Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes the following operations. A substrate is provided with a device and an insulating layer disposed over the device. A silicon-containing heterocyclic compound precursor and a first oxygen-containing compound precursor are introduced to the substrate, so as to form a zeroth dielectric layer on the insulating layer. A zeroth metal layer is formed in the zeroth dielectric layer. A silicon-containing linear compound precursor and a second oxygen-containing compound precursor are introduced to the substrate to form a first dielectric layer on the zeroth dielectric layer. A first metal layer is formed in the first dielectric layer.

Abstract: Provided are a multi-scale and multi-parameter collaborative testing device and method for true triaxial hydraulic fracturing. The method includes: processing a retrieved rock sample, forming a fracturing port on the top surface of a rock specimen, placing a fracturing pipe in a hole, and connecting the fracturing pipe to a high-pressure water supply pipe; installing and connecting sensors on pressure plates, connecting wires, and turning on testing devices; sealing an airtight chamber, filling oil into the airtight chamber until the airtight chamber is full of oil, and keeping a room temperature constant; turning on a water supply device, starting hydraulic fracturing, and turning on testing modules at the same time; and stopping hydraulic fracturing after complete fracture of the specimen, returning oil to an oil tank, opening the airtight chamber to take out the specimen for observation and photographing, and performing data processing and analysis at the same time.

Abstract: A catalyst contains a metal oxide, and a molecular sieve, in a crystal form, having a topological pore structure. The metal oxide is centrally distributed on the surface of the molecular sieve. Grains of the molecular sieve are exposed to at least three families of crystal planes. The family of crystal plane with the largest pore size in topology is occupied by the metal oxide by no more than 30%, preferably no more than 20%, or no more than 10%.

Abstract: A memory device includes a first metal structure, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) structure, a second metal structure, a first spacer, and a second spacer. The MTJ structure is over the first metal structure. The second metal structure is over the MTJ structure. The first spacer is over a first sidewall of the second metal structure. The second spacer is over a second sidewall of the second metal structure. The second spacer has a top surface higher than a top surface of the first spacer.

Abstract: In a general aspect, a radiometer is disclosed that includes a vapor cell sensor. The vapor cell sensor contains a vapor and is configured to generate an optical signal in response to laser signals and thermal radiation interacting with the vapor. The vapor includes a Rydberg electronic transition that is configured to interact with the thermal radiation. The radiometer also includes a computing system having one or more processors and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to perform operations that include generating, based on the optical signal, transmission data that represents the transmission of the one laser signal through the vapor. The operations also include determining, based on the transmission data, a temperature of a target body that generates the thermal radiation.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting a signal measurement error, the method including providing a well plate including error correction wells and sample wells, each sample well including a single sample, and each error correction well including a mixture of samples from two or more sample wells. The method includes receiving an aliquot from the wells at a sample receiver, measuring a signal for the received aliquot, calculating an expected signal for each of the error correction wells, comparing the measured signal to the calculated expected signal for each error correction well, and determining whether an error exists in the signal of at least one sample well. When the error exists, the method correlates the error to one or more sample wells.

Abstract: Fusion proteins are provided, the fusion proteins comprising a single-chain trimer coupled to an Fc domain of an antibody. Also provided are methods of use thereof.

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to novel methods of isolating and differentiating extracellular vesicles (EVs) from a subject, particularly from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). The EVs can be isolated from the spent media of 3D brain organoids differentiated from hiPSCs or from the decellularized extracellular matrix (ECM) of brain organoids.

Abstract: The technical solution involves a board card including a storage component, an interface apparatus, a control component, and an artificial intelligence chip. The artificial intelligence chip is connected to the storage component, the control component, and the interface apparatus, respectively; the storage component is used to store data; the interface apparatus is used to implement data transfer between the artificial intelligence chip and an external device; and the control component is used to monitor a state of the artificial intelligence chip. The board card is used to perform an artificial intelligence operation.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes an Nth metal layer, a diffusion barrier layer over the Nth metal layer, a first deposition of bottom electrode material over the diffusion barrier layer, a second deposition of bottom electrode material over the first deposition of bottom electrode material, a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) layer over the second deposition of bottom electrode material, a top electrode over the MTJ layer; and an (N+1)th metal layer over the top electrode; wherein the diffusion barrier layer and the first deposition of bottom electrode material are laterally in contact with a dielectric layer, the first deposition of bottom electrode material spacing the diffusion barrier layer and the second deposition of bottom electrode material apart, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. An associated electrode structure and method are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an identity authentication system for distributed Internet of vehicles (IoV), including a core cloud, a plurality of edge clouds, a plurality of road side units (RSUs) and a plurality of terminal vehicles. The core cloud stores registration information about the terminal vehicles and the RSUs; the edge cloud performs identity verification on the RSUs according to the registration information, and after the verification is passed, the edge cloud generates a temporary shared session key and sends the same to the RSU and the terminal vehicle, and the RSU and the terminal vehicle establish encrypted communication according to the temporary shared session key, to provide a network communication service for the terminal vehicle. In the present disclosure, a vehicle identity authentication efficiency in a scene with a large traffic density can be effectively improved.

