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A novel and useful apparatus for and method of minimizing the impact of interference on the phase error performance in a phase locked loop (PLL) at integer channels by adjustment of the phase of the interfering signal such that its impact on the reference signal is minimized. Phase control is achieved by use of the digital architecture of the ADPLL and its insensitivity to an arbitrary phase bias introduced between its digitally represented output and reference phase signals. The optimal phase relationship for each integer channel is determined through a calibration procedure in which the phase is swept and the optimal phase is recorded. Before the transmission of a payload on an integer channel, the phase relationship between the output RF signal and the input reference signal is adjusted to the value found to be optimal for that frequency, based on the values previously recorded during the calibration procedure.

In some embodiments, the invention involves a system and method to enhance an operating system's ability to schedule ready threads, specifically to select a logical processor on which to run the ready thread, based on platform policy. Platform policy may be performance-centric, power-centric, or a balance of the two. Embodiments of the present invention use temporal characteristics of the system utilization, or workload, and / or temporal characteristics of the ready thread in choosing a logical processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

One embodiment of a computing system configured to manage divergent threads in a thread group includes a stack configured to store at least one token and a multithreaded processing unit. The multithreaded processing unit is configured to perform the steps of fetching a program instruction, determining that the program instruction is an indirect branch instruction, and processing the indirect branch instruction as a sequence of two-way branches to execute an indirect branch instruction with multiple branch addresses. Indirect branch instructions may be used to allow greater flexibility since the branch address or multiple branch addresses do not need to be determined at compile time.

The present invention is a method and system that provides visual, production level, high-performance, integrated and automatic data integrity verification in a Web-based, e-business or other similar application, using a middleware application server. Asynchronous messaging is utilized to achieve real-time data verification. When data is read and updated by the application running in the application server, a message containing certain aspects of the data is published to a data auditor “queue” in the message server. Publishing the data is an asynchronous and high-performance operation and thus does not significantly slow down the operation being performed by the application server. The message is delivered to the message server and control immediately returns to the application to continue processing. Concurrently, the auditor checks the values resulting from the transaction and determines if the transactions have been recorded accurately.

The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method for preparing the same and a lithium secondary battery including the same, the positive electrode active material includes a core including a first lithium complex metal oxide, and a shell located surrounding the core and including a second lithium complex metal oxide, and further includes a buffer layer located between the core and the shell, wherein the buffer layer includes a pore, and a three-dimensional network structure of a third lithium complex metal oxide which is connecting the core and the shell, and accordingly, minimizing destruction of the active material caused by a rolling process during the electrode preparation, and maximizing reactivity with an electrolyte liquid.

One or more scenario parameters can be determined. One or more performance metrics can be determined. A vehicle configuration associated with an autonomously operating vehicle can be determined. The autonomously operating vehicle can be simulated in each of one or more scenarios for each of the one or more scenario parameters, each scenario including the determined one or more scenario parameters, wherein at least one of the one or more scenario parameters for each scenario is different from scenario parameters simulated in other scenarios. For each simulated scenario, the one or more performance metrics associated with the simulated scenario can be determined.

In a networking environment including one or more network processing (NP) devices and implementing a routing protocol for routing data packets from a source NP devices to destination NP devices via a switch fabric, with each network processing device supporting a number of interface ports, a system and method for enabling a routing system to recover more quickly that the routing protocol so as to significantly reduce the occurrence of lost data packets to a failed target interface / blade. The routing system is enabled to track the operational status of each network processor device and operational status of destination ports supported by each network processor device in the system, and maintains the operational status as a data structure at each network processing device. Prior to routing packets, an expedient logical determination is made as to the operational status of a target network processing device and target interface port of a current packet to be routed as represented in the data structure maintained at the source NP device. If the target blade / interface is not operations, an alternative route may be provided by ECMP. In this manner, correct routing of packets is ensured with reduced occurrence of lost data packets due to failed target NP devices / ports.

Associative Data Management and Knowledge Operating System using a Data Instance centric architecture, where Data Instances are typically atomic. Each Data Instance can be at the center with all its associations. The base structures encapsulate the Data Instances and can generally be identical in form and function, and application independent. Encapsulate references can include references to all other directly related independently encapsulated Data Instances. The encapsulated references can be both unique identifiers for each and every associated Data Instance and also logical indexes that encode the abstracted location of each Data Instance, making it possible to both identify and locate any Data Instance using the same reference key.

