Abstract: A device comprises a control entity configured to monitor an operation parameter of at least one battery cell of a battery. The device further comprises an interface coupled with a power line of the battery and configured to transceive control data via at least one of load modulation or load demodulation of a power line signal of the power line.

Abstract: An intermediate servant device connected in a daisy chain configuration with a set of devices is described. The intermediate servant device may be configured to receive, from a previous servant device of the set of servant devices, a request for data, a first response to the request for data, and authentication information for the first response to the request for data. The intermediate servant device may be further configured to generate a second response to the request for data and determine authentication information for the second response based on the authentication information for the first response, the second response, and a key assigned to the intermediate servant device. The intermediate servant device may be further configured to output at least the authentication information for the second response, the first response, and the second response.

Abstract: In some examples, a detection circuit is configured to detect a brushfire in a power system based on an electrical signal from the power system. The detection circuit is further configured to set a bit in response to detecting the brushfire.

Abstract: In some examples, a detection circuit is configured to detect a brushfire in a power system based on an electrical signal from the power system. The detection circuit is further configured to set a bit in response to detecting the brushfire.

Abstract: In one example, a circuit includes a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit is configured to detect a first battery voltage that is associated with a first battery cell and output a representation of the first battery voltage. The first integrated circuit is further configured to detect a second battery voltage that is associated with a second battery cell that is connected in series with the first battery cell and output a status signal indicating whether the second battery voltage satisfies a first threshold. The second integrated circuit is configured to detect the first battery voltage and output a status signal indicating whether the first battery voltage satisfies a second threshold. The second integrated circuit is further configured detect the second battery voltage and output a representation of the second battery voltage.

Abstract: A battery management system is described that includes a controller configured to control electrical charging and discharging of a plurality of blocks of a battery. The battery management system also includes an inter-block communication network including a master node and a plurality of slave nodes arranged in a ring-type daisy-chain configuration with the master node. The master node is coupled to the controller and configured to initiate all command messages sent through the inter-block communication network and terminate all reply messages sent through the inter-block communication network. The plurality of slave nodes is bounded by an initial node coupled to the master node and a last node coupled to the master node.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a booster antenna for a chip arrangement is provided. The booster antenna includes: a first circuit, which forms a first resonant circuit; a second circuit, which forms a second resonant circuit, wherein the first circuit is electrically conductively connected to the second circuit; and a third circuit, which forms a third resonant circuit, wherein the third circuit is electrically conductively connected to the second circuit.

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.

Abstract: A device comprises a control entity configured to monitor an operation parameter of at least one battery cell of a battery. The device further comprises an interface coupled with a power line of the battery and configured to transceive control data via at least one of load modulation or load demodulation of a power line signal of the power line.

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: 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: 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: In various embodiments, a booster antenna for a chip arrangement is provided. The booster antenna includes: a first circuit, which forms a first resonant circuit; a second circuit, which forms a second resonant circuit, wherein the first circuit is electrically conductively connected to the second circuit; and a third circuit, which forms a third resonant circuit, wherein the third circuit is electrically conductively connected to the second circuit.

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: Transponder circuit arrangement having antenna connections for application of a voltage signal, a load-reduction modulation device, which is coupled to the antenna connections and is designed to modulate the applied, unmodulated voltage signal, which is at a first level, and a voltage conversion device, which is coupled to the load-reduction modulation device and is designed to provide a supply voltage, the magnitude of whose level is greater than the first level.

Abstract: In the case of a drive arrangement for a rolling mill, comprising at least one drive motor (M), a main gear mechanism (HG), a pinion gear mechanism (KWG), a rolling stand (G) with working rolls (AW), and the spindles, couplings and the like which connect these components, the main gear mechanism (HG) is a single-stage one and the drive axis (AN) is spaced apart from the output axis (AB) by an upwardly directed, vertical spacing (vA).

Abstract: A circuit having a first input and a second input configured to apply an alternating voltage, a first output and a second output configured to supply a rectified and regulated voltage, a rectifier bridge circuit having a current return circuit, a third transistor and a fourth transistor, and a controller configured to regulate the voltage between the first and the second output to a constant value. The current return circuit is connected to the first input, the second input and to the second output. The third transistor is configured as a series voltage regulator and is connected to the first input and the first output. The fourth transistor is configured as a series voltage regulator and is connected to the second input and the first output. The controller is coupled to a control input of the third transistor and to a control input of the fourth transistor. Further, a method for rectifying and regulating voltages of a circuit is provided. The circuit and the method can be used in a contactless chip card.