Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods to attest to and verify the integrity of cargo during transport by an autonomous vehicle are provided. An autonomous vehicle can discretize parameters associated with transportation of cargo and can generate a keyed hash digest from the discretized parameters. The keyed hash digest can be sent to a stakeholder in the transportation of the cargo to attest to the integrity of the cargo during transport.

Abstract: A capacitor structure and a forming method thereof are provided. The capacitor structure includes a substrate and a bottom electrode composite layer on the substrate. The bottom electrode composite layer includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer on the first electrode layer. An oxidation rate of a material of the second electrode layer is lower than an oxidation rate of a material of the first electrode layer. The capacitor structure also includes a dielectric structure layer on the bottom electrode composite layer.

Abstract: A device includes a substrate, a first stack of semiconductor nanostructures vertically overlying the substrate, and a gate structure surrounding the semiconductor nanostructures and abutting an upper side and first and second lateral sides of the first stack. A first epitaxial region laterally abuts a third lateral side of the first stack, and a second epitaxial region laterally abuts a fourth lateral side of the first stack. A first inactive fin laterally abuts the first epitaxial region, and a second inactive fin laterally abuts the second epitaxial region and is physically separated from the first inactive fin by the gate structure.

Abstract: A cell structure of a silicon carbide MOSFET device, comprising a drift region (3) located on a substrate layer (2), a second conducting type well region (4) and a first JFET region (51) that are located in the drift region (3), an enhancement region located within a surface of the well region (4), a gate insulating layer (8) located on a first conducting type enhancement region (6), the well region (4) and the first JFET region (51) and being in contact therewith at the same time, a gate (9) located on the gate insulating layer, source metal (10) located on the enhancement region, Schottky metal (11) located on a second conducting type enhancement region (7) and the drift region (3), a second JFET region (52) located on a surface of the drift region (3) between the Schottky metals (11), and drain metal (12).

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a source/drain region and a gate electrode adjacent the source/drain region, forming a hard mask over the gate electrode, forming a bottom mask over the source/drain region, wherein the gate electrode is exposed, and performing a nitridation process on the hard mask over the gate electrode. The bottom mask remains over the source/drain region during the nitridation process and is removed after the nitridation. The method further includes forming a silicide over the source/drain region after removing the bottom mask.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for monolithic integration preparation of a full-color nitride semiconductor micro light-emitting diode (micro-LED) array.

Abstract: A method for protecting a power system having inverter-interfaced renewable energy sources is provided. The power system includes an inverter and a control system. The control system includes a current controller including a saturation limiter and a proportional and integral (PI) controller, a phase-locked system, and a low-voltage ride-through (LVRT) control unit. The method includes: by using a Park transformation matrix, determining an output voltage of the inverter; determining a modulated voltage of the output voltage; upon detecting a grid fault, obtaining current references by the LVRT control unit; determining a fault current in a first stage of a transient phase of the grid fault; determining a fault current in a second stage of the transient phase; determining a fault current in a third stage of the transient phase; and switching the control system to a fault control mode by tracking the fault currents in the first, second and third stages, to the current references.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method of operating an internet-of-things (IoT) device. An internet-of-things device with an energy storage is provided. At least one energy harvest window for the internet-of-things device is provided during which energy provided by the network device is stored in the energy storage in a wireless manner. The energy harvest window takes place before a discontinuous reception time window and/or before a paging occasion. Moreover, a system for operating an internet-of-things (IoT) device is described.

Abstract: An easily disassembled lens module in a terminal device includes a lens assembly, a circuit board, and a structural member. The circuit board includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion which are connected in sequence. The first portion is connected to the lens assembly, the second portion and the third portion protrude from the lens assembly. The structural member includes a connecting portion fixed on the third portion and at least one pulling portion protruding from the third portion. After installation in the terminal device, the lens assembly can be disassembled by using the at least one pulling portion to pull on the structural member so that the lens assembly can be disassembled without using tools and without causing damage.

Abstract: A video decoding method, a video encoding method, related devices, and a storage medium are provided. The video decoding method includes: determining a current string to be decoded from a current coding unit of a current image; based on the current string being a unit vector string and the current string including a first pixel, determining a reference pixel of the first pixel from a historical decoding unit in the current image, the historical decoding unit being a decoded coding unit adjacent to the current coding unit in the current image, the reference pixel of the first pixel being adjacent to the first pixel in the current image; and acquiring a predicted value of the first pixel based on a reconstructed value of the reference pixel of the first pixel to obtain a decoded image.

Abstract: Techniques for implementing adaptive loop filtering are described. One example method of video processing includes making a first determination, for a conversion between a video unit of a video and a bitstream of the video, a first luma adaptive loop filter (ALF) boundary across which a luma adaptive loop filter is selectively applied to a luma component of the video unit and a second luma ALF boundary; making a second determination, from the second luma ALF boundary, a chroma ALF boundary across which a chroma adaptive loop filter is selectively applied for a chroma component of the video unit; and performing the conversion based on the first determination and the second determination.

Abstract: A method for processing a video data stream, a video decoding apparatus, and a method for encoding data stream are provided. The method includes: receiving a video data stream; generating a layer list using at least the patch-layer association information, the layer list including a first layer associated with the first view, the first layer being based on a first depth of the first view; assigning a first layer identification to the first layer; updating the view list section by adding the first layer as a second view; selecting a first target view for rendering on an output device; selecting one or more patches using at least the layer list and the patch list section; combining the selected one or more patches to form a first intermediate output frame; and performing post processing using at least the view list section.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application describe techniques of facilitating directing operations. The techniques comprise obtaining guest information of a target studio, where the guest information includes a room identification number of a guest room, the guest room associated with producing content scenes; generating a directing configuration file based on the guest information of the target studio; and sending the directing configuration file to a director terminal associated with content directing, so that the director terminal performs a directing operation based on the directing configuration file.