Abstract: A vehicle lift system configured for wireless charging is disclosed. The vehicle lift system includes a vehicle lift and a light transmitter. The vehicle lift includes a base, a carriage, a lift actuator, a battery, and a photovoltaic receiver. The carriage is configured for receiving a wheel of a vehicle. The lift actuator is configured to vertically raise and lower the carriage relative to the base. The battery is configured to provide electrical energy to the vehicle lift. The photovoltaic receiver is electrically coupled with the battery. The light transmitter is configured for transmitting electrical energy to said photovoltaic receiver. Thus, the battery of the vehicle lift can be recharged wirelessly, such that the vehicle lift need not have a wired power connection.

Abstract: A method of designing a 3D Integrated Circuit, the method including: partitioning at least one design into at least two levels, a first level and a second level; providing connections placement data of the second level, where the connections include planned connections between the first level and the second level; performing a placement of the first level using a placer executed by a computer, where the placement of the first level is based on the connections placement data, where the placer is part of a Computer Aided Design (CAD) tool, and where the first level includes first routing layers; and performing a routing of the first level by routing layers using a router executed by a computer, where the router is a part of the Computer Aided Design (CAD) tool or a part of another CAD tool.

Abstract: The present invention is a system, comprising: isolate at least one wall panel from a building model; process a first set of data associated with the characteristics of the wall panel members, wherein the characteristics are related to the profile and length; process a second set of data associated with the assembly of the wall panel; create an assembly process of the wall panel, wherein an assembly and disassembly of the wall panel is performed to determine at least one assembly process based on the order of connecting the wall panel members from a construction perspective; formulate a package of the wall panel, wherein the package is organized based on assembly process; adjust the orientation of the members within the package based on the shipping vessel limitations and the other bundles of the model which are contained within the shipping vessel; and generate a graphical representation of the package.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus for wireless charging are disclosed. A charging device has a plurality of charging cells provided on a charging surface, a charging circuit and a controller. The controller may be configured to detect an object in proximity to a surface of the charging device through a passive ping. The controller is also configured to ping the detected object with an active ping, and determine whether a ping response is received from the object in response to the one or more active pings from the charging device. Additionally, the controller is configured to stop the active pinging of the detected object when no ping response is received in the charging device after a count of successively issued active pings from the at least one coil exceeds a predetermined number. The result is lockout of digital pinging when passive pinging detects an object that is non-responsive to active pings.

Abstract: A multi-transmitting multi-receiving magnetic-resonance wireless charging system for a medium-power electronic apparatus includes a magnetic-resonance transmitting module and a magnetic-resonance receiving module. The magnetic-resonance transmitting module includes a transmitting-end Bluetooth-communication and control module and at least two magnetic-resonance transmitting channels. Each magnetic-resonance transmitting channel includes a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) regulator module, a radio-frequency power amplifier source, a matching network and a magnetic-resonance transmitting antenna which are connected sequentially. The magnetic-resonance receiving module includes a receiving-end Bluetooth-communication and control module, a power synthesis and protocol module and at least two magnetic-resonance receiving channels.

Abstract: A method for online assessing a state of health (SOH) of an electrochemical cell, comprises a step for estimating the state of health (SOH) of the electrochemical cell from thermodynamics data related to the cell the thermodynamics data including entropy and enthalpy variations ?S, ?H within the cell. A system for fast-charging a rechargeable battery with terminals connected to internal electrochemical cells, comprises a power supply connected to the rechargeable battery and arranged for applying a time-varying charging voltage to the battery terminals, a charging-control processor for controlling the power supply, and a system for online assessing a state of health (SOH) of the battery, the SOH assessment system comprising means for estimating the state of health (SOH) of the electrochemical cell from thermodynamics data related to the battery.

Abstract: Techniques include retrieving a first structural netlist (SN1) that indicates electronic components, values of programmable parameters, and connections for a first electronic circuit, and retrieving a first placed and routed netlist (PR1) that indicates physical placement of the electronic components and physical routing of connections for SN1. Also retrieved is a second structural netlist (SN2) for a different second electronic circuit. For each component in SN2, a matching component, if any, is found in SN1 based on type of component and inputs that are output from other matching components. A different second placed and routed netlist (PR2) is generated for the second circuit by deriving new placement and routing for only for non-matching components in SN2.

Abstract: An electronic device for supporting power sharing and data communication with an external electronic device, and a method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a power management circuit, an antenna including a first coil and a second coil, a transceiver circuit configured to transmit a power signal received from the power management circuit to the antenna and to transmit a power signal received from the antenna to the power management circuit, the transceiver circuit including a first transceiver terminal and a second transceiver terminal, a first switch, and a control circuit electrically connected to the first switch and the transceiver circuit. A first end of the second coil may be connected to the first transceiver terminal. A second end of the second coil may be connected to the second transceiver terminal. A first end of the first coil may be connected to the first transceiver terminal through the first switch.

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining an estimated arrival time of a first transport to a charging station, determining an estimated remaining stored transport energy at the estimated arrival time of the first transport, notifying the first transport to provide a portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy and when a next transport is delayed to the charging station, notifying the first transport to provide an additional portion of the determined remaining stored transport energy based on the delay.

