Abstract: The computer executable instructions include a command that accepts multiple user input through various command options. The command encapsulates and implements multiple original software algorithms that convert trunking design intent, expressed via the command options, into trunks on multiple layers of a process technology node. Once executed, the command generates shapes of trunks of specified topology on specified layers. The command includes a set of options to generate a simple or complex trunking topology. The command accepts topology, set of zones, nets and many other options that the user provides to the command to yield trunks of a desired topology. The topology description is relative; thus, it can easily adjust as design changes. The command together with its options represents trunk creation intent.

Abstract: Wireless charging devices and wireless charging systems are provided. The wireless charging devices may include a receiving part coil and an electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet on the receiving part coil. The electromagnetic-wave shielding sheet may have a specific magnetic permeability of 100 or greater from 100 khz to 300 khz and may include a metal foam including a soft magnetic metal component.

Abstract: A power receiver device of a non-contact power feeding device includes a plurality of resonance circuits that receive power from a power transmitter device, and a power receiver circuit that outputs, to a load circuit, the power received from the power transmitter device by the plurality of resonance circuits. Each of the plurality of resonance circuits includes a receiver coil that receives power from a transmitter coil of the power transmitter device, and a resonance capacitor that resonates, together with the receiver coil, with AC power supplied to the transmitter coil of the power transmitter device. The receiver coils of the plurality of resonance circuits are arranged so as to be electromagnetically coupled to each other.

Abstract: A system may include a set of compute engines. The compute engines may be configured to perform electronic design automation (EDA) operations on a hierarchical dataset representative of an integrated circuit (IC) design. The system may also include a dynamic resource balancing engine configured to allocate computing resources to the set of compute engines and reallocate a particular computing resource allocated to a first compute engine based on an operation priority of an EDA operation performed by a second compute engine, an idle indicator for the first compute engine, or a combination of both.

Abstract: A method for managing charging and discharging of a parallel-connected battery pack, including: obtaining a voltage value and a state of charge of a plurality of battery packs; comparing the voltage value and the state of charge of each of the battery packs with a reference voltage value and a reference state of charge; and managing charging and discharging of the plurality of battery packs based on a comparison result. The method can enhance automation of paralleling of battery packs, increase adaptability of a paralleling system, improve paralleling efficiency, further reduce operation and maintenance costs, and improve user experience.

Abstract: A design method applied to a capacitor array is provided. The capacitor array includes multiple preset capacitor units, and each preset capacitor includes multiple unit capacitors. The method includes: acquiring unit simulation models of the preset capacitor units; acquiring a first simulation model of the capacitor array based on an arrangement manner of the preset capacitor units in the capacitor array and the unit simulation models of the preset capacitor unit; acquiring an arrangement direction of the preset capacitor units based on the arrangement manner, establishing a parasitic resistance equivalent test structure of a group of preset capacitor units in the same arrangement direction; obtaining a parasitic resistance of each preset capacitor unit based on the parasitic resistance equivalent test structure; and establishing a second simulation model representing the capacitor array based on the parasitic resistance of each preset capacitor unit and the first simulation model.

Abstract: A battery control system, comprising: a number of battery components used for storing electric energy and supplying power for a load; a number of switch units connected to a number of battery components to form a charge/discharge branch and used for turning on or off the charge/discharge branch where the battery components are located; and a first control unit connected to a number of switch units separately and used for receiving a charge control signal to control the on/off of a number of switch units so that a number of switch units is connected in series to form a serial charge branch, and used for receiving a discharge control signal to control the on/off of a number of switch units so that a number of battery components is connected in parallel to form a parallel discharge branch.

Abstract: The present invention relates a modular charging system including a wall mounted outlet preserving charger and charging additional accessories, such as battery blocks, wireless device chargers, supporting chargers for wearable devices such as watches, and car chargers, each for use independently or in combination with electronic devices. The present invention typically includes a wall charger with one or more electrical outlets on the front face so that the use of the wall outlet is not lost. The wall charger of the present invention is suitable for use in any major country and may be adapted to the outlet configuration and voltage of those countries.

Abstract: Provided is a controller configured: to calculate, among voltages detected from a plurality of cells, a voltage difference between the voltage detected from one cell of the plurality of cells, the one cell to be detected, and a representative voltage at each of a first time and a second time, the representative voltage based on the voltage detected from at least one cell of the plurality of cells, the at least one cell to be compared; and when a discrepancy between the voltage difference at the first time and the voltage difference at the second time is equal to or more than a threshold, to determine that an abnormality has occurred in the one cell to be detected.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a circuit design. The circuit design includes blocks, a clock port, and two or more clock sinks across the blocks. The method further includes determining, by one or more processors, a common clock path between the clock port and the two or more clock sinks across the blocks. Further, the method includes determining a clock latency based on the common clock path.

