Abstract: A device may include a coupled inductor structure comprising a first winding portion, a second winding portion, and a magnetic core structure. The magnetic core structure may include a first and second core piece that are at least partially cross-sectionally U-shaped. A first connecting core piece may be attached to a first portion of the first core piece to a first portion of the second core piece, and a second connecting core piece may attach a second portion of the first core piece to a second portion of the second core piece.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) calibration system for calibrating N DAC cells in a DAC, where N can be an integer number of DAC cells greater than 2, can include a processor, which can be configured to configure the DAC to generate N reference outputs, configure the DAC to generate N calibration outputs, and determine N overall error values corresponding to a difference between respective individual ones of the N calibration outputs and the N reference outputs. The processor can also be configured to determine, such as using the N overall error values, a cell error value for each of the N DAC cells.

Abstract: This disclosure describes approaches for sandboxing a thread and memory resources within non-secure/secure processing environments such as in a TrustZone-M processor architecture. An example method of controlling memory access includes: providing a memory locking service in a computing device having a secure processing environment and a non-secure processing environment, and executing the memory locking service in the secure processing environment; receiving a request with the memory locking service to establish a sandbox for a particular thread that executes in the non-secure processing environment and is associated with at least one specified memory region; and associating other threads of the non-secure processing environment with the secure processing environment, such that the particular thread is unable to access memory resources of the other threads while the particular thread is sandboxed.

Abstract: An enhanced auto-zero circuitry and technique for reducing the effective input offset voltage of an amplifier. The circuitry includes a multi-phase auto-zeroing amplifier circuitry including several capacitor and switch components and a switch controller circuit. The switch controller circuit is configured to provide control signals for controlling the switches, where during a first sub-phase of an auto-zero phase, multiple switches are turned on to store an amplifier input offset coarser compensation charge on the input capacitor, and where during a second sub-phase of the auto-zero phase, at least one switch is turned off before turning on another switch to store an amplifier input offset finer compensation charge on the input capacitor via the first auto-zero capacitor.

Abstract: Battery monitoring techniques, which consume low amounts of power, are described herein. The battery monitoring techniques can be used when the host device (e.g., electric vehicle) is not operating, thus providing a time to use low power techniques. Measurement devices can measure system parameters when a host processor is off or in a low power mode using a heartbeat (HB) sequencing technique. Based on the HB message, the host processor can be alerted and awakened when a fault is detected.

Abstract: An example digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit may comprise a plurality of single-bit DAC elements, an encoder circuit, and a multiplexer circuit. The encoder circuit may be configured to generate a control signal, where a number of asserted bits in the control signal is based at least in part on a digital input signal and an asserted bit pattern of the control signal is based at least in part on a random signal. The multiplexer circuit may be configured to modify the control signal to generate a noise-corrected control signal having a noise-corrected bit pattern. The noise-corrected bit pattern may direct a first asserted bit of the noise-corrected control signal to activate a first single-bit DAC element and a second asserted bit of the noise-corrected control signal to activate a second single-bit DAC element, where the first single-bit DAC element and the second single-bit DAC element having respective errors that at least partially cancel.

Abstract: A current measurement system, comprising a plurality of parallel sensing circuits, each sensing circuit configured to measure a respective range of voltage corresponding to a current through a load, wherein each sensing circuit is triggered to initiate measurement of a voltage across the load in response to a buffer current through a common buffer reaching a respective threshold, a buffer circuit for inputting a virtual ground voltage or a virtual ground current to the load and to the plurality of parallel sensing circuits, the virtual ground voltage corresponding to the voltage across the load or the current through the load, and a processor coupled to the plurality of parallel sensing circuits, wherein the processor is configured to combine data representing voltage measurements from the plurality of parallel sensing circuits to determine the current through the load.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for non-invasively detecting and monitoring medical conditions using multiple modalities of sensing include at least two electrodes configured to be positioned on a subject, an acoustic sensor configured to be positioned on a subject, a thoracic impedance measurement module connected to the electrodes, for measuring a first impedance between the electrodes, and a heart acoustic measurement module connected to the acoustic sensor, for detecting and measuring a heart sound from the acoustic sensor.

Abstract: A desaturation detection circuit is described that uses two or more desaturation circuit threshold values, which shifts the desaturation threshold value in a normal operational mode to a higher voltage when the active short circuit (ASC) signal is present in a faulted operational mode. Including two or more desaturation detection circuit threshold values allows a lower desaturation threshold value during a normal operational mode and a higher voltage in a faulted operational mode, or mode-dependent threshold value selection.

