Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate; an isolation structure over the substrate; a first fin extending from the substrate and through the isolation structure; a first source/drain structure over the first fin; a contact etch stop layer over the isolation structure and contacting a first side face of the first source/drain structure; and a first dielectric structure contacting a second side face of the first source/drain structure. The first side face and the second side face are on opposite sides of the first fin in a cross-sectional view cut along a widthwise direction of the first fin. The first dielectric structure extends higher than the first source/drain structure.

Abstract: In one exemplary aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a method for lithography patterning. The method includes providing a substrate and forming a target layer over the substrate. A patterning layer is formed by depositing a first layer having an organic composition; depositing a second layer including over 50 atomic percent of silicon; and depositing a photosensitive layer on the second layer. In some implementations, the second layer is deposited by ALD, CVD, or PVD processes.

Abstract: A stretchable pixel array substrate includes a base, pixel structures and a gate driving circuit electrically connected to the pixel structures. The base has an active area and a peripheral area outside the active area. The peripheral area has openings to define first islands, second islands and first bridges of the peripheral area. An area of each of the first islands is greater than an area of each of the second islands. At least a part of the first bridges is connected between the first islands and the second islands. The pixel structures are disposed on the active area of the base. The gate driving circuit includes first parts disposed on the first islands and second parts disposed on the second islands and electrically connected to the first parts.

Abstract: A controller for controlling a voltage converter that generates a real-time charging current and a real-time charging voltage, including a compensation circuit, a driving circuit and a control circuit. The compensation circuit compares the real-time charging current with a preset charging current to generate a first comparison result, compares the real-time charging voltage with a preset battery voltage to generate a second comparison result, and generates a compensation voltage. The driving circuit generates a pulse width modulation signal based on the compensation voltage. The control circuit generates a control signal based on the pulse width modulation signal and a current indication signal. The driving circuit further generates a first switching signal based on the pulse width modulation signal to control an upper switch of the voltage converter and generates a second switching signal based on the control signal to control a lower switch of the voltage converter.

Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for releasing an application feature in incremental stages while monitoring the application for anomalies. The feature includes a package of code and an action setting. The methods in some implementations include identifying active devices on which the application has been installed, monitoring the application according to a set of metrics, activating the feature by changing its action setting for a first segment of the active devices, pausing the feature if an anomaly is detected among the set of metrics, and generating a repair ticket. As long as no anomaly is detected, the activating step proceeds for subsequent segments of the active devices, iteratively, until the release is completed. A feature rank may be used to process and release a plurality of features in order of priority.

Abstract: A reconfigurable data acquisition card including at least one field programmable gate array (FPGA) and a configurable bus switch coupled with the FPGA. The bus switch forms at least first and second ports used by the FPGA, the bus switch being adaptable for insertion into a connection having a number of lanes at least equal to a combined number of lanes in the first and second ports. The data acquisition card further includes multiple optical transmitters and optical receivers. Each optical transmitter and optical receiver is coupled with a corresponding transceiver in the FPGA via at least one optical fiber having multiple communication links. Timing circuitry in the data acquisition card is coupled with clock generation and distribution circuitry in the FPGA and is configured to distribute clock and timing signals to detector front-ends with fixed latency and to synchronize input/output links with a system clock generated by the FPGA.

Abstract: Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for throttling (i.e., adjusting) the workload of an application (e.g., number of task requests) in order to improve processor core usage within a heterogeneous multiprocessor system. When high-performance processing is beneficial to the application, the number of task requests may be increased in order to have high-performance processor cores within the heterogeneous multiprocessor system core processor perform the tasks. On the other hand, when high-performance processing is not beneficial, the number of task requests may be decreased in order to have low-performance processor cores within the heterogeneous multiprocessor system perform the tasks. Processor core usage is monitored, and the number of tasks being performed are adjusted to match the processor core usage to a target processor core usage for functions the application is performing.

Abstract: An example method comprises: receiving, at the server from a first client device, a request for access to a client feature on the first client device; determining, by the server, an applicable rule for the access request, the applicable rule having a plurality of nodes; determining, by the server, device capabilities needed for the determined rule; determining, by the server, nodes that can be executed and nodes that cannot be executed, based on the device capabilities; executing, by the server, nodes that can be executed to reach a partial decision for the applicable rule; pruning the rule to remove executed nodes and generate a pruned rule that includes nodes that cannot be executed; transmitting the pruned rule and partial decision to the device. The pruned rule is executed on the first client device with partial decision to generate a final decision. The client feature is configured based on the decision.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for computing numeric representations of words. One of the methods includes obtaining a set of training data, wherein the set of training data comprises sequences of words; training a classifier and an embedding function on the set of training data, wherein training the embedding function comprises obtained trained values of the embedding function parameters; processing each word in the vocabulary using the embedding function in accordance with the trained values of the embedding function parameters to generate a respective numerical representation of each word in the vocabulary in the high-dimensional space; and associating each word in the vocabulary with the respective numeric representation of the word in the high-dimensional space.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a metal-including layer over a semiconductor substrate; forming a hydrophobic polymer layer over the metal-including layer; and forming an amphiphilic polymer layer between the metal-including layer and the hydrophobic polymer layer so as to enhance a bonding force therebetween.

