Abstract: A method includes forming a semiconductor fin over a substrate; forming a gate structure over the semiconductor fin, the gate structure comprising: a first metallic layer; a second metallic layer over the first metallic layer, wherein the first metallic layer is a metal compound of a first element and a second element and the second metallic layer is a single-element metal of the second element; and an oxide layer between the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer.

Abstract: An open-ear earphone includes a housing, a chamber is provided inside the housing, a speaker is provided inside the chamber and divides the chamber into a front chamber and a rear chamber. The housing is provided with a first sound hole and a second sound hole. The front chamber is communicated to the outside through the first sound hole, and the rear chamber is communicated to the outside through the second sound hole. The rear chamber includes a first volume down chamber and a second volume down chamber communicated to the first volume down chamber, and the first volume down chamber is located between the speaker and the second volume down chamber. The sound wave in backward motion generated by the speaker is transmitted to the outside from the second sound hole after being reduced by the first volume down chamber and the second volume down chamber.

Abstract: A micro-power wind-solar hybrid energy harvesting and power generating device including a solar power generation module, a wind power generation module, a control module, an energy storage module, and an accessory structure are provided. The solar power generation module is mainly composed of a solar thin film cell and a corresponding interface control circuit, and the wind power generation module includes a wind-induced vibration structure, a cantilever beam structure, a piezoelectric element, and a corresponding interface control circuit. The solar thin film cell is mounted at a top of the wind-induced vibration structure, and interface control circuits, the energy storage module, etc. are all arranged inside the wind-induced vibration structure. The control module is configured to handle an energy harvesting and power generating algorithm of the wind-solar hybrid power generating device to maximize the power generation quality and the power generation efficiency of the device.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) on a substrate, a first spacer on a first sidewall of the MTJ, and a second spacer on a second sidewall of the MTJ. Preferably, the first spacer and the second spacer are asymmetric, the first spacer and the second spacer have different heights, and a top surface of the MTJ includes a reverse V-shape.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an implementation for a trusted computing system. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, a master controller in an SSD, which is necessarily configured in the system, is used to provide all necessary security functionality of the system's RoT. The system does not need to contain any special RoT chip or module, does not need any modifications in the system design, is easy to adopt, and can be implemented by any system comprising a hard drive. All necessary security functions are completed by the master controller of the system's hard drive. Thus, not only can the cost of the security module be reduced, but more importantly, the mechanism directly protects information and resources (e.g., operating system, user programs, user data, etc.) that actually need to be protected in the system, and once the mechanism is enabled, the protection function cannot be bypassed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a dimmable panel (001) and a display device. The dimmable panel includes a first substrate (101) and a second substrate (102) that are arranged opposite each other; a first electrode (103) and a second electrode (104) that are insulated from each other and located between the first substrate (101) and the second substrate (102), where the first electrode (103) and the second electrode (104) are located in a dimmable area (AA), at least one of the first electrode (103) and the second electrode (104) includes a plurality of strip-shaped electrodes, extension trends of all the strip-shaped electrodes are approximately the same, and orthographic projections of the strip-shaped electrodes on the first substrate (101) do not overlap each other; and a liquid crystal layer (105) located between the first substrate (101) and the second substrate (102), where the liquid crystal layer (105) is located in the dimmable area (AA).

Abstract: Provided is an object recognition method which includes obtaining a first visible-light image acquired by the first camera device and a second visible-light image acquired by the second camera device; performing exposure processing on the first visible-light image according to the luminance information of the bright area image of the first visible-light image and performing exposure processing on the second visible-light image according to the luminance information of the dark area images of the first visible-light image and/or the second visible-light image, where the dark area image is an area image having a luminance value less than or equal to the preset value; and performing target object detection on the first visible-light image obtained after exposure processing and the second visible-light image obtained after exposure processing and recognizing and verifying a target object according to the detection result.

Abstract: A drilling device for geotechnical engineering investigation is provided, including an outer supporting ring seat, where a center of the outer supporting ring seat is rotatably connected with a middle supporting ring seat through a first supporting shaft rod; a center of the middle supporting ring seat is rotatably connected with an inner supporting ring seat through a second supporting shaft rod; the first supporting shaft rod and the second supporting shaft rod are vertically crossed; a second rotating motor is fixedly installed at one end of the first supporting shaft rod on an outer surface of the outer supporting ring seat; a pow output end of the second rotating motor is fixedly connected with the first supporting shaft rod, an other end of the first supporting shaft rod is provided with a first locking mechanism for position limitation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition, comprising ferrous amino acid chelate particles sintered from ferrous amino acid chelate, wherein the average particle size of the ferrous amino acid chelate particles ranges from 500 nm to 2600 nm, and the average molecular weight of the particles ranges from 1,500 Dalton to 600,000 Dalton. Besides, the present invention can be used for manufacturing a medicament for treating or ameliorating a pancreas-related disease, wherein the medicament comprises an effective amount of the composition and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: A color filter structure includes multiple color filter groups. Each color filter group includes multiple color filters. For each color filter group, the multiple color filters transmit light of preset wavelength bands, and each color filter corresponding to a respective preset wavelength band. At least two of the preset wavelength bands correspond to a common color channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating device, which includes a housing and a liquid storage cup mounted in the housing. A suction nozzle is disposed on the housing, a first liquid storage space is formed between the housing and the liquid storage cup, a second liquid storage space is formed in the liquid storage cup, a first sealing member is disposed between the housing and the liquid storage cup and at a side away from the suction nozzle, a second sealing member is disposed at a side of the second liquid storage space away from the suction nozzle, a third sealing member is disposed at a side of the liquid storage cup away from the suction nozzle, and the third sealing member is disposed at a side of the second sealing member away from the suction nozzle.

Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating device, which includes an outer housing, and an inner housing and an atomizing assembly disposed in the outer housing. A first liquid storage space is formed between the outer housing and the inner housing, a second liquid storage space is formed in the inner housing, a hole is disposed on the inner housing to communicate the first liquid storage space with the second liquid storage space, the atomizing assembly is disposed in the inner housing, and at least a part of the outer housing is made of a transparent or translucent material.

Abstract: A method for cleaning substrates includes rotating a substrate; delivering deionized water on a surface of the substrate for pre wetting the surface of the substrate; delivering chemical solution with high temperature on the surface of the substrate for cleaning the surface of the substrate; changing the rotation speed of the substrate to a low rotation speed, and moving a ultra/mega sonic device. The method further includes turning on the ultra/mega sonic device and supplying a constant or pulse working power in a first cleaning cycle; turning off the ultra/mega sonic device, and delivering a high temperature chemical solution or deionized water. The method further includes turning on the ultra/mega sonic device and supplying a constant or pulse working power in a second cleaning cycle; turning off the ultra/mega sonic device, and delivering rinse chemical solution or deionized water on the surface of the substrate; and drying the substrate.

Abstract: A method can include, by operation of a station wireless device (STA): receiving a plurality of different broadcast transmissions, determining an air time availability of each of a plurality of access point devices (APs) from data included within the broadcasts, for each of the plurality of APs, estimating a data rate for the STA with respect to the AP from traffic data included in at least one broadcast transmission from the AP, selecting one AP from the plurality of APs based on predetermined traffic metrics for the plurality of APs, and associating with the selected AP. Corresponding devices and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: A feedback loop circuit of a voltage regulator includes a loadline and a compensation circuit. The loadline generates a feedback signal according to a sensed current signal that provides information of an inductor current of the voltage regulator, and outputs the feedback signal to a controller circuit of the voltage regulator for regulating an output voltage of the voltage regulator. The compensation circuit generates a compensation signal to compensate for a deviation of the output voltage, wherein the feedback signal generated from the loadline is affected by the compensation signal.

Abstract: Methods for improving profiles of channel regions in semiconductor devices and semiconductor devices formed by the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a semiconductor fin over a semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor fin including germanium, a germanium concentration of a first portion of the semiconductor fin being greater than a germanium concentration of a second portion of the semiconductor fin, a first distance between the first portion and a major surface of the semiconductor substrate being less than a second distance between the second portion and the major surface of the semiconductor substrate; and trimming the semiconductor fin, the first portion of the semiconductor fin being trimmed at a greater rate than the second portion of the semiconductor fin.

Abstract: Provided is a shift register unit. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit and an output circuit. The first input circuit is coupled to a first clock terminal, a first node, a second node, a third node, a pull-up power supply terminal, and a pull-down power supply terminal. The second circuit is coupled to the first node, the second node, the third node, the pull-up power supply terminal, the pull-down power supply terminal, an input control terminal, and the first clock terminal. The output circuit is coupled to the pull-up power supply terminal, the pull-down power supply terminal, the third node, a second clock terminal, and an output terminal.

Abstract: The invention provides an AC/DC conversion device for intelligent green-power operation and maintenance in power transmission and transformation projects, including a cabinet, an assembling panel, an inverter, a driving mechanism and a controller. A door is mounted at the front portion of the cabinet in a fixed and sealed manner, and the assembling panel is fixedly mounted on the back wall of the cabinet inside the cabinet. The assembling panel, the inverter, the driving mechanism and the controller are all provided inside the cabinet, which provides desirable dust-proof effects, preventing the case where the inverter, the driving mechanism and the controller are interfered by the dust, so that this device is suitable for outdoor usage. The driving mechanism and the controller work in coordination, so that the inverter can be switched off in time when it burns out and smokes, thereby substantially reducing the risk of fire hazards.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a clamp mechanism, a spray head mechanism, a rotary drive mechanism, a heating mechanism, and a control mechanism. The heating mechanism includes a heating plate arranged below a substrate, wherein the heating plate is provided with at least two cavities in a radial direction, and the cavities are distributed at different radii. During the process of the liquid nozzle moving from the center of the substrate to the edge of the substrate along the radial direction of the substrate, when the liquid nozzle moves to a certain area above the substrate, the control mechanism controls the thermal energy of fluid in the cavity located at the corresponding radius of the area.