#NXP BV [NL]

ROBUST FAIL-SAFE SYSTEM FOR PROLONGING THE BACKUP BATTERY LIFE IN REAL-TIME LOW POWER MCU SYSTEMS

A method and system are provided for supplying power to a backup power domain by connecting a battery voltage to a supply terminal for a backup power domain in a low power microcontroller during a sta…

DRIVE·Apr 15·2 min read

G06F1/263 NXP BV [NL]

DETERMINING INITIAL TRANSMISSION PHASE OFFSET IN AN NFC DEVICE

There is described a method of determining an initial transmission phase offset in an NFC device configured to operate in NFC card mode only, wherein the NFC device comprises an NFC chip and a matchin…

DRIVE·Jan 28·1 min read

H04B1/06 NXP BV [NL]

CAN TRANSCEIVER FOR PROVIDING REDUNDANCY IN A CAN SYSTEM

A transceiver is disclosed. The transceiver includes a first receiver line, a first transmitter line, a second receiver line, and a second transmitter line, wherein the first receiver line and the sec…

DRIVE·Jan 28·2 min read

G06F11/2007 NXP BV [NL]

A BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

A battery management system, comprising: a battery pack enclosure that contains: a master controller and a plurality of slave controllers. Each of the plurality of slave controllers is configured to c…

DRIVE·Jan 14·1 min read

B60L58/10 NXP BV [NL]

NFC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN NFC DEVICE

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a near field communication (NFC) device is provided, comprising: an antenna configured to enable wireless communication with an external de…

DRIVE·Dec 24·1 min read

H02J50/12 NXP BV [NL]

AUTOMOTIVE PACKET DATA SWITCH WITH PIPELINE DIVERSITY

Embodiments of a method and device are disclosed. In an embodiment, an invehicle network interface device includes a data port to send and receive data packets, a plurality of packet processing pipeli…

DRIVE·Dec 3·1 min read

G05B23/0213 NXP BV [NL]

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING STATE OF CHARGE OF BATTERY USING COULOMB COUNTING ESTIMATION WITH PERIODIC CALIBRATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ESTIMATION

A battery management system (112) for tracking a state of charge of a battery (108) including multiple cells including a coulomb counter (CC) estimator (206) and an artificial intelligence (AI) estima…

DRIVE·Nov 19·2 min read

G01R31/3648 NXP BV [NL]

V2X FOR SENSOR CROSS CHECKS AND DIAGNOSIS

A method, system, apparatus, and architecture are provided for validating one or more sensors by collecting and processing sensor data signals from on-board vehicle sensors to generate a local environ…

DRIVE·Aug 13·1 min read

B60W50/0205 NXP BV [NL]

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING DETECTING AN UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO AN OBJECT

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a system is provided for facilitating detecting an unauthorized access to an object, the system comprising: a plurality of ultra-wideband (…

DRIVE·Jul 9·2 min read

G06N20/00 NXP BV [NL]

CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR SIMO SWITCHING CONVERTERS

There is described a method of controlling a single inductor multiple output, SIMO, switching converter, the method comprising (a) counting, for each output of the multiple outputs of the SIMO switchi…

DRIVE·Jul 2·1 min read

H02J7/865 NXP BV [NL]

POWER MANAGEMENT FOR APPLICATIONS HAVING DUTY-CYCLED HIGH PEAK SUPPLY CURRENTS

A method (190) for power management for applications having duty-cycled high peak supply currents includes charging a buffer capacitor (38) with a first current supplied by a battery (32), wherein the…

DRIVE·May 28·1 min read

H02J7/345 NXP BV [NL]

FIELD SUPERPOSITION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATED VEHICULAR ACCESS

Disclosed is a method of wireless communication between a vehicle base station (130) and a transponder (140), the method comprising: i) driving first and second antennae (110, 120) on the vehicle by t…

DRIVE·May 14·2 min read

B60R25/245 NXP BV [NL]

A POWER LINE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A power line communication system (200) comprising a first node (202) and a second node (204). The first node (202) comprises a second-node-connection-terminal (206); a first-node-transmission-module …

