Abstract: Implementations described herein provide a method of forming a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a nanostructure having a first set of layers of a first material and a second set of layers, alternating with the first set of layers, having a second material. The method further includes depositing a hard mask on a top layer of the first set of layers, the hard mask including a first hard mask layer on the top layer of the first set of layers and a second hard mask layer on the first hard mask layer. The method also includes depositing elements of a cladding structure on sidewalls of the nanostructure and the hard mask. The method further includes removing a top portion of the cladding structure. The method further includes removing the second hard mask layer after removing the top portion of the cladding structure.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a first terminal module, a second terminal module and an isolation shielding plate. The housing includes a receiving slot, a first terminal module installation slot and a second terminal module installation slot. The first terminal module is partially received in the first terminal module installation slot. The first terminal module includes a first conductive terminal. The second terminal module is partially received in the second terminal module installation slot. The second terminal module includes a second conductive terminal. The isolation shielding plate is located between the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal. The isolation shielding plate is configured to move back and forth along a first direction to adjust the shielding position. A connector assembly having the electrical connector is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first conductive housing, a second conductive housing, a first terminal module and a second terminal module. The first conductive housing and the second conductive housing are made separately and fixed together to jointly form a receiving slot. The first terminal module is at least partially disposed in the first conductive housing. The first terminal module includes a number of first conductive terminals which are not in contact with the first conductive housing. The second terminal module is at least partially disposed in the second conductive housing. The second terminal module includes a number of second conductive terminals which are not in contact with the second conductive housing. By using the conductive housing to replace an insulating housing in the related art, the shielding effect and the quality of signal transmission are improved.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a conductive housing and a number of first terminal modules. The conductive housing defines a receiving slot configured to at least partially receive a mating module along a first direction. The conductive housing includes a first conductive housing. The first conductive housing defines a number of first terminal module installation slots disposed at intervals along a second direction. The first terminal module installation slots communicate with the receiving slot. The first conductive housing further includes a number of first partition walls. Each two adjacent first terminal module installation slots are separated by one first partition wall. Each first terminal module is at least partially installed in a corresponding first terminal module installation slot. Each first terminal module includes a first conductive terminal which is not in contact with the first conductive housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a first conductive terminal and a cover plate. The housing includes a receiving slot configured to at least partially receive a mating module along a first direction. The housing includes a first upper surface and a weight-reducing groove recessed downwardly from the first upper surface. The first conductive terminal is mounted to the housing. The first conductive terminal includes a first contact arm. The first contact arm includes a first contact portion protruding into the receiving slot. The cover plate is fixed to the first upper surface and covers the weight-reducing groove. With this arrangement, the present disclosure is beneficial to reducing the weight of the electrical connector, thereby facilitating to achieve lightweight.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a communication method and a communication apparatus. A first communication apparatus determines a first resource. The first resource is used to transmit a first positioning reference signal, the first resource occupies at least two time domain symbols, the at least two time domain symbols are located in a same slot, the at least two time domain symbols includes a first time domain symbol and a second time domain symbol, and the first resource occupies a same frequency domain resource on the first time domain symbol and the second time domain symbol. The first communication apparatus sends the first positioning reference signal to a second communication apparatus on the first resource.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a first terminal module, a first ground sheet and a second ground sheet. The first terminal module includes two first conductive terminals which are a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal, respectively. Each first conductive terminal includes a first contact arm. The first ground sheet and the second ground sheet are fixed relative to the housing. The first ground sheet includes a first grounding elastic arm. The second ground sheet includes a second ground elastic arm. The first grounding elastic arm and the second grounding elastic arm are arranged separately and extend toward each other.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a conductive housing, a first terminal module and a first insulating fixing block. The conductive housing defines a receiving slot configured to at least partially receive a mating module along a first direction. The conductive housing includes a first conductive housing. The first conductive housing defines a first terminal module installation slot and a first filling groove. The first terminal module installation slot communicates with the receiving slot. The first terminal module is at least partially installed in the first terminal module installation slot. The first terminal module includes a first conductive terminal which is not in contact with the first conductive housing. The first insulating fixing block is fixed in the first filling groove. The first insulating fixing block is located adjacent to a front end of the receiving slot.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a conductive housing, a first terminal module and a first insulating fixing block. The conductive housing defines a receiving slot configured to at least partially receive a mating module along a first direction. The conductive housing includes a first conductive housing. The first conductive housing includes a first front end surface and a first filling groove extending through the first front end surface along the first direction. The first terminal module includes a first conductive terminal which is not in contact with the first conductive housing. The first insulating fixing block is fixed in the first filling groove. The first insulating fixing block is located adjacent to a front end of the receiving slot.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a conductive housing and a first terminal module. The conductive housing is an integrally formed component. The conductive housing includes a receiving slot for receiving a mating module and a first terminal module installation slot communicating with the receiving slot. The first terminal module is received in the first terminal module installation slot. The first terminal module includes a number of first conductive terminals. Each first conductive terminal includes a first fixing portion and a first contact arm connected to the first fixing portion. The first fixing portion is at least partially located in the first terminal module installation slot. The first conductive terminal is not in contact with the conductive housing. By using the conductive housing to replace an insulating housing in the related art, the shielding effect and the quality of signal transmission are improved.

