Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a wafer-bonding stack structure having a sidewall layer and an exposed first component layer; forming a photoresist layer on the first component layer; performing an edge trimming process to at least remove the sidewall layer; and removing the photoresist layer. In this way, contaminant particles generated from the blade during the edge trimming process may fall on the photoresist layer but not fall on the first component layer, so as to protect the first component layer from being contaminated.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a semiconductor layer disposed in the substrate. The semiconductor device further includes a first dielectric layer disposed on the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device includes a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device also includes a pair of thermopile segments disposed on the second dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer form a chamber.

Abstract: A method for determining a degree of degradation of a user interface worn by an individual during one or more uses of a respiratory therapy system includes receiving data associated with the user interface. The method further includes determining, based at least in part on the received data, a value of at least one degradation indicator associated with the user interface. The method further includes determining the degree of degradation of the user interface based at least in part on the value of the at least one degradation indicator.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed related to determining whether there is a proper fit between a user interface and a face of a user. The methods and systems involve generating seal information associated with a seal region between a face of a user and a current user interface donned on the face of the user. The methods and systems are further related to analyzing the seal information to determine whether a leak exists in the seal region. If the leak exists, the systems and methods include analyzing the seal information to determine a location of the leak within the seal region. The systems and methods further include determining a new user interface to replace the current user interface based on the current user interface and the location of the leak.

Abstract: An image sensor structure including a substrate, a first pixel structure, a second pixel structure, a dielectric layer, and a conductive layer stack is provided. The first pixel structure includes a first light sensing device. The second pixel structure includes a second light sensing device. The conductive layer stack includes conductive layers. The conductive layer stack has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is located directly above the first light sensing device and passes through the conductive layers. The second opening is located directly above the second light sensing device and passes through the conductive layers. The second minimum width of the second opening is smaller than the first minimum width of the first opening. The luminous flux of the second pixel structure is different from the luminous flux of the first pixel structure.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide an evolutionary neural architecture search (ENAS) method. For example, the ENAS method can include steps (a) performing one or more evolutionary operations on an initial population of neural architectures to generate offspring neural architectures, (b) evaluating performance of each of the offspring neural architectures to obtain at least one evaluation value of the offspring neural architecture with respect to a performance metric, (c) adjusting the evaluation values of the offspring neural architectures based on at least one constraint on the evaluation values, (d) selecting at least one of the offspring neural architectures as a new population of neural architectures, and (e) outputting the new population of neural architectures as a last population of neural architectures when a stopping criterion is achieved, or (f) iterating steps (a) to (d) with the new population of neural architectures being taken as the initial population of neural architectures.

Abstract: An inductor is disclosed, the inductor comprising: a T-shaped magnetic core, being made of a material comprising an annealed soft magnetic metal material and having a base and a pillar integrally formed with the base, wherein ?C×Hsat?1800, where ?C is a permeability of the T-shaped magnetic core, and Hsat (Oe) is a strength of the magnetic field at 80% of ?C0, where ?C0 is the permeability of the T-shaped magnetic core when the strength of the magnetic field is 0.

Abstract: A hybrid permanent magnet motor rotor rotates around a central axis, and includes: a rotor core provided with a plurality of magnet installation slots; and a plurality of magnet parts embedded inside a plurality of magnet installation slots respectively, wherein the rotor is provided with a plurality of first magnetic pole parts and a plurality of second magnetic pole parts, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic pole part and the second magnetic pole part are arranged in opposite and alternately in the circumferential direction, and the magnetic placement of the first magnetic pole part is different from that of the second magnetic pole part, the amount of magnets used in the second magnetic pole part is greater than that used in the first magnetic pole part.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a high-safety ternary positive electrode material and a method for preparing the same; wherein the ternary positive electrode material has a chemical composition of Lia(NixCoyMn1-x-y)1-bMbO2-cAc, wherein 0.75?a?1.2, 0.75?x<1, 0<y?0.15, 1?x?y>0, 0?b?0.01, 0?c?0.2, M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Al, Zr, Ti, Y, Sr, W and Mg, and A is one or more selected from the group consisting of S, F and N; and CMn?(1?x?y)?0.07; CCo?y?0.05; 0?[CMn?(1?x?y)]/(CCo?y)?2.0. The ternary positive electrode material of the present disclosure is a high-nickel single crystal material with gradient concentration; it has the advantages of high capacity and high thermal stability, and the preparation method is simple, and is suitable for large-scale production.

Abstract: A process for separating hydrogen from a gas mixture having hydrogen and a larger gas molecule is comprised of flowing the gas mixture through a carbonized polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) copolymer membrane having a hydrogen permeance in combination with a hydrogen/methane selectivity, wherein the combination of hydrogen permeance and hydrogen/methane selectivity is (i) at least 30 GPU hydrogen permeance and at least 200 hydrogen/methane selectivity or (ii) at least 10 GPU hydrogen permeance and at least 700 hydrogen/methane selectivity. The carbonized PVDC copolymer may be made by heating and restraining a polyvinylidene chloride copolymer film or hollow fiber having a thickness of 1 micrometer to 250 micrometers to a pretreatment temperature of 100° C. to 180° C. to form a pretreated polyvinylidene chloride copolymer film and then heating and restraining the pretreated polyvinylidene chloride copolymer film to a maximum pyrolysis temperature from 350° C. to 750° C.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a wafer-bonding stack structure having a sidewall layer and an exposed first component layer; forming a photoresist layer on the first component layer; performing an edge trimming process to at least remove the sidewall layer; and removing the photoresist layer. In this way, contaminant particles generated from the blade during the edge trimming process may fall on the photoresist layer but not fall on the first component layer, so as to protect the first component layer from being contaminated.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes: providing a substrate and a dielectric layer on the substrate; forming a hole in the dielectric layer; forming an initial barrier material layer and a conductive layer on an upper surface of the dielectric layer and in the hole; removing part of the initial barrier material layer and part of the conductive layer to form a barrier material layer and a via element in the hole respectively and expose the upper surface of the dielectric layer. An upper surface of the barrier material layer is higher than the upper surface of the dielectric layer.

