Abstract: A circuit for sensing an X-ray including a switching element, a storage element, a sensing element and a branching element. The storage element electrically coupled to the switching element. The sensing element electrically coupled to the switching element. The branching element electrically coupled between the storage element and the sensing element.

Abstract: A feature identifying method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of physiological information obtained by measuring a subject at a plurality of time points in one day; converting the plurality of physiological information into a plurality of correlation features respectively; establishing a plurality of first risk prediction models according to the plurality of correlation features, and identifying at least one first correlation feature from the plurality of correlation features according to the plurality of first risk prediction models; establishing a plurality of second risk prediction models according to the at least one first correlation feature, and identifying, according to the plurality of second risk prediction models, at least one second correlation feature capable of predicting a specific disease from the at least one first correlation feature; and outputting the at least one second correlation feature.

Abstract: Disclosed examples include non-volatile counter systems to generate and store a counter value according to a sensor pulse signal, and power circuits to generate first and second supply voltage signals to power first and second power domain circuits using power from the sensor pulse signal, including a switch connected between first and second power domain supply nodes, a boost circuit, and a control circuit to selectively cause the switch to disconnect the first and second power domain circuits from one another after the first supply voltage signal rises above a threshold voltage in a given pulse of the sensor pulse signal, and to cause the boost circuit to boost the second supply voltage signal after the regulator output is disconnected from the second power domain supply node in the given pulse.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable-flow-path air valve for water hammer prevention and a design method. The variable-flow-path air valve includes a valve body with a top provided with an air intake-exhaust port. A ball valve seat and a floating ball are arranged below the air intake-exhaust port. The valve body is provided with at least one swing check valve configured to be opened inward. The swing check valve includes: a swing valve disc connected to a valve body hinge, a variable-flow-path air inlet controlled by the swing valve disc to open and close, a device for limiting the opening degree of the swing valve disc, and a sealing device. In the present invention, the air valve takes in air through the air intake-exhaust port and the variable flow path, and discharges air only through the air intake-exhaust port.

Abstract: A method for preparing carbon-functionalized praseodymium oxide includes the following steps: dissolving Pr(NO3)3·6H2O in an acid dye solution and stirring to form a mixed solution; adding NH3H2O dropwise in the mixed solution while stirring to adjust a pH value of the mixed solution, thereby forming a suspension, and then aging the suspension for 2 to 4 hours; filtering, washing with water, washing with alcohol, and drying the aged suspension to obtain a carbon-functionalized Pr6O11 precursor; and placing the carbon-functionalized Pr6O11 precursor in a tube furnace under a protection of nitrogen, heating the carbon-functionalized Pr6O11 precursor to a sintering temperature at a heating rate of 4 to 6 degrees Celsius/min, keeping at the sintering temperature for 3 to 4 hours, and then cooling to room temperature, thereby obtaining the carbon-functionalized Pr6O11.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for electric motor control includes a model predictive controller operating in a d-q reference frame to provide d-q reference frame voltage command signals that counteract a magnetic cross coupling within the motor.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an image sensor, a lens assembly, a temperature sensor, and a processor. The lens assembly includes a lens whose distance from the image sensor is adjustable from a minimum stroke distance to a maximum stroke distance. The temperature sensor determines a temperature of the imaging device. The processor instantiates auto focus tables that are each correlated to a temperature, receives at temperature from the temperature sensor, selects an auto focus table associated with the temperature, and provides an auto focus for the object based upon the auto focus table. Each auto focus table provides a temperature compensated correlation of a first stroke distance associated with the object at the maximum distance from the imaging device, and a second stroke distance associated with the object at the minimum distance from the imaging device.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes disposing a plurality of a first type of light sensing units on a substrate; and disposing a plurality of a second type of light sensing units arranged on the substrate. Each of the first type of light sensing units is operable to receive less radiation than each of the second type of light sensing units. At least one of the second type of light sensing units is adjacent to a portion of at least one of the first type of light sensing units. The method includes disposing a first isolation structure between one of the first type of light sensing units and one of the second type of light sensing units; and disposing a second isolation structure between the adjacent first type of light sensing units. The method includes disposing a reflective layer above the first type of light sensing units.

Abstract: Phase change material (PCM) switches and methods of fabrication thereof that provide improved thermal confinement within a phase change material layer. A PCM switch may include a dielectric capping layer between a heater pad and the phase change material layer of the PCM switch that is laterally-confined such opposing sides of the dielectric capping layer the heater pad may form continuous surfaces extending transverse to the signal transmission pathway across the PCM switch. Heat transfer from the heater pad through the dielectric capping layer to the phase change material layer may be predominantly vertical, with minimal thermal dissipation along a lateral direction. The localized heating of the phase change material may improve the efficiency of the PCM switch enabling lower bias voltages, minimize the formation of regions of intermediate resistivity in the PCM switch, and improve the parasitic capacitance characteristics of the PCM switch.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods of quantitative multiplex amplicon sequencing system for labeling the original DNA sample with an oligonucleotide barcode sequence by polymerase chain reaction, amplifying the genomic region(s) for high-throughput sequencing and quantifying the sequence in DNA sample. The methods allow analyzing a DNA sample comprising between 1 and 10,000 Target Regions for quantifying potential sequence variants and wildtype molecules.

