Abstract: An integrated circuit with power loss protection function, including a bus terminal configured to provide a bus voltage, an energy storage terminal configurable to be coupled to a power loss protection capacitor, a charging circuit coupled between the bus terminal and the energy storage terminal, and a capacitance monitoring circuit. The charging circuit includes a first charging path, and based on the bus voltage, provides a first constant charging current to charge the power loss protection capacitor during a first constant charging period in a startup process of the integrated circuit. The capacitance monitoring circuit monitors the voltage across the power loss protection capacitor in the charging period of the startup process of the integrated circuit to obtain a parameter for calculating the capacitance value of the power loss protection capacitor.

Abstract: A silencing air duct device is separately provided with a silencing air duct and a micro-perforated cavity; two ends of the silencing air duct are open, one end being used for leading to external air, and the other end being used for being communicated with an air inlet or air outlet of a device to be silenced; the micro-perforated cavity is provided in a gas flow path of the silencing air duct, and, by means of communication holes formed in the micro-perforated cavity, is communicated with the silencing air duct. During use, the silencing air duct device is installed on the device to be silenced, so that gas to be silenced generated by the device to be silenced can enter the inside of the silencing air duct of the silencing air duct device for noise reduction.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power management circuit. The power management circuit includes a power converter circuit and a discharging circuit. The power converter circuit can convert a bus voltage to a terminal voltage at a terminal adapted to couple an energy storage capacitor, and the discharging circuit may be controllable to provide a discharge path for the energy storage capacitor. By using this power management circuit, the capacitance value of the energy storage capacitor can be monitored effectively.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data management are described. In some systems, a client may request for a data management system (DMS) to execute a first instance of a query to obtain, from a database, first information that is responsive to the query. The DMS may identify, in response to the query being executed in an execution time that is greater than a threshold amount of time, an improved version of the query that is associated with a second execution time that is less than the threshold amount of time. The DMS may store the improved version of the query. The DMS may retrieve the improved version of the query in response to receiving a second instance of the query. The DMS may execute the improved version of the query after retrieving the improved version from storage to obtain, from the database, second information that is responsive to the query.

Abstract: An electronic device and method for wireless communication, the method including detecting a beam quality of a currently serving beam; starting a prediction window when the detected beam quality is within a particular range, and evaluating the beam quality of the currently serving beam within the prediction window.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for data management are described. In some systems, a client may request for a data management system (DMS) to execute a first instance of a query to obtain, from a database, first information that is responsive to the query. The DMS may identify, in response to the query being executed in an execution time that is greater than a threshold amount of time, an improved version of the query that is associated with a second execution time that is less than the threshold amount of time. The DMS may store the improved version of the query. The DMS may retrieve the improved version of the query in response to receiving a second instance of the query. The DMS may execute the improved version of the query after retrieving the improved version from storage to obtain, from the database, second information that is responsive to the query.

Abstract: An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) mapping structure for a user equipment on the basis of at least the number of antenna ports of the user equipment and the number of transmitting beams and/or receiving beams to be scanned; and notify the user equipment of the SRS mapping structure, wherein the SRS mapping structure at least comprises SRS resource settings for achieving uplink beam management and channel state information (CSI) acquisition at the same time, thereby reducing the system time delay and improving the uplink resource utilization rate.

Abstract: A power management integrated circuit (PMIC) chip for providing power loss protection to an application device. The PMIC chip may be adapted to co-work with a plurality sets of storage capacitors that are charged using power from a power source during normal operation. An application device receives power from the power source during normal operation and receives power from an operational set of storage capacitors during power loss. A failing set of storage capacitors is disconnected from an operational set of storage capacitors and from the PMIC chip. The operational set of storage capacitors remains connected to the PMIC chip to provide power loss protection.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for extracting parasitic capacitance of interconnection lines of an integrated circuit based on discontinuous Galerkin finite element method.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for extracting parasitic capacitance of interconnection lines of an integrated circuit based on discontinuous Galerkin finite element method.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, a clutch, and a controller. The clutch is configured to crank the engine during an engine start. The controller is programmed to, in response to a command to start the engine, adjust a clutch actuator pressure to drive a disconnect clutch torque toward a desired value. The controller is further programmed to, in response to variances of the disconnect clutch torque relative to the clutch actuator pressure exceeding a threshold, issue a disconnect clutch fault.

