Abstract: A system-on-a-chip includes a first digital domain and a second digital domain. An interface circuit includes a level-shifting circuit for converting a signal between the first digital domain and the second digital domain. The first digital domain includes a control circuit configured to generate a control signal for transmission to the second digital domain. The control signal includes a pulse having a nominal duration adapted to the level-shifting circuit. At the input of the level-shifting circuit, the interface circuit includes, in the first domain, a conditional pulse-stretching circuit that lengthens a duration of the pulse of the control signal to at least the nominal duration when a duration of the pulse of the control signal is shorter than the nominal duration and non-zero.

Abstract: Electronic device, comprising: a solid body including a Silicon Carbide substrate, and further including an electrical terminal of the electronic device on the substrate; a passivation layer on the electrical terminal, of a first material; and a first adhesion improving layer coupled to the passivation layer and to the solid body, of a second material having predefined characteristics of adhesion to the first material, and configured to bond together the passivation layer and the solid body.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system of activating and using a contactless card are disclosed. More particularly, a transaction card that includes a contactless enabled chip having a customer-specific uniform resource locator (URL) stored thereon, where the contactless enabled chip is configured to communicate the customer-specific URL to a mobile device via a contactless communication to activate the transaction card for use in a transaction.

Abstract: A semiconductor die is arranged at a die mounting location of an electrically conductive substrate. The electrically conductive substrate includes an array of electrically conductive leads having openings at the periphery of the electrically conductive substrate. An electrically conductive clip is arranged in a bridge-like position between the semiconductor die and an electrically conductive lead in the array of electrically conductive leads to provide electrical coupling therebetween. The electrically conductive clip has an end coupled to the electrically conductive lead, wherein the end includes: a planar proximal portion configured to contact the electrically conductive lead proximally of the openings, and a distal portion projecting beyond the proximal portion distally thereof, the distal portion provided with sculpturing configured to engage the openings to facilitate immobilizing the electrically conductive clip in the bridge-like position between the semiconductor chip and electrically conductive lead.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a shoot of a plant comprising germline progenitor cells of a recalcitrant plant. The germline progenitor cells may be modified to comprise a mutation in a sequence of interest. The invention further pertains to plants obtainable by the method of the invention, wherein the plant preferably comprises at least the L2-meristem layer of the recalcitrant plant.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a debug port providing a communications interface for debugging purposes, a plurality of processing unit access ports, an authentication interface circuit configured to authenticate the external device, and a further access port coupled between the debug port and the authentication interface circuit. The further access port is configured to be in an open state in which communications are relayed between the debug port and the authentication interface circuit. The authentication interface circuit has registers including a status register capable of being read by the external device via the debug port and the further access port, the status register being configured to store an indication of the open or closed state of each of the processing unit access ports.

Abstract: An AFSM core includes a destination state-cell generating a destination state-signal, and a source state-cell generating a source state-signal and causing transition of the source state-signal in response to an acknowledgement indicating transition of the destination state-signal. The acknowledgment is communicated through a delay. A state-overlap occurs between transition of the destination state-signal and transition of the source state-signal. An output-net includes a balanced logic-tree receiving inputs, including the destination state-signal, from the core, and an additional logic-tree cascaded with the balanced logic-tree to form an unbalanced logic-tree so an input to the additional logic-tree is provided by output from the balanced logic-tree and another input receives the source state-signal. Tree propagation time occurs between receipt of a transition in the destination state-signal by the balanced logic-tree and a resulting transition of the output from the balanced logic-tree.

Abstract: A memory array includes memory cells arranged in rows and columns where each row includes a word line connected to memory cells of the row and each column includes a bit line connected to memory cells of the column. Each memory cell stores a bit of weight data for an in-memory computation operation. A row controller circuit coupled to the word lines through drive circuits is configured to simultaneously actuate multiple word lines during the in-memory computation operation. A column processing circuit includes a discharge time sensing circuit for each column that generates an analog signal indicative of a time taken during the in-memory computation operation to discharge the bit line from a precharge voltage to a threshold voltage. The analog signals are converted to digital signal and a computation circuitry performs digital signal processing calculations on the digital signals to generate a decision output for the in-memory computation operation.

Abstract: An integrated circuit semiconductor dice has first and second opposed surfaces. First and second electrically conductive patterns extending at the first and second opposed surfaces provide electrical coupling to the semiconductor die. An electrical component, such as a capacitor, having a length transverse to the first and second opposed surfaces of the semiconductor die, extends bridge-like between the first and second opposed surfaces. Opposed electrical contact end terminals of the electrical component are coupled to the first and second electrically conductive patterns. The electrical component is thus electrically coupled to the semiconductor die via the first and second electrically conductive patterns at the first and second opposed surfaces.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a customer a central location to manage permissions provided to third-parties and devices to access and use customer information maintained by a financial institution are described. The central location serves as a central portal where a customer of the financial institution can manage all access to account information and personal information stored at the financial institution. Accordingly, the customer does not need to log into each individual third-party system or customer device to manage previously provided access to the customer information or to provision new access to the customer information. A user additionally is able to have user data and third-party accounts of the user deleted from devices, applications, and third-party systems via a central portal.

