Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging pile including a supporting device, a control module and a power module. The control module is fixed on the supporting device and includes a first housing, a control unit and a waterproof device. The first housing has a first opening. The waterproof device is disposed on and surrounding around the periphery of the first opening. The power module is fixed on the supporting device and disposed on the top of the control module. The power module includes a second housing and a power supply unit. The second housing has a second opening, which is in communication with the first opening of the first housing. The control unit is electrically coupled with the power supply unit. The waterproof device is disposed between the first housing and the second housing, and surrounding around the periphery of the first opening and the periphery of the second opening.

Abstract: At least one method, apparatus and system disclosed involves a circuit layout for an integrated circuit device comprising a plurality of wider-than-default metal formations for a functional cell. A design for an integrated circuit device is received. The design comprises at least one functional cell. A first pair of wide metal formations are provided. The first pair of wide metal formations comprise a first metal formation and a second metal placed about a first cell boundary of the functional cell for providing additional space for routing, for high-drive routing, and/or for power routing.

Abstract: A new discharge circuit and method are provided. The new discharge circuit includes: a voltage regulation chip; a discharge control circuit; a discharge switch circuit; a discharge bootstrap circuit; and an output circuit. An input voltage is regulated by the voltage regulation chip, and an output voltage of the voltage regulation chip is outputted to a load end via the output circuit. The voltage regulation chip is connected to the discharge switch circuit via the discharge control circuit. The output circuit is connected to the discharge switch circuit via the discharge bootstrap circuit.

Abstract: A method, includes: extracting a design data using a computer, wherein the design data includes a net name and a connective layer name of each layout design in each cell; generating a layout pattern corresponding to the design data by assigning an ID to said each layout design, wherein the ID includes a first indicator indicative of the net name and a second indicator indicative of the connective layer name; and checking the layout pattern to locate an error of the layout pattern.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a wireless power transmission circuit that provides power to a load of variable resistance with an alternating current (AC) power source induced at a secondary coil in a secondary side of the circuit by a primary coil in a primary side of the said circuit. The wireless power transmission circuit includes a switch-controlled capacitor (SCC) and a semi-active rectifier (SAR). The SCC connects to the AC power source. The SCC includes a first capacitor connected in parallel with two electrically controllable switches in series. The SAR connects to output of the SCC for rectifying the output of the SCC, wherein the SAR comprises a bridge circuit that includes two electrically controllable switches. A control angle of the SCC and a conduction angle of the SAR are regulated to provide a load impedance that matches the impedance of the coils.

Abstract: An LLC resonance converter and a charging system having the same capable of resolving excessive current generation and output voltage divergence that occur at the time of initial startup, on the basis of the characteristic of the LLC resonance converter whose output is determined by LC resonance.

Abstract: Disclosed is technology for placing cells in a circuit design layout to thereby improve the operation of place-and route equipment used for fabrication of an integrated circuit. The target cells are chosen from a cell library which includes descriptions for a plurality of cells, and information about dependency of each cell on hypothetical boundary conditions that can be imposed on the cell by any stress source originating in the vicinity of said cell in the layout. In order to select a cell for a target location in the layout, boundary conditions imposed on the target position by each of the cells neighboring the target position are determined. The system then selects an appropriate target cell in dependence upon the determined boundary conditions and the performance of the cell based on the boundary conditions imposed on the cell by the neighboring cells from the cell library.

Abstract: A method of charging a battery and a system using the same are provided. The method includes: detecting a terminal voltage of a battery; When the terminal voltage is less than a voltage threshold, performing quick charging which includes: calculating a rising rate of the terminal voltage, comparing the rising rate with a rising rate reference value, and controlling the terminal voltage according to the comparison result; and when the terminal voltage is not less than the voltage threshold, performing low current floating charging which includes: intermittently charging the battery by a predetermined floating charging period, calculating a falling rate of the terminal voltage, comparing the falling rate with a falling rate reference value, controlling the terminal voltage according to the comparison result, in a first time duration of the floating charging period, and suspending charging in a second time duration of the floating charging period.

Abstract: A controller of a deterioration estimation device for a secondary battery is configured to acquire a first open circuit voltage when a temperature of the secondary battery is a first temperature and a second open circuit voltage when the temperature of the secondary battery is a second temperature changed from the first temperature, and estimate a degree of deterioration of the secondary battery by using a difference between first and second slopes. The first slope is a ratio of a voltage change obtained by subtracting the first open circuit voltage from the second open circuit voltage to a temperature change obtained by subtracting the first temperature from the second temperature. The second slope is a ratio of the voltage change to the temperature change when the temperature of the new secondary battery has changed from the first temperature to the second temperature.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an example method for cell placement in an integrated circuit layout design. The method includes retrieving, from a cell library, first and second cells each including a first local metal track proximate to a top boundary and a second local metal track proximate to a bottom boundary. The method includes placing, by a processor, the first and second cells in a layout area including global metal tracks of first and second types. Each global metal track of the first type and each global metal tracks of the second type alternate between one another in the layout area. The first and second local metal tracks of the first cell is aligned with adjacent first global metal track of the first and second types, respectively. The first and second local metal tracks of the second cell is aligned with adjacent second global metal track of the first and second types, respectively.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a case for a mobile device capable of activating a wireless charging function. The case for a mobile device according to the present disclosure includes a cover unit mounted on a mobile device to protect the mobile device, a first power source attaching part provided in the cover unit and attached to and detached from a power source device configured to wirelessly charge the mobile device, and a wireless charge activation part configured to perform charging of a battery of the mobile device when the power source device is recognized as being close to the mobile device.