Abstract: A rigidizable insertion tool includes a first segment having a pin extension and a second segment having a pin slot that is elongated. The first segment and the second segment are connected via a joint comprising the pin extension of the first segment and the pin slot of the second segment. The pin extension is movable between a proximal end and a distal end of the pin slot with movement of the first segment relative to the second segment.

Abstract: A wireless input/output (IO) device missed position offset value recovery and compensation system of a wireless communication dongle at an information handling system comprising a controller to transmit with a wireless radio system a polling packet to instruct a wireless mouse to transmit a selected number of data packets, each including a compressed two byte payload of wireless mouse position changes within a data packet frame, the wireless radio system to detect missing data packets within the data packet frame. The controller to translate the wireless mouse position offset values from received payloads into determined cursor positional data for a displayed cursor and to estimate cursor positional data for missing data packets based on wireless mouse position offset values in received payloads in the data packet frame, and the controller to communicate the received and estimated cursor positional data to an operating system of the information handling system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure, including an Nth metal layer over a transistor region, where N is a natural number, and a bottom electrode over the Nth metal layer. The bottom electrode comprises a bottom portion having a first width, disposed in a bottom electrode via (BEVA), the first width being measured at a top surface of the BEVA, and an upper portion having a second width, disposed over the bottom portion. The semiconductor structure also includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) layer having a third width, disposed over the upper portion, a top electrode over the MTJ layer and an (N+1)th metal layer over the top electrode. The first width is greater than the third width.

Abstract: A wireless input/output (IO) device input data packet payload compression system of a wireless communication dongle at an information handling system may comprise a controller to instruct an operatively connected wireless IO device to transmit a selected number of compressed input data packets including a compressed wireless IO device input data payload of compressed or truncated wireless IO device input data and having a selected compressed data packet length, the wireless radio system of the wireless communication dongle to receive the selected number of compressed input data packets of the selected compressed data packet length from the wireless IO device, the controller to execute code instructions to translate the compressed input data into reassembled input data for the wireless IO device, and the controller to generate a human interface device report that includes the reassembled input data for processing by an operating system of the information handling system.

Abstract: A wireless input/output (IO) device and dongle synchronized receive/transmit (RX/TX) switching system executing on a wireless IO device comprising a wireless radio system to receive a polling packet from a wireless communication dongle at an information handling system instructing transmission of data packets within a data packet communication frame, the microcontroller to initiate, upon a polling packet detected end of receipt, a first TX ramp up process at the wireless radio system, and set a communication frame transmission timer based on the polling packet, the microcontroller to disable transmission at the wireless radio system, upon a first data packet detected end of transmission, start the radio interrupt callback timer, and upon running of the radio interrupt callback timer, the microcontroller to initiate a second TX ramp up period that concludes at a scheduled initiation of a next allotted time slot for transmission of a second wireless IO device data packet.

Abstract: A wireless input/output (I/O) device wirelessly coupled to a wireless dongle of an information handling system to encrypt and transmit a data packet frame in response to a transmitted polling packet from a wireless dongle requesting a selected number of packets of a selected packet length. The microcontroller executing code instructions to sign and encrypt the selected number of data packets generating a signature and generating an LFSR distributed signature and an LFSR distributed payload. An encryption algorithm used with an initial or dynamic key and shifting state machine output of another pair of LFSRs generates a data packet encryption output value that is applied via an exclusive OR operator to the LFSR distributed signature and payload to encrypt the data packet and the data packet encryption output value is used for encryption of the next data packet until the selected number of packets of the frame are encrypted.

Abstract: A guarding bit data packet self-recovery system executing at a wireless dongle or adapter of an information handling system comprising a controller to transmit a polling packet including instructions to a wireless input/output (IO) device to return a packet frame of a specified number of data packets at a specified data packet length via a wireless link and the controller to determine conditions of data error levels at a first threshold level and noise level below noise threshold level before generating instructions in a polling packet for the wireless IO device to transmit split bytes including guarding bits coded into each split byte via a Hamming algorithm and the controller to receive the packet frame with the split bytes and guarding bits and decoding the split byte to detect and correct a bit error located in the split byte to recover the wireless IO device data from the split bytes.

Abstract: A wireless peripheral device operatively coupled to a wireless dongle of an information handling system includes a microcontroller to receive a polling packet from the operatively coupled wireless dongle, via a wireless peripheral device radio, identifying a selected number of encrypted data packets for a data packet frame. The microcontroller executes code instructions of a wireless input/output protocol authenticated encryption agent with bi-lateral linear-feedback shift register (LFSR) input stream to generate an initial key or a later dynamic key. With the initial key or dynamic key, the encryption system uses a shifting state machine output from each of a first and second LFSR in an encryption algorithm to generate a data packet encryption output value. The data packet is encrypted via an XOR operator with the data packet encryption output value, and each generated data packet encryption output value is subsequently the dynamic key for encryption of subsequent data packets.

Abstract: An information display method includes displaying a first component, where the first component includes N controls. Eack of the N controls corresponds to a different input mode, and N is an integer greater than 1; receiving a first input performed by a user to a first control of the N controls; and displaying first information in response to the first input. The first information is obtained based on an input mode corresponding to the first control.