Abstract: A pixel array that includes some pixels with high absorption (HA) structures and other pixels without HA structures exhibits increased dynamic range for near infrared (NIR) light. Additionally, the pixel array is a uniform array of photodiodes and thus does not exhibit current leakage that would have been caused by irregular isolation structures. Additionally, the pixel array may further a lateral overflow integration capacitor to further increase the dynamic range for NIR light.

Abstract: A wireless local area network (WLAN) system includes a first Wi-Fi device and at least one second Wi-Fi device. When the first Wi-Fi device and the at least one second Wi-Fi device receive an interference signal that occupies a current operation channel of the first Wi-Fi device and a current operation channel of the at least one second Wi-Fi device, the first Wi-Fi device performs channel switching upon the current operation channel of the first Wi-Fi device, and the at least one second Wi-Fi device performs channel switching upon the current operation channel of the at least one second Wi-Fi device.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device is provided. The method for manufacturing the electronic device includes: providing a substrate with elements disposed thereon and transferring a portion of the elements from the substrate to a driving substrate, wherein transferring the portion of the elements from the substrate to the driving substrate includes: transferring the portion of the elements from the substrate to the driving substrate, which comprises illuminating regions of the substrate overlapped with the portion of the elements by an energy beam, wherein when the substrate is illuminated by the energy beam, the substrate and the driving substrate are separated by a gap.

Abstract: Provided are an actuation apparatus and an electronic product that belong to the field of actuation apparatus technology. The actuation apparatus includes a support seat, a transmission member, an execution member, a roller, and a shape memory alloy line. The transmission member is slidably disposed on the support seat in a first direction. An abutting surface is disposed on the transmission member. The execution member is slidably disposed on the support seat in a second direction. The roller is rotatably disposed on the execution member. The shape memory alloy line is disposed on the support seat. When powered on and working, the shape memory alloy line is able to drive the transmission member to move. When the transmission member moves, the abutting surface matches the roller to drive the execution member to move. The electronic product includes the preceding actuation apparatus.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated device, including a substrate; a gate overlying the substrate; a channel layer separated from the gate by a dielectric and overlying the gate; source/drain regions on the channel layer, the gate extending between the source/drain regions; an insertion layer conforming to an upper surface of the channel layer and comprising a first material; and a passivation layer conforming to an upper surface of the insertion layer and comprising a second material different from the first material; where the passivation layer has a higher density than the insertion layer, such that the passivation layer mitigates the diffusion of environmental materials towards the channel layer, and where the insertion layer mitigates the diffusion of the second material from the passivation layer into the channel layer.

Abstract: An image sensor includes photosensitive areas in a first array within a semiconductor substrate. Microlens are disposed over the semiconductor substrate in a second array. Metal shields are disposed between a subset of the microlenses and corresponding photosensitive areas. The metal half-shields have dimensions and positions that provide half-shielding that enables half-shield phase detection autofocus. An antireflective coating is disposed over the metal half-shields. The metal half-shields and the antireflective coating may be in a composite grid that provides lateral separation between color filters. Alternatively, metal half-shields and the antireflective coating may be in below a layer that includes color filters. The antireflective coating includes a quarter-wave layer.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) that communicates with a base station apparatus is described. The UE may include receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising first information used for indicating multi-beam measurement/reporting enhancements for L1/L2-centric inter-cell mobility and inter-cell multiple Transmission Reception Points (mTRP) is enabled. The receiving circuitry may also be configured to receive an RRC message comprising second information used for indicating a maximum total number (K) of beams associated with all corresponding non-serving cells reported in a single Channel State Information (CSI) reporting instance. The UE may also include transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, to the base station, a CSI report.

Abstract: The current disclosure describes techniques for forming gate-all-around (“GAA”) devices from stacks of separately formed nanowire semiconductor strips. The separately formed nanowire semiconductor strips are tailored for the respective GAA devices. A trench is formed in a first stack of epitaxy layers to define a space for forming a second stack of epitaxy layers. The trench bottom is modified to have determined or known parameters in the shapes or crystalline facet orientations. The known parameters of the trench bottom are used to select suitable processes to fill the trench bottom with a relatively flat base surface.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE may include receiving circuitry configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising first information used for indicating a first list of Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state(s) for beam(s) associated with non-serving cell(s), and receive an RRC message comprising second information used for indicating a second list of TCI state(s) for beam(s) associated with serving cell(s), and receive a first media access control (MAC) Control Element (CE) message comprising third information used for activating a first set of TCI state(s) from the first list, and receive a second MAC CE message comprising fourth information used for activating a second set of TCI state(s) from the second list, and receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying downlink control information (DCI) indicating a TCI state for physical downlink share channel (PDSCH) from either the first set or the second set.

