Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a semiconductor structure and a formation method thereof. The semiconductor structure formation method includes: providing a substrate, a dielectric layer on the substrate, the dielectric layer having a trench; forming a metallic copper layer filling the trench; forming a contact layer on an upper surface of the metallic copper layer, a material of the contact layer containing cuprous ions; and forming a barrier layer on an upper surface of the contact layer, a material of the barrier layer containing a same element as the material of the contact layer. The embodiments of the present application help improve a contact effect between the metallic copper layer and the barrier layer.

Abstract: Solid-state branching and/or crosslinking of aliphatic polyamide or polyester articles is achieved using a topical approach. A surface of the article is coated with a composition that includes a polyene and a free radical initiator. The article and applied coating are then heated to induce branching and/or crosslinking in the polyamide or polyester. This is performed below the crystalline melting temperature of the polyamide or polyester, or in the case of a fabric, below the melting temperature of the fibers in the fabric. Fabrics treated in this manner exhibit reduced or even no dripping in vertical flame tests.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: providing a base; forming a bottom electrode layer on the base, wherein a crystal structure of the bottom electrode layer includes a tetragonal crystal system; forming a first dielectric layer on a surface of the bottom electrode layer by using the bottom electrode layer as a seed layer, wherein a crystal structure of the first dielectric layer includes a tetragonal crystal system; and forming a first current blocking layer on a surface of the first dielectric layer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for embodiments of a graph based artificial intelligence systems for identity management are disclosed. Embodiments of the identity management systems disclosed herein may utilize artificial intelligence approaches for determining health indicators for the identity management state of an enterprise. Specifically, in certain embodiments, an artificial intelligence based identity management systems may utilize one or more components to generate signals associated with the identity management state of an enterprise based on a network identity graph and evaluate feature spaces of these input signals from these components based on a global objective function or the like.

Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a photodiode configured to photo generate image charge in response to incident light, a floating diffusion coupled to receive the image charge from the photodiode, a transfer transistor coupled between the photodiode and the floating diffusion to transfer the image charge from the photodiode to the floating diffusion, a reset transistor coupled between a variable voltage source and the floating diffusion, wherein the reset transistor is configured to be switched in response to a reset control signal, and a lateral overflow integration capacitor (LOFIC) coupled between the variable voltage source and the floating diffusion. The variable voltage source is configured to output a high-voltage level during a high conversion gain (HCG) reset signal readout and an HCG image signal readout, and a mid-voltage level during a LOFIC image signal readout and a LOFIC reset signal readout.

Abstract: A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes detecting an occurrence of an overheating condition in the UE, and based thereon, determining a first set of operating capabilities of the UE from a second set of operating capabilities of the UE, where the first and second set of operating capabilities are associated with a connection between the UE and a network entity, and where the first set of operating capabilities is a reduction in operating capability of the UE when compared to the second set of operating capabilities, triggering a transfer of UE capability information associated with the first set of operating capabilities, and applying, by the UE, the first set of operating capabilities to the connection.

Abstract: A method for performing an autonomous inspection. The method comprises traversing, by an autonomous sensor apparatus, a path through a site having three-dimensional objects located therein. The site includes three-dimensional objects located therein. The method comprises obtaining, by a plurality of sensors on-board the autonomous sensor apparatus, one or more data sets throughout the path. Each of the one or more data sets are associated with an attribute of one or more three-dimensional objects. The method comprises generating, by the first, second, or third processor, a working model from a collocated data set; and comparing, by the first, second, or third processor, the working model with one or more pre-existing models; to determine the presence and/or absence of anomalies. The presence and/or absence of anomalies are communicated as human-readable instructions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and provides a memory device, and a semiconductor structure and a forming method thereof. The forming method includes: providing a substrate, where the substrate includes a source region and a drain region spaced apart from each other, and a gate trench located between the source region and the drain region; forming, in sequence on an inner wall of the gate trench, a gate oxide layer, an interface layer, and a conductive layer that fills the gate trench; and etching back the side of the interface layer away from the bottom of the gate trench by using a wet etching process, such that a top height of the interface layer is lower than a top height of the conductive layer.

Abstract: A blister pack having a backing having a first side and an opposing second side. Each of the first and second side is flat or planar. The blister pack can also include a cover having a first side and an opposing second side. At least a portion of the second side of the cover is adhered to the first side of the backing to form a sealed package for containing product. The cover can include at least one blister. The blister pack can also include an active member positioned within each blister. Each active member can be in the form of a ring with an opening extending therethrough or a depression formed therein.

Abstract: An additive friction stir deposition machine and the method of using it. The friction stir deposition machine has a stationary tool with a fixed shoulder and an opening. The fixed shoulder is fixed from rotation with respect to a substate onto which feedstock material is deposited to build a layer. A guide tube holds the feedstock material and is rotatable within the stationary tool. The opening in the stationary shoulder circumscribes the open end of the guide tube. The feedstock material is co-rotatable with the guide tube and rotating the guide tube rotates with the feedstock.

