Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises forming a first stack structure and a second stack structure in a first area over a substrate, wherein each of the stack structures includes semiconductor layers separated and stacked up; depositing a first interfacial layer around each of the semiconductor layers of the stack structures; depositing a gate dielectric layer around the first interfacial layer; forming a dipole oxide layer around the gate dielectric layer; removing the dipole oxide layer around the gate dielectric layer of the second stack structure; performing an annealing process to form a dipole gate dielectric layer for the first stack structure and a non-dipole gate dielectric layer for the second stack structure; and depositing a first gate electrode around the dipole gate dielectric layer of the first stack structure and the non-dipole gate dielectric layer of the second stack structure.

Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.

Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly is disclosed and includes a frame and a fan. The frame includes a heat conduction channel and an airflow intake. The heat conduction channel is communication with an exterior through airflow intake. The frame includes a first plane, a second plane and an inclined plane. The first plane is disposed adjacent to the airflow intake. The inclined plane is connected between the first plane and the second plane. The second plane includes an inlet. The heat conduction channel is in communication between the airflow intake and the inlet. A cross-section area of the heat conduction channel adjacent to the airflow intake is greater than that of the heat conduction channel adjacent to the inlet. The fan is spatially corresponding to the inlet, and assembled with the frame to form an outlet in communication with the airflow intake and the heat conduction channel through the inlet.

Abstract: Methods for isolating two adjacent transistors are disclosed. A substrate has a first semiconducting fin on a first region and a second semiconducting fin on a second region, and the first semiconducting fin and the second semiconducting fin contact each other at a jog region. A dummy gate within or adjacent the jog region is removed to expose a portion of the first semiconducting fin and form an isolation volume. Etching is performed to remove the exposed portion of the first semiconducting fin and create a trench in the substrate. The trench and the isolation volume are filled with at least one dielectric material to form an electrically isolating structure between the first region and the second region. Additional dummy gates in each region can be removed and replaced with an electrically conductive material to form two adjacent transistors electrically isolated from each other.

Abstract: Disclosed are an edge tool configuration method and an electronic device. The edge tool configuration method includes: detecting a placement status of the electronic device through a sensor; reading configuration information of the edge tool according to the placement status, wherein the configuration information includes initial configuration information of the edge tool in a plurality of default placement statuses; placing the edge tool at an edge position in a display interface of a display according to the configuration information in the placement status.

Abstract: A method and system for establishing a model for sensing ions in a solution, and a method and system for sensing ions in a solution apply an ion-sensitive field effect transistor in a machine learning model for ion detection in training solutions. The method for establishing a model includes adjusting environmental parameters, where the environmental parameters are selected from any one of multiple target temperatures or from any one of multiple external electric fields; establishing at least one virtual sensor based on the biasing relationship of the multi-gate ion sensitive field effect transistor; obtaining, by the at least one virtual sensor, multiple training features of the training solution based on the environmental parameters and bias parameters; and loading, by a computer, the environmental parameters and the training features into a machine learning model to establish an ion detection model, which is used to sense the types and concentrations of ions.

Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels such as light-emitting diode pixels. The pixels may include multiple circuitry decks that each include one or more circuit components such as transistors, capacitors, and/or resistors. The circuitry decks may be vertically stacked. Each circuitry deck may include a planarization layer formed from a siloxane material that conforms to underlying components and provides a planar upper surface. In this way, circuitry components may be vertically stacked to mitigate the size of each pixel footprint. The circuitry components may include capacitors that include both a high-k dielectric layer and a low-k dielectric layer. The display pixel may include a via with a width of less than 1 micron.

Abstract: A computer processing system is provided for enhancing video-based language learning. The system includes a video server for storing videos that use one or more languages to be learned. The system further includes a video metadata database for storing translations of sentences uttered in the videos, character profiles of characters appearing in the videos, and mappings between the sentences and a learner profile. The system also includes a learner profile database for storing learner profiles. The system additionally includes a semantic analyzer and matching engine for finding, for at least a given video and a given learner, alternative sentences for and responsive to the translations of the sentences uttered in the given video that conflict with a respective learner profile for the given learner. The computer processing system further includes a presentation system for playing back the given video and providing the alternative sentences to the given learner.

Abstract: An optical member driving mechanism is provided. The optical member driving mechanism includes a first movable portion used for connecting an optical element, a fixed portion, a first driving assembly used for driving the first movable portion to rotate relative to the fixed portion, and a guiding assembly having a first intermediate element. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The guiding assembly is used for applying a first stabilized force to the first movable portion for making the first intermediate element be in contact with the first movable portion or the fixed portion. The first movable portion is rotatable relative to the fixed portion.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a set of active regions, a first contact, a set of gates, a first and second conductive line and a first and second via. The set of active regions extends in a first direction, and is on a first level. The first contact extends in a second direction, is on a second level, and overlaps at least a first active region. The set of gates extends in the second direction, overlaps the set of active regions, and is on a third level. The first conductive line and the second conductive line extend in the first direction, overlap the first contact, and are on a fourth level. The first via electrically couples the first contact and the first conductive line together. The second via electrically couples the first contact and the second conductive line together.

