Abstract: A battery electrode includes a first metal foil, a second metal foil, and a thermoplastic polymer layer between the first metal foil and the second metal foil. The battery electrode also includes a first coating adjacent to the first metal foil such that the first metal foil is between the thermoplastic polymer layer and the first coating. The battery electrode also includes a second coating adjacent to the second metal foil such that the second metal foil is between the thermoplastic polymer layer and the second coating.

Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, that specifically bind and inhibit TREM-1 signaling, wherein the antibodies do not bind to one or more Fc?Rs and do not induce the myeloid cells to produce inflammatory cytokines. Also provided are uses of such antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, in therapeutic applications, such as treatment of autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display and processing circuitry. The display includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows, wherein a first grouping of the plurality of rows displays image content during a first portion of an image frame, and wherein a second grouping of the plurality of rows displays image content during a second portion of the image frame. The processing circuitry is operatively coupled to the display and determines a velocity associated with the image content displayed by the first grouping of the plurality of rows moving across the display and adjusts a position of the image content displayed by the second grouping of the plurality of rows during the second portion of the image frame.

Abstract: Provided herein are antibodies that bind to the alpha subunit of an IL-7 receptor (IL-7R?). Also provided are uses of these antibodies in therapeutic applications, such as treatment of inflammatory diseases. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain regions of the antibodies, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems related to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) are described. In one example aspect, a LIDAR apparatus includes a light emitter configured to generate, according to a first electrical pulse signal, a pulse light signal. The first electrical pulse signal comprises a first set of non-uniformly spaced pulses. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to convert returned light signals from the object into electrical signals and a filtering subsystem in communication with the receiver, configured to receive the electrical signals from the receiver and remove a point from a set of points representing at least a partial surface of the object as noise by determining whether there is a coherence between the point and corresponding neighboring points of the point along at least a first direction and a second direction of the set of points.

Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a substrate with a circuit region thereon and a copper interconnect structure disposed on the substrate. The copper interconnect structure includes an uppermost copper layer covered by a dielectric layer. An aluminum pad layer is provided on the dielectric layer. A metal layer is provided on the circuit region and is located between the uppermost copper layer and the aluminum pad layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and a conductive seal ring structure. The semiconductor substrate has a circuit region and a seal ring region surrounding the circuit region. The first dielectric layer is disposed over the seal ring region, wherein the first dielectric layer has a first dielectric constant. The second dielectric layer is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the first dielectric layer, wherein the second dielectric layer has a second dielectric constant that is lower than the first dielectric constant. The conductive seal ring structure is disposed in the seal ring region. The conductive seal ring structure includes a first seal ring portion embedded in the first dielectric layer, wherein the first seal ring portion includes first patterns arranged periodically and discontinuously.

Abstract: This document describes low-latency Bluetooth connectivity in a wireless network in which a central node and a peripheral node establish a connection. During a first connection interval, the peripheral node receives a packet from the central node to synchronize communication with the central node, and based on receiving the packet, the peripheral node transmits a first fixed-length packet. If the first fixed-length packet fails to reach the central node, the peripheral node does not receive an acknowledgement, ACK, from the central node during the first connection interval and retransmits the first fixed-length packet during the first connection interval.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods and systems for production (e.g., batch production) of a polypeptide product via cell culture. In some embodiments, the methods and systems use a first bioreactor (e.g., for cell culturing), an alternating tangential flow (ATF) microfilter (e.g., for removing a polypeptide product and culture medium from the cell culture while retaining cells), a second bioreactor (e.g., for concentrating the product), and an ATF ultrafilter (e.g., for retaining product in the second bioreactor and allowing culture medium to exit).

Abstract: A method includes calibrating, at a headset, a position of a headset user in a physical environment based on one or more virtual position indicators designated by the headset user in image data captured by one or more cameras of the headset. The method includes generating a visual representation of the physical environment based at least in part on the position. The visual representation schematically represents one or more structures of the physical environment and includes an avatar positioned in the visual representation to represent a location of a second headset user. The method includes displaying the visual representation of the physical environment at one or more display screens of the headset. The method also includes initiating a communication with the second headset user in response to a detection that the headset user selected the avatar from the visual representation displayed via the one or more display screens.

Abstract: Methods and systems for combining return signals from multiple channels of a LIDAR measurement system are described herein. In one aspect, the outputs of multiple receive channels are electrically coupled before input to a single channel of an analog to digital converter. In another aspect, a DC offset voltage is provided at the output of each transimpedance amplifier of each receive channel to improve measured signal quality. In another aspect, a bias voltage supplied to each photodetector of each receive channel is adjusted based on measured temperature to save power and improve measurement consistency. In another aspect, a bias voltage supplied to each illumination source of each transmit channel is adjusted based on measured temperature. In another aspect, a multiplexer is employed to multiplex multiple sets of output signals of corresponding sets of receive channels before analog to digital conversion.

