Abstract: A wireless device includes a front end and a processor coupled to the front end. The processor is to initiate, via the front end, association of the wireless device with an anchor wireless device to communicate with the anchor wireless device. The processor is further to cause the front end to transmit, to the anchor wireless device, management frames including a plurality of bits that specify physical layer (PHY) capabilities. The plurality of bits includes a particular bit that indicates whether the wireless device is an Internet-of-things (IoT) device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a memory testing system, including at least one memory device, a power supply, and a processor. The power supply is configured to provide a first reference voltage to the at least one memory device according to a control signal. The processor is configured to provide the control signal to control the power supply to vary the first reference voltage among multiple voltage levels and test the at least one memory device under the voltage levels to generate multiple first testing results corresponding to the voltage levels.

Abstract: A wave soldering machine is configured to perform a wave soldering operation on a printed circuit board. The wave soldering machine includes a housing and a conveyor coupled to the housing. The conveyor is configured to deliver a printed circuit board through the housing. The wave soldering machine further includes a wave soldering station coupled to the housing. The wave soldering station includes a solder pot having a reservoir of solder material, a flow duct positioned in the reservoir of the solder pot, and a wave soldering nozzle assembly coupled to the flow duct. The wave soldering nozzle assembly has a solder distribution baffle configured to create a solder wave. The wave soldering nozzle assembly is configured to control a width of the solder wave through the solder distribution baffle to produce a maximum width solder wave and a minimum width solder wave.

Abstract: A health manager may receive health information from a user, the health information including current health data associated with the user and anonymized user identification information. A health manager may, based on the health information and the anonymized user identification information, access, from a secure health datastore, health history for the user. A health manager may, based on the health information and the health history, generate a contextual health query for a foundation model system. A health manager may provide the contextual health query as an input to the foundation model system. A health manager may receive, from the foundation model system, a health analysis for the user based on the contextual health query.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a first epitaxial layer disposed on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate and formed to have a first conductive type by an epitaxial growth process, a photoelectric conversion device disposed on the first epitaxial layer, the photoelectric conversion device having a second conductive type which differs from the first conductive type and a second epitaxial layer disposed between the photoelectric conversion device and a second surface of the semiconductor substrate and formed to have the second conductive type through the epitaxial growth process, wherein the photoelectric conversion device is an epitaxial layer of the second conductive type formed by the epitaxial growth process.

Abstract: A battery cell stack assembly for a prismatic battery includes a plurality of monocells and two current collector bracket assemblies. Each monocell includes an anode electrode sheet having an outer perimeter and an anode cell tab and a cathode electrode sheet having a cathode cell tab. One of the current collector bracket assemblies electrically connect each of the anode cell tabs with one another and a remaining current collector bracket assembly electrically connects each of the cathode cell tabs with one another, and each current collect bracket assembly includes at least one arm that is positioned to electrically connect either two or more of the anode cell tabs or two or more of the cathode cell tabs to one another.

Abstract: Multiplex CARS microscopy device for analysing a sample (Ech) comprising: -a laser source (LS) suitable for emitting a primary beam (FP) having a first wavelength ?1, in the form of pulses (IL1) with a power called the primary power; -an optical fibre (F) supporting fewer than ten modes, said pulses propagating through the optical fibre (F) in anomalous dispersion regime so as to generate, from the primary beam, an output beam (FSC) containing a plurality of second wavelengths forming a supercontinuum (SC), and said first wavelength ?1, the second wavelengths being generated by non-linear conversion of the first wavelength ?; -an optical system (MO) suitable for focusing the output beam onto said sample, so as to generate an anti-Stokes beam (STK) via stimulated Raman scattering induced by at least one of the second wavelengths and the first wavelength ?1 present in the output beam; -a photodetector (Det) suitable for detecting the anti-Stokes beam.

Abstract: A communication system includes a plurality of nodes connected in a daisy-chain via respective bus links configured for full duplex, synchronized communication. A node is configured to communicate a mailbox message with one or more connected nodes, the mailbox message having a flexible message size or flexible destination defined based on register access. A node includes a mailbox register configured to store a message header and one or more words of a current message for one or both of a transmit direction or a receive direction. The node includes a message buffer configured to store one or more messages including the current message for transmission or reception. The node includes a tunnel controller configured to communicate the current message from or to the message buffer as one or more mailbox packets with one or more of the connected nodes that participate in a mailbox tunnel over the daisy-chain.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a device-agnostic environment with real-time rendering during instrument construction may include causing, via a processor of a user device, a graphical user interface of the user device to output a construction interface operable to edit contents of an instrument; causing, via the processor, the graphical user interface to output a rendered view of the instrument, wherein: the rendered view is generated via a simulated rendering environment of a base device operating on the user device, such that the simulated rendering environment interprets data of the instrument and generates the rendered view as if the instrument were natively displayed on the base device and while being agnostic to display characteristics of the user device; and the simulated rendering environment is configured to update the rendered view in real-time in response to adjustment to the construction interface.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for interfaces to manage inter-regional connectivity for direct network peerings. A system may include a connectivity coordinator, a first resource collection in a first geographical zone and a second resource collection in a second geographical zone. The coordinator implements a programmatic interface defining connectivity operations. The coordinator receives a request via the interface to establish a logically isolated network path to the second resource collection on behalf of a client that has a dedicated physical link set up to connect to the first resource collection. In response to the request, the coordinator performs one or more configuration operations to enable traffic to flow from the client's network to the second resource collection over a logically isolated network path using the dedicated physical link.

