Abstract: A lithography method in semiconductor fabrication is provided. The method includes generating multiple groups of small drops of a target material through a number of nozzles in such a way that small drops in each of the groups are aggregated to an elongated droplet of the target material. The method also includes generating a laser pulse from a laser generator to convert the elongated droplets to plasma which generates an EUV radiation. The method further includes exposing a semiconductor wafer to the EUV radiation.

Abstract: A terahertz element of an aspect of the present disclosure includes a semiconductor substrate, first and second conductive layers, and an active element. The first and second conductive layers are on the substrate and mutually insulated. The active element is on the substrate and electrically connected to the first and second conductive layers. The first conductive layer includes a first antenna part extending along a first direction, a first capacitor part offset from the active element in a second direction as viewed in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a first conductive part connected to the first capacitor part. The second direction is perpendicular to the thickness direction and first direction. The second conductive layer includes a second capacitor part, stacked over and insulated from the first capacitor part. The substrate includes a part exposed from the first and second capacitor parts.

Abstract: This application describes a data transmission method, a terminal device, and a network device. The method may include determining, by a terminal device, a reporting type of channel state information (CSI), where the reporting type is used to indicate a relationship between CSI of a beam that is currently reported by the terminal device and CSI of a beam that is previously reported by the terminal device in a current reporting period. The method may also include sending, by the terminal device, CSI of N beams to a network device based on a reporting type and a codebook parameter, where the codebook parameter is used to indicate a quantity N of the currently reported beams, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. According to the data transmission method, the terminal device, and the network device described in the embodiments of this application, CSI reporting flexibility can be improved, thereby improving system performance.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a PD-1 gene-modified humanized animal model. The method utilizes the CRIPSR/Cas9 technique to replace partial fragments of a mouse PD-1 gene with fragments of a human PD-1 gene using homologous recombination by constructing a targeting vector, thereby preparing a gene-modified humanized mouse. This mouse can normally express a PD-1 protein containing the functional domain of the human PD-1 protein, and can be used as an animal model for mechanism research regarding PD-1, PD-L1 and other signals, for screening regulators, and for toxicological research. The method has an important and high application value in studies on functions of the PD-1 gene and in the development of new drugs.

Abstract: A lens driving device being capable of stabilizing a motion of a lens holder is provided. A lens driving device includes a lens holder configured to support a lens, a frame surrounding a periphery of the lens holder, and a support mechanism configured to support the lens holder so as to be freely movable relative to the frame in an optical axis direction of the lens. The support mechanism includes a support member provided in the frame and a guide portion provided in the lens holder. The support member extends in the optical axis direction of the lens, and the support member is in contact with the guide portion at least at two points in a cross section orthogonal to the optical axis direction of the lens.

Abstract: A base station (BS) in a wireless communication network for bandwidth allocation requests (BARs) and method of operating the BS. The method includes receiving an uplink (UL) BAR for an amount of UL resources for transmission of UL data to the BS and determining, based at least in part on the UL BAR, an amount of backhaul resources for transmission of backhaul data from the BS to a parent BS of the BS via a wireless backhaul connection. The method further includes receiving the UL data; transmitting, to the parent BS at least before reception of the UL data is complete, a first BAR indicating the determined amount of the backhaul resources; and transmitting the received UL data to the parent BS via the wireless backhaul connection based on the first BAR.

Abstract: A method of producing a cell culture chip, in which a first adhesive is film-formed on a first substrate having transparency such that a first adhesive layer and a recessed portion on which one or more cell culture flow paths are formed face each other, and a second adhesive is film-formed on the first substrate such that a second adhesive layer and a flat portion around the recessed portion face each other, thereby obtaining a cell culture flow path substrate, the first adhesive containing a polyester-based resin having a glass transition temperature of 5° C. or higher, and the second adhesive containing a polyester-based resin having a glass transition temperature of lower than 5° C.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a pellicle frame in a frame shape, having an upper end face to arrange a pellicle film thereon and a lower end face to face a photomask, and which is characterized by being provided with a notched part from an outer side face toward an inner side face of the upper end face, and to provide a pellicle characterized by including the pellicle frame as a component.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate which includes a first pixel area and a second pixel area. A third pixel area is spaced apart from the second pixel area. A notch peripheral area is adjacent to the first, second and third pixel areas. A plurality of pixels are provided in the first, second and third pixel areas. A first scan line is disposed on the substrate. The first scan line includes a first portion disposed in the second pixel area, a second portion disposed in the third pixel area, and a third portion which connects the first portion to the second portion. The third portion is disposed in the notch peripheral area. A second scan line is disposed on the substrate in the first pixel area. A surface area of the first scan line is from about 90% to about 110% of a surface area of the second scan line.

