Abstract: A battery pack for an electrical device including a housing having a first housing portion defining a first compartment and a second housing portion defining a second compartment, a plurality of battery cells disposed within the first compartment and configured to supply power to the electrical device, a circuit board disposed within the first compartment and including a heat generating component, and a heat sink coupled to the second housing portion and disposed adjacent the heat generating component. The heat sink includes a first portion extending toward the heat generating component and disposed within the first compartment, and a second portion extending away from the heat generating component and disposed within the second compartment.

Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure pertains to a method of forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a high-k gate dielectric layer over a channel region of a substrate; depositing a work function metal layer over the high-k gate dielectric layer; forming a titanium nitride (TiN) cap over the work function metal layer, wherein the TiN cap includes one or more oxygenated regions; depositing a silicon cap layer over the TiN cap; depositing a conductive glue layer over the silicon cap layer; and depositing a gate fill metal layer over the conductive glue layer to form a gate structure.

Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus and method for contactlessly sensing a biological signal and recognizing a user's physiological information using same. The operating method of the sensing apparatus for contactlessly sensing biological signals may include a process of performing an initial setting in a contactless sensing apparatus, a process of obtaining video data from the contactless sensing apparatus, a process of removing noise from the video data, a process of extracting only a region of interest from the video data, and a process of estimating information on biological activity by analyzing the region of interest.

Abstract: A first node obtains first power control information (PCI) based on an information security protection requirement, a maximum transmit power of a second node, and channel information between the first and second nodes. The first PCI is a piece of PCI that is obtained through prediction and that maximizes a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal of the first node when the information security protection requirement is met. The received signal includes a signal from the second node. In addition, the first node sends the first PCI to the second node, where the first PCI is used by the second node to generate a first signal. The first node then receives the first signal from the second node, where the first signal includes data information and security protection information, and the security protection information is used to protect information security of the data information.

Abstract: A portable robotic semiconductor pod loader may detect, with at least one sensor, receipt of a semiconductor pod on a load port of the portable robotic semiconductor pod loader. The at least one sensor is supported by the load port. The portable robotic semiconductor pod loader may cause a robot, of the portable robotic semiconductor pod loader, to align with the semiconductor pod provided on the load port. The portable robotic semiconductor pod loader may cause the robot to attach to the semiconductor pod, and may cause the robot to provide the semiconductor pod from the load port to a staging area of a semiconductor processing tool.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a CYP4A-inhibiting compound as an active ingredient for preventing or treating metabolic diseases, more specifically to a composition comprising the compound expressed by chemical formula 1 of the present invention or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient for preventing, ameliorating or treating metabolic diseases.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a network element comprising an ingress pipeline and at least one queue from which to egress packets. The network element can receive a packet and generate a congestion notification packet at the ingress pipeline to a sender of the packet based on detection of congestion in a target queue that is to store the packet and before the packet is stored in a congested target queue. The network element can generate a congestion notification packet based on a queue depth of the target queue and likelihood the target queue is congested. The likelihood the queue is congested can be based on a probabilistic function including one or more of Proportional-Integral (PI) or Random Early Detection (RED). The network element can determine a pause time for the sender to pause sending particular packets based at least on a time for the target queue to drain to a target level.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum chuck and a method for securing a warped semiconductor substrate during a semiconductor manufacturing process so as to improve its flatness during a semiconductor manufacturing process. For example, a semiconductor manufacturing system includes: a vacuum chuck configured to hold a substrate, wherein the vacuum chuck comprises, a plurality of vacuum grooves located on a top surface of the vacuum chuck, wherein the top surface is configured to face the substrate; and a plurality of flexible seal rings disposed on the vacuum chuck and extending outwardly from the top surface, wherein the plurality of flexible seal rings are configured to directly contact a bottom surface of the substrate and in adjacent to the plurality of vacuum grooves so as to form a vacuum seal between the substrate and the vacuum chuck, and wherein each of the plurality of flexible seal rings has a zigzag cross section.

Abstract: A method and a system for dynamically tuning thermal design power and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described. The system is configured to dynamically tune turbo boost mode operation parameters of a central processing unit (CPU), independent of related settings of a turbo boost operation state of the CPU. In an embodiment, a controller is configured to send a power tuning signal to a basic input/output system (BIOS) to directly intervene and tune a real-time operating power of the CPU.

Abstract: An immunity detecting kit includes an immune-stimulant agent and a Chinese herb combination or a nutrient combination. The immune-stimulant agent includes a phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and a lipopolysaccharide (LPS). The Chinese herb combination includes at least one Chinese herb extract. The nutrient combination includes at least one nutritional product. A using method of immunity detecting kit is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition including amino acids, a method of enhancing plant disease resistance using the same, a method of preventing or treating a plant disease, use in enhancing plant resistance, use in preventing or treating a plant disease, a composition including amino acids for controlling a plant disease, a method of controlling a plant disease using the same, and use in controlling a plant disease.