Abstract: A method of automated database element processing includes training a wide machine learning model with historical feature vector inputs to generate a wide ranked element output. The method includes training a deep machine learning model with the historical feature vector inputs to generate a deep ranked element output. The method includes generating a set of inputs specific to an individual entity, obtaining a set of current article database elements, and creating a feature vector input according to the set of inputs and the set of current article database elements. The method includes processing the feature vector input with the wide machine learning model to generate a wide ranked element list, processing the feature vector input with the deep machine learning model to generate a deep ranked element list, and merging database elements of the wide and deep ranked element lists to generate a ranked element recommendation output.

Abstract: Systems and processes for managing and applying data classification labels are provided. In a method for managing data classification labels, a request may be received from a client application to fetch data classification labels from a policy server. Authentication information may be retrieved and passed to the policy server, and an access token may be received from the policy server based on a rights check performed using the authentication information. The access token may be provided to an interface for the policy server for use in generating a request for a list of data classification labels accessible via the access token, and the list of data classification labels may be received. Output data usable by the client application to generate a presentation of the list of data classification labels for selection by a user of the client application to classify data managed by the client application may be generated.

Abstract: Implementations disclosed herein relate to utilizing at least one existing manually engineered policy, for a robotic task, in training an RL policy model that can be used to at least selectively replace a portion of the engineered policy. The RL policy model can be trained for replacing a portion of a robotic task and can be trained based on data from episodes of attempting performance of the robotic task, including episodes in which the portion is performed based on the engineered policy and/or other portion(s) are performed based on the engineered policy. Once trained, the RL policy model can be used, at least selectively and in lieu of utilization of the engineered policy, to perform the portion of robotic task, while other portion(s) of the robotic task are performed utilizing the engineered policy and/or other similarly trained (but distinct) RL policy model(s).

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a circuit board system including: a main board having a top side and a bottom side, wherein the main board has at least one cavity on its top side; a printed circuit board, PCB having a top side and a bottom side; and at least one first electronic component arranged on the top side of the PCB, and at least one second electronic component arranged on the bottom side of the PCB, wherein the PCB is arranged on the top side of main board, and wherein the at least one second electronic component on the bottom side of the PCB extends into the cavity on the top side of the main board.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information for identifying a person, an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of images, a setting unit that sets a check timing at which the images are checked, and a control unit that generates an album, and the control unit identifies the person included in the images using the identification information, generates person information related to the identified person, compares the person information of the person with set information at the check timing, and outputs notification information indicating that the person information does not satisfy the set information, when the person information does not satisfy the set information.

Abstract: A fabrication technique for a miniaturized implantable medical device is described. The technique includes fabricating microelectrodes on the sidewalls of a complimentary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) chip. By employing atomic layer deposition (ALD) and plasma-focused ion beam (FIB) milling, the technique eliminates the necessity for off-chip components, thereby reducing the device's overall size and enhancing its reliability. This novel approach provides a fully integrated, single-package solution for wireless, battery-free neural interfacing, offering advantages over traditional methods that rely on complex packaging, assembly and external components.

Abstract: A microelectronic device comprises a stack structure overlying a source tier. The stack structure comprising a vertically alternating sequence of conductive structures and insulative structures arranged in tiers. The microelectronic device comprises a staircase structure within the stack structure and having steps comprising lateral edges of the tiers, support structures vertically extending through the stack structure and within a horizontal area of the staircase structure, and conductive contacts vertically extending through the stack structure and horizontally neighboring the support structures within the horizontal area of the staircase structure. Each of the conductive contacts has a horizontally projecting portion in contact with one of the conductive structures of the stack structure at one of the steps of the staircase structure. Related memory devices, electronic systems, and methods of forming the microelectronic devices are also described.

Abstract: A solder particle manufacturing method includes a curing step of curing solder particles such that a hardness K of the solder particles under compressive deformation to 70% is 850 N/mm2 or greater and 1,500 N/mm2 or less, and a classifying step of classifying the solder particles after being cured by forcibly generating an airflow using a classifying device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a silicon composite anode material with controlled particle size distribution, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium-ion battery containing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a silicon composite anode material with controlled particle size distribution, which exhibits stress relaxation of each particle through distribution of various particle sizes and thus prevents mechanical destruction even under a high-pressure condition during a calendering process, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium-ion battery containing the same. The silicon composite anode material comprises a graphite mixture; a silicon nanolayer coated on the graphite mixture; and a carbon coating layer coated on the silicon nanolayer.

Abstract: A suspension system includes: a variable damper configured to use a damping force variable actuator to adjust communication of working fluid generated in a passage by a relative movement between a vehicle body and a wheel, to thereby adjust a damping force over a range of a soft characteristic to a hard characteristic; and a controller configured to control the damping force variable actuator. The variable damper further includes a frequency response unit configured to reduce the damping force for vibration at a specific frequency. The controller is configured to increase a change rate from a soft side to a hard side at a time of controlling the damping force to reach a target damping force when a frequency of the relative movement between the vehicle body and the wheel is lower than a first frequency set to the frequency response unit.