Abstract: A method may include receiving, at a device, a copy command, wherein the copy command comprises a first indication of a first amount of source data and a second indication of a second amount of source data, determining, based at least in part on the first indication, an amount of destination space, and blocking at least a portion of the amount of destination space. The method may further include reading the first indication, and reading the second indication, wherein the amount of destination space may include at least a first portion of the first amount and at least a second portion of the second amount. The blocking may include blocking the at least the first portion of the first amount and the at least the second portion of the second amount. The method may further include storing the first indication to generate a stored first indication.

Abstract: A secondary battery diagnosing technology capable of effectively diagnosing a state of a secondary battery using a charge and discharge signal of the secondary battery, including a memory unit configured to store a positive electrode reference profile and a negative electrode reference profile for charge or discharge of a reference battery, a voltage measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of a target battery during a charge or discharge process, and a processor configured to generate a charge and discharge measurement profile based on the voltage, compare a simulation profile obtained from the positive electrode reference profile and the negative electrode reference profile with the generated charge and discharge measurement profile, and determine a positive electrode adjustment profile and a negative electrode adjustment profile so that an error between the simulation profile and the charge and discharge measurement profile is within a predetermined level.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises: a first unit electrode in which a plurality of first electrodes entirely made of a first electrode mixture having a solid shape are connected to each other; a second unit electrode in which a plurality of second electrodes entirely made of a second electrode mixture having a solid shape are connected to each other; a separator interposed between the first unit electrode and the second unit electrode; and an electrode tab comprising a plurality of first electrode tab provided on the first unit electrode and a plurality of second electrode tab provided on the second unit electrode.

Abstract: A battery module including: a battery cell having opposite top and bottom surfaces, a long side surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a shot side surface extending between the top surface, the bottom surface, and the long side surface, the battery cell including a terminal on the top surface; an end plate having an end area in contact with the long side surface of the battery cell and an end flange bent from a lower end of the end area in a direction away from the long side surface; and a side plate having a side area in contact with the short side surface of the battery cell, a side flange bent from a lower end of the side area to cover the bottom surface of the battery cell, and a side binder extending from the side flange and coupled to the end flange.

Abstract: A storage system includes a controller; a first storage device including a first ready/busy pin and a second storage device including a second ready/busy pin; a first data bus communicatively coupled between the controller, the first storage device, and the second storage device; and a first shared ready/busy signal channel communicatively coupled to the first ready/busy pin of the first storage device, the second ready/busy pin of the second storage device, and the controller according to a wire-sharing protocol, wherein the first storage device is configured to send the first device ID and status information associated with the first storage device to the controller via the first shared ready/busy signal channel and the second storage device is configured to send the second device ID and status information associated with the second storage device to the controller via the first shared ready/busy signal channel.

Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a state of a battery includes a profile obtaining unit configured to obtain a voltage profile of a battery for voltage and capacity of the battery, and a control unit configured to obtain a differential profile for the voltage and the capacity from the voltage profile, select a plurality of peaks included in a predetermined voltage section of the obtained differential profile, determine a first peak associated with a negative electrode and a second peak associated with a positive electrode among the plurality of selected peaks, compare the first peak and the second peak with a first reference peak and a second reference peak of a preset reference profile, respectively, and diagnose a state of the battery based on at least one of a efdifference between the first peak and the first reference peak or a efdifference between the second peak and the second reference peak.

Abstract: A battery diagnosing technology capable of effectively diagnosing a state of a secondary battery using a charge and discharge signal extracted from the secondary battery, including memory to store a positive electrode reference profile and a negative electrode reference profile for charge or discharge of a reference battery, a voltage sensor to measure a voltage of a target battery during a charge or discharge process, and a processor to generate a plurality of charge and discharge measurement profiles based on voltages measured at a plurality of different time points, compare each of the generated charge and discharge measurement profiles with a simulation profile obtained from the positive and negative electrode reference profiles, and determine positive and negative electrode adjustment profiles for each of the generated charge and discharge measurement profiles so that an error between each charge and discharge measurement profile and the simulation profile is within a predetermined level.

Abstract: Various aspects include a continuous authentication system for a storage system. The continuous authentication system includes a host having an encryption unit. The continuous authentication system includes a storage device having a decryption unit. The continuous authentication system includes a first physical connection between the host and the storage device. The first physical connection may be configured to transfer I/Os. The continuous authentication system may include a second physical connection between the host and the storage device. The encryption unit may be configured to encrypt a continuous authentication signal. The host may be configured to transmit the continuous authentication signal through the second physical connection. The storage device may be configured to receive the continuous authentication signal through the second physical connection. The decryption unit may be configured to decrypt the continuous authentication signal.

Abstract: A method for temperature control. In some embodiments, the method includes sensing a first temperature of an electronic device, determining that the first temperature exceeds a first threshold, and increasing a power supplied to a thermoelectric cooler thermally connected to the electronic device. The increasing of the power may include increasing the power in response to determining that the first temperature exceeds the first threshold.

Abstract: An electrode assembly comprising a first unit electrode in which a plurality of first electrodes entirely made of a first electrode mixture having a solid shape are connected to each other; a second unit electrode in which a plurality of second electrodes entirely made of a second electrode mixture having a solid shape are connected to each other; a separator interposed between the first unit electrode and the second unit electrode; and an electrode tab comprising a plurality of first electrode tab provided on the first unit electrode and a plurality of second electrode tab provided on the second unit electrode.

