Abstract: Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for monitoring, detecting, predicting, and mitigating electrostatic electricity accumulation. Electrostatic electricity is detected within a premises, via multiple electrostatic electricity sensors. The electrostatic electricity sensors, also referred to as electrostatic charge sensors can detect electrostatic electricity and/or electrostatic potential. Disclosed embodiments acquire electrostatic electricity data from multiple sensors. Other mechanical activity is also acquired via sensors and/or computer vision techniques. The mechanical activity can include motion of machines and/or people. Disclosed embodiments correlate levels of electrostatic electricity data to mechanical activity using machine learning. The machine learning system is used to predict future levels of electrostatic electricity based on proposed and/or mechanical activity, as well as automatically invoke mitigation steps and generate alert messages.

Abstract: A method for determining at least one property of a rotational movement of a three-phase rotary current machine in generator operation, with an electrical parameter for a phase voltage of the relevant phase of the three-phase alternating voltage of the rotary current machine generated in generator operation being continuously recorded metrologically for each of the three phases. Three electrical parameter pairs are formed from the three electrical parameters, whereby the three electrical parameter pairs respectively include electrical parameters of a first and a second phase, electrical parameters of the second phase and a third phase, and electrical parameters of the third phase and the first phase. A sign of a difference between the electrical parameters of each parameter pair is continuously determined. The property of the rotational movement is determined from change times corresponding to times of immediately successive sign changes of the differences between the three parameter pairs.

Abstract: A test and measurement instrument includes an input configured to receive an input signal from a device under test (DUT), an output display, and one or more processors configured to execute code that causes the one or more processors to measure a noise component of the input signal, compensate the measured noise component based on the measurement population and a relative amount of noise generated by the test and measurement instrument and a total noise measurement, and produce the compensated measured noise component as a noise measurement on the output display. Methods are also described.

Abstract: A vehicle power supply circuit monitoring system and a vehicle power supply circuit monitoring method are provided. The vehicle power supply circuit monitoring system is adapted to a vehicle power supply and a vehicle load device, and includes a power monitoring circuit and a control circuit. The power monitoring circuit is electrically connected to the vehicle power supply and the control circuit. The power monitoring circuit monitors two different input load powers at two different time points. The control circuit calculates an external power loop equivalent impedance according to the two different input load powers. When the external power loop equivalent impedance is greater than a designed impedance threshold, the control circuit executes a warning procedure.

Abstract: An emulator system for testing an electrical product in a closed circuit, including a first power electronic structure to emulate a voltage source, connectable to the input of the electrical product; a second power electronic structure to emulate an electronic load, connectable to the output of the electrical product; a direct current bus connected between the first and second structure; a power supply configured to be connected to a general electrical grid and power the bus; and a control module in communication with all elements of the system. Once the electrical product is connected between the emulated source and load, a closed circuit is established in which the emulated source consumes power from the bus to test the product and the emulated electronic load reinjects the power consumed into the bus.

Abstract: A testing system includes an AC signal generator configured to selectively generate a sinusoidal signal including a plurality of cycles. A dielectric strength and partial discharge tester sequentially performs dielectric strength and partial discharge testing of a stator of an electric machine using the sinusoidal signal. Another testing system includes an impulse signal generator configured to selectively generate an impulse signal including a plurality of cycles. A surge and partial discharge tester for sequentially performing surge and partial discharge testing of a stator of an electric machine using the impulse signal.

Abstract: An embodiment provides a test element group (TEG) circuit, including: a first pad configured for a test voltage to be applied; an amplifier including a first input terminal connected to the first pad, a second input terminal connected to a first terminal of a test transistor, and an output terminal electrically connected to the second input terminal; a variable resistor including one terminal connected to the output terminal of the amplifier and the other terminal connected to the first terminal of the test transistor; and a gate driving circuit that supplies a gate voltage to a gate of the test transistor.

Abstract: A method for determining the temperature characteristic of the drain-source on-state resistance of a MOSFET of a first type.

Abstract: A test device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a stage configured to mount a substrate, a first temperature sensor configured to measure a surface temperature of the stage and a temperature of the substrate mounted on the stage, a second temperature sensor for controlling a temperature of the stage, and a controller configured to control the temperature of the stage by offsetting a control temperature of the second temperature sensor based on the surface temperature of the stage and the temperature of the substrate that are measured by the first temperature sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an error detection circuit or detecting an error in a connection of an electrical component. The error detection circuit comprises a control circuit, a terminal arranged to connect the electrical component, and a driving means, coupled to the terminal and arranged to be controlled by the control circuit. The driving means is arranged to drive a current on receipt of a control signal (Vctl) from the control circuit and the control circuit is further arranged to receive in response to the current a measurement signal via the terminal, to determine based on a characteristic of the measurement signal a possible error and to communicate an error signal based on the determining.

