Abstract: A housing for a luminaire is disclosed. The housing can include a housing top and a housing body coupled to each other. The housing body can include at least one wall that is bendable to form a cavity. The housing body can also include at least one first housing body coupling feature disposed on a first end, and at least one second complementary housing body coupling feature disposed on the first end adjacent to the at least one first housing body coupling feature. The housing body can further include at least one second housing body coupling feature disposed on a second end, and at least one first complementary housing body coupling feature disposed on the second end adjacent to the at least one second housing body coupling feature.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a drum that rotates about an axis and rotating an anvil roll that rotates about an axis of rotation. The drum includes a fluid nozzle and a press member, the press member having an outer surface. The anvil roll includes a compliant outer circumferential surface. First and second substrates are advanced in a machine direction onto the drum. The fluid nozzle moves radially outward and a jet of heated fluid may be directed onto the substrates. The fluid nozzle retracts radially inward and the press member may be shifted radially outward. The substrates may be compressed between the press member and the anvil roll such that the press member deforms the compliant outer circumferential surface of the anvil roll.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a titanium-alloy substrate which is formed plastically by performing die casting and forging to alloyed titanium at least one time. The present invention is characterized in that this titanium-alloy substrate is provided with a first structure layer which is arranged in a configuration of long axis crystal structure, and a second structure layer which is disposed on a side in adjacent to the first structure layer and is arranged in a configuration of equiaxed crystal structure.

Abstract: An image capturing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a front lens group, an aperture stop and a rear lens group. The front lens group includes at least two lens elements, wherein one lens element closest to an imaged object of the at least two lens elements has negative refractive power and an image-side surface being concave. The rear lens group includes at least four lens elements, wherein one lens element closest to an image surface of the at least four lens elements has an image-side surface being concave. The image capturing optical lens assembly has a total of eight lens elements.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a tunneling well, a tunneling oxide layer, a charge storage layer and a control gate. The tunneling oxide layer is disposed on the tunneling well. The tunneling oxide layer includes a first tunneling oxide segment having a first thickness, a second tunneling oxide segment having a second thickness, and a third tunneling oxide segment having a third thickness, and the first thickness, the second thickness and the third thickness are different from each other. The charge storage layer is disposed on the tunneling oxide layer, and the control gate is disposed on the charge storage layer.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate set positioned on the substrate, a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate respectively at two sides of the gate set, at least a first doped region formed in the drain region, and at least a second doped region formed in the substrate. The source region and the drain region include a first conductivity type, the first doped region and the second doped region include a second conductivity type, and the first conductivity and the second conductivity type are complementary to each other. The first doped region and the second doped region are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a more efficient transmission of network traffic are provided. According to one embodiment, presence of outbound payload data, distributed across a first and second payload buffer, within a user memory space of a network device that has been generated by a user process is determined by a bus/memory interface or a network interface unit. The payload data is fetched by performing direct virtual memory addressing of the user memory space including mapping virtual addresses of the payload buffers to corresponding physical addresses, including: (i) when the payload buffers are noncontiguous, then retrieving the outbound payload data with reference to multiple buffer descriptors having starting virtual addresses of the payload buffers and (ii) when they are contiguous, then retrieving the outbound payload data with reference to a single buffer descriptor. The outbound payload data is then segmented across one or more TCP packets.

Abstract: A display device may include a plurality of pixels, a plurality of source lines that may provide a plurality of data line signals to the plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines that may provide a plurality of gate signals to a plurality of switches associated with the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of voltage gate lines disposed parallel to the plurality of source lines and coupled to the plurality of gate lines at a plurality of cross point nodes. The plurality of cross point nodes are positioned in a pseudo random order across the display device.

Abstract: A physiological signal processing method for filtering noise generated by a physiological signal processing system is performed by a physiological signal processing system having a sensing device and a filtering device in connection with the sensing device. The method comprises steps of synchronously receiving a physiological signal and a vibrational signal detected by the sensing device, performing a noise determination algorithm to acquire information in multiple time periods with noises occurring in corresponding time periods according to the vibrational signal, performing a physiological signal filtering algorithm to filter the noises in corresponding time periods of the physiological signal and compensate the filtered physiological signal, and estimating a physiological parameter according to a result of the signal compensation to generate the physiological parameter with accuracy.

Abstract: An organic compound, a light modulating composition and a light modulating device are provided. The organic compound has a chemical structure represented by formula (I): X—Ar—X??(I) wherein X is Ar is The organic compound is transparent in its neutral state. The amide group or imide group introduced into the aromatic amine not only enhances the solubility of the organic compound in the solvent, but also enhances the electrochemical stability of the organic compound.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate and a gate structure on the substrate. The gate structure includes a high-k dielectric layer on the substrate and a bottom barrier metal (BBM) layer on the high-k dielectric layer. Preferably, the BBM layer includes a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion, in which the top portion being a nitrogen rich portion, and the middle portion and the bottom portion being titanium rich portions.