Abstract: The UE includes higher layer circuitry configured to receive information including more than one transmission configuration indication (TCI) states. The UE also includes medium access control (MAC) circuitry configured to receive a first MAC control element (CE) and a second MAC CE. The UE further includes reception circuitry configured to receive first downlink control information (DCI) on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and second DCI on a PDCCH. The first MAC CE selects one of more TCI states from the more than one TCI states and maps the selected one or more TCI states to the codepoints of a TCI field in the second DCI. The second MAC CE selects one of more TCI states from the more than one TCI states and maps the selected one or more TCI states to the codepoints of the TCI field in the second DCI.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electronic device including the following steps is provided herein. Providing a plurality of first electronic components on a first structure. Providing a plurality of receiving sites on a second structure. Performing a first transferring, including transferring at least portion of the plurality of first electronic components onto at least portion of the plurality of receiving sites on the second structure. Figuring out an empty receiving site from the plurality of receiving sites, wherein the plurality of first electronic components is absent at the empty receiving site. Performing a second transferring, including transferring a second electronic component onto the empty receiving site on the second structure. Providing a target substrate, and transferring the at least portion of the plurality of first electronic components and the second electronic component on the second structure onto the target substrate.

Abstract: Present invention teaches the method of using a keratin hydrolysis peptide (“KHP”) solution to increase the grape plant's production yield. By selectively choosing specific weights of feathers and water, and treating the mixture, though one embodiment does not have water mixed in, to a high-temperature high-pressure hydrolysis process, the resulting solution is confirmed to contain at least 253 peptides and then applied to the leaf surface of grape plants at different growth stages. Optionally, the KHP solution can be diluted by water, as taught in the specification, before applying to the leaf surface of the grape plants.

Abstract: Present invention teaches the method of using a keratin hydrolysis peptide (“KHP”) solution to increase the grape plant's color changing (ripening) rate, flavor and sweetness. By selectively choosing specific weights of feathers and water, and treating the mixture, though one embodiment does not have water mixed in, to a high-temperature high-pressure hydrolysis process, the resulting solution is confirmed to contain at least 253 peptides and then applied to the leaf surface of grape plants at different growth stages. Optionally, the KHP solution can be diluted by water, as taught in the specification, before applying to the leaf surface of the grape plants.

Abstract: Present invention uses a mixture of feathers and water, and, depending on specific embodiments of the ratio between feathers and water, subject the mixture to a high-temperature and high-pressure treatment process for a fixed amount of time, resulting in a keratin solution containing at least 253 peptides, with their molecular masses between 500 and 4,000 Daltons, and the concentration is in the range of 2.0×105˜4.5×105 ppm. The solution can then be further diluted by water for application to different plants, at specific growth stages, following additional steps or processes of application to increase crops yield.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive signaling that includes a configuration for an Enhanced Machine Type Communication (eMTC) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a non-terrestrial network (NTN). The receiving circuitry is also configured to receive signaling that includes first information to indicate whether Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback is disabled for the eMTC PDSCH. The receiving circuitry is further configured to receive signaling that comprises second information to indicate a timing offset for the eMTC PDSCH. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit the eMTC PDSCH based on the configuration and the second information. The UE further includes a processor configured to flush a data buffer of the eMTC PDSCH based on the first information.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a first organic portion, a first opening, a second organic portion, a second opening, a third organic portion and a first element. In a cross-section view, the first organic portion, the first opening, the second organic portion, the second opening and the third organic portion are disposed on the substrate and arranged in a first direction, the first opening is located between the first organic portion and the second organic portion, the second opening is located between the second organic portion and the third organic portion, the second organic portion is located between the first organic portion and the third organic portion, and a width of the first organic portion and a width of the third organic portion are less than a width of the second organic portion in the first direction. The first element is overlapped with the first opening.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for enabling distribution or prepositioning of roadside assistance vehicles within a service area for a fleet of autonomous vehicles. For instance, a clustering approach may be used to determine an assignment identifying a plurality of cluster locations and respective assigned ones of the roadside assistance vehicles. The clustering approach uses a number of clusters corresponding to the number of the roadside assistance vehicles. Distribution information may be sent to computing devices associated with technicians of the respective assigned ones of the roadside assistance vehicles. The distribution information may enable the technicians of the respective assigned ones of the roadside assistance vehicles to proceed to the cluster locations of the determined assignment.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes circuitry configured to determine that a low priority (LP) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) overlaps with a high priority (HP) physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and a HP scheduling request (SR) PUCCH with a positive SR, where the PUCCH with positive HP SR does not overlap with the HP PUCCH with HARQ-ACK.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first fin and a second fin in a first direction and aligned in the first direction over a substrate, an isolation insulating layer disposed around lower portions of the first and second fins, a first gate electrode extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and a spacer dummy gate layer, and a source/drain epitaxial layer in a source/drain space in the first fin. The source/drain epitaxial layer is adjacent to the first gate electrode and the spacer dummy gate layer with gate sidewall spacers disposed therebetween, and the spacer dummy gate layer includes one selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, silicon oxynitride, silicon carbon nitride, and silicon carbon oxynitride.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive first downlink control information (DCI) used for indicating a deactivation of a configured grant corresponding to a configured grant configuration with a first index. The UE also includes transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, based on a reception of the first DCI, a configured grant confirmation medium access control (MAC) control element (CE). The configured grant confirmation MAC CE includes a value indicating a deactivation status of the configured grant configuration with the first index.