Abstract: A battery with switched accumulators, including: a first cell; a plurality of second cells series-connected with the first cell, each first and second cell including: an electric accumulator series-connected with a first switch, a second switch connected in parallel with the accumulator and the first switch, and a first diode, the cathodes of the first diodes being connected to an output node, the anode of the accumulator of the first cell being connected to ground, the anode of the first diode of each second cell being coupled to the cathode of the accumulator by at least one third switch; and a control circuit capable of measuring characteristics of at least certain accumulators and of controlling the first, second, and third switches according to the characteristics.

Abstract: A method of controlling a battery including a first control circuit and a plurality of modules arranged in series between first and second terminals, each module including, between third and fourth terminals, electric cells and switches and a second switch control circuit. The method includes the determination by the first control circuit of a first priority table associated with a battery charge operation and of a second priority table associated with a battery discharge operation, the first priority table including a first classification of the priorities of the electric cells for the charge operation and the second priority table comprising a second classification of the priorities of the electric cells for the discharge operation.

Abstract: The present description concerns an electronic chip (202) formed on top and inside of a semiconductor substrate including, one the side of a first surface (202B), at least one active component and, on the side of a second surface (202T) opposite to the first surface, at least one channel for the circulation of a liquid intended to cool the chip.

Abstract: The present description concerns a memory device (200) including a non-volatile memory circuit (101); a buffer memory circuit (203) comprising a volatile memory circuit (221); an input-output circuit (105); a first data link (104) coupling the non-volatile memory circuit (101) to the buffer memory circuit (203); a second data link (106) coupling the buffer memory circuit (203) to the input-output circuit (105); and a control circuit (225), wherein the buffer memory circuit (203) is adapted to implementing calculations having as operands data stored in the volatile memory circuit (221).

Abstract: A passive wireless electronic component (2) including at least one antenna (14), the or each antenna having an associated antenna frequency, and comprising at least one resonant micro-electromechanical component having a resonant frequency and connected to a contact point of said antenna, forming an antenna-resonator assembly suitable for receiving an incident electromagnetic signal (Sl) including at least two frequencies and for transmitting a backscattered electromagnetic signal (Sr). The passive wireless electronic component (2) is such that the or each antenna (14) includes at least two non-linearly actuated resonant micro-electromechanical MEMS components (16, 18), each of said MEMS components having a natural mechanical resonant frequency thereof within a resonant frequency range, the resonant frequency ranges associated with two distinct MEMS components being disjointed.

Abstract: A device for characterising at least one liquid material includes an analysis head and a rotating mechanical mixer. The mixer includes a central part having an internal cavity which forms an analysis chamber, a first end connected to the analysis head, and a plurality of stirring blades which are connected to a second end that is hollow so as to ensure fluid communication between the internal cavity and the liquid bath. The mechanical stirring blades are intended to be totally submerged, the central part comprises one or more openings intended to be partially submerged, and each mechanical stirring blade comprises at least one stirring flange oriented at a non-zero angle of orientation.

Abstract: This method comprises: a step of reconstructing the acoustic signal produced during the occurrence or the evolution of the defect, this reconstruction step comprising constructing an estimate Se(w) of the signal produced at the position of the defect based on an ultrasonic signal Fj(t) measured by a sensor and using an estimate or a measurement of a product Rj(w)Gj(w) that relates, in the frequency domain, the measured ultrasonic signal Fj(w) to the produced acoustic signal S(w), and a step of automatically classifying the acoustic source, carried out based on the estimate of the reconstructed acoustic signal.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a paved structure comprising: a) providing a vignetted structure comprising a rigid frame, vignettes bonded in a spaced manner on the rigid frame provided with an UV-sensitive adhesive film, b) bonding the vignettes to a support substrate through a mineral-based paste so as to form a stack, c) applying a pressure on the stack so that the mineral-based paste fills the space between the vignettes, d) insolating the UV-sensitive adhesive film, e) separating the rigid frame and the vignettes integral with the support substrate, and f) applying a thermal treatment so as to transform the mineral-based paste into a cohesive mineral material to obtain the paved structure.

Abstract: A pixel circuit comprising: a light-sensing element; a first transistor having its control node coupled to a sense node and its source coupled to a readout path of the pixel circuit; and a reset voltage correction circuit comprising: a first switch configured to selectively couple an input node of the reset voltage correction circuit to a correction node, the input node being connected to the sense node or to the source of the first transistor, the correction node being coupled by a capacitance to the sense node; and a second switch configured to selectively couple the correction node to a reset voltage.

