Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide for anion exchange membranes and processes for their manufacture. The anion exchange membranes described herein are made the polymerization product of at least one functional monomer comprising a tertiary amine which is reacted with a quaternizing agent in the polymerization process.

Abstract: An inductor capacitor (LC) tank includes a first inductor and a first tunable capacitive array. The first inductor has a first terminal and a second terminal, and the first tunable capacitive array has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first tunable capacitive array is at a path branching from a first point between the first terminal and the second terminal of the first inductor, the first terminal of the first tunable capacitive array is coupled to the first point, and the second terminal of the first tunable capacitive array and the second terminal of the first inductor are coupled to a reference voltage.

Abstract: Apparatuses, techniques, and methods for a security and/or automation system are described. In some cases, these may include detecting a presence of a person at a location; determine a first identification datum associated with the person; calculating a first probability of identification based at least in part on the first identification datum; determining an identity of the person based at least in part on the first probability; and initiating an action based at least in part on the determined identity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a selective data transmission method and a system based on a central monitoring system. The selective data transmission method includes a wireless sensor, wherein the wireless sensor executes the following steps of: A. collecting data; B. sending the data to a designated receiving end; C. selecting a receiving end according to an instruction, and taking the receiving end as the designated receiving end; and D. establishing a wireless connection with the designated receiving end. The present invention has the advantageous effects that the method and the system realize selective data transmission through transmitting the data to a selected receiving end, which not only can be applied to the field of medical monitoring, but also can be applied to such fields as security prevention, data backup and the like; working nodes can be switched.

Abstract: The present invention relates to four crystalline forms (crystalline forms A, B, C and D) of 5?-androstane-3?,5,6?-triol (YC-6) and preparation methods therefor. The four crystalline forms have significant difference in their lattice parameters, 2? values and intensity in X-ray power diffraction, and melting points, etc. The study on its polymorphism is very important for further studying its effect, bioavailability and stability.

Abstract: A semiconductor device having semiconductor device having a multi-height structure is provided. The semiconductor device having a multi-height structure includes a semiconductor substrate. A first structure and a second structure are respectively disposed on the semiconductor substrate and connected to each other. The second structure includes a limiting layer disposed on the upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first polysilicon layer disposed conformally on the limiting layer and the semiconductor substrate, and a second polysilicon layer disposed conformally on the first polysilicon layer. A ridge of the second polysilicon layer is disposed near an edge of the second structure beside the first structure, vertically aligned with the limiting layer and defined as a limiting block.

Abstract: A solid state storage system, and method of operation thereof, including: a system interface configured to receive host commands; a controller, coupled to the system interface, configured to identify frequently read data blocks from the host commands; a non-volatile memory, coupled to the controller, configured for access of the frequently read data blocks; an error correction code unit, coupled to the controller, configured to provide health monitor parameters for the frequently read data blocks verified by the controller; and a redundant frequently read data (RFRD) area, coupled to the error correction code unit, configured to transfer a recovered data from the frequently read data blocks.

Abstract: Techniques are described for utilizing Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) to transport BUM (broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast) traffic in a Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) underlay of a data center, where the BUM traffic is received on active-active, multi-homed Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) interconnects between multiple physical data centers. For example, the techniques may readily be applied to support usage of PIM-SM where provider edge (PE) routers of the EVPN operate as gateways between the EVPN and the VXLAN spanning the data center interconnect.

Abstract: A mobile device includes a network connection device capable of forming a communication connection to a cellular network and to a wi-fi network and communicating with an application server and an application capable of communicating through the both cellular and wi-fi networks device to a remote device. The mobile device also includes a context module that records and analyzes information about a user's interactions with data provide to the device by the remote device. The context module modifies an API call between the application and the application server based on analysis of prior usage of the application and a current communication connection of the network device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a filling container including a joint, where a side of the joint is provided with an inlet, another side of the joint is provided with a tube insertion cavity, and an inner end of the tube insertion cavity is connected to the inlet; a hollow tube bundle, including several hollow tubes, where an upper part of the hollow tube bundle is entirely inserted into the tube insertion cavity; a container, mounted at a lower end portion of a hollow tube by using an elastic fastener, where an inner cavity of the container is in communication with an inner passage of the hollow tube; and a holding mechanism, mounted on the joint at the tube insertion cavity, where the holding mechanism enables the tube insertion cavity to contract and hold the hollow tube bundle.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulated housing received in the metallic shell, receptacle terminals, and a grounding plate. The receptacle terminals and the grounding plate are at the insulated housing. The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending from the base portion. The grounding plate includes a plate body, extension arms, and contact regions. The front of the plate body is near to a front lateral surface of the tongue portion, and the rear of the plate body is extending to the base portion. The plate body is between the receptacle terminals. The extension arms are extending from the plate body. The contact regions are formed on the extension arms and in contact with an inner wall of the shell body. Accordingly, the grounding plate is in contact with the metallic shell for providing grounding and reducing the electromagnetic interference.

