Layer (RDL) coupled to the semiconductor chip, wherein the RDL is configured to transport a Radio Frequency (RF) signal between the semiconductor chip and the embedded antenna. The plastic waveguide is attached to the IC package and configured to transport the RF signal between the embedded antenna and outside of the IC package.

Abstract: A power semiconductor device having a power semiconductor transistor configuration includes: a semiconductor body having a front side coupled to a first load terminal structure, a backside coupled to a second load terminal structure, and a lateral chip edge; an active region for conducting a load current in a conducting state; and an edge termination region separating the active region and lateral chip edge. At the front-side, the edge termination region includes a protection region devoid of any metallic structure, unless the metallic structure is electrically shielded from below by a polysilicon layer that extends further towards the lateral chip edge than the metallic structure by a lateral distance of at least 20 ?m. In a blocking state, the protection region accommodates a voltage change of at least 90% of a blocking voltage inside the semiconductor body in a lateral direction from the active region towards the lateral chip edge.

Abstract: A hybrid module includes a driveshaft connection point for receiving a first torque, a transmission shaft connection point for outputting a second torque, a torque-receiving means for receiving a third torque from an electrical machine, and a dry multiplate clutch. The dry multiplate clutch includes an outer plate holder, torsionally rigidly connected to the transmission shaft connection point and to the torque-receiving means, an inner plate holder, torsionally rigidly connected to the driveshaft connection point, at least one outer plate axially movably mounted in the outer plate holder, and a plurality of inner plates, axially movably mounted in the inner plate holder to form a stack of plates together with the at least one outer plate. When the stack of plates is axially pressed with a target contact pressure, a target torque can be transmitted from the driveshaft connection point to the torque-receiving means and the transmission shaft connection point.

Abstract: A sensor device comprises a busbar, a dielectric arranged on the busbar, and a sensor chip arranged on the dielectric, wherein the sensor chip is designed to measure a magnetic field induced by an electric current flowing through the busbar, wherein the surface of the dielectric facing toward the busbar is spaced from the busbar in an area along the entire periphery of the dielectric.