Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a substrate; a first active device adjacent to the substrate; a first set of one or more layers to interconnect the one or more active devices; a second set of one or more layers; a second active device coupled to the second set of one or more layers; and a layer adjacent to one of the layers of the first set and the second active device, wherein the layer is to bond the one of the layers of the first set and the second active device.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices includes a thin epitaxial layer (nanotube) formed on sidewalls of mesas formed in a semiconductor layer. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first epitaxial layer and a second epitaxial layer formed on mesas of the semiconductor layer. The thicknesses and doping concentrations of the first and second epitaxial layers and the mesa are selected to achieve charge balance in operation. In another embodiment, the semiconductor body is lightly doped and the thicknesses and doping concentrations of the first and second epitaxial layers are selected to achieve charge balance in operation.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which comprises: a substrate; one or more active devices adjacent to the substrate; a first set of one or more layers to interconnect the one or more active devices; a second set of one or more layers; and a layer adjacent to one of the layers of the first and second sets, wherein the layer is to bond the one of the layers of the first and second sets.

Abstract: Provided is a method for scheduling of tasks for an operating system on a multi-core processor. The method includes receiving a system call for initiating a scheduling operation on a second core and invoking a scheduling instance to the second core, and the scheduling instance notifies the scheduling operation of an incoming high priority task. Further, the method includes deferring a switching context instance at the second core, and the deferring the switching context instance at the second core includes unblocking the first core to perform other tasks.

Abstract: A system for generating virtual items is described that includes an augmented reality (AR) item generator engine configured to determine and assign a location in a facility for virtual items based on a transaction history of a user of a mobile application, historical facility data, and a first set of rules using machine learning to increase visits to selected locations in the facility. The AR item generator engine also transmits instructions to the mobile application to present the virtual items on a map of the facility. Each virtual item is viewable in the mobile application via augmented reality at an assigned location in the physical facility. The AR item generator engine also monitors a route of the mobile computing device within the facility based on a transmitted location from the mobile device, and receives a notification from the application when the user has collected a virtual item.

Abstract: A dispatch optimization system leverages ambient and market forecast data as well as asset performance and parts-life models to generate recommended operating schedules for gas turbines or other power-generating plant assets that substantially maximize profit while satisfying parts-life constraints. The system generates operating profiles that balance optimal peak fire opportunities with optimal cold part-load opportunities within a maintenance interval or other operating horizon. During real-time operation of the assets, the optimization system can update the operating schedule based on actual market, ambient, and operating data. The system provides information that can assist operators in determining suitable conditions in which to cold part-load or peak-fire the assets in an optimally profitable manner without violating target life constraints.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for managing kernel services in multi-core system. Embodiments herein provide a method for managing kernel services in a multi-core system. The method includes configuring a lock for a kernel and object-specific locks for shared resources of the kernel and parallel processing IPC services for different shared resources on a plurality of cores of the multi-core system using the object-specific locks.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for speech and gesture interaction of multiple users with devices using voice activated interfaces are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes transmitting a pilot signal from a device comprising a voice activated interface, the pilot signal having a frequency, detecting motion of at least one user around the device, associating the detected motion with a gesture, and performing a function in response to the gesture. Detecting the motion includes receiving a reflected signal of the pilot signal caused by the motion of the at least one user, and detecting a shift in the reflected signal from the pilot signal, wherein detecting the shift comprises determining one or more differences between a waveform corresponding to the pilot signal and a waveform corresponding to the reflected signal.

Abstract: A device includes a USB-C controller instantiated as a first integrated circuit that includes a first set of host terminals coupled to host controllers and a second set of terminals coupled to sets of D+/D? terminals of a type-C receptacle. A D+/D? multiplexer is to selectively couple the first set of host terminals to the second set of terminals. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is coupled between the D+/D? multiplexer and the second set of terminals. A charger detector circuit is coupled between a positive data system terminal and a negative data system terminal of the first set of terminals, the charger detector circuit to detect whether the second set of terminals is coupled to a USB charger through the type-C receptacle.

Abstract: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to retrieve from an address book a communication identifier for each of a plurality of participants, determine from the address book a conferencing type for each of the plurality of participants, and initiate according to the conference type and the communication identifier of each participant a Voice over Internet Protocol conference call directed to communication devices of the plurality of participants. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A JFET having vertical and horizontal channel elements may be made from a semiconductor material such as silicon carbide using a first mask for multiple implantations to form a horizontal planar JFET region comprising a lower gate, a horizontal channel, and an upper gate, all above a drift region resting on a drain substrate region, such that the gates and horizontal channel are self-aligned with the same outer size and outer shape in plan view. A second mask may be used to create a vertical channel region abutting the horizontal channel region. The horizontal channel and vertical channel may each have multiple layers with varying doping concentrations. Angled implantations may use through the first mask to implant portions of the vertical channel regions. The window of the second mask may partially overlap the horizontal JFET region to insure abutment of the vertical and horizontal channel regions.

