Abstract: A quantum dot composite structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The quantum dot composite structure includes: a glass particle including a glass matrix and a plurality of quantum dots located in the glass matrix, wherein at least one of the plurality of quantum dots includes an exposed surface in the glass matrix; and an inorganic protective layer disposed on the glass particle and covering the exposed surface.

Abstract: A method for fabricating high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a first barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a first hard mask on the first barrier layer; removing the first hard mask and the first barrier layer to form a recess; forming a second barrier layer in the recess; and forming a p-type semiconductor layer on the second barrier layer.

Abstract: Provided are a noise cancellation method and apparatus, an electronic device, a noise cancellation earphone, and a storage medium. The method includes acquiring original sound source information; performing noise reduction (NR) processing on the original sound source information using active noise cancellation (ANC) to obtain first sound information and performing the NR processing on the original sound source information using environmental noise cancellation (ENC) to obtain second sound information; and mixing and adding the first sound information and the second sound information to obtain target sound information and playing the target sound information. In this method, the NR processing can be performed on the sound using the ANC and the ENC, thereby distinguishing environmental noise from human voice, improving the noise cancellation performance, and enabling a user to hear clearer sound.

Abstract: A system and a method for parameter optimization with adaptive search space and a user interface using the same are provided. The system includes a data acquisition unit, an adaptive adjustment unit and an optimization search unit. The data acquisition unit obtains a set of executed values of several operating parameters and a target parameter. The adaptive adjustment unit includes a parameter space transformer and a search range definer. The parameter space transformer performs a space transformation on a parameter space of the operating parameters according to the executed values. The search range definer defines a parameter search range in a transformed parameter space based on the sets of the executed values. The optimization search unit takes the parameter search range as a limiting condition and takes optimizing the target parameter as a target to search for a set of recommended values of the operating parameters.

Abstract: Integrated optical waveguides, direct-bonded waveguide interface joints, optical routing and interconnects are provided. An example optical interconnect joins first and second optical conduits. A first direct oxide bond at room temperature joins outer claddings of the two optical conduits and a second direct bond joins the inner light-transmitting cores of the two conduits at an annealing temperature. The two low-temperature bonds allow photonics to coexist in an integrated circuit or microelectronics package without conventional high-temperatures detrimental to microelectronics. Direct-bonded square, rectangular, polygonal, and noncircular optical interfaces provide better matching with rectangular waveguides and better performance. Direct oxide-bonding processes can be applied to create running waveguides, photonic wires, and optical routing in an integrated circuit package or in chip-to-chip optical communications without need for conventional optical couplers.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for treating liver cirrhosis by using a composition including mesenchymal stem cells, extracellular vesicles produced by the mesenchymal stem cells, and growth factors. The composition of the present disclosure achieves the effect of treating liver cirrhosis through various efficacy experiments.

Abstract: A method includes providing a substrate having a surface such that a first hard mask layer is formed over the surface and a second hard mask layer is formed over the first hard mask layer, forming a first pattern in the second hard mask layer, where the first pattern includes a first mandrel oriented lengthwise in a first direction and a second mandrel oriented lengthwise in a second direction different from the first direction, and where the first mandrel has a top surface, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, and depositing a material towards the first mandrel and the second mandrel such that a layer of the material is formed on the top surface and the first sidewall but not the second sidewall of the first mandrel.

Abstract: Disinfectant compositions are disclosed which provide a durable residual antimicrobial benefit to surfaces treated with such compositions. The disinfectant compositions include a biocidal agent, an amphoteric copolymer, and other functional agents. Methods of making and using the disinfectant compositions are further provided.

Abstract: A die suction assistance device is provided to a wafer. The wafer is diced into multiple dies, and a tape is taped on a bottom side of the wafer. The die suction assistance device includes a platform and multiple support structures mounted in the platform. Multiple air ducts are formed among adjacent support structures. When the wafer is air-tightly mounted on the platform, the wafer is supported by the support structures. When an external vacuum device vacuums air out of the platform, a vacuum environment with negative pressure is created in the air ducts. This allows the tape to partially separate from a backside of each of the dies towards the air ducts, and allows the dies to be picked up respectively by a suction nozzle with less chance of being damaged, securing integrities of dies.

Abstract: A wireless power transfer apparatus for capacitive-inductive power transfer has a primary and a secondary device separated by the conductive member. The primary device has at least two transmitter plates configured to be capacitively coupled with the conductive member to induce a current flow and generate a magnetic field in the conductive member. The secondary device is connectable to a load and provided with a receiving coil configured to be inductively coupled with the conductive member.

