Abstract: A microfluidic detection unit comprises at least one fluid injection section, a fluid storage section and a detection section. Each fluid injection section defines a fluid outlet; the fluid storage section is in gas communication with the atmosphere and defines a fluid inlet; the detection section defines a first end in communication with the fluid outlet and a second end in communication with the fluid inlet. A height difference is defined between the fluid outlet and the fluid inlet along the direction of gravity. When a first fluid is injected from the at least one fluid injection section, the first fluid is driven by gravity to pass through the detection section and accumulate to form a droplet at the fluid inlet, such that a state of fluid pressure equilibrium of the first fluid is established.

Abstract: The present invention provides a germ-repellent silicone rubber comprising: a silicone rubber substrate and a germ-repellent active ingredient incorporated therein; wherein, the silicone rubber substrate includes polydimethylsiloxane; the germ-repellent active ingredients include poly(ethylene oxide) and silicone oil or their derivatives. The disclosed germ-repellent silicone rubber reduces the bacterial growth by inhibiting their adherence to the surface instead of killing them, does not contribute to super bacteria formation nor cause skin irritation.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate with an original semiconductor surface (OSS); a first gate region; a first concave formed in the semiconductor substrate and below the original semiconductor surface; a curved or depressed shape opening formed along the vertical direction of a sidewall of the semiconductor substrate in the first concave; and a first conductive region formed in the first concave and including a first doping region and a second doping region. Wherein the first doping region is formed based on the curved or depressed shape opening along the vertical direction of the sidewall of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A transistor structure and a formation method thereof are provided. The transistor structure includes a transistor device, formed on an active region of a semiconductor substrate, and including: a gate structure, disposed on the active region; gate spacers, formed along opposite sidewalls of the gate structure; source/drain structures, formed in recesses of the active region at opposite sides of the gate structure; and buried isolation structures, separately extending along bottom sides of the source/drain structures. Further, a channel portion of the active region between the source/drain structures is strained as a result of a strained etching stop layer lying above or dislocation stressors formed in the source/drain structures.

Abstract: A memory device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The memory device includes an access transistor defined within an active region of a semiconductor substrate and a storage capacitor disposed on the access transistor. A recessed gate structure of the access transistor extends into the active region from above the active region. Source/drain contacts of the access transistor are disposed on the active region at opposite sides of the recessed gate structure. The storage capacitor includes: a composite bottom electrode, formed by alternately stacked first conductive layers and second conductive layers, wherein each second conductive layer is sandwiched between a pair of the first conductive layers, and tunnels laterally extend through the second conductive layers, respectively; a capacitor dielectric layer, covering inner and outer surfaces of the composite bottom electrode; and a top electrode, in contact with the composite bottom electrode through the capacitor dielectric layer.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for switching a secondary cell to a primary cell. A user equipment (UE) monitors a first radio condition of the UE for beams of a primary cell and a second radio condition for beams of one or more secondary cells configured for the UE in carrier aggregation. The UE transmits a request to configure a candidate beam of at least one candidate secondary cell as a new primary cell in response to the first radio condition not satisfying a first threshold and the second radio condition for the at least one candidate secondary cell satisfying a second threshold. A base station determines to reconfigure at least one secondary cell as the new primary cell. The base station and the UE perform a handover of the UE to the new primary cell.

Abstract: A method to establish and activate an MA PDU session for data transmission over a selected access is proposed. UE initiates a UE-requested PDU session establishment procedure. Once the UE receives a PDU SESSION ESTABLISHMENT ACCEPT message with ATSSS container IE, the UE can consider the MA PDU session has been activated and user plane resources are successfully established on the selected access. A method to convert an SA PDU session to an MA PDU session for data transmission over a selected access is proposed. UE initiates a UE-requested PDU session modification procedure. Once the UE receives a PDU SESSION MODIFICATION COMMAND message with ATSSS container IE, the UE can consider the MA PDU session has been converted from the SA PDU session and user plane resources are successfully established on the selected access.

Abstract: A bottom-pinned spin-orbit torque magnetic random access memory (SOT-MRAM) is provided in the present invention, including a substrate, a bottom electrode layer on the substrate, a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) on the bottom electrode layer, a spin-orbit torque (SOT) layer on the MTJ, a capping layer on the SOT layer, and an injection layer on the capping layer, wherein the injection layer is divided into individual first part and second part, and the first part and the second part are connected respectively with two ends of the capping layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor process system includes a process chamber. The process chamber includes a wafer support configured to support a wafer. The system includes a bell jar configured to be positioned over the wafer during a semiconductor process. The interior surface of the bell jar is coated with a rough coating. The rough coating can include zirconium.

