Abstract: Exemplary probes including longitudinal marker elements arranged parallel to the probe axis are provided for reducing or eliminating non-uniform rotational distortions (NURD) in imaging systems. Additional ring marker elements may also be provided to reduce or eliminate non-uniform linear distortion (NULD). These probes, as well as systems and methods of use provide for images having better image quality and reduced NURD.

Abstract: Optical coupler structures have an insulator layer on a substrate, a waveguide structure in the insulator layer, and a cladding layer on the waveguide structure and the insulator layer. Optical grating couplers are on the cladding layer and the waveguide structure is connected between the optical grating couplers. The waveguide structure is discontinuous between the optical grating couplers. The insulator layer includes an array at a transmission blocking region between discontinuous sections of the waveguide structure. This array can be a void opening array of openings or can be a blocking element array of disconnected elements in the insulator layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a single diffusion break device and methods of manufacture. The structure includes a single diffusion break structure with a fill material between sidewall spacers of the single diffusion break structure and a channel oxidation below the fill material.

Abstract: A method of fluorescence calibration. An excitation light is provided and incident on an object through an optical probe. The fluorescence light generated from the object is detected. Structural data of the object is acquired, and an optical attenuation property of the object is calculated based on the structural data. The fluorescence intensity is then calibrated based on the optical attenuation property.

Abstract: One IC product disclosed herein includes, among other things, a semiconductor substrate, a first anti-fuse device formed on the semiconductor substrate, the first anti-fuse device comprising at least one first fin formed with a first fin pitch, a first source region and a first drain region, wherein the first anti-fuse device is adapted to breakdown when a first programing voltage is applied to the first anti-fuse device, and a second anti-fuse device formed on the semiconductor substrate, the second anti-fuse device comprising at least one second fin formed with a second fin pitch, a second source region and a second drain region, wherein the second anti-fuse device is adapted to breakdown when a second programing voltage is applied to the second anti-fuse device, wherein the first fin pitch is greater than the second fin pitch and wherein the first programming voltage is greater than the second programing voltage.

Abstract: A sand handling system having, for example, one to three sand separators are configured to be operatively connected to a well and an inlet of a common dumping vessel. Advantageously, the dumping vessel has a sensor to measure an amount of sand in the dumping vessel and provide a signal to a programmable controller which is arranged to dump the dumping vessel when a specified amount of sand is in the dumping vessel. The system automates the sand handling process and also measures and records data associated with a number of flowback parameters. The data can then be used in well design to improve oil and/or gas production, lessen sand production, reduce well damage and/or equipment corrosion due to, for example, sand.

Abstract: An example method comprises receiving, by a first PHY of a first transceiver, a timing packet, timestamping, by the first transceiver, the timing packet and providing the timing packet to a first intermediate node, determining a first offset between the first intermediate node and the first transceiver, updating a first field within the timing packet with the first offset between the first intermediate node and the first transceiver, the offset being in the direction of the second transceiver, receiving the timing packet by a second transceiver, the timing packet including the first field, information within the first field being at least based on the first offset, determining a second offset between the second transceiver and an intermediate node that provided the timing packet to the second transceiver and correcting a time of the second transceiver based on the information within the first field and the second offset.

Abstract: Methods of forming a gate cut isolation for an SRAM include forming a first and second active nanostructures adjacent to each other and separated by a space; forming a sacrificial liner over at least a side of the first active nanostructure facing the space, causing a first distance between a remaining portion of the space and the first active nanostructure to be greater than a second distance between the remaining portion of the space and the second active nanostructure. A gate cut isolation is formed in the remaining portion of the space such that it is closer to the second active nanostructure than the first active nanostructure. The sacrificial liner is removed, and gates formed over the active nanostructures with the gates separated from each other by the gate cut isolation. An SRAM including the gate cut isolation and an IC structure including the SRAM are also included.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a testing device and techniques of testing semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to an absolute phase measurement testing device and technique of testing semiconductor structures. The structure includes: a first frequency input source which provides a first signal to an up-converter at an input side of a test fixture; a down-converter on an output side of the test fixture; a second frequency signal source which provides a second signal at a higher frequency than the first signal to the up-converter and the down-converter on the output side of the test fixture; a bypass path which bypasses the test fixture and provides connection between the up-converter and the down-converter; and a digitizer that is connected to an output side of the down-converter.

