Abstract: A power adapter includes a circuit board, an electromagnetic interference filter, a shielding element, a power factor correction (PFC) inductor, a transformer and heating elements. The circuit board has a front side and a back side corresponding to each other, and a first long side and a second long side parallel to each other. The front side of the circuit board is divided into a first region, a second region and a third region along an extending direction of the first long side. The electromagnetic interference filter is disposed in the first region and close to the first long side. The shielding element is disposed in the first region and close to the electromagnetic interference filter. The PFC inductor is disposed in the first region of the circuit board and close to the second long side. The PFC inductor has a first long axis. The transformer is disposed in the third region and close to the first long side.

Abstract: A package that includes a substrate, a first integrated device coupled to the substrate, a first block device coupled to the substrate, a second encapsulation layer encapsulating the first integrated device and the first block device. The first block device includes a first electrical component, a second electrical component, a first encapsulation layer at least partially encapsulating the first electrical component and the second electrical component, and a first metal layer coupled to the first encapsulation layer.

Abstract: A light wave (solar) collector apparatus includes a preferably parabolic mirror configured to direct solar energy towards a secondary reflector, then through a gap in the mirror, and towards one or more secondary mirrors, each of the secondary mirrors positioned to direct the solar energy towards a solar collection target. The subsequent diversion achieved by the solar collector apparatus allows collection of solar energy several times denser than natural sunlight, and can be captured using a substantially compact system.

Abstract: A power conversion circuit is used in a solar array suitable for, e.g., roadside adjacent installation. The power conversion circuit includes an inverter with a first stage electrically coupled to one or more solar panels. A third stage of the circuit has a DC to AC converter that provides less than a 50 VAC load voltage to a load, and a second stage that is coupled between the first and third stages and provides an isolated electrical power coupling therebetween. A sync interface communicatively couples a controller to other controllers dedicated to one or more other respective inverters of the solar array via a sync signal. The controllers synchronize the third stages of the inverters via the sync signal. The third stages of the inverters are coupled in series to provide a load output voltage.

Abstract: A memory system configured to dynamically adjust the amount of redundant information stored in memory cells of a wordline on an integrated circuit die based on a bit error rate. For example, in response to a determination that a bit error rate of the wordline is above a threshold, the memory system can store first data items as independent first codewords of an error correction code technique into a first portion of the memory cells of the wordline, generate second data items as redundant information from the first codewords, and store the second data items in a second portion of the memory cells of the wordline. If the bit error rate is below the threshold, third data items can be stored as independent second codewords of the same length as the first codewords in the memory cells of the wordline.

Abstract: A solar assembly is provided comprising a frame, a transparent panel mounted within the frame, with the frame forming a boundary about the transparent panel, and at least one solar cell mounted on the transparent panel. At least a portion of the transparent panel forms a boundary between the frame and the solar cell. As such, a visual clear glass boundary may be formed between the solar cell and the frame of the assembly.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus includes: an excitation unit configured to excite a plurality of excitation phases of each of a plurality of motors that include first to Nth motors and a control unit configured to control the excitation unit so as to perform detection excitation processing for sequentially exciting the plurality of excitation phases for each excitation cycle during each excitation period, regarding each of the first to Nth motors, and thereby detect rotor positions of the respective first to Nth motors. When detecting rotor positions of the respective first to Nth motors, the control unit delays a start timing of the detection excitation processing of at least one motor out of the first to Nth motors relative to a start timing of the detection excitation processing of another motor by a period shorter than the excitation period.

Abstract: A method for external fish parasite monitoring in aquaculture, comprising the steps of: —submerging a camera in a sea pen comprising fish; —capturing images of the fish with the camera; and —identifying external fish parasite on the fish by analyzing the captured images, characterized by the steps of: —distinguishing between at least two different classes of external fish parasite which differ in the difficulty of recognizing the external fish parasite; —calculating quality metrics for each captured image, the quality metrics permitting to identify the classes of external fish parasite for which the quality of the image is sufficient for lice detection.

Abstract: A water change system comprises a water change device that performs automated water changes. The water change device automatically drains an amount of water needing replacement from a reservoir and replenishes the reservoir with a predetermined amount of clean water. The water change device comprises a reservoir port, an output port, an input port, a controller, and an enclosure. In a draining mode, water is pumped from the reservoir, through the reservoir port and into a drain or output tank via the output port. In the reservoir filling mode, clean water from an input tank or water source is pumped into the input port of the water change device and to the reservoir via the reservoir port. The water change device automatically performs water changes in accordance with a water change schedule or in response to user input. The water change device is configurable via a touch display or remotely.

Abstract: Systems and methods for cultivating or accumulating climate-focused marine target products are described herein. The target product may be microalgae, macroalgae, plankton, marine bacteria or archaea, filter feeders (such as oysters or clams), or crustaceans either for the purpose of bioremediation, eventual cultivation or for sequestering carbon dioxide; or the target product may be direct chemical or biological accumulation of carbon or carbon containing organisms. The system is primarily a floating apparatus designed to hold the target product in a region of the water column and in a spatial region of the water where it will best accumulate target product mass. In some embodiments the system is designed to achieve eventual passive sinking (transformation from a floating to sinking apparatus) into the deep ocean. In some embodiments, the system is equipped with purpose-chosen sensors to instrument and quantify the various biological and mechanical processes occurring onboard.

