Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes: a first substrate, with a first opening being provided on a surface of first substrate; and a first bonding structure positioned in the first opening. The first bonding structure includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer with a melting point lower than that of the first metal layer. The first metal layer includes a first surface in contact with a bottom surface of the first opening and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface is provided with a first groove, an area, not occupied by the first metal layer and the first groove, of the first opening constitutes a second groove, the second metal layer is formed in the first groove and the second groove, and a surface, exposed from the second groove, of the second metal layer constitutes a bonding surface of the first bonding structure.

Abstract: A waveguide includes a core and a cladding. The core has an inlet on which light is incident. The core includes a front portion and a rear portion located between the front portion and the inlet. The front portion and the rear portion each have a thickness that is a dimension in a first direction and a width that is a dimension in a second direction. The first direction is orthogonal to a propagation direction of the light. The second direction is orthogonal to the propagation direction of the light and the first direction. The thickness of the front portion decreases with increasing distance from the inlet.

Abstract: A signal generation circuit includes: a clock circuit configured to receive a flag signal and generate a clock signal; a control circuit configured to generate a control circuit; and a generation circuit connected to both the clock circuit and control circuit and configured to receive the clock signal, the control signal, and the flag signal and generate a target signal, wherein when the flag signal changes from a first level to a second level, the target signal changes from a third level to a fourth level, and after the target signal is maintained at the fourth level for a target duration, the target signal changes from the fourth level to the third level; and the generation circuit is further configured to determine the target duration according to the clock signal and control signal.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for the delivery of at least two active, therapeutic, or pharmaceutical agents in an oil-in-water emulsion, wherein at least one agent is delivered in the hydrophobic phase of the emulsion and at least one agent is delivered in the aqueous phase of the emulsion.

Abstract: A memory includes: a substrate; a transistor array including multiple transistors on a surface of the substrate, conducting channels of the transistors extending in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the substrate; and a storage layer, disposed at a side of the conducting channel of each transistor, communicated with the conducting channel of the transistor, and configured to store charges and perform charge transfer with the communicated conducting channel.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: providing a semiconductor base; patterning the first medium layer to form a groove extending along the base in the base; forming a first auxiliary layer and a first metal layer sequentially in the groove, where the first metal layer is located on the side of the first auxiliary layer towards the first medium layer; thinning the base on the second surface of the base to expose the first auxiliary layer; removing the first auxiliary layer to form a first opening; and forming a second metal layer on the second surface of the base, where the second metal layer fills the first opening.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an integrated circuit and a layout method thereof. First, a first pitch of a first standard cell having a maximum gate length in multiple standard cells in an integrated circuit is determined. The first pitch is a distance between a central axis of a polysilicon gate in the first standard cell and central axes of virtual polysilicon gates in the first standard cell. Then, a distance between a polysilicon gate and virtual polysilicon gates in each of the standard cells is adjusted by using the first pitch and a gate length of each of the standard cells. After the adjustment, a distance between a central axis of the polysilicon gate in each of the standard cells and central axes of the virtual polysilicon gates in each of the standard cells is the same as the first pitch.

Abstract: System(s) and method(s) for processing one or more real time data streams captured in a distributed computing environment. In accordance with the system(s) and method(s), a GUI may be provided that enables a user to design a GUI pipeline comprising multiple sub-systems executing logic associated with a plurality of applications. Each of the sub-systems in the pipeline may be configured with different parameters by the user using the GUI. Further, the user may configure to integrate the multiple sub-systems through the GUI. Further, the user may control and/or update the configuration of the logic, configuration of the parameters, and the integration of the multiple sub-systems through the GUI. The updating of the configuration is automatically notified to the running pipeline in real time. Further, the GUT facilitates to monitor performance of the running pipeline in real time.

Abstract: Devices and techniques are generally described for cross-domain machine learning. A first machine learning model may be trained using first data of a first domain. Predictions may be generated by inputting a plurality of domain data from other domains apart from the first domain into the first machine learning model. For each of the predictions, a prediction error may be determined. A grouping of similar domains from among the other domains may be determined based on the prediction errors. A second machine learning model may be trained for the grouping of similar domains.

