Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the atmosphere of a multizone calcination (firing) furnace for production of high-quality nickel-rich cathode material for lithium-ion and solid-state batteries. A high-quality oxygen-rich atmosphere is maintained to ensure the quality of the cathode material. An atmosphere control system continuously measures and analyzes the composition of the calcination furnace atmosphere in different zones and adjusts the flowrate of oxygen-rich atmosphere into the furnace to optimize the calcination process.

Abstract: A stripper composition and a method for stripping a photoresist are provided. The stripper composition includes an ether-alcohol-based organic solvent (A), another organic solvent (B), an alkaline substance (C), a substrate corrosion inhibitor (D), and water (E). The another organic solvent (B) does not include the ether-alcohol-based organic solvent. The alkaline substance (C) includes an organic base (C1), an inorganic base (C2), or a combination thereof. Based on a total usage amount of 100 parts by weight of the stripper composition, a usage amount of the ether-alcohol-based organic solvent (A) is 7 parts by weight to 70 parts by weight, and a usage amount of the substrate corrosion inhibitor (D) is greater than 0 part by weight and less than 18 parts by weight.

Abstract: What the present invention discloses belongs to the technical field of aluminum hoses, and in particular relates to a one-time punch formed aluminum hose whose head can be broken and used as a plug. A broken part is provided between an extrusion head and a plugging head, so that the connection between the extrusion head and the plugging head is relatively “fragile”. A user breaks the broken part to realize the separation of the plugging head from the extrusion head, and at the same time, the other end of the plugging head is inserted into an extrusion port and is in an interference fit with the extrusion port, thus achieving the effect of plugging.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for improving the alkali resistance and oxidation resistance of a benzothiazole disperse dye, and belongs to the field of disperse dyes. In the disclosure, 4 kinds of diazo components and 8 kinds of coupling components are used in designing and synthesizing 28 thiazole heterocyclic azo disperse dyes, and the alkali resistance and oxidation resistance of the disperse dyes are improved. Structure confirmation is performed on the synthetic disperse dyes, and the alkali resistance, oxidation resistance and other dyeing properties of the disperse dyes are tested.

Abstract: A battery pack, comprising: a housing; a battery cell assembly; a circuit board; and a battery cell supporting member. The battery pack further comprises a temperature detection device. The temperature detection device comprises: a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of a battery cell surface; and a thermally conductive element disposed corresponding to the temperature sensor, wherein the thermally conductive element is located between the temperature sensor and the battery cell surface, transfers the temperature of the battery cell surface to the temperature sensor, and fixes the position of the temperature sensor relative to the battery cell surface, and wherein the cell supporting member is provided with a through hole corresponding to the position of the temperature detection device, and the through hole allows the temperature sensor and/or the thermally conductive element to be at least partially located in the through hole.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide a general, scalable, high-throughput, and high-resolution approach for experimental dissection of regulatory regions and driver nucleotides in the context of human biology and disease. Applicants present HiDRA, a novel high-resolution global screen for transcriptional regulatory activity in accessible chromatin regions, enabling high-efficiency, high-throughput, and high-resolution inference of regulatory activity.

Abstract: A data processing method includes: obtaining at least one frame of an original image; performing visual saliency detection on each frame of the original image in the at least one frame of the original image to obtain visual saliency data of each frame of the original image; performing differential processing on different positions of each frame of the original image to obtain at least one frame of a processed target image based on the visual saliency data; and encoding the processed target image.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to mitigate electromigration are disclosed. A disclosed example integrated circuit (IC) package includes a dielectric substrate, a contact pad at least partially extending though or positioned on the dielectric substrate, the contact pad including copper, and a metal interconnect coupled to the contact pad, the interconnect including indium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mode scrambler. The mode scrambler includes a fastening connection component, a first translation plate and a second translation plate. The fastening connection component is provided with an L-shaped groove for placing an optical fiber. The first translation plate and the second translation plate are both connected to the fastening connection component, the first translation plate is configured to reciprocate relatively to the fastening connection component along a radial direction of the optical fiber, and the second translation plate is configured to reciprocate relatively to the fastening connection component in a vertical direction. The second translation plate is abutted against a top of the optical fiber and is in close contact with a part of the sinusoidal surface of the first translation plate. The optical fiber is enclosed among the fastening connection component, the first translation plate and the second translation plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an enhancement-mode semiconductor device and a preparation method therefor. The device includes a substrate, a semiconductor epitaxial layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The epitaxial layer includes a nitride nucleation layer, a nitride stress buffer layer, a nitride channel layer, a primary epitaxial nitride barrier layer, a p-type nitride layer and a secondary epitaxial nitride barrier layer. By means of etching, the p-type nitride in a gate electrode region is reserved, realizing the depletion of a gate electrode channel. By means of maskless regrowth, the secondary epitaxial nitride barrier layer is grown on the primary epitaxial barrier layer and the p-type nitride layer in the gate electrode region, realizing a high-conduction access region.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include an electronic package. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a package substrate, and an opening in the package substrate. In an embodiment, a plurality of first pads are provided at a bottom of the opening, and a bridge die is in the opening. In an embodiment, the bridge die comprises a plurality of second pads that are coupled to the first pads by solder. In an embodiment, a non-conductive film (NCF) is around the solder between the first pads and the second pads.

