Abstract: A localization system includes an animal transceiver and a floor transceiver circuit. The animal transceiver is configured to be fixed to an animal to transceive a radio frequency signal. The floor transceiver circuit is arranged on a floor surface and configured to determine a position of the animal transceiver within the floor surface on the basis of the radio frequency signal received from the animal transceiver. An animal cage includes a cage configured to accommodate an animal, and the localization system.

Abstract: A communication arrangement may include a communication device, which may include an application processor, a mobile radio circuit, and a near-field communication (NFC) circuit configured according to an NFC technology for transmission of data and energy for operating a circuit external to the communication device. The arrangement may include a flexible carrier mounted detachably on the communication device. The carrier may include a radio circuit, an NFC circuit configured according to an NFC technology, a circuit coupled to the NFC circuit and the radio circuit, which is configured to be operated with energy which is received by means of the NFC circuit according to the NFC technology, the circuit configured for converting data coded in accordance with the NFC technology into data coded in accordance with the radio technology, or for converting data coded in accordance with the radio technology into data coded in accordance with the NFC technology.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a contactless circuit arrangement. The contactless circuit arrangement includes at least one antenna, an antenna tuning circuit having a plurality of electrical components, and an energy supply interface which is connected to the antenna tuning circuit in an electrically conductive manner and is intended to supply electrical energy for electrically connecting or disconnecting at least one electrical component of the plurality of electrical components for adapting the antenna tuning circuit to a target frequency.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having an upper first main face and first and second recess areas formed in the upper first main face, a battery arranged at the first recess area and one or more of a shock sensor and an acceleration sensor arranged at the second recess area. The shock sensor or the acceleration sensor includes a movable mass, a cantilever connected to the moveable mass, a piezoelectric layer applied to the cantilever, and a wiring connected to the piezoelectric layer. The wiring has first and second terminals. The moveable mass and part of the cantilever are arranged above the second recess area, so that the shock sensor or the acceleration sensor delivers a voltage between the first and second terminals, a strength of the voltage being dependent on a strength of a shock or acceleration exerted on the semiconductor device.

Abstract: A microfiltration device comprises a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The substrate includes a cavity between the first surface and the second surface. The substrate further includes a microfilter including a frame part in contact with the substrate and a filter part abutting the cavity. The microfilter comprises in both the frame part and the filter part a semiconducting or conducting material.

Abstract: A test strip comprises a test strip body comprising a fluid reservoir. The test strip further comprises a sensor unit configured to determine measurement data of a probe fluid in the fluid reservoir, and a communication unit electrically connected to the sensor unit, the communication unit including an antenna unit configured to transmit the measurement data. A system for determining measurement data of a probe fluid comprises the test strip and an external reader.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a battery attached to the semiconductor substrate, and a sensor attached to the semiconductor substrate. The battery is electrically connected to the sensor and configured to supply the sensor with electrical power.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication device is described including an oscillator configured to provide a frequency signal, a first transceiver circuit, a second transceiver circuit configured to transmit and receive signals based on the frequency signal and a calibration circuit configured to generate a calibration signal representing the carrier frequency of a signal received by the first transceiver circuit and to calibrate the oscillator based on the calibration signal.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a Radio Frequency Identification apparatus includes a coupling body having a metal material and a transponder chip configured to contactlessly transmit data. The transponder chip is physically coupled to the coupling body, has a storage element which stores the data, and has a first electrode which is at a distance from the coupling body. The coupling body is in the form of a second electrode for the transponder chip configured to couple the transponder chip to an external Radio Frequency Identification reader for reading the data.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)-tag, a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) device, a tire, a receiver device and a method for providing information related to identification of a tire. The RFID-tag is configured to provide information related to the tire identification and it is configured to be powered by the TPMS device. The RFID-tag comprises a memory module configured to store the information related to the tire identification and a transmitter module configured to transmit the information related to the tire identification to a receiver device of a vehicle or a service station. The TPMS device comprises a coupling element configured to provide Radio Frequency power to the RFID-tag, for providing information related to tire identification.