Abstract: An overvoltage characteristics evaluation apparatus for a battery includes a sensing unit to measure a current and a voltage of the battery, and a control unit to determine a measured capacity history and a measured voltage history of the battery during a discharge event executed subsequent to polarization-inducing pretreatment for the battery. The control unit determines a first measured voltage curve indicating a correlation between the measured capacity history and the measured voltage history, and a second measured voltage curve indicating a correlation between a depth of discharge history obtained by normalizing the measured capacity history to a total discharge capacity of the measured capacity history and the measured voltage history. The control unit determines a differential voltage curve by differentiating the measured voltage history.

Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes: a profile generating unit configured to obtain a battery profile representing a correspondence between voltage and capacity of a battery and generate a differential profile representing a correspondence between a differential voltage for the capacity of the battery and the capacity or a correspondence between a differential capacity for the voltage of the battery and the voltage based on the obtained battery profile; and a control unit configured to receive the generated differential profile from the profile generating unit, determine a target peak included in the received differential profile according to a rule corresponding to a type of the received differential profile, and determine a state of the battery based on a behavior change of the target peak with respect to a reference peak preset to correspond to the type of the received differential profile.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly. The electrode comprises: a plurality of unit electrodes formed by connecting a plurality of electrodes made of an electrode mixture having a solid shape to each other; a separator interposed between the plurality of unit electrodes; and an electrode tab attached to the unit electrode, wherein the electrode tab comprises first and second electrode tabs, which are respectively attached to the unit electrodes and have different specific resistance.

Abstract: A separator for a lithium secondary battery comprising a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The separator has an ionic conductivity of 4.75×10?5 S/cm or more, and the porous coating layer comprises an interstitial volume and a macro pore having a larger diameter than the interstitial volume. A method for manufacturing the separator is also disclosed. Accordingly, the separator has significantly improved ionic conductivity over commercial separators.

Abstract: A battery management system comprising a positive electrode material exhibiting a phase transition behavior in a predetermined capacity range and a negative electrode material having plateau characteristics over the predetermined capacity range. The battery management system includes a sensing unit to output sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery, and a control unit. The control unit determines a voltage curve indicating a correspondence relationship between a capacity of the battery and the voltage of the battery based on the sensing information collected during constant current charging or constant current discharging of the battery. The control unit determines a differential voltage curve based on the voltage curve. The control unit detects a peak of interest in a predetermined capacity range appearing in the differential voltage curve. The control unit determines a first capacity loss ratio of the battery based on a differential voltage of the peak of interest.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining a degradation state of a battery includes a sensing unit configured to output sensing information indicating a voltage and a current of the battery and a control unit. The control unit determines a degradation ratio of the battery and a measured Q-dV/dQ curve based on the sensing information. The measured Q-dV/dQ curve shows a relationship between a remaining capacity of the battery and a ratio of a change in voltage of the battery to a change in remaining capacity of the battery. The control unit detects a plurality of feature points from the measured Q-dV/dQ curve. The control unit determines a positive electrode degradation ratio, a negative electrode degradation ratio and a lithium ion loss ratio of the battery based on the degradation ratio, the plurality of feature points, a predetermined positive electrode Q-dV/dQ curve and a predetermined negative electrode Q-dV/dQ curve.

Abstract: A method of diagnosing degradation of an electrode active material for a secondary battery including obtaining a first differential curve (dQ/dV) by differentiating an initial charge/discharge curve obtained by performing first charging and first discharging of the lithium secondary battery in a voltage range of 2.5 V to 4.2 V, and obtaining a second differential curve (dQ/dV) by differentiating a charge/discharge curve obtained by performing second charging and second discharging of the lithium secondary battery in a voltage range of 2.5 V to 4.2 V, and diagnosing whether a beta phase of the positive electrode active material has been formed by comparing maximum discharge peak values of the first differential curve and the second differential curve.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium secondary battery, which includes coating a slurry for forming a porous coating layer on a porous polymer substrate and drying the porous coating layer under a humidified condition to form a preliminary separator; forming an electrode assembly, wherein the preliminary separator is interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, placing the electrode assembly into a battery case and injecting an electrolytic solution into the battery case; and thermally treating the electrode assembly. A lithium secondary battery manufactured by the method is also provided. Accordingly, the separator has significantly improved ionic conductivity compared to separators commonly used in the art.

Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a degree of degradation of a battery includes a measuring unit configured to measure a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in each of a plurality of cycles where charging and discharging is performed and output voltage information about the plurality of measured voltages, and a control unit configured to receive the plurality of voltage information, calculate a voltage deviation of each cycle for each battery cell based on a reference voltage of each of the plurality of battery cells, select a cycle section satisfying a predetermined condition for each of the plurality of battery cells based on the calculated voltage deviation, calculate a voltage deviation change rate corresponding to each of the plurality of selected cycle sections, and diagnose a relative degree of degradation of the plurality of battery cells based on the plurality of calculated voltage deviation change rates.

Abstract: A battery module includes a battery cell including an electrode terminal, a holder adjacent to the battery cell, the holder having an opening at a position corresponding to the electrode terminal, at least one busbar including a seating part and a connection part extending from the seating part, the seating part being positioned on the holder, and the connection part being electrically connected to the electrode terminal through the opening of the holder, and a fixing part covering at least a portion of an edge of the seating part, the fixing part being integrated with the holder.