Abstract: An image sensor device has a first number of first pixels disposed in a substrate and a second number of second pixels disposed in the substrate. The first number is substantially equal to the second number. A light-blocking structure disposed over the first pixels and the second pixels. The light-blocking structure defines a plurality of first openings and second openings through which light can pass. The first openings are disposed over the first pixels. The second openings are disposed over the second pixels. The second openings are smaller than the first openings. A microcontroller is configured to turn on different ones of the second pixels at different points in time.

Abstract: A pixel sensor may include a main deep trench isolation (DTI) structure and one or more sub-DTI structures in a substrate of the pixel sensor to increase the quantum efficiency of the pixel sensor at large incident angles. The one or more sub-DTI structures may be located within the perimeter of the main DTI structure and above a photodiode. The one or more sub-DTI structures may be configured to provide a path of travel for incident light into the photodiode from large incident angles in that the one or more sub-DTI structures may be filled with an oxide material to increase light penetration into the one or more sub-DTI structures. This may reduce reflections at a top surface of the substrate, thereby permitting incident light to refract into the substrate and toward the photodiode.

Abstract: Provided are a method for determining parameters of a waveguide core in an optical-electronic printed circuit board, an optical-electronic printed circuit board, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining, according to a refractive index of a material from which the waveguide core is made and a refractive index of a material from which a base layer is made, a critical angle of total reflection at an interface between the waveguide core and the base layer; and determining the parameters of the waveguide core according to a relative positional relationship between one end port of the waveguide core and the other end port of the waveguide core in the optical-electronic printed circuit board, a condition of a region through which the waveguide core passes, and the critical angle, so that steering of the waveguide core is achieved without introducing a curved surface to the waveguide core.

Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes first forming a first magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) and a second MTJ on a substrate, performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process or a high-density plasma (HDP) process to form a passivation layer on the first MTJ and the second MTJ, performing an etching process to remove the passivation layer adjacent to the first MTJ and the second MTJ, and then forming an ultra low-k (ULK) dielectric layer on the passivation layer.

Abstract: Provided are a pharmaceutical composition comprising a human interleukin 2 (IL-2) variant or derivative thereof and use thereof. In particular, provided are a pharmaceutical composition including a human interleukin 2 variant or derivative thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The pharmaceutical composition has improved high temperature, freezing and thawing, room-temperature stability, and appearance formulation reproducibility.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a three-chip complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and a method for forming the image sensor. The image sensor a first chip including a plurality of image sensing elements, transfer transistors and diffusion wells corresponding to the plurality of image sensing elements, a ground node shared by the plurality of image sensing elements, and deep trench isolation (DTI) structures extending from the shared ground node and between adjacent image sensing elements of the plurality of image sensing elements. The image sensor further includes a second chip bonded to the first chip and including a source follower, a reset transistor, a row select transistor, and an in-pixel circuit, where the source follower is electrically coupled to the diffusion wells. The image sensor further includes a third chip bonded to the second chip and including an application-specific circuit, where the application-specific circuit is electrically coupled to the in-pixel circuit.

Abstract: Provided are a mixed reality display method, a mixed reality device, and a storage medium. The method includes: after receiving a mixed display signal, tracking the eyeballs of a user by means of an eyeball tracker, and determining a gaze point of the user on a display screen; determining, according to a correspondence between the gaze point and a sub-display region in the display screen, the sub-display region the user gazes; determining at least one first image sensor according to a correspondence between the sub-display region and an image sensor in an image sensor array, and adjusting the at least one first image sensor; and superimposing and rendering an environment image output by the image sensor array and a virtual image, and obtaining and displaying an MR image.

Abstract: A distance meter circuit includes: a driver for generating a driving pulse according to a measuring control signal to drive a laser diode to emit a light pulse to an object; a photonic sensing device for generating a first light conversion signal in response to the light pulse reflected by the object; a read-out circuit for measuring a TOF of the light pulse reflected by the object; an adjustable delay circuit for providing an adjustable delay time between the measuring control signal and the measuring trigger signal, or between the measuring control signal and the driving pulse; and a DLL controller for generating a delay control signal by comparing a phase difference between the measuring trigger signal and a driving related signal related to the driving pulse such that the phase difference is regulated to a predetermined value.

Abstract: An illustrative audiovisual content rendering system generates a light dataset configured to model light energy at a particular location within a simulated 3D environment for a video frame time. The audiovisual content rendering system also generates an audio dataset configured to model acoustic energy at the particular location within the simulated 3D environment for an audio frame time concurrent with the video frame time. The audiovisual content rendering system stores the light dataset and the audio dataset together within a voxel-based data structure. More particularly, the light dataset and the audio dataset are stored together within a particular voxel of the voxel-based data structure that corresponds to the particular location within the simulated 3D environment. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for inferring device fingerprint, performed by a processor, includes: obtaining a current device dataset including current device features from a user interface operating on a user device, when the current device dataset further includes a current protocol address and a device fingerprint pointer table does not include a current number of a target device fingerprint pointer corresponding to the current protocol address, obtaining a history protocol address, first history device features and first history number of the target device fingerprint pointer, when the current protocol address matches the history protocol address and the current device features matches the first history device features, using one first history number as the current number, and when the current protocol address does not match the history protocol address and the current device features matches the first history device features, setting the current number to point to a new device fingerprint.