Abstract: A shoe upper includes a mesh covering unit having opposite first and second surfaces and including a plurality offirst and second yarns, and a fabric layer disposed on the second surface. Each of the first yarns has a first core yarn, and a first coating layer wrapped around the first core yarn and made from a thermoplastic material. The first and second yarns are interknitted to form a plurality of holes extending through the first and second surfaces, and to have first portions of the first coating layers and first portions of the second yarns forming the first surface, and second portions of the first coating layers and second portions of the second yarns forming the second surface The first portions of the first coating layers at the first surface are larger in surface area than the second portions of the first coating layers at the second surface.

Abstract: A chip package includes a chip, an adhesive layer, and a dam element. The chip has a sensing area, a first surface, and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. The sensing area is located on the first surface. The adhesive layer covers the first surface of the chip. The dam element is located on the adhesive layer and surrounds the sensing area. The thickness of the dam element is in a range from 20 ?m to 750 ?m, and the wall surface of the dam element surrounding the sensing area is a rough surface.

Abstract: A light-emitting diode includes from bottom to up: a substrate; a light-emitting epitaxial layer laminated by semiconductor material layers over the substrate; a current spreading layer doped with conductive metal nanomaterial groups over the light-emitting epitaxial layer; and metal nanomaterial groups with high visible light transmittance over the current spreading layer. The conductive metal nanomaterial groups dispersed inside the ITO current spreading layer can reduce horizontal resistance of the current spreading layer and improve horizontal spreading uniformity of current; and metal nanomaterial groups with high visible light transmittance are distributed over the upper surface of the current expansion layer for roughening and increasing light extract efficiency.

Abstract: A liquid crystal device with fingerprint identification function includes an array glass substrate, a colored light filtering glass substrate, an organic light-emitting layer, a pixel display layer and a detection wire and sensation electrode layer. The organic light-emitting layer, the pixel display layer and the detection wire and sensation electrode layer are disposed between the array glass substrate and the colored light filtering glass substrate. The pixel display layer cooperates with the internal wiring and electrode structures of the detection wire and sensation electrode layer to achieve complex functions of displaying, fingerprint detection/identification and touch control.

Abstract: An operating method of a communication device includes performing a scan procedure to receive a device name and an address of an external device; determining a connection interval corresponding to the external device according to one or more policies stored in the communication device under a condition that the device name and/or the address match the one or more policies; and building a connection with the external device according to the connection interval and the address of the external device, so that the communication device and the external device communicate corresponding to the connection interval.

Abstract: A laser uniformly machining apparatus and method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a laser unit, a shaping element, a collimating element, a scaling element and a focusing element. The laser unit provides a laser beam for machining. The shaping element shapes the laser beam into an annular beam. The collimating element modifies the direction of the annular beam in accordance with the direction of an optical axis to turn the annular beam into a collimated annular beam. The scaling element adjusts the collimated annular beam in accordance with a scaling ratio to produce a scaled annular beam. The focusing element focuses the scaled annular beam. The scaled annular beam is produced by the scaling element to form a focused beam having a uniformly distribution of light intensity in the direction of the optical axis.

Abstract: Present disclosure relates to a HID switch with security function that permits sharing of peripherals between multiple computers in a multi-network computer system. The HID switch is configured to connect at least one user input peripheral device and at least two host computers. The HID switch incudes a first directing module and a second directing module, wherein the two directing modules are physically isolated. The passages directed to the two directing modules are controlled by a physical peripheral selector. The physical peripheral selector is configured to selectively enable the first passage and the second passage, wherein only one of the first and second passages is to enabled at a time. When one of the first or the second passages is enabled, there is only one host computer is electrically connected to the user input peripheral device via one of the directing modules.

Abstract: A control voltage searching method is provided. Firstly, a control pulse with a preset control voltage and a preset pulse width is generated, and a control action on a memory cell. If the pulse count of the control pulse is smaller than a first number, the control voltage plus a first increment is set as an updated value of the control voltage. If the pulse count of the control pulse is not smaller than a first number, a first-stage verifying action is performed to judge whether the memory cell passes a first-stage verification test. If the memory cell passes the first-stage verification test, a second-stage verifying action is performed to judge whether the memory cell passes a second-stage verification test. If the memory cell passes the second-stage verification test, a target value of the control voltage is acquired.

Abstract: A method of forming an IC including a power semiconductor device includes providing a substrate having an epi layer thereon with at least one transistor formed therein covered by a pre-metal dielectric (PMD) layer. Contact openings are etched from through the PMD into the epi layer to form a sinker trench extending to a first node of the device. A metal fill material is deposited to cover a sidewall and bottom of the sinker trench but not completely fill the sinker trench. A dielectric filler layer is deposited over the metal fill material to fill the sinker trench. An overburden region of the dielectric filler layer is removed stopping on a surface of the metal fill material in the overburden region to form a sinker contact. A patterned interconnect metal is formed providing a connection between the interconnect metal and metal fill material on the sidewall of the sinker trench.