Systems and methods are disclosed herein to use what is referred to as adaptive continuous tracking (ACT) to reduce the power consumption of GNSS receivers. In GNSS receivers, performance as measured by position accuracy is a function of the observation time of the satellites. A longer observation time translates into more reliable range measurements and demodulated data, and ultimately into better positioning accuracy of the receivers. However, a longer observation time also means more power consumption. ACT allows satellite observation time to be tuned to the desired positioning performance by dynamically adjusting the on time period of the receivers while maintaining a minimum performance metric. The performance metric may be formed from a combination of the estimated position error, the horizontal dilution of precision (HDOP), the data collection state, and the receiver operating environment as characterized by the carrier to noise ratio (CN0). ACT cyclically switches on / off the radio frequency (RF) front-end and also cyclically enables / disables the baseband hardware of the receivers to reduce power consumption while allowing the receivers to meet the minimum performance metric and ensuring continuous satellite tracking, continuous positioning fix operation, multiplexed GNSS operation, and continuous data collection.

A benchmark tester retrieves a voltage margin that corresponds to a device that a system includes. The voltage margin indicates an additional amount of voltage to apply to a nominal voltage that, when added, results in the device operating at a power limit while executing a worst-case power workload. Next, the benchmark tester (or thermal power management device) sets an input voltage for the device to a value equal to the sum of the voltage margin and the nominal voltage. The benchmark tester then dynamically benchmark tests the system, which includes adjusting the device's frequency and input voltage while ensuring that the device does not exceed the device's power limit. In turn, the benchmark tester records a guaranteed minimum performance boost for the system based upon a result of the benchmark testing.

Systems and methods are disclosed to use adaptive continuous tracking (ACT) to reduce the power consumption of GNSS receivers. In GNSS receivers, a longer observation time of the satellites translates into better positioning accuracy but also consumes more power. ACT allows satellite observation time to be tuned to the desired positioning performance by dynamically adjusting the on time period of the receivers while maintaining a minimum performance metric. The performance metric may be formed from a combination of the estimated position error, the horizontal dilution of precision (HDOP), the data collection state, and the receiver operating environment as characterized by the carrier to noise ratio (CN0). ACT cyclically switches on / off the radio frequency (RF) front-end and also cyclically enables / disables the baseband hardware of the receivers to reduce power consumption while allowing the receivers to meet the minimum performance metric and ensuring continuous satellite tracking, continuous positioning fix operation, multiplexed GNSS operation, and continuous data collection.

This disclosure relates a method and apparatus for generating pre-coding matrix codebook. The method for generating pre-coding matrix codebook, comprising: acquiring a universal set of pre-coding matrixes in a first format; acquiring a universal set of pre-coding matrixes in a second format; selecting a first predetermined number of pre-coding matrixes in the first format from the universal set of pre-coding matrixes in the first format; and selecting a second predetermined number of pre-coding matrixes in the second format from the universal set of pre-coding matrixes in the second format, according to the selected first predetermined number of pre-coding matrixes in the first format.

A system architecture for a receiver to process multiple signals on a common carrier frequency from a satellite. The receiver is arranged such that the receiver receives input data transmitted from the satellite. A pilot signal is tracked from the input data using a correlation channel, and a data signal is tracked from the input data using a data code generator operatively connected to the correlation channel. In one embodiment of the invention, the data signal generator creates replica code for the data signal. In another embodiment of the invention, the system can switch between the data signal generator and pilot signal generator based upon the signal-to-noise ratio of the incoming signal.

A crankcase lubricating system and method for lubricating an engine of a motor vehicle. The crankcase lubricating system includes filterless lubricant circulation system, and a crankcase lubricant containing a fully formulated lubricating base oil meeting or exceeding ILSAC GF-4 or API CI-4 minimum performance standards for engine oils.

