Abstract: Disclosed is material saving clothing including a repeatedly usable general-purpose holding and looping member for replacement with a full-pad type or a partial-pad type absorbent article and an absorbent article. The holding and looping member has a rear waist portion that is provided with a rear opening and a rear clamp section and a front portion that is provided with a front opening and a front clamping section. The front portion is provided, on a lower portion of each of left and right sides thereof, with a side clamp section and anti-skidding glue. The absorbent article is provided, above a rear end thereof, with left and right rear pulling sections positionable into a rear opening and clamped (from opposite sides) by a rear clamp section and a front clamping section provided above a front end to be pulled through a front opening for clamping by a front clamping section.

Abstract: An interconnection structure includes a first dielectric layer, a bottom conductive feature present in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer present on the first dielectric layer, an aluminum-containing etch stop layer present between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, an upper conductive via present at least in the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the bottom conductive feature, and at least one aluminum-containing fragment present at least at a bottom corner of the upper conductive via.

Abstract: A system for active co-boresight measurement includes a detector, first and second steering mirrors, and a controller. The detector detects a portion of a transmission beam emitted by a transmitter and a portion of a received beam received from a remote terminal. The controller instructs the first steering mirror to scan the detected portion of the received beam to determine an alignment position. The controller controls a position of the first steering mirror to align the portion of the received beam with the alignment position on the detector, and controls a position of the second steering mirror to align the detected portion of the transmission beam with a defined position on the detector. The detected portion of the received beam at the alignment position and the detected portion of the transmission beam at the defined position correspond to the received beam and the transmission beam being aligned.

Abstract: The disclosed system may include (1) an optical element that receives an optical beam, (2) a wide field-of-view (FOV) quadrant photodetector that receives, from the optical element, first light originating from the optical beam, (3) a narrow FOV quadrant photodetector that receives, from the optical element, second light originating from the optical beam, and (4) a controller that controls an orientation of the optical element during at least a period of time based on a weighted combination of (a) output of the wide FOV quadrant photodetector in response to the first light, and (b) output of the narrow FOV quadrant photodetector in response to the second light. Various other systems, methods, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Abstract: A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor includes a semiconductor substrate and a capacitor device. The capacitor device includes a first conductor upright on the semiconductor substrate, a second conductor upright on the semiconductor substrate, and an insulator disposed used for insulating the first conductor from the second conductor. In a method for fabricating the capacitor device, a mask including a test line pattern and a capacitor pattern with a first trench pattern and a second trench pattern is used to form a test line and the first conductor and the second conductor of the capacitor device, thereby decreasing the cost of for fabricating the MIM capacitor.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a timing controller and a gate-driver on array (GOA) control circuit. The timing controller generates a frame synchronization signal. The GOA control circuit is coupled to the timing controller and includes a scan signal management circuit and a level shifter. The scan signal management circuit generates a scan signal management signal according to the frame synchronization signal, a predetermined panel parameter, and an operation clock signal. The scan signal management circuit includes a storage unit which stores the predetermined panel parameter. The level shifter generates a scan control signal according to the scan signal management signal to control a GOA of a display panel circuit. The GOA generates a gate driving signal to control a vertical scan operation of the display panel circuit.

Abstract: An interconnection structure includes a first dielectric layer, a bottom conductive feature present in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer present on the first dielectric layer, an aluminum-containing etch stop layer present between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, an upper conductive via present at least in the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the bottom conductive feature, and at least one aluminum-containing fragment present at least at a bottom corner of the upper conductive via.

Abstract: A compact system for active co-boresight measurement includes a detector, a steering mirror, and a controller. The detector detects a portion of a transmission beam emitted by a transceiver and a portion of a received beam that is received from a remote terminal. The controller measures an offset between the detected portion of the received beam and the detected portion of the transmission beam. The controller controls a position of the steering mirror to align the portion of the received beam with a defined position on the detector, the defined position based in part on the offset.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems for operating a battery exchange station. The present technology (1) receives battery information from a memory attached to each of a plurality of exchangeable batteries positioned in the battery exchange station; (2) receives a battery demand prediction associated with the battery exchange station; and (3) identifying one or more uninterruptible-power-supply (UPS) batteries from the plurality of exchangeable batteries at least partially based in part on the battery demand prediction and individual state of charges (SoCs) of the plurality of exchangeable batteries.

Abstract: An ocular optical system including an eyewear device and a tunable light attenuator is provided. The tunable light attenuator is disposed on a light path which the eyewear device is disposed on and includes a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal layers, a plurality of electrode layers, and a controller. Each of the cholesteric liquid crystal layers is disposed between two of the electrode layers. The controller is electrically connected to the electrode layers and configured to adjust voltages applied to the electrode layers so as to operate the cholesteric liquid crystal layers in at least two steps of light attenuation for randomly polarized light with at least one of a blue band and an ultraviolet band.

