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Patent No.:

US 10447550 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2018

System and method allowing for determining relative positions of slave units along a stub bus

Applicant:

Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Arnoud Pieter van der Wel, Vught, NL;

Joop Petrus Maria van Lammeren, Beuningen, NL;

Luc van Dijk, Kranenburg, DE;

Assignee:

NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:

Rajeev Madnawat

Primary Examiner:

Phuongchau Ba Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); G01R 19/10 (2006.01); G01R 19/25 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); G01R 19/10 (2013.01); G01R 19/2513 (2013.01); G06F 13/4247 (2013.01); H04L 12/40013 (2013.01); H04L 12/40032 (2013.01); H04L 12/40039 (2013.01); H04L 12/40045 (2013.01); G06F 2213/0052 (2013.01); H04L 61/2038 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40234 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present application relates to a system and a method for determining relative positions slave units along a stub bus with at least a power line and a ground line. Each slave unit is operable in different power modes, which are differentiated by effective resistances between the power and ground lines. A reference voltage potential drop is determined for each slave unit while the slave units are operating in a first power mode. A positioning voltage potential drop is determined for one or more slave units while a selected slave unit is operating in a second power mode. Relative positions of the slave units are determined based on the relative voltage potential drops obtained from the reference and positioning voltage potential drops.

Find Patent Forward Citations

van der Wel, Arnoud. (2019). System and method allowing for determining relative positions of slave units along a stub bus (U.S. Patent No. 10447550). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10447550

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