Abstract: A package structure including a semiconductor die, a redistribution circuit structure and an electronic device is provided. The semiconductor die is laterally encapsulated by an insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure is disposed on the semiconductor die and the insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure includes a colored dielectric layer, inter-dielectric layers and redistribution conductive layers embedded in the inter-dielectric layers. The electronic device is disposed over the colored dielectric layer and electrically connected to the redistribution circuit structure.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a flip top lid with a replaceable threaded decorative top, comprising a flip top lid and a replaceable threaded decorative top. The flip top lid consists of a base unit and a flip top unit mounted or connected to the base unit at one side by a hinge structure. The replaceable threaded decorative top is connected and matched with the flip top unit through a threaded joint structure. The flip top unit is configured with a first threaded joint structure and the replaceable threaded decorative top is configured with a matching second threaded joint structure, so that the replaceable threaded decorative top can be tightly screwed on to the flip top unit and also quickly detached from the flip top unit. Through the flip top lid with a replaceable threaded decorative top, consumers will have the freedom to choose various appearance designs for their flip top bottles whenever they want, so as to enhance the aesthetic effect and to express their personal styles.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes forming a fin structure protruding from a substrate. The fin structure includes alternately stacked first semiconductor material layers and second semiconductor material layers. The method includes forming a spacer layer over the fin structure. The method includes forming a first inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer over the spacer layer. The method also includes recessing the fin structure and the first ILD layer to form a first opening through the first ILD layer. The method further includes forming an epitaxial structure in the first opening, and forming a second ILD layer over the epitaxial structure and the first ILD layer. In addition, the method includes removing the first semiconductor material layers, and forming a gate structure around the second semiconductor material layers.

Abstract: A video decoder can be configured to determine that a current block in a current picture of the video data is coded in an affine prediction mode; determine one or more control-point motion vectors (CPMVs) for the current block; identify an initial prediction block for the current block in a reference picture using the one or more CPMVs; determine a current template for the current block in the current picture; and determine an initial reference template for the initial prediction block in the reference picture; and perform a motion vector refinement process to determine a modified prediction block based on a comparison of the current template to the initial reference template.

Abstract: A photo-detecting device includes a first semiconductor layer with a first dopant, a light-absorbing layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a semiconductor contact layer. The second semiconductor layer is located on the first semiconductor layer and has a first region and a second region, the light absorbing layer is located between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer and has a third region and a fourth region, the semiconductor contact layer contacts the first region. The first region includes a second dopant and a third dopant, the second region includes second dopant, and the third region includes third dopant. The semiconductor contact layer has a first thickness greater than 50 ? and smaller than 1000 ?.

Abstract: An optical structure film and a light source module are provided. The optical structure film includes multiple optical unit microstructures. Each of the optical unit microstructures has four side surfaces and an inwardly concave beam splitting surface. The beam splitting surface is respectively connected to the side surfaces, and the beam splitting surface has four endpoints when viewed from a front viewing angle. Connection lines of the four endpoints form a rectangle. The beam splitting surface includes at least one beam splitting curved surface. A junction of the at least one beam splitting curved surface and one of the four side surfaces is a first line segment. A projection of a midpoint of an edge of the rectangle on the beam splitting surface overlaps with a relative extreme point of the first line segment.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die, a first insulating encapsulation, a dielectric layer structure, a conductor structure and a second insulating encapsulation is provided. The first semiconductor die includes a first semiconductor substrate and a through silicon via (TSV) extending from a first side to a second side of the semiconductor substrate. The second semiconductor die is disposed on the first side of the semiconductor substrate. The first insulating encapsulation on the second semiconductor die encapsulates the first semiconductor die. A terminal of the TSV is coplanar with a surface of the first insulating encapsulation. The dielectric layer structure covers the first semiconductor die and the first insulating encapsulation. The conductor structure extends through the dielectric layer structure and contacts with the through silicon via.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first gate structure, a second gate structure coupled to the first gate structure, a source region, a first drain region, and a second drain region. The source region is surrounded by the first gate structure and the second gate structure. The first drain region is separated from the source region by the first gate structure. The second drain region is separated from the source region by the second gat structure. A shape of the first drain region and a shape of the second drain region are different from each other from a plan view.

Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided. The semiconductor package includes a heat dissipation substrate including a first conductive through-via embedded therein; a sensor die disposed on the heat dissipation substrate; an insulating encapsulant laterally encapsulating the sensor die; a second conductive through-via penetrating through the insulating encapsulant; and a first redistribution structure and a second redistribution structure disposed on opposite sides of the heat dissipation substrate. The second conductive through-via is in contact with the first conductive through-via. The sensor die is located between the second redistribution structure and the heat dissipation substrate. The second redistribution structure has a window allowing a sensing region of the sensor die receiving light. The first redistribution structure is electrically connected to the sensor die through the first conductive through-via, the second conductive through-via and the second redistribution structure.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a kit for detecting microsatellite instability and a method therefor. The kit includes a negative control, a plurality of qPCR reaction solutions, a qPCR premix and a sterile enzyme-free water; the plurality of qPCR reaction solutions includes 6 pairs of upstream primers and downstream primers of which the MSI mutation site is amplified, and a reference probe for the internal reference and a detection probe for the mutation site. The difference between the amplification of the gene and the gene at the mutation site of the samples and the negative control is used to detect the microsatellite instability. The method and kit as provided is easy and simple without the need of normal tissues being a control, and the need to open the cap. By doing so, aerosol pollution is avoided and sample supplies are conserved.