Abstract: Method of forming pn heterojunction between nickel oxide and gallium oxide disclosed. The method includes forming a trench by etching an n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer epitaxially grown on an n-type gallium oxide substrate using an etch mask, forming a p-type nickel oxide region on the bottom of the trench by sputtering a nickel oxide target on the n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer in a mixed gas atmosphere of argon and oxygen, and forming a nickel layer on the p-type nickel oxide region by sputtering a nickel target on the n-type gallium oxide epitaxial layer in an argon gas atmosphere.

Abstract: An adaptive data rate method for use in a communication device. The communication device includes a controller and a transceiver coupled to each other. The method includes the controller increasing an initial data rate to generate a test data rate, and the transceiver transmitting a test packet according to the test data rate, a packet length of the test packet being less than a maximum packet length of a data packet. The method further includes the controller selecting one from the initial data rate and the test data rate as a selected data rate according to a transmission result of the test packet, and the transceiver transmitting the data packet according to the selected data rate.

Abstract: This application provides a glycosyl-modified fusion protein, a nucleic acid molecule, an expression vector, a host cell and use thereof. A first aspect of this application provides a glycosyl-modified fusion protein including a murine Fc variant and a prostate cancer antigen, where the murine Fc variant is obtained by subjecting a murine Fc fragment to amino acid mutation and non-mammalian glycosylation-modification; the murine Fc variant includes at least one of alanine at position 223, alanine at position 228, alanine at position 230, leucine at position 330 and glutamic acid at position 332; the non-mammalian glycosylation-modification excludes sialic acid-modification; the position numbering is performed according to the EU numbering system; the murine Fc variant enhances the binding of the murine Fc fragment to DC cells and DC activation, including the proliferation and activation of specific T cells.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) pixel array and method of fabrication thereof. A semiconductor wafer template includes a successively stacked first n-GaN layer, first MQW layer, p-GaN layer, and dielectric layer. A plurality of apertures is formed through the dielectric layer, extending to the p-GaN layer. A plurality of mesas is formed by forming, within each aperture, a second MQW layer and a second n-GaN layer above each second MQW layer. The second n-GaN layer and second MQW layer of each mesa form a respective mesa LED with the p-GaN layer. The first n-GaN layer and first MQW layer form a lower LED with the p-GaN layer.

Abstract: A method for controlling a movable object includes determining, based on current location information of an obstacle, whether the obstacle is located within a certain distance range from the movable object, and in response to determining that the obstacle is located within the certain distance range from the movable object: determining, based on the current location information of the obstacle, whether the obstacle meets a first distance criterion or a second distance criterion, to obtain a determination result, and performing a first adjustment or a second adjustment on one or more movement characteristics of the movable object based on the determination result. The first adjustment is different from the second adjustment. One of the first adjustment and the second adjustment includes changing a movement direction of the movable object from a first direction to a second direction. The first direction is opposite to the second direction.

Abstract: A testing apparatus for integrated circuits (ICs) that includes a printed circuit board (PCB) incorporating a test circuit is provided. The testing apparatus includes an insulating support structure and multiple conductive pillars. The insulating support structure features several through-holes designed to accommodate the conductive pillars. The conductive pillars are partially embedded within the insulating support structure and extend through the through-holes to establish electrical connections for IC testing. These conductive pillars possess elasticity, enabling them to adapt to various sizes and shapes of ICs. The insulating support structure includes multiple grooves adjacent to the through-holes, wherein portions of the conductive pillars are embedded to enhance their secure attachment to the insulating support structure. The testing apparatus also includes an isolation layer located adjacent to the conductive pillars to prevent the pillars from contacting each other and causing short circuits.

Abstract: A pixel circuit, a driving method therefor, a display substrate and a display apparatus, the pixel circuit includes a node control sub-circuit, a storage sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit and a light emitting control sub-circuit; the storage sub-circuit is electrically connected to a second node and a first power supply line respectively, and is configured to charge the second node when a first scanning signal line is an effective level signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are an offset calibration method and circuit applied to a comparator array. The offset calibration circuit includes a global calibration voltage generation module, integrators, comparators, a global logic control circuit, and local logic control circuits; an entire comparator array shares the single global calibration voltage generation module, and each of the comparators only needs to introduce an integrator circuit, such that a large calibration range and a small calibration step are achieved, a long calibration cycle and a large circuit area are required, and the requirements for a low area are satisfied. The offset calibration method provided by the present disclosure is similar to a binary search algorithm, which is adopted to search for the offset voltage, the calibration step of 1 2 N ? Vref can be realized by only N cycles, and short calibration time is thus realized.

Abstract: Systems and/or techniques for facilitating image forgery detection via pixel-metadata consistency analysis are provided. In various embodiments, a system can receive an electronic image from a client device. In various cases, the system can obtain a pixel vector and/or an image metadata vector that correspond to the electronic image. In various aspects, the system can determine whether the electronic image is authentic or forged, based on analyzing the pixel vector and the image metadata vector via at least one machine learning model.

Abstract: A method includes following steps. A semiconductor fin is formed on a substrate. A shallow trench isolation (STI) region is formed around a lower portion of the semiconductor fin. An STI protection layer is over the STI region. After forming the STI protection layer, source/drain recesses are etched in the semiconductor fin. Source/drain epitaxial regions are formed in the source/drain recesses.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region in a semiconductor fin; depositing a first dielectric layer over the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region; etching an opening through the first dielectric layer, wherein etching the opening comprises etching the first dielectric layer; forming first sidewall spacers on sidewalls of the opening; and forming a gate stack in the opening, wherein the gate stack is disposed between the first sidewall spacers.