Abstract: A functional skin patch having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface is provided. The functional skin patch includes a functional unit having a thermo harvester and an antenna unit. The thermo harvester has a first terminal thermally connected to the first surface and a second terminal. The antenna unit has a first terminal thermally connected to the second terminal of the thermo harvester and a second terminal thermally connected to the second surface. The antenna unit has a stacked layer structure including, in this sequence, a metal layer thermally connected to the second terminal of the thermo harvester, a ferrite layer thermally connected to the metal layer, and an antenna layer thermally connected to the ferrite layer.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a chip. The chip has a carrier, an integrated circuit formed above the carrier, and an energy storage element. The energy storage element has a first electrode and a second electrode and is used to supply the integrated circuit with electrical energy. The carrier, the integrated circuit and the energy storage element are monolithically formed, the first electrode being formed from the carrier.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to intelligent sensing devices, systems, and methods for the measurement of a wide variety of parameters. In embodiments, an intelligent sensing device includes at least one sensor configured to measure a characteristic proximate the sensing device as a data parameter, an integrated circuit electrically coupled to the at least one sensor, the integrated circuit comprising memory and configured to store the data parameter in the memory, and an antenna electrically coupled to the integrated circuit and configured to transmit the data parameter stored in the memory to a remote device.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)-tag, a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) device, a tire, a receiver device and a method for providing information related to identification of a tire. The RFID-tag is configured to provide information related to the tire identification and it is configured to be powered by the TPMS device. The RFID-tag comprises a memory module configured to store the information related to the tire identification and a transmitter module configured to transmit the information related to the tire identification to a receiver device of a vehicle or a service station. The TPMS device comprises a coupling element configured to provide Radio Frequency power to the RFID-tag, for providing information related to tire identification.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip arrangement includes a first chip having a first antenna which is monolithically integrated in the first chip and is intended to communicate with at least one of an external reader or an external writer; a second chip having a second antenna which is monolithically integrated in the second chip and is intended to communicate with the at least one of the external reader or the external writer; and a booster antenna which is coupled to the first antenna in a first coupling area in order to increase a range of the first antenna and is coupled to the second antenna in a second coupling area in order to increase a range of the second antenna.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a booster antenna for a chip arrangement, for example a smart card, is provided. The booster antenna can have: a first electrical circuit, which forms a first resonant circuit with a phase resonance; and a second electrical circuit, which forms a second resonant circuit with a phase resonance and/or absolute resonance; wherein the first electrical circuit and the second electrical circuit are coupled to one another.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement includes a first antenna configured to couple to an electromagnetic field from a first frequency band and a second antenna configured to couple to an electromagnetic field from a second frequency band, the second frequency band being different than the first frequency band. The first antenna is connected in series with the second antenna as an electrical supply line therefor.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a chip arrangement includes a first chip having a first antenna which is monolithically integrated in the first chip and is intended to communicate with at least one of an external reader or an external writer; a second chip having a second antenna which is monolithically integrated in the second chip and is intended to communicate with the at least one of the external reader or the external writer; and a booster antenna which is coupled to the first antenna in a first coupling area in order to increase a range of the first antenna and is coupled to the second antenna in a second coupling area in order to increase a range of the second antenna.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a Radio Frequency Identification apparatus includes a coupling body having a metal material and a transponder chip configured to contactlessly transmit data. The transponder chip is physically coupled to the coupling body, has a storage element which stores the data, and has a first electrode which is at a distance from the coupling body. The coupling body is in the form of a second electrode for the transponder chip configured to couple the transponder chip to an external Radio Frequency Identification reader for reading the data.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a chip. The chip has a carrier, an integrated circuit formed above the carrier, and an energy storage element. The energy storage element has a first electrode and a second electrode and is used to supply the integrated circuit with electrical energy. The carrier, the integrated circuit and the energy storage element are monolithically formed, the first electrode being formed from the carrier.