Abstract: A method for facilitating payments that are executable on a decentralized network platform, such as a blockchain network platform, while providing receiver anonymity and confidentiality of transaction messages is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a payor, first information that relates to an amount of a payment being made to a recipient; receiving, from the payor, second information that relates to a secret key that corresponds to a public key associated with the payor; receiving, from the payor, third information that indicates that the sender has generated a ciphertext message that relates to the payment; and receiving, from the payor, fourth information that proves that the amount of the payment does not exceed an account balance of an account from which the payment is withdrawn. The method further includes a forward secrecy mechanism for updating the key pair of the receiver when the secret key is compromised.

Abstract: A cleaning system includes cleaning sieves for separating grain kernels from grain chaff, clean grain collectors arranged below respective ones of the at least two cleaning sieves for receiving the separated grain kernels therefrom, and a clean grain transporter coupled to the grain collectors and arranged to receive the separated grain kernels from the grain collectors and transport the grain kernels towards a grain storage. The clean grain transporter is configured to simultaneously facilitate a first crop stream including primarily grain kernels coming from a first one of the clean grain collectors and a second crop stream including primarily grain kernels coming from another one of the clean grain collectors. A camera system captures an image of a sample of the grain kernels in the first crop stream and an image of a sample of the grain kernels in the second crop stream.

Abstract: A connecting assembly for connecting two components in construction, having a first component with an anchor element, which has a connecting portion and a second component with at least one housing part, which has a conical or wedge-shaped inner surface, fixed therein or thereon. A clamping part having a conical or wedge-shaped outer surface is in the housing part, which clamping part, when connected to the anchor element, clamps the connecting portion of the anchor element so that, when a tensile force acts on the connecting portion, the outer surface of the clamping part is pulled against the inner surface of the housing part such that the clamping force acting on the connecting portion increases. When not connected to the anchor element, the clamping part has a range of motion with respect to the inner surface of the housing part; however, the housing part is spatially delimited in all directions.

Abstract: A method includes generating a voltage proportional to absolute temperature, generating an uncorrected voltage complementary to absolute temperature, and generating a correction voltage. The method further includes selectively sampling the voltage proportional to absolute temperature, the uncorrected voltage complementary to absolute temperature, and the correction voltage, providing those sampled voltages to inputs of an integrator, and then quantizing outputs of the integrator to produce a bitstream. The method continues with causing the integrator to integrate the voltage proportional to absolute temperature or causing the integrator to add the correction voltage to the uncorrected voltage complementary to absolute temperature to produce a corrected voltage complementary to absolute temperature and then integrate the corrected voltage complementary to absolute temperature, depending upon a most recent bit of the bitstream.

Abstract: A hair cutting device for cutting hair on a body of a subject includes a light source for generating laser light at one or more specific wavelengths corresponding to wavelengths absorbed by one or more chromophores in hair; and a cutting element that has an optical waveguide that is coupled to the light source to receive laser light. A portion of a side wall of the optical waveguide forms a cutting face for contacting hair where, at least at the cutting face, the optical waveguide has a refractive index that is equal to or lower than the refractive index of hair and higher than the refractive index of skin.

Abstract: A system (IPS) for supporting image-based navigation, comprising: an input interface (IN) for reviving one or more input images acquired by an X-ray imager (IA) whilst two or more medical devices (GW1, GW2) are present in a field of view (FoV) of the X-ray imaging apparatus. An image identifier (ID) identifies the two or more medical devices based on image information in the one or more images. A tagger (TGG) associates a respective, unique, tag with each of at least two of the two or more medical devices (GW1, GW2) so identified. A graphics display generator (GDG) effects displaying on a display device (DD) the one or more input images in a video feed, with the tags included.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) home air filter to remove airborne molecular contaminants and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from air within residential spaces. The HVAC home air filter a supportive frame having a shape and size suitable to orient the HVAC home air filter within a residential HVAC system. A filter medium is retained within the supportive frame to remove the airborne molecular contaminants and VOCs from air flowing through the residential HVAC system. The filter medium is a combination of media layers configured to exhibit a relatively high filtration efficiency and a low air pressure drop across the filter medium. The supportive frame comprises a plurality of elongate sections and corner sections disposed along perimeter edges of the filter medium to support the filter medium within the residential HVAC system so as direct air through the filter medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a personal health monitoring system including an implantable sensor and a monitoring device. The present invention further relates to a multiple user health monitoring system including a plurality of such personal health monitoring systems. The present invention further relates to a method of monitoring the biological parameters of at least one user.

Abstract: A respiratory interface device is provided that includes a cushion and a faceplate. The cushion is structured to be coupled to the faceplate. The faceplate includes a peripheral end and a number of custom features. The cushion is coupled to the faceplate adjacent the faceplate peripheral end.

Abstract: A breast shield arrangement (300) for a breast pump comprises a first sealing portion (310), a port (320) and an intermediate portion (330) coupled between the first sealing portion (310) and the port (320). The intermediate portion (330) comprises a circumferentially extending wall defining a first volume (V1) which is adapted to receive a part of a breast, a first end (331), a curved portion (332) and a second end (333). The curved portion (332) comprises a second sealing portion (332c) which is adapted to at least partially seal the curved portion (332) against the nipple (310), the areola (320) or the breast (200) when a vacuum is applied at the port (320) creating a second volume (V2) between the first sealing portion (310, 332c) of the breast (200). The curved portion (332) at the second volume is curved outwardly as seen from the first sealing portion (310).