Abstract: A flexible display panel and a preparation method therefor, a display apparatus, and a tiled display apparatus. The flexible display panel is provided with a display area and a peripheral area located on the periphery of the display area, the peripheral area comprising at least one bent area and a folded area located on a side of each bent area away from the display area. The flexible display panel comprises: a flexible substrate and a frame circuit that is disposed on the flexible substrate and is located in the peripheral area, at least a portion of the frame circuit being located in the folded area. The portion of the flexible display panel that is located in the folded area is configured to, by means of the portion located in the bent area, be folded in the direction away from the display side of the flexible display panel.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an induction coil assembly and a reaction chamber. The induction coil assembly includes an induction coil arranged over a dielectric window of the reaction chamber. Two ends of the induction coil include a power input end and a ground end, respectively. A vertical spacing between the two ends of the induction coil and the dielectric window is greater than a vertical spacing between a portion between the two ends of the induction coil and the dielectric window. The induction coil and the reaction chamber provided by the present disclosure may reduce the capacitive coupling of the two ends of the induction coil by ensuring that the coupling strength of an RF magnetic field satisfies the requirement to reduce sputtering on the dielectric window and improve process results.

Abstract: A process of overlay offset measurement includes providing a substrate; forming a first pattern layer with a predetermined first pattern on the substrate; forming a first photoresist layer on the substrate and the first pattern layer; forming a second photoresist layer on the first photoresist layer; forming a second pattern layer with a predetermined second pattern on the second photoresist layer; patterning the second photoresist layer to form a trench having a predetermined third pattern being substantially aligned with the predetermined first pattern of the first pattern layer; and performing overlay offset measurement according to the second pattern layer and the trench.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a radio frequency (RF) source control method. An RF source includes at least one pair of a main power supply and a secondary power supply with a same frequency. The RF source control method includes dividing each process step of process steps of a plasma process into a plurality of time periods, and when performing each process step, maintaining a common exciter (CEX) phase locking delay angle of the at least one pair of the main power supply and the secondary power supply corresponding to each of the time periods at a predetermined value to provide an increased angular distribution uniformity of plasma. The RF source control method provided by the present disclosure may be used to adjust plasma distribution above a to-be-processed workpiece to average the plasma angular direction distribution of the entire process step as a whole to increase process uniformity of the to-be-processed workpiece.

Abstract: Workload distribution in a system including a non-volatile memory device is disclosed. A request is received including an address associated with a memory location of the non-volatile memory device. A hash value is calculated based on the address. A list of node values is searched, and one of the node values in the list is identified based on the hash value. A processor is identified based on the one of the node values, and the address is stored in association with the processor. The request is transmitted to the processor for accessing the memory location.

Abstract: A resolution test card for camera module includes a central region and a plurality of corner regions surrounding the central region. Both the central region and each corner region includes color blocks arranged in an array without gap. Each color block includes at least two straight edges. Any adjacent two color blocks sharing one straight edge in both the central region and each corner region have different colors. Any of the at least two straight edges is inclined relative to a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; the at least two straight edges includes a first straight edge and a second straight edge perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: A multi-stream memory system includes an in-device data processor including a first data processing engine and a second data processing engine, a controller processor, and a processor memory coupled to the controller processor, wherein the processor memory has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the controller processor, cause the controller processor to perform: identifying a stream ID of an input stream, identifying the first data processing engine as being associated with the stream ID based on a stream assignment table, and applying the first data processing engine to the input stream to generate processed data.

Abstract: A prediction method for charging loads of electric vehicles with consideration of data correlation includes: collecting historical data of the charging loads of the electric vehicles; carrying out data correlation analysis on the historical data of the charging loads of the electric vehicles, and real-time data, and calculating correlation coefficients between the historical data of the charging loads of the electric vehicles and the real-time data; based on the correlation coefficients, selecting historical data of the charging loads of the electric vehicles, which has high correlation, as data of the charging loads of the electric vehicles, which is used for prediction; and predicting the historical data of the charging loads of the electric vehicles, serving as the data of the charging loads of the electric vehicles, which is used for prediction, by adopting an LSTM algorithm, to obtain prediction results.

Abstract: Polypeptides are disclosed herein having significantly improved secretion ability from eukaryotic cells, together with fusion proteins, nanoparticles, and uses thereof, and methods for designing such polypeptides.

Abstract: A low-harm cigarette subjected to smoke enhancement, comprising cigarette paper, a filter tip, and an aerosol generating substrate. The aerosol generating substrate comprises a tobacco sheet subjected to smoke enhancement and/or tobacco shreds subjected to smoke enhancement.

