Abstract: A semiconductor device with different gate structures and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The a method includes forming a fin structure on a substrate, forming a thermal oxide layer on top and side surfaces of the fin structure, forming a polysilicon structure on the thermal oxide layer, doping portions of the fin structure uncovered by the polysilicon structure to form doped fin portions, forming a nitride layer on the polysilicon structure and the thermal oxide layer, forming an oxide layer on the nitride layer, doping the nitride layer with halogen ions, forming a source/drain region in the fin structure and adjacent to the polysilicon structure, and replacing the polysilicon structure with a gate structure.

Abstract: A dielectric layer is formed over a substrate, an anti-reflective layer is formed over the dielectric layer, and a first hardmask is formed over the anti-reflective layer. A via opening and a trench opening are formed within the dielectric layer using the anti-reflective layer and the first hardmask as masking materials. After the formation of the trench opening and the via opening, the first hardmask is removed. An interconnect is formed within the openings, and the interconnect has a via with a profile angle of between about 70° and about 80° and a depth ratio of between about 65% and about 70%.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemical mechanical polishing pad dresser, which comprises: a substrate having an upper surface; and a abrasive layer covering the upper surface of the substrate, and the abrasive layer including a bonding layer and a plurality of abrasive particles embedded in the bonding layer. Each of the abrasive particles has a tip height (H), which is a distance between the highest point of each abrasive particle and a surface of the bonding layer, and there is an average pitch (P) between these abrasive particles; wherein the dresser has a leveling value (R), which is a ratio (H/P) of the tip height (H) to the average pitch (P) of 0.05 to 0.3.

Abstract: A wireless input/output (IO) device missed position offset value recovery and compensation system of a wireless communication dongle at an information handling system comprising a controller to transmit with a wireless radio system a polling packet to instruct a wireless mouse to transmit a selected number of data packets, each including a compressed two byte payload of wireless mouse position changes within a data packet frame, the wireless radio system to detect missing data packets within the data packet frame. The controller to translate the wireless mouse position offset values from received payloads into determined cursor positional data for a displayed cursor and to estimate cursor positional data for missing data packets based on wireless mouse position offset values in received payloads in the data packet frame, and the controller to communicate the received and estimated cursor positional data to an operating system of the information handling system.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a film bulk acoustic resonance device is disclosed. The proposed method, wherein the device has a specific resonant frequency, includes: providing a substrate having a recess, wherein the recess has a height; configuring a first piezoelectric material layer on the substrate, and causing the recess to form an air gap; configuring a lower electrode on the first piezoelectric material layer; when the height is in a first range, causing a resonant frequency of the film bulk acoustic resonance device versus the height to have a first slope; when the height is in a second range, causing the resonant frequency versus the height to have a second slope; and causing the first slope to be smaller than the second slope.

Abstract: Systems and methods to rotate a beam of light in an optical system include a first mirror galvanometer, a second mirror galvanometer, and a plurality of static mirrors. The first mirror galvanometer and the second mirror galvanometer are movable between different indexed mirror tilt angles. The different indexed mirror tilt angles cause an input beam of light to be reflected to and from different static mirrors of the plurality of static mirrors (e.g., which can be vertically stacked). A plurality of indexed mirror tilt angles rotate an input beam of light a plurality of indexed rotation angles by directing a reflected beam of light to and from the static mirror(s). Switching between indexed rotation angles can include an angle transition period of less than 50 milliseconds. The rotated beam of light is received at a microscope viewing device or at a sample being illuminated by the rotated beam of light.

Abstract: An object detection system of a vehicle includes a camera and a LIDAR sensor. The camera and the LIDAR sensor sense an environment to generate an image and a point cloud that depict the environment. The image and point cloud are preprocessed to facilitate comparison between the image and the point cloud. Similarity between the image and the point cloud in depicting the environment is determined to detect abnormal sensor data. Abnormal sensor data is further detected based on directional pattern strengths of edges of the image and expanded points of the point cloud. Detected abnormal sensor data in the image and point cloud are filtered to generate a secure image and a secure point cloud, which are provided to a perception engine to detect objects or other features in the environment.

Abstract: A display device includes a display substrate and a transparent cover. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel components arranged in an array. Each pixel component includes a micro light-emitting diode (LED), a reflective material, a first refractive material and a second refractive material. The reflective material is provided with a groove. An upper surface of the micro LED is exposed in the groove. The first refractive material is located in the groove and covers the upper surface of the micro LED. The second refractive material is located in the groove and covers the first refractive material. An interface between the first and second refractive materials is a curved surface. The transparent cover covers the display substrate. A third refractive region is formed between the transparent cover and the second refractive material. Light emission of the display device in a first direction and in a second direction is asymmetrical.

Abstract: A hot swappable pump device includes an outer cover and a plurality of fastening holes disposed on a periphery of the outer cover. A peripheral edge of one end of each fastening hole has a first positioning surface. A floating plate of a pump support abuts against the outer cover. A pump with two quick plugs is combined with the pump support. The floating plate has a plurality of through holes, wherein a peripheral edge of one end of each through hole has a first limiting surface. A plurality of positioning members floatingly pass through the through holes respectively, wherein one end of each positioning member is combined with each fastening hole. Each positioning member has a second positioning surface abutting against the first limiting surface and a second limiting surface adjacent to the first limiting surface.

Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate, a source and a drain. The semiconductor layer is located above the substrate. The gate insulating layer is located above the semiconductor layer. The gate is located above the gate insulating layer and overlapping with the semiconductor layer. The gate includes a first portion, a second portion and a third portion. The first portion is extending along the surface of the gate insulating layer and directly in contact with the gate insulating layer. The second portion is separated from the gate insulating layer. Taking the surface of the gate insulating layer as a reference, the top surface of the second portion is higher than the top surface of the first portion. The third portion connects the first portion to the second portion. The source and the drain are electrically connected to the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: An antenna can include a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, a feed element, and a conductive path. The first wall can have a front side, an upper side, a lower side, a rear side and a first slot. The first slot can have an open end at the front side of the first wall, and a closed end. The second wall can have a front side, an upper side, a lower side, a rear side, and a second slot. The second slot can have an open end at the front side of the second wall, and a closed end. The third wall can be connected to the upper side of the first wall and the upper side of the second wall. The conductive path can have a first terminal coupled to the feed element, and a second terminal coupled to a feed point.

Abstract: A dielectric layer is formed over a substrate, an anti-reflective layer is formed over the dielectric layer, and a first hardmask is formed over the anti-reflective layer. A via opening and a trench opening are formed within the dielectric layer using the anti-reflective layer and the first hardmask as masking materials. After the formation of the trench opening and the via opening, the first hardmask is removed. An interconnect is formed within the openings, and the interconnect has a via with a profile angle of between about 70° and about 80° and a depth ratio of between about 65% and about 70%.

Abstract: An electronic device and an antenna feeding module are provided. The electronic device includes a metal housing and an antenna feeding module. The metal housing is provided with a slot with an opening end and a closed end. The antenna feeding module includes a carrier board and a feeding circuit. The feeding circuit includes a feeding element and a radiating element. The radiating element includes a coupling portion, a radiating branch and a feeding portion. There is a coupling gap between the coupling portion and the metal housing, and the coupling gap is less than 0.5 times the width of the slot. The feeding circuit is used to excite the metal housing, so that the metal housing and the radiating element generate a first resonance path with a first resonance mode and a second resonance path with a second resonance mode.

Abstract: A method can include determining which computing units in a computing-in-memory (CIM) macro are to be turned off, the CIM macro including an array of the computing units with X rows and Y columns, the X rows of computing units being organized into N row-groups, each row-group including multiple rows of computing units, the Y columns of computing units being organized into M column-groups, each column-group including multiple columns of computing units, based on the determination of which computing units in the CIM macro are to be turned off, turning off at least one row-group or column-group of computing units, each row-group and column-group of computing units being separately controllable to be turned off, and performing a computation based on kernel weights and activations of a neural network stored in the active computing units in the CIM macro that are not turned off.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide methods for preventing contact damage or oxidation after via/trench opening formation. In one example, the method includes forming an opening in a structure on the substrate to expose a portion of a surface of an electrically conductive feature, and bombarding a surface of a mask layer of the structure using energy species formed from a plasma to release reactive species from the mask layer, wherein the released reactive species form a barrier layer on the exposed surface of the electrically conductive feature.

Abstract: A digital compute-in-memory (DCIM) system includes a first DCIM macro. The first DCIM macro includes a first memory cell array and a first arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The first memory cell array has N rows that are configured to store weight data of a neural network in a single weight data download session, wherein N is a positive integer not smaller than two. The first ALU is configured to receive a first activation input, and perform convolution operations upon the first activation input and a single row of weight data selected from the N rows of the first memory cell array to generate first convolution outputs.

Abstract: A digital compute-in-memory (DCIM) macro includes a memory cell array and an arithmetic logic unit (ALU). The memory cell array stores weight data of a neural network. The ALU receives parallel bits of a same input channel in an activation input, and generates a convolution computation output of the parallel bits and target weight data in the memory cell array.

Abstract: Various implementations relate to methods, systems and computer readable media to provide body tracking from monocular video. According to one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes obtaining a video including a set of video frames depicting movement of a human subject; extracting 2D images of the human subject from the video frames; providing the 2D images as input to a pre-trained neural network model. The method further includes determining a pose of the subject based on the 2D images. The method further includes generating a 3D pose estimation of upper body joint positions of the human subject. The method further includes determining confidence scores, and selecting a set of keypoints of the upper body joints of the human subject based on the confidence scores. The method further includes animating a 3D avatar using at least the selected set of keypoints, and displaying the animated 3D avatar in a user interface.

Abstract: A computing device obtains an image depicting a hand of a user and superposes a default wrist accessory on the hand of the user. The image is displayed with the default wrist accessory on the hand of the user. The computing device detects at least one finger on the hand of the user with the default wrist accessory and determines whether the at least one finger exhibits one of a plurality of pre-defined target finger features. A new wrist accessory is selected based on the at least one finger exhibiting one of the pre-defined target finger features. A virtual representation of a new wrist accessory is displayed.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) device includes a power control circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor of different types. The first transistor includes a gate terminal, a first terminal electrically coupled to a first power supply node, and a second terminal electrically coupled to a second power supply node. The second transistor includes a gate terminal electrically coupled to the gate terminal of the first transistor, and first and second terminals electrically coupled to each other.