In some embodiments, the invention involves a system and method to enhance an operating system's ability to schedule ready threads, specifically to select a logical processor on which to run the ready thread, based on platform policy. Platform policy may be performance-centric, power-centric, or a balance of the two. Embodiments of the present invention use temporal characteristics of the system utilization, or workload, and / or temporal characteristics of the ready thread in choosing a logical processor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

An integrated DWDM transmitter apparatus includes a silica-on-silicon substrate overlying a first support component. The silica-on-silicon substrate includes a silica layer overlying a silicon layer. A coefficient of thermal expansion of the first support component is substantially matched to a coefficient of thermal expansion of the silicon layer. An optical multiplexer is located within the silica layer and includes a plurality of input waveguides and at least an output waveguide. Additionally, the apparatus includes a second support component attached to a side surface of the first support component. One or more semiconductor laser array chips overlie the second support component. A coefficient of thermal expansion of the one or more semiconductor chips is substantially matched to a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second support component. Moreover, each of the one or more laser array chips includes one or more lasers, each of which is optically coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of input waveguides.

The invention provides a colored golf ball comprising a core, a cover having a plurality of dimples formed on its surface, wherein the golf ball is two-piece structure consisting of a core and a cover, and the surface of the ball is coated with a coating comprising a pearlescent pigment. The ball satisfies the following conditions:(i) a color difference ΔE* between the core and the ball of at least 30;(ii) the core has a transparency which is up to 10% in terms of total transmittance and up to 1.0% in terms of parallel transmittance;(iii) the core has a lightness L* value, expressed in the L*a*b* color system based on JIS Z8729, of at least 82;(iv) the ball has a lightness L* value of at least 50;(v) the lightness L* value of the ball ≦the lightness L* value of the core;(vi) the cover has a thickness of from 0.1 to 2.1 mm,(vii) the cover has a transparency which is at least 50% in terms of total transmittance and at least 1.0% in terms of parallel transmittance; and(viii) the cover has a haze (H), mentioned in JIS K7105 (1981), of up to 98.The two-piece colored golf ball of the invention is a fluorescent ball which nonetheless retains a sense of transparency and has a high-quality feel, in addition to which it has a good weather resistance and is capable of preventing a change in color.

A lithium-ion rechargeable battery module having a plurality of lithium-ion battery cells, arranged that battery cells located at an high temperature portion of the module are electrically connected in parallel with battery cells located at a low temperature portion of the module. The battery cells at the high temperature portion have a higher electric resistance at 20° C. and a better high-temperature storage characteristic at 50° C. than those of the battery cells located at the low temperature portion.

When combinations of a plurality of data transmission ports with a plurality of types of transfer IDs are simply registered for each of combinations of a plurality of data reception ports and a plurality of types of transfer IDs beforehand in a map table of a transfer intermediation circuit, transfer data received at a data reception port of the transfer intermediation circuit together with a transfer ID can be transmitted from a predetermined data transmission port to a transfer intermediation circuit or a variable processing circuit at the next stage together with a transfer ID of the next stage, so that data can be reliably transferred among a plurality of variable processing circuits in a simple configuration.

Methods and systems are provided for transporting and hydrating a redox flow battery system with a portable field hydration system. In one example, the redox flow battery system may be hydrated with the portable field hydration system in a dry state, in the absence of liquids. In this way, a redox flow battery system may be assembled and transported from a battery manufacturing facility to an end-use location off-site while the redox flow battery system is in the dry state, thereby reducing shipping costs, design complexities, as well as logistical and environmental concerns.

A pluggable trust architecture addresses the problem of establishing trust in hardware. The architecture has low impact on system performance and comprises a simple, user-supplied, and pluggable hardware element. The hardware element physically separates the untrusted components of a system from peripheral components that communicate with the external world. The invention only allows results of correct execution of software to be communicated externally.

A superscalar data processing apparatus and method are provided for processing operations, the apparatus having a plurality of execution threads and each execution thread being operable to process a sequence of operations including at least one memory access operation. The superscalar data processing apparatus comprises a plurality of execution pipelines for executing the operations, and issue logic for allocating each operation to one of the execution pipelines for execution by that execution pipeline. At least two of the execution pipelines are memory access capable pipelines which can execute memory access operations, and each memory access capable pipeline is associated with a subset of the plurality of execution threads. The issue logic is arranged, for each execution thread, to allocate any memory access operations of that execution thread to an associated memory access capable pipeline. Such a system has been found to provide an effective balance between increasing the efficiency of operation of the superscalar data processing apparatus when employing multiple execution threads whilst also alleviating the need for complex hardware to handle hazard detection.

