Abstract: Methods and systems provide for applying a video effect to a video corresponding to a participant within a video communication session. The system displays a video for each of at least a subset of the participants and a user interface including a selectable video effects UI element. The system receives a selection by a participant of the video effects UI element. In response to receiving the selection, the system displays a variety of video effects options for modifying the appearance of the video and/or modifying a visual representation of the participant. The system then receives a selection by the participant of a video effects option, and further receives a subselection for customizing the amount of the video effect to be applied. The system then applies, in real time or substantially real time, the selected video effect in the selected amount to the video corresponding to the participant.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor on a substrate, forming an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer on the MOS transistor, forming a ferroelectric field effect transistor (FeFET) on the ILD layer, and forming a ferroelectric random access memory (FeRAM) on the ILD layer. The formation of the FeFET further includes first forming a semiconductor layer on the ILD layer, forming a gate structure on the semiconductor layer, and then forming a source/drain region adjacent to the gate structure.

Abstract: Materials and methods for treating a patient with a hemoglobinopathy, both ex vivo and in vivo, and materials and methods for deleting modulating or inactivating a transcriptional control sequence of a BCL11A gene in a cell by genome editing.

Abstract: An optical module includes a body and at least one heat dissipation structure. The body has a first end face and a second end face. The first end face of the body has at least one of an optical interface or an electrical interface, and the second end face faces opposite to the first end face. The at least one heat dissipation structure is located on the second end face and/or a side face of the body and can dissipate heat on a surface of the body.

Abstract: A time-to-digital converter apparatus and a converting method thereof are provided. An output signal of a first ring oscillator circuit is counted to generate a first digital code. An output signal of a second ring oscillator circuit is counted to generate a second digital code. A corresponding third digital code is generated according to a time point of phase coincidence between one of outputs of a plurality of first delay stages of the first ring oscillator circuit and one of outputs of a plurality of second delay stages of the second ring oscillator circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation method for an array substrate including: forming a first conductive portion on a substrate; sequentially forming a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer and a third insulating layer on the side of the first conductive portion that faces away from the substrate; forming, through one-time patterning process, a first sub-via that penetrates through the third insulating layer, the second insulating layer and a first part of the first insulating layer; forming a fourth insulating layer on the side of the third insulating layer that faces away from the substrate; etching and removing the fourth insulating layer and the first insulating layer of the second thickness that are at the first sub-via, so as to form a first via; and forming a first connection electrode on the side of the fourth insulating layer that faces away from the substrate.

Abstract: A method of processing video data. The method includes down-sampling a video unit of a video prior to application of a super resolution (SR) process and performing a conversion between the video including the video unit and a bitstream of the video based on the video unit as down-sampled. A corresponding video coding apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a conductive structure that includes a plurality of conductive features, adjacent two of which are spaced apart from each other by a corresponding one of a plurality of recesses; conformally forming a dielectric capping layer on the conductive structure; forming a dielectric cover layer on the dielectric capping layer to fill the recesses; and removing a portion of the dielectric cover layer and a portion of the dielectric capping layer to expose the conductive features, so as to form a plurality of spacer features respectively filled in the recesses; wherein each of the dielectric capping layer and the dielectric cover layer is made of a dielectric material doped with metal oxide.

Abstract: A pixel for an ambient light and/or color sensor includes a plurality of pinned photodiodes. The pixel also includes a floating diffusion region. A ratio of an active area of the plurality of pinned photodiodes to an area of the floating diffusion region is greater than 150.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cooling system, including an air-cooling device and a water-cooling device. The air-cooling device includes a first fan, an evaporator, a first condenser, and a second fan. The first fan is arranged in a first cooling room and configured to blow a hot air inside a rack into a first cooling room. The evaporator is arranged in the first cooling room. The first condenser is arranged in a second cooling room. The second fan is arranged in the second cooling room and configured to blow an outside air into the second cooling room. The water-cooling device includes a radiator. The radiator is arranged in the second cooling room and configured to receive a hot liquid from an electronic device in the rack through a third pipeline and transmit a cold liquid to the electronic device through a fourth pipeline.

Abstract: In one example of the present disclosure, a method for determining false positive and active indications is disclosed. The method may apply anomaly network event data to a machine learning model. The machine learning model is trained with historic and correlated anomaly network event data. The method then determines which one of the anomaly network event data is a false positive indication and which one is an active indication.