Abstract: The invention provides a prism module and a folded lens. The prism module includes a housing having an accommodation cavity, a prism assembly, a rotation shaft for rotationally connecting the prism assembly and the housing, a driving assembly for driving the prism assembly to rotate around the rotation shaft and a restoring assembly for resetting the prism assembly. The restoring assembly includes a first magnet and a second magnet. The first magnet is fixed on the prism assembly, and the second magnet is fixed on the housing and is set opposite to the first magnet with distance. The prism module of the invention can realize the resetting of the prism assembly, with small space occupation and convenient for assembly.

Abstract: A quadrupole transmitting window applied by a quadrupole mass filter is characterized by a method that utilizes the noise band of a transmitted chemical noise ion signal. The mass filter may be utilized in a mass spectrometry (MS) system.

Abstract: Robot assisted multi-view 3D scanning measurement based on path planning includes firstly, establishing a virtual simulation platform to complete the setting of measurement poses and measurement paths and perform the path evaluations of measurement paths. Then, completing the preliminary hand-eye calibration based on the properties of Kronecker product, and the preliminary hand-eye calibration is optimized by establishing a reprojection error cost function as the fitness function of the particle swarm optimization algorithm. Lastly, moving the robot to the measurement poses of the planned measurement paths, obtaining a single-view point cloud of the measured object and transforming it from the camera coordinate system to the robot base coordinate system to obtain a registered single-view point cloud based on the optimized hand-eye matrix.

Abstract: Provided are a method and system for determining a population pharmacokinetic model of propofol and a derivative thereof. The method comprises determining a population pharmacokinetic model of a compound of formula (I) or propofol, wherein an equation of pharmacokinetic parameters in the population pharmacokinetic model of the compound of formula (1) comprises: CL2=exp(4.20+0.349·log(WT/63.9)-0.749·log(TP/72.4)+0.238·SITE+?CLj) ; an equation of pharmacokinetic parameters in the population pharmacokinetic model of propofol comprises: CL2=exp(4.56+?CLj ).

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming an epitaxial source/drain (S/D) structure adjacent to a gate structure; forming a dielectric structure over the gate and epitaxial S/D structures; forming a trench in the dielectric structure to accessibly expose a portion of the epitaxial S/D structure; forming a contact feature from the portion of the epitaxial S/D structure within the trench; and forming a S/D contact in the trench to be in contact with the contact feature overlying the epitaxial S/D structure. Forming the contact feature includes forming a metallic layer in the trench; performing a thermal process on the metallic layer to form the contact feature, where after the thermal process, metallic residues remain on a sidewall of a spacer of the dielectric structure in the trench; and removing the metallic residues by using a wet etching process, wherein the spacer of the dielectric structure remains substantially intact.

Abstract: A data transmission method implemented by a network device, where the data transmission method includes receiving a first data packet sent by a transmit end, buffering the first data packet to a low-priority queue when the first data packet is sent by the transmit end during a first round-trip time (RTT) of a data transmission phase between the transmit end and a receive end, receiving a second data packet from the transmit end, buffering the second data packet to a high-priority queue when the second data packet is not sent by the transmit end during the first RTT, and forwarding the second data packet in the high-priority queue before the first data packet in the low-priority queue.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for performing operations comprising receiving, with a messaging application, user input to access a graphical image modification feature of the messaging application; in response to receiving, causing display of a video; accessing a first configuration rule of a plurality of configuration rules that associates a first device property rule with the graphical image modification feature of the messaging application; determining that the first configuration rule is satisfied by a first property of the client device; and in response to determining that the first configuration rule is satisfied by the first property of the client device, causing display of a first plurality of graphical image modification options each associated with performing a different modification to the video.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for triggering a sensor operation of a second sensor (e.g., a camera) based on a predicted time of alignment with a first sensor (e.g., a LiDAR), where operation of the second sensor is simulated to determine the predicted time of alignment. In this manner, the sensor data captured by the two sensors is ensured to be substantially synchronized with respect to the physical environment being sensed. This sensor data synchronization based on predicted alignment of the sensors solves the technical problem of lack of sensor coordination and sensor data synchronization that would otherwise result from the latency associated with communication between sensors and a centralized controller and/or between sensors themselves.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a rotor configured for coupling with a rotary shaft and a stator configured for surrounding the rotor, the stator includes a stator body and stator end windings which extend from axial ends of the stator body. The rotary electric machine further includes a housing configured for receiving the stator and rotor, the housing includes a fluid distributing chamber provided along an inner surface of the housing for being communicated with a plurality of fluid channels so as to distribute the fluid to flow through outer surfaces of the stator body and stator end windings when the stator is inserted into the housing. The present disclosure further relates to a powertrain assembly and an electrified vehicle including the rotary electric machine.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The device includes a source/drain feature formed over a substrate. A dielectric layer formed over the source/drain feature. A contact trench formed through the dielectric layer to expose the source/drain feature. A titanium nitride (TiN) layer deposited in the contact trench and a cobalt layer deposited over the TiN layer in the contact trench.