Abstract: A MEMS device is provided comprising a mass configured to move along a first axis and a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis; a drive structure coupled to the mass and configured to cause the mass to move along the first axis; a sense structure coupled to the mass and configured to detect motion of the mass along the second axis; a stress relief structure coupled to one of the drive structure or the sense structure; and at least one anchor coupled to an underlying substrate of the MEMS device, wherein the stress relief structure is coupled to the at least one anchor and the at least one anchor is disposed outside of the stress relief structure.

Abstract: A connector assembly is disclosed. The connector assembly can include first and second connectors. The first connector can include a first electronic component mounted on a first component mount region of the first substrate. The second connector can include a second electronic component mounted on a second component mount region of the second substrate. The first connector and the second connector have different profiles from each other as seen from a top plan view, and can have wider middle portions that overlap when assembled. The first connector can be configured to connect to a sensor panel and a first external substrate or component. The second connector can be configured to connect to the sensor panel and a second external substrate or component.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for gyroscope signal demodulation are disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, a demodulation circuit for a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) gyroscope includes a switched resistor filter that samples a gyroscope signal received from a microelectromechanical sensor. The switched resistor filter provides sampling with a controlled duty cycle and noise bandwidth limit to achieve high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance.

Abstract: A device may include an intercept-temperature drift input to receive an intercept-temperature drift value. The device may further include a reference current generator that generates a reference current based at least in part on the intercept-temperature drift value. Additionally, the device may include an analog signal chain that adjusts a slope-temperature drift of the signal-strength detector by adjusting a delta proportional to absolute temperature of the analog signal chain.

Abstract: System and techniques to generate a cryptographic key specific to a type of hardware are described herein. Software distribution and execution can use cryptographic keys tailored to specific hardware. A secret is generated from a hardware public key. The secret is used to create software public and private keys. The secret is used to protect the data and the public key is distributed with the software for use on a class of hardware to which the hardware private key is applicable. The hardware then uses the software public key and a local copy of the hardware private key to find the secret and decrypt the software to run the software locally.

Abstract: One embodiment is a method for estimating an internal temperature of a battery, the method comprising obtaining multiple terminal impedance measurements, wherein each of the terminal impedance measurements is taken at a different one of a plurality of frequencies; determining model parameters for a multivariable polynomial regression model; and applying the multivariable polynomial regression model to the multiple terminal impedance measurements to estimate the internal temperature of the battery.

Abstract: Variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) with fine attenuation step control and flat signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) versus attenuation are provided. In certain embodiments, a VGA includes an input that receives a radio frequency (RF) input signal, a segmented amplification circuit including multiple amplification cells that operate in parallel to amplify the RF input signal to generate multiple amplified RF signals, an impedance ladder including multiple taps each connected to a different node of the impedance ladder, and switches that control routing of the amplified RF signals to one or more selected taps of the impedance ladder. Accordingly, the VGA uses the switches to connect the outputs of the segmented amplification circuit to the selected tap(s) of the impedance ladder. By changing the tap selection, the attenuation step of the VGA is controlled.

Abstract: Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) yaw gyroscopes having out-of-plane quadrature trim electrodes are described. The gyroscope includes a proof mass configured to be driven in-plane. The proof mass includes an opening, or a plurality of openings. The out-of-plane quadrature trim electrodes are positioned to laterally overlap edges of the opening in a projection plane. The out-of-plane quadrature trim electrodes trim in-plane motion of the proof mass in one or two directions to limit quadrature motion. The out-of-plane quadrature trim electrodes may be arranged in a symmetric pattern to enable mode switching.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods related to using model architecture search for hardware configuration are provided. An example apparatus includes an input node to receive an input signal; a pool of processing units to perform one or more arithmetic operations and one or more signal selection operations, wherein each of the processing units in the pool is associated with at least one parameterized model corresponding to a data transformation operation; and a control block to configure, based on a first parameterized model, a first subset of the processing units in the pool, where the first subset of the processing units processes the input signal to generate a first signal.

Abstract: A method for selecting one or more gain values in an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) current measurement system to provide an improved signal-to-noise characteristic can include selecting a larger one of an electrochemical cell arrangement impedance indication value and a sense resistor arrangement impedance indication value and using the selected impedance indication value as a determined impedance indication value. The method can also include determining, for a plurality of gain setting combinations, an EIS excitation current value at which current measurement circuitry of the current measurement system will reach a specified amount of a non-saturation range of the current measurement system when measuring the determined impedance indication value.

Abstract: Technologies are provided for identification of closed-loop gain response and compensation of power supply devices. In an aspect, a computing device can receive data indicative of a transient output voltage of a power supply device. The computing device also can determine frequency-domain loop response of a control loop of the power supply device by applying a machine-learned model to the data indicative of the transient output voltage. In addition, or in other aspects, the computing device also can adjust one or multiple compensation component(s) of the power supply device in order to achieve a satisfactory performance during operation of the power supply device.