Abstract: A sensor module includes an organic substrate, a MEMS pressure sensor mounted to the organic substrate, and a unitary lid mounted on the substrate. The unitary lid includes a central elevated portion housing the MEMS pressure sensor, an aperture in the central elevated portion, and a flat flange extending from the central elevated portion to an edge of the organic substrate.

Abstract: A bandgap voltage generator circuit is formed using only bipolar transistors. The bandgap voltage generator circuit includes an output node at which a bandgap reference voltage is generated. A transconductance amplifier circuit in a current control feedback loop has a differential input which receives a base current. A compensation current sink circuit operates to sink a compensation current from the output node corresponding to the base current received at the differential input of the transconductance amplifier.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for novel uses and/or improvements to data aggregation related to artificial intelligence applications, specifically applications related to aggregating time-series data. As one example, systems and methods are described herein for predicting effects when aggregating time-series data and modifying the one or more data streams used to populate a model profile and/or feed an artificial intelligence application with the time-series data.

Abstract: Method of forming a metal-semiconductor contact, comprising the steps of: forming, on a semiconductor body having a first electrical conductivity, a first metal layer; performing a thermal treatment of at least a portion of the first metal layer by a LASER beam having an incidence direction on the first metal layer, including heating the portion of the first metal layer, along said incidence direction, at a temperature between 1500° C. and 3000° C.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for performance indicator operations. One method includes identifying, by one or more processing circuits, user activity data and one or more performance indicators of a user. The method further includes modeling, by the one or more processing circuits, the user activity data and the one or performance indicators to generate a user data structure. The method further includes determining, by the one or more processing circuits, the user data structure causing an update in the one or more performance indicators. The method further includes configuring an actionable activity corresponding to the at least one future activity of the user, wherein the actionable activity is below a user threshold. The method further includes generating and presenting, by the one or more processing circuits, a graphical user interface (GUI) including actionable elements and at least one message associated with the actionable activity.

Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a first die, having a GaN transistor, and a second die, stacked so that an element of the second die electrically connects a first node and a second nodes of the first die respectively coupled to a conduction node and to a control node of the GaN transistor.

Abstract: A MEMS metamaterial has a substrate and a suspended structure having an elementary cell which extends at a distance from the substrate along a first direction. The elementary cell has a first structural region having a first material with a first coefficient of thermal expansion. The first structural region has a first side facing the substrate and a second side opposite to the first side. The elementary cell also has a second structural region having a second material different from the first material and with a second coefficient of thermal expansion different from the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The second structural region extends on at least part of the first structural region, on the first side, the second side, or both the first and second side of the first structural region.

Abstract: A transistor device comprising a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a plurality of polysilicon gates including a plurality of recessed gates and a plurality of non-recessed gates. The plurality of recessed gates being recessed in a top silicon layer of the SOI substrate and the plurality of non-recessed gates being on the top silicon layer. The plurality of recessed gates comprising an upper cap portion on a bottom buried portion that is in a recess of the SOI substrate. Methods of manufacturing the device are provided.

Abstract: A circuit detects zero crosses in an input-signal and includes a low-pass-filter (LPF) receiving the input-signal and introducing a phase-shift dependent on the frequency thereof. Filter circuitry receives the output of the LPF, applies a fixed phase-shift thereto, and adjusts phase and DC-offset thereof based on control signals to produce a filtered output-signal. Control circuitry has a zero-crossing detector receiving the input-signal and the filtered output-signal, detecting zero-crossings of the input-signal and the filtered output-signal, asserting a digital zero cross signal at each zero crossing, and determining a phase-shift and DC-offset between the input-signal and filtered output-signal.

Abstract: Provided is a measuring device for measuring a distance between the measuring device and a user. The measuring device includes a distance sensor configured to generate a distance signal indicative of the distance, an IR radiation sensor configured to generate a temperature signal indicative of the IR radiation emitted by the user, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: in a calibration mode, acquire the distance signal and the temperature signal respectively through the distance sensor and the IR radiation sensor and, on the basis of the distance signal and the temperature signal, generate a calibration curve which associates to each other values of the temperature signal with respective value of the distance; and in a calibrated mode, acquire the temperature signal through the IR radiation sensor and, on the basis of the temperature signal and the calibration curve, determine the distance.

Abstract: Disclosed herein a method for transforming a single processor system into an effective multicore system with few modifications to the existing processor. The transformation is achieved by wrapping the processor with a CPU Manager module, which intercepts all CPU transactions, remaps addresses, manages interrupt lines, and controls the CPU clock using clock gating. The transformation to n effective multicore system brings about reduced area and power impacts compared to a full duplication of the whole system, while still reusing the existing program in a multicore environment.

