The various embodiments provide a system for interconnecting a plurality of devices for budding automation systems. The system comprising on or more sensor units to transmit data along with a sensor device address an a network, one or more actuator units to receive the transmitted data, a monitoring unit to receive, monitor and record the transmitted data, a control unit to monitor functioning of devices on the network and transmit data to the actuators, a link unit to extend range of the network by retransmitting the signals received from one cable to other cables and an interface unit to convert signals to and from the network into a format of another communication protocol. The network comprises a plurality of devices connected to a single cable to communicate with other devices on the network by generating charge disturbances and detecting the charge disturbances propagated over the cable.

Apparatuses and methods for partial bit de-emphasis are provided. An example apparatus includes an output driver and control circuit. The output driver includes a pull-up circuit including one or more pull-up legs, and a pull-down circuit including one or more pull-down legs. The control circuit may be coupled to the output driver and configured to receive an input signal having a first logical value and a second logical value, and in response to determining the logical transition has occurred from the second logic value to the first logic value, cause the pull-up circuit and pull-down circuit respectively to enter a first state for a duration of a first portion of a bit period and to enter a second state for a duration of a second portion of the bit period preceding the first portion.

A transmitting device of the present disclosure include: a first driver that includes a first sub-driver unit which operates on a basis of a first control signal and a second sub-driver unit which operates on a basis of, of the first control signal and a second control signal, a signal selected through a first selecting operation, and is configured to be able to set a voltage at a first output terminal; and a controller that controls the first selecting operation.

A user station for a bus system and a method for reducing line-related emissions in a bus system as described. The user station includes a transmitter unit for sending a message to another user station of the bus system via the bus system, an exclusive, collision-free access of a user station to a bus of the bus system being at least temporarily provided, and a switching unit for switching off a current limiting function of the transmitter unit when an HF signal component on the message sent by the transmitter unit is detected and a method for measuring the interference immunity in the area of electromagnetic compatibility is carried out for the transmitter unit.

Reducing emissions of predetermined frequencies using delay elements and related apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed. An apparatus includes an input terminal to receive a signal, delay elements electrically connected to the input terminal, an output terminal to provide a reduced slew rate signal, and combination circuitry electrically connected to the delay elements and the output terminal. The delay elements provide delayed signals responsive to the received signal. Respective ones of the delayed signals include delayed versions of the received signal. The combination circuitry combines the delayed signals to generate the reduced slew rate signal. Delays associated with the delay elements are chosen to reduce emissions of one or more predetermined frequencies of the reduced slew rate signal as compared to the received signal.

Embodiments of a method, a device and a computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for operating a Controller Area Network (CAN) device involves detecting a transition of a CAN transceiver of the CAN device from a dominant state to a recessive state and in response to detecting a transition of the CAN transceiver from the dominant state to the recessive state, controlling an output impedance of the CAN transceiver to be within a predefined range of an impedance value at the dominant state while a differential driver voltage on a CAN bus connected to the CAN transceiver decreases to a predefined voltage.

Apparatuses and methods for partial bit de-emphasis are provided. An example apparatus includes an output driver and control circuit. The output driver includes a pull-up circuit including one or more pull-up legs, and a pull-down circuit including one or more pull-down legs. The control circuit may be coupled to the output driver and configured to receive an input signal having a first logical value and a second logical value, and in response to determining the logical transition has occurred from the second logic value to the first logic value, cause the pull-up circuit and pull-down circuit respectively to enter a first state for a duration of a first portion of a bit period and to enter a second state for a duration of a second portion of the bit period preceding the first portion.

A driver circuit includes a first inverter, a bias-control circuit, and a second inverter. The first inverter, which is connected between a first supply voltage and ground, receives an input data signal and generates an inverted version of the input data signal. The bias-control circuit, which is connected between a second supply voltage and the first inverter, receives the inverted version of the input data signal and a bias signal, and generates a level-shifted data signal based on the inverted version of the input data signal, the bias signal, and the second supply voltage. The bias-control circuit reduces a difference between voltage levels of the second supply voltage and the inverted version of the input data signal. The second inverter is connected between the second supply voltage and ground, and further connected to the bias-control circuit and first inverter and generates an output data signal.

A transmission system comprising: an output-terminal configured to provide an output-signal; a phase-shift oscillator comprising a plurality of phase-shifters, each configured to provide one of a plurality of phase-shifted-signals; and a controller configured to provide a selected one of the phase-shifted-signals to the output-signal as a transition in the output-signal, at an instant in time that is based on one or more of the plurality of phase-shifted-signals.

There is disclosed a method of controlling an envelope tracking amplification stage comprising an envelope modulated power supply, the method comprising: determining a shaping function to be applied to an envelope signal for controlling the envelope modulated power supply in dependence on a system linearity objective in a region of operation of the amplifier in which the output power of the amplifier is dependent upon the supply voltage; and determining a pre-distortion function to be applied to an input signal to be amplified in dependence on a further linearity objective of the system, in a region of operation of the amplifier in which the output of the amplifier is dependent upon the input power to the amplifier.