Abstract: A method for charging a traction battery applied to a battery management system (BMS) for the traction battery, includes obtaining a temperature and a battery parameter of the traction battery, determining a parameter threshold based on the temperature of the traction battery, and during a charging process of the traction battery, controlling the traction battery to discharge or stop being charged in response to the battery parameter of the traction battery being greater than or equal to the parameter threshold and the battery parameter of the traction battery changing by a parameter gap value. The battery parameter includes at least one of a state of charge (SOC) or an open-circuit voltage (OCV).

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor structure includes forming a plurality of gate electrodes over a plurality of active regions. The method further includes increasing a width of a portion of each of the plurality of gate electrodes between adjacent active regions of the plurality of active regions, wherein increasing the width of the portion of each of the plurality of gate electrodes comprises increasing the width of less than an entirety of each of the plurality of gate electrodes between the adjacent active regions. The method further includes removing a central region of each of the plurality of gate electrodes, wherein the central region has the increased width, and removing the central region comprises removing less than an entirety of the portion of each of the plurality of gate electrodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to model processing methods and devices. In an example method, a graph structure corresponding to a first model is obtained. The graph structure is randomly segmented to obtain at least two first sets, where each first set includes at least one first independent variable. A value of the first independent variable is updated by using a Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) algorithm. The random segmentation operation and the updating operation are repeatedly performed until a convergence condition of the first model is met to obtain solutions of a plurality of first independent variables in the first model.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: first and second active regions extending in a first direction and separated by a gap relative to a second direction; and gate structures correspondingly over the first and second active regions, the gate structures extending in the second direction; and for each active region, a portion of each of some but not all of the gate structures (gate extension) extending partially into the gap; and when viewing the gate structures as a group, the group having a notched profile relative to the second direction, where notches in the notched profile correspond to ones of the gate structures which are substantially free of extending into the gap.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method for charging a traction battery and a battery management system, where the method includes: obtaining a negative electrode potential of a traction battery during a charging process of the traction battery; and controlling the traction battery to be discharged when a difference between the negative electrode potential and a preset potential is less than or equal to a safety threshold. The method and the battery management system in the embodiments of the present application can improve the safety performance of the traction battery.

Abstract: An image processing method is provided to be performed by an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining a target image including a text object, and determining a region proposal in the target image corresponding to the text object; obtaining region proposal feature information of the region proposal, and generating an initial mask according to the region proposal feature information; and restoring the initial mask to a target binary mask, determining a mask connection region in the target binary mask, and determining a text image region associated with the text object in the target image according to the mask connection region.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting a target neural network using automatically generated test cases before deployment of the target neural network in a deployment environment. One of the methods may include generating a plurality of test inputs by using a test case generation neural network; processing the plurality of test inputs using a target neural network to generate one or more test outputs for each test input; and identifying, from the one or more test outputs generated by the target neural network for each test input, failing test inputs that result in generation of test outputs by the target neural network that fail one or more criteria.

Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing process prediction method and a semiconductor manufacturing process prediction device are provided. The semiconductor manufacturing process prediction method includes the following steps. A plurality of process data are obtained. According to the process data, a machine learning model is used to execute prediction and obtain a prediction confidence and a prediction yield. Whether the prediction confidence is lower than a predetermined level is determined. If the prediction confidence is lower than the predetermined level, the machine learning model is modified. According to the process data, the prediction yield is adjusted.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for charging devices at a property using battery-charging drones. In some implementations, a monitoring system is configured to monitor a property and includes a battery-powered sensor configured to generate sensor data. The system includes a drone that is configured to navigate the property and charge the battery-powered sensor. A monitor control unit is configured to obtain a battery level from the battery-powered sensor and compare the battery level to a battery level threshold. Based on the comparison, the monitor control unit determines that the battery level does not satisfy the threshold. Based on the determination, the monitor control unit generates and transmits an instruction to a drone for the drone to navigate to the battery-powered sensor and charge a battery of the battery-powered sensor. The monitor control unit receives data from the drone that indicates whether the drone charged the battery of the sensor.

Abstract: A board-level pad pattern includes a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate; an exposed pad region disposed within a surface mount region of the base substrate; and multiple staggered ball pads disposed within the surface mount region arranged in a ring shape around the exposed pad region. The staggered ball pads includes first ball pads arranged in a first row and second ball pads arranged in a second row. The first ball pads in the first row are arranged at two different pitches, and the second ball pads in the second row are arranged at a constant pitch. Multiple square-shaped ball pads are arranged in a third row between the exposed pad region and the staggered ball pads.

Abstract: A board-level pad pattern includes a corner pad unit disposed at a corner of a surface mount region for mounting a multi-row QFN package. The corner pad unit includes at least a reversed-L-shaped pad. The reversed-L-shaped pad is disposed in proximity to an apex of the corner of the surface mount region.

Abstract: A board-level pad pattern includes staggered ball pads disposed within a surface mount region for mounting a multi-row QFN package. The staggered ball pads include first ball pads arranged in a first row and second ball pads arranged in a second row. The first ball pads in the first row are arranged at two different pitches, and the second ball pads in the second row are arranged at a constant pitch.

Abstract: Analog and logic devices may coexist on a common integrated circuit chip, accommodating features with different pitches, linewidths, and pattern densities. Such differences in design and layout at various layers during manufacturing can cause process loading by contributing different amounts of reactants to surface chemical reactions. Such variation in the balance of chemical reactants can result in disparities in film thicknesses within the chip that can affect device performance. Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a masking sequence that can alleviate process loading disparities during an undercut etch process adjacent to polysilicon structures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for quantitative measurement of catechol estrogen bound protein in blood sample. By detecting adduction levels of binding sites of the catechol estrogen on the protein in blood sample, the catechol estrogen bound protein in the blood sample can be detected quantitatively and a limit of quantitation can be decreased.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a module for supporting a device configured to manipulate charged particle paths in a charged particle apparatus, the module comprising: a support arrangement configured to support the device, wherein the device is configured to manipulate a charged particle path within the charged particle apparatus; and a support positioning system configured to move the support arrangement within the module; wherein the module is arranged to be field replaceable in the charged particle apparatus.