Abstract: The present invention provides an electrostatic charge detecting packaging device comprising a carrier, multiple dies, and multiple electrostatic-charge-sensitive components; the carrier has a surface; the dies are mounted on the surface of the carrier; and the electrostatic-charge-sensitive components are mounted on the surface of the carrier; since an electrostatic voltage tolerance of each of the electrostatic-charge-sensitive components is lower than an electrostatic voltage tolerance of each of the dies, accumulated electrostatic charges are more likely to discharge towards the electrostatic-charge-sensitive components than towards the dies, and as such, by electrically testing whether the electrostatic-charge-sensitive components are functioning normally when packaging the dies, the present invention allows personnel to debug for knowing which packaging steps exactly cause more serious problems that lead to damaging electrostatic discharges in the dies.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first power line, and a second power line. The first transistor has a first active region and a first gate structure, in which the first active region has a source region and a drain region on opposite sides of the first gate structure. The second transistor is below the first transistor, and has a second active region and a second gate structure, in which the second active region has a source region and a drain region on opposite sides of the second gate structure. The first power line is above the first transistor, in which the first power line is electrically connected to the source region of first active region. The second power line is below the second transistor, in which the second power line is electrically connected to the source region of second active region.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment, a method of forming a vertical device is provided. The method includes: providing a protrusion over a substrate; forming an etch stop layer over the protrusion; laterally etching a sidewall of the etch stop layer; forming an insulating layer over the etch stop layer; forming a film layer over the insulating layer and the etch stop layer; performing chemical mechanical polishing on the film layer and exposing the etch stop layer; etching a portion of the etch stop layer to expose a top surface of the protrusion; forming an oxide layer over the protrusion and the film layer; and performing chemical mechanical polishing on the oxide layer and exposing the film layer.

Abstract: An integrated circuit is provided and includes a multi-bit cell having multiple bit cells disposed in multiple cell rows. The bit cells include M bit cells, M being positive integers. A first bit cell of the bit cells and a M-th bit cell of the bit cells are arranged diagonally in different cell rows in the multi-bit cell. The multi-bit cell includes first to fourth cell boundaries. The first and second boundaries extend in a first direction and the third and fourth boundaries extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The first bit cell and a second bit cell of the bit cells abut the third cell boundary, and the first bit cell and a (M/2+1)-th bit cell of the bit cells abut the first cell boundary.

Abstract: A ceramic article includes a ceramic body including a spinel (MgAl2O4) structure, wherein a ratio of a density of the spinel structure to a theoretical density of a spinel is greater than 99.5%. A semiconductor apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes a ceramic article including a spinel (MgAl2O4) structure, wherein a ratio of a density of the spinel structure to a theoretical density of a spinel is greater than 99.5%. A method of manufacturing a ceramic article includes providing a green body; heating the green body to a sintering temperature; compressing the green body; applying a electrical pulse to the green body; and forming a ceramic body including a spinel (MgAl2O4) structure after heating, compressing and applying the electrical pulse to the green body.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for computing a reaction time from an indexed event occurring in an indexed recording to a reaction signal are described. An example method includes receiving a sample of ambient content of a computing device, determining a position identification of the sample of ambient content into an indexed recording to which the sample of ambient content matches, based on the position identification, synchronizing display of content on a user interface of the computing device to the indexed recording, and computing the reaction time. The reaction signal is generated by the computing device and is indicative of a user's response to the indexed event.

Abstract: An example method includes receiving queries from devices that include respective samples of content from a stream of content rendered by a source, receiving samples of content from a stream of content rendered by an alternative feed of the source, and for each sample of content from the alternative feed of the source, identifying respective matching queries that match to the same content as the sample of content from the alternative feed of the source. The method also includes for each respective matching query, determining a respective relative time difference between a time that the content appears in the sample of content from the alternative feed and a time that the content appears in the respective matching query, accumulating a distribution of the time differences over time, and determining a latency between the source and the alternative feed of the source.

Abstract: A method for managing traffic item in software defined networking includes establishing a downlink flow table of a switch according to the flow entries, establishing an uplink flow table of the switch according to the flow entries, acquiring a data packet by the switch, and generating a transmission path to allocate the data packet according to the data packet, the downlink flow table, and the uplink flow table. The downlink flow table includes a correlation between first transmission ports of the switch and down link switches. The uplink flow table includes a correlation between the first transmission ports and a transmission port group of uplink switches.

Abstract: A method for recognizing an audio sample locates an audio file that closely matches the audio sample from a database indexing a large set of original recordings. Each indexed audio file is represented in the database index by a set of landmark timepoints and associated fingerprints. Landmarks occur at reproducible locations within the file, while fingerprints represent features of the signal at or near the landmark timepoints. To perform recognition, landmarks and fingerprints are computed for the unknown sample and used to retrieve matching fingerprints from the database. For each file containing matching fingerprints, the landmarks are compared with landmarks of the sample at which the same fingerprints were computed. If a large number of corresponding landmarks are linearly related, i.e., if equivalent fingerprints of the sample and retrieved file have the same time evolution, then the file is identified with the sample.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for high-security data transmission of a blockchain. First, a source node device broadcasts a data packet to at least one destination node device and at least two cooperative node devices in the blockchain. The data packet includes a random variable and a transmission data. The cooperative node devices further forward the data packet to the destination node device. When the number of data packets received by the destination node device is equal to the random variable, the cooperative node device sends a report signal to the source node device, and the source node device broadcasts a stop broadcasting request to the blockchain, then the other node devices stop forwarding data packets to the destination node device, and finally the destination node device compares the transmission data of the data packet and selects the data packet with the same transmission data packet to store.