Abstract: An in-memory computing (IMC) memory device comprises a plurality of computing memory cells and a plurality of balance computing memory cells forming a plurality of memory strings. In programming, a first resistance state number of the balance computing memory cells is determined based on a first resistance state number of the computing memory cells of the memory string. In IMC operations, when a read voltage is applied to the computing memory cells, the computing memory cells generate a plurality of cell currents which are summed into a plurality of memory string currents; the memory string currents charge a loading capacitor; a capacitor voltage of the loading capacitor is measured; and based a relationship between the capacitor voltage of the loading capacitor, at least one delay time and a predetermined voltage, an operation result of the input values and the weight values is determined.

Abstract: A battery resistance measuring method, applied to a battery with a battery resistance, comprising: (a) acquiring charge variation of the battery for a measuring time interval; (b) acquiring a voltage difference between a first battery voltage and a second battery voltage for the measuring time interval, wherein the first battery voltage is a battery voltage with loading and the second battery voltage is a battery voltage without loading; and (c) computing a battery resistance according to the charge variation and the voltage difference, and updating the battery resistance to a battery resistance table of the battery. The above-mentioned steps (a), (b) and (c) may be performed by the electronic device, which can be a mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone or a plate computer.

Abstract: An optical plasma module, a clothing treatment equipment, a clothing treatment equipment with drying function, a clothing treatment equipment control method, and a clothing treatment equipment using the control method. The optical plasma module irradiates the air in the chamber of the module to form a sterilizing air, so that the chamber of the module is communicated to the clothing treatment drum through a connecting pipeline, and then controls the optical plasma generating device to input the sterilizing air into the clothing treatment equipment, so as to achieve the effect of sterilizing and deodorizing the clothes and/or the clothing treatment drum.

Abstract: A filament outlet device for installing on a filament storage device is provided, which includes a first outlet for a first filament having a first diameter; and a first outlet cover, configured to open or close the first outlet; the first outlet cover includes a second outlet for a second filament having a second diameter.

Abstract: An in-vehicle-object detection method for a radar device includes: a) obtaining multiple receiving signals corresponding to multiple space objects by an antenna array of the radar device; b) computing multiple first distances between the antenna array and the multiple space objects based on the multiple receiving signals; c) filtering a background noise of the multiple first distances to obtain multiple second distances between multiple indeterminate objects of the multiple space objects and the antenna array; d) performing a beamforming based on the multiple second distances to compute angle information corresponding to each of the multiple second distances; e) generating a distance-angle heatmap including multiple regions of interest (ROIs); and f) determining whether each ROI in the distance-angle heatmap is associated with a human feature to decide whether each of the indeterminate objects is related to human or unhuman.

Abstract: In some implementations, a code testing device may receive, from a first device associated with a developer, a first instruction to merge a first code branch. The code testing device may perform a first set of tests, associated with a first environment, in response to the first instruction. The code testing device may merge the first code branch based on the first set of tests resulting in a passing outcome for the first code branch. The code testing device may receive, from a second device associated with a reviewer, a second instruction to deploy the merged first code branch. The code testing device may perform a second set of tests, associated with a second environment, in response to the second instruction. The code testing device may deploy the merged first code branch based on the second set of tests resulting in a passing outcome for the merged first code branch.

Abstract: A method and system for predicting regional gas consumption, and a device and a cloud platform. The future gas consumption of all gas users in an entire region is predicted according to a user-specified region and date; all networked gas users in the region are extracted during a prediction process by using spatial address matching technology; and then, by means of classifying the users and sampling the users in combination with statistics, representative sample users are extracted from all the users for respective prediction, thereby reducing the computation amount and computing resource consumption, which are required for model prediction. The method and system is mounted on a cloud platform, and the cloud platform receives, by means of Internet of Things technology, gas flow data that is uploaded by gas flow metering devices of all networked gas users, and also provides an interface for interacting with the users for the outside.

Abstract: A probe system for double side probing includes a chuck having a through hole for a substrate including a DUT to be disposed on the chuck and defined with an edge part supported by the chuck and a central part located correspondingly to the through hole, upper and lower probe devices, including electrical and optical probe devices, disposed above and below the through hole respectively for testing the DUT on top and bottom sides of the substrate, and a support device disposed on the side of the chuck opposite to the electrical probe device. When an electrical probe of the electrical probe device contacts the top or bottom side of the substrate, a supporter of the support device contacts the other side and is located adjacent to the electrical probe with the substrate located therebetween to resist the force from the electrical probe to avoid substrate deformation.

Abstract: A method for controlling transmission control protocol performance in a wireless network is provided. The method is used in a server device and the server device is in communication with a client device based on a TCP connection. The method includes receiving a plurality of packets from a TCP layer in the server device. The method includes storing the packets in a buffer, recording the packets in a transmission list, and forwarding the packets to the client device, wherein each packet has a packet sequence number. In response to receiving a packet acknowledgment message sent from the client device, the method includes determining a packet loss rate of the client device based on the packet acknowledgment message. The method includes dynamically adjusting a congestion window size of the TCP connection based on the packet loss rate to control a transmission rate of the TCP layer.