Abstract: Replacement metal gate structures with improved chamfered workfunction metal and self-aligned contact and methods of manufacture are provided. The method includes forming a replacement metal gate structure in a dielectric material. The replacement metal gate structure is formed with a lower spacer and an upper spacer above the lower spacer. The upper spacer having material is different than material of the lower spacer. The method further includes forming a self-aligned contact adjacent to the replacement metal gate structure by patterning an opening within the dielectric material and filling the opening with contact material. The upper spacer prevents shorting with the contact material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a visualized supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing physical simulation test method, comprising: preparing a rock sample, preparing a prefabricated fracture; curing the rock sample; fixing the cured rock sample in a confining pressure chamber, and applying a preset three-way confining pressure and pore pressure to the rock sample; turning on a high-speed camera, injecting supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing fluid to the central hole, and continuously recording a fluid injection pressure and test surface image information of the rock sample until the test is ended; observing a hydraulic fracture inside. Through this method, it is possible to obtain images in the whole process of initiation and extension of the artificial fracture during supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing, and distribution rules of parameters, such as stress, strain and pore pressure on the surfaces of the rock sample.

Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for artificial-intelligence-based automated surface inspection can include receiving customer data, a request for a targeted model, and compensation for the requested targeted model. The compensation can include an agreement to contribute the customer data and/or targeted model to be available for other third-party entities. The method can also include retrieving the pre-trained model from a pre-trained model pool. The pre-trained model can be related to objects in a second industry. The method can include generating the targeted model from the pre-trained model and the customer data. The targeted model can be related to mapping sensor data to surface anomalies. The method can also include providing the targeted model to the third-party entity. The method can further include updating a distributed blockchain structure to include the at least one of the customer data and the targeted model.

Abstract: This application provides a power control method, a terminal, and a network device. The power control method includes: receiving, by a terminal, at least one piece of downlink control information (DCI) sent by at least one network device, where the at least one piece of DCI includes at least two transmit power control commands; and determining, by the terminal, a transmit power on an uplink channel in a same carrier based on the at least two transmit power control commands. According to the power control method in the embodiments of this application, the terminal can determine the transmit power on the uplink channel based on a plurality of transmit power control commands, thereby ensuring efficient and proper power allocation and improving overall system performance.

Abstract: A grayscale adjustment circuit, a driving method thereof and a display device are provided. The circuit includes: an input sub-circuit configured to output a signal of a data signal terminal to a driving sub-circuit under a control of the scanning signal terminal, the driving sub-circuit configured to store an output signal of the input sub-circuit and output a signal of the first voltage terminal to a switching control sub-circuit under a control of the output signal of the input sub-circuit, a switching time control sub-circuit configured to output a signal of each switching time signal terminal to the switching control sub-circuit under a control of each switching time control terminal, the switching control sub-circuit configured to output an output signal of the driving sub-circuit to the light-emitting sub-circuit under a control of an output signal of the switching time control sub-circuit to control the light-emitting sub-circuit to emit light.

Abstract: A keyboard device includes a membrane circuit board, a key frame, a position-limiting frame and a key structure. The key frame is located over the membrane circuit board. The position-limiting frame is located over the key frame. The key frame includes a first frame body and a first receiving hole. The first receiving hole runs through the first frame body along a vertical direction. The position-limiting frame includes a second frame body and a second receiving hole. The second receiving hole runs through the second frame body along the vertical direction. The second receiving hole is in communication with the first receiving hole. The key structure includes a keycap and a protrusion part. The keycap is movable within the first receiving hole and the second receiving hole. A portion of the protrusion part is located under the second frame body.

Abstract: Example channel transmission methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining search spaces of at least two downlink control channels by a first network device. The first network device separately determines in the search spaces resources occupied by the at least two downlink control channels. Resource scheduled by the at least two downlink control channels belong to one carrier. The first network device obtains the at least two downlink control channels by using the resources. With the embodiments of the present invention, data on one carrier can be scheduled through a plurality of downlink control channels.

Abstract: A method for allocating memory resources and a terminal device are provided. The method is applied to the terminal device. The terminal device includes a rich execution environment (REE) and a fingerprint trust application (TA). The method includes the following. In response to a request for memory resources from the fingerprint TA, the REE obtains N values of memory resources requested at N time points within a preset period by the fingerprint TA, where each of the N values of memory resources is in one-to-one correspondence with one of the N time points and N represents an integer larger than 1. The REE determines a target value of memory resources according to the N values of memory resources, and allocates memory resources equal in value to the target value of memory resources for the fingerprint TA.

Abstract: The present invention is designed to properly control the transmission of UL signals transmitted in response to DL transmission, in future radio communication systems. A receiving section that receives downlink control information and downlink data, and a control section that controls the transmission of an acknowledgment signal in response to the downlink data, are provided, and the control section controls the timing for transmitting the delivery acknowledgment signal based on timing information included in the downlink control information.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a semiconductor structure over a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes implanting carbon into the semiconductor structure. The method further includes implanting gallium into the semiconductor structure. In addition, the method includes heating the semiconductor structure after the implanting of carbon and gallium.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses a shift register, a method for driving the same, a gate driver circuit, and a display device. The shift register includes an input circuit, a reset circuit, a first control circuit, a first output circuit, and a second output circuit, where the first output circuit includes two output channels, where one channel is that under the joint control of signals of a first clock signal terminal and a first node, a signal of a first clock signal terminal is provided to a drive signal output terminal of the shift register, and the other channel is that under the joint control of signals of the second clock signal terminal and the first node, a signal of a second clock signal terminal is provided to the drive signal output terminal, and the first output circuit cooperates with the other four circuits so that these two channels can operate alternately to thereby avoid current from flowing through only one of the channels so as to improve the service lifetime of the shift register.