Abstract: Facilitation of a network assisted device-decided system can increase throughput of D2D devices and the link reliability of macrocells. In a network assisted device-decided system a macrocell can broadcast resource allocation data to D2D devices. The D2D devices can then select channels and adjust transmission power to offload traffic from the macrocell, thus creating a high spectrum efficiency with low power.

Abstract: A data driven management device of a small cell network is provided, wherein the device includes a data receiver, a data processor and a data configurator. The data receiver receives parameters configured and managed from each of small cells. The data processor is configured to pre-process the received parameters to remove the unnecessary parameters and to calculate at least one performance result based on the pre-processed parameters. The data processor is further configured to establish a model based on at least one of the pre-processed parameters. The data processor determines the optimized parameter based on the best performance result of the model to determine a decision result. The data configurator is connected to the data processor and configures and manages the small cells based on the decision result.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for high-security data transmission of a blockchain. First, a source node device broadcasts a data packet to at least one destination node device and at least two cooperative node devices in the blockchain. The data packet includes a random variable and a transmission data. The cooperative node devices further forward the data packet to the destination node device. When the number of data packets received by the destination node device is equal to the random variable, the cooperative node device sends a report signal to the source node device, and the source node device broadcasts a stop broadcasting request to the blockchain, then the other node devices stop forwarding data packets to the destination node device, and finally the destination node device compares the transmission data of the data packet and selects the data packet with the same transmission data packet to store.

Abstract: A method includes a switch of the software defined networking analyzing a header of a package to retrieve at least one related rule field when the switch receives the package, selecting a related flow table according to the at least one related rule field and a plurality of interested rule fields of a plurality of flow tables in the switch, and matching the rule content corresponding to at least one flow entry in the related flow table with the content of the at least one related rule field. The at least one flow entry has the same interested rule field and the at least one related rule field includes the interested rule field of the related flow table.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for computing a reaction time from an indexed event occurring in an indexed recording to a reaction signal are described. An example method includes receiving a sample of ambient content of a computing device, determining a position identification of the sample of ambient content into an indexed recording to which the sample of ambient content matches, based on the position identification, synchronizing display of content on a user interface of the computing device to the indexed recording, and computing the reaction time. The reaction signal is generated by the computing device and is indicative of a user's response to the indexed event.

Abstract: An example method includes receiving queries from devices that include respective samples of content from a stream of content rendered by a source, receiving samples of content from a stream of content rendered by an alternative feed of the source, and for each sample of content from the alternative feed of the source, identifying respective matching queries that match to the same content as the sample of content from the alternative feed of the source. The method also includes for each respective matching query, determining a respective relative time difference between a time that the content appears in the sample of content from the alternative feed and a time that the content appears in the respective matching query, accumulating a distribution of the time differences over time, and determining a latency between the source and the alternative feed of the source.

Abstract: Example methods and systems for computing a reaction time from an indexed event occurring in an indexed recording to a reaction signal are described. An example method includes receiving a sample of ambient content of a computing device, determining a position identification of the sample of ambient content into an indexed recording to which the sample of ambient content matches, based on the position identification, synchronizing display of content on a user interface of the computing device to the indexed recording, and computing the reaction time. The reaction signal is generated by the computing device and is indicative of a user's response to the indexed event.

Abstract: A method for recognizing an audio sample locates an audio file that closely matches the audio sample from a database indexing a large set of original recordings. Each indexed audio file is represented in the database index by a set of landmark timepoints and associated fingerprints. Landmarks occur at reproducible locations within the file, while fingerprints represent features of the signal at or near the landmark timepoints. To perform recognition, landmarks and fingerprints are computed for the unknown sample and used to retrieve matching fingerprints from the database. For each file containing matching fingerprints, the landmarks are compared with landmarks of the sample at which the same fingerprints were computed. If a large number of corresponding landmarks are linearly related, i.e., if equivalent fingerprints of the sample and retrieved file have the same time evolution, then the file is identified with the sample.

Abstract: Facilitation of a network assisted device-decided system can increase throughput of D2D devices and the link reliability of macrocells. In a network assisted device-decided system a macrocell can broadcast resource allocation data to D2D devices. The D2D devices can then select channels and adjust transmission power to offload traffic from the macrocell, thus creating a high spectrum efficiency with low power.

Abstract: An example method includes receiving queries from devices that include respective samples of content from a stream of content rendered by a source, receiving samples of content from a stream of content rendered by an alternative feed of the source, and for each sample of content from the alternative feed of the source, identifying respective matching queries that match to the same content as the sample of content from the alternative feed of the source. The method also includes for each respective matching query, determining a respective relative time difference between a time that the content appears in the sample of content from the alternative feed and a time that the content appears in the respective matching query, accumulating a distribution of the time differences over time, and determining a latency between the source and the alternative feed of the source.