Abstract: A device includes a fin extending from a substrate; a gate stack over and along sidewalls of the fin; a gate spacer along a sidewall of the gate stack; an epitaxial source/drain region in the fin and adjacent the gate spacer, the epitaxial source/drain region including a first epitaxial layer on the fin, the first epitaxial layer including silicon and arsenic; and a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer, the second epitaxial layer including silicon and phosphorus, the first epitaxial layer separating the second epitaxial layer from the fin; and a contact plug on the second epitaxial layer.

Abstract: A heat pipe structure includes a tubular body. The tubular body has a first end and a second end and an airtight chamber. At least one capillary structure layer is disposed on a wall face of the tubular body. A working fluid is filled in the airtight chamber. Any of the first and second ends of the tubular body is such arranged as to be normal to a horizontal face. The first and second ends are respectively positioned at upper and lower ends of the tubular body. One end of the tubular body in contact with the horizontal face has a bulged space as an ice molecule releasing space after the working fluid is frozen.

Abstract: Provided are a solid oxide fuel cell/electrolytic cell and electric stack, which relate to the field of cells. A metal support frame is molded in one step or more steps through the additive manufacturing technology. And then a fuel/electrolytic cell functional layer is formed on the metal support frame by means of thermal spraying, tape casting, screen printing or chemical vapor deposition method, and self-sealing of the solid oxide fuel cell/electrolytic cell is realized through a dense structure of electrolyte.

Abstract: A device includes a first nanostructure over a semiconductor substrate; a second nanostructure over the first nanostructure; a gate structure surrounding the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure; a first epitaxial region in the semiconductor substrate adjacent the gate structure, wherein the first epitaxial region is a first doped semiconductor material; and a second epitaxial region over the first epitaxial region, wherein the second epitaxial region is adjacent the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure, wherein the second epitaxial region is a second doped semiconductor material that is different from the first doped semiconductor material. In an embodiment, the first doped semiconductor material has a smaller doping concentration than the second doped semiconductor material.

Abstract: A circuit is provided and includes first to second switching units, a sensing unit, and first to second capacitive units. The first switching unit and the second switching unit are alternately turned on in response to, respectively, a first control signal and a second control signal that have different voltage levels. First terminals of the first and second switching units are coupled to each other. A sensing unit generates a sensing voltage, in response to light, at the first terminals of the first and second switching units. The first capacitive unit generates a first voltage, in response to the sensing voltage, at a second terminal of the first switching unit. The second capacitive unit generates a second voltage, in response to the generating the sensing voltage, at a second terminal of the second switching unit.

Abstract: A device includes a first fin and a second fin extending from a substrate, the first fin including a first recess and the second fin including a second recess, an isolation region surrounding the first fin and surrounding the second fin, a gate stack over the first fin and the second fin, and a source/drain region in the first recess and in the second recess, the source/drain region adjacent the gate stack, wherein the source/drain region includes a bottom surface extending from the first fin to the second fin, wherein a first portion of the bottom surface that is below a first height above the isolation region has a first slope, and wherein a second portion of the bottom surface that is above the first height has a second slope that is greater than the first slope.

Abstract: An impact tool is provided, including a working portion and a handle. The working portion includes a housing which is made of rubber and a filler. The housing defines an inner space, and the filler is stuffed with the inner space. The filler is shear thickening non-Newtonian fluid. The handle is connected with the working potion.

Abstract: A tire noise reduction device is applicable for a tire, and the tire including an tread, an inner surface, and a cavity defined inside the inner surface and configured to accommodate the tire cavity noise absorber. The tire cavity noise absorber contains at least one sound absorbing material, each of the at least one sound absorbing material includes an air chamber defined therein, a contacting face, and an extending face opposite to the contacting face. The contacting face is adhered on a portion of the inner surface corresponding to the tread by using adhesive material, and each sound absorbing material further includes a channel passing through the extending face, communicating with the air chamber, and facing a central direction of the tire.

Abstract: Methods and systems for estimating a surface runoff based on a pixel scale are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes the following steps: (1) calculating a vegetation canopy interception water storage, a litterfall interception water storage, and a soil water storage according to an obtained original remote sensing dataset of a climate element in a study area; (2) calculating a vegetation-soil interception water conservation in the study area based on an established vegetation-soil interception water conservation estimation model according to the vegetation canopy interception water storage, the litterfall interception water storage, the soil water storage, and monthly precipitation; and (3) calculating a surface runoff in the study area based on an established water balance water conservation estimation model according to the monthly precipitation, monthly snowmelt, monthly actual evapotranspiration, and the vegetation-soil interception water conservation in the study area.