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device includes determining a temperature profile for a first die of a three-dimensional integrated circuit (3DIC), wherein the first die comprises a plurality of sub-regions of the first die based on the determined temperature profile. The method further includes simulating operation of a circuit in a second die of the 3DIC based on the determined temperature profile and a corresponding sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions.

Abstract: Placement methods described in this disclosure provide placement and routing rules where a system implementing the automatic placement and routing (APR) method arranges standard cell structures in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the fins but parallel to the cell height. Layout methods described in this disclosure also improve device density and further reduce cell height by incorporating vertical power supply lines into standard cell structures. Pin connections can be used to electrically connect the power supply lines to standard cell structures, thus improving device density and performance. The APR process is also configured to rotate standard cells to optimize device layout.

Abstract: A method is presented for incorporating skip vias in a place and route flow of an integrated circuit design. The method includes employing a place and route tool to add the skip vias, each skip via extending through a metallization layer to electrically connect a metal layer above the metallization layer to a metal layer below the metallization layer and, when a violation of a design rule is detected due to the addition of one or more of the skip vias, substituting skip vias that violate the design rule with a standard via.

Abstract: A battery pack including first and second battery contactors respectively having first ends electrically connected to positive and negative electrode terminals of a battery; first and second charging contactors respectively having first ends electrically connected to second ends of the first and second battery contactors; a second power connector of a charger having first and second output terminals respectively electrically connected to the first and second input terminals being connected to the first power connector; and a control unit configured to, when a second power connector of a charger is electrically connected to the first power connector, receive a charging end request signal from the charger, control changes of the first and second charging contactors between turn-on and turn-off states, and diagnose a fault of each of the first and second charging contactors based on first, second or third measured voltages across the first, second or third resistors, respectively.

Abstract: Techniques include configuring a sequential circuit monitor having been generated by applying a quantifier elimination to each random bit position of random inputs associated with a formal verification driver and selecting a value for random inputs to drive a next stage logic of sequential circuit simulation monitor, a state of the next stage logic being used by sequential circuit simulation monitor to generate sequential inputs to match those permitted by formal verification driver, formal verification driver being specified for a DUT input interface. An equivalence check between sequential circuit simulation monitor and original formal driver matches the same set of sequential inputs permitted original formal driver.

Abstract: A charging device includes: a switch configured to perform connection and disconnection between a positive bus and a negative bus of a charging line; a low-voltage power storage device having a normal voltage lower than a normal voltage of a power storage device; and a converter configured to exchange electric power between a power line and the low-voltage power storage device with a change of a voltage. At the time of system activation, a control device controls the switch so that the positive bus and the negative bus of the charging line are connected to each other, and after that, the control device performs a welding diagnosis to determine whether or not welding occurs in a charging relay, based on a voltage of a capacitor, while the control device controls the converter so that the capacitor is charged with electric power from the low-voltage power storage device.

Abstract: Methods and systems of detecting chip degradation are described. A processor may execute a test on a device at a first time, where the test includes executable instructions for the device to execute a task under specific conditions relating to a performance attribute. The processor may receive performance data indicating a set of outcomes from the task executed by the device during the test. The processor may determine a first value of a parameter of the performance attribute based on the identified subset. The processor may compare the first value with a second value of the parameter of the performance attribute. The second value is based on an execution of the test on the device at a second time. The processor may determine a degradation status of the device based on the comparison of the first value with the second value.

Abstract: A charging base includes a charging cradle, a pad plate, and a recess positioning portion. A mobile device includes a bottom base, a contact portion disposed on the bottom base, and a drive wheel drives the mobile device to move. The charging cradle includes a platform and a charging contact portion, and a height of the charging contact portion is greater than a height of the bottom base, when the drive wheel moves onto the pad plate, the height of the bottom base is greater than the height of the charging contact portion, when the drive wheel reaches the recess positioning portion while moving from the pad plate toward the charging cradle, the height of the bottom base is less than or equal to the height of the charging contact portion, so that the bottom base covers the platform and the contact portion is in contact with the charging contact portion.

Abstract: A communication method of a wireless power receiver for receiving power in a wireless manner, includes generating information of the wireless power receiver based on a load modulation within a slot being allocated to the wireless power receiver while wireless power is received from a wireless power transmitter; receiving the wireless power from to the wireless power transmitter; generating first information of the wireless power receiver based on the load modulation within a first unallocated slot among the plurality of slots, wherein the first information is in collision with second information generated by another wireless power receiver; demodulating a collision related signal of the wireless power transmitter based on a frequency shift keying (FSK); and executing a collision resolution mechanism.