Abstract: An elastic wave device includes a supporting substrate, an acoustic multilayer film on the supporting substrate, a piezoelectric substrate on the acoustic multilayer film, and an IDT electrode on the piezoelectric substrate. The acoustic multilayer film includes at least four acoustic impedance layers. The at least four acoustic impedance layers include at least one low acoustic impedance layer and at least one high acoustic impedance layer having an acoustic impedance higher than the low acoustic impedance layer. The elastic wave device further includes a bonding layer provided at any position in a range of from inside the acoustic impedance layer, which is the fourth acoustic impedance layer from the piezoelectric substrate side towards the supporting substrate side, to an interface between the acoustic multilayer film and the supporting substrate.

Abstract: A software-defined data center, and a deployment method for a service cluster are described therein. An SDN controller manages a cluster by using a shared IP address. The SDN controller obtains an online virtual machine event that is sent by an edge switch accessed by a new online virtual machine; obtains a MAC address of the new online virtual machine, and identifies the new online virtual machine; then identifies whether an IP address of the new online virtual machine is a shared IP address; and if the IP address of the new online virtual machine is the shared IP address, deploys the new online virtual machine to a service cluster corresponding to the shared IP address. The SDN controller automatically completes creation, capacity expansion of the service cluster, so that no manual intervention from a tenant is required, and tenant experience is good.

Abstract: A display substrate having a display area and a peripheral area is provided. The display substrate in the peripheral area includes a flexible base substrate; a first insulating layer on the flexible base substrate; a first signal line layer including a plurality of first signal lines on a side of the first insulating layer away from the flexible base substrate; and a second insulating layer on a side of the first signal line layer away from the flexible base substrate. The display substrate has a plurality of first vias extending through a respective one of the plurality of first signal lines, exposing a first surface of the first insulating layer; and the second insulating layer extends through the plurality of first vias to be in direct contact with the first surface of the first insulating layer.

Abstract: One example method includes copying code and a security signature of a first off-chip boot to a static random access memory (SRAM) for signature verification, where a function implemented by the first off-chip boot includes initializing a double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR), and the DDR initialization includes configuring a DDR secure zone, executing, in the SRAM, the code of the first off-chip boot after the signature verification on the first off-chip boot succeeds to initialize the DDR and configure the DDR secure zone, copying code and a security signature of a second off-chip boot to the DDR secure zone for signature verification, where the second off-chip boot is all of other boots in off-chip boots except the first off-chip boot, and executing, in the DDR secure zone, the code of the second off-chip boot after the signature verification on the second off-chip boot succeeds.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display is capable of reducing variation in power transmitted to pixels to reduce or prevent non-uniformity of brightness from being generated. The organic light emitting display includes a pixel including a red sub pixel, a green sub pixel, and a blue sub pixel and first pixel power source lines for supplying a first pixel power from a first pixel power source to the red sub pixel, the green sub pixel, and the blue sub pixel, wherein the first pixel power source lines coupled to at least two different color sub pixels of the red, green and blue sub pixels have different widths. The first pixel power source lines have widths that may correspond to a voltage drop of the first pixel power source or may correspond to deterioration of the respective sub pixels to which they are coupled.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a blue light blocking layer to block a blue light which is not converted by a color conversion layer, and a reflection preventing layer over the blue light blocking layer to prevent reflection of external light incident thereon.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a driving method and device of a touch display panel. The driving method includes: acquiring image data of an image to be displayed; judging whether the acquired image data is a reloaded picture with a default polarity mode; performing polarity adjustment on the image data when judging that the image data is a reloaded picture with a default polarity mode; and driving the touch display panel to display image according to the image data after polarity adjustment. Wherein the default polarity mode includes: the polarities of image data corresponding to each two adjacent data lines are opposite, while the polarities of image data corresponding to the same data line are the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a pixel driving circuit and a method of driving the same, a display panel and a display apparatus. The pixel driving circuit includes: a driving circuit, an energy storage circuit, a data and sensing line, a first initialization circuit, a second initialization circuit and a data writing circuit.

Abstract: A semiconductor switch control circuit includes: a pulse signal generating part configured to generate a pulse signal which becomes a time reference for performing an ON/OFF control of a semiconductor switch; a drive current generating part configured to generate a drive current based on the pulse signal which the pulse signal generating part generates and to supply the drive current to a gate electrode of the semiconductor switch; a current detecting part configured to detect a drain current or a source current of the semiconductor switch; and a drive current control part configured to have a function of controlling a drive current which the drive current generating part generates based on the pulse signal which the pulse signal generating part generates and the current which the current detecting part detects.