Abstract: Methods for etching a semiconductor structure and for conditioning a processing reactor in which a single semiconductor structure is treated are disclosed. An engineered polycrystalline silicon surface layer is deposited on a susceptor which supports the semiconductor structure. The polycrystalline silicon surface layer may be engineered by controlling the temperature at which the layer is deposited, by grooving the polycrystalline silicon surface layer or by controlling the thickness of the polycrystalline silicon surface layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes one or more channel layers; a gate structure engaging the one or more channel layers; a first source/drain feature connected to a first side of the one or more channel layers and adjacent to the gate structure; a first dielectric cap disposed over the first source/drain feature, wherein a bottom surface of the first dielectric cap is below a top surface of the gate structure; a first via disposed under and electrically connected to the first source/drain feature; and a power rail disposed under and electrically connected to the first via.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform methods to implement mechanisms for a UE to request a beam quality measurement procedure. A user equipment device may be configured to perform a method including performing transmitting a request to perform a beam quality measurement procedure for downlink receptions (e.g., a P3 procedure) to a base station/network entity, receiving instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure from the base station, and transmitting results of the beam quality measurement procedure to the base station. In some embodiments, transmission of the request may be response to at least one trigger condition and/or detection of a condition at the UE. The request may include an indication of a preferred timing offset. The instructions to perform the beam quality measurement procedure may include a schedule for the beam quality measurement.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system, a method and a device for switching between different communications protocols. A head wearable display can transmit, to a console during a first session interval, a first request to switch from a first link using a first communication protocol to a second link using a second communication protocol. The first request can include at least one characteristic of the first link. The head wearable display can receive, from the console, a first response to the first request, to perform a switch from the first link to the second link. The first response can indicate a wake up time and a second session interval to perform the switch. The head wearable display can switch from the first link to the second link in the second session interval and after the wake up time.

Abstract: A Fresnel liquid crystal lens structure includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged oppositely, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a liquid crystal layer located therebetween, wherein the first electrode is a plate-shaped electrode, the second electrode includes concentric ring electrodes; concentric ring electrodes are divided into electrode groups in a first direction to divide the formed Fresnel liquid crystal lens into lens regions; each electrode group is divided into sub-electrode groups arranged periodically in a first direction to divide each lens region into sub-lens regions arranged periodically; and each sub-electrode group includes electrodes to form a sub-lens region having a step shape and the quantity of electrodes in a sub-electrode group within a different electrode set is different. A display device including the Fresnel liquid crystal lens structure and a method for driving a Fresnel liquid crystal lens are also provided.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first fin and a second fin in a first direction and aligned in the first direction over a substrate, an isolation insulating layer disposed around lower portions of the first and second fins, a first gate electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a spacer dummy gate layer, and a source/drain epitaxial layer in a source/drain space in the first fin. The source/drain epitaxial layer is adjacent to the first gate electrode and the spacer dummy gate layer with gate sidewall spacers disposed therebetween, and the spacer dummy gate layer includes one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbon nitride, and silicon carbon oxynitride.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a reconfigurable power amplifier (PA) based on a PIN switch and a design method thereof. The reconfigurable PA based on a PIN switch includes an input port, an input matching circuit, the PIN switch, a gate bias circuit, a transistor, a drain bias circuit, an output matching circuit and an output port, where the input matching network includes an input end connected to a power input end, and an output end connected to a gate of the transistor, the gate bias circuit is connected in parallel with the gate, the drain bias circuit is connected in parallel with a drain, the drain of the transistor is connected to an input end of the output matching circuit, and an output end of the output matching circuit serves as a power output.

Abstract: A centrifugal pendulum includes a first support plate, being able to rotate around a rotation axis; a second support plate, facing the first support plate in the axial direction and fixed to the first support plate. A mass is disposed between the first support plate and the second support plate in the axial direction. The first support plate has a first protrusion extending axially, and the first protrusion is integrally formed with the first support plate and defines a first track. The mass has a through hole extending axially, and the through hole defines a second track. The first protrusion extends into said through hole such that the first track faces the second track in the radial direction. A roller is disposed between the first track and the second track in the radial direction, and is capable of rolling against the first track and the second track, such that the mass is able to move relative to the first and second support plates and apply a torque onto the first and second support plates.

Abstract: A method includes providing a semiconductor structure having a metal gate structure (MG), gate spacers disposed on sidewalls of the MG, and a source/drain (S/D) feature disposed adjacent to the gate spacers; forming a first metal layer over the S/D feature and between the gate spacers; recessing the first metal layer to form a trench; forming a dielectric layer on sidewalls of the trench; forming a second metal layer over the first metal layer in the trench, wherein sidewalls of the second metal layer are defined by the dielectric layer; and forming a contact feature over the MG to contact the MG.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel comprises: a base substrate, a plurality of scanning lines, a first insulating layer, a plurality of data lines, an interlayer insulating layer, and an auxiliary power line. The auxiliary power line comprises: a plurality of sub-auxiliary power lines and a plurality of auxiliary conduction lines; the plurality of sub-auxiliary power lines are arranged in a first direction and extend in a second direction, and two sub-auxiliary power lines that are at least partially adjacent are electrically connected by means of at least one auxiliary conduction line; the orthographic projection of at least one of the plurality of auxiliary conduction lines on the base substrate does not overlap the orthographic projections of the scanning lines on the base substrate.

