Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor structure includes: providing a substrate with a contact feature thereon; forming a dielectric layer on the substrate; etching the dielectric layer to form an interconnect opening exposing the contact feature; forming a metal layer on the dielectric layer and outside of the contact feature; and forming a graphene conductive structure on the metal layer, the graphene conductive structure filling the interconnect opening, being electrically connected to the contact feature, and having at least one graphene layer that extends in a direction substantially perpendicular to the substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a first interconnect feature in a first dielectric feature, the first interconnect feature including a first conductive element exposed from the first dielectric feature; forming a first cap feature over the first conductive element, the first cap feature including a first cap element which includes a two-dimensional material; forming a second dielectric feature with a first opening that exposes the first cap element; forming a barrier layer over the second dielectric feature while exposing the first cap element from the barrier layer; removing a portion of the first cap element exposed from the barrier layer; and forming a second conductive element in the first opening.

Abstract: A method for controlling a positioning chip includes: receiving a positioning request sent by an application; obtaining information of the application, and determining a working mode of the positioning chip based on the information of the application; and controlling resources for the positioning chip based on the working mode. The method may be implemented in an electronic device.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for identifying gesture. A radar antenna array applied to mobile User Equipment (UE) includes a transmit (Tx) antenna array located on a horizontal line and configured to transmit radar waves and a receive (Rx) antenna array including horizontal Rx antennae arranged along a horizontal dimension and/or pitch Rx antennae arranged along a pitch dimension. The horizontal dimension and the pitch dimension are perpendicular to each other. The Rx antenna array is configured to receive echoes caused by reflection of the radar waves. The horizontal Rx antennae are located on the horizontal line where the Tx antenna array is located. The pitch dimension is perpendicular to the horizontal line. A transmitting parameter for transmitting the radar waves and a receiving parameter for receiving the echoes are used at least for identifying a gesture within a radiation range.

Abstract: A representative method involves: generating measured angular velocities and measured axial accelerations; calculating a resulting deviation associated with movements and rotations in a spatial reference frame by: providing a previous quaternion corresponding to time T?1 based on the measured axial accelerations corresponding to time T?1 and the measured angular velocities corresponding to time T?1; converting the measured angular velocities corresponding to time T based on the previous quaternion into a current quaternion and predicted axial accelerations; comparing the predicted axial accelerations with the measured axial accelerations corresponding to time T to obtain a first comparison result; obtaining an updated quaternion associated with time T based on the current quaternion and the first comparison result, and using the updated quaternion as a next occurrence of the previous quaternion; and providing the resulting deviation based on the updated quaternion; and, providing content based on the resultin

Abstract: A satellite signal receiving circuit includes an oscillator, two mixers, two phase shifters, two low-pass filters, two phase operation circuits, and a bandpass filter. When the frequency of the oscillator is between the center frequencies of the Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) and the GPS or the Galileo system, the GLONASS and GPS/Galileo satellite baseband signals are obtained through phase addition and subtraction performed by the phase operation circuits, while the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) baseband signal is obtained through the bandpass filter. When the frequency of the oscillator is between the center frequencies of the BDS and the GPS or the Galileo system, the BDS and GPS/Galileo satellite baseband signals are obtained through phase addition and subtraction performed by the phase operation circuits, while the GLONASS satellite baseband signal is obtained through the bandpass filter.

Abstract: Provided are a method and device for gesture detection, a mobile terminal, and a storage medium. The method is applied to a mobile terminal and includes: transmitting a radar wave; receiving an echo returned in response to the radar wave; determining a first relative motion parameter of an object to be detected in an influence scope of the radar wave relative to the mobile terminal based on a transmitting parameter for the radar wave and a receiving parameter for the echo; detecting a terminal motion parameter of the mobile terminal; adjusting the first relative motion parameter based on the terminal motion parameter to obtain a second relative motion parameter; and performing machine learning on the second relative motion parameter through a preset gesture recognition model to obtain a gesture recognition result.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums are provided for identifying gesture. A radar antenna array applied to mobile User Equipment (UE) includes a transmit (Tx) antenna array located on a horizontal line and configured to transmit radar waves and a receive (Rx) antenna array including horizontal Rx antennae arranged along a horizontal dimension and/or pitch Rx antennae arranged along a pitch dimension. The horizontal dimension and the pitch dimension are perpendicular to each other. The Rx antenna array is configured to receive echoes caused by reflection of the radar waves. The horizontal Rx antennae are located on the horizontal line where the Tx antenna array is located. The pitch dimension is perpendicular to the horizontal line. A transmitting parameter for transmitting the radar waves and a receiving parameter for receiving the echoes are used at least for identifying a gesture within a radiation range.

Abstract: A representative method involves: generating measured angular velocities and measured axial accelerations; calculating a resulting deviation associated with movements and rotations in a spatial reference frame by: providing a previous quaternion corresponding to time T?1 based on the measured axial accelerations corresponding to time T?1 and the measured angular velocities corresponding to time T?1; converting the measured angular velocities corresponding to time T based on the previous quaternion into a current quaternion and predicted axial accelerations; comparing the predicted axial accelerations with the measured axial accelerations corresponding to time T to obtain a first comparison result; obtaining an updated quaternion associated with time T based on the current quaternion and the first comparison result, and using the updated quaternion as a next occurrence of the previous quaternion; and providing the resulting deviation based on the updated quaternion; and, providing content based on the resultin

Abstract: An electronic device utilizing a nine-axis motion sensor module, capable of accurately outputting a resultant deviation including deviation angles in a 3D reference frame is provided. The present invention provides a novel comparison and compensation to accurately obtain a resultant deviation including deviation angles of the electronic device under the presence of external and/or internal interferences including the ones caused by undesirable electromagnetic fields and the ones associated with undesirable external forces and axial accelerations.