Abstract: A motor control apparatus configured to convert an input power supplied from a power supply to an output alternating-current power having a predetermined voltage and a predetermined frequency is provided. The motor control apparatus includes an inverter circuit configured to supply the output alternating-current power to a motor, and is configured to perform a control to suppress an amplitude of a first harmonic component that occurs synchronously with a rotation rate of the motor in a power input into the motor to be lower than or equal to a predetermined value and to suppress an amplitude of a second harmonic component that occurs in an electromagnetic exciting force of the motor at a same frequency as the first harmonic component to be lower than the amplitude of the second harmonic component in a case of the amplitude of the first harmonic component being suppressed to a minimum.

Abstract: An apparatus for starting operation of a motor of an implantable blood pump including a memory storing one or more default parameters for at least one of controlling and monitoring the startup operation. A processor operatively coupled to the motor is included, the processor is configured to: commence the startup operation based on the one or more default parameters; detect an error during the startup operation; adjust at least one of the one or more default parameters in response to the detected error; store the at least one adjusted parameter in the memory; and commence subsequent startup operations based at least in part on the at least one adjusted parameter.

Abstract: Toolless Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM) installation systems and methods employ a bolster plate with a generally flat, parallelepiped body portion configured to contact one surface of a CAMM Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and provide compression between the CAMM and a z-axis compression connector. The bolster plate body defines (a) ramped keyhole(s), each ramped keyhole converts lateral displacement of the bolster plate into vertical displacement, providing the compression between the CAMM and the z-axis compression connector, by the ramped keyhole(s) sliding along (a) bottom face(s) of (a) head(s) of (a) fixed standoff(s) extending from an information handling system (IHS) PCB, through the z-axis compression connector and the CAMM PCB. The bolster plate may lock in place, laterally displaced, to maintain the compression between the CAMM and the z-axis compression connector. The bolster plate may also have a flange portion extending generally perpendicular from the body portion.

Abstract: A storage device performs a read operation, based on a temperature measured in a program operation or an erase operation. The storage device includes: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, the memory device measuring a temperature in a program operation or an erase operation; and a memory controller for setting an area in which the measured temperature is to be stored in the memory device, and controlling a read operation to be performed in the memory device. When a read command for a selected page among a plurality of pages included in each of the plurality of memory blocks is received from the memory controller, the memory device determines a read voltage and a pass voltage based on a temperature corresponding to the selected page and performs a read operation on the selected page by using the read voltage and the pass voltage.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to memory devices and methods of forming the same. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to resistive random-access (ReRAM) memory devices incorporating reference cells for achieving high sensing yield. The present disclosure provides a memory device including a main cell structure including a switching element arranged between a pair of conductors, and a reference cell structure electrically coupled to the main cell structure. The reference cell structure includes a switching element arranged between a pair of conductors, in which the switching element of the reference cell structure has a dimension that is different from a dimension of the switching element of the main cell structure.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric circuit module that includes a circuit board, an electronic component mounted on an upper surface of the circuit board, and a mold member that covers the upper and side surfaces of the circuit board. The lower area of the side surface of the circuit board is exposed so as not to be covered with the mold member.

Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected word lines. The memory cells are disposed in strings and configured to retain a threshold voltage. A control means is configured to apply a program voltage to selected ones of the word lines while applying pass voltages to unselected ones of the word lines and ramp down both the selected ones of the plurality of word lines and the unselected ones of the word lines to a recovery voltage at a start of a verify phase of each of a plurality of program loops and apply a targeted word line bias to each of the word lines during the verify phase. The control means is also configured to adjust the recovery voltage based on the targeted word line bias applied to each of the plurality of word lines during the verify phase.

Abstract: A fan motor stopping apparatus includes a conversion circuit that converts alternating-current voltage supplied from an alternating-current power supply into direct-current voltage, a smoothing capacitor that is connected to a fan motor included in an air conditioner and smooths the direct-current voltage from the conversion circuit, a voltage detection circuit that detects a voltage across the smoothing capacitor, and a fan motor shutdown circuit that suspends the fan motor in operation when the voltage detection circuit detects a voltage less than or equal to a threshold that is preset for suspending the operation of the fan motor.

Abstract: A memory device that uses different programming parameters base on the word line(s) to be programmed is described. The programming parameter PROGSRC_PCH provides a pre-charge voltage to physical word lines. In some instances, the PROGSRC_PCH voltage is decoupled, and a new PROGSRC_PCH represents an adjusted (e.g., increased) pre-charge voltage for a certain physical word line or word line zone (i.e., predetermined group of word lines). Using different PROGSRC_PCH voltages can limit or prevent Vt distribution window degradation, particularly for relatively low physical word lines. Additionally, the overall programming time and average current consumed can also be reduced.

Abstract: A data sampling circuit may include a pattern detection circuit configured to generate a slow signal by detecting a pattern of multibit data including input data, and a sampling circuit configured to sample the input data during an activation period of a sampling clock and having an operating speed of the sampling circuit reduced when the slow signal is activated.