Abstract: A leak detection apparatus and method and a wafer electroplating method are provided. An air tightness state of a reaction chamber in a wafer electroplating device is detected in advance before a wafer electroplating process is performed, namely whether leak occurs at the reaction chamber is judged by inputting a detection gas to the reaction chamber and detecting a gas pressure value of the detection gas, and whether to perform the wafer electroplating process is determined according to a judgment result.

Abstract: A portable electronic device and an image-capturing module thereof are provided. The image-capturing module includes a circuit substrate, an image-capturing chip, a plurality of first conductive materials, a filter component, a plurality of second conductive materials, and a lens assembly. The circuit substrate includes a plurality of substrate bond pads. The image-capturing chip includes a plurality of chip bond pads. The first conductive materials are respectively disposed on the chip bond pads. The filter component is disposed on the first conductive materials, and the filter component includes a light-transmitting body and a plurality of conductive structures disposed on the light-transmitting body and respectively electrically connected to the first conductive materials. Each of the second conductive materials is electrically connected between the corresponding conductive structure and the corresponding substrate bond pads.

Abstract: A turbofan engine has a fan portion in fluid communication with a core stream and a bypass stream of air separated by splitters disposed both upstream and downstream of the fan portion. A blade splitter (shroud) on the fan partially spans the fan blade thus separating the core and bypass streams downstream while leaving a gap upstream for communication between the flows. The communication gap expands the operational range of the fan over fans without the communication gap.

Abstract: Input data, such as audio and/or video data, may be captured from a first room, for example via microphones and/or cameras within the first room. A first quantity of people within the first room may be determined based at least in part on the input data. An alert may be provided when the first quantity of people exceeds a threshold quantity of people. Additionally, locations of people within the room may also be detected based at least in part on the input data. A first proximity of a first person in the room to a second person in the room may be determined. An alert may also be provided when the first proximity is less than a threshold proximity.

Abstract: Systems and methods for AI assisted analysis of a user experience study are provided. A study objective (a goal of the study) and data relating to all possible navigation routes within a digital interface are received. Simulated clickstreams for navigating from any state of the digital interface to the study objective are generated. This simulated clickstream data is then used to train one or more machine learning models to determine a most efficient path to achieve the study objective from any state of the digital interface. Subsequently, study results from many different participants is received. Key events are then identified within the study results. Additionally, the likelihood of failure for each of the plurality of study results is predicted using the machine learning model, and information density of the plurality of study results is determined.

Abstract: A waste treatment system for separating contaminants including per-fluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from bulk solid waste (12). A preparation module (9) having a bulk material separator separates oversize material (14) from bulk solid waste (12). A physical separation module (13), located down-stream of the preparation module (9), separates the bulk solid waste (12) based on particle size using physical and/or hydrodynamic and/or density separation techniques. An extraction/chemical separation module (19), located downstream of the physical separation module (13), adds leachate and/or extractant to separate the contaminants from a slurry output from the physical separation module (13), into a fines output and a contaminated water solution.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides for a computer-implemented method, including: causing, by a specifically programmed computer call management communication system, to transform, over a computer network, computing devices of users, into corresponding specialized call management devices, by having each computing device to execute a specialized call management client software application being in electronic communication with the specifically programmed computer call management communication system over the computer network by utilizing SIP; where the specialized call management client software application generates specialized graphical user interfaces configured to allow each user to concurrently initiate and maintain, over the computer network, a plurality of voice communications of distinct types with other users, by, for example, allowing each user to independently and dynamically divert, in real-time, any voice communication of any type to any audio device associated with a corresponding

Abstract: A data storage system and method are provided for storing data in non-volatile memory devices. Binary data is received for storage in a non-volatile memory device. The binary data is converted into non-binary data comprising base-X values, where X is an integer greater than two. The non-binary data is encoded to generate a codeword and the codeword is written to a wordline of the non-volatile memory device.

Abstract: A hybrid interchangeable battery evaluation tool (HIBET) is provided. HIBET determines an amount of electrical energy and an amount of jet fuel necessary for a hybrid electric aircraft to complete a flight based on a range of the flight, a payload of the hybrid electric aircraft, an indication of a battery mass limitation of the hybrid electric aircraft, and an optimization of an energy split between the electrical energy and the jet fuel. HIBET causes an indication of the amount of electrical energy to be displayed in a graphical user interface and/or to be otherwise outputted.

Abstract: The disclosure extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for producing financial goal planning having two dimensional and three dimensional graphical representations for financial goals.