Abstract: A device structure may include an interconnect-level dielectric material layer located over a substrate, a first metal interconnect structure embedded in the interconnect-level dielectric material layer and including a first metallic barrier liner and a first metallic fill material portion, and an overlying dielectric material layer. An opening in the overlying dielectric material layer may be formed entirely within an area of the first metallic barrier layer and outside the area of the first metallic fill material portion to reduce plasma damage. A second metal interconnect structure contacting a top surface of the first metallic barrier liner may be formed in the opening. An entirety of a top surface the first metallic fill material portion contacts a bottom surface of the overlying dielectric material layer.

Abstract: An end-expiratory CO2 guided tracheal intubation apparatus includes: an intubation tube, an end-expiratory CO2 catheter, a suction tube, an airbag and an inflation tube. The end-expiratory CO2 catheter partially penetrates the sidewall of the intubation tube, one end of the end-expiratory CO2 catheter extends beyond an end of the intubation tube, and the other end is connected to an end-expiratory CO2 sensor, the suction tube partially penetrates a sidewall of the intubation tube, one end of the liquid suction tube extends beyond an end of the intubation tube, the other end is connected to an air pump, the airbag sleeves the outer wall of the intubation tube, the inflation tube partially penetrates the sidewall of the intubation tube, one end thereof is connected to the airbag, and the other end is connected to the air supply device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising dendritic cells loaded with hHsp60sp, which dendritic cells are from a subject and have been fixed with paraformaldehyde (PFA). The subject may suffer from an autoimmune disease. Also provided are a method for preparing the composition; recombinant human cells comprising a heterologous gene encoding a fusion protein of HLA-E and hHsp60sp or B7sp, and expressing the fusion protein on the surface of the cells; a method for determining a percentage of maximum inhibition of testing the function of the HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells from a subject, determining whether HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells freshly isolated from a subject are defective, or determining whether defective HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells from a subject are correctable; and a method for correcting defective HLA-E restricted CD8+ Treg cells, treating type 1 diabetes (T1D), or treating multiple sclerosis (MS).

Abstract: Described herein is a modular parallel processor and associated manufacturing method in which the parallel processor is assembled from multiple chiplets that populate multiple chiplet slots of an active base chiplet die. The multiple chiplets are tested to determine characteristics of the chiplet, such as a number of functional units or a power consumption metric for the chiplet. The multiple chiplet slots can be configured to be populated by one or more chunks of multiple chiplets, where each chunk has a pre-determined collective value. The pre-determined collective value can be a total number of functional execution cores within a chunk or a collective power metric for the chunk.

Abstract: Described herein is a modular parallel processor comprising an active base die including hardware logic, interconnect logic, and a plurality of chiplet slots and a plurality of chiplets vertically stacked on the active base die and coupled with the plurality of chiplet slots of the active base die. The plurality of chiplets is interchangeable during assembly of the modular parallel processor and include a group of hardware logic chiplets having a plurality of different functional units and a group of memory chiplets having a plurality of different memory devices. The hardware logic chiplets and the memory chiplets interconnect via the interconnect logic within the active base die.

Abstract: A cavity may be formed in a dielectric material layer overlying a substrate. A layer stack including a metallic barrier liner, a metallic fill material layer, and a metallic capping material may be deposited in the cavity and over the dielectric material layer. Portions of the layer stack located above a horizontal plane including a top surface of the dielectric material layer may be removed. A contiguous set of remaining material portions of the layer stack includes a metal interconnect structure that is free of a pitted surface.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for deriving a motion vector at a video decoder. A block-based motion vector may be produced at the video decoder by utilizing motion estimation among available pixels relative to blocks in one or more reference frames. The available pixels could be, for example, spatially neighboring blocks in the sequential scan coding order of a current frame, blocks in a previously decoded frame, or blocks in a downsampled frame in a lower pyramid when layered coding has been used.

Abstract: A touch detection method, a touch detection circuit, a touch chip and an electronic device. The touch detection method includes: receiving a real-time synchronization signal sent by a touch display panel; acquiring a frequency of a noise signal in a working environment of a touch chip; setting a frequency of a coding drive signal based on the frequency of the noise signal, generating the coding drive signal based on the frequency of the coding drive signal, and outputting the coding drive signal to a drive electrode of the touch display panel; generating a strobe signal based on the real-time synchronization signal; and receiving a signal of a sensing electrode of the touch display panel, and outputting a detection result based on the strobe signal and the signal of the sensing electrode.