Abstract: Systems and methods for optical communication through air or space are disclosed. A method includes encoding one or more data frames with a data-link layer forward error correction (FEC) code to produce a plurality of encoded data frames and transmitting the plurality of encoded data frames from a transmitter (TX) to a receiver (RX) at least partially through air or space using a plurality of optical beams. The RX identifies a corrupted encoded data frame and reconstructs the corrupted encoded data frame using a data-link layer FEC decoder operating over a plurality of non-corrupted encoded data frames.

Abstract: An amplifier and an electronic device using the same are provided. The amplifier includes a first speaker, a second speaker, an acoustic box and at least one partition. The first speaker and the second speaker are disposed on a continuous surface inside the acoustic box. The partition is disposed on the continuous surface and interposed between the first speaker and the second speaker.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems for managing energy storage devices positioned in a device-exchange station. The method includes, for example, (1) receiving, by the device-exchange station from a server, information indicative of at least one characteristic associated with the energy storage devices; (2) selecting, by the device-exchange station, at least one energy storage device based on the at least one characteristic; and (3) adjusting the swapping priority of the at least one selected energy storage device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems for managing a battery-exchange station. The method includes (1) receiving, from a server, demand information for the battery-exchange station corresponding to a first time period; and (2) forming a charging plan for a plurality of batteries positioned in the battery-exchange station corresponding to the first time period based on a first instruction set stored in the battery-exchange station and the demand information corresponding to the first time period. The first instruction set includes one or more charging rules and information indicative of assigning the one or more charging rules to each of the batteries positioned in the battery-exchange station. The charging plan comprises one or more assigned charging rules for each of the batteries positioned in the battery-exchange station.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems for managing a plurality of device-exchange stations. The method includes, for example, (1) determining a score for each of the plurality of device-exchange stations based on an availability of energy storage devices positioned in each of the device-exchange stations; (2) determining a sequence of the plurality of device-exchange stations based on the score of each of the device-exchange stations; and (3) determining a price rate for each of the device-exchange stations by mapping the sequence of the device-exchange stations to a characteristic curve corresponding to a distribution of the price rate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems for maintaining energy storage devices positioned in a device-exchange station. The method includes, for example, (1) periodically sending, by the device-exchange station, a request to a battery management system (BMS) associated with an energy storage device positioned in the device-exchange station; (2) receiving, by the device-exchange station, maintenance information from the BMS; and (3) in response to the maintenance information, determine whether to perform a maintenance action.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems for providing two energy storage devices positioned in a device-exchange station. The method includes, for example, (1) receiving a request for retrieving two energy storage devices in the device-exchange station; (2) selecting a first energy storage device from a plurality of energy storage devices positioned in the device-exchange station based on characteristic information of each of the energy storage devices; (3) selecting a second energy storage device from the rest of the plurality of energy storage devices positioned in the device-exchange station based on the characteristic information of the first energy storage device and the rest of the plurality of energy storage devices; and (4) releasing the first and second energy storage device.

Abstract: Formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. A method includes forming a dielectric layer over a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature. The method also includes depositing a conformal layer in a first via hole and a second via hole in the dielectric layer. The method further includes removing the conformal layer in the second via hole. The dielectric layer remains covered by the conformal layer in the first via hole. In addition, the method includes etching the conformal layer in the first via hole and the dielectric layer until the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature become exposed through the first via hole and the second via hole, respectively. The method also includes forming a third conductive feature in the first via hole and a fourth conductive feature in the second via hole.

Abstract: A humanized care clothing includes: a coat body, a front body thereof including left and right front side sheets spaced a full open vacancy and a detachable connecting sheet covering the vacancy, two shoulders of the connecting sheet being connectable with or detachable from two shoulder portions of a rear body, and left and right sides thereof the two opposite sides of the left and right front side sheets; a pair of restricting sleeve, two receiving pockets, two limiting pockets, a lower body clothing, the pair of buttoning sleeves being detachable from and connectable with the respective left and right front side sheets, the receiving pocket for each restricting sleeve being sewn below it, the limiting pocket being respectively overlapped with the outer parts of the receiving pockets and capable of connecting the clothing sleeve with the lower body clothing; and a collar member.

Abstract: A system for active co-boresight measurement includes a detector, first and second steering mirrors, and a controller. The detector detects a portion of a transmission beam emitted by a transmitter and a portion of a received beam received from a remote terminal. The controller instructs the first steering mirror to scan the detected portion of the received beam to determine an alignment position. The controller controls a position of the first steering mirror to align the portion of the received beam with the alignment position on the detector, and controls a position of the second steering mirror to align the detected portion of the transmission beam with a defined position on the detector. The detected portion of the received beam at the alignment position and the detected portion of the transmission beam at the defined position correspond to the received beam and the transmission beam being aligned.