Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for selective control of multi-station processing chamber components. In some embodiments, a method comprises: determining for a station of a plurality of stations, a number of deposition cycles to be performed; causing a first number of deposition cycles to be performed for each of the plurality of stations by causing a first plurality of control components associated with a first station and a second plurality of control components associated with a second station to be set to a first position; and responsive to determining that the first number of deposition cycles has been completed: causing at least one component of the first plurality of control components to be changed to a second position; and causing additional deposition cycles to be performed for the second station by causing the second plurality of control components to remain in the first position.

Abstract: A demosaicing method is disclosed as being applied to an initial image in order to obtain a demosaiced image, enabling an improved demosaicing due to the fact that it includes a noise variance stabilization transformation, for each reference patch: a determination of a set of similar patches, a determination of a covariance matrix for said set of similar patches, and for each similar patch, a calculation of estimates of the interpolated spectral bands according to a block-based deconstruction of the covariance matrix as a function of the phasing, a determination of the interpolated spectral bands by an aggregation of estimates of the interpolated spectral bands, and an inverse transformation of the stabilization transformation.

Abstract: Embodiments presented herein are directed to radio frequency (RF) grounding in process chambers. In one embodiment, a dielectric plate is disposed between a chamber body and a lid of a process chamber. The dielectric plate extends laterally into a volume defined by the chamber body and the lid. A substrate support is disposed in the volume opposite the lid. The substrate support includes a support body disposed on a stem. The support body includes a central region and a peripheral region. The peripheral region is radially outward of the central region. The central region has a thickness less than a thickness of the peripheral region. A flange is disposed adjacent to a bottom surface of the peripheral region. The flange extends radially outward from an outer edge of the peripheral region. A bellows is disposed on the flange and configured to sealingly couple to the dielectric plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to an apparatus for improving azimuthal uniformity of a pressure profile of a processing gas. In one example, a processing chamber includes a lid, sidewalls, and a substrate support defining a processing volume. A bottom bowl, a chamber base, and a wall define a purge volume. The purge volume is disposed beneath the processing volume. The bottom bowl includes a first surface having a first equalizer hole. A passage couples the processing volume to the purge volume via the first equalizer hole and an inlet. The passage is positioned above the first equalizer hole. The chamber base has a purge port coupleable to a purge gas line for supplying a purge gas to the purge volume. A baffle is disposed in the purge volume at a height above the purge port, and is configured to deflect a trajectory of the purge gas.

Abstract: A demosaicing method is disclosed as being applied to an initial image in order to obtain a demosaiced image, enabling an improved demosaicing due to the fact that it includes a noise variance stabilization transformation, for each reference patch: a determination of a set of similar patches, a determination of a covariance matrix for said set of similar patches, and for each similar patch, a calculation of estimates of the interpolated spectral bands according to a block-based deconstruction of the covariance matrix as a function of the phasing, a determination of the interpolated spectral bands by an aggregation of estimates of the interpolated spectral bands, and an inverse transformation of the stabilization transformation.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for controlling circulation of fluid to, and evacuation of the fluid from, an external fluid circuit for heat transfer. The apparatus includes a supply passageway for delivery of a liquid coolant to the external fluid circuit coupled to an external device, a bypass passageway having a venturi region that creates a suction force when liquid coolant passes therethrough, and fluid control means for selectively directing the circulation of coolant from the supply passageway to the external fluid circuit while stopping coolant to the bypass passageway, or diverting coolant to the bypass passageway while stopping circulation to the supply passageway and the external fluid circuit. A return passageway receives the circulation of coolant after passing through the external fluid circuit, and a suction passageway couples the suction force created by the venturi region to the return passageway, for evacuating fluid from the external fluid circuit.

Abstract: A method and system for security assessment include a simulator configured to simulate a warping-based backdoor attack and an evaluation module configured to evaluate security and output a warning about a backdoor risk. The simulator, which comprises a warping unit and a backdoor model, is configured to generate a warping field, the warping unit is configured to receive the clean image and the warping field as inputs and output the warped backdoor image and the simulator is configured to train the backdoor model using the warped backdoor image.

Abstract: A cluster tool for fabricating substrates includes a factory interface; a first processing mainframe coupled to the factory interface, including: a processing chamber monolithic structure including four processing chambers in the same housing; four load locks coupled to the processing chamber monolithic structure, each load lock including a heater assembly configured to increase the temperature of a substrate disposed in the load lock; and a swapper assembly disposed between the four load locks and the processing chamber monolithic structure, wherein the swapper assembly includes four swappers, each swapper configured to swap substrates between one processing chamber and one load lock along a linear trajectory.

Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for configuring a wireless telecommunication system are provided. An example method includes converting, at each teleport, one first digital signal of multiple first digital signals into a corresponding first analog signal of multiple first analog signals, each of the multiple first analog signals having a corresponding phase shift, and transmitting, by each teleport, the corresponding first analog signal.

