Abstract: A UE apparatus is provided for NR V2X Mode 2 resource selection. The UE apparatus includes a transceiver; and a processor configured to identify a sensing window and a resource selection window, monitor for sidelink control information (SCI) transmitted by neighbor UEs in the sensing window, determine a resource for transmitting data in the resource selection window, and transmit, via the transceiver, data using the determined resource. The sensing window includes a mandated sensing duration for detection of aperiodic traffic prior to transmission by the transceiver.

Abstract: A battery inverter system includes a plurality of battery inverter units, wherein each of the battery inverter units includes a multiphase inverter and a battery unit connected to the inverter on the DC side. The battery unit includes a plurality of individual units connected in parallel to one another and protected against overcurrent by means of rack fuses, and the battery inverter units are connected in parallel on the AC side and are configured to operate with a common drive pulse pattern. The battery inverter units are interconnected on the DC side via compensation fuses, wherein the compensation fuses are provided such that in the event of a short circuit in one of the inverters, the compensation fuses are triggered faster than the rack fuses.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for detecting whether an object is approaching an autonomous vehicle when a passenger is about to exit the autonomous vehicle, determining a speed and type of the object that is approaching the autonomous vehicle, determining whether the object will enter an exit zone when the passenger enters the exit zone based on the speed and the type of the object that is approaching the autonomous vehicle, and preventing the passenger from exiting the autonomous vehicle based on the determining of whether the object will enter the exit zone when the passenger enters the exit zone.

Abstract: A method may include sending a contention resolution message for a random access procedure from a user equipment (UE) through a physical uplink channel in a wireless communication network, and sending a repetition of the contention resolution message from the UE through the physical uplink channel. The physical uplink channel may include a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The method may further include selecting a preamble from a first preamble group corresponding to a capability of the UE to send the repetition of the contention resolution message, and sending the preamble from the UE. Selecting the preamble from the first preamble group may include selecting a preamble from a first preamble sub-group corresponding to the capability of the UE to send the repetition of the contention resolution message.

Abstract: Provided is a method of selecting, by a user equipment (UE), resources for a sidelink (SL) transmission, the method including determining a signaling window corresponding to a maximum time separation between a first resource and a second resource for the SL transmission, signaling the first resource and the second resource to another UE, excluding, from a set of candidate resources for the SL transmission, an ineligible candidate resource that causes a time separation between the first resource and the second resource to be greater than the signaling window, identifying a number of remaining candidate resources in the set, determining that the number of remaining candidate resources in the set is below a candidate resource threshold, and adjusting exclusion criteria to include in the set an eligible candidate resource that is otherwise eligible for exclusion based on initial exclusion criteria.

Abstract: Collaborative perception is based on recognition that a fleet of AVs and stationary infrastructure objects equipped with sensors may be configured to communicate with one another in sharing their sensor data, thus benefiting from collaborative perception, rather than being limited to their individual perception. Three specific scenarios of collaborative perception are disclosed. The first scenario relates to two AVs in the vicinity of one another exchanging complexity scores indicative of their respective environments. The second scenario relates to an AV detecting that it has a blind spot and seeking other AVs or infrastructure objects to provide information indicative of the environment in the blind spot. The third scenario relates to providing infrastructure objects equipped with sensors in appropriate locations so that, when an AV is in the vicinity of such objects, the AV may receive information from their sensors.

Abstract: Highly efficient nanosized mesoporous CuMgAl ternary oxide catalysts are provided.

Abstract: A method of preparing an amalgamated transition metal layered double hydroxide (LDH)@Y-zeolite hybrid catalyst is provided. The method includes combining a transition metal with aluminum nitrate and precipitating using an alkali under ultrasound irradiation and an inert atmosphere to form a transition metal-containing LDH catalyst. A Y-zeolite is pretreated by an ion exchange process utilizing ammonia prior to calcination at temperature (250-1000° C.) under an inert atmosphere to form an H—Y-zeolite. Followed by refluxing the transition metal-containing LDH catalyst together with the H—Y-zeolite at 50° C. for a predetermined time to form a precipitate. The precipitate is filtering and washing with distilled water to obtain the amalgamated transitional metal LDH@Y-zeolite hybrid catalyst.

Abstract: A voltage regulator includes a load detection controller for detecting whether an output capacitor is present at an output of the voltage regulator; a digital controller for selecting a functional state of the voltage regulator based on a signal from the load detection controller; a first feedback loop for regulation when the output capacitor is not present; a second feedback loop for regulation when the capacitance output capacitor is present; and a first pass transistor shared by the load detection controller, the first feedback loop, and the second feedback loop, wherein the first pass transistor is configured to work with the first or second feedback loop selected for regulation based on the functional state of the voltage regulator.

