Re-configurable sensor device and method for reconfiguring a sensor device using a pulse modulated signal
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsDiego Lunardini, Edwin Mario Motz, Nagasrinivasa Rao Kureti
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Abstract
Disclosed is a re-configurable sensor arrangement (100) including a sensor device (110) and a controller device (120), both being configured to communicate with each other, wherein the controller device (120) is configured to transmit a pulse modulated signal (130) to the sensor device (110) via a one-wire voltage interface (140), and wherein the sensor device (110) is configured to receive the pulse modulated signal (130) via the one-wire voltage interface (140) and to re-configure its internal configuration in response to the received pulse modulated signal (130).
Claims20
A re-configurable sensor arrangement, comprising:
- a sensor;
- and
- a controller wherein the sensor and the controller are configured to communicate with each other,
- wherein the controller is configured to transmit a pulse modulated signal to the sensor via a one-wire voltage interface, and
- wherein the sensor is configured to receive the pulse modulated signal via the one-wire voltage interface and to re-configure an internal configuration of the sensor in response to the pulse modulated signal.
A method for configuring a sensor device using a pulse modulated signal, the method comprising:
- providing a sensor and a controller, wherein the sensor and the controller are configured to communicate with each other,
- transmitting a pulse modulated signal from the controller to the sensor via a one-wire voltage interface;
- receiving, by the sensor, the pulse modulated signal via the one-wire voltage interface;
- and
- re-configuring, by the sensor, the sensor in response to receiving the pulse modulated signal.
A non-transitory computer readable digital storage medium having stored thereon a computer program having a program code for performing, when running on a computer, a method comprising the steps of:
- providing a sensor and a controller, wherein the sensor and the controller are configured to communicate with each other;
- transmitting a pulse modulated signal from the controller to the sensor via a one-wire voltage interface;
- receiving, by the sensor, the pulse modulated signal via the one-wire voltage interface;
- and
- re-configuring, by the sensor, the sensor in response to receiving the pulse modulated signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.