Abstract: The disclosure provides state-of-charge (SOC) and state-of-health (SOH) estimation methods of a battery pack. The SOC estimation method of the battery pack includes the following steps. First, a current resting time, a current battery temperature, and a current measured open circuit voltage corresponding to a current initial power-on time of the battery pack are obtained. Next, an SOC value corresponding to the current initial power-on time is determined according to the obtained current resting time, current battery temperature, current measured open circuit voltage, and a relational expression between an open circuit voltage, a resting time, a battery temperature, and an SOC value at predetermined different battery temperatures, so that the battery pack can be characterized according to the obtained SOC value.

Abstract: A method of designing a 3D Integrated Circuit including: partitioning at least one design into at least two levels, a first level and a second level, where the first level includes logic and the second level includes memory; and then obtaining a first placement of at least portion of the second level, where the first placement includes placement of a first memory array, where the Circuit includes a plurality of connections between the first level and the second level; and performing a second placement, where performing the second placement includes placing the first logic circuit based on the first placement of the first memory array, where the performing a second placement includes using a placer executed by a computer, where the placer is a part of a Computer Aided Design tool, and where the logic includes a first logic circuit configured to read data from the first memory array.

Abstract: A three-dimensional integrated circuit has a plurality of layers disposed in a stacked relationship. Logic circuitry is embodied in a first layer of the three-dimensional integrated circuit. An input output circuit is electrically coupled to the logic circuitry and has a plurality of transistors embodied in at least two layers of the three-dimensional integrated circuit. The input output circuit has first and second input output circuitry, wherein the first input output circuitry operates faster than the second input output circuitry.

Abstract: The disclosure describes various aspects of techniques for using global interactions in efficient quantum circuit constructions. More specifically, this disclosure describes ways to use a global entangling operator to efficiently implement circuitry common to a selection of important quantum algorithms. The circuits may be constructed with global Ising entangling gates (e.g., global Mølmer-Sørenson gates or GMS gates) and arbitrary addressable single-qubit gates. Examples of the types of circuits that can be implemented include stabilizer circuits, Toffoli-4 gates, Toffoli-n gates, quantum Fourier transformation (QTF) circuits, and quantum Fourier adder (QFA) circuits. In certain instances, the use of global operations can substantially improve the entangling gate count.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a system, and a computer readable storage medium for detecting deviations from targeted design performance in accelerator/emulator environment. In an embodiment, the method comprises loading target vales for a performance metric onto a hardware-accelerated simulator; setting breakpoints to pause the simulator at defined intervals; simulating, by the hardware-accelerated simulator, execution of a circuit design. The method further comprises during the simulating, using said breakpoints to pause the simulating at the defined intervals, and during each pause, comparing a measured value for the performance metric to the target value for the performance metric; and ending the simulation when a specified condition based on said comparing is met. In embodiments, when a difference between the measured value for the performance metric and the target value for the performance metric is within a preset tolerance, the pause is ended and the simulation continues.

Abstract: A pad for wirelessly charging wireless products selected from the group consisting of wireless hair clippers, wireless air compressors, wireless hair curling iron, wireless hair styles, wireless hair trimmer, wireless hair dryer, wireless hair massager, wireless hair straightener, wireless hair brush, wireless razor, wireless hot hair brush, wireless nose trimmer, wherein said pad includes permanent charging ports and temporary charging ports, said permanent charging ports having charging coils embedded in the pad, said temporary charging ports inserted with wireless charging modules to provide wireless charging capability. The size, number and orientation of the permanent and temporary charging ports can vary depending on the users's need.

Abstract: The electrical system (100) includes: —a capacitor (C); —an electrical power supply device (102); —an electrical power receiving device (104); —a current-consuming electrical circuit (108) designed to consume a current (i) entering via a first interface terminal (BA) and exiting via a second interface terminal (BB). The electrical system (100) being designed such that the current-consuming electrical circuit (108) consumes the discharge current (i) when the electrical power supply device (102) is connected to the terminals of the capacitor (C). The current-consuming electrical circuit (108) includes a transistor (Q1) arranged such that the consumed current (i) enters via a current input terminal (C1) of the transistor (Q1) and exits via a current output terminal (E1) of the transistor (Q1), and in that the current output terminal (E1) is connected to a control terminal (B1) of the transistor (Q1) in order to stabilize the transistor (Q1).

Abstract: An assist handle assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assist handle assembly includes an assist handle configured to be gripped by a user, a hanger connected to the assist handle and configured to hang a holder configured to hold an electronic device, a charger configured to charge an electronic device held in the holder hanging on the hanger, and a connector configured to secure the assist handle assembly to a structural component of the vehicle.

Abstract: A charging device for charging a lithium-ion secondary battery based on at least a constant voltage method is provided. In the charging device, before starting charging with a constant voltage or while performing charging with a constant voltage, a first current pulse having a peak current value i1 larger than a charge current value i0 is applied at least once.

Abstract: An overlay correcting method capable of optimizing correction of an overlay within a scanner correction limit of a scanner of a scanner system, and a photolithography method, a semiconductor device manufacturing method and the scanner system which are based on the overlay correcting method are provided. The overlay correcting method includes collecting overlay data by measuring an overlay of a pattern; calculating correction parameters of the overlay by performing regularized regression using the overlay data, the regularized regression being based on a correction limit of the scanner such that the correction parameters fall within the correction limit of the scanner; and providing the correction parameters to the scanner.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for operating a hybrid computing system using cluster contraction for converting large, dense input to reduced input that can be easily mapped into a quantum processor. The reduced input represents the global structure of the problem. Techniques involve partitioning the input variables into clusters and contracting each cluster. The input variables can be partitioned using an Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean algorithm. The quantum processor returns samples based on the reduced input and the samples are expanded to correspond to the original input.