Abstract: A method of producing a disconnect clutch includes producing a disconnect clutch, configured to selectively connect an engine and an electric machine, such that the disconnect clutch exhibits a clutch transfer function that causes a transmission output shaft torque variability that is less than a predetermined threshold during a simulated starting of the engine using the electric machine.

Abstract: An antibacterial peptide P104 and a lysin LysP53 with broad-spectrum lytic activity and applications thereof are provided. The amino acid sequence of the antibacterial peptide P104 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 1, and the gene sequence of the antibacterial peptide P104 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 3. The amino acid sequence of the lysin LysP53 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 2, and the gene sequence of the lysin LysP53 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 4. The antibacterial peptide P104 and the lysin LysP53 have lytic activity against Gram-negative bacteria, such as Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli The lysin LysP53 can be subjected to soluble expression by Escherichia coli, and the activity of the lysin is high. Therefore, they have good application prospects in the research and development of anti-infective drugs.

Abstract: An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) mapping structure for a user equipment on the basis of at least the number of antenna ports of the user equipment and the number of transmitting beams and/or receiving beams to be scanned; and notify the user equipment of the SRS mapping structure, wherein the SRS mapping structure at least comprises SRS resource settings for achieving uplink beam management and channel state information (CSI) acquisition at the same time, thereby reducing the system time delay and improving the uplink resource utilization rate.

Abstract: A data processing method and data processing apparatus are provided. The data processing method includes: acquiring multiple input tensors as input parameters for calculation process; for each input tensor, using M input sub-tensors that are combined to represent the input tensor; for each of the input tensors, replacing the input tensors with the M input sub-tensors that are combined to represent the input tensor, and performing the calculation process to obtain a calculation result. The data processing method increases the applicable scenarios of calculation process, effectively utilizes the powerful calculation ability of the originally provided low-accuracy floating points, and greatly improves the overall calculation efficiency.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wireless flexible magnetic sensor based on magnetothermal effect, and a preparation method and a detection method thereof. The magnetic sensor includes an aerogel substrate, and magnetic nanoparticles having magnetothermal effect that are attached to a surface of the aerogel substrate. The magnetic sensor is placed in the alternating magnetic field to be measured, and then a trigger signal is generated by a data collecting device and sent to an infrared camera. The infrared camera can collect temperature distribution information at different instants of time from the surface of the magnetic sensor. A curve of temperature rise changes at different positions on the surface of the magnetic sensor can be obtained by analyzing a temperature distribution image captured by the infrared camera. Thus, a spatial distribution of the strength of the alternating magnetic field at different positions on the surface of the sensor can be determined.

Abstract: An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) mapping structure for a user equipment on the basis of at least the number of antenna ports of the user equipment and the number of transmitting beams and/or receiving beams to be scanned; and notify the user equipment of the SRS mapping structure, wherein the SRS mapping structure at least comprises SRS resource settings for achieving uplink beam management and channel state information (CSI) acquisition at the same time, thereby reducing the system time delay and improving the uplink resource utilization rate.

Abstract: An Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes a p-type substrate; a p-type well formed on the p-type substrate; a first Negative channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (NMOS) transistor and a second NMOS transistor formed in the p-type well, where a drain of the first NMOS transistor is connected to a source of the second NMOS transistor; and a Lightly Doped Drain (LDD) region formed in proximity to a source of the first NMOS transistor.

Abstract: An electronic device that includes a processing circuit configured to: receive information about a number N of candidate transmit beams from a user device, where N is an integer greater than 1; select from the N candidate transmit beams a transmit beam for sending downlink information to the user device; and determine, on the basis of the selected transmit beam, a transmission configuration indication (TCI) state, and send the TCI state to the user device. The electronic device, the wireless communication method and the computer readable storage medium enable a network-side device to notify the user device of the information about transmit beams.

Abstract: An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system and a computer readable storage medium. The apparatus comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: configure a sounding reference signal (SRS) mapping structure for a user equipment on the basis of at least the number of antenna ports of the user equipment and the number of transmitting beams and/or receiving beams to be scanned; and notify the user equipment of the SRS mapping structure, wherein the SRS mapping structure at least comprises SRS resource settings for achieving uplink beam management and channel state information (CSI) acquisition at the same time, thereby reducing the system time delay and improving the uplink resource utilization rate.