Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a 5G NR. In particular, a reduced capability (RedCap) user equipment (UE) can be configured to traverse a synchronization raster to locate a cell-defining synchronization signal block (CD-SSB). The CD-SSB can be used to derive, calculate, or otherwise obtain time/frequency information of a non-cell-defining synchronization signal block (NCD-SSB) which may be monitored and/or measured by the RedCap UE in a more power efficient manner.

Abstract: A battery cell includes a case having an end portion opening; an electrode assembly arranged in the case; a cover plate arranged on the end portion opening; an isolation structure arranged on one side of the cover plate adjacent to the electrode assembly; and a supporting member fixedly connected to the isolation structure and configured to support the electrode assembly.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing inter radio access technology measurements without a measurement gap in a wireless communication system. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a wireless link according to a first radio access technology. The cellular base station may indicate to the wireless device to perform inter radio access technology measurements. The wireless device may determine that it is capable of performing the inter radio access technology measurements without a measurement gap. The wireless device may provide capability information to the cellular base station indicating that the wireless device is capable of performing the inter radio access technology measurements without a measurement gap. The wireless device may perform the inter radio access technology measurements without a measurement gap.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first circuit area having first fin active regions extending lengthwise along a first direction, each of the first fin active regions includes first channel regions; a second circuit area having second fin active regions extending lengthwise along the first direction, each of the second fin active regions includes second channel regions; a gate connector area between and separating the first and the second circuit areas, the gate connector area having filter fins extending lengthwise along the first direction; and a gate structure extending across the first circuit area, the gate connector area, and the second circuit area along a second direction over the first and second channel regions and the filter fins. A portion of the gate structure in the gate connector area has a greater resistivity than portions of the gate structure in the first and the second circuit areas.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a FinFET semiconductor including a first set of fin structures that are active, a source/drain (S/D) region in contact with the first set of fin structures, a second set of fin structures separated, via a shallow trench isolation (STI) feature, from the first set of fin structures, a contact etch stop layer (CESL) over the S/D region and over the second set of fin structures, and a gate over the first set of fin structures and over the second set of fin structures, the gate including a gate dielectric and a gate electrode over the gate dielectric. The second set of fin structures includes one or more non-active fin structures that are in contact with the CESL without being in contact with the S/D region.

Abstract: A method for calculating state of health of battery, performed by a processing control circuit, includes: charging a battery under test to an upper voltage with a first constant current through a charging circuit and an electrical measuring circuit, discharging the battery under test to a lower voltage with a second constant current through the charging circuit and the electrical measuring circuit, obtaining an accumulated discharge capacity from the upper voltage to the lower voltage through the electrical measuring circuit, and calculating a state of health of the battery under test at least according to the accumulated discharge capacity and a design capacity.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus performs a method of decoding video data, including: reconstructing, from a video bitstream, a picture frame that includes a luma component, a first and a second chroma components, and applying a trained neural network based in-loop filter to the reconstructed picture frame by: converting a first resolution of the samples of the at least one of the first and the second chroma components to a second resolution of the samples of the luma component when the first resolution is different from the second resolution; concatenating samples of at least one of the first and the second chroma components with the luma component; processing the concatenated samples using a convolutional neural network; and reconverting the samples of the at least one of the first and the second chroma components processed by the convolutional neural network from the second resolution back to the first resolution.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods and compositions for in situ analysis or detection of analytes in a biological sample. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods for reducing autofluorescence in tissue samples, methods for analyzing tissue samples, and compounds for use in the same. The methods and compounds of the present disclosure may be especially suitable for analytical methods employing fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques over multiple cycles of imaging.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for synthesizing 1,7-naphthyridine derivatives, which relates to the technical field of synthesizing pharmaceutical intermediates and organic chemical intermediates, wherein the method includes: (1) 2-chloro-3-amino-pyridine being used as Compound I as a starting material, and protecting an amino group to prepare Compound II; (2) the Compound II reacting with an aldehydation reagent under alkaline conditions to obtain Compound III; (3) cyclizing the Compound III with acrylate compounds under the action of Lewis acid to prepare compound IV.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a cutting device, where the cutting device includes a cutting head, a main shaft system, and at least four eccentric shaft sleeves; the cutting head is provided with a frame main body and at least four shaft holes; the main shaft system includes a set of rollers, a set of bearing box assemblies, and locking screw assemblies; the eccentric shaft sleeves can be mounted in the shaft holes in an axial sliding manner, a bearing box is disposed inside each eccentric shaft sleeve; one support arm is disposed on each eccentric shaft sleeve; limiting mechanisms are disposed on the frame main body, and are combined with the shaft holes; each limiting mechanism includes at least two limiting clamping seats and fasteners; the support arm and the limiting clamping seat can form a limiting fit after the eccentric shaft sleeve is inserted into the corresponding shaft hole.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a package structure is provided. The method includes premixing cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) and a graphene material in a solvent to form a solution; removing the solvent from the solution to form a composite filler; mixing a prepolymeric material with the composite filler to form a composite material; and performing a molding process using the composite material.

