Abstract: An example embodiment of the present disclosure involves a method for semiconductor device fabrication. The method comprises providing a structure that includes a conductive component and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) that includes silicon and surrounds the conductive component, and forming, over the conductive component and the ILD, an etch stop layer (ESL) that includes metal oxide. The ESL includes a first portion in contact with the conductive component and a second portion in contact with the ILD. The method further comprises baking the ESL to transform the metal oxide located in the second portion of the ESL into metal silicon oxide, and selectively etching the ESL so as to remove the first portion of the ESL but not the second portion of the ESL.

Abstract: Disclosed are a rotor structure, a permanent magnet auxiliary synchronous reluctance motor, and an electric vehicle. The rotor structure includes a rotor body; the rotor body is provided with permanent magnet slot groups each including multiple layers of permanent magnet slots; the multiple layers of permanent magnet slots include a first permanent magnet slot; and the first permanent magnet slot includes a first permanent magnet slot section and a first bent slot. A first end of the first bent slot is connected to a second end of the first permanent magnet slot section, a second end of the first bent slot is arranged to extend toward an outer edge of the rotor body.

Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting downlink reception beam training signals are provided. The method at the second device side includes: receiving a downlink reception beam training trigger notification message sent by a first device; receiving downlink reception beam training signals sent by the first device, based on the downlink reception beam training trigger notification message; and performing a downlink reception beam training based on the downlink reception beam training signals. The method at the first device side includes: sending a downlink reception beam training trigger notification message to a second device when determining that a downlink reception beam training is to be performed for the second device, and sending downlink reception beam training signals to the second device after the downlink reception beam training trigger notification message is sent to the second device.

Abstract: A device for separating tramp metals from liquid raw materials includes a body unit, a holding unit, a magnetic unit, a rinsing unit, and a driving unit. The body unit includes a tank for feeding-in and feeding-out liquid raw materials. The holding unit is coupled to the tank and includes and a plurality of non-magnetic holders received in the tank. The magnetic unit is mounted on the tank and includes an enclosure haying a telescopic wall to be in a compressed or extended state. The rinsing unit is fixed on the interior of the tank to rinse the non-magnetic holders. The driving unit is coupled the tank and the magnetic unit for driving the magnet unit moving between a first and second positions. An assembly is assembled from the device. And a method is carried out by the device or the assembly.

Abstract: An automatic detection method and an automatic detection system for detecting any crack on wafer edges are provided. The automatic detection method includes the following steps. Several wafer images of several wafers are obtained. The wafer images are integrated to create a templet image. Each of the wafer images is compared with the templet image to obtain a differential image. Each of the differential images is binarized. Each of the differential images which are binarized is de-noised. Whether each of the differential images has an edge crack is detected according to pattern of each of the differential images which are de-noised.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for scheduling tasks of ML workloads. A system receives requests to perform the workloads and determines, based on the requests, resource requirements to perform the workloads. The system includes multiple hosts and each host includes multiple accelerators. The system determines a quantity of hosts assigned to execute tasks of the workload based on the resource requirement and the accelerators for each host. For each host in the quantity of hosts, the system generates a task specification based on a memory access topology of the host. The specification specifies the task to be executed at the host using resources of the host that include the multiple accelerators. The system provides the task specifications to the hosts and performs the workloads when each host executes assigned tasks specified in the task specifications for the host.

Abstract: A method, computer device, and storage medium for exploring and collecting scene reconstruction data. The method includes: capturing a scene image; performing real-time environment perception on the scene image to detect object to be reconstructed in the scene image and reconstructing three-dimensional representation data of the object to be reconstructed; determining a reconstruction target in the object to be reconstructed based on the three-dimensional representation data of the object to be reconstructed and a preset distance threshold; generating an exploration path according to a preset exploration path planning algorithm and exploring an area to be reconstructed according to the exploration path; and collecting reconstruction data of the reconstruction target according to the preset exploration path planning algorithm when the reconstruction target is reached.

Abstract: An arcuate display device, including an arcuate display surface, a plurality of display units, an image source, and a controller, is provided. The display units are configured on the arcuate display surface in an array manner, and each of the display units includes a plurality of pixels. The controller is configured to receive a plurality of pixel signals from the image source to generate a plurality of frame signals respectively corresponding to the display units. Each of the frame signals includes the pixel signals, a plurality of first dummy signals, and a plurality of second dummy signals, in which the pixel signals respectively correspond to the pixels. A sum of an amount of the pixel signals, an amount of the first dummy signals, and an amount of the second dummy signals in each of the frame signals is same. A driving method of the arcuate display device is also provided.

