Krohne Messtechnik Gmbh

Infineon Technologies Ag

Thomas Convent

Michael Gerding

Markus Hammes

Roland Hellfajer

Michael Vogt

Christian Schulz

Robert Storch

Christoph Dahl

Giuseppe Li Puma

Michael Deilmann

André Hanke

Ulrich Boetzel

Michael Warmers

Almir Adrovic

Walter Mevissen

Michael Jung

Mattias Linkies

A radar arrangement includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic component, and an antenna. The electronic component is arranged on the PCB and is used to generate a high-frequency signal. The PCB has at least four electrically conductive layers separated from one another by at least three electrically insulating layers. A first conductive inner layer is adjacent to a first conductive outer layer, and a second conductive inner layer is adjacent to a second conductive outer layer. The electronic component is arranged on the first conductive outer layer. The antenna is formed at least partially in the second outer layer. The signal generated by the electronic component is transmitted to the antenna, which is formed at least partially in the second conductive outer layer of the PCB, through a region of the conductive inner layers and insulating inner layers of the PCB.

Radar arrangement

A radar antenna arrangement includes a plurality of transmitting elements and with a plurality of receiving elements. The transmitting elements are arranged in a transmitting arrangement and the receiving elements are arranged in a receiving arrangement, in each case in fields of a regularly hexagonally parqueted surface. An associated virtual antenna arrangement of virtual antenna elements results from the geometrical convolution of the transmitting arrangement with the receiving arrangement. High angular resolution and good alignability with good directional independence can be achieved by arranging the receiving elements in the receiving arrangement and the transmitting elements in the transmitting arrangement so that the virtual antenna elements in the virtual antenna arrangement are arranged without overlap.

Radar antenna arrangement

A fill level switch for determining a level limit of a medium in a container, has a sensor unit having an antenna unit, a process window for protecting the sensor unit and for connection to a container wall, an electronic unit and a sensor housing. The antenna unit has at least a first emitting element for emitting a first electromagnetic transmission signal, at least a feed line, at least a reference surface having a reference potential and at least a dielectric layer, wherein the dielectric layer is arranged between the reference surface and the emitting element. An aperture coupling is provided via which the emitting element is fed by the feed line during operation. The reference surface has an opening for passage of the electromagnetic transmission signal, and the first emitting element is arranged such that it has direct contact with the medium during operation.

Fill level switch and method for determining a limit level of a medium in a container

A fill level switch arrangement () for determining the fill level of a medium () in a container () and a method for determining the fill level of a medium () in a container () using a fill level switch arrangement (). The fill level switch arrangement () has at least one alarm threshold that can be implemented in a simplified manner due to the fill level switch arrangement () having a transmitting element () and a receiving element (), wherein the transmitting element () is used for transmitting a radio signal and is operatively connected to the receiving element (), wherein the receiving element () is configured to detect radio signals, and wherein the receiving element () is configured such that it generates and transmits a switching signal in the event of a change in the received radio signal caused by the medium ().

Fill level switch arrangement and method for determining the fill level of a medium

Described is a device for detecting a surface of bulk materials, the device including: a transmitter unit having a radiation direction for transmitting a measuring signal, a receiver unit for receiving a measuring signal reflected on the surface of the bulk material, a control and evaluation unit for controlling the alignment of the radiation direction and for evaluating the received measuring signal, and an alignment arrangement for aligning the transmitter unit. The alignment arrangement includes at least one connecting element for connection to the transmitter unit, at least one bearing element, and at least one positioning member. The connecting element is pivotably connected to the bearing element via the positioning member. The alignment of the transmitter unit can be changed by the positioning member. The positioning member includes a shape memory element that actively changes its shape under variations of an influencing parameter.

Device for detecting a surface of bulk materials

The invention specifies a circuit arrangement with a phase locked loop (), which can be used as a mobile radio transmitter, in particular. The reference frequency for the PLL (), which is provided by means of the source (), is multiplied by a multiplier () and is down-converted to an intermediate-frequency level in a down-conversion mixer () using the output signal from the PLL, and is evaluated such that a modulator () connected to the input of the oscillator () can be trimmed. The inventive principle is used to advantage in two-point modulators and allows inexpensive, integratable mobile radio transmitters with good noise characteristics.

Circuit arrangement provided with a phase-locked loop and transmitter-receiver with said circuit arrangement

The present invention provides a method for automatic identification of the clock frequency of a system clock () for the configuration of a peripheral device (), having the following steps: generation of a secondary clock () at a predetermined clock frequency; application of the system clock () and of the secondary clock () to a host (); application of the system clock () and of the secondary clock () to the peripheral device (); determination of the clock frequency of the system clock () in the peripheral device () by means of the secondary clock (); and configuration of the peripheral device () using the determined system clock ().

Method for automatically detecting the clock frequency of a system clock pulse for the configuration of a peripheral device

Method for transmission of data between a master station and a slave station, and a data transmission system Data slots are interchanged in accordance with a time slot method between a master station (B) and the slave station (M) in a data transmission system. The slave station (M) may assume various operating modes during a connection. The operating mode of the slave station (M) is identified by the data transmission system, and the slave station (M) is addressed by the master station (M), by means of a time addressing scheme which is dependent on the identified operating mode of the slave station (M).

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