Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to the field of semiconductor devices, and more particularly, a memory element comprising a charge trapping layer and systems and methods for producing the same. The method for forming a charge trapping layer of a memory element, comprises the steps of: providing a substrate into a reaction chamber; executing one or more cycles, a cycle comprising a hafnium precursor pulse; optionally, a zirconium precursor pulse; an oxygen reactant pulse; a germanium dopant pulse; and wherein, as a result of the one or more cycles, a charge trapping layer comprising one or more germanium-doped hafnium oxide (HfO2) film and/or one or more germanium-doped hafnium zirconium oxide (HZO) film is formed on the substrate.

Abstract: A cooktop including: (a) a heating element; and (b) a controller in communication with the heating element, the controller configured (i) to determine a target cooking temperature for a cooking operation of one or more food items within a cooking vessel that additionally calls for one or more usable fats, (ii) to determine the one or more usable fats having a smoke point that is greater than the target cooking temperature from a predetermined list of fats, and (iii) to cause a human-machine interface in communication with the controller to issue a notification of the one or more usable fats for the cooking operation.

Abstract: A power switching system includes a plurality of power switching units each including a respective power switch, a communication system configured to convey a system-wide switching command to the power switching units along a communication channel, and circuitry, included in each of the power switching units, that is configured to delay execution of the system-wide switching command by a delay.

Abstract: In an embodiment a semiconductor arrangement includes at least one semiconductor component with a functional layer stack. The functional layer stack includes a first layer of a first conductivity type, a second layer of a second conductivity type arranged on the first layer, an active zone located between the first and the second layer and an electrically conductive nanowire layer, wherein the electrically conductive nanowire layer is arranged at least in regions on a side of the second layer facing away from the first layer. The semiconductor arrangement further includes a holding layer with at least one elevation, wherein the at least one semiconductor component is arranged on the at least one elevation such that a cavity is formed between the at least one semiconductor component and the holding layer, and wherein the nanowire layer is at least partially exposed.

Abstract: A method of method of detecting ambiguities in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image data is performed on SAR data comprising, for each pixel in an image, an amplitude and a phase value. The method comprises: calculating at least one phase derivative value for respective pixels represented by the SAR data with respect to a spatial direction, determining a threshold for the phase derivative value, and determining pixels with phase derivative values above the threshold to be ambiguous. A method of suppressing azimuth ambiguities in synthetic aperture radar “SAR” single look complex image data, is performed on a Doppler spectrum obtained from received SAR signals.

Abstract: Techniques for performance monitoring are described. In certain examples, an apparatus (e.g., a processor) includes an execution circuit to execute one or more instructions; a performance monitoring counter; a control register comprising a threshold field; and a performance monitor control circuit to increment the performance monitoring counter in response to a performance monitoring event of the one or more instructions being equal to, but not greater than, the threshold field.

Abstract: A scheduling controller configured to control a network having ingress nodes, interior nodes, and egress nodes, including: a network interface configured to communicate with the network; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the network interface, wherein the processor is further configured to: define a traffic shaping hierarchy with a first level having a first traffic shaper associated with an ingress link between an ingress node and an interior node and a second level with a plurality of second traffic shapers associated with each path of a plurality of paths between the ingress link and the egress nodes; determine, each time a service assignment is due, which of the plurality of paths associated with the ingress link to service, based upon which of the plurality of paths has a lowest eligible finishing potential and wherein each link in the path has an eligible finishing potential; and determine, for the determined path, which of the packet queues associated with the network flows that are r

Abstract: An inductive rotor position sensor device for detecting a rotor angular position of a rotor of an electric machine. The inductive rotor position sensor device includes a transmitter coil for generating electromagnetic waves and a receiver coil for detecting the electromagnetic waves generated by the transmitter coil and influenced by the rotor, and includes a processing unit, which is designed to activate the transmitter coil and to evaluate the electromagnetic waves detected by the receiver coil for determining the rotor angular position. The coils and the processing unit are situated on a shared circuit board. The coils are situated on a front side, and the processing unit is situated on a rear side of the circuit board which faces away from the front side.

Abstract: A position sensor, wherein the position sensor detects the movement of a target relative to a sine receiver coil and a cosine receiver coil and generates a corresponding sine signal and a corresponding cosine signal, and a method for error detection of a position sensor.

Abstract: A claw-type gearshift has a sliding sleeve which is adapted to be axially displaced on a hub body and a clutch body of a speed change gear. The hub body has at least one thrust piece arranged thereon which includes a friction surface that cooperates with a mating friction surface on the clutch body, the at least one thrust piece being displaceable in the circumferential direction between a release position and two locking positions that are located on either side of the release position. A first locking structure on the at least one thrust piece cooperates with a second locking structure on the internal toothing of the sliding sleeve. The locking structures are configured such that in each of the locking positions, the locking structures rest against each other such that a further axial movement of the sliding sleeve is blocked. For shifting a gear, a difference in speed between the clutch body and the hub body is reduced.