Abstract: A package including a first carrier, a seed layer, wires, a die and a molding material is provided. The first carrier is removed to expose the seed layer after disposing a second carrier on the molding material, then the seed layer is removed to expose the wires, and a gold layer is deposited on each of the wires by immersion gold plating, finally a semiconductor device is obtained. The gold layer is provided to protect the wires from oxidation and improve solder joint reliability.

Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism includes a movable assembly, a fixed assembly, and a driving assembly. The movable assembly is configured to be connected to an optical element. The movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly in a range of motion. The optical element driving mechanism further includes a positioning assembly configured to position the movable assembly at a predetermined position relative to the fixed assembly when the driving assembly is not operating.

Abstract: A system for notifying environmental pollution status includes wireless environment sensing devices and a portable wireless environmental pollution status notification device. The wireless environment sensing devices, respectively arranged in the different sensing locations of a physical environment, respectively store the sensing locations and respectively sense pollution related information corresponding to the different sensing locations to output the pollution related information and the sensing locations corresponding thereto. The portable wireless environmental pollution status notification device, wirelessly connected to the plurality of wireless environment sensing devices and located in the physical environment, receives the pollution related information and the sensing locations corresponding thereto and generates notification signals based on the pollution related information and the sensing locations corresponding thereto.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge circuit includes a discharge switch, a first trigger circuit and a second trigger circuit. A first terminal of the discharge switch is coupled to a first power domain, and a second terminal of the discharge switch is coupled to a second power domain. The first trigger circuit is coupled between the first terminal and a control terminal of the discharge switch. The second trigger circuit is coupled between the second terminal and the control terminal. When an electrostatic discharge voltage occurs in the first power domain, the second trigger circuit is configured to form a conduction voltage between the second terminal and the control terminal to turn on the discharge switch. When the electrostatic discharge voltage occurs in the second power domain, the second trigger circuit is configured to short the second terminal and the control terminal to turn on the discharge switch.

Abstract: A positioning pollutant-measuring system includes a cloud server, a wireless base station, an automatic moving vehicle, and a positioning pollutant-measuring device. The automatic moving vehicle carries the positioning pollutant-measuring device and passes through different locations. The positioning pollutant-measuring device receives location related parameters from the wireless base station and measures the air flow rates or the air humidity of the different locations to adjust a resolution for measuring pollutants corresponding to the different locations.

Abstract: A resin compound has a structure represented by a chemical formula (I): In the chemical formula (I), each R1 independently represents a C1-C20 alkylene group or a C7-C40 alkylarylene group, and R1 are the same or different from each other; n independently represents an integer of 1-4; each R2 independently represents a C1-C20 alkyl group or a C2-C20 terminal alkenyl group, and R2 are the same or different from each other. When at least one of R1 represents a C1-C20 alkylene group, at least one of R2 is a C2-C20 terminal alkenyl group.

Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.

Abstract: A communication assembly is configured to be disposed on a substrate, and the communication assembly includes an optical fiber communication module and a heat dissipation shielding module. The optical fiber communication module is configured to be disposed on the substrate. The heat dissipation shielding module is configured for cooling the optical fiber communication module and protecting the optical fiber communication module from external electromagnetic interference, and the heat dissipation shielding module includes a shielding cover and a heat sink. The shielding cover is configured to be disposed on the substrate. The shielding cover and the substrate together surround and form an accommodation space. The optical fiber communication module is located in the accommodation space, and the shielding cover is in thermal contact with the optical fiber communication module. The heat sink and the shielding cover are made of a single piece.

Abstract: A transistor includes a gate structure that has a first gate dielectric layer and a second gate dielectric layer. The first gate dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate. The first gate dielectric layer contains a first type of dielectric material that has a first dielectric constant. The second gate dielectric layer is disposed over the first gate dielectric layer. The second gate dielectric layer contains a second type of dielectric material that has a second dielectric constant. The second dielectric constant is greater than the first dielectric constant. The first dielectric constant and the second dielectric constant are each greater than a dielectric constant of silicon oxide.

Abstract: A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a fin structure on the semiconductor substrate, a gate structure on the fin structure, and a pair of source/drain features on both sides of the gate structure. The gate structure includes an interfacial layer on the fin structure, a gate dielectric layer on the interfacial layer, and a gate electrode layer of a conductive material on and directly contacting the gate dielectric layer. The gate dielectric layer includes nitrogen element.