Abstract: A personal vapor inhaling unit is disclosed. An electronic flameless vapor inhaler unit that may simulate a cigarette has a cavity that receives a cartridge in the distal end of the inhaler unit. The cartridge brings a substance to be vaporized in contact with a wick. When the unit is activated, and the user provides suction, the substance to be vaporized is drawn out of the cartridge, through the wick, and is atomized by the wick into a cavity containing a heating element. The heating element vaporizes the atomized substance. The vapors then continue to be pulled by the user through a mouthpiece and mouthpiece cover where they may be inhaled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for ultrasonic welding a flexible pouch are disclosed. The apparatus includes a base having a top surface mounted extending at an angle from horizontal. An anvil is mounted to the base. A horn is mounted to move to and away from the anvil. A guide is provided for positioning the pouch on the base. A finger is movable to and away from the pouch and engages a lower portion of the pouch during welding.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an electronic device includes a generally toroidal magnetic core having a first extension portion coupled to a first location of the generally toroidal magnetic core and a second extension portion coupled to a second location of the generally toroidal magnetic core generally opposite the first location and a common mode choke comprising a first wire and a second wire wound around the first extension portion and the second extension portion in a same winding direction. The first wire winds around the generally toroidal magnetic core in a first direction, and the second wire winds around the generally toroidal magnetic core in a second direction to form a primary winding. The electronic device further includes a transformer comprising the primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the secondary winding of the transformer comprises a third wire and a fourth wire wound around the generally toroidal magnetic core in opposite directions.

Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a capacitor body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode layer; and an external electrode disposed on the capacitor body. The capacitor body includes at least one lost portion defined as a region in which continuity of the internal electrode layer is disconnected, and the lost portion includes a Mg concentrated region including magnesium (Mg) as a main element. The dielectric layer includes an interface adjacent region defined to be a region from an interface of the dielectric layer and the internal electrode layer to a depth surface of 80 nm to 100 nm into the dielectric layer, and the interface adjacent region includes magnesium (Mg). The magnesium (Mg) included in the interface adjacent region of the dielectric layer has a lower atom % content than the magnesium (Mg) included in the Mg concentrated region of the lost portion.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for out of band blocker handling for local area base stations are described. The described techniques may enable a network entity to partition a range of gain state values that may be used to adjust a radio receiver into a plurality of regions of operation. Each of the plurality of regions of operation may be associated with a respective blocker (e.g., narrow band, in-band, out-of-band, etc.). For example, the network entity may calculate a prescale backoff value to apply to a received signal for a particular gain state value within a corresponding region of operation. The calculated prescale backoff value may then be applied to received signal resulting in a prescaled signal which may then be processed and decoded by the network entity.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive configuration information indicating a power offset, per resource block, between one or more first resource blocks to carry acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement feedback and one or more second resource blocks in a common interlace. The UE may transmit, using the power offset and using a transmission power that depends on whether a downlink pathloss value is indicated in the configuration information, a physical sidelink feedback channel transmission in the one or more first resource blocks and the one or more second resource blocks. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating control information are provided. A method of wireless communication performed by a first sidelink user equipment (UE) may include transmitting, to a second sidelink UE, a first sidelink synchronization block (S-SSB) in a scheduled S-SSB slot, performing a first listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure in an unlicensed frequency band, and transmitting, to the second sidelink UE, a second S-SSB in a slot before a next scheduled S-SSB slot based on the first LBT procedure being unsuccessful.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution for handling positioning measurement. In this solution, a first apparatus may determine a relationship between a completion time of a positioning measurement and an availability time of a serving cell of the first apparatus, or a first time length of a duration for performing the positioning measurement and a second time length of a validity duration of an uplink synchronization parameter in the serving cell. Then based on the determined relationship, the mobility activities may be processed properly.

Abstract: A system constituting a wireless communication network comprises a processor, and the processor being configured to execute; receiving an acquisition request to acquire information indicating a travel direction of a detection target object; and transmitting, based on the acquisition request, first sensing information, which is a sensing result of the detection target object, the first sensing information including information indicating the travel direction of the detection target object.

Abstract: One or more transmission parameters for data transmission may be determined for wireless communications. A wireless device may determine transmission parameters for data transmission based on configuration associated with control signaling. For example, the transmission parameters (e.g., transmission beam, transmission power, etc.) may be determined based on a selected spatial relation, among multiple spatial relations, corresponding to a control channel.