Abstract: The disclosure related to a resin composition for molding device for dental restoration comprising 10 to 50 parts by weight of an urethane acrylate oligomer with a functionality less than 4, 20 to 40 parts by weight of morpholino-group containing acrylate monomera morpholino-group containing acrylate monomer, 10 to 40 parts by weight of a polymerizable acrylate monomer composition and 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of a photoinitiator, wherein the polymerizable acrylate monomer composition comprises 40 to 60 parts by weight of an alicyclic acrylate monomer and 40 to 60 parts by weight of ether-bond containing aliphatic acrylate monomeran ether-bond containing aliphatic acrylate monomer. The shore hardness of the resin composition after being cured of the present invention is not less than 70D and the flexural strain thereof is not less than 0.15.

Abstract: A package structure is provided. The package structure includes a waveguide, a passivation layer, and a reflector. The waveguide is over a substrate. The passivation layer is over the substrate and covers the waveguide. The reflector includes a metal layer and a semiconductor layer on the passivation layer. The metal layer and the first semiconductor layer are in contact with the passivation layer.

Abstract: A control method is provided, applied to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a screen and a knob module. The control method includes: receiving a trigger signal to enable the knob module, and displaying an operating interface corresponding to the knob module on the screen according to the trigger signal, where the operating interface includes a plurality of functional regions that is arranged annularly, and the functional regions are configured to display a plurality of function options, where one of the functional regions shows a marked state; switching the functional region corresponding to the marked state according to a first input signal from the knob module; and selecting the functional region corresponding to the marked state according to a second input signal from the knob module.

Abstract: A cooling tower control method, used for controlling a cooling tower having at least one sensor, includes: receiving and processing a received sensor data; based on the received sensor data, timing training a water outlet temperature prediction model; receiving a target water outlet temperature; traverse searching a plurality of control parameter combinations meeting the target water outlet temperature; selecting an energy-saving target control parameter combination from the plurality of control parameter combinations meeting the target water outlet temperature; and controlling the cooling tower based on the target control parameter combination.

Abstract: A method for generating a robot exploration path includes: establishing a point cloud scene according to single-frame point cloud data collected by a robot, the point cloud scene includes a plurality of data points; classifying and marking each of the data points, the classification mark includes a ground point and an obstacle point, and taking the data points marked as ground points as a ground point cloud; generating a confidence map according to the ground point cloud, the confidence map is configured to display a location and a confidence of each of the ground points in the ground point cloud; generating a plurality of access nodes according to the confidence map; and generating an exploration path according to the access nodes.

Abstract: Disclosed by the present disclosure is a refrigerant leak detection method and device for an air conditioner. The method includes: acquiring current operating parameters of an air conditioner and environment information of a surrounding environment of the air conditioner; inputting the current operating parameters and the environment information into a trained neural network model to obtain an amount of remaining refrigerant outputted by the neural network model; and determining, according to the amount of the remaining refrigerant, whether there is a refrigerant leak in the air conditioner. The present disclosure improves accuracy of detecting a refrigerant leak in the air conditioner by means of an artificial neural network algorithm.

Abstract: The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method of forming an integrated chip structure. The method may be performed by forming a plurality of interconnect layers within a first interconnect structure disposed over an upper surface of a first semiconductor substrate. An edge trimming process is performed to remove parts of the first interconnect structure and the first semiconductor substrate along a perimeter of the first semiconductor substrate. The edge trimming process results in the first semiconductor substrate having a recessed surface coupled to the upper surface by way of an interior sidewall disposed directly over the first semiconductor substrate. A dielectric capping structure is formed onto a sidewall of the first interconnect structure after performing the edge trimming process.

Abstract: A method of preparing self-adhesive polyester elastomer composite membrane includes the following steps: mix methyl formate or ethyl acetate with thermoplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE) powder or granules; add a modifier, a photo initiator or a thermal initiator; continue mixing to prepare uniformed mixture; after drying uniformed mixture prepare a polyester elastomer membrane through an injection laminating process and apply pressure sensitive adhesive on one side of the polyester elastomer membrane. Prepared membrane poses good bonding characteristics to textile materials and can be used in production of clothing.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an online program updating method, including: receiving an external command, acquiring an updated program file, and storing the updated program file into the backup area through a program in the application area, where the external command includes the updated program file, and running the updated program file when a program counter jumps to the backup area. This solution, after the program counter jumps to the backup area, runs the updated program file, thereby providing power continuously while updating the online program and improving the reliability of the power supply system.

Abstract: A resonant converter includes primary and secondary circuits, a transformer, a resonant network and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the primary circuit and the secondary circuit, and configured to control primary switches of the primary circuit operating with a switching frequency. At least one of primary switches is configured to be turned on from a first switching moment until a second switching moment. The control circuit is configured to control secondary switches of the secondary circuit, such that at least one of secondary switches is turned on during a first time interval to increase a current of the resonant network in a first flowing direction and an output current in a second flowing direction or equal to zero.