Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for wafer cleaning. The apparatus can include a wafer holder configured to hold a wafer; a cleaning nozzle configured to dispense a cleaning fluid onto a first surface (e.g., front surface) of the wafer; and a cleaning brush configured to clean a second surface (e.g., back surface) of the wafer. Using the cleaning fluid, the cleaning brush can clean the second surface of the wafer with a scrubbing motion and ultrasonic vibration.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a device. The device includes a substrate comprising a silicon layer disposed over an insulating layer. The substrate includes a transistor device region and a radio-frequency (RF) region. An interconnect structure is disposed over the substrate and includes a plurality of metal layers disposed within a dielectric structure. A handle substrate is disposed over an upper surface of the interconnect structure. A trapping layer separates the interconnect structure and the handle substrate.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a dummy gate structure on a substrate, forming gate spacers on sidewalls of the dummy gate structure, and depositing an interlayer dielectric layer around the gate spacers. The method also includes removing the dummy gate structure to form a space between the gate spacers, and forming a gate structure in the space, wherein the gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer over the gate dielectric layer. The method further includes removing a portion of the gate electrode layer to form a recess that is surrounded by the gate dielectric layer. In addition, the method includes implanting on the interlayer dielectric layer to form a strained layer for bending the gate dielectric layer and the gate spacers towards the recess.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a temperature control system that may be applied to a machine tool. The system includes a cooling circulation and a controller. The cooling circulation comprises a pump, a cooler and a solenoid valve. The pump may be driven by a variable frequency motor so as to flow through the spindle of the machine tool. The cooler is serially connected with the liquid pump, and may cool the liquid coolant. The solenoid valve connects to inlet and outlet of the cooler, and may prevent the liquid coolant flows through the spindle from flowing back to the cooler. The controller is electrically connected with the variable frequency motor, the cooler and the solenoid valve. Further, the controller is connected to the machine tool to detect several parameters, so as to control the variable frequency motor, the cooler and the solenoid valve.

Abstract: An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a circuit substrate having multiple circuit contacts, an image sensing component having multiple image contacts, and a sensor holder. The image contacts are electrically connected to the circuit contacts via signal transmission elements embedded in the sensor holder. The sensor holder covers the circuit contacts and the image contacts. The lens assembly includes a lens base disposed on the circuit substrate and a lens group. The lens base has a receiving hole penetrating through two ends thereof, thereby the lens base is hollow. The image sensing component is located in the receiving hole. The lens group including at least two lenses having refractive power is disposed on the lens base and is located in the receiving hole, thereby light could pass through the lens group and project onto a sensing surface of the image sensing component.

Abstract: The invention describes products, uses thereof, compositions thereof, and methods to prepare products formed from Maillard reaction products from a sugar donor and/or sweet tea extracts, stevia extracts, swingle (mogroside) extracts, one or more sweet tea extract components, one or more steviol glycosides, one or more mogrosides, one or more glycosylated sweet tea glycosides, one or more glycosylated steviol glycosides or one or more glycosylated mogrosides and an amine donor/reactant.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.

Abstract: An embodiment package includes a first integrated circuit die, an encapsulent around the first integrated circuit die, and a conductive line electrically connecting a first conductive via to a second conductive via. The conductive line includes a first segment over the first integrated circuit die and having a first lengthwise dimension extending in a first direction and a second segment having a second lengthwise dimension extending in a second direction different than the first direction. The second segment extends over a boundary between the first integrated circuit die and the encapsulant.

Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to a data processing system to coordinate parallel processing of audio queries across multiple devices. A data processing system can receive an audio input signal detected the display device and parse the audio input signal to identify an entity. The data processing system can transmit a query command to the display device to cause a multimedia content application to perform a search for the entity. The data processing system can access at least one of an address database and a multimedia content provider to identify a reference address for the entity. The data processing system can provide the reference address for the entity to cause the display device to present a content selection interface. The content selection interface can include an element for the reference address, prior to completion of the search for the entity performed by the multimedia content application.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a topical composition of facilitating wound healing and reducing scars, which includes an inactivated culture of Lactobacillus species as an effective ingredient and can significantly facilitate wound healing as well as reducing scars, thereby can be applied to a method of facilitating wound healing and reducing scars.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a multicast service reading method. The method includes: determining, by user equipment UE, multicast control channel MCCH configuration information, where the MCCH configuration information includes a multicast control channel identifier MCCH-RNTI and MCCH sending period information; determining, by the UE, MCCH sending time information according to the MCCH sending period information; reading, by the UE, an MCCH message according to the MCCH sending time information by using the MCCH-RNTI, where the MCCH message includes configuration information of a multicast service; and reading, by the UE, the multicast service according to the configuration information of the multicast service. Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a multicast service sending method and a related device. The embodiments of the present disclosure help reduce waste of an MBSFN subframe.

