Abstract: The present invention uses the thinned second pad oxide layer as the pad oxide layer for the subsequent shallow trench isolation process. Therefore, it is not necessary to remove the entire pad oxide layer on the substrate surface after the P-type high-voltage ion well thermal drive-in process. The subsequent step of re-growing the pad oxide layer is omitted, thereby simplifying the process complexity.

Abstract: The invention provides an etching method of a semiconductor structure, which comprises providing a substrate with a gate structure, an oxide layer and a first nitride layer beside the gate structure, and performing an etching step to remove the first nitride layer and keep the oxide layer, wherein in the etching step, the etching selectivity ratio of the etched nitride material to the etched oxide material is greater than 300.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for smart audio segmentation using look-ahead based acousto-linguistic features. For example, systems and methods are provided for obtaining audio, processing the audio, identifying a potential segmentation boundary within the audio, and determining whether to generate a segment break at the potential segmentation boundary. One or more look-ahead words occurring after the potential segmentation boundary are identified, wherein an acoustic segmentation score and a language segmentation score associated with the potential segmentation boundary and the one or more look-ahead words are generated. Systems then either refrain from generating a segment break at the potential segmentation boundary or generate the segment break at the potential segmentation boundary based on the acoustic and/or language segmentation score at least meeting or exceeding a segmentation score threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for managing and controlling resources. A system for managing and controlling resources may comprise a storage device configured to store a set of instructions, one or more processors configured to communicate with the storage device. When executing the set of instructions, the one or more processors may be configured to cause the system to collect resource usage data through one or more meters, process the resource usage data based on a preset algorithm to determine resource usage state, and control at least the one or more meters and/or one or more smart devices to perform specified operations based on the resource usage state. The present disclosure provides methods and systems for managing and controlling resources based on meters or smart devices controlled by the network.