Abstract: An integrated system for electric-current monitoring includes a package and a MEMS sensor device arranged inside the package to provide an output electrical signal indicative of the electric current to be monitored. A sensing coil is provided within the package. The electric current to be monitored flows through the sensing coil. The MEMS sensor device is arranged relative to the sensing coil so as to be affected by flux lines of a magnetic field generated as a whole by the sensing coil as a function of the electric current to be monitored.

Abstract: The systems and methods provide continuous integration and continuous deployment pipeline management using pipeline-agnostic rule sets applied to pre-deployment code samples. The system standardizes the application of a rule set to a pre-deployment code sample to use data at a given location, but the system allows for the sample itself to determine which data stream of the data streams at that data location is used. As such, the systems and methods avoid the need for the plethora of rule sets that would overwhelm a user and defeat the purpose of the CaaS product, but the system allows for processing pre-deployment code samples that are specific to the sample.

Abstract: A safety clutch for an agricultural vehicle includes a driven rotational element having a recess and a roller configured to be received in the recess. The roller is configured to move between positions depending on the relative torque between the roller and the driven rotational element such that the roller either drives rotation of the driven rotational element or does not. An actuator moves the position of the roller.

Abstract: A device of contactless communication by active load modulation includes a receive circuit configured to receive as an input a reception signal originating from an electromagnetic field intended to be received by an antenna and to deliver as an output a first clock signal. A transmit circuit includes an output coupled to the antenna and operates to deliver on its output a modulation signal in phase with the reception signal. A compensation circuit is configured to compensate for a first delay of the first clock signal due to the receive circuit and to the amplitude of the reception signal. The compensation circuit operates to determine a phase-shift value to be applied to an input signal of the transmit circuit to compensate for the first delay.

Abstract: A device includes one or more motion sensors and processing circuitry coupled to the one or more motion sensors. The one or more sensors, in operation, generate motion sensor signals. The processing circuitry, in operation, classifies a user-activity type based on the motion sensor signals, the user-activity type being selected from a plurality of user-activity types including one or more moving activity types, detects a tilt angle of the device based on the motion sensor signals, and classifies a use-condition of the device as used or not used based on the detected tilt angle. The processing circuitry generates a use-warning signal based on whether the classification of the user-activity type is a moving activity type and on whether the classification of the use-condition is used. The device may include an integrated circuit including the motion sensors and the processing circuitry, and the integrated circuit may be embedded in a display.

Abstract: A method for automating a process of generating messages that are responsive to client inquiries by using an AI algorithm that implements a machine learning technique to ensure accuracy and timeliness in the responses is provided. The method includes: receiving a first message that includes an inquiry that relates to an account associated with a user; applying an AI algorithm for analyzing the first message in order to extract information that relates to the inquiry; determining, based on a result of the analysis, whether generating a response to the inquiry requires human intervention; when human intervention is not required, retrieving information that is responsive to the inquiry from a memory; generating a second message that includes the information that is responsive to the inquiry; and transmitting the second message to the user.

Abstract: There are provided a system and a method for automation as a service (AaaS) workflows. For instance, there is provided a method for configuring a workflow to create or manage a specified environment. The method may be embodied as instructions residing a non-transitory computer-readable medium, and these instructions may be configured to configure a processor to perform certain operations. As configured, the processor embodies an application-specific computing system configured in structure and function to conduct the operations which may include configuring a first set of parameters associated with one or more environments other than the specified environment. The operations may further include configuring set of parameters associated with the specified environment, and they may further include executing an automation service based on the first and second sets of parameters.

Abstract: A device includes a sensor and processing circuitry. The sensor, in operation, generates a sequence of data samples. The processing circuitry, in operation, implements a sliding convolutional neural network (SCNN) having a plurality of layers to generate classification results based on the sequence of data samples. The SCNN sequentially processes the sequence of data samples, the sequentially processing the sequence of data samples including, for each received sample of a set of received data samples of the sequence of data samples, iteratively updating partial results of an inference of a first layer of the plurality of layers based on a respective patch of data samples of the sequence of data samples. The respective patch of data samples includes the received data sample. The classification results may be used to generate control signals, such as by the sensing device or a host processor coupled to the sensing device.

Abstract: The present description concerns a correction circuit for a bandgap circuit comprising a first bipolar transistor and a second bipolar transistor, the bandgap circuit being configured to deliver a temperature-stable DC voltage based on the first and second bipolar transistors, the correction circuit being configured to generate a correction current equal to a difference in the base currents of said first and second transistors, and inject the correction current on the emitter of one of said first and second bipolar transistors to correct an error on the temperature-stable voltage resulting from a current gain difference between said first and second bipolar transistors.