Abstract: A system for determining an estimated degree of polarization of a radiation reflected) by a scene, including a first light source of a first electromagnetic radiation at a first frequency and rectilinearly polarized according to a first direction, a second light source of a second electromagnetic radiation at a second frequency greater than the first frequency and rectilinearly polarized according to a second direction non-parallel to the first direction, and a device of acquisition of an image of the radiation reflected by the scene including first pixels configured to capture the reflected radiation, each first pixel being covered with a rectilinear polarizer according to a third direction non-perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A method for treating a lead-containing glass that makes it possible to limit the migration of the lead contained in this glass, the method successively comprising the following distinct steps: a step of placing the lead-containing glass in contact with a solution comprising perchloric acid; a step of heat treatment of the glass at a temperature less than or equal to the glass transition temperature of the glass.

Abstract: A safety device adapted to an electrochemical cell, the cell having a container in which a coil is placed, the container including at least one first wall provided with at least one rupture initiator, designed to break in the event of a fault so as to expel the gases, and a second wall arranged to ensure the coil is held in said container, the safety device has a holding device arranged to ensure an abutment against said second wall of the cell so as to hold it in position in the event of thermal runaway and to retain the coil on the inside of the container, a gas releasing device, arranged to ensure the expulsion of the gases from the cell, in the event of thermal runaway.

Abstract: The present description concerns a microelectromechanical sensor control method, including the steps of: exciting, with same first signal (FSL), a first resonant (206L) and at least one second resonant element (206R); and estimating a phase shift (??) between the first signal and a second signal (FSR) which is an image of vibrations of the second resonant element.

Abstract: A circuit, intended to be associated in series with a load to be powered including a first field-effect transistor; at least one second field-effect transistor, associated in parallel with the first transistor; and at least one sensor of information representative of a current transmitted to said load, the gate of the second transistor being coupled to an output of the sensor.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer structure by direct bonding between a first substrate and a second substrate includes the steps of: a) providing a first substrate and a second substrate respectively including a first bonding surface and a second bonding surface, b) bringing the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface into contact so as to create a direct bonding interface between the first substrate and the second substrate, c) disposing at least the direct bonding interface in a basic environment, and d) applying a thermal treatment at a temperature of between 20° C. and 350° C. so as to obtain the multilayer structure.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer structure by direct bonding between a first substrate and a second substrate, the method including the steps of: providing a first substrate and a second substrate respectively including a first bonding surface and a second bonding surface, contacting the first bonding surface and the second bonding surface so as to create a direct bonding interface between the first substrate and the second substrate, placing at least the direct bonding interface in a cationic aqueous solution including deionized water and cationic species originating from at least one element of the first and/or of the second column of the periodic table of elements, and applying a heat treatment at a temperature comprised between 20° C. and 350° C. so as to obtain the multilayer structure.

Abstract: An image sensor including a plurality of avalanche photodiodes formed inside and on top of a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type having a front side and a back side, wherein: trenches vertically extend in the substrate from its front side to its back side, the trenches having, in top view, the shape of a continuous grid laterally delimiting a plurality of substrate islands, each island defining a pixel including a single individually-controllable avalanche photodiode, and including a doped area of collection of an avalanche signal of the pixel photodiode the lateral walls of the trenches are coated with a first semiconductor layer having a conductivity type opposite to that of the collection area, and a conductive region extends in the trenches, the conductive region being in contact with the surface of the first semiconductor layer opposite to the substrate.

Abstract: An image sensor including a plurality of photosites formed inside and on top of a semiconductor substrate, each photosite including: a first photosensitive area formed in the semiconductor substrate and adapted to capturing light in a first wavelength range; a second photosensitive area formed in the semiconductor substrate vertically in line with the first photosensitive area and adapted to capturing light in a second wavelength range, different from the first wavelength range; a first area of collection of charges photogenerated in the first and second photosensitive areas, arranged on the side of a surface of the substrate opposite to the first photosensitive area; a first transfer gate vertically extending from the first photosensitive area to said surface, adapted to transferring the charges photogenerated in the first photosensitive area to the second photosensitive area; and a second transfer gate, horizontally extending on said surface vertically in line with the second photosensitive area, adapted to

Abstract: A magnetic field sensor includes a first coil responsive to a first AC coil drive signal having a first frequency, a magnetic field sensing element responsive to a sensing element drive signal and configured to simultaneously detect a directly coupled magnetic field generated by the first coil and a reflected magnetic field generated by an eddy current induced in a conductive target by the first coil, the conductive target disposed proximate to the magnetic field sensing element, the magnetic field sensing element further configured to generate a magnetic field signal, a second coil responsive to a second AC coil drive signal having a second frequency that is the same as the first frequency and current sensing circuitry configured to measure a magnitude of the second AC coil drive signal that causes the magnetic field signal to be approximately zero.

Abstract: A static metal seal comprising an outer sealing layer, wherein the outer sealing layer comprises a textured surface that is configured to come into contact with the surfaces that are to be sealed, the textured surface comprising a network of depressions spaced apart from one another on the textured surface, wherein the depressions are blind, do not pass all the way through the outer sealing layer, and do not communicate with one another.