Abstract: In an integrated circuit (IC) assessment method, an artificial intelligence (AI) component comprising at least one artificial neural network (ANN) is trained to transform layout rendering tiles of a rendering of a reference IC into corresponding reference layout image tiles extracted from at least one layout image of the reference IC. Using the trained AI component, standard cell layout renderings of a library of GDSII or OASIS standard cell layout renderings are transformed into as-fabricated standard cell layout renderings forming a library of as fabricated standard cell layout renderings. Instantiated standard cells and their placements in the layout image of an IC-under-test are identified by matching the instantiated standard cells with corresponding as-fabricated standard cell layout renderings retrieved from the library of as fabricated standard cell layout renderings.

Abstract: A power transmission device that wirelessly transmits power to a vehicle, the power transmission device including an information emitter that, in a case in which the position of the vehicle acquired by the information acquirer is located in a power transmission range of the power transmission coil and, also, the instruction receiver receives the instruction about power transmission, emits a first type of information that indicates a presence of the foreign object when the detector detects the foreign object, and in a case in which the instruction receiver does not receive the instruction about power transmission even though the position of the vehicle acquired by the position information acquirer is located in the power transmission range of the power transmission coil, does not emit the information that indicates the presence of the foreign object.

Abstract: A method of developing a charging profile for charging a lithium-ion battery. A first phase of charging is at a constant current level, with the constant current level selected on the basis of battery resistance during charging and differential voltage (dV/dQ) analysis. A switch point is selected on the basis of a state of charge (SOC) of the battery when dV/DQ values increase. Next is an increasing voltage charging phase, with the voltage rate selected on the basis of charge acceptance and charge time.

Abstract: A method of operating a control device includes performing an open load test or a current leakage test. The open load test includes activating a first current and then a second current and sensing with the first current and the second current activated, respectively, a first voltage drop and a second voltage drop between charge distribution pins and charge sensing pins of the control device. Respective differences are calculated between the first voltage drop and the second voltage drop sensed with the first current and the second current activated, respectively. These differences are compared with respective thresholds and an open circuit condition is declared as a result of the differences calculated reaching these thresholds.

Abstract: Disclosed is a JTAG-based burning device, including controllable switches arranged between a TDI terminal of a JTAG host and a first chip, and between two adjacent chips, and further including a master controllable switch module arranged between each chip and a TDO terminal of the JTAG host, wherein the JTAG host may, according to a received burning instruction, control corresponding input terminals of the controllable switches to be connected to corresponding output terminals and also control an output terminal of the master controllable switch module to be connected to the corresponding input terminal. Obviously, a JTAG chain can be automatically adjusted by controlling the connection relationship between input and output terminals of the corresponding switches by only building a circuit, so that firmware burning on different chips or chip combinations is realized without manual adjustment, thereby improving the test efficiency, and simplifying the circuit structure.

Abstract: A wireless charging system having a power transmitting device may wirelessly transfer power to a power receiving device. The power receiving device may include a voltage regulator that operates independently from the power transmitting device. The voltage regulator may output a rectified voltage and may activate pull-down rectifier switches during zero voltage crossings to boost the rectified voltage. The power receiving device may send control error packets to the power transmitting device to direct the power transmitting device to adjust the transmit power level.

Abstract: Address generators for use in verifying an integrated circuit hardware design for an n-way set associative cache. The address generator is configured to generate, from a reverse hashing algorithm matching the hashing algorithm used by the n-way set associative cache, a list of cache set addresses that comprises one or more addresses of the main memory corresponding to each of one or more target sets of the n-way set associative cache. The address generator receives requests for addresses of main memory from a driver to be used to generate stimuli for testing an instantiation of the integrated circuit hardware design for the n-way set associative cache. In response to receiving a request the address generator provides an address from the list of cache set addresses.

Abstract: An online reconfigurable battery system with current surge protection modules (SPM), including: a plurality of battery module strings connected in parallel. The battery module string further includes: an SPM and a plurality of enable/bypass battery modules (EBM) connected in series; where the EBM further includes: a battery, a first switch, and a second switch; the first switch and the battery are connected in series, and then connected to the second switch in parallel to form an EBM that can be enabled or bypassed; the SPM further includes: a variable resistor, a third switch, and a fourth switch; the third switch and the variable resistors are connected in series, and then connected in parallel with the fourth switch to buffer the surge current.

Abstract: An approach is disclosed herein for dynamic design switching for high performance mixed signal simulation. Disclosed herein is a new approach to simulation processes that allows for different segments of a design to be swapped out without requiring re-elaboration. This is an improvement over current techniques and decreases the amount of time need to simulate a design. In some embodiments, the technique illustrated herein is combined with an automated triggering mechanism that controls the selection of alternate representations for the same element base on those triggers. In some embodiments a new multiplexor structure is provided that is specifically tailored to solving the present issue.

Abstract: A system and method for adding interface protection to an electronic design using parameters. The electronic design and interface protection scheme are defined as parameters. An interface protection model creates interface protection implementation parameters that describe the implementation details of the interface protection. A hardware description model uses the electronic design parameters and the interface protection implementation parameters to create a hardware description. The interface protection scheme can be a built-in protection scheme, a user defined scheme, a scheme that includes place holders that the user may define later, and a combination of the preceding. The interface protection scheme may contain components to help with the retiming of the description of hardware.