Abstract: An anti-spoofing authentication system includes an image capture device that converts received light into a voice signal representing a captured image; a microphone that converts sound wave into a voice signal; a face detection device that detects a human face on the captured image, the face detection device including a lip detection device that detects lip features associated with the detected human face; a voice activity detection (VAD) device that detects presence of human voice in the voice signal; and an anti-spoofing device that detects a spoofing attack according to the detected lip features and the detected human voice.

Abstract: A partial sounding method for sounding-reference-signal (SRS) is proposed. The network node may transmit higher-layer signal configuring a fractional SRS resource for partial sounding in configured resource blocks (RBs) to user equipment (UE). The UE may determine an SRS sequence length and a frequency-domain starting position of the fractional SRS resource based on the higher-layer signal to increase the SRS capacity.

Abstract: A sound source localization system includes a microphone array composed of a plurality of microphones each converting sound wave into a corresponding voice signal; a room shape estimator that determines a room shape including a location map and a corresponding template voice feature map composed of template voice features associated with a virtual sound source disposed at different locations respectively, and outputs a room reliability indicating confidence about the determined room shape; a lookup table (LUT) that pre-stores the location map and the corresponding template voice feature map; and a localizer that determines a location of a sound source according to the room reliability and similarity between a voice feature associated with the sound source and the template voice features of the template voice feature map.

Abstract: A method includes following steps. A dielectric layer is formed over a substrate. A transition metal-containing layer is deposited on the dielectric layer. The transition metal-containing layer is patterned into a plurality of transition metal-containing pieces. The transition metal-containing pieces are sulfurized or selenized to form a plurality of semiconductor seeds. Semiconductor films are grown from semiconductor seeds. Transistors are formed on the semiconductor films.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a 2-D material layer, source/drain contacts, and a gate electrode. The 2-D material layer is over the substrate, the 2-D material layer includes source/drain regions and a channel region between the source/drain regions, in which the 2-D material layer is made of a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD). The source/drain contacts are in contact with source/drain regions of the 2-D material layer, in which a binding energy of transition metal atoms at the channel region of the 2-D material layer is different from a binding energy of the transition metal atoms at the source/drain regions of the 2-D material layer. The gate electrode is over the substrate.

Abstract: A pin structure of a transformer bobbin is provided. The transformer bobbin includes a winding part on which at least one winding is wound, and at least one wire outlet part arranged on a side of the winding part. The pin structure includes at least two accommodating slots arranged at the wire outlet part, and at least two conductive pins. Each of the accommodating slots has two first sections and a second section connected to the two first sections. Each of the conductive pins corresponds to one of the accommodating slots, and includes a connection section in the second section and two exposed sections connected to the connection section and extending to an outside of the winding part via the two first sections. One exposed section can perform socket welding, and the other one is bendable to define the end of the winding with the wire outlet part.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method to enlarge the process window for forming a source/drain contact. The method may include receiving a workpiece that includes a source/drain feature exposed in a source/drain opening defined between two gate structures, conformally depositing a dielectric layer over sidewalls of the source/drain opening and a top surface of the source/drain feature, anisotropically etching the dielectric layer to expose the source/drain feature, performing an implantation process to the dielectric layer, and after the performing of the implantation process, performing a pre-clean process to the workpiece. The implantation process includes a non-zero tilt angle.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an integrated circuit device includes forming first epitaxial stack comprising a first sacrificial layer and a first channel layer over a substrate; forming a second epitaxial stack comprising a second sacrificial layer and a second channel layer over the first epitaxial stack; etching a recess in the first and second epitaxial stacks, wherein the recess exposes end surfaces of the first and second channel layers; performing a first ion implantation process to form a first lightly doped region; performing a second ion implantation process to form a second lightly doped region, wherein a tilt angle of the second ion implantation process is greater than a tilt angle of the first ion implantation process; forming first and second source/drain epitaxial features in the recess; and replacing the first and the second sacrificial layers with a high-k/metal gate structure.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a sports and health cloud analysis system including a cloud server with an intelligent analysis module, a big data database is coupled to the cloud server, a wearable sensing module is coupled to a mobile device for collecting at least heart sound, ECG, lung sounds, blood pressure, blood glucose level and blood oxygen saturation level information; an insole-type sensing module is used to collect at least foot information, which is connected to the mobile device. The sensing module performs at least one of exercise sensing, foot, exercise, ankle exercise, knee exercise, hand exercise. The collected information is analyzed by an intelligent analysis module to obtain data for evaluating the health status and exercise intensity.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first dielectric layer over a source/drain region, and forming a source/drain contact plug over and electrically connecting to the source/drain region. A top portion of the source/drain contact plug has a first lateral dimension. An implantation process is performed to implant a dopant into the first dielectric layer. The implantation process results in the source/drain contact plug to have a second lateral dimension smaller than the first lateral dimension. The method further includes forming a second dielectric layer over the etch stop layer, and forming a gate contact plug adjacent to the source/drain contact plug.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first dielectric layer over a source/drain region, and forming a source/drain contact plug over and electrically connecting to the source/drain region. A top portion of the source/drain contact plug has a first lateral dimension. An implantation process is performed to implant a dopant into the first dielectric layer. The implantation process results in the source/drain contact plug to have a second lateral dimension smaller than the first lateral dimension. The method further includes forming a second dielectric layer over the etch stop layer, and forming a gate contact plug adjacent to the source/drain contact plug.

