Abstract: A clamping circuit for protection against ESD events is described. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the circuit comprises the following: a first transistor having a control terminal and a load current path connected between a first contact and a second contact; an amplifier circuit having an amplifier input and an amplifier output connected to the control terminal of the transistor; and a trigger circuit, which is connected between the first contact and the second contact, and comprises a second transistor. The trigger circuit is configured to generate a voltage swing at the amplifier input as a reaction to a discharge current at the first contact by virtue of the fact that at least part of the discharge current drives a control terminal of the second transistor via an intrinsic capacitance of the second transistor.

Abstract: An automotive radar arrangement includes a radar receiver configured to generate radar reception data from radio signals received by a plurality of radar receive antennas. A radar signal processor is configured to determine an estimate of an angular position of at least one object by processing the radar reception data. A communication interface is configured to receive information about a reference angular position of the at least one object. A determiner is configured to determine a compensation for the radar reception data based on the estimate of the angular position and the reference angular position of the at least one object. The radar signal processor is configured to correct the radar reception data and/or further radar reception data for the detection of a further object based on the compensation. An output interface is configured to provide information about the presence of the further object to a vehicle controller.

Abstract: An object sensor test system includes a sensor and a test bench. The sensor includes a receiver configured to receive a simulated optical signal and a processing chain that includes a plurality of processing components configured to process at least one measurement signal generated in response to the simulated optical signal to generate processed test data. The sensor also includes a test interface configured to receive a control signal, and selectively extract processed test data at a selected output of the processing chain based on the control signal. The test bench is configured to transmit the control signal to the test interface, receive the processed test data from the sensor, compare the received processed test data with expected data to generate a comparison result, and determine that a segment of the processing chain is operating normally or abnormally based on the comparison result.

Abstract: A terminal position assurance device and a corresponding connector assembly are disclosed. The terminal position assurance device includes a main body having a main board, an upper board, and a lower board. The upper board and the lower board are arranged perpendicularly to the main board and are located on the same side of the main board. The upper board and the lower board have distal ends away from the main board. The terminal position assurance device further includes an extension arm extending from the distal end of the upper board in a direction substantially perpendicular to the main board and a stopper extending from an outer edge of the extension arm and thus going beyond the main body.

Abstract: An apparatus for correcting an input signal is configured for receiving the input signal, the received input signal comprising a series of input values. The apparatus is configured for matching a series of template values to the series of input values by warping the series of template values and the series of input values relatively to each other so as to assign one or more template values to one or more input values, wherein the series of template values represents an approximation of a noise signal that is expected to be comprised in the input signal. The apparatus is configured for obtaining a series of corrected input values based on a mismatch between the input values and their respective assigned template values. The apparatus is configured for providing a corrected signal based on the series of corrected input values.

Abstract: A torsional vibration damper includes an input part for introducing a torque, two intermediate elements, an energy storage element designed as a compression spring that acts on the intermediate elements, an output part for discharging a vibration-damped torque, and an elastic or resilient compensation part provided between the output part and the intermediate elements. The intermediate elements are designed as pendulum rockers and are movement-coupled to the input part. Each of the intermediate elements can move towards and away from the other in a linear motion. The output part is movement-coupled to the intermediate elements and rotatable relative to the intermediate elements. The compensation part is for eliminating play of the intermediate elements relative to the output part in an axial direction.

Abstract: A package for mounting on a mounting base is disclosed. In one example, the package comprises a carrier, an electronic component mounted at the carrier, leads electrically coupled with the electronic component and to be electrically coupled with the mounting base, and a linear spacer for defining a spacing with respect to the carrier.

Abstract: An electrical circuit for providing an output signal based on a first input signal and a second input signal has: a mixer which is configured to receive and mix the first and second input signals in order to generate a mixer output signal and to switch on or off based on the first input signal, wherein a DC signal component of the mixer output signal depends on whether the mixer is switched on or off; and a downstream circuit which is configured to switch on or off based on the DC signal component of the mixer output signal and to provide the output signal based on the mixer output signal.

Abstract: A roller freewheel includes a roll body cage, a plurality of roll bodies accommodated in the roll body cage, and a ramp ring having a ramp contour. The ramp contour blocks the roll bodies in a first direction of rotation and allows rotation of the roll bodies relative to the ramp ring in a second direction of rotation, opposite the first direction of rotation. The ramp contour is designed to accommodate a plurality of roll body rows. The roll body cage includes a plurality of separate partial cages, with each partial cage including at least one roll body row.

Abstract: A clutch release bearing assembly is disclosed herein that includes a more durable and improved interface for engaging an actuator. The assembly includes a housing having at least one flange, and the housing is formed from a first material. At least one insert is supported on the at least one flange, and the at least one insert is configured to engage an actuator. The at least one insert is formed from a second material that is different than the first material.