Abstract: An anti-cracking panda-type polarization-maintaining optical fiber includes a cladding layer, stress layers, and a fiber core. The fiber core is located in the center of the cladding layer. The stress layers are located symmetrically at two sides of the fiber core with a distance away from the fiber core and are located within the cladding layer. Each stress layer is enclosed at edges of their outer sides by a transition layer with a gradient refractive index. By providing the transition layer with the gradient refractive index at the edge of the outer side of the stress layer, the pressure stress at the edge of the stress layer is decomposed and released, so as to avoid cracks at the edge of the polished stress layer on the end of the optical fiber, and thus optimizes the performance of the polarization-maintaining optical fiber by decreasing the room temperature polishing cracking rate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a transistor device. In this method, first and second well regions are formed within a semiconductor substrate. The first and second well regions have first and second etch rates, respectively, which are different from one another. Dopants are selectively implanted into the first well region to alter the first etch rate to make the first etch rate substantially equal to the second etch rate. The first, selectively implanted well region and the second well region are etched to form channel recesses having equal recess depths. An epitaxial growth process is performed to form one or more epitaxial layers within the channel recesses.

Abstract: A system comprising nodes configured to form a network including virtual links in an overlay network provisioned over an underlay network. The system includes virtual machines (VMs) provisioned at the nodes and coupled to the network. Each VM is configured to generate a link-state view of the network that is independent of the link-state view of others of the VMs. The link-state view is generated in real time using link state data of the virtual links. Each VM includes at least one feedback control algorithm configured to independently control routing of traffic flows through the network according to the link-state view.

Abstract: A novel imaging system is provided for capturing imaging data. According to the disclosed embodiments, the imaging system comprises one or more cameras configured to capture the same scene within each camera's field of view. The imaging system also includes a plurality of bandpass filters that may be positioned in front of one or more cameras. Each bandpass filter may allow the transmission of incident electromagnetic signals between different pairs of first and second wavelengths. Accordingly, when the bandpass filters are positioned in front of the one or more cameras, each camera captures a different spectral image, i.e., containing only certain frequency components of the same scene being imaged in the cameras. The bandpass filters may be selectively aligned with one or more cameras by rotating and/or translating the filters relative to the cameras' positions in the imaging system.

Abstract: This application provides an auxiliary terminal-control apparatus, where the apparatus includes a back plate sticker, a control key embedded into the back plate sticker, a communications module, and a control module. The control module is configured to recognize a target operation on the control key, and generate, based on the target operation, a corresponding target operation instruction, where the control key includes a roll ball and/or a key, operations on the roll ball include a roll operation and a press operation, and an operation on the key includes a press operation; and the communications module is configured to establish a communication connection to a terminal device to send the target operation instruction to the terminal device, where the target operation instruction is used to operate an application program on the terminal device or trigger a service.

Abstract: FinFET patterning methods are disclosed for achieving fin width uniformity. An exemplary method includes forming a mandrel layer over a substrate. A first cut removes a portion of the mandrel layer, leaving a mandrel feature disposed directly adjacent to a dummy mandrel feature. The substrate is etched using the mandrel feature and the dummy mandrel feature as an etch mask, forming a dummy fin feature and an active fin feature separated by a first spacing along a first direction. A second cut removes a portion of the dummy fin feature and a portion of the active fin feature, forming dummy fins separated by a second spacing and active fins separated by the second spacing. The second spacing is along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. A third cut removes the dummy fins, forming fin openings, which are filled with a dielectric material to form dielectric fins.

Abstract: A polyethylene composition comprises a first polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 250,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, a second polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 200,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, and a third polyethylene which is an ethylene copolymer or homopolymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 70,000 to 200,000 and a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of <2.3, where the first polyethylene has more short chain branching than the second polyethylene or the third polyethylene. The polyethylene composition has a composition distribution breadth index, CDBI50 obtained from a crystallization elution fractionation (CEF) analysis of <45 weight %.

Abstract: The plastic tube cutter comprises: a shell-body; a cutting-unit; and a pressing-arm; wherein the cutting-unit having a semicircular concave-arc end-face at one end is pivotally set in the shell-body; wherein four rolling-wheels corresponding to each other are spacedly set on two sides between the concave-arc end-face and the opening, and the other end of the shell-body has a gripping-arm; wherein the pressing-arm is pivotally set at the bottom of the shell-body and spaced apart from the gripping-arm to face with each other; wherein the four rolling-wheels of the semicircular concave-arc end-face are provided for accommodating a plastic tube body. In addition, a hooking-piece and a rod-body are respectively set on opposite sides of the gripping-arm and the pressing-arm to hook the hooking-piece and the rod-body. Therefore, maintaining the cutting freedom and the flat-smooth cutting, and cutting the high-thickness plastic tube body in a rotation way can be achieved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a weight management method and system for neural network processing. The method includes two stages, i.e., off-chip encryption stage and on-chip decryption stage: encrypting trained neural network weight data in advance, inputting the encrypted weight into a neural network processor chip, and decrypting the weight in real time by a decryption unit inside the neural network processor chip to perform related neural network calculation. The method and system realizes the protection of weight data without affecting the normal operation of a neural network processor.