Abstract: A trigger unit for a firearm, including a rotatable trigger lever in which the trigger lever has a trigger bar which lies below the trigger axis and is moved when the trigger bar is actuated against a barrel direction, and a fire-control/safety selector for selecting at least one “safe” and one “fire” position, where a locking lever rotatably mounted about a locking lever axis is arranged in the trigger unit and is biased in a circumferential direction by a locking lever spring, and that the locking lever axis, when viewed in the barrel direction, is arranged behind the trigger axis, and the locking lever is designed to releasable fix the fire-control/safety selector in a selectable position.

Abstract: A method for dividing a graphical simulation model up into a first sub-model and a second sub-model includes: identifying at least one first block as belonging to the first sub-model and identifying at least one second block as belonging to the second sub-model based on a sampling time and/or a resource allocation; searching for cyclic groups of blocks, wherein a cyclic group whose blocks all have the same sampling time is deemed to be atomic; identifying non-cyclic groups of blocks; allocating individual blocks from the cyclic groups of blocks and the non-cyclic group of blocks to either the first sub-model or the second sub-model, wherein all blocks of an atomic cyclic group are allocated to the same sub-model; generating program code for the processor from the first sub-model; and generating a configuration bitstream for the programmable logic module from the second sub-model.

Abstract: A method of specifying an input value on a robotic manipulator, wherein the method includes: selecting a particular predefined input device to be emulated, wherein the input device to be emulated is assigned at least one degree of freedom of the robotic manipulator and local limits in the at least one degree of freedom, and a transfer function of a coordinate of the robotic manipulator in the at least one degree of freedom is assigned onto the input value; actuating the robotic manipulator such that at least one part of the robotic manipulator is manually movable in the at least one degree of freedom and within the local limits; recording a respective coordinate in the at least one degree of freedom during or after completion of an input on the robotic manipulator via a sensor unit; and applying the transfer function to assign the respective coordinate to the input value.

Abstract: An instrument support for a guitar including a bridge for resting on a leg of a person, the bridge lying in an x-z plane, wherein at the opposite ends of the bridge with respect to a direction x a first holder and a second holder are respectively provided for receiving a guitar, the first holder having a first holding member and a second holding member for holding a guitar, the holding members each having a nominal bearing surface with a normal, against which it is intended to bear a guitar, the first member being alignable in such a way that its normal is aligned along the y-direction, the second member being alignable in such a way that its normal is aligned along the z-direction, wherein in that the second member is aligned in such a way that its normal is aligned along the z-direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.

Abstract: A multi-functional spacer element for spacing at least one printed circuit board from an opposite spacing surface. The spacer element can not only accomplish the spacing of one or more printed circuit boards, but can also support a fastening function to a carrier element and an electrical ground connection. A passageway extends through the main body. The spacer element includes a press-in element. The spacer element 1 includes an electrically conductive material for electrically conducting from at least a first contact surface to the press-in element.

Abstract: A memory controller circuit for mapping data of a convolutional neural network to a physical memory is disclosed. The memory controller circuit comprises a receiving unit to receive a selection parameter value, and a mapping unit to map pixel values of one layer of the convolutional neural network to memory words of the physical memory according to one of a plurality of mapping schemas, wherein the mapping is dependent on the value of the received selection parameter value.

Abstract: Applicant discloses methods for treating a glucocorticoid receptor positive (GR+) neuroepithelial tumor in a subject, comprising administering a selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator (SGRM) in an amount effective to reduce the tumor load in a subject. The GR+ neuroepithelial tumor may be a neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF 2) tumor; the GR+ neuroepithelial tumor may be a schwannoma, meningioma, or ependymoma. In embodiments, the GR+ neuroepithelial tumor is not an adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-secreting tumor. In embodiments, the SGRM comprises a steroidal backbone. In embodiments, the SGRM is mifepristone. In embodiments, the SGRM comprises a non-steroidal backbone, such as, e.g., a cyclohexyl pyrimidine, a fused azadecalin, a heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin, or an octahydro fused azadecalin backbone. The SGRM may be administered orally. The SGRM may be administered alone. In embodiments, the SGRM is administered with at least one non-SGRM therapy, e.g.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for recycling a shoe (100), the shoe (100) comprising various components made from the same material class with varying densities, the method comprises milling (210) the shoe (100) to obtain a plurality of particles (212), the particles (212) having different material densities, mixing (240) the particles, applying heat (312) to the mixed particles (242) to obtain a melt of molten particles and extruding (317) the melt.