Abstract: A method for indicating a status of a storage device to be implemented by a complex programmable logic device (CPLD) is provided. The CPLD is coupled to a connector for connection with the storage device, and to an LED. The method includes: in response to receipt of a signal set from a connector, determining whether the connector is connected with a storage device based on the signal set; when affirmative, identifying the storage device based on the signal set; operating in a mode corresponding to a result of identification; generating a determination result representing an operating status of the storage device based on the signal set; and outputting a control signal corresponding to the determination result to the LED.

Abstract: A method of treating drilling mud with oil-based drilling fluid contains: a mud homogenization step configured to homogenize drilling mud which is solidized mud; a 3-phase cyclone separation step in which water vapors are used as a cleaning agent; a petroleum gas oxidation and combustion step in which the petroleum gas is extracted out of the 3-phase separator by using an oil gas oxidation device, and the petroleum gas is thermal oxidized and combusted; a liquid catalyst extraction step executed in which porous substances and hydrocarbon are extracted out of solid waste by using a microbubble extracting and liquid catalyst; a liquid catalyst recycling step having two-stage molecular distillation means so as to recycle the liquid catalyst to the liquid catalyst extraction step and to eliminate the liquid catalyst from recycled base oil. The mud homogenization step is alternatively executed based on physical condition of the drilling mud.

Abstract: Techniques are described for history-based candidate list operations in video coding for determining motion information for a current block. In one example, a device for decoding video data includes a memory configured to store a history-based candidate list and a video decoder. The video decoder is configured to construct the history-based candidate list by storing, in the memory, motion information of reconstructed blocks into the history-based candidate list as candidates of the history-based candidate list, identify a subset of candidates of the history-based candidate list, generate a candidate list based on the identified subset of candidates of the history-based candidate list, and reconstruct a current block based on the generated candidate list.

Abstract: Embodiments of a display device are described. A display device includes a backlight unit having a light source and a liquid crystal display (LCD) module. The light source is configured to emit a primary light having a first peak wavelength. The LCD module includes a first sub-pixel having a phosphor film and a second sub-pixel having a non-phosphor film. The phosphor film is configured to receive a first portion of the primary light and to convert the first portion of the primary light to emit a secondary light having a second peak wavelength that is different from the first peak wavelength. The non-phosphor film is configured to receive a second portion of the primary light and to optically modify the second portion of the primary light to emit an optically modified primary light having a third peak wavelength that is different from the first and second peak wavelengths.

Abstract: An optical image capturing module includes a lens assembly and a circuit assembly including a circuit substrate, a sensor holder, and an image sensing component connected to the circuit substrate. The circuit substrate has multiple circuit contacts. The sensor holder is disposed on the circuit substrate and on the image sensing component. The image sensing component has a sensing surface and multiple image contacts. Each image contact is electrically connected to one of the circuit contacts via multiple signal transmission elements embedded in the sensor holder. The lens assembly includes a fixed base, a movable base, and a lens group. The movable base has a receiving hole and is disposed in the fixed base. The lens group includes at least two lenses and is disposed on the movable base and is located in the receiving hole, thereby light could pass through the lens group and project onto the image sensing component.

Abstract: An analyzing method is to be implemented in an analyzing device, and includes: (A) dividing respective cycle lengths of a plurality of cardiac cycles of a user during sleep into a plurality of groups based on an order of occurrence of the cardiac cycles; (B) for each group, performing Fourier transform on the cycle lengths of the group to generate a respective spectrum; (C) for each group, calculating total power of the respective spectrum; and (D) determining, for each group, whether sleep quality of the user in a time period during which the corresponding cardiac cycles occurred is poor based on the total power of the respective spectrum and a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A method utilized in a wireless device used to wirelessly receive and play audio information includes: receiving a data packet stream transmitted from an audio source; monitoring a data amount of at least one buffer of a memory of the wireless device; and tuning an audio clock frequency dedicated for playing audio samples if the data amount of the at least one buffer deviates from a specific data amount level.

Abstract: A video coder that uses a shared candidate list to encode or decode multiple blocks of pixels within a shared boundary is provided. The video coder identifies a shared boundary encompassing a plurality of blocks of pixels of a current picture in a video sequence. The video coder identifies one or more prediction candidates as a shared candidate list based on neighbors of a region defined by the shared boundary. The video coder codes one or more blocks of pixels encompassed by the shared boundary by using one or more prediction candidates selected from the shared candidate list.

Abstract: An optical image capturing module is provided, including a circuit assembly and a lens assembly. The circuit assembly may include a circuit substrate, a plurality of image sensor elements, a plurality of signal transmission elements, and a multi-lens frame. The image sensor elements may be connected to the circuit substrate. The signal transmission elements may be electrically connected between the circuit substrate and the image sensor elements. The multi-lens frame may be manufactured integrally and covered on the circuit substrate and the image sensor elements. A part of the signal transmission elements may be embedded in the multi-lens frame, whereas the other part may be surrounded by the multi-lens frame. The lens assembly may include a lens base and a fixed-focus lens assembly. The lens base may be fixed to a multi-lens frame. The fixed-focus lens assembly may have at least two lenses with refractive power.