Abstract: A forwarding information obtaining device and method, the method including obtaining, by a first device in response to congestion in a first queue, a service parameter identifier of a first packet buffered in the first queue, where the service parameter identifier indicates a parameter used to forward the first packet, and performing, by the first device, a first operation based on the service parameter identifier, where the first operation is performed to relieve the congestion of the first queue.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electronic device and method in a wireless communication system. There is provided a terminal-side electronic device in a wireless communication system, capable of transmitting data to a control-side electronic device in the wireless communication system, the terminal-side electronic device further comprises a processing circuit configured to: select at least one of a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode for data transmission based on relevant information about data transmission from the terminal-side electronic device, when transmission resources adopted by the terminal-side electronic device for data transmission change, wherein the first transmission mode has a higher reliability than that of the second transmission mode, and wherein the relevant information includes at least one of the type, reliability requirement and priority of a data transmission traffic.

Abstract: A method includes flowing first precursors over a semiconductor substrate to form an epitaxial region, the epitaxial region includes a first element and a second element; converting a second precursor into first radicals and first ions; separating the first radicals from the first ions; and flowing the first radicals over the epitaxial region to remove at least some of the second element from the epitaxial region.

Abstract: A heat pipe structure includes a pipe internally defining an airtight chamber, a plurality of wick structures provided in the pipe, and a working fluid filled in the airtight chamber. The wick structures include a plurality of axial grooves, a wire mesh and a sintered powder metal provided in the airtight chamber layer by layer from a radially outer side to a radially inner side. The grooves respectively have an open side and an opposite closed side, and the open side has a width smaller than that of the closed side. The working fluid is able to diffuse and flow back in the pipe through the wick structures. With the above arrangements, the heat pipe structure is a low-temperature heat pipe structure enabling latent heat exchange in a phase change of the working fluid in the pipe under an ambient temperature of 0° C. to -90° C.

Abstract: The present application relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device according to the present application comprises a processing circuit which is configured to: receive information related to a timing advanced group (TAG) from a network side device serving for the electronic device; and start or end an HARQ process between the electronic device and all cells in the TAG according to the information related to the TAG. By using the electronic device, the wireless communication method, and the computer-readable storage medium according to the present application, the HARQ process can be reasonably started/ended in a unit of the TAG.

Abstract: Methods and systems for capturing a three dimensional image are described. An image capture process is performed while moving a lens to capture image data across a range of focal depths, and a three dimensional image reconstruction process generates a three dimensional image based on the image data. A two-dimensional image is also rendered including focused image data from across the range of focal depths. The two dimensional image and the three dimensional image are fused to generate a focused three dimensional model.

Abstract: An electronic device of a network side includes a processing circuit, which is configured to divide a service range of the electronic device into a plurality of timing advance group (TAG) areas according to position information, and to allocate one or more user equipments in each TAG area to the same TAG; and same is also configured to send timing advance (TA) information to the user equipments, wherein the TA information comprises TA values corresponding to the TAGs allocated for the user equipments, such that the user equipments use the TA values corresponding to the TAGs allocated for the user equipments as TA values between the user equipments and the electronic device. By means of the electronic device, a signaling overhead brought about by a TA update can be reduced, and the probability of random access preamble collisions can be reduced, thereby improving the probability of random access success.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of fabricating the semiconductor devices are described herein. The method includes steps for patterning fins in a multilayer stack and forming an opening in a fin as an initial step in forming a source/drain region. The opening is formed into a parasitic channel region of the fin. Once the opening has been formed, a first semiconductor material is epitaxially grown at the bottom of the opening to a level over the top of the parasitic channel region. A second semiconductor material is epitaxially grown from the top of the first semiconductor material to fill and/or overfill the opening. The second semiconductor material is differently doped from the first semiconductor material. A stack of nanostructures is formed by removing sacrificial layers of the multilayer stack, the second semiconductor material being electrically coupled to the nanostructures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method, and a computer readable medium. The electronic device for wireless communication according to one embodiment comprises a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine, according to the capability of a user equipment and/or a channel situation between the user equipment and a base station for non-terrestrial network communication, an uplink transmission mode for the user equipment from two or more uplink transmission modes respectively corresponding to different acquisition manners of an uplink transmission parameter. The processing circuit is further configured to perform control so as to perform uplink transmission from the user equipment to the base station on the basis of the determined uplink transmission mode.

Abstract: A method, an electronic device, and a program product for determining a score of a log file are provided. The method includes acquiring a log file related to a monitored system and source code corresponding to the log file. The method may further include determining a first score of the log file based on a first log rule subset in a log rule set, the log rule set being used to evaluate at least one of analyzability of the log file and supportability of the monitored system. The method may further include determining a second score of the source code based on a second log rule subset in the log rule set and determining a third score of the log file at least based on the first score and the second score.