DRIVE·May 7·2 min read

G08C19/02 NXP BV [NL]

AUDIO ALERT GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

A method of generating an audible alert by a digital audio system configured to operate in a first operating mode and a second operating mode is described. An alert signal is generated or received. On…

DRIVE·Apr 23·1 min read

B60K35/265 NXP BV [NL]

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZED BACKUP FUNCTIONALITY FOR ELECTRONIC CONTROL KEY

A key fob including at least one wireless communication circuit, a power supply node coupled to provide power to the at least one wireless communication circuit, a battery node, a battery power circui…

DRIVE·Feb 19·2 min read

B60R25/24 NXP BV [NL]

ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATION IN STANDARDIZED PINOUT OF A BIDIRECTIONAL INTERFACE BETWEEN A FIRST AND SECOND COMMUNICATION DEVICE

Disclosed is a first communication device (200) for transmitting and receiving regular data via a first predetermined regular bidirectional interface (201), respectively, to and from a second communic…

DRIVE·Nov 13·2 min read

B60R16/023 NXP BV [NL]

AN INFRASTRUCTURE CONTROLLER FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE

An infrastructure-controller (206) for an infrastructure (202), wherein the infrastructure has a plurality of Bluetooth Low Energy, "BLE", nodes (208, 210, 212) associated with it. The infrastructure-…

DRIVE·Jul 10·1 min read

H04L12/40 NXP BV [NL]

VEHICLE RADIO INTERFERENCE SENSOR

An interference sensor device is disclosed. The interference sensor device includes a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate aligned parallel to the first conductive plate. A non-conduct…

DRIVE·Mar 20·1 min read

B60L50/51 NXP BV [NL]

NETWORK NODE IDENTIFICATION USING WIRELESS SIGNAL SIGNATURES

A battery pack comprises an enclosure; a plurality of network nodes that communicate with each other inside the enclosure and that generate a unique radio frequency (RF) signature; and a special-purpo…

DRIVE·Mar 20·1 min read

G08C25/00 NXP BV [NL]

COMMUNICATION AND WIRELESS CHARGING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD

In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a communication device is provided, comprising: a first antenna configured to receive and transmit a first set of near field communication …

DRIVE·Jun 21·2 min read

H02J50/10 NXP BV [NL]

MONOLITHIC HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSCEIVER CONNECTED TO TWO DIFFERENT SUPPLY VOLTAGE DOMAINS

Disclosed are a transceiver device (100) and a method for interfacing between at least two different voltage domains (12, 14), namely a first supply voltage domain (12) having a higher first supply vo…

DRIVE·Jun 21·2 min read

B60R16/02 NXP BV [NL]

ADAPTIVE LIGHTING APPARATUS

One example discloses an adaptive lighting apparatus, comprising: a first input configured to receive a set of radar data; a lighting module configured to generate a visible illumination signal based …

DRIVE·Nov 9·1 min read

B60Q1/085 NXP BV [NL]

PULSE FREQUENCY CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND RANGING

Using a clock circuit, a clock signal is generated at a base frequency. A frequency adjustment circuit selects, based upon a frequency offset value, a particular frequency adjustment value from a plur…

DRIVE·Aug 10·1 min read

B60R25/246 NXP BV [NL]

Wireless power transmission

Apparatus and methods for extracting wirelessly transmitted electrical power are described. A wireless electrical power receiver comprises a receiver resonator arranged to inductively generate an AC e…

DRIVE·Feb 17·1 min read

H02J50/12 NXP BV [NL]

FIELD MEASUREMENT COMPENSATION

A system and method of locating a key are disclosed. The key is configured to communicate with a base station through a plurality of antennas that are coupled to the base station. The method includes …

DRIVE·Nov 11·1 min read

B60R25/245 NXP BV [NL]

GPS BASED VEHICULAR CONTROL

One example embodiment discloses a GPS receiver having an antenna for receiving GPS signals and a cue generator generating a set of cues; a cue translator having: a cue extractor which selects a subse…

