Abstract: A Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) device performing communication with a host through a PCIe link includes a first physical function, a plurality of second physical functions, and a function mode controller. The first physical function manages the PCIe link and receives function mode control information from the host. Each of the plurality of second physical functions may be enabled or disabled according to a respective operation mode. Based on the function mode control information, the function mode controller sets the operation modes of the plurality of second physical functions to one of an active mode and an inactive mode.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems, apparatuses, or processes for improving off-package edge bandwidth by overlapping electrical and optical serialization/deserialization (SERDES) interfaces on an edge of the package. In other implementations, off-package bandwidth for a particular edge of a package may use both an optical fanout and an electrical fanout on the same edge of the package. In embodiments, the optical fanout may use a top surface or side edge of a die and the electrical fanout may use the bottom side edge of the die. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A device that may configure itself is disclosed. The device may include an interface that may be used for communications with a chassis. The interface may support a plurality of transport protocols. The device may include a Vital Product Data (VPD) reading logic to read a VPD from the chassis and a built-in self-configuration logic to configure the interface to use one of the transport protocols and to disable alternative transport protocols, responsive to the VPD.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for detecting controller area network (CAN) bus intrusion of a vehicle-mounted network based on a Gaussian mixture model-hidden Markov model (GMM-HMM), including the following steps: obtaining a normal packet of a CAN bus of a vehicle-mounted network, and counting cycles of all packets of each CAN ID based on a time sequence, that is, a time difference between two frames of packets of a same CAN ID, to form a cycle sequence as an input of an algorithm; dividing the cycle sequence of each CAN ID into a fixed length based on the algorithm, and then training a GMM-HMM for each CAN ID to obtain a likelihood probability of a normal cycle sequence; and further counting a cycle sequence of each CAN ID for a tested packet sequence, calculating, after the cycle sequence is input a model, a likelihood probability of generating the sequence, and determining whether the packet sequence is abnormal by comparing the likelihood probability with a threshold of the likelihood probabili

Abstract: A plasma control device includes a matching circuit, a resonance circuit, and a controller. The matching circuit is connected to a first electrode of a plasma chamber including the first electrode and a second electrode, and matches impedance of a radio frequency (RF) power by an RF driving signal with an impedance of the first electrode. The RF driving signal is based on a first RF signal having a first frequency. The resonance circuit is connected between the second electrode and a ground voltage, and controls plasma distribution within the plasma chamber by providing resonance with respect to harmonics associated with the first frequency and by adjusting a ground impedance between the second electrode and the ground voltage. The controller provides the resonance circuit with a capacitance control signal associated with the resonance and switch control signals associated with the ground impedance.

Abstract: An integrated substrate structure includes a redistribution film, a circuit substrate, and a plurality of conductive features. The redistribution film includes a fine redistribution circuitry, a circuit substrate is disposed over the redistribution film and includes a core layer and a coarse redistribution circuitry disposed in and on the core layer. The circuit substrate is thicker and more rigid than the redistribution film, and a layout density of the fine redistribution circuitry is denser than that of the coarse redistribution circuitry. The conductive features are interposed between the circuit substrate and the redistribution film to be connected to the fine redistribution circuitry and the coarse redistribution circuitry. A redistribution structure and manufacturing methods are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preventing sensitive data received via a remote access protocol from being output to a human operator. The method comprises receiving, from a remote server via a remote access protocol, a user interface of an application executing on the remote server; receiving, from the remote server, a text-based representation of the application; identifying sensitive data in the user interface and/or the text-based representation of the application using one or more preselected filters; modifying the user interface to remove the identified sensitive data; outputting the modified user interface to one or more output peripherals of a computer for receipt by the human operator.

Abstract: An integrated circuit device is disclosed including core circuitry and interface circuitry. The core circuitry outputs in parallel a set of data bits, while the interface circuitry couples to the core circuitry. The interface circuitry receives in parallel a first number of data bits among the set of data bits from the core circuitry and outputs in parallel a second number of data bits. The ratio of the first number to the second number is a non-power-of-2 value.

Abstract: A computing platform is configured to: (i) at a first time, input data values for a first set of data variables associated with a given construction project into a first machine-learning model that functions to output a prediction of a first set of reference projects that are similar to the given construction project, (ii) based on historical data for the first set of reference projects, determine a predicted value for a parameter of the given construction project, (iii) at a second time, input data values for a second set of data variables associated with the given construction project into a second machine-learning model that functions to output a prediction of a second set of reference projects that are similar to the given construction project, and (iv) based on historical data for the second set of reference projects, determine an updated predicted value for the parameter of the given construction project.