Abstract: An ambient light sensor includes a substrate, a metasurface disposed on the substrate, and an aperture layer disposed on the substrate. The metasurface includes a plurality of nanostructures and a filling layer laterally surrounding the plurality of nanostructures. The aperture layer laterally separates the metasurface into a plurality of sub-meta groups.

Abstract: A hip joint mechanism includes: a hip joint frame; an upper leg movably connected to the hip joint frame; a hip actuator configured to drive the hip joint frame to rotate; two upper leg actuators mounted on the hip joint frame; two transmission mechanisms configured to transmit motion from the two upper leg actuators to the upper leg, wherein each of the upper leg actuators comprises a casing connected to the hip joint frame, and an output shaft connected to one corresponding transmission mechanism, each of the two transmission mechanisms comprises an output end; and three connecting mechanisms, wherein the output ends and the hip joint frame are movably connected to the upper leg through the three connecting mechanisms, the three connecting mechanisms are arranged at three vertices of a triangle.

Abstract: A vinyl-containing copolymer is copolymerized from (a) first compound, (b) second compound, and (c) third compound. (a) First compound is an aromatic compound having a single vinyl group. (b) Second compound is polybutadiene or polybutadiene-styrene having side vinyl groups. (c) Third compound is an acrylate compound. The vinyl-containing copolymer includes 0.003 mol/g to 0.010 mol/g of benzene ring, 0.0005 mol/g to 0.008 mol/g of vinyl group, and 1.2*10?5 mol/g to 2.4*10?4 mol/g of ester group.

Abstract: An electrode controls transmittance of a blocking layer over a photodiode of a pixel sensor (e.g., a photodiode of a small pixel detector) by changing oxidation of a metal material included in the blocking layer. By using the electrode to adjust transmittance of the blocking layer, pixel sensors for different uses and/or products may be produced using a single manufacturing process. As a result, power and processing resources are conserved that otherwise would have been expended in switching manufacturing processes. Additionally, production time is decreased (e.g., by eliminating downtime that would otherwise have been used to reconfigure fabrication machines.

Abstract: Block data load with transpose techniques are described. In one example, an input is received, at a control unit, specifying an instruction to load a block of data to at least one memory module using a transpose operation. Responsive to the receiving the input by the control unit, the block of data is caused to be loaded to the at least one memory module by transposing the block of data to form a transposed block of data and storing the transposed block of data in the at least one memory.

Abstract: A device includes an integrated circuit die attached to a substrate; a lid attached to the integrated circuit die; a sealant on the lid; a spacer structure attached to the substrate adjacent the integrated circuit die; and a cooling cover attached to the spacer structure, wherein the cooling cover extends over the lid, wherein the cooling cover attached to the lid by the sealant. In an embodiment, the device includes a ring structure on the substrate, wherein the ring structure is between the spacer structure and the integrated circuit die.

Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method for starting an application and a related apparatus. The method includes the following: A user terminal may acquire a configuration parameter of a target application from a data management server when a start instruction for the target application is detected. The configuration parameter includes plugin configuration information and code package configuration information. The target application can be executed by using a target code package and a locally cached target plugin.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a structure includes: a first integrated circuit die including first die connectors; a first dielectric layer on the first die connectors; first conductive vias extending through the first dielectric layer, the first conductive vias connected to a first subset of the first die connectors; a second integrated circuit die bonded to a second subset of the first die connectors with first reflowable connectors; a first encapsulant surrounding the second integrated circuit die and the first conductive vias, the first encapsulant and the first integrated circuit die being laterally coterminous; second conductive vias adjacent the first integrated circuit die; a second encapsulant surrounding the second conductive vias, the first encapsulant, and the first integrated circuit die; and a first redistribution structure including first redistribution lines, the first redistribution lines connected to the first conductive vias and the second conductive vias.

Abstract: An acute kidney injury predicting system and a method thereof are proposed. A processor reads the data to be tested, the detection data, the machine learning algorithm and the risk probability comparison table from a main memory. The processor trains the detection data according to the machine learning algorithm to generate an acute kidney injury prediction model, and inputs the data to be tested into the acute kidney injury prediction model to generate an acute kidney injury characteristic risk probability and a data sequence table. The data sequence table lists the data to be tested in sequence according to a proportion of each of the data to be tested in the acute kidney injury characteristics. The processor selects one of the medical treatment data from the risk probability comparison table according to the acute kidney injury characteristic risk probability.

Abstract: A method includes forming a gate stack, which includes a first portion over a portion of a first semiconductor fin, a second portion over a portion of a second semiconductor fin, and a third portion connecting the first portion to the second portion. An anisotropic etching is performed on the third portion of the gate stack to form an opening between the first portion and the second portion. A footing portion of the third portion remains after the anisotropic etching. The method further includes performing an isotropic etching to remove a metal gate portion of the footing portion, and filling the opening with a dielectric material.