Abstract: An automatic thread trimming device of a sewing machine contains: a holding disc, a cutter assembly, a fixed cutter, and a protective sheet. The automatic thread trimming device further contains an abutting segment formed on a distal portion of a curved section of a front end of an elastic extension and corresponding to a contact zone of a movable cutter, such that the movable cutter moves to the fixed cutter horizontally to produce cutting force. In the meantime, a longitudinal thickness of a protrusion corresponding to a receiving orifice is 0.5 mm so that a short thread end is cut between a thread and a cut portion of the thread, and the short thread end retracts inward because of a woven fabric, thus obtaining a flatness of a sewing product. Preferably, the automatic thread trimming device is capable of being driven by drive elements of any sewing machines.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intelligent prevention passage control system for an electronic device, which comprises a detection device for an electronic device, a traffic control device integrated with the detection device for the electronic device, an industrial control host, a server, an access controller and a management terminal inside the traffic control device. The present disclosure can more accurately judge violations by scoring violations, and can make the system more intelligent by accurately judging violations, thus realizing no manual attendance, solving the problems of personnel recruitment, shift attendance and personnel management, and saving a lot of labor cost. At the same time, the system can avoid the hidden dangers caused by human feelings, sense of responsibility and inertia brought by manual prevention, and ensure the consistent, accurate and reliable standards of detection work.

Abstract: A device structure may include an interconnect-level dielectric material layer located over a substrate, a first metal interconnect structure embedded in the interconnect-level dielectric material layer and including a first metallic barrier liner and a first metallic fill material portion, and an overlying dielectric material layer. An opening in the overlying dielectric material layer may be formed entirely within an area of the first metallic barrier layer and outside the area of the first metallic fill material portion to reduce plasma damage. A second metal interconnect structure contacting a top surface of the first metallic barrier liner may be formed in the opening. An entirety of a top surface the first metallic fill material portion contacts a bottom surface of the overlying dielectric material layer.

Abstract: A method for reducing distortions of a radio frequency (RF) system includes configuring a plurality of mixers to convert between a plurality of phase signals and a plurality of RF signals, configuring a first mixer of the plurality of mixers to operate in a six-phase operating mode to reduce the distortions of the RF system, and configuring a second mixer of the plurality of mixers to operate in a three-phase operating mode to reduce power consumption of the RF system.

Abstract: A cavity may be formed in a dielectric material layer overlying a substrate. A layer stack including a metallic barrier liner, a metallic fill material layer, and a metallic capping material may be deposited in the cavity and over the dielectric material layer. Portions of the layer stack located above a horizontal plane including a top surface of the dielectric material layer may be removed. A contiguous set of remaining material portions of the layer stack includes a metal interconnect structure that is free of a pitted surface.

Abstract: Provided are a detection circuit of a bridge sensor, a chip and a detection system. The detection circuit includes: an alternating current excitation module, and further includes a signal conditioning module, an analog-to-digital conversion module and a processing module connected in sequence. The alternating current excitation module is configured to apply an alternating current excitation signal to the bridge sensor. The signal conditioning module and the analog-to-digital conversion module are configured to sequentially process an output signal of the bridge sensor. The processing module is configured to demodulate the processed output signal and obtain detection information of the bridge sensor according to the demodulated output signal. In embodiments of the present disclosure, a white noise of the system can be greatly suppressed, and a signal-to-noise ratio of the system is improved, thereby improving detection performance of the bridge sensor.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a touch control driving signal, a touch control chip and an electronic device are provided, which could effectively reduce the influence of the touch control driving signal in a touch control screen on a display screen. The method includes: acquiring a pixel update interval of a pixel circuit in a display screen, the pixel update interval being a time interval during which the pixel circuit receives a data driving signal; and generating a touch control driving signal of a touch control screen according to the pixel update interval, part of the touch control driving signal that is located within the pixel update interval being a constant value.

Abstract: A capacitance detection circuit, a detection chip, and an electronic device are provided. The circuit includes: a first drive module, a conversion module, a processing module, and a control module. The first drive module is configured to charge a first capacitor to be detected. The conversion module is configured to perform charge conversion processing on the first capacitor to be detected to generate an output voltage. The control module is configured to control a first suppression module of the conversion module to suppress an interference signal with a frequency less than a first frequency or greater than a second frequency when the conversion module generates the output voltage, and the second frequency is greater than the first frequency. The processing module is configured to determine a capacitance change before and after the first capacitor to be detected is affected by an applied electric field based on the output voltage.