Commissariat a L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives

Assia Tria

Alexis Olivereau

Yann Lamy

Guy-Michel Parat

Alain Merle

Meriem Smache

Thibault Franco Rondisson

The present invention relates to a method for synchronising a node in a deterministic mesh network, in particular a network of sensors using a channel hopping (TSCH) transmission medium access mode. Each node measures the successive synchronisation offsets of its local clock in relation to those of neighbour nodes with which it enters into communication, the measurement being carried out by detecting a reception event of a packet transmitted by the neighbour node or an acknowledgement of a packet transmitted by said node to the neighbour node. The node estimates from these synchronisation offsets, a synchronisation offset for the timeslot and corrects its local clock by a fraction of the synchronisation offset thus estimated. Said fraction may be determined by means of multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), each agent being associated with a node of the network.

Method of synchronizing nodes in a determinist mesh network

An electronic chip is provided, including an electronic circuit located at a front face of a substrate; a capacitive element placed at a back face of the substrate and facing the electronic circuit, and electrically connected to the electronic circuit by a first electrical connection and a second electrical connection, the first electrical connection including at least a first electrically conducting via passing through the substrate, the electronic circuit being configured to measure a value of electrical capacitance of the capacitive element between the first and the second electrical connections; and a plurality of second vias or trenches passing through the back face of the substrate and a part of the thickness of the substrate, and extending toward the electronic circuit such that bottom walls of the plurality of second vias or trenches are separated from the electronic circuit by at least one non-zero distance.

Electronic chip with means of protecting its back face

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