Abstract: A power source device includes an assembled battery having a plurality of secondary battery cells connected in series, and a plurality of discharge circuits connected in parallel with the secondary battery cells, respectively. A charge control circuit performs constant current charging to the assembled battery, and when voltages of one or a plurality of the secondary battery cells out of the plurality of secondary battery cells have reached a prescribed first voltage, drives the discharge circuits connected to the secondary battery cells whose voltage have reached the first voltage to discharge, and performs constant voltage charging to the relevant assemble battery.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a low-power wireless charging apparatus including: a plurality of primary coils corresponding to a plurality of receivers, respectively; a plurality of drivers periodically and sequentially transmitting receiver detect signals; a sensing unit detecting a current and a voltage according to a magnetic field changed by one or more of the plurality of primary coils; a comparator comparing the detected current and voltage with pre-set values; a low-power auxiliary control unit generating a wake-up signal when one or more receivers are present; and a main control unit turned on upon receiving the wake-up signal, and controlled to generate a wireless power signal for charging a corresponding receiver and transmit, whereby unnecessary power consumption can be prevented and the burden of the main control unit can be lessened, thus increasing efficiency.

Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for projection of a plurality of structured light patterns. In one example, the method may include generating a low-resolution pattern image utilizing a returned image, wherein the low-resolution pattern image is an approximation of an image that would have been generated utilizing a low-resolution pattern and generating a high-resolution pattern image utilizing a preprocessed returned image and a preprocessed low-resolution pattern image, wherein high-resolution pattern image is an approximation of an image that would have been generated utilizing a high-resolution pattern.

Abstract: A method for wirelessly charging a battery in an implantable medical device including the steps of: providing a receiver in the implantable medical device and providing a temperature sensor in the implantable medical device. The method also includes receiving, via the receiver, a wireless power signal from an external charger and converting the wireless power signal into a battery charge signal including power for recharging the battery. The method yet also includes sensing a temperature of the implantable medical device with the temperature sensor. The method further includes changing a current of the battery charge signal from a first non-zero current to a second non-zero current that is different from the first non-zero current. Changing of the current of the battery charge signal is based on the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A method for compiling an HDL specification for simulation of a circuit design is disclosed. The circuit design is elaborated from the HDL specification and memory locations are allocated for formals and actuals of the elaborated circuit design. For each port having a formal and an actual that are compatible, the allocating of memory locations sets a reference pointer for the formal and a reference pointer for the actual to reference a same one of the memory locations. For each port having a formal and an actual that are incompatible, the allocating of memory locations sets the reference pointer for the formal and the reference pointer for the actual to reference different respective ones of the memory locations. Simulation code modeling the elaborated circuit design is generated that updates a formal and actual of a port that are compatible using a single write operation to the referenced memory location.

Abstract: A method for controlling charge of a battery includes: when charging a battery, monitoring a temperature of the battery in real time, and acquiring a corresponding dynamic factor according to the temperature of the battery, wherein the dynamic factor is used for characterizing a dynamically regulating component of a charge current coefficient during the charge process; calculating a maximum allowed charge current according to the dynamic factor and preset static factors; and controlling the charge of the battery according to the maximum allowed charge current. This enables adaptive charge management according to application scenarios, which effectively avoids the situation where the charge current of the battery is too high or too low, improves the environmental adaptability of battery charging, and further extends the service life of the battery and saves costs. Also provided is a method for controlling charge of a battery.

Abstract: A charging control system that controls charging of an automobile that uses electric power as motive power include a receiving unit that receives electric power demands from an electric power supplier side; and a control unit that controls charging on and off of the automobile. The control unit changes a ratio of a charging-on duration and a charging-off duration in each duration in allowable charging durations for the automobile according to changes of the electric power demands over time.

Abstract: An electric storage device management apparatus is provided for monitoring an electric storage device assembly charged and discharged by a charger/discharger. The electric storage assembly includes a plurality of electric storage devices connected in series. The electric storage device management apparatus includes a voltmeter, a discharging circuit, and a controller. The voltmeter is configured to measure voltages of the electric storage devices respectively. The discharging circuit is configured to discharge the electric storage devices individually. The controller is configured to: determine whether a voltage of each electric storage device has reached a reference voltage during charging or discharging of the electric storage device assembly; and control the discharging circuit to discharge each electric storage device if the voltage of the electric storage device has reached the reference voltage.

Abstract: The various aspects provide for an IC design and methods for utilizing the IC design to emulate corner case ICs during power/thermal testing of a test system by installing a specially chosen IC on the test system. The chosen IC may be a fully functioning IC that also includes a leakage-add controller and a current leak circuit. The current leak circuit may simulate additional current leakage on the IC and may be driven by the leakage-add controller. The chosen IC may also include a programmable voltage table for adjusting the chosen IC's operational voltage. The chosen IC may emulate the thermal characteristics of various corner-case ICs while performing normal IC activities on the test system during power/thermal testing, thereby eliminating current limitations in thermal/power testing of test systems due to the difficulty of providing corner-case ICs and testing those corner-case ICs on various test systems.