Abstract: Methods of motion processing and related electronic devices and motion modules are provided. A representative method of motion processing of an electronic device, which incorporates a motion sensor and a processor, the motion sensor having sensor circuitry including a sensor clock, the processor having processor circuitry including a processor clock, includes: providing one or more samples, including at least one of an accelerometer sample or a gyroscope sample associated with the electronic device, by the motion sensor at a sampling rate according to the sensor clock; storing each of the one or more samples in a buffer of the motion sensor; fetching the samples in batches from the buffer, by the processor, at a polling rate; and performing, by the processor, a numerical integration according to the sensor clock based on the samples fetched from the buffer.

Abstract: A satellite signal receiving circuit includes an oscillator, two mixers, two phase shifters, two low-pass filters, two phase operation circuits, and a bandpass filter. When the frequency of the oscillator is between the center frequencies of the Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) and the GPS or the Galileo system, the GLONASS and GPS/Galileo satellite baseband signals are obtained through phase addition and subtraction performed by the phase operation circuits, while the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) baseband signal is obtained through the bandpass filter. When the frequency of the oscillator is between the center frequencies of the BDS and the GPS or the Galileo system, the BDS and GPS/Galileo satellite baseband signals are obtained through phase addition and subtraction performed by the phase operation circuits, while the GLONASS satellite baseband signal is obtained through the bandpass filter.

Abstract: A location context managing method applied to an electronic device having at least one sensor, including: receiving positioning information from a plurality of positioning sources; receiving a value from the sensor; choosing a scenario from a scenario table based on the value received from the sensor and the positioning information received from the plurality of positioning sources, and calculating a location of the electronic device according to the scenario, wherein the scenario table lists a plurality of scenarios, each decides which positioning information from the plurality positioning sources to be adopted for the location calculation.

Abstract: Methods of motion processing and related electronic devices and motion modules are provided. A representative method of motion processing of an electronic device, which incorporates a motion sensor and a processor, the motion sensor having sensor circuitry including a sensor clock, the processor having processor circuitry including a processor clock, includes: providing one or more samples, including at least one of an accelerometer sample or a gyroscope sample associated with the electronic device, by the motion sensor at a sampling rate according to the sensor clock; storing each of the one or more samples in a buffer of the motion sensor; fetching the samples in batches from the buffer, by the processor, at a polling rate; and performing, by the processor, a numerical integration according to the sensor clock based on the samples fetched from the buffer.

Abstract: A method for performing sensor clock estimation of one or more sensors in an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided. The method may include: receiving sensor data from a sensor within the one or more sensors when polling the sensor; obtaining a data quantity, wherein the data quantity indicates a number of samples within the sensor data received from the sensor; estimating a polling time latency and a sensor clock error at least according to the data quantity with aid of at least one estimation model; and based on the polling time latency and the sensor clock error, generating a plurality of timestamps of the sensor data received from the sensor, for performing an action according to the sensor data from the sensor, wherein the timestamps indicate sampling time of at least one portion of the samples, respectively.

Abstract: Methods of motion processing and related devices are provided. A representative method includes: generating a plurality of first sensor samples; generating a plurality of second sensor samples at a sampling rate according a first clock signal; storing the second sensor samples in a first buffer; fetching the first sensor samples; fetching the second sensor samples in batches from the first buffer; merging the first sensor samples and the second sensor samples to form a sensing merged signal; storing the sensing merged signal in a second buffer; providing a first preset processing signal; and selectively performing a second preset processing according to the first preset processing signal.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a motion sensor and a processor. The motion sensor is configured to perform a sampling at a sampling rate. In each sampling, the motion sensor generates a sample by sampling an angular velocity or an acceleration of the electronic device. The motion sensor is further configured to store each sample in a buffer of the motion sensor. The processor is coupled to the motion sensor and is configured to perform a polling at a polling rate. In each polling, the processor fetches a plurality of the samples from the buffer. The processor is further configured to perform a numerical integration based on the fetched samples.

Abstract: An electronic device utilizing a nine-axis motion sensor module, capable of accurately outputting a resultant deviation including deviation angles in a 3D reference frame is provided. The present invention provides a novel comparison and compensation to accurately obtain a resultant deviation including deviation angles of the electronic device under the presence of external and/or internal interferences including the ones caused by undesirable electromagnetic fields and the ones associated with undesirable external forces and axial accelerations.

Abstract: An electronic device utilizing a nine-axis motion sensor module, capable of accurately outputting a resultant deviation including deviation angles in a 3D reference frame is provided. The present invention provides a novel comparison and compensation to accurately obtain a resultant deviation including deviation angles of the electronic device under the presence of external and/or internal interferences including the ones caused by undesirable electromagnetic fields and the ones associated with undesirable external forces and axial accelerations.

Abstract: Methods of motion processing and related devices are provided. A representative method includes: generating a plurality of first sensor samples; generating a plurality of second sensor samples at a sampling rate according a first clock signal; storing the second sensor samples in a first buffer; fetching the first sensor samples; fetching the second sensor samples in batches from the first buffer; merging the first sensor samples and the second sensor samples to form a sensing merged signal; storing the sensing merged signal in a second buffer; providing a first preset processing signal; and selectively performing a second preset processing according to the first preset processing signal.