Abstract: Provided is a rubber socket having a structure with a built-in component. In the rubber socket with a built-in component, a connection sheet having components attached to an upper surface, a lower surface, or upper and lower surfaces of a conductive sheet composed of a conductive part and an insulating part is detachably coupled to the upper surface, the lower surface, or the upper and lower surfaces, and a guide sheet made of an inelastic insulating material is attached to an upper side, a lower side, or upper and lower sides of the connection sheet, and characteristics of a tester or a device to be tested may be tested using the components.

Abstract: A semiconductor wafer includes pairs of semiconductor dies having test pads which are electrically coupled to each other to enable testing of pairs of semiconductor dies together at the same time. In this way, even wafers having large numbers of semiconductor dies can be tested with a semiconductor test assembly in a single touch-down test process.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe a voice coil actuated leaf spring prober that advantageously may be operated to probe every individual device (device under test—DUT) comprising a contemporary wafer. The prober according to aspects of the present disclosure includes one or more probe needles attached in an electrically isolated arrangement to an end of a horizontal-U-shaped, recurved, leaf spring arrangement. The prober includes—for example—a voice coil actuator positioned within the horizontal-U-shaped portion of the leaf spring which—when operated—results in leaf spring displacement and probe needle movement such that it may mechanically/electrically contact the DUT.

Abstract: A leakage current detection circuit includes: a mirror circuit configured to copy a leakage current flowing through a node and generate a copy current in a copy node; an oscillation circuit including a charge storage unit, the oscillation circuit being connected to the copy node, charged with the copy current, and configured to generate an oscillation signal by charging and discharging the charge storage unit; and a calculation circuit configured to calculate an amount of the leakage current based on the oscillation signal.

Abstract: An RF testing method is applied between a testing instrument and multiple devices under test at least including a first DUT and a second DUT. The testing instrument includes a signal generator and a signal analyzer. A sync signal is sent to the testing instrument and the first DUT, so that the first DUT occupies the signal generator to receive a testing signal from the signal generator. The first DUT sends an uplink signal to the signal analyzer based on the testing signal to occupy the signal analyzer for signal analysis at a first point in time. The sync signal is sent to the testing instrument and the second DUT, so that the second DUT occupies the signal generator to receive the testing signal from the signal generator at a second point in time. The first point in time is parallel to the second point in time.

Abstract: An automatic test pattern generation-based circuit verification method, comprises: determining a to-be-detected first logic cone from a fan-out logic cone corresponding to the target line; determining, based on the first logic cone, a to-be-detected second logic cone from a fan-in logic cone corresponding to the target line; generating a first CNF based on the first logic cone and the second logic cone, and detecting the target line by using the first CNF to obtain a first detection result; and if the first logic cone is a partial region in the fan-out logic cone, and the first detection result meets a first specified condition corresponding to the first logic cone, determining a first verification result of the target line based on the first detection result.

Abstract: A memory controller and a physical interface layer may accommodate multiple memory types. In some examples, the memory controller and/or PHY may include a register that includes operating parameters for multiple operating modes. Different operating modes may be compatible with different memory types. In some examples, the memory controller and physical interface may be included in a system for testing multiple memory types. The system may provide multiple interfaces for communicating with the memory. The different communication types may be used for performing different tests and/or simulating different types of devices that may utilize the memory.

Abstract: A monitoring device monitors an abnormality in number of times of repetition of opening/closing of an output signal of a relay, and identifies a cause of the abnormality if the abnormality in number of times of repetition of opening/closing of the output signal of the relay is detected. This monitoring device includes an output signal monitoring unit that monitors an abnormality in number of times of repetition of opening/closing of an output signal of a relay, and a cause identification unit that identifies a cause based on periodicity of repetition of opening/closing if the output signal monitoring unit has detected an abnormality in number of times of repetition of opening/closing. The relay is opened/closed based on a control signal received from a numerical control device, and the cause identification unit may determine occurrence of an abnormality in the control signal if periodicity of repetition of opening/closing is detected.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a chip for monitoring performance of a motor and a performance monitoring system for a rotating apparatus. The system includes a sensing module, including a plurality of sensing sensors. The sensing module detecting a working state of the rotating apparatus and generating a working condition signal. A diagnosis module receives the working condition signal from the sensing module, determines a performance state of the rotating apparatus based on the working condition signal, and generates a performance state detection result. The performance state detection result includes a normal performance state and an abnormal performance state. A communication module sends an alarm signal to a central control platform when the performance state detection result is the abnormal performance state. The sensing module, the diagnosis module and the communication module are integrated on the same chip.