Abstract: The invention described herein pertains to the structure and formation of dual core waveguide structures and to the formation of optical devices including spot size converters from these dual core waveguide structure for the receiving and routing of optical signals on substrates, interposers, and sub-mount assemblies.

Abstract: A dual frequency transducer array includes one or more low frequency transducer arrays and a high frequency transducer array. Unfocused ultrasound such as plane waves are transmitted by the one or more low frequency transducer arrays in a number of different directions into an imaging region of the high frequency transducer array. High frequency echo signals produced by excited contrast agent in the imaging region are received by the high frequency transducer array to produce a contrast agent image. In another embodiment, the high frequency transducer produces unfocused ultrasound to excite the contrast agent in the imaging region and the low frequency transducer(s) receives low frequency echo signals from the excited contrast agent. A tissue image is created from echo signals received by the high or low frequency transducer. Echo data from the tissue image and the contrast agent image are combined to produce a combined tissue/contrast agent image.

Abstract: The invention described herein pertains to the structure and formation of dual core waveguide structures and to the formation of optical devices including spot size converters from these dual core waveguide structure for the receiving and routing of optical signals on substrates, interposers, and sub-mount assemblies.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an image sensor, an image readout method, and an electronic device. The image sensor comprises: a pixel array and a plurality of readout conversion circuits, the readout conversion circuit comprises: a comparison circuit for comparing an output signal of the column pixel with a ramp signal to obtain a first output signal and a second output signal; a selection module for selecting the first output signal during a first sampling count, and selecting the second output signal during a second sampling count; a counter for counting according to the first output signal and the second output signal to obtain total quantization value of the first sampling count and the second sampling count, so as to obtain actual signal quantization result according to the total quantization value. The image readout speed of the image sensor is improved.

Abstract: A process of overlay offset measurement includes providing a substrate; forming a first pattern layer with a predetermined first pattern on the substrate; forming a first photoresist layer on the substrate and the first pattern layer; forming a second photoresist layer on the first photoresist layer; forming a second pattern layer with a predetermined second pattern on the second photoresist layer; patterning the second photoresist layer to form a trench having a predetermined third pattern being substantially aligned with the predetermined first pattern of the first pattern layer; and performing overlay offset measurement according to the second pattern layer and the trench.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a control device of data storage system, including a host interface, a peer interface, a storage unit interface, a processor and a local data management module. The host interface is connected and communicated with a storage server for data interaction with the storage server. The peer interface is configured for data communication connection with a storage unit of an adjacent control device in the data storage system. The storage unit interface is configured to connect a storage unit. The local data management module is configured for local data management of the data in the storage unit according to the data management instruction via the processor. The host interface is configured to send result data of local data management to the storage server.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for rendering photo-realistic images of a subject or an object using a differentiable neural network for predicting indirect light behavior. In one example, the differentiable neural network outputs a volumetric light map comprising a plurality of spherical harmonic representations. Further, using a reflectance neural network, roughness and scattering coefficients associated with the subject or the object is computed. The volumetric light map, as well as the roughness and scattering coefficients are the utilized for rendering a final image under one or more of a desired lighting condition, desired camera view angle, and/or with a desired visual effect (e.g., expression change).

Abstract: A storage device includes non-volatile memory, a storage controller including a first controller processor connected to the non-volatile memory, and a second controller processor connected to the non-volatile memory, and shared memory to store a mapping table. The shared memory may be connected to the first controller processor and the second controller processor to share mapping table information between the first controller processor and the second controller processor. The storage controller may set a power mode of the first controller processor and the second controller processor based on an input/output intensity.

Abstract: A storage device is disclosed. The storage device may include storage for data. A host interface logic may receive a dataset and a logical address from a host. A stream assignment logic may assign a stream identifier (ID) to a compressed dataset based on a compression characteristic of the compressed dataset. The stream ID may be one of at least two stream IDs; the compressed dataset may be determined based on the dataset. A logical-to-physical translation layer may map the logical address to a physical address in the storage. A controller may store the compressed dataset at the physical address using the stream ID.

Abstract: Provided are a display substrate, a preparation method thereof and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes a substrate and a plurality of pixel units disposed in matrix on the substrate, wherein each pixel unit includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel includes a driving structure layer, a first electrode and a first pixel define layer on the driving structure layer, and a light absorption layer disposed on the first pixel define layer. The first pixel define layer includes a plurality of first barriers and first pixel openings disposed between the first barriers, the first pixel opening exposes at least part of the first electrode, and the first pixel opening includes a first surface close to the first electrode, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a first sidewall between the first and second surfaces.