Abstract: An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) includes a front end latch stage coupled to a Gray code (GC) generator to latch GC outputs, a signal latch stage coupled to latch outputs of the front end latch stage, a GC to binary stage coupled to generate a binary representation of the GC outputs, an adder stage including first inputs coupled to receive outputs of the GC to binary stage, a pre-latch stage coupled to latch outputs of the adder stage, and a feedback latch stage coupled to latch outputs of the pre-latch stage in response to a feedback latch enable signal. The feedback latch enable signal is one of a correlated multiple sampling (CMS) feedback enable signal and a non-CMS feedback enable signal. The ALU is configured to perform CMS calculations in response to the CMS feedback enable signal and perform non-CMS calculations in response to the non-CMS feedback enable signal.

Abstract: A package substrate and a semiconductor structure with the package substrate are provided. The package substrate includes a body and a conductive layer. The body includes an opening region. The conductive layer is disposed at the opening region. The conductive layer includes a first conductive bridge and a second conductive bridge. The first conductive bridge and the second conductive bridge are disposed at intervals. The first conductive bridge is provided with at least one first via. The first conductive bridge and the second conductive bridge are disposed at intervals in the opening region.

Abstract: A system includes a laser diode adapted to output an optical signal having a wavelength; an interferometer adapted to receive a portion of the optical signal from the laser diode; and a controller comprising a processor and coupled to the laser diode and the interferometer.

Abstract: A stylus provides input via a touchscreen comprising a touch sensor and a display. Latency between placement of a stylus tip and corresponding presentation of visual indicia on the display is reduced or eliminated by determining a predicted path of the stylus tip during a stroke. Visual indicia is presented on the display, based on the predicted path. Inputs from the touch sensor may include hover events associated with detection of the tip while not in contact with the touchscreen and touch events associated with presence of the tip on the touchscreen. A machine learning network may be trained to determine the predicted path. A portion of the network may be trained to accept dynamic-length sequences of events and generate fixed length sequences, reducing subsequent network complexity. A hand may be detected and used to determine the predicted path. The end of a stroke may be predicted, reducing overshoot.

Abstract: The present application provides an optical module and a medical laser device, belonging to the technical field of applying the light spot, comprising a first lens, a second lens and an array lens arranged in sequence along the main optical axis, wherein the first lens shapes a beam along the first direction of the main optical axis, the second lens shapes the beam along the second direction of the main optical axis, the array of array lenses is arranged along the second direction of the main optical axis. The laser beam enters the second lens after passing through the first lens, and the second lens diffuses the laser beam along the second direction of the main optical axis, and after the laser beam is converted from a Gaussian distribution to a flat-top distribution in the second direction, the laser beam is emitted through the array lens.

Abstract: A drilling system may have a drilling rig with a drill string including a BHA with a drill bit. The method may include determining a current BHA location and a future BHA location based on the current BHA location and a current trajectory of the BHA and comparing the future BHA location to a target drilling path. When the future BHA location is a predetermined distance from the target drilling path, then a plurality of geometric convergence paths may be generated, each providing a convergence solution from the current BHA location toward the target drilling path. The method may include determining (i) a distance to drill, (ii) an overall curvature, and (iii) a time required for drilling, of each of the geometric convergence paths and selecting a geometric convergence path responsive to the above. The wellbore may be drilled in accordance with the selected one of the plurality of geometric convergence paths.

Abstract: A distributed system and method for compressing and restoring data across edge computing devices and cloud infrastructure is disclosed. The system preprocesses raw data at edge computing devices, compresses the data into latent space vectors using distributed encoders within a variational autoencoder spanning edge and cloud components, decompresses the vectors using decoders, and processes them through a resource-aware neural upsampler to generate enhanced reconstructed outputs. The system dynamically adapts compression based on available computing resources and network conditions, while enabling secure distributed processing through homomorphic operations on compressed data. Edge-cloud coordination layers manage data flow, compression parameters, and workload distribution, while maintaining system reliability through intelligent failover handling and resource optimization.

Abstract: Low power event driven pixels and reset control circuits for the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an event driven pixel comprises a photosensor; a photocurrent-to-voltage converter coupled to the photosensor; and a difference circuit coupled to the photocurrent-to-voltage converter. The difference circuit includes a source follower transistor and is configured to generate a signal at a gate of the source follower transistor that is based on a voltage output from the photocurrent-to-voltage converter. The difference circuit is further configured to output a difference signal in response to assertion of a row select signal. The event driven pixel can further include a reset control circuit coupled to the difference circuit and configured to initialize the difference circuit, and to reset the difference circuit when the difference signal output from the event driven pixel indicates a change in the voltage greater than a threshold amount.

Abstract: Fixed pattern noise (FPN) reduction techniques in image sensors operated with pulse illumination are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes, during a first sub-exposure period of a frame, (a) operating a first tap of a pixel to capture a first signal corresponding to first charge at a first floating diffusion, the first charge corresponding to first light incident on a photosensor, and (b) operating a second tap of the pixel to capture a first parasitic signal corresponding to FPN at a second floating diffusion. The method further includes, during a second sub-exposure period of the frame, (a) operating the second tap to capture a second signal corresponding to second charge at the second floating diffusion, the second charge corresponding to second light incident on the photosensor, and (b) operating the first tap to capture a second parasitic signal corresponding to FPN at the first floating diffusion.