Abstract: A calibration circuit, including: a signal generator circuit configured to generate a modulated analog input signal, which is based on a digital input word that is modulated; an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) configured to convert an analog reference signal to a digital calibration word, wherein the analog reference signal is a low-pass-filtered version of the analog input signal generated by the signal generator circuit; and a feedback circuit configured to output the digital input word by adjusting the digital calibration word depending on a digital feedback signal, which is based on a modulated version of the analog reference signal, wherein the signal generator circuit, the ADC, and the feedback circuit are provided on a same chip.

Abstract: The described techniques are directed to inductive torque sensors that implement independent target coil and pickup coil systems. By utilizing the various principles of inductive angle sensors, and as a result of the specific physical arrangement of target coils, the inductive torque sensor may independently obtain a rotational position (i.e., mechanical angle) of the rotatable input shaft via one pickup coil system, and a rotational position (i.e., mechanical angle) of the rotatable output shaft via another pickup coil system. Combiner circuitry is also provided to calculate the torsion angle using the signals induced in each of two separate pickup coil systems. By using different k-fold symmetry periodicities in the target coils with respect to the coil configurations, the inductive torque sensor advantageously reduces or eliminates mutual coupling between the different target coil systems and provide robustness to stray or external electromagnetic fields.

Abstract: A method includes producing a semiconductor wafer. The semiconductor wafer includes a plurality of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) semiconductor chips, wherein the MEMS semiconductor chips have MEMS structures arranged at a first main surface of the semiconductor wafer, a first semiconductor material layer arranged at the first main surface, and a second semiconductor material layer arranged under the first semiconductor material layer, wherein a doping of the first semiconductor material layer is greater than a doping of the second semiconductor material layer. The method further includes removing the first semiconductor material layer in a region between adjacent MEMS semiconductor chips. The method further includes applying a stealth dicing process from the first main surface of the semiconductor wafer and between the adjacent MEMS semiconductor chips.

Abstract: A method for determining information on an expected trajectory of an object comprises: determining input data being related to the expected trajectory of the object; determining first intermediate data based on the input data using a machine-learning method; determining second intermediate data based on the input data using a model-based method; and determining the information on the expected trajectory of the object based on the first intermediate data and based on the second intermediate data.

Abstract: A busbar assembly is disclosed that includes a carrier, and a plurality of conductors arranged within the carrier such that at least a portion of each of the plurality of conductors are exposed in a radial direction and define electrical contact sites. The carrier can be formed by molding the carrier about the plurality of conductors.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a module is disclosed. In one example, the method comprises providing at least one solder body with a base portion and an elevated edge extending along at least part of a circumference of the base portion. At least one carrier, on which at least one electronic component is mounted, is placed in the at least one solder body so that the at least one carrier is positioned on the base portion and is spatially confined by the elevated edge.

Abstract: A semiconductor module arrangement includes a housing, a first semiconductor substrate arranged inside the housing, a second semiconductor substrate arranged inside the housing, a first plurality of controllable semiconductor elements, and a second plurality of controllable semiconductor elements. During operation of the semiconductor module arrangement, each controllable semiconductor element of the first plurality of controllable semiconductor elements generates switching losses and conduction losses, the switching losses being greater than the conduction losses. Further during operation of the semiconductor module arrangement, each controllable semiconductor element of the second plurality of controllable semiconductor elements generates switching losses and conduction losses, the conduction losses being greater than the switching losses.

Abstract: A method for operating a fuel cell. The fuel cell is supplied with gaseous fuel via an anode-side gas feed line and with air via a cathode-side gas feed line. The anode-side gas feed line and the cathode-side gas feed line are coupled via a pressure-transmitting element, wherein in the event of an increased power requirement of the fuel cell, the gas pressure of the anode-side gas feed line is at least partly transmitted to the cathode-side gas feed line via the pressure-transmitting element and causes the gas pressure of the cathode-side gas feed line to increase. A fuel cell system having at least one fuel cell, an anode-side gas feed line, a cathode-side gas feed line, and a monitoring unit.

Abstract: An operating system for controlling a vehicle, the operating system having an operating element for a manual operation by a vehicle operator; a display module in order to present the vehicle surroundings with a vehicle projection integrated therein. The operation of the operating element produces a change in the vehicle projection within the vehicle surroundings and a computer system causes the vehicle to move in the vehicle surroundings analogously to the change in the vehicle projection within the vehicle surroundings. A method for controlling the vehicle using the operating system is also provided. The vehicle is an autonomously drivable vehicle, preferably an all-wheel-steered omnidirectionally drivable vehicle, thereby allowing a reliable, secure, and simultaneously intuitive control of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for controlling a hydraulic unit with a rotational-speed-controlled pump which, at an outlet side, provides at least two fluid flows in a manner switched by means of switching valves actuating at least one slave cylinder and for providing a volume flow which is controlled based on a rotational speed of the pump. To set the volume flow, an efficiency of the pump is calculated base on a comparison of a known slave cylinder volume of the at least one slave cylinder and a quantity of fluid of the pump for the filling of the at least one slave cylinder.