Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming semiconductor strips protruding above a substrate and isolation regions between the semiconductor strips; forming hybrid fins on the isolation regions, the hybrid fins comprising dielectric fins and dielectric structures over the dielectric fins; forming a dummy gate structure over the semiconductor strip; forming source/drain regions over the semiconductor strips and on opposing sides of the dummy gate structure; forming nanowires under the dummy gate structure, where the nanowires are over and aligned with respective semiconductor strips, and the source/drain regions are at opposing ends of the nanowires, where the hybrid fins extend further from the substrate than the nanowires; after forming the nanowires, reducing widths of center portions of the hybrid fins while keeping widths of end portions of the hybrid fins unchanged, and forming an electrically conductive material around the nanowires.

Abstract: An environment managing and monitoring system and a method using same are provided. The environment managing and monitoring system is configured to assist monitors to obtain real-time information of the monitoring field and control device in the monitoring field. The environmental managing and monitoring system includes at least one sub-system and a host system. The host system is configured to output a region of interest condition and a monitoring condition to the sub-system, wherein the sub-system is configured to generate monitoring results according to the monitoring conditions, and selects an image range from the captured wide-angle dynamic real-time images according to the region of interest condition.

Abstract: A flexible circuit board and a display module are provided. The flexible circuit board includes: a flexible substrate having a chip binding region; a driving chip, arranged in the chip binding region of the flexible substrate; and a protective layer, arranged on a side of the driving chip away from the flexible substrate, where the protective layer includes an electrostatic discharge layer, an orthographic projection of the electrostatic discharge layer on the flexible substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the driving chip on the flexible substrate.

Abstract: A method includes forming a gate electrode and a source/drain region over a bulk portion of a semiconductor substrate, forming a cut-metal-gate region to separate the gate electrode into a first portion and a second portion, forming a source/drain contact plug overlapping and electrically connected to the source/drain region, forming a first contact rail overlapping a portion of the cut-metal-gate region, removing the bulk portion of the semiconductor substrate, and etching the cut-metal-gate region to form a trench. A surface of the first contact rail is revealed to the trench. A via rail is formed in the trench, and the via rail is electrically connected to the source/drain region through the first contact rail.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes channel members over a backside dielectric feature, a gate structure wrapping around the channel members, an epitaxial feature abutting the channel members, a first isolation feature disposed on a first sidewall of the gate structure and extending through the backside dielectric feature, and a second isolation feature disposed on a second sidewall of the gate structure and extending through the backside dielectric feature. A top surface of the first isolation feature is above a top surface of the second isolation feature.

Abstract: A reflective display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A thin film transistor and a reflective layer are disposed on the first substrate. A color resist layer is disposed on the second substrate. The reflective display panel includes a color sub-pixel region and a white sub-pixel region adjacent to each other. The color sub-pixel region has the color resist layer, and the white sub-pixel region has no color resist layer. A buffer layer is disposed in the white sub-pixel region on the first substrate or the second substrate. A cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate in the white sub-pixel region is smaller than a cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate in the color sub-pixel region. In this way, reflectivity and chromaticity can be improved.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a device includes providing a fin extending from a substrate in a device type region, where the fin includes a plurality of semiconductor channel layers. In some embodiments, the method further includes forming a gate structure over the fin. Thereafter, in some examples, the method includes removing a portion of the plurality of semiconductor channel layers within a source/drain region adjacent to the gate structure to form a trench in the source/drain region. In some cases, the method further includes after forming the trench, depositing an adhesion layer within the source/drain region along a sidewall surface of the trench. In various embodiments, and after depositing the adhesion layer, the method further includes epitaxially growing a continuous first source/drain layer over the adhesion layer along the sidewall surface of the trench.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for rechecking a defective product. The method includes: a display terminal receives sent image information of at least one detection image corresponding to the defective product (S110). The image information includes: an ID of the at least one detection image, and defect information corresponding to the at least one detection image. The defect information includes: a defect type of a defect in the at least one detection image, and defect coordinates of the defect in the at least one detection image. The display terminal displays the at least one detection image that is pre-stored corresponding to the defective product and marks the defect information corresponding to the at least one detection image according to the image information (S120).

Abstract: A dry etching method for reducing fluorocarbon-containing gas emissions is provided. The method includes supplying a first gas to a reaction chamber to adjust a process parameter related to the reaction chamber. The method also includes supplying a second gas to the reaction chamber. The method further includes turning on a power source to ionize the second gas, thereby generating plasma. The plasma is used to remove part of a material layer on a substrate. The composition of the first gas is different from the composition of the second gas.

Abstract: The invention provides a power supply including at least one power output port, at least one status alert component, and at least one output port status monitoring module. The status alert component generates at least one visual prompt based on an alert signal. The output port status monitoring module includes at least one temperature sensor adjacent to the power output port, a microcontroller connected to the temperature sensor and sensing an output current from the power output port, and a reset signal generator connected to the microcontroller. The microcontroller comprises at least one port status alert condition that takes a temperature and the output current of the power output port as decision factors. The microcontroller outputs the alert signal to the status alert component when the port status alert condition is met and maintains the status until a reset signal provided by the reset signal generator is received.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to order processing. A computing platform may determine that order processing for a subset of a plurality of trading pairs should be migrated from a source computing platform to a destination computing platform. The destination computing platform may configure itself to process first trading pair, and may enter a proxy mode where orders for the subset of the plurality of trading pairs are routed to the destination computing platform. The destination computing platform may receive and load order processing information corresponding to the subset of the plurality of trading pairs, and may direct the source computing platform to cease processing for the subset of the plurality of trading pairs. The destination computing platform may disable the proxy for the source computing platform, and may receive orders/process for the subset of the plurality of trading pairs.