Abstract: Circuitry for processing a response from an electrochemical cell to a stimulus, the circuitry comprising: sense circuitry configured to measure the response of the electrochemical cell to the stimulus; and processing circuitry configured to: sample the measured response to obtain a plurality of samples; and determine a first average signal based on a first number of samples of the plurality of samples; and output the first average signal, wherein the first number of samples in the first average signal is selected to minimise a first variance in the first number of samples.

Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for constructing an electrochemical process manifold (EPM) for a battery cell during a formation process. The current through the cell is controllably adjusted to charge or discharge the cell. The temperature and/or pressure may be controllably adjusted along with the current. At each of a plurality of time steps as the current is controllably adjusted, the voltage across the cell is measured and integrated over time to obtain a voltage-hours value for each time step. A data point is stored in memory for each time step that includes the measured voltage, the voltage-hours value, and the current through the cell at the respective time step. The data points for each time step are mapped onto an EPM, and the EPM is stored in a non-transitory computer-readable memory medium.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for predicting the battery performance based on a combination of material parameters of a battery pulping process, including obtaining a target prediction model; and obtaining a combination of material parameters to be predicted corresponding to the battery pulping process, and inputting the combination of the material parameters to be predicted into the target prediction model to obtain a target battery performance level corresponding to the combination of the material parameters to be predicted. The method of the present disclosure adopts a mathematical model method instead of manual testing, can quickly predict battery performance levels corresponding to different combinations of material parameters, and solves the problem that in the prior art, it is necessary to conduct separate tests for different input ratios of various materials to determine the impact of different material ratios on the battery performance.

Abstract: A method for calculating a state of charge of a battery is provided. The method includes: estimating a first state of charge of the battery by using a first state of charge estimation algorithm; estimating a second state of charge of the battery by using a second state of charge estimation algorithm; determining a first weight corresponding to the first state of charge and a second weight corresponding to the second state of charge based on state data of the battery; and calculating the state of charge of the battery based on the first state of charge and the first weight, and the second state of charge and the second weight. With method for calculating a state of charge of a battery in the present disclosure, the accuracy of calculating the state of charge of the battery can be improve d with a lower computation cost.

Abstract: The present inventive concept provides a state of charge value estimation method for a lithium battery, including determining an estimated state of charge value by using an ampere-hour integral method; and when estimating that the lithium battery enters a low-current charging mode, determining a reference cell voltage value corresponding to the estimated state of charge value according to a look-up table, and comparing the reference cell voltage value and a measured real-time cell voltage value to determine a calibrated state of charge value. The state of charge value estimation method for a lithium battery of the present inventive concept is simple in operation and high in accuracy.

Abstract: Determining an energy storage device plan includes determining a benefit gradient associated with charging or discharging of an energy storage. It further includes determining, using an energy storage lifetime model, a cost gradient associated with a degradation of the energy storage due to charging or discharging. It further includes applying a threshold to the benefit gradient and the cost gradient. It further includes facilitating charging or discharging of the energy storage based at least in part on the threshold being met or exceeded.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of estimating a battery condition in conjunction with charging/discharging operations of a battery, without employing dedicated equipment for estimating the condition of the battery. A battery management device according to the present invention identifies a first period and a subsequent second period in a rest period after a battery finishes discharging or charging, and uses an output voltage difference in the second period to estimate the condition of the battery (see FIG. 1).

Abstract: A method for estimating battery capacity of a battery, includes: sampling a series of voltages across a sensor resistor coupled to the battery when a current flows through the sensor resistor under conditions of default time and default temperature, and recording the voltages as sample voltages; calculating average filtering voltages by filtering white noise in the sample voltages; calculating median filtering voltages by removing impulse noise in the average filtering voltages; detecting data scope of the median filtering voltages in the data characteristic filed; calculating low-pass filtering voltages by using a low-pass filter formula according to the median filtering voltages domain in the data characteristic filed; and estimating the battery capacity of the battery according to the low-pass filtering voltages.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and other implementations, including a method for monitoring and managing battery performance that includes deriving a representation of diffusion overpotential behavior for a lithium-ion battery according to a discrete-time state-space approximation of a convolution-defined diffusion (CDD) model for the lithium-ion battery, and determining behavior of the lithium-ion battery according to the discrete-time state-space approximation of the convolution-defined diffusion (CDD) model for the lithium-ion battery.

