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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Herbert Froitzheim, Pettendorf, DE;
Dieter Sass, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Hanover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/20 (2013.01); H03K 17/13 (2006.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/209 (2013.01); B60R 25/241 (2013.01); H03K 17/133 (2013.01); H04B 5/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for operating an inductor coil may include: charging a capacitor by means of a charging current at a reference voltage; and discharging the charged capacitor in an oscillating manner via the inductor coil. The discharging is ended when a current passing through the inductor coil has passed through an entire oscillation period or a multiple thereof.