Abstract: An electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) cell includes a first gate, a second gate and an erasing gate. The first gate and the second gate are disposed on a substrate, wherein the first gate includes a first floating gate and a first control gate stacked from bottom to top, and the second gate includes a second floating gate and a second control gate stacked from bottom to top. The erasing gate is sandwiched by the first gate and the second gate, wherein a side part of the first floating gate and a side part of the second floating gate right below the erasing gate both have multiple tips. The present invention also provides a method of forming said electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) cell.

Abstract: Methods are described for driving an electro-optic display having a plurality of display pixels. Each of the display pixels is associated with a display transistor. The method includes the following steps in order. A first voltage is applied to a first display transistor associated with a first display pixel of the plurality of display pixels. The first voltage is applied during at least one frame of a driving waveform. A second voltage is applied to the first display transistor associated with the first display pixel. The second voltage has a non-zero amplitude less than the first voltage and is applied during the last frame of the driving waveform.

Abstract: Methods and systems for combining return signals from multiple channels of a LIDAR measurement system are described herein. In one aspect, the outputs of multiple receive channels are electrically coupled before input to a single channel of an analog to digital converter. In another aspect, a DC offset voltage is provided at the output of each transimpedance amplifier of each receive channel to improve measured signal quality. In another aspect, a bias voltage supplied to each photodetector of each receive channel is adjusted based on measured temperature to save power and improve measurement consistency. In another aspect, a bias voltage supplied to each illumination source of each transmit channel is adjusted based on measured temperature. In another aspect, a multiplexer is employed to multiplex multiple sets of output signals of corresponding sets of receive channels before analog to digital conversion.

Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a substrate with a circuit region thereon and a copper interconnect structure disposed on the substrate. The copper interconnect structure includes an uppermost copper layer covered by a dielectric layer. An aluminum pad layer is provided on the dielectric layer. A metal layer is provided on the circuit region and is located between the uppermost copper layer and the aluminum pad layer.

Abstract: An electrophoretic display having a plurality of display pixels, each of the plurality of display pixels may include a pixel electrode for driving the display pixel, a single thin film transistor (TFT) coupled to the pixel electrode for transmitting waveforms to the pixel electrode, a front plane laminate (FPL) coupled to the single thin film transistor, and a storage capacitor coupled to the pixel electrode and placed in parallel with the FPL, where the storage capacitor is configured to be sufficiently ohmically conductive to allow the discharge of remnant voltages from the FPL through the storage capacitor.

Abstract: This document describes low-latency Bluetooth connectivity in a wireless network in which a central node and a peripheral node establish a connection. During a first connection interval, the peripheral node receives a packet from the central node to synchronize communication with the central node, and based on receiving the packet, the peripheral node transmits a first fixed-length packet. If the first fixed-length packet fails to reach the central node, the peripheral node does not receive an acknowledgement, ACK, from the central node during the first connection interval and retransmits the first fixed-length packet during the first connection interval.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for preparing antibodies and antibody derivatives with controlled levels of core fucosylation. In one aspect, provided herein is a method of controlling the level of afucosylation of an antibody or antibody derivative. In some embodiments, the invention provides a composition of antibodies or antibody derivatives produced by the instant methods. The antibodies and derivatives can be formulated as pharmaceutical compositions comprising a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of the antibody or derivative and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable ingredients.

Abstract: An electrophoretic display having a plurality of display pixels, each of the plurality of display pixels may include a pixel electrode for driving the display pixel, a single thin film transistor (TFT) coupled to the pixel electrode for transmitting waveforms to the pixel electrode, a front plane laminate (FPL) coupled to the single thin film transistor, and a storage capacitor coupled to the pixel electrode and placed in parallel with the FPL, where the storage capacitor is configured to be sufficiently ohmically conductive to allow the discharge of remnant voltages from the FPL through the storage capacitor.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and systems related to light detection and ranging (LIDAR) are described. In one example aspect, a LIDAR apparatus includes a light emitter configured to generate, according to a first electrical pulse signal, a pulse light signal. The first electrical pulse signal comprises a first set of non-uniformly spaced pulses. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to convert returned light signals from the object into electrical signals and a filtering subsystem in communication with the receiver, configured to receive the electrical signals from the receiver and remove a point from a set of points representing at least a partial surface of the object as noise by determining whether there is a coherence between the point and corresponding neighboring points of the point along at least a first direction and a second direction of the set of points.