Abstract: The top cover structure for a secondary battery includes: an insulating plate, provided with a lower through hole penetrating up and down; a top cover plate located on the top of the insulating plate, provided with an upper through hole interconnected with the lower through hole and penetrating up and down; a conductor, passing through the upper through hole and the lower through hole and fixedly connecting with the top cover plate and the insulating plate, and the conductor is provided with an intersecting hole penetrating through the conductor. An intersecting hole penetrating through the conductor is provided on the conductor, so that the conductor can not only connect and conduct the secondary battery from the outside to the inside of the secondary battery, but also can conveniently inject or replenish liquid into the secondary battery through the intersecting hole, thereby improving the production efficiency of the secondary battery.

Abstract: A current collector has a pore-forming functional coating layer, an electrode sheet and a battery. The current collector having a pore-forming functional coating layer comprises an electrically conductive substrate layer and a functional coating layer applied on at least one surface of the substrate layer, wherein the functional coating layer comprises a gas-generating compound which has a decomposition temperature of 250° C. or less and is capable of producing gas. A compound capable of generating gas by decomposition is applied in the functional layer of the current collector. Hence, through holes extending through the coating layer can be produced by decomposing the pore-forming compound at the bottom of the active coating layer to generate gas with no need to change the existing coating process, thereby improving the kinetic performance of battery products. The method is simple, practicable, cost efficient, suitable for popularization, and has high application value.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a driving substrate and a first light emitting diode element. The driving substrate has a plurality of driving structures. Each of the driving structures includes a first pad, a second pad, a third pad and a fourth pad. The plurality of driving structures include a first driving structure. The first light emitting diode element is electrically connected to a first pad and a second pad of the first driving structure, and the first light emitting diode element crosses a line connecting a third pad and a fourth pad of the first driving structure. A manufacturing method of the display apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A ternary positive electrode material, a method for preparing the same, a positive electrode sheet and a lithium ion battery in which the ternary positive electrode material has a chemical composition of Lia(NixCoyM1-x-y)1-bM?bO2-cAc, wherein 0.75?a?1.2, 0.5?x<1, 0<y?0.1, 0?b?0.01, 0?c?0.2; M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn and Al; M? is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Zr, Ti, Y, Sr, W and Mg; A is at least one selected from the group consisting of S, F and N; and 2%?CCol?CCo, 5%?CAl?CAll. The lithium ion battery shows better short-term kinetic performances and long-term kinetic performances, and it also exhibits excellent stability in long-term cycles.

Abstract: A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. The first sub-pixels are disposed on the substrate. The first sub-pixels have a first orienting characteristic. A first adherent material is disposed between the first sub-pixels and the substrate. The second sub-pixels are disposed on the substrate. The second sub-pixels have a second orienting characteristic. A second adherent material is disposed between the second sub-pixels and the substrate. The first orienting characteristic and the second orienting characteristic are different. The first adherent material and the second adherent material are different.

Abstract: Preparation of a silicon composite material, and a negative electrode plate containing same, relating to the field of silicon-based composite materials. The silicon composite material comprises silicon nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, silicon oxide, lithium oxide, and lithium metasilicate. The carbon nanotubes and the silicon nanoparticles are dispersed and cross-linked to form a three-dimensional network structure. Silicon oxide, lithium oxide, and lithium metasilicate cover the three-dimensional network structure to form secondary particles. The secondary particles and graphite are homogenized and coated according to a specific particle size ratio to prepare the negative electrode plate containing the silicon composite material and having high-capacity development, good conductivity, high coulombic efficiency, small volume expansion, and high cycling stability.

Abstract: A safe lithium-ion battery and a manufacturing method therefor in which a positive or negative plate contain a redox shuttle agent. A battery positive electrode material is lithium iron phosphate, or a mixture of lithium iron phosphate and one or more of lithium nickel cobalt manganese oxide, lithium manganate, and lithium cobalt oxide, or a mixture of lithium iron phosphate and one or two of lithium manganese iron phosphate and lithium-rich lithium iron oxide. The lithium iron phosphate accounts for more than 60% (mass ratio). In the manufacturing process of an electrode plate (a positive plate or a negative plate), a redox shuttle agent is added as an additive. The additive can start a redox shuttle reaction at a specific voltage to convert redundant electrical energy into thermal energy; continuous charging can be tolerated under a voltage of 3.8-3.95V, thereby improving safety performance of the battery.

Abstract: A battery module comprises a fixing component including a plurality of insertion posts, the insertion posts being sandwiched between a plurality of the cells. Further, the cell is provided with a fillet structure on the edges and the insertion post is connected to the fillet structure. According to the battery module, a plurality of removable reinforcement points are provided by a plurality of insertion posts, which do not affect the stacking density of the cells in the battery pack, and increasing the mechanical connection strength of the battery module. The removable design of the battery module and insertion posts solves the maintenance problem of the integrated battery pack and improves the safety of the battery module, featuring high structural strength, integrity and stability. A battery pack can include the battery module and an electric vehicle can include the battery pack.