Abstract: A process is provided for upgrading a renewable feedstock. The process includes introducing the renewable feedstock into a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) reactor unit operating under catalytic cracking conditions and comprising a circulating inventory of an equilibrium catalyst composition; removing a portion of the equilibrium catalyst inventory from the FCC reactor unit while replacing all the equilibrium catalyst removed from the unit with a spent catalyst to obtain a composite circulating catalyst within the FCC reactor unit; and contacting the composite circulating catalyst with the renewable feedstock in the FCC reactor unit under a steady state environment to provide a product stream comprising cracked products.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is described for automated seismic interpretation that includes receiving, at one or more processors, a pre-stack seismic dataset representative of the subsurface volume of interest; performing, via the one or more processors, a machine learning algorithm on the pre-stack seismic dataset to identify seismic facies based on AVA clusters, wherein the identified seismic facies include cluster sequences in depth for a plurality of spatial x-y locations in the subsurface volume; performing, via the one or more processors, seismic interpretation of the seismic dataset based on the identified seismic facies to generate a digital image of the seismic interpretation; and displaying the digital image of the seismic interpretation on a user interface.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to compositions containing 1) at least one water soluble polar aprotic organic solvent; 2) at least one quaternary ammonium hydroxide; 3) at least one carboxylic acid; 4) at least one Group II metal cation; 5) at least one copper corrosion inhibitor selected from the group consisting of 6-substituted-2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazines; and 6) water. The compositions can effectively strip positive or negative-tone resists or resist residues, and be non-corrosive to bumps and underlying metallization materials (such as SnAg, CuNiSn, CuCoCu, CoSn, Ni, Cu, Al, W, Sn, Co, and the like) on a semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A hydrodynamic bearing in the form of a flex pad bearing includes configurations structured to change a bearing characteristic. One form of the bearing includes a nonlinear back wall that includes a circular arc and a transition, where the back wall extends radially outward of a ligament. The bearing can include an opening for the deposit of a weighted mass, wherein the opening can threadingly receive a threaded weighted mass. In one form a sidewall that includes the back wall segment can have an average outer radius which determines a thickness of the flex pads.

Abstract: A downhole drilling system is disclosed. The downhole drilling system may include a drill bit including a first electrode and a second electrode. The downhole drilling system may also include a pulse-generating circuit coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. A capacitor within the pulse-generating circuit may include a plurality of electrode sheets and a plurality of dielectric sheets interleaved with the plurality of electrode sheets. Each of the dielectric sheets may include a composite material including a polymer matrix formed from a polymer component and a nanoparticle component that increases the dielectric constant of the composite material above that of the polymer component.

Abstract: One device disclosed herein includes, among other things, first and second active regions, a first source/drain contact positioned above the first active region, a second source/drain contact positioned above the second active region, and a dielectric material disposed between the first and second source/drain contacts, wherein the dielectric material defines an air gap cavity positioned between the first and second source/drain contacts.

Abstract: A compressor system is provided that includes a contact cooled compressor and a coolant separator. The coolant separator is used to remove coolant fluid from a compressed flow stream produced by the contact cooled compressor during its operation. The coolant separator routes the removed coolant fluid back to the contact cooled compressor for further use. In some forms the coolant fluid is cooled prior to delivery back to the compressor. A stop valve can be provided in the coolant fluid return line to halt the flow of the fluid. A pressure sensitive member can be disposed to sense pressure of the coolant fluid that has been routed past the stop valve. Operation of the compressor can be changed as a result of the sensed pressure from the pressure sensitive member. Information from a temperature sensitive member can also be used to change operation of the compressor.

Abstract: A compressor system includes a compression module having an inlet for receiving air; and a filter housing in fluid communication with the compression module. The filter housing is constructed to house a filter, the filter having a sealing feature disposed at a first end of the filter and having an engagement feature disposed at a second end of the filter opposite the first end. The filter housing includes a trap door constructed to contact the engagement feature, and constructed to drive the engagement feature in a direction parallel to an axis of the filter toward the sealing feature and urge the sealing feature into sealing engagement with the filter housing.

Abstract: A method is described for image-domain full waveform inversion. The method may include receiving, at a computer processor, a seismic dataset representative of the subsurface volume of interest and an initial earth model; performing, via the computer processor, an image domain full waveform inversion to generate an updated earth model; and performing, via the computer processor, seismic imaging of the seismic dataset using the updated earth model to generate a seismic image. The method may be executed by a computer system.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods receive a token and a request to create a joint tenant, wherein at least one of the token and the request identifies a first user of a first tenant of a first service; receive one or more administrator credentials for a second service; send the one or more administrator credentials and a request to create a service account to the second service; and create a joint tenant that includes a tenant of the first service and a tenant of the second service, wherein the first user is included in the tenant of the first service, and wherein the service account is included in the tenant of the second service.

Abstract: A method forms a trench isolation opening extending into an SOI substrate, and forms an etch stop member in a portion of the insulator layer abutting a side of the trench isolation opening. The etch stop member has a higher etch selectivity than the insulator layer of the SOI substrate. A trench isolation is formed in the trench isolation opening. A contact is formed to a portion of the semiconductor layer of the SOI substrate. The etch stop member is structured to prevent contact punch through to the base substrate of the SOI substrate.