Abstract: In a base station, a signal allocating unit allocates downlink control signals (DCI) to a control channel region (CORESET) constituted by a plurality of control channel elements (CCEs), and a transmitting unit transmits the downlink control signals. In this case, the number of resource element groups (REGs) that constitute the CCE is a power of 2, and a bundling size indicating the number of REGs included in the REGs that constitute the CCE and arranged in adjacent resource blocks is a power of 2.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques relate to various scheduling procedures for wireless communications. In some implementations, a user equipment (UE) may estimate transmission power used over a duration for tracking a specific absorption rate (SAR) and may indicate the estimated transmission power to a network. The network may schedule the UE based on the estimated transmission power. In some implementations, the UE may receive a control message that includes an uplink grant and an indication to skip monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during a discontinuous reception cycle (DRX) on-duration. The UE may transmit a message to accept, partially accept, or reject the skipping of PDCCH monitoring. In some implementations, the UE may be configured for multiple user, multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) communications with other UEs. The UE may receive a message that indicates parameters of the other UEs.

Abstract: A power supply system can include a case, a plurality of sets of power converter connections within the case, and a plurality of power converters configured to be removably coupled to corresponding ones of the sets of connections. A power converter can include a housing, a plurality of power connectors configured to be removably coupled to corresponding ones of the connections, a plurality of heat generating devices within the housing, an external heat sink, and a heat pipe that thermally couples the heat generating devices to the external heat sink.

Abstract: An ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection device is disclosed. The ESD protection device is configured to protect an internal circuit. The ESD protection device includes an ESD protection array and a control circuit. The ESD protection array includes several ESD protection units. The control circuit is coupled to the ESD protection array. The control circuit is configured to control a conduction of each of the several ESD protection units so that a determined number of the several ESD protection units are conducted.

Abstract: A capacitor includes cup-shaped lower electrodes disposed on a substrate, a capacitor dielectric layer conformally covering inner surfaces and outer surfaces of the cup-shaped lower electrodes, and a support layer disposed between outer surfaces of the cup-shaped lower electrodes to connect the cup-shaped lower electrodes. The capacitor further includes an annealed oxide layer, which is interposed between the inner surfaces of the cup-shaped lower electrodes and the capacitor dielectric layer, and is also interposed between a portion of the outer surfaces of the cup-shaped lower electrodes and the capacitor dielectric layer. A method for forming the capacitor is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device comprising a transistor (T1, T2) comprising: a source (42) and a drain (43), a plurality of channels (41a, 41b, 41c) based on a semi-metallic material, a gate-all-around (50) surrounding the channels (41a, 41b, 41c), a gate dielectric layer (30) separating each channel (41a, 41b, 41c) and the gate-all-around (50), source and drain contacts (40S, 40D) based on the semi-metallic material, Advantageously, the gate-all-around (50) totally surrounds one or more of the channels (41a, 41b, 41c), according to a GAA architecture. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that includes channel layers vertically stacked over a substrate, a gate structure engaging the channel layers, a source/drain (S/D) formation assistance region partially embedded in the substrate and under a bottommost one of the channel layers, and an S/D epitaxial feature interfacing both the S/D formation assistance region and lateral ends of the channel layers. The S/D formation assistance region includes a semiconductor seed layer embedded in an isolation layer. The isolation layer separates the semiconductor seed layer from physically contacting the substrate.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for using chemical looping oxidative dehydrogenation (CLODH) to convert alkanes, such as propane, into alkenes, such as propene. The chemical looping is performed in the presence of an oxygen carrier that includes a substantial metal vanadate phase that allows for improved conversion of alkane. Depending on the aspect, the improved conversion can correspond to an improved amount of conversion per pass during reaction, an improved selectivity for forming alkene from alkane, or a combination thereof. In some aspects, additional advantages can be provided when the metal vanadate corresponds to a Group 2 metal vanadate, such as a magnesium vanadate.

Abstract: A feeding system for feeding individual animals of a herd feed, supplements, and combinations thereof. The feeding system includes one-to-many feed bin assemblies or feeding stations such that the system is able to dispense a specified mass of feed to specific animals at user-defined intervals. In this way, each animal of a herd is provided with optimal, individualized amounts of feed or feed material. Multiple feed bin assemblies in a single pasture, for example, can automatically form a network of feeders so that regardless of the specific feed bin assembly or feeding station within the feeding system that an animal visits, the specified amount and type of feed or feed material is delivered. Each feed bin assembly or feeding station can also be equipped with an access control mechanism to ensure each animal of a herd receives its individualized amounts of feed or feed material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to herbicidal mixtures and their methods and uses for controlling undesirable vegetation in conventional and tolerant, e.g.