DRIVE·Sep 9·1 min read

B60W30/143 NXP BV [NL]

A multichip automotive radar system, a radar chip for such as system, and a method of operating such a system

A multichip radar system is disclosed, comprising a plurality of configurable ICs, and a digital interface therebetween, each configurable IC being configurable to operate as a master IC and as a slav…

DRIVE·Jun 10·2 min read

B60W30/143 NXP BV [NL]

Bank card presence detection to avoid a wireless charger demagnetizing a bank card

The publication relates to a method for preventing demagnetization of a magnetically sensitive object placed on an inductive charger. It comprising detecting, by a first identification sensor (312) at…

DRIVE·Jun 3·1 min read

B60L53/12 NXP BV [NL]

Function monitor

A function monitor (1) for a system (2) , such as an advanced driver assistance system (2), comprising a first function monitor element (3) and a second function monitor element (4), said first functi…

DRIVE·May 27·1 min read

B60W50/0225 NXP BV [NL]

System and method for authenticating components of a vehicle

System and method for authenticating components of a vehicle are described. In an embodiment, a method for authenticating components of a vehicle involves transmitting an interrogation signal to tags …

DRIVE·Apr 29·1 min read

B60R25/04 NXP BV [NL]

Daisy chain communication bus and protocol

A battery pack has first and second battery terminals, plural battery cells each with a battery element, a cell supervisor electrically connected to the battery element, and a communication section to…

DRIVE·Jan 14·1 min read

B60L58/21 NXP BV [NL]

A vehicle positioning system

A vehicle positioning system (200) comprising a receiver (206) configured to receive information representative of signals (222) transmitted by one or more other vehicles (220), wherein each signal (2…

DRIVE·Nov 26·1 min read

G01C21/20 NXP BV [NL]

Passive keyless device and system, and method of controlling access to a restricted environment

A passive keyless system including a base that selectively allows access to a restricted environment through a base transceiver operating with an encrypted link on first and second frequencies, and a …

DRIVE·Nov 26·2 min read

B60R25/20 NXP BV [NL]

Power arbitration method and apparatus having a control logic circuit for assessing and selecting power supplies

A power selector for switching power supplies is implemented using a variety of methods and devices. According to an example embodiment of the present disclosure, an arrangement provides power to a ci…

DRIVE·Nov 19·2 min read

H02J7/34 NXP BV [NL]

Non-galvanic connector

An apparatus for non-galvanic connection between two electrical circuits is described. A base-unit (100) has an RF power source (14), a data link (12, 22) and an authentication controller (10). A cont…

DRIVE·Aug 27·1 min read

H02J50/10 NXP BV [NL]

Secure wireless charging

A wireless charging apparatus and method utilizing a secure element is disclosed. Illustratively, a receiver containing a secure element securely communicates with a charging pad also equipped with a …

DRIVE·Jul 9·1 min read

H02J50/10 NXP BV [NL]

Wireless charging apparatus and method

A charging pad capable of charging a receiver according to a predetermined procedure is disclosed. The charging pad may have a plurality of charging coils and a controller for selecting an appropriate…

DRIVE·Jun 25·1 min read

H01F38/14 NXP BV [NL]

WIRELESS CHARGER

An apparatus (pad) and method for wirelessly charging a receiver are disclosed. The pad includes one or more NFC antennas which can receive an NFC signal from the receiver. The pad also contains one o…

DRIVE·Jun 25·1 min read

H01F38/14 NXP BV [NL]

Wirelessly powered devices

A circuit for delivering power to a load from a wireless power supply comprises an inductor coil for placing in the electromagnetic field of an inductor coil of a supply and a switchable capacitor ban…

DRIVE·May 28·1 min read

G06K19/073 NXP BV [NL]

Wireless data apparatus, system and method

In accordance with various example embodiments, a vehicle base station wirelessly communicates data with a remote transceiver circuit. The remote transceiver circuit intermittently transitions a data-…

DRIVE·Feb 19·1 min read

B60R25/20 NXP BV [NL]