Temperature sensor system, radar device and method therefor

    公开(公告)号:US11353550B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16410013

    申请日:2019-05-13

    申请人: NXP USA, INC.

    摘要: A radar device (100) is described that includes at least one transceiver (105) configured to support frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW); radar device (100) and a digital controller (262). A temperature sensor system includes a plurality of temperature sensors (222, 232, 242) coupled to one or more circuits (220, 230, 240) in the at least one transceiver (105). The digital controller (262, 306) comprises or is operably coupled to an over-temperature emulation circuit (308) configured to emulate an over-temperature shutdown state by injecting an over-temperature force signal (290) into the temperature sensor system (270).

    COMMUNICATION UNIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CLOCK DISTRIBUTION AND SYNCHRONIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200007309A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16447947

    申请日:2019-06-20

    申请人: NXP USA, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04L7/06 H04L7/00

    摘要: A communication unit (400, 500) is described that includes a plurality of cascaded devices that comprise at least one master device and at least one slave device configured in a master-slave arrangement and configured to process at least one of: transmit signals, and receive signals. The at least one master device includes: a clock generation circuit configured to output a system clock signal; a modulator circuit (562) coupled to the clock generation circuit and configured to receive the system clock signal and a frame start signal and embed the frame start signal into the system clock signal to produce a modulated embedded master-slave clock signal (584); and transmit the modulated embedded master-slave clock signal (584) to the at least one slave device to synchronise the system clock signal and the frame start signal between the at least one master device (510) and at least one slave device (520).

    Duty cycle monitor circuit and method for duty cycle monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US10700672B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US16591758

    申请日:2019-10-03

    申请人: NXP USA, Inc.

    摘要: An electronic system includes a clock generation circuit to generate a clock signal; and a duty cycle monitoring circuit, DTC, to monitor a duty cycle of the generated clock signal. The DTC includes a differential signal generator circuit to generate an inverted and a non-inverted representation of the generated clock signal. An averaging circuit averages the non-inverted representation and the inverted representation of the generated clock signal. A comparison circuit includes at least a first comparator to compare the averaged non-inverted representation of the generated clock signal with a second respective reference voltage threshold and a second comparator configured to compare the averaged inverted representation with a first respective reference voltage threshold. A reference voltage generation circuit provides the first respective reference voltage threshold associated with the averaged inverted representation of the generated clock signal and provides the second respective reference voltage threshold associated with the non-inverted representation of the generated clock signal. A summing circuit is sums outputs of the first and second comparators and outputs a monitored duty cycle of the generated clock signal.

    COMMUNICATION UNIT, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CLOCK DISTRIBUTION AND SYNCHRONIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200007310A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16447979

    申请日:2019-06-21

    申请人: NXP USA, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04L7/06 H04L7/00

    摘要: A communication unit (400, 500) is described that includes a plurality of cascaded devices that comprise at least one master device and at least one slave device configured in a master-slave arrangement and configured to process at least one of: transmit signals, and receive signals. The at least one of at least one master device and at least one slave device comprises a demodulator circuit (564, 565) configured to: receive a modulated embedded master-slave clock signal (584) that comprises a system clock signal (582) with an embedded frame start signal (580); demodulate the modulated embedded master-slave clock signal (584); and re-create therefrom the system clock signal (588, 585) and the frame start signal (590, 586).

    DUTY CYCLE MONITOR CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DUTY CYCLE MONITORING

    公开(公告)号:US20200136599A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-04-30

    申请号:US16591758

    申请日:2019-10-03

    申请人: NXP USA, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H03K5/156 H04B1/40

    摘要: An electronic system includes a clock generation circuit to generate a clock signal; and a duty cycle monitoring circuit, DTC, to monitor a duty cycle of the generated clock signal. The DTC includes a differential signal generator circuit to generate an inverted and a non-inverted representation of the generated clock signal. An averaging circuit averages the non-inverted representation and the inverted representation of the generated clock signal. A comparison circuit includes at least a first comparator to compare the averaged non-inverted representation of the generated clock signal with a second respective reference voltage threshold and a second comparator configured to compare the averaged inverted representation with a first respective reference voltage threshold. A reference voltage generation circuit provides the first respective reference voltage threshold associated with the averaged inverted representation of the generated clock signal and provides the second respective reference voltage threshold associated with the non-inverted representation of the generated clock signal. A summing circuit is sums outputs of the first and second comparators and outputs a monitored duty cycle of the generated clock signal.

    TEMPERATURE SENSOR SYSTEM, RADAR DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20200057138A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-20

    申请号:US16410013

    申请日:2019-05-13

    申请人: NXP USA, INC.

    IPC分类号: G01S7/40 G01S7/35 G01K1/02

    摘要: A radar device (100) is described that includes at least one transceiver (105) configured to support frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW); radar device (100) and a digital controller (262). A temperature sensor system includes a plurality of temperature sensors (222, 232, 242) coupled to one or more circuits (220, 230, 240) in the at least one transceiver (105). The digital controller (262, 306) comprises or is operably coupled to an over-temperature emulation circuit (308) configured to emulate an over-temperature shutdown state by injecting an over-temperature force signal (290) into the temperature sensor system (270).