Abstract: Exemplary semiconductor processing chambers may include a chamber body. The chambers may include a bottom plate coupled with a bottom surface of the chamber body. The chambers may include a substrate support assembly disposed within the chamber body. The substrate support assembly may include a support plate and a support stem coupled with the support plate. The chambers may include a mounting bracket that couples the support stem with a lower surface of the bottom plate. The chambers may include a plurality of tilt actuators. Each of the tilt actuators may couple the mounting bracket with the lower surface of the bottom plate. Each of the tilt actuators may be operable to adjust a vertical distance between the lower surface of the bottom plate and the mounting bracket at a mounting site of the respective tilt actuator to adjust a planarity of the support plate relative to the bottom plate.

Abstract: A system, a method, a device, and an apparatus include a control unit configured to determine contact resistance of one or more electrical contacts of one or more circuits by, at least in part, applying a test current to the one or more circuits, cycling a connection in relation to the one or more circuits a predetermined number of times, and determining steady behavior of the one or more circuits in response to a measurement for each cycle remaining within a predetermined threshold of a first measurement.

Abstract: A window component of a controlled environment chamber is provided. The window component includes a window plate; a first array of coupling elements disposed on a first surface of the window plate; a second array of coupling elements disposed on a second surface of the window plate; and a plurality of waveguides formed in a volume of the window plate between the first and second surfaces. A respective waveguide of the plurality of waveguides optically connects a respective first coupling element of the first array of coupling elements to a respective coupling element of the second array of coupling elements.

Abstract: A controlled environment chamber is provided. The controlled environment chamber includes a chamber housing and a window component that is secured to the chamber housing. The window component includes a window plate having a first surface that faces away from an interior of the controlled environment chamber and a second surface that faces toward the interior of the controlled environment chamber. The window plate comprises at least one signal manipulation element.

Abstract: The system described herein is a Global Personal Health Records (PHR) system that supports: 1) retrieving and storing data offline in HL7 FHIR local storage and online in HL7 FHIR server for the entire household, each member having their own records; 2) retrieving and storing data from user inputs (handwriting or voice), from hospital systems of records (EHR, or EMR and HIS/CIS), from personal health/medical devices (Apple HealthKit, Blood Pressure Monitor, Continuous Glucose Monitor, etc.) via PHR Device Hub (OneHub), and from insurance reimbursement and authorization systems; 3) data mining for descriptive analytics like real-time patient monitoring (RPM), for predictive analytics like drug interaction warnings, or for prescriptive analytics such as exam or lab recommendations; and 4) secured data sharing using a Blockchain protected system.

Abstract: A cluster tool includes: a factory interface including a first robot with an end effector; a first processing mainframe coupled to the factory interface, including: a first processing chamber; a first load lock including a first opening facing the factory interface configured to receive the end effector of the first robot, the first load lock further including a first slit valve configured to selectively open and close the first opening; at least one first LCF sensor disposed between the factory interface and the first slit valve; and a swapper assembly disposed between the first load lock and the first processing chamber, wherein the swapper assembly includes a first swapper configured to swap substrates between the first processing chamber and the first load lock along a first trajectory.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising: a sleeve adapted to be slid over the exterior of an endoscope; a proximal balloon secured to the sleeve; an inflation/deflation tube carried by the sleeve and in fluid communication with the interior of the proximal balloon; a push tube slidably mounted to the sleeve; and a distal balloon secured to the distal end of the push tube, the interior of the distal balloon being in fluid communication with the push tube, wherein the distal balloon is capable of assuming a deflated condition and an inflated condition, and further wherein when the distal balloon is in its deflated condition, an axial opening extends therethrough, the axial opening being sized to receive the endoscope therein, and when the distal balloon is in its inflated condition, the axial opening is closed down.

Abstract: An electrochemical charge storage device includes an ionic transistor and an ionic capacitor, the ionic transistor including a reservoir layer forming an ion reservoir; a source electrode in contact with a part of the reservoir layer; a drain electrode in contact with another part of the reservoir layer, the drain electrode and the source electrode being physically separated from each other, the source electrode and the drain electrode each being made of an electrically conductive material; and a gate electrode of an electrically conductive material, the gate electrode being separated from the reservoir layer by an ionic conductive layer of an ionic conductive and dielectric material, the ionic conductive layer being in contact with the source electrode and with the drain electrode. The ionic capacitor includes two electrodes. The ionic capacitor includes an ionic conductive layer separating the two electrodes from the ionic capacitor.

Abstract: Apparatuses (e.g., devices, systems, etc.) and methods that may provide access to one or more tools to a remote site in the body including expandable and external working channels that may be part of a tube that is coupled to an outer surface of an elongate medical device, such as an endoscope.