Abstract: A battery measurement device for measuring a state of a rechargeable battery, includes a signal control unit provided on a first electrical path connecting a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the rechargeable battery and configured to cause the rechargeable battery to output a predefined AC signal or to input a predefined AC signal to the rechargeable battery, a voltage measurement unit provided on a second electrical path connecting the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the rechargeable battery and configured to receive, via the second electrical path, voltage variations of the rechargeable battery in response to the AC signal, a calculation unit configured to calculate information on a complex impedance based on the voltage variations, and a determination unit configured to determine an abnormality and a precursory sign of an abnormality in the second electrical path based on the information on the complex impedance.

Abstract: Circuitry for determining an impedance of an electrochemical cell comprising at least one first electrode and a second electrode, the circuitry comprising: drive circuitry configured to apply a stimulus to the electrochemical cell, the stimulus having a stimulation frequency and a stimulation amplitude; and measurement circuitry configured to: sample an output of the electrochemical cell at a sampling frequency to generate an output signal; determine an output amplitude of output signal at one or more alias frequencies, the one or more alias frequency based on the stimulation frequency and the sampling frequency; and determine the impedance of the cell at the stimulation frequency based on the output amplitude at the one or more alias frequencies and the stimulation amplitude; and control circuitry configured to: control the sampling frequency and the stimulation frequency such that a Nyquist rate of the sampling frequency is greater than stimulation frequency.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, methods, and other implementations, including a method for managing battery performance that includes measuring voltage response data for a lithium-ion battery in response to a current pulse perturbation injected into the lithium-ion battery, and determining in real-time, based on the measured voltage response data, resultant degradation data representative of estimated physical degradation of the lithium-ion battery.

Abstract: A deterioration level calculation method for a secondary battery of the present disclosure includes: computing a measurement-based measured value charging rate voltage curve of a secondary battery and a theoretical value charging rate voltage curve derived from a component of the secondary battery; computing an evaluation value to evaluate a difference between a measured value and a theoretical value of the charging rate voltage curves by using an evaluation function in which a high charging rate region, a low charging rate region, and a difference evaluation value are weighted higher than a whole difference evaluation value; and outputting, as a parameter indicating a deterioration level, a shift amount in a charting direction applied to the theoretical value charging rate voltage curve when the evaluation value is minimized.

Abstract: A system, device, and method for monitoring the health condition of load-bearing battery cells are provided. An example system may include a battery pack containing load-bearing battery cells electrically connected to a load. The system may further include a reference device housing a reference battery cell, a battery charger/discharger, and a sensing device. The reference battery cell may be subjected to a greater number of charge/discharge cycles than the load-bearing battery cells. The system may further include a battery management device, wherein the battery management device monitors the load current on the load-bearing battery cells, and transmits a reference current corresponding to the load current to the reference device, such that the reference current is applied to the reference battery cell. The health condition of the load-bearing battery cells may then be determined based on the condition of the reference battery cell.

Abstract: An apparatus include a first circuit board, which has a detection circuit. The first circuit board has a first plurality of cable plugs, wherein each of the cable plugs has an array of electrical contacts such that a same multiwire cable type is physically and electrically pluggable to the different cable plugs of the first plurality. The detection circuit is configured to obtain information indicative of whether, at least, one of the cable plugs is connected by a multiwire cable of the multiwire cable type to a matched cable plug of a second plurality of cable plugs on a second circuit board. The detection circuit is configured to obtain the information by sensing a pattern of direct current signals across a first subset of the electrical contacts of the one of the cable plugs of the first circuit board.

Abstract: An electronic component comparison apparatus is disclosed for comparing performance characteristics of the electronic components at different operating conditions. The electronic component comparison apparatus includes a processor that receives input of a first electronic component and a first operating condition and receives input of a second electronic component and a second operating condition where the second operating condition may be different from the first operating condition. The processor estimates a first electronic component performance characteristic based at least in part on the first electronic component and the first operating condition and estimates a second electronic component performance characteristic based at least in part on the second electronic component and the second operating condition. The processor outputs the first electronic component performance characteristic and second electronic component performance characteristic via a user interface for comparison.

