Abstract: A distance-measuring optoelectronic sensor for the monitoring of a working zone is provided which is located within a detection zone of the sensor and at a first distance from the sensor, wherein the sensor has a lighting unit having a light source to illuminate the working zone at least partly as well as an object detection unit by means of which unauthorized objects in the working zone can be detected. In this respect, an illumination control is designed, in a switching-on phase, first to activate the lighting unit with a lower power so that a provisional working zone at a second distance from the sensor less than the first distance is illuminated with at most a preset maximum power; to check by means of the object detection unit whether an unauthorized object intrusion is taking place into the provisional working zone; and if no unauthorized object intrusion is recognized, to activate the lighting unit at a higher power so that the working zone is illuminated with at most the preset maximum power.

Abstract: Method and apparatuses involving satellite position signals are disclosed. Based on data indicating a usage environment, parameters, for example acquisition parameters or calculation parameters, are adapted.

Abstract: A hybrid satellite positioning receiver architecture is provided with a first receive path and a second receive path. The first receive path downconverts received satellite positioning signals of a first type to an intermediate frequency range, and the second receive path downconverts received satellite positioning signals of a second type to the same intermediate frequency range.

Abstract: A method for calculating the power consumption of a mobile device, particularly of a mobile station of a mobile radio system, in an observation period ?t based on various possible system states sk in which the device can be in the period ?t. A value of a quantity ?k is determined system-state-dependently for the system states sk occurring in the period ?t. The power consumption in the period ?t is calculated in such a manner that the quantities ?k and state-dependent typical currents ik are taken into consideration.

Abstract: An optoelectronic sensor includes at least one light transmitter for the transmission of light signals into a monitored zone, at least one light receiver for the reception of light signals transmitted from the light transmitter and a control device for the generation and/or influencing of the light signals and for the generation of an object detection signal in the case of the presence of an object in the monitored region in dependence on the output signals of the light receiver. In this connection, the light signals transmitted into the monitored zone by the light transmitter are each generated by an output signal modulated in accordance with the spread spectrum method using a random pseudo-noise code.

Abstract: Representative implementations of direct FM/PM modulation and systems are disclosed describing frequency modulation or phase modulation of information onto a carrier signal using a divider that is remote from the carrier signal generation path.

Abstract: An electronic device is equipped with an oscillator interface to be coupled to an oscillator crystal of an oscillator element. The electronic device includes an oscillator circuit which is coupled to the oscillator interface and generates an oscillator signal. The electronic device is further provided with a temperature measurement interface to be coupled to a temperature sensor of the oscillator element so as to receive the temperature signal. For accomplishing temperature compensation, the electronic device is provided with a measurement controller coupled to the measurement interface and configured to measure a first value of the temperature signal at a first point of time and a second value of the temperature signal at a second point of time. A frequency drift estimator is provided so as to estimate a frequency drift of the oscillator signal on the basis of the first value of the temperature signal and a second value of the temperature signal.

Abstract: Communication devices and methods are disclosed, wherein a test signal is generated at a first frequency and a higher harmonic of said test signal is received and processed at a second frequency higher than said first frequency.

Abstract: A distance-measuring optoelectronic sensor for the monitoring of a working zone is provided which is located within a detection zone of the sensor and at a first distance from the sensor, wherein the sensor has a lighting unit having a light source to illuminate the working zone at least partly as well as an object detection unit by means of which unauthorized objects in the working zone can be detected. In this respect, an illumination control is designed, in a switching-on phase, first to activate the lighting unit with a lower power so that a provisional working zone at a second distance from the sensor less than the first distance is illuminated with at most a preset maximum power; to check by means of the object detection unit whether an unauthorized object intrusion is taking place into the provisional working zone; and if no unauthorized object intrusion is recognized, to activate the lighting unit at a higher power so that the working zone is illuminated with at most the preset maximum power.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling a plurality of output voltages.

Abstract: An integrated semiconductor component includes a functional circuit and a power control circuit configured to generate a supply voltage from an input voltage. The power control circuit may include a snitching controller and a control circuit configured to set a frequency spectrum of tile Supply voltage and coupled to the switching controller. The control circuit may be configured to determine a current operating state out of at least two possible operating states of the integrated semiconductor component and to set the frequency spectrum dependent from the current operating state.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a receiver for a wire-free communication system for reception of a received signal which is modulated using a digital modulation method having a first frequency conversion device for production of a frequency-converted received signal by conversion of the received signal to an intermediate frequency. The receiver further includes a pre-filter for production of a filtered received signal from the frequency-converted received signal such that the received signal is band-limited, and an analogue/digital converter for production of a binary received signal from the filtered received signal by comparison of the filtered received signal with a level threshold.

Abstract: A frame structure for transmitting data over a digital interface has a plurality of data frames. In this plurality of data frames a first sampling data frame is based on at least one sampling word and dedicated to a first logical channel. A set of data frames follows the first sampling data frame and carries in a compressed format a plurality of predefined status data words dedicated at least to the first logical channel. A first further sampling data frame follows the set of data frames. It is based on at least one further sampling word and dedicated to the first logical channel.

Abstract: A lighting unit (100) having a divergent coherent light source (104, 106) is provided for the generation of an at least locally irregular pattern (20) in a monitored zone (12). In this respect, the lighting unit (100) has an optical phase element (108, 110) in the beam path of the light source (104, 106), said optical phase element having unevenness made to generate local phase differences between light portions incident at the phase element at adjacent positions and thus to generate the irregular pattern (20) by interference.

Abstract: A method and system of a GPS system controlling a voltage of an input signal to an oscillator, the oscillator producing a clock reference signal to the GPS system and a modem system, such that a frequency of the clock reference signal is altered to synchronize the modem system with a corresponding network while the GPS system remains in a locked state.

Abstract: In a method for qualification of the transmission quality of a frequency channel in a wire-free communication system that has two or more frequency channels, units in the system communicate via the frequency channels. Data is transmitted in time slots in a time pattern using a time slot method. The influence of possible interference sources is determined in a measurement time slot in which no data is received, in that the field strength is measured at the frequencies of two or more frequency channels, and the field strength information is used for qualification decisions relating to the frequency channels.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radio receiver for the reception of a data burst which is transmitted by a transmitter, in which case the data burst includes a first section which has been modulated using a first modulation method at the transmitter end, and a second section which is transmitted after the first section and has been modulated using a second modulation method at the transmitter end. The radio receiver has a first reception path for processing of the first section and a second reception path for processing of the second section.

Abstract: This disclosure relates frequency channel qualification in wire-free communications system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus for a mobile communications system which can be modulated using different modulation types at the transmitter end. According to one embodiment of the invention, in the middle of a data burst of a Bluetooth communications system, a GFSK modulation method is switched to an M-DPSK modulation method, which is used for the payload data. A frequency offset estimation unit is provided for GFSK-modulated signals in a first receiving section and estimates the frequency offset by averaging over a bit sequence of a trailer of a data burst. The frequency offset is corrected in a second receiving section, by means of a frequency correction unit which operates on the basis of the CORDIC algorithm.

Abstract: In a method for qualification of a frequency channel in a wire-free communication system, data is transmitted on different frequency channels by means of an adaptive frequency hopping method. The transmission and reception are carried out in time slots using a time slot method which is based on the radio standard. In order to qualify the transmission quality of the frequency channels, data packet error rates and/or bit error rates and the field strength of the received data signal are measured, and the measured field strength is compared with a threshold value field strength in order to make a selection decision.