Freescale Semiconductor,inc.

Nxp Usa, Inc.

Engelbert Wittich

Hubert Martin Bode

Andreas Laudenbach

Andreas Johann Roth

Stephan Lehmann

Jerome Casters

Leonhard Link

A semiconductor device includes a substrate on which an electronic circuit is provided. One or more pads may be present which can connect the electronic circuit to an external device outside the substrate. A current meter is electrically in contact with at least a part of the substrate and/or the pad. The meter can measure a parameter forming a measure for an amount of a current flowing between the substrate and at least one of the at least one pad. A control unit is connected to the current meter and the electronic circuit, for controlling the electronic circuit based on the measured parameter.

Semiconductor device and apparatus including semiconductor device

A communications module apparatus for an automotive network comprises an input for receiving data to be transmitted. The apparatus also comprises a first output for coupling to a first bus line and a second output for coupling to a second bus line. An alternating voltage signal transmission circuit for transmitting at least part of the received data is also provided. The alternating voltage signal transmission circuit is coupled to the first output and the second output.

Communications module apparatus, integrated circuit and method of communicating data

A semiconductor device includes a substrate on which an electronic circuit is provided. Two or more pads may be present which can connect the electronic circuit to an external device outside the substrate. A current meter is electrically in contact with at least a part of the substrate and/or the pad. The meter can measure a parameter forming a measure for an aggregate amount of a current flowing between the substrate and said pads. A control unit is connected to the current meter and the electronic circuit, for controlling the electronic circuit based on the measured parameter.

A circuit arrangement for detecting unwanted signals on a clock signal comprises an input for receiving the clock signal, and a Phase Lock Loop PLL circuit having a reference input coupled to the input of the circuit arrangement for receiving the clock signal and an output for providing a PLL output signal. The circuit arrangement further comprises a detector coupled to the output of the PLL circuit and to the input of the circuit arrangement. The detector is arranged to identify correct transitions in the clock signal using the PLL output signal, and to remove incorrect transitions due to unwanted signals from the clock signal so as to provide a filtered clock signal at an output of the circuit arrangement.

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Wartenberg, Germany

Engelbert Wittich