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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Herbert Froitzheim, Pettendorf, DE;
Dieter Sass, Regensberg, DE;
Norbert Van Der Heyd, Bad Abbach, DE;
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H01Q 23/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H03K 17/13 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/3241 (2013.01); H01Q 1/3216 (2013.01); H01Q 23/00 (2013.01); H03K 17/13 (2013.01); H03K 17/165 (2013.01); H04B 1/04 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0054 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a driver circuit and an active transmitter device, a series circuit consisting of a first capacitor () and a second capacitor () being charged to a reference voltage by way of a charging current and the charged capacitors being discharged via the inductor () by an oscillating discharge, the discharge being terminated when the current through the inductor has completed an entire oscillation period or a multiple thereof.