Abstract: For mapping a sustainable, differentially reliable architecture for dark silicon, a calculation module calculates an expected energy efficiency for a prior mapping of process threads for a plurality of cores. The calculation module further calculates a workload acceptance capacity (WAC) from degradation rates for the plurality of cores. A map module maps the process threads to the plurality of cores based on at least one of the expected energy efficiency and the WAC to satisfy a mapping policy. A specified number of the plurality of cores is not powered.

Abstract: A self-contained, portable unit for charging a battery of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The portable unit includes a moveable docking pad that has a generally flat, horizontal base and is formed with a compartment for holding at least one storage battery. The first end of a column is mounted onto the docking pad and oriented to extend upwardly from the docking pad to a second column end. A solar array is affixed to the second end of the column for deployment over the docking pad. The electric current from the solar array is fed to the storage battery using a charge management system. The battery, in turn, is connected to an EV charge station which produces a charging current to charge the battery of an electric vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method for using statistical analysis of information obtained during a rechargeable battery charging session, wherein the method is for optimizing one or more parameters that are used for controlling the charging of a rechargeable battery during the charging session.

Abstract: A behavioral synthesis apparatus includes a determination unit that determines whether or not a loop description should be converted into a pipeline, and a synthesis unit that performs behavioral synthesis while setting a stricter delay constraint for a loop description that is converted into a pipeline than a loop description that is not converted into a pipeline.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a gate-length biasing methodology for optimizing integrated digital circuits are described. The gate-length biasing methodology that changes a nominal gate-length of a transistor to a biased gate-length, where the biased gate-length includes a bias length that is small compared to the nominal gate-length.

Abstract: A battery electric vehicle jumper cable includes a first battery electric vehicle electrical plug adapted for connection to a standard charging port interface on a first battery electric vehicle; a second battery electric vehicle electrical plug adapted for connection to a standard charging port interface on a second battery electric vehicle; and an electrical cable establishing electrical communication between the first battery electric vehicle electrical plug and the second battery electric vehicle electrical plug. An electrical power transfer system for battery electric vehicles and a battery electric vehicle jump starting method are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electric storage device management apparatus is provided for monitoring an electric storage device assembly including a plurality of electric storage devices connected in series. The apparatus includes a voltmeter, a discharging circuit, and a controller. The discharging circuit is configured to discharge the electric storage devices individually. The controller is configured to: determine whether a unit time variation in voltage of a first electric storage device has increased to a reference value and a unit time variation in voltage of a second electric storage device has increased to the reference value; measure an elapsed time period since the unit time variation of the first electric storage device has increased to the reference value; and control the discharging circuit to discharge the electric storage devices based on the elapsed time period such that capacities of the electric storage devices are equalized.

Abstract: A method includes forming a mixed integer linear problem (MILP) capturing at least a plurality of timing windows over which aggressor net(s), electromagnetically coupled to a victim net in a circuit, produce computed cross-talk noise pulses potentially contributing to a maximum noise for the victim net. The MILP is solved to determine the maximum noise at the victim net. Responsive to the maximum noise meeting one or more criteria, at least an indication of the victim net is output. Forming may include forming a linear problem using overlapping timing windows for which noise pulses contribute to the maximum noise and converting the linear problem to the mixed integer linear problem by introducing into the linear problem binary variables that determine whether individual ones of overlapping or non-overlapping noise pulses from the one or more aggressor nets contribute to the maximum noise. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed.

Abstract: A power management unit accurately measures and controls charging current. The power management unit may be implemented more efficiently than prior designs, leading to cost savings in the implementation of the power management unit as well as in the implementation of the device that incorporates the power management unit. The power management unit incorporates a model of an external charge control device (e.g., a transistor) and uses that model in a way that allows the power management unit to eliminate external device pins and other circuitry.

Abstract: A device (20) for charging a portable element (10) having a receiving antenna (Ar) for charging by induction, the charging device (20) includes: a charging surface (Sc); a plurality of emitting antennas (A1, A3); a layer of ferromagnetic material (30) placed beneath the plurality of emitting antennas (A1, A3); an electronic circuit; a plurality of resonators (R1, R2 . . . Ri): having a resonance frequency substantially equal to the emission frequency of the antennas, placed between the plurality of antennas and the charging surface, and suitable, when they are activated, for reflecting the magnetic field (B) emitted by the antennas, and connected to the electronic circuit in order to be deactivated individually, according to a criterion of positioning of the receiving antenna relative to the resonators. An associated charging method is also described.

Abstract: Roughly described, an integrated circuit device has a conductor extending entirely through the substrate, connected on one end to the substrate topside surface and on the other end to the substrate backside surface. In various embodiments the conductor is insulated from all RDL conductors on the backside of the substrate, and/or is insulated from all conductors and device features on any below-adjacent chip in a 3D integrated circuit structure. Methods of fabrication are also described.