A data processing network and method for conserving energy in which an initial negotiation between a network server and a switch to which the server is connected is performed to establish an initial operating frequency of the server-switch link. An effective data rate of the server is determined based on network traffic at the server. Responsive to determining that the effective data rate is materially different than the current operating frequency, a subsequent negotiation is performed to establish a modified operating frequency where the modified operating frequency is closer to the effective data rate than the initial operating frequency. The determination of the effective date rate and the contingent initiation of a subsequent negotiation may be repeated periodically during the operating of the network. In one embodiment, the initial and subsequent negotiation are compliant with the IEEE 802.3 standard.

The present invention overcomes the above-described and other problems by providing an improved edge-fed microstrip patch antenna, a dielectric substrate with integrated ground plane and enclosure that with a printable surface. An RFID microstrip patch antenna (21) system produces an antenna that is significantly less expensive to manufacture and install than existing commercial solutions. In doing so, the present invention enables the use of commodity, low cost products such as corrugated paperboard foils and extruded polystyrene and assembly methods such as graphics printing.

A system architecture for a receiver to process multiple signals on a common carrier frequency from a satellite. The receiver is arranged such that the receiver receives input data transmitted from the satellite. A pilot signal is tracked from the input data using a correlation channel, and a data signal is tracked from the input data using a data code generator operatively connected to the correlation channel. In one embodiment of the invention, the data signal generator creates replica code for the data signal. In another embodiment of the invention, the system can switch between the data signal generator and pilot signal generator based upon the signal-to-noise ratio of the incoming signal.

An optical lighting device includes an optical element having a light incident surface and a light emitting surface, wherein at least one first anamorphic asphere is deployed on either of the light incident surface or the light emitting surface. A first light source being square deployed on one side of the optical element and opposite to the light incident surface. The light source projects into the light incident surface, refracts by the first anamorphic asphere, transmits out of the light emitting surface and forms a predetermined light distribution area with a cut-off line on the upper fringe. Therefore, the optical lighting device has the advantage of simplified structure and high lighting efficiency.

A method for detecting an accretion of ice on a rotor blade of a rotor of a wind turbine is provided. The can be operated at a variable rotational speed. The method includes recording a wind speed of a wind acting upon the rotor, recording an operating variable that is dependent on the wind speed and comparing the recorded operating variable or the recorded wind speed with a reference variable of a characteristic wind-speed-dependent operating-variable curve of the wind turbine. The characteristic operating-variable curve indicates an operating variable assumed to be optimal in dependence on the wind speed. The method includes detecting an accretion of ice on the rotor blade if the recorded operating variable or the recorded wind speed, deviates from the reference variable by at least a predetermined minimum deviation specified in dependence on the wind speed.

A method for an electronic apparatus to perform an operation of an artificial intelligence model includes acquiring resource information for hardware of the electronic apparatus while a plurality of data used for an operation of a neural network model are stored in a memory, the plurality of data respectively having degrees of importance different from each other; obtaining data to be used for the operation of the neural network model among the plurality of data according to the degrees of importance of each of the plurality of data based on the acquired resource information; and performing the operation of the neural network model by using the obtained data.

The invention provides a colored golf ball comprising a core, a cover having a plurality of dimples formed on its surface, wherein the golf ball is two-piece structure consisting of a core and a cover, and the surface of the ball is coated with a coating comprising a pearlescent pigment. The ball satisfies the following conditions:(i) a color difference ΔE* between the core and the ball of at least 30;(ii) the core has a transparency which is up to 10% in terms of total transmittance and up to 1.0% in terms of parallel transmittance;(iii) the core has a lightness L* value, expressed in the L*a*b* color system based on JIS Z8729, of at least 82;(iv) the ball has a lightness L* value of at least 50;(v) the lightness L* value of the ball≦the lightness L* value of the core;(vi) the cover has a thickness of from 0.1 to 2.1 mm,(vii) the cover has a transparency which is at least 50% in terms of total transmittance and at least 1.0% in terms of parallel transmittance; and(viii) the cover has a haze (H), mentioned in JIS K7105 (1981), of up to 98.The two-piece colored golf ball of the invention is a fluorescent ball which nonetheless retains a sense of transparency and has a high-quality feel, in addition to which it has a good weather resistance and is capable of preventing a change in color.