Abstract: A heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET) gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor power device comprises a hetero junction structure comprises a first semiconductor layer interfacing a second semiconductor layer of two different band gaps thus generating an interface layer as a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer. The power device further comprises a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on two opposite sides of a gate electrode disposed on top of the hetero junction structure for controlling a current flow between the source and drain electrodes in the 2DEG layer.

Abstract: Micro light-emitting diode (LED) displays and assembly apparatuses are described. In an example, a pixel element for a micro-light emitting diode (LED) display panel includes a first color nanowire LED, a second color nanowire LED, the second color different than the first color, and a pair of third color nanowire LEDs, the third color different than the first and second colors. A continuous insulating material layer ius laterally surrounding the first color nanowire LED, the second color nanowire LED, and the pair of third color nanowire LEDs.

Abstract: An improved, cost effective and shortened process of purification of the capsular polysaccharide of S. Pneumoniae, Group B Streptococcus, H. Influenzae, S. Typhoid and N. meningitidis is disclosed. The process includes a cocktail of enzyme treatment, tangential flow filtration, and multimodal chromatography purification. For Gram-negative bacteria, endotoxin removal process involves endotrap HD resin. This shortened process achieved the purity required by WHO/EP/BP for the use in human vaccine preparation, with simple steps and higher yield as compared to conventional processes. The steps of the process avoid use of organic solvents such as, for example, alcohol, phenol, and ultracentrifugation that are otherwise expensive and time consuming to perform, and/or health hazards for commercial use. This process disclosed is also simple, efficient, non-toxic, easy to scale-up, and environmentally friendly.

Abstract: An x-ray tube casing is provided which includes a housing having a heat exchanger integrally formed thereon in an additive manufacturing process. The additive manufacturing process allows for tight tolerances with regard to the structure for the casing and the internal passages of the heat exchanger to significantly reduce the size and weight of the casing. The casing additionally includes a fluid distribution manifold that effectively distributes the cooling fluid within the casing to more efficiently provide cooling to the x-ray tube insert disposed within the casing.

Abstract: A system (with corresponding a method and computer program product) for sensing wire tampering of a utility service. The system comprises a flow meter configured to produce output pulses indicative of a flow through the utility service, a switching-element receiving the pulses from the flow meter, a diode in parallel with the switching-element, and a processor for recording the flow, and having a first wire and a second wire electrically connected to the switching-element and the diode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product of an intelligent self-service delivery advisor. In an embodiment, the present invention includes, in response to receiving computer system service data, identifying, by a second computer system, a computer system service category among a plurality of computer system categories, identifying, by the second computer system, one or more computer system service tasks, based on the computer system service data and the computer system service category, selecting, by the second computer system, a catalog among a plurality of catalogs, based on the one or more computer system service tasks and the computer system service data, generating, by the second computer system, one or more suggestions based on the catalog and the one or more computer system service tasks; and displaying, displaying by the second computer system, the one or more suggestion on a display logically coupled to the computer system.

Abstract: Micro light-emitting diode (LED) displays and assembly apparatuses are described. In an example, method of manufacturing a micro-light emitting diode (LED) display panel includes positioning a display backplane substrate in a tank or container, the display backplane substrate having microgrooves therein. The method also includes adding a fluid to the tank or container, the fluid including a suspension of light-emitting diode (LED) pixel elements therein. The method also includes moving the fluid over the display backplane substrate. The method also includes assembling LED pixel elements from the fluid into corresponding ones of the microgrooves.

Abstract: A nitride-based Schottky diode includes a nitride-based semiconductor body, a first metal layer forming the anode electrode, a cathode electrode in electrical contact with the nitride-based semiconductor body, and a termination structure including a guard ring and a dielectric field plate. In one embodiment, the cathode electrode is formed on the front side of the nitride-based semiconductor body, in an area away from the anode electrode and the termination structure. In another embodiment, the dielectric field plate includes a first dielectric layer and a recessed second dielectric layer. In another embodiment, the dielectric field plate and the nitride-based epitaxial layer are formed with a slant profile at a side facing the Schottky junction of the Schottky diode. In another embodiment, the dielectric field plate is formed on a top surface of the nitride-based epitaxial layer and recessed from an end of the nitride-based epitaxial layer near the Schottky junction.