Abstract: A fuse monitoring assembly for monitoring one or more fuses within a fuse housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing coupled to the upper housing and defining a housing cavity; at least one sensor configured to measure fuse data associated with the one or more fuses, the fuse data including operational data of the fuse and environmental data in which the one or more fuses are located; and at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor to transmit the fuse data to a remote computing device. The remote computing device is configured to receive the fuse data; determine an estimated remaining fuse service life by analyzing the fuse data using a combination of a physics model and a machine-learning model; and generate a fuse message based on the analysis. The sensor and the processor are positioned within the housing cavity.

Abstract: This application is directed to a local positioning system having a plurality of wire coils. Each wire coil includes one or more respective turns of wire that have a respective shape and a respective size and are arranged substantially in parallel with a respective wire plane. Each wire coil is configured to be electrically driven by a respective synchronous electric current carrying a respective train of pseudo-random waveforms according to a predefined bandwidth. For each wire coil, the respective train of pseudo-random waveforms includes a first number of waveform periods and is orthogonal to each other train of pseudo-random waveforms of the wire coils. In some embodiments, a receiver system is coupled to, and measures, the magnetic field created by the wire coils during each waveform period. The location of the receiver system is determined based on measured magnetic data vectors of the magnetic field.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a magnetoresistive (xMR) sensor that has enhanced immunity to the presence of a magnetic cross field by using a combination of differential biasing on the sensing layers of the sensing elements, sensing elements having different sensitivities, and different reference magnetization directions. The xMR sensor comprises two or more arrays of sensing elements, wherein each array comprises a plurality of sensing elements. The sensing elements within each array may be arranged in pairs, wherein the sensor elements within each pair have sensing layers that are magnetically biased in antiparallel directions. The sensing elements within each array are also provided with different respective sensitivities. The sensing elements having the lowest sensitivity are provided with a reference layer magnetised in a first direction, and the sensing elements in the remaining arrays are provided with a reference layer magnetised in a direction that is antiparallel to the first direction.

Abstract: A magnetic sensor includes a substrate including a top surface; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, the insulating layer including first and second inclined surfaces each inclined with respect to the top surface of the substrate; and an MR element. The MR element is disposed on the first inclined surface or the second inclined surface. The MR element includes a first side surface including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion having different angles with respect to the first inclined surface or the second inclined surface.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensor which can achieve sensitivities competitive with modern sensors while simultaneously maintaining a small size, low power consumption, simplicity of design, and low cost. The magnetic field sensor utilizes nonlinear precession dynamics of subatomic spins to attain parametric amplification of a magnetic field. A preliminary experimental implementation of the proposed concept establishes its feasibility and can already demonstrate significant benefits over existing approaches to sensing.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a magnetic resonance system and a power supply device for the magnetic resonance system, the device including: a DC power source; a full-bridge circuit coupled to the DC power source and having a first bridge arm and a second bridge arm, the full-bridge circuit being used to output a periodic voltage signal through the first bridge arm and the second bridge arm; a resonant circuit, having a symmetrical circuit structure, two symmetric input terminals thereof being connected to the first bridge arm and the second bridge arm, respectively, so as to receive the periodic voltage signal; and a boost circuit, connected to two symmetric output terminals of the resonant circuit so as to receive the periodic voltage signal modulated by the resonant circuit, the boost circuit being used to provide a boosted voltage, and the boosted voltage having an amplitude greater than the amplitude of the periodic voltage signal.

Abstract: A microwave power amplifier arrangement for an electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) system provides amplified microwave pulses having a microwave frequency in the X-band. The arrangement has a microwave input and a microwave output, and comprises at least one transistor amplifier device, and at least one switchable reflection device. A respective transistor amplifier device comprises a transistor amplifier device input directly or indirectly connected to the microwave input (2), at least one transistor, and a transistor amplifier device output directly or indirectly connected to the microwave output. A respective switchable reflection device comprises a PIN diode and a lambda/4 line connected directly or indirectly to the transistor amplifier device output of at least one transistor amplifier device and to a first port of the PIN diode, with lambda being the wavelength of the microwave radiation within the lambda/4 line. A second port of the PIN diode is connected to ground.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system are provided. The MRI system includes a magnetics system and a power system configured to provide power to at least some of the magnetics system. The power system includes an energy storage device and a power supply configured to receive mains electricity. The MRI system also includes at least one controller configured to control the MRI system to operate in accordance with a pulse sequence at least in part by generating, by using power supplied by the power supply and supplemental power supplied by the energy storage device, at least one gradient field using at least one gradient coil of the magnetics system.