Abstract: A system and method for cleaning ring frames is disclosed. In one embodiment, a ring frame processing system includes: a plurality of blades for mechanically removing tapes and tape residues from surfaces of a ring frame; a plurality of wheel brushes for conditioning the surfaces of the ring frame; and a transport mechanism for transporting the ring frame.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for processing a plurality of log files from one or more storage systems. A log pattern concerning at least two or more log files is identified by processing each log file from the plurality of log files using one or more processing threads. A potential overlogging issue associated with the log pattern is identified.

Abstract: A portable robotic semiconductor pod loader may detect, with at least one sensor, receipt of a semiconductor pod on a load port of the portable robotic semiconductor pod loader. The at least one sensor is supported by the load port. The portable robotic semiconductor pod loader may cause a robot, of the portable robotic semiconductor pod loader, to align with the semiconductor pod provided on the load port. The portable robotic semiconductor pod loader may cause the robot to attach to the semiconductor pod, and may cause the robot to provide the semiconductor pod from the load port to a staging area of a semiconductor processing tool.

Abstract: A switching converter includes: a power stage circuit configured to switch at least one switch of the power stage circuit according to a control signal, to convert an input voltage to an output voltage; and a control circuit configured to execute modulation on a pulse width according to a feedback voltage related to the output voltage, to generate the control signal in a heavy load status. In a light load status, and when the switching converter operates at a discontinuous conduction mode (DCM), after an inductor current flowing through the power stage circuit has already become a zero current, the control circuit ceases executing modulation on the pulse width according to the feedback voltage and ceases keeping a compensation voltage correlated with the output voltage at a present level.

Abstract: A method for configuring a plurality of memory units and a plurality of logic units in an integrated circuit includes providing a plurality of predefined parameters of the plurality of memory units, parsing the plurality of predefined parameters to generate a plurality of parsed parameters, compiling the plurality of memory units and the plurality of logic units at the same stage to generate a plurality of candidates of mapping results according to the plurality of parsed parameters, selecting a candidate of the mapping results from the plurality of candidates of the mapping results, and disposing the plurality of memory units and the plurality of logic units onto the integrated circuit according to the candidate of the mapping results.

Abstract: A circuit board mounting support adapted to mount a circuit board includes a fixing device including a first fixing member and a second fixing member, a heat dissipating device having a through hole corresponding to the second fixing member and being in contact with a surface of an electronic component disposed on the circuit board, a first compression spring exerting an elastic force on the heat dissipating device along a direction, and a restricting member disposed on the heat dissipating device, detachably engaged with the second fixing member, and restricting the heat dissipating device from moving in directions other than the direction of the elastic force. The second fixing member has an abutting portion and a fixing portion detachably fixed on the first fixing member and passes through the through hole. Two opposite ends of the first compression spring respectively abut against the abutting portion and the heat dissipating device.

Abstract: A signal processing method for processing a signal received by a receiver device includes: performing a first correlation calculation on the received signal to obtain a first calculation result; performing carrier frequency offset estimation and compensation on the received signal to obtain a first compensated signal; performing a second correlation calculation on the first compensated signal to obtain a second calculation result; performing carrier frequency offset compensation on the first compensated signal to obtain a second compensated signal; determining whether at least one phase of the second compensated signal is correct; and determining whether at least one decoding result of the second compensated signal is correct. The received signal is determined not a signal conforming to a predetermined standard when the at least one phase of the second compensated signal or the at least one decoding result of the second compensated signal is determined incorrect.

Abstract: A signal processing method for processing a signal received by a receiver device includes: performing a first correlation calculation on the received signal to obtain a first calculation result; performing carrier frequency offset estimation and compensation on the received signal to obtain a first compensated signal; performing a second correlation calculation on the first compensated signal to obtain a second calculation result; performing carrier frequency offset compensation on the first compensated signal to obtain a second compensated signal; determining whether at least one phase of the second compensated signal is correct; and determining whether at least one decoding result of the second compensated signal is correct. The received signal is determined not a signal conforming to a predetermined standard when the at least one phase of the second compensated signal or the at least one decoding result of the second compensated signal is determined incorrect.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a method for designing an optimal analog precoder for improving frequency spectrum efficiency in a millimeter wave-based multi-user massive MIMO-based hybrid beamforming system and a hybrid beamforming system applying the same, and more specifically, to a method for designing an optimal analog precoder using an approximation technique and an iterative optimization algorithm, and a hybrid beamforming system to which the same is applied.