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided for part segmentation. For example, a process for performing part segmentation can include obtaining a three-dimensional capture of an object. The method can include generating one or more two-dimensional images of the object from the three-dimensional capture of the object. The method can further include processing the one or more two-dimensional images of the object to generate at least one two-dimensional bounding box associated with a part of the object. The method can include performing three-dimensional part segmentation of the part of the object based on a three-dimensional point cloud generated from the one or more two-dimensional images of the object and the at least one two-dimensional bounding box and based on semantically labeled super points which are merged into subgroups associated with the part of the object.

Abstract: A control method for preparing crop nutrient solution, applied in a regulating device, obtains growth data of crops, and determines a growth state of the crops according to the growth data of the crops. The proportion of the nutrient solution required by the crops is determined according to the growth states of the crops, and the culture solution is adjusted according to the proportion of the nutrient solution. After a preset time period, updated growth state of the crops is determined. When the culture solution does not meet the proportion of the nutrient solution corresponding to the updated growth state, the culture solution is adjusted again until the culture solution meet the proportion of the nutrient solution corresponding to the growth state of the crops.

Abstract: Various examples are provided related to control of a wearable robot without torque sensors. In one example, a method includes generating a control signal for a quasi-direct-drive (QDD) actuator of the wearable robot and adjusting operation of the QDD actuator based upon the control signal. The control signal can be determined by a collocated controller using current and angle of rotation of the QDD actuator and a reference trajectory angle. In another example, a wearable robot includes a support structure that can interface with a user; a quasi-direct-drive (QDD) actuator coupled to the support structure; and processing circuitry that can generate a control signal for the QDD actuator, the control signal determined by a collocated controller based upon current and angle of rotation of the QDD actuator and a reference trajectory angle and adjust operation of the QDD actuator based upon the control signal.

Abstract: A keyboard device includes plural keycaps, a base plate, plural connecting elements and a circuit board. The plural connecting elements are connected with the respective keycaps and the base plate. The circuit board is located over the base plate. The circuit board includes plural membrane switches and plural first capacitance sensing units. When one of the first capacitance sensing units detects an approaching conductor or detects a motion of the conductor, a driving signal is generated or a control signal is outputted.

Abstract: Various examples are provided related to continuous control of exoskeletons. In one example, a method includes obtaining IMU sensor signals associated with an exoskeleton attached to a limb of a subject; generating an exoskeleton control signal in response to the IMU sensor signals, the exoskeleton control signal generated by a control policy neural network trained offline from the exoskeleton using musculoskeletal human modeling and exoskeletal modeling with dynamics randomization; and controlling joint torques of the exoskeleton exerted on the subject based upon the exoskeleton control signal.

Abstract: A system for MRI-guided interventional needle procedures comprises a master device providing haptic feedback to and receiving position commands from the operator, a robot controller receiving position commands and providing force information to said master device, a navigation component receiving images from an MRI scanner; said navigation component providing trajectory planning information to said robot controller, a slave robot driving a needle, the slave robot receiving control information from the robot controller, and a fiber optic sensor operatively connected to said slave robot. The fiber optic sensor provides data to the robot controller to provide force information to the master device. The master device, robot controller, navigation component, slave robot and sensor are compatible with an MRI environment and operate inside an MRI scanner room.

Abstract: A medical device for the electromagnetic tracking of a medical instrument transported through the medical device. The medical device has a central axis and a channel that receives and transports a medical instrument through the medical device. The channel extends to a distal portion of the medical device and connects with an opening in the medical device that is not aligned with the central axis. The medical device includes a tracking component that is a plurality of coordinated electromagnetic sensors for generating a virtual axis of travel for the medical instrument, with the virtual axis passing through the opening of the device and being aligned with tool insertion axis.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for motion compensation of medical imaging data includes estimating, via a processor, non-periodic motion of a myocardium of a heart due to respiration and/or other body movements throughout a positron emission tomography (PET) scan based on list-mode emission data acquired during the PET scan of the heart of a subject. The method also includes performing, via the processor, event-by-event motion-corrected list-mode reconstruction on the list-mode emission data to generate cardiac images with the non-periodic motion removed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining, by way of an input, input data relating to speech provided by a user; deriving one or more hypotheses for each of a plurality of user data fields from the input data; obtaining one or more reference values for each of the plurality of user data fields for each of one or more candidate users; calculating a score for at least one candidate user of the one or more candidate users, calculating the score comprising: calculating a plurality of user data field scores comprising, for each of the plurality of user data fields, a respective user data field score using the one or more hypotheses and the one or more reference values for the candidate user for the respective user data field; performing one or more fuzzy logic operations on the plurality of user data field scores; using the score for a candidate user of the one or more candidate users to perform a verification or identification process for the user.