Abstract: A biochip for measuring a cell density of target bio-particles in a sample is provided. The biochip includes a spiral electrode pair and a concentric electrode array. The spiral electrode pair includes a first spiral electrode and a second spiral electrode that are parallel to each other and that are spaced apart from each other. Each of the first spiral electrode and the second spiral electrode is shaped in a spiral extending in one of clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The concentric electrode array includes a plurality of arcs that are concentric and extend in a circular direction around the spiral electrode pair.

Abstract: A silicon interconnect die includes through-substrate via (TSV) structures extending through a silicon substrate; an insulating spacer layer including a horizontally-extending portion overlying a top surface of the silicon substrate and a plurality of tubular insulating material portions laterally surrounding a respective one of the TSV structures; and a front metallic shield layer including a horizontally-extending metallic shield portion and at least one tubular metallic shield portion laterally surrounding a respective one of the tubular insulating material portions.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing gallium nitride field effect transistors (GaN FETs) are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes: a high side GaN FET, a low side GaN FET, a high side driver coupled to a gate of the high side GaN FET, a low side driver coupled to a gate of the low side GaN FET, and a driver circuit coupled to the high side and low side drivers and configured to generate drive signals capable of driving the high and low side GaN FETs, wherein the high and low side GaN FETs and transistors, within the high and low side drivers and the driver circuit, are patterned on a same semiconductor device layer during a front-end-of-line (FEOL) process.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a circuit that includes a substrate, a target device on the substrate, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device electrically coupled to the target device. The ESD device includes an ESD detection circuit electrically coupled to a first reference voltage supply and a second reference voltage supply, an inverter circuit electrically coupled to the ESD detection circuit and configured to trigger in response to an ESD event on the first or second reference voltage supply, a rectifier circuit electrically coupled to the inverter circuit and configured to rectify a current discharged from the inverter circuit, and a transistor electrically coupled to the rectifier circuit and configured to discharge a remaining current passing through the rectifier circuit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a cutting device, where the cutting device includes a cutting head, a main shaft system, four eccentric shaft sleeves and two shaft sleeves; the cutting head is provided with a frame main body and six shaft holes; the main shaft system includes three rollers, three sets of bearing box assemblies, and locking screw assemblies; the four eccentric shaft sleeves can be mounted in the four shaft holes in an axial sliding manner and are used for mounting two of the three rollers; bearing boxes are disposed inside the eccentric shaft sleeves; support arms are disposed on the eccentric shaft sleeves; limiting mechanisms are disposed on the frame main body; each limiting mechanism includes at least two limiting clamping seats and fasteners.

Abstract: A control method for a real-time channel group comprises: after a first real-time channel group creation request is received, joining any node to a first real-time channel group, and initiating system clock synchronization to nodes in the first real-time channel group; after a second real-time channel group creation request is received, joining any node in the first real-time channel group as a shared node to a second real-time channel group; and triggering a channel group packet parsing request according to an execution cycle and an interruption duration to extract a channel group packet for parsing processing. By means of a plurality of real-time channel groups sharing at least one node, system clock synchronization is realized, the number of nodes of real-time channel groups needing to be managed is reduced, and the efficient transmission of a real-time packet is realized.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for predicting a blockage of a coronary artery are provided. The method includes: obtaining multiple pieces of electrocardiogram (ECG) data respectively corresponding to a coronary artery set; generating multiple first probabilities corresponding to the multiple pieces of electrocardiogram data respectively according to the multiple pieces of electrocardiogram data and a first phase model, generating a first determined result according to the multiple first probabilities, and selecting a first data subset corresponding to a first probability subset from the multiple pieces of electrocardiogram data in response to each one in the first data subset of the multiple first probabilities being greater than a first threshold; generating multiple second probabilities corresponding to the first data subset according to the first data subset and a second phase model, and generating a second determined result according to the multiple second probabilities.

Abstract: The present invention provides a magnetic bead purification system, including: a housing; a liquid path treatment system provided inside the housing, the liquid path treatment system being connectable to a reagent barrel and a waste liquid barrel; a sample addition needle group connected to the liquid path treatment system, the sample addition needle group being movable within the housing and connected to the liquid path treatment system, so as to receive a reagent from the liquid path treatment system or to discharge a waste liquid to the liquid path treatment system; a purification magnetic separation system, including a magnetic element, the purification magnetic separation system being controllable to apply a lateral magnetic force to a purification treatment position inside the housing or stop the application of the magnetic force by the magnetic element; and a purification station system movable between a purification treatment position inside the housing and a loading position outside the housing, the