Abstract: A circuit board includes a first signal conductive area, a second signal conductive area, a first ground conductive area and a second ground conductive area. The first signal conductive area and the second signal conductive area both extend along a first direction. The first ground conductive area and the second ground conductive area are located on two sides of the first signal conductive area and the second signal conductive area, respectively, thereby improving shielding effect. A connector assembly including the circuit board is also disclosed.

Abstract: An image adjustment method, applied to an image sensing system comprising an image sensor, comprising: (a) sensing a target image by the image sensor; (b) dividing the target image to a plurality of image regions; (c) acquiring location information of at least one first target feature in the image regions; (d) computing brightness information of each of the image regions; (e) generating adjustment curves according to the brightness information and according to required brightness values of each of the image regions; and (f) adjusting brightness values of the image regions according to the adjustment curves. The step (d) adjusts the brightness information according to the location information or the step (e) adjusts the adjustment curves according to the location information.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrical connector includes: providing a housing, the housing including a receiving slot extending along a first direction, and a wall portion; the wall portion defining a first terminal installation slot communicating with the receiving slot; providing a number of first conductive terminals disposed along a second direction; providing a first ground terminal, mounting the first ground terminal to the housing, the first ground terminal including a first mating portion protruding into the receiving slot and an elastic portion located in the first terminal installation slot; and providing a first pressing plate, fixing the first pressing plate to the wall portion, so that the first pressing plate compresses the elastic portion. When the mating module abuts against the first mating portion, the elastic portion is deformed so that the first mating portion is driven by the mating module to translate along a third direction.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for processing immersive media data, a storage medium, and an electronic apparatus. The method comprises: acquiring immersive media data corresponding to a current viewing posture of a user, wherein a three-dimensional viewing space is used to limit viewing content of the user; and rendering the immersive media data corresponding to the current viewing posture, wherein when the current viewing posture is within the three-dimensional viewing space, the acquired immersive media data is rendered; or when the current viewing posture has moved or is moving outside the three-dimensional viewing space, the immersive media data is rendered according to handling information of the three-dimensional viewing space.

Abstract: A neural interface circuit for bidirectional signal transmission includes at least one electrode configured to collect a neural signal and receive an excitation signal. The neural interface circuit can transmit signals bidirectionally. On the one hand, neural signals can be collected through electrodes, and on the other hand, excitation signals can be received through electrodes. The excitation signals can achieve the purpose of researching or intervening treatment.

Abstract: Provided are FinFET devices and methods of forming the same. A FinFET device includes a substrate, a metal gate strip, gate spacers and a dielectric helmet. The substrate has fins. The metal gate strip is disposed across the fins and has a reversed T-shaped portion between two adjacent fins. The gate spacers are disposed on opposing sidewalls of the metal gate strip. A dielectric helmet is disposed over the metal gate strip.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an interconnect structure and a method forming the same. The interconnect structure can include a substrate, a layer of conductive material over the substrate, a metallic capping layer over the layer of conductive material, a layer of insulating material over top and side surfaces of the metallic capping layer, and a layer of trench conductor formed in the layer of insulating material and the metallic capping layer.

Abstract: In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a method including: determining a first cross-entropy loss, wherein the first cross-entropy loss is determined based on a set of predictions, and wherein the set of predictions are based on a classifier head of a machine learning model generating the set of predictions based on a set of feature vectors; updating the classifier head and a prompt of the machine learning model with the first cross-entropy loss; generating outlier samples based on the set of feature vectors; providing, as input to the classifier head, the set of feature vectors and the outlier samples, wherein a second cross-entropy loss and an outlier regularization loss are computed by the classifier head based on the set of feature vectors and the outlier samples; and updating the classifier head with the second cross-entropy loss and the outlier regularization loss.

Abstract: A data processing method, apparatus and device, a storage medium, and a program product are disclosed. The method may include: acquiring free-viewpoint video data, the free-viewpoint video data comprises at least one texture map and/or at least one depth map; encapsulating the at least one texture map and/or the at least one depth map in at least one media track; and processing the free-viewpoint video data according to target-viewpoint information.