Abstract: The system and method may assess the merchant risk level on a more continuous scale rather than a binary categorization. It may produce a continuous risk score proportional to the likelihood of a merchant being risky, effectively addressing the issue of shades of gray encountered by the traditional blacklisting approach. The continuous risk score feature provides greater flexibility as it allows the payment network to make dynamic pricing decisions (known as interchange optimization) based on the merchant risk level. Using collective intelligence from transactions across the payment network, the system and method may be able to assess the merchant risk level with high accuracy. The system and method may be particularly beneficial to small merchants with low transaction volume as even a few fraudulent transactions can easily put them in the high-risk merchant category. Further, the system and method may help payment processing networks make better decision on cross-border transactions.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for training a machine learning model to learn speech representations. Labeled speech data or both labeled and unlabeled data sets is applied to a feature extractor of a machine learning model to generate latent speech representations. The latent speech representations are applied to a quantizer to generate quantized latent speech representations and to a transformer context network to generate contextual representations. Each contextual representation included in the contextual representations is aligned with a phoneme label to generate phonetically-aware contextual representations. Quantized latent representations are aligned with phoneme labels to generate phonetically aware latent speech representations.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for providing random access to segmented and encrypted or compressed data stored in a repository. Retrieving at least a portion of a file stored in a repository can comprise storing a plurality of files in the repository. A request to retrieve at least a portion of one of the plurality of files can be received and object metadata for the requested one of the plurality of files can be obtained. A determination can be made based on the obtained metadata as to whether the requested one of the plurality of files is a multipart file. In response to determining the requested one of the plurality of files is not a multipart file, a single file retrieval process performing and in response to determining the requested one or the plurality of files is a multipart file, a multipart retrieval process can be performed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising at least the following components: A) 70.0 to 95.0 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition of a C2C3 random copolymer; whereby said C2C3 random copolymer has a melting point in the range of 110 to 140° C. determined by differential scanning calorimetry according to ISO 11357-3; a MFR2 (230° C., 2.16 kg) determined according to ISO 1133 in the range of 0.5 to 4.0 g/10 min; and a total C2-content in the range of 1 to 10 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the C2C3 random copolymer; B) 5.0 to 30.0 wt.-% based on the overall weight of the polymer composition of a LDPE; whereby said LDPE has a density determined according to ISO 1183 in the range of 915 to 922 kg/m3; and a MFR2 (190° C., 2.16 kg) determined according to ISO 1133 in the range of 0.9 to 20.0 g/10 min; with the proviso that the weight proportions of components A) and B) add up to 100 wt.-%.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting a thickness of a tree canopy based on an ultrasonic echo signal, and belongs to the technical field of agricultural machinery information sensing and detection. The present invention analyzes and discriminates a first effective peak and a last effective peak of the ultrasonic echo signal, obtains a first effective peak time and a last effective peak time, and calculates the thickness of the tree canopy according to a provided calculation formula, thus realizing the direct detection of the thickness of the tree canopy. This method has characteristics such as a high accuracy and a wide application range, and is applicable to the field of detection of the thickness of a tree canopy in industries such as agricultural machinery and forestry machinery.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an acoustic output apparatus. The acoustic output apparatus includes a speaker assembly, configured to convert an audio signal into a sound signal; an ear hook assembly, including an ear hook housing and a connecting part, the ear hook housing having an accommodating space to accommodate a battery assembly and/or a control circuit assembly, one end of the connecting part connecting to the speaker assembly, and the other end of the connecting part connecting to the ear hook housing, wherein the connecting part includes at least one first wire clamping part used to restrict a set of lead wires drawn out from the speaker assembly and extending into the accommodating space, the set of lead wires electrically connect the speaker assembly to the battery assembly and/or the control circuit.

Abstract: A method for fiber modification provided in the present disclosure comprises steps: fibers react with a hypochlorous acid oxidant for development of antioxidant fibers, separate the antioxidant fibers from the hypochlorous acid oxidant and dry the antioxidant fibers for development of modified fibers which feature better oxidation resistance.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media for accessing one or more services provided by one or more detected Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices are described. In embodiments, a mobile device may detect a plurality of IoT devices, obtain an identifier for each of the plurality of IoT devices based on the detection, and obtain an indicator for each of the plurality of IoT devices based at least in part on a corresponding one of the obtained identifiers, wherein each indicator may indicate a service type of a corresponding one of the plurality of IoT devices. The mobile device may generate a notification that indicates a plurality of services available to the mobile device based on each of the obtained indicators. The mobile device may access a service of the plurality of services, wherein the access may include utilization of a set of the plurality of IoT devices required to provide the service. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Related are an anti-TSLP antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, nucleic acid molecules coding the same, and a method for preparing the same. The anti-TSLP antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof have high affinity to TSLP, capable of effectively binding with TSLP and blocking the proliferative effect of TSLP with respect to Ba/F3-hTSLPR-hIL7R? cells, and blocking the capability of TSLP in activating and secreting cytokines with respect to PBMC. At the same time, further related are a medicinal composition comprising the antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof, and uses of the composition in preparing a medicament for preventing and/or treating asthma, allergic inflammation, an allergic reaction or autoimmune disease.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a magnetic resonance system and a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, and a pre-scanning method. The apparatus includes: a signal output unit used to generate and output a pulse signal; a radio-frequency amplifier used to amplify the pulse signal; a signal processing unit used to transmit, to a transmit coil of the magnetic resonance system, the signal amplified by the radio-frequency amplifier, receive and adjust a phase of the feedback signal, and output the phase-adjusted feedback signal to the signal output unit; and a determination unit used to acquire amplitude values of the feedback signal at different phases, and determine a forward power and/or a reverse power according to the amplitude values of the feedback signal at the different phases.