Abstract: An electronic package comprises a first die having at least one first interconnect with solder over or under a first metal feature. A second die has at least one second interconnect to the first die, each second interconnect comprising a second metal feature comprising copper, solder over or under the second metal feature, and a layer between the solder and the second metal feature, wherein the layer comprises iron and has a different material than material of the first interconnect.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a semiconductor carrier platform having a support panel with a top surface and a bottom surface, with the top surface providing a working surface for assembling IC packages using panel-level packaging technology. In an aspect, a backside molding layer may be positioned on the bottom surface of the support panel to prevent or correct any panel warpage. In another aspect, a removable film may be positioned between the bottom surface of the support panel and the backside molding layer to allow the support panel to be readily cleaned and reused.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide a general, scalable, high-throughput, and high-resolution approach for experimental dissection of regulatory regions and driver nucleotides in the context of human biology and disease. Applicants present HiDRA, a novel high-resolution global screen for transcriptional regulatory activity in accessible chromatin regions, enabling high-efficiency, high-throughput, and high-resolution inference of regulatory activity.

Abstract: A controller, process, and glass manufacturing apparatus can be configured to minimize defects. Embodiments can be adapted to control injection of nitrogen and/or argon and a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen or nitrogen, hydrogen, and argon during glass float manufacturing to facilitate a pre-selected hydrogen concentration within a tin bath furnace while also minimizing glass surface defects that can be caused from tin condensation and tin bath impurity concentrations. Empirical use data can also be collected and provided to a pre-defined machine learning element of a host device to update a pre-defined control scheme of a controller for adapting the operational condition set points or other target values to account for furnace operation history and performance.

Abstract: A method and system for providing cooling to a part formed using high-temperature additive manufacturing process. Infrared sensors or cameras are used to measure sidewall temperatures and, optionally, top layer temperature. Coolant nozzles provide cooling to the sidewalls of the finished layers and, optionally, to the top layer. The coolant intensity of the coolant nozzles is controlled in order to reduce temperature gradients between layers and/or to maintain temperatures in each layer below preferred maximum temperature.

Abstract: A method for fault isolation includes: acquiring a thermal imaging picture of a surface of a to-be-tested chip, the thermal imaging picture being obtained by scanning the to-be-tested chip to which a test signal is applied through an infrared thermal imaging device, and analyzing the thermal imaging picture to obtain a phase angle of each point on the surface of the to-be-tested chip; acquiring a three-dimensional image of the surface of the to-be-tested chip, the three-dimensional image being obtained by scanning the to-be-tested chip to which the test signal is applied through an image scanning device, and analyzing the three-dimensional image to obtain a three-dimensional coordinate of each point on the surface of the to-be-tested chip; calculating a three-dimensional coordinate of the fault in the to-be-tested chip according to the phase angle and the three-dimensional coordinate of each point on the surface of the to-be-tested chip.

Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of membranes, and in particular relates to a polyamide composite reverse osmosis membrane and to a preparation method thereof. The polyamide composite reverse osmosis membrane provided by the present invention comprises: a nascent membrane and a temperature-responsive polypeptide grafted to a surface of the nascent membrane; the nascent membrane comprises a support layer and a polyamide separation layer joined to the support layer; the temperature-responsive polypeptide is a homopolymeric (L-glutamate) containing oligo(ethylene glycol). The polyamide composite reverse osmosis membrane provided in the present invention has excellent pollution resistance and oxidation resistance capabilities, has a low difficulty of cleaning, and has extremely broad market prospects.