Nxp B.v.

General Electric Company

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Martin Posch

Klemens Breitfuss

Bernhard Spiess

Sven Simons

Peter Anton Pechtl

Juergen Schroeder

Helmut Haar

Bijan Davari

Stylianos Perissakis

Marco Robert Dieleman

The disclosure relates to pattern detection unit and associated method. The unit comprises a shift register configured to over-sample a multi-bit input signal such that each bit of the input signal is represented by a plurality of samples in the shift register; and a correlator configured to compare a target pattern with two or more sample-sets, each sample-set comprising a corresponding sample from each of the plurality of samples of each bit, and classify each compared sample-set as one of: an exact match; an inexact match; or a non-match to the target pattern in order to determine whether or not the input signal matches the target pattern.

Pattern detection for automotive access

A narrow band received signal strength indicator circuit and a method for operating the same are provided. The circuit, for example, may include, but is not limited to, at least one wideband analog amplifier configured to amplify a received input signal, an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the received input signal from an analog signal to a digital signal, at least one digital filter configured to filter unwanted signal components from the digital signal, and a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one digital filter, the controller configured to determine a received signal strength based upon the filtered digital signal.

Narrow band received signal strength indicator system

In accordance with various example embodiments, a method of receiving a protocol in the receiver, wherein the legacy protocol includes non-biphase encoded information, decoding the legacy protocol using a biphase decoder to produce a detected code, and correlating the detected code with a known code to verify the non-biphase encoded information.

Use of a biphase code matched filter to receive protocols with code violations

A contactless transponder device is provided with multiple ICs. A first IC includes a first contactless transponder interface circuit configured and arranged to respond to a contactless field by providing a first identifier of the first IC. A second IC includes a second contactless transponder interface circuit configured and arranged to respond to the contactless field by providing a second identifier of the second IC. A controller is configured and arranged to inhibit the first IC from responding to the contactless field.

Coordinating multiple contactless data carriers

A circuit has a first memory for modifiable storage of information, the information being modifiable by an ambient parameter of the circuit, which ambient parameter acts on the first memory. The first memory includes a test memory area for storing test information. The circuit also includes a second memory for unmodifiable storage of reference information and a detection circuit. The test information and reference information is supplied to the detection circuit. The detection circuit then detects whether a modification of the originally stored test information has been brought about by an ambient parameter acting on the first memory.

Data carrier with detection means for detecting a change made of information stored with storing means

Methods and systems for operating combined cycle electrical generating plants is provided. The method includes simulating the electrical power plant performance, simulating the steam utilizing process plant performance, parameterizing plant equipment and plant performance using the power plant and process plant simulation results, and solving parameterized simultaneous equations and constraints with an objective function to determine parameter settings that facilitate enhancing an efficiency of the combined cycle electrical generating/steam-utilizing process plant.

Methods and apparatus for optimizing combined cycle/combined process facilities

A data carrier adapted to receive data (D) in the form of data blocks, which data blocks include delimiter data (SD) and (ED) and useful data (UD), includes delimiter data detection means adapted to detect delimiter data (SD) and (ED) of a data block and to generate and supply at least one useful data start signal (SOF; SOFA, SOFB), in which also after the supply of the useful data start signal (SOF; SOFA) the delimiter data (SD) and (ED) can be re-detected continually and the useful data start signal (SOF; SOFB) can be generated and supplied.

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