Abstract: A lithium ion battery electrolyte, comprises lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent and additives. The additives comprise an SEI film forming additive and furil and derivatives thereof, and the SEI film forming additive is at least one of vinylene carbonate, fluoroethylene carbonate and vinyl ethylene carbonate. Compared with the prior art, furil and derivatives thereof are added to the electrolyte as electrolyte additives in the present invention, to enhance the permeability for separator and the wettability for positive/negative electrode materials, facilitate the film forming reaction of the SEI film forming additive, and further improve the cycling performance of the lithium ion battery using the electrolyte. Furthermore, the furil and derivatives thereof have good chemical and electrochemical stability and free from decomposition reaction within the operating voltage range of the lithium ion battery, thereby imparting no negative effect upon battery performances.

Abstract: Methods and systems for monitoring use, determining risk, and pricing insurance policies for a vehicle having one or more autonomous or semi-autonomous operation features are provided. According to certain aspects, with the customer's permission, it may be detected by sensors that an occupant of the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle is experiencing a medical emergency. A nearby medical facility may be determined based upon the vehicle location and the detected medical emergency. A route from the current vehicle location to the medical facility may be determined, and the autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle may be automatically directed or routed to the medical facility. A message may also be generated and transmitted to the medical facility to alert them that a person in need of timely medical assistance is on the way. Life and auto insurance discounts may be generated for risk averse customers based upon their vehicles having the emergency response functionality.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure includes a substrate and an epitaxy region that is partially disposed in the substrate. A doping concentration of the epitaxy region increases from a bottom portion to a top portion of the epitaxy region. The present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure, including forming a recess in a substrate; forming an epitaxy region in the recess; and in situ doping the epitaxy region to form a doping concentration profile increasing from a bottom portion to a top portion of the epitaxy region.

Abstract: The invention provides a monitor circuit, which is used for a fan and receives a driving current and a driving voltage of the fan. The monitor circuit includes sensing circuits and a microcontroller. The sensing circuits respectively sense statuses of the fan and output sensing values. The microcontroller is used for monitoring whether the sensing values exceed preset value ranges respectively to obtain comparison results. The microcontroller outputs warning signals according to the comparison results. Each of the warning signals has a specific frequency.

Abstract: A master-slave compatible PDC system, comprising a master sensor, at least one slave sensor, which comprises an ultrasonic IC, a boost drive module, and a second ultrasonic transducer; the CPU module drives the first ultrasonic transducer via the master drive module, the first ultrasonic transducer amplifies and transmits echoed signals to a A/D conversion module of the CPU module via a master amplifier module, the CPU module drives the ultrasonic IC of the corresponding slave sensor via a slave drive module, the ultrasonic IC drives the second ultrasonic transducer via the boost drive module, and the second ultrasonic transducer feeds back the echoed signal to the A/D conversion module of the CPU module via the ultrasonic IC. In the Invention, the ultrasonic IC is employed for each slave sensor, enabling a farther detection distance and stronger anti-interference capability of the whole system.

Abstract: A peering relationship among two or more network appliances is established through an exchange of control messages among the network appliances. The peering relationship defines a cluster of peered network appliances, and at each network appliance of the cluster traffic flow state information for all the network appliances of the cluster is maintained. Network traffic associated with traffic flows of the network appliances of the cluster is managed according to the state information for the traffic flows. This managing of the network traffic may include forwarding among the network appliances of the cluster (i.e., to those of the appliances handling the respective flows) at least some of the network traffic associated with one or more of the traffic flows according to the state information for the one or more traffic flows. The traffic flows may be TCP connections or UDP flows.

Abstract: A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device is disclosed. The CMOS device includes a substrate with a first device region and a second device region formed thereon. A first isolation structure is formed in the first device region, and includes a first trench filled with a first material. A second isolation structure is formed in the second device region and includes a second trench filled with a second material. The first material and the second material have different stresses. A first gate structure is disposed atop the first material and completely covering the first trench. A second gate structure is disposed atop the second material and completely covering the second trench.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transistor device having a channel region comprising a sandwich film stack with a plurality of different layers that improve device performance, and an associated apparatus. In some embodiments, the transistor device has a source region and a drain region disposed within a semiconductor substrate. A sandwich film stack is laterally positioned between the source region and the drain region. The sandwich film stack has a lower layer, a middle layer of a carbon doped semiconductor material disposed over the lower layer, and an upper layer disposed over the middle layer. A gate structure is disposed over the sandwich film stack. The gate structure is configured to control a flow of charge carriers in a channel region located between the source region and the drain region.