Abstract: A surface inspection system for foil article is disclosed. The surface inspection system comprises a box having a top long narrow opening and a bottom long narrow opening, a bridge interface, a first light source, a second light source, a first modular camera device having a first camera, and a second modular camera device having a second camera. In which, the first light source, the second light source, the first modular camera device, and the second modular camera device all accommodated in the box, and are coupled to a control box through the bridge interface. Particularly, this surface inspection system is allowed to be integrated in an automatic production line of a foil article like electro-forming aluminum foil (also called electronic aluminum foil), so as to achieve an in-line inspection of the surface morphology of the electro-forming aluminum foil.

Abstract: A combined smart sensing pad monitoring system, which includes a planar sensing pad array having a plurality of pressure sensing pads, each of them is a wireless pressure sensing device configured to sense the pressure data of different areas of the planar sensing pad array, an external electronic computing device communicatively connected to the planar sensing pad array to receive the pressure data detected by the plurality of pressure sensing pads. The external electronic computing device combines the pressure data detected by the plurality of pressure sensing pads with the positioning information associated with individual pressure sensing pads to form a pressure distribution. The external electronic computing device monitors the pressure distribution and duration to determine whether to issue a warning.

Abstract: An over-voltage protection device, a memory storage device, and an over-voltage protection method are provided. The over-voltage protection device includes a main load switch, multiple power channels, a voltage detection circuit, and a control circuit. The main load switch is configured to receive power and provide the power to a first power channel among the power channels. The voltage detection circuit is configured to detect a power abnormal status of a second power channel among the power channels. The control circuit is configured to control the main load switch to stop power supply to the first power channel according to the power abnormal status.

Abstract: A joint sensing method for an orthogonal frequency domain multiplexing (OFDM) communication system includes configuring a plurality of reference signal (RS) patterns according to a delay and Doppler shift detection of a measured signal; and determining a two-dimensional (2D) self-ambiguity function according to a delay and sum approach; wherein the delay and sum approach is determined based on linear convolution and frequency binning in a time domain of the plurality of RS patterns; wherein the plurality of RS patterns are for a comb structure.

Abstract: Various solutions for tiered channel information feedback with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may determine a first tier channel state information (CSI) based on a first reference signal resource measurement. The apparatus may report the first tier CSI to a network node. The apparatus may determine a second tier CSI based on the first tier CSI and based on a second reference signal resource measurement. The apparatus may report the second tier CSI to the network node. The second tier CSI may be different from the first tier CSI.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure, a dielectric structure and a contact structure. The substrate has source/drain (S/D) regions. The gate structure is on the substrate and between the S/D regions. The dielectric structure covers the gate structure. The contact structure penetrates through the dielectric structure to connect to the S/D region. A lower portion of a sidewall of the contact structure is spaced apart from the dielectric structure by an air gap therebetween, while an upper portion of the sidewall of the contact structure is in contact with the dielectric structure.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a first semiconductor nanostructure; a second semiconductor nanostructure adjacent the first semiconductor nanostructure; a first source/drain region on a first sidewall of the first semiconductor nanostructure; a second source/drain region on a second sidewall of the second semiconductor nanostructure, the second source/drain region completely separated from the first source/drain region; and a source/drain contact between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) with N transmit (Tx) antenna elements in a wireless network receives precoding information from a base station. The UE constructs a full-rank complex Hadamard matrix (CHM) of order N using the precoding information. The UE then precodes uplink signal using a precoding matrix composed of one or more columns of the full-rank CHM, and transmits the precoded uplink signal to the base station.

Abstract: Method and user equipment (UE) are provided for CSI compression based on multi-dimensional MIO RF signature. In one novel aspect, the UE receives CSI-RS, estimates a basis matrix and a coefficient matrix of a downlink channel matrix based on the at least one CSI-RS, wherein the basis matrix is an N-dimensional non-orthogonal matrix, with N greater than two, and the coefficient matrix is a linear combination coefficient matrix for the basis matrix, and transmits to the network at least one feedback comprising feeding back the basis matrix in a first periodicity and feeding back the coefficient matrix in a second periodicity. In one embodiment, the UE compresses the basis matrix and the coefficient matrix to a feedback basis matrix and a feedback coefficient matrix before transmitting.