Abstract: A load detection circuit includes a variable current source circuit having a first input connected to a power supply, a second input, and a first output connected to an output load; a switched capacitor circuit having a third input connected to an external voltage reference signal, a fourth input connected to the first output of the variable current source, a fifth input connected to ground, a sixth input, and a second output; a comparator having a seventh input connected to the second output of the switched capacitor circuit, an eighth input connected to the first output of the variable current source, and a third output; an edge detector having a ninth input connected to the third output of the comparator, and a fourth output; and a digital controller having a fifth output connected to the variable current source and a sixth output connected to the switched capacitor circuit.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a slew rate regulation circuit, a plurality of switches and a controller circuit. The controller circuit controls the plurality of switches to decouple a first source supply voltage from a supply rail; control the plurality of switches to couple a second source supply voltage to the supply rail to replace the first source supply voltage with the second source supply voltage; and control the slew rate regulation circuit to regulate a slew rate of a voltage of the supply rail during a time interval in which the first source supply voltage is being replaced with the second source supply voltage.

Abstract: The method for doping Mg with Ni includes cold-rolling the Mg material and then cold-spraying with Ni powder, and preferably further cold rolling the Ni-coated Mg to achieve the final Ni-doped Mg material. Preferably the Mg material is cold rolled for about 300 passes and the final Ni-doping concentration is about 5 wt. %.

Abstract: The nanocomposite system for hydrogen storage is a composite of MgH2 powder with ZrNi5 powder and a combination of Nb2O5, TiC and VC. Preferably, the MgH2 is in nanocrystalline form and the ZrNi5 is significantly in a Friauf-Laves phase. The nanocomposite system is formed by combining the MgH2 powder with the ZrNi5, Nb2O5, TiC and VC, preferably in amounts of 4 wt. % ZrNi5+1 wt. % Nb2O5+0.5 wt. % TiC+0.5 wt. % VC, to form a mixture, and then performing reactive ball milling on the mixture. Preferably, the reactive ball milling is performed for a period of 50 hours.

Abstract: Incompatible item pairings may be eliminated or at least reduced when multiple items are presented. A pairwise approach is taken to train a machine learning model to return an incompatibility score for any given pair of items, which indicates a degree of incompatibility between the pair of items. Once trained, the machine learning model may be used to determine an incompatibility score for each unique pairing of items in a set of multiple items. In some embodiments, a graph is generated having nodes that correspond to the multiple items and undirected edges between pairs of the nodes. Scores are generated for each edge of the graph, a minimum spanning tree in the graph is determined, and the items are ranked based at least in part on the minimum spanning tree so that the items can be presented according to the ranking.

Abstract: A novel low power enable circuit is less sensitive to power supply variations while consuming less than 50 nA of supply current. The enable circuit includes a voltage clamp circuit which limits the supply level for a first inverter. The clamp circuit having a first input connected to a supply, a second input connected to chip enable, and a first output.

Abstract: An adaptive negative impedance system for improving power supply rejection (PSR) of a voltage regulator (VR) includes a variable negative impedance circuit with a control input; and a signal adjustment block (SAB), wherein a negative impedance value of the variable negative impedance circuit is dependent on a voltage regulator output current, and wherein the variable negative impedance circuit is a variable negative capacitance circuit and/or a variable negative resistance circuit, and the negative impedance value is a negative capacitance value and/or a negative resistance value.

Abstract: A method includes providing supply voltages to a supply voltage switching circuit that controls routing of the supply voltages to power consuming circuitry associated with the supply voltage switching circuit. The method includes comparing the supply voltages, including using at least one relatively lower precision comparator to compare the supply voltages for a relatively large difference between the supply voltages; and using at least one relatively higher precision comparator to compare the supply voltages for a relatively smaller difference between the supply voltages. The method further includes, based on a result of comparing the supply voltages, selectively coupling the supply voltages to at least one of an isolation well and a power supply rail of the supply voltage switching circuit.

Abstract: An automatically reconfigurable Buck-Boost DC-DC converter having an input supply and an output voltage includes a linear regulator (LDO) for Buck configuration; a switched-capacitor DC-DC converter; a capacitor and switch array, and a gain selector to switch between the linear regulator (LDO) when an output DC level is higher than an input DC level (Buck configuration) and the switched-capacitor DC-DC converter when the output DC level is lower than the input DC level (Boost configuration).

Abstract: A load detection circuit includes a variable current source circuit having a first input connected to a power supply, a second input, and a first output connected to an output load; a switched capacitor circuit having a third input connected to an external voltage reference signal, a fourth input connected to the first output of the variable current source, a fifth input connected to ground, a sixth input, and a second output; a comparator having a seventh input connected to the second output of the switched capacitor circuit, an eighth input connected to the first output of the variable current source, and a third output; an edge detector having a ninth input connected to the third output of the comparator, and a fourth output; and a digital controller having a fifth output connected to the variable current source and a sixth output connected to the switched capacitor circuit.

Abstract: A reference generation circuit includes a reference circuit and a local supply regulation circuit connected between an input supply and the reference circuit to supply a local regulated input to the reference circuit. The local supply regulation circuit comprises an error amplifier and a pass device, and wherein the error amplifier senses an output voltage of the pass device and an output voltage of the reference generation circuit to generate an output to control a gate terminal of the pass device.