Abstract: In separating water and fat with applying the Dixon method, peak intensities of fat with multiple peaks are individually calculated with a high degree of accuracy while reducing the number of variables to be estimated. Multiple images made up of signals acquired at different echo times (TEs) are used to solve a predetermined signal equation (signal model) expressing the relation between the pixel values (signal values) of the images and imaging parameters such as signal intensities of components and TE, thereby performing separation of signals for each component. For separating the signals, at least one of the variables (other than the signal intensity) included in the signal equation is subjected to a process (first estimation process) for refining a value roughly obtained, and then using thus refined value of the variable to estimate (second estimation process) other variables (including the signal intensity), the signals are separated.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for imaging a subject. The method may comprise receiving an indication to image the subject using an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, and in response to receiving the indication, with at least one controller: generating, using at least one RF coil, an initial MR data set for generating an initial image of the subject; determining, using the initial MR image, a difference in orientation between a current orientation of the subject in the initial MR image and a target orientation of the subject; determining, using the determined difference in orientation, an adjustment to a gradient pulse sequence for controlling at least one gradient coil; applying the determined adjustment to the gradient pulse sequence to obtain an adjusted gradient pulse sequence; generating an adjusted MR data set using the adjusted gradient pulse sequence; and generating a second MR image of the subject using the adjusted MR data set.

Abstract: A method for generating magnetic resonance (MR) images of a kidney region or a brain of a subject using multinuclear magnetic resonance imaging MRI includes performing, using an MRI system, an Na-nuclei pulse sequence module to acquire a portion of a first set of MR data from the kidney or brain region of the subject and performing, using the MRI system, an H-nuclei pulse sequence module to acquire a portion of a second set of MR data from the kidney or brain region of the subject. The Na-nuclei pulse sequence module and the H-nuclei pulse sequence module may be repeated in an interleaved manner until acquisition of the first set of MR data and the second set of MR data are complete. The method further includes generating at least one Na-based image using the first set of MR data, generating at least one H-based image using the second set of MR data and displaying one or more of the at least one Na-based image and the at least one H-based image on a display.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power calibration adapter for wafer probers, the power calibration adapter comprising at least one first landing pad, for releasably contacting a wafer prober tip of the wafer prober, and a power meter interface for each one of the first landing pads that is coupled to the at least one first landing pad and that is configured to couple the at least one first landing pad to a power measurement device. Further, the present disclosure provides a respective Zo measurement application system and a respective method.

Abstract: A device includes a transmitter coupled to an antenna, a receiver coupled to the at least one antenna, and a processing device to: cause the transmitter to radiate a radio frequency (RF) signal; receive, via the receiver, a reflective RF signal based on the radiated RF signal; detect, within a data array of the reflective RF signal, a maximum peak among a plurality of signal peaks, the maximum peak being indicative of a first distance to a first object relative to the at least one antenna; and cancel, using cascading peak cancellation on the spectrum, the maximum peak while detecting a first next-highest peak of the plurality of signal peaks compared to the maximum peak, the first next-highest peak being indicative of a second distance to a second object.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system (1) for positioning at least one mobile receiver (2), comprising at least two stationary transmitter bases (4, 4A, 4B). Each transmitter base 5 (4, 4A, 4B) is configured to transmit radio frequency signals (S1A, S1B, sdA, sdB, srA, srB) and to transmit a sum (S1A, S1B) of at least two unmodulated pure carrier signals of different frequencies; and the mobile receiver (2) further comprises: means for measuring phases of the signals; and computing means configured to: apply a Fourier transform to a signal consisting of the various measured phases of the radio frequency 10 signals; determine a time-of-flight between the mobile receiver (2) and each base (4A, 4B); calculate at least one time-of-flight difference between the mobile (2) and two transmitter bases (4A, 4B); determine the position of the mobile receiver (2) from the calculated time-of-flight difference(s).

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for testing a telecommunication standard-based positioning, navigation, and timing system and a test device. The system includes the test device. Radio signals from at least three different transmitters are received by the test device. Each transmitter transmits a radio signal according to the telecommunication standard. An assessed position of the test device is determined based on the radio signals received by the test device. The position of the mobile device is determined by the test device additionally to the assessed position. The assessed position is compared with the determined position.