Abstract: An embodiment of a torch igniter for a combustor of a gas turbine engine comprises a combustion chamber oriented about an axis, a cap defining an axially upstream end of the combustion chamber and oriented about the axis, a tip defining an axially downstream end of the combustion chamber, a structural wall coaxial with and surrounding the igniter wall, an outlet passage defined by the igniter wall within the tip, and a cooling system. The cooling system comprises an air inlet formed within the structural wall, a first flow path disposed between the structural wall and the igniter wall, and an aperture extending through the igniter wall transverse to the flow direction. The aperture directly fluidly connects the first flow path to the combustion chamber.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for performing parallel data processing, including: receiving data for parallel processing from a data processing requestor; generating a plurality of data sub-blocks; determining a plurality of data portions in each data sub-block of the plurality of data sub-blocks; changing an order of the plurality of data portions in at least one data sub-block of the plurality of data sub-blocks; providing the plurality of data sub-blocks, including the at least one data sub-block comprising the changed order of the plurality of data portions, to a plurality of processing units for parallel processing; and receiving processed data associated with the plurality of data sub-blocks from the plurality of processing units.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for oscillation suppression of cascode power amplifiers are provided herein. In certain implementations, a power amplifier system includes a cascode power amplifier including a plurality of transconductance devices that operate in combination with a plurality of cascode devices to amplify a radio frequency input signal. The power amplifier system further includes a bias circuit that biases the plurality of cascode devices with two or more bias voltages that are decoupled from one another at radio frequency to thereby inhibit the cascode power amplifier from oscillating.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to an impedance transformation circuit for use in an amplifier, such as a low noise amplifier. The impedance transformation circuit includes a matching circuit including a first inductor. The impedance transformation circuit also includes a second inductor. The first and second inductors are magnetically coupled to each other to provide negative feedback to linearize the amplifier.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device that is capable of being driven with low power consumption. A first thin-film transistor including a polycrystalline semiconductor layer and a second thin-film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer are disposed in an active area, thereby reducing power consumption. At least one opening formed in a bending area is formed to have the same depth as any one of contact holes formed in the active area, thereby making it possible to form the opening and the contact holes through the same process and consequently simplifying the process of manufacturing the device. Since a high potential supply line and a low potential supply line overlap each other with a protective film formed of an inorganic insulation material interposed therebetween, short-circuiting of the high potential supply line and the low potential supply line may be prevented.

Abstract: A gaming machine includes a base, a columnar pedestal extending vertically from the base, and a button deck adjustably coupled to the pedestal. The button deck includes an upper surface including a transparent touchscreen element, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and a button deck body extending therebetween. At least one of the lower surface and the body include one or more transparent display elements, the one or more transparent display elements are configured to generate images of gaming machine control actuators viewable on the upper surface. The transparent touchscreen element is configured to receive touches and gestures indicating control inputs. The gaming machine also includes a player tracking card reader positioned within the button deck and accessible through a slot in a front edge of the button deck, the player tracking card reader communicatively coupled to a player tracking display area of the gaming machine.

Abstract: This air conditioning device for a vehicle has: an indoor condenser; an indoor evaporator; a first expansion valve; a second expansion valve; a refrigerant line; an expansion valve control detector; and a controller. The expansion valve control detector is constituted by: only one temperature sensor that detects the temperature of refrigerant in an inter-expansion valve line of the refrigerant line; and only one pressure sensor that detects the pressure of the refrigerant in the inter-expansion valve line. During a cooling operation, the controller issues, to the first expansion valve, an opening command corresponding to a state quantity of the refrigerant that has been detected by the expansion valve control detector, and during a heating operation, the controller issues, to the second expansion valve, an opening command corresponding to a state quantity of the refrigerant that has been detected by the expansion valve control detector.

Abstract: A substrate pedestal includes a thermally conductive substrate support including a mesh, a thermally conductive shaft including a plurality of conductive rods therein, each conductive rod having a first end and a second end, and a sensor. The first end of each conductive rod is electrically coupled to the mesh, and the sensor is disposed between the first and second ends of each conductive rod and configured to detect current flow through each conductive rod.

Abstract: An oil inlet of a motor communicates with a first end of an oil pump through a first passage. A first oil sump of the motor communicates with a second end of the oil pump through a second passage. When the oil pump is rotating, a port at the first end is an oil outlet of the oil pump, and a port at the second end is an oil inlet of the oil pump. The first end of the oil pump communicates with a second oil sump through a third passage with a first valve. The second end of the oil pump communicates with the second oil sump through a fourth passage with a second valve. In this way, when the oil pump is reversing, coolant may be input into a motor cavity and accumulate in the motor cavity, so as to cool motor components in an immersion manner.

Abstract: A bicycle derailleur structure is mounted on a bicycle frame to correspond to a flywheel unit and includes a support arm, a screw rod, a tension bar, a gear shift unit. and a drive unit. The tension bar has an end having an interior space receiving an elastic member therein to be mounted on the support arm in an elastically oscillating manner. The gear shift unit includes two protector plates in threading engagement with screw rod, and first and second pulleys arranged between the two protector plates. The screw rod is operable to drive the gear shift unit in order to align a chain on the flywheel unit to align with the gear shift unit.

Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a printed circuit board including a first central area, a second lateral area, and a third lateral area, a semiconductor die including a first main face and a second main face opposite the first main face, a first contact pad on the first main face and a second contact pad on the second main face, the semiconductor die disposed in the first central area of the printed circuit board, a first metallic side wall of the semiconductor device package disposed in the second lateral area of the printed circuit board, a second metallic side wall of the semiconductor device package disposed in the third lateral area of the printed circuit board, wherein at least one of the first metallic side wall and the second metallic side wall is electrically connected with one of the first contact pad or the second contact pad.