Abstract: In a general aspect, a package includes a semiconductor die including an optical device having an optically active area on a first side of the semiconductor die. The package also includes a glass cover having an antireflective coating disposed on a central portion of a first side of the glass cover. A perimeter portion of the first side of the glass cover excludes the antireflective coating. The package further includes an adhesive resin coupling the perimeter portion of the first side of the glass cover with the first side of the semiconductor die, such that the glass cover is disposed above and spaced from the optically active area.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an image enhancement method, a chip, and an image acquisition device. The method comprises: storing, by a main processor, a preset number of Raw image frames to be processed currently acquired from a sensor in a first off-chip memory, into the on-chip memory; performing, by a first neural network processor, image fusion on a preset number of Raw image frames to be fused currently obtained based on the preset number of Raw image frames to be processed currently in the on-chip memory based on a preset image fusion network, to obtain a fused Raw image frame, and storing it into the on-chip memory; sending, by the main processor to an ISP chip, a target Raw image frame to be sent currently obtained based on the fused Raw image frame in the on-chip memory.

Abstract: The present invention relates to A process for enzymatic synthesis of amides of formula (III) from amines of formula (I) and compounds of formula (II). characterized in that the lipase is immobilized on a rotary bed reactor or on a spin-fixed-bed reactor and a Dean-Stark apparatus is used for dehydration.

Abstract: A holographic projector includes an illumination system arranged to illuminate a hologram displayed on the pixel area of a spatial light modulator to form a holographic wavefront, and further includes a waveguide including an input port arranged to receive the holographic wavefront and a pair of opposing surfaces arranged to waveguide the holographic wavefront. A first surface of the pair of opposing surfaces is partially reflective-transmissive such that a plurality of replicas of the holographic wavefront are emitted therefrom. The illumination system includes a light source arranged to emit diverging light and a first collimating lens arranged to collimate the light. The collimated light has a varying intensity profile, in at least one dimension. The illumination system is configured such that the pixel area is contained within an area delineated by the width of the intensity profile of the collimated light at half the maximum intensity of said intensity profile.

Abstract: An embodiment semiconductor package includes a bare semiconductor chip, a packaged semiconductor chip adjacent the bare semiconductor chip, and a redistribution structure bonded to the bare semiconductor chip and the packaged semiconductor chip. The redistribution structure includes a first redistribution layer having a first thickness; a second redistribution layer having a second thickness; and a third redistribution layer between the first redistribution layer and the second redistribution layer. The third redistribution layer has a third thickness greater than the first thickness and the second thickness. The package further includes an underfill disposed between the bare semiconductor chip and the redistribution structure and a molding compound encapsulating the bare semiconductor chip, the packaged semiconductor chip, and the underfill.

Abstract: The present invention features interferon-free therapies for the treatment of HCV. Preferably, the treatment is over a shorter duration of treatment, such as no more than 12 weeks. In one aspect, the treatment comprises administering at least two direct acting antiviral agents to a subject with HCV infection, wherein the treatment lasts for 12 weeks and does not include administration of either interferon or ribavirin, and said at least two direct acting antiviral agents comprise (a) Compound 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and (b) Compound 2 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer; a first reflective layer formed on the first semiconductor layer and including a plurality of vias; a plurality of contact structures respectively filled in the vias and electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer; a second reflective layer including metal material formed on the first reflective layer and contacting the contact structures; a plurality of conductive vias surrounded by the semiconductor stack; a connecting layer formed in the conductive vias and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer; a first pad portion electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer; and a second pad portion electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, wherein a shortest distance between two of the conductive vias is larger than a shortest distance between the first pad portion and the second pad portion.

Abstract: Gate structures having neutral zones to minimize metal gate boundary effects and methods of fabricating thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary metal gate includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The second portion is disposed between the first portion and the third portion. The first portion includes a first gate dielectric layer, a first p-type work function layer, and a first n-type work function layer. The second portion includes a second gate dielectric layer and a second p-type work function layer. The third portion includes a third gate dielectric layer, a third p-type work function, and a second n-type work function layer. The second p-type work function layer separates the first n-type work function layer from the second n-type work function layer, such that the first n-type work function layer does not share an interface with the second n-type work function layer.

Abstract: A cooking device is provided. The cooking device including: a housing having a cooking cavity; and a gas circulation apparatus disposed in the housing and configured to drive gas in the cooking cavity to flow and circulate. The gas circulation apparatus includes a gas driving part. When driven by the gas driving part, gas has a first part flowing in a first direction and a second part flowing in a second direction, one of the first direction and the second direction is a circumferential direction of the gas driving part, and another of the first direction and the second direction is a radial direction of the gas driving part.