Abstract: A laser diode includes a substrate, an epitaxial structure, an electrode contacting layer and an optical cladding layer. The epitaxial structure is disposed on the substrate, and is formed with a ridge structure opposite to the substrate. The electrode contacting layer is disposed on a top surface of the ridge structure. The optical cladding layer has a refractive index smaller than that of the electrode contacting layer. The optical cladding layer includes a first cladding portion which covers side walls of the ridge structure, and a second cladding portion which is disposed on a portion of the top surface of the ridge structure. A method for manufacturing the abovementioned laser diode is also disclosed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a 5th generation (5G) or 6th generation (6G) communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. A communication method and an electronic equipment are provided. The method includes receiving configuration information of periodical physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring, wherein within each cycle of the configuration comprises a first time window and/or a second time window, and according to the configuration information, performing PDCCH monitoring on type 3 common search space (CSS) and UE-specific search space (USS) in the first time window, and/or, skipping PDCCH monitoring on type 3 CSS and USS in the second time window. By the embodiments of the disclosure, the user equipment (UE) periodically performs PDCCH monitoring and/or skips PDCCH monitoring to achieve the objective of power-saving, and it is avoided that UE cannot timely receive scheduling information to thereby cause data transmission delay.

Abstract: A semiconductor device a first device located on a frontside of a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device further includes an inductor located on a backside of the semiconductor substrate and integrated with a first backside metal (BSM) stack. The semiconductor device further includes a first electrical contact located between the frontside and the backside of the semiconductor substrate. A first end of the first electrical contact is connected to the first BSM stack and a second end of the first electrical contact is connected to a first source/drain region of the first device.

Abstract: Provided is an array substrate. The array substrate includes at least one pad group disposed in a peripheral region of a base substrate, wherein the at least one pad group includes a sector pad group in which the pads are distributed in a sector shape. Therefore, the bonding yield between the array substrate and the circuit board is increased.

Abstract: Provided herein are surfactant compounds that can be used to aid in preparation of protein samples for analysis, for example by mass spectrometry.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an antimicrobial reinforced floor and a method for preparing the same. In the method, a substrate and an impregnated paper impregnated with an inorganic antimicrobial agent and an organic antimicrobial agent are subjected to hot press forming to produce the antimicrobial reinforced floor.

Abstract: A circuit includes a polar transmitter to generate a radio frequency output from amplitude and phase signal components. The polar transmitter includes an amplifier to combine amplitude and phase signal components. A processor is coupled to the polar transmitter to provide the amplitude and phase signal components. The processor includes: a digital modulation circuit to generate a modulated digital signal including in-phase and quadrature signal components and a correction circuit to calculate and apply a complex digital offset for local oscillator feedthrough of the amplifier. The complex digital offset includes an in-phase offset correction factor and a quadrature offset correction factor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder dry-pressing molding device and method.

Abstract: A multi-row ultrasonic imaging apparatus and an ultrasonic imaging instrument are disclosed. The multi-row ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a housing, and a first ultrasonic transducer, a second ultrasonic transducer, and an adjustment mechanism that are installed in the housing. Ultrasonic waves emitted by the first ultrasonic transducer and the second ultrasonic transducer can intersect to form a confocal point. At least one of the first ultrasonic transducer and the second ultrasonic transducer is connected to the adjustment mechanism to move relative to the housing under the action of the adjustment mechanism, so as to adjust the position of the confocal point.

Abstract: A technique maintains online access to data stored in a plurality of storage devices during a hardware upgrade in which the plurality of storage devices moves between storage processor enclosures. The technique involves providing, from the plurality of storage devices, online access to the data while each storage device of the plurality of storage devices resides in a first storage processor enclosure. The technique further involves providing, from the plurality of storage devices, online access to the data while the plurality of storage devices is moved from the first storage processor enclosure to a second storage processor enclosure (e.g., transferring each storage devices one by one before triggering a rebuild process). The technique further involves providing, from the plurality of storage devices, online access to the data while each storage device of the plurality of storage devices resides in the second storage processor enclosure.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure is presented including a backside contact of a nanosheet transistor positioned on a silicon (Si) layer of a wafer and a dielectric liner disposed between the backside contact and the Si layer such that the dielectric liner is located below gate spacers of the nanosheet transistor. The backside contact is closer to a backside of the wafer than a frontside of the wafer. The dielectric liner is vertically aligned with the gate spacers and the dielectric liner is vertically aligned with inner spacers of a nanosheet stack of the nanosheet transistor.

Abstract: A method for passing data includes: a secure operating system allocating a cache area in trusted execution environment (TEE) to data in response to a client application (CA) calling a trusted application (TA) entry to pass the data to a TA; the secure operating system copying the data from a pre-allocated shared memory to the cache area; and the secure operating system running the TA entry so that the TA obtains the data from the cache area.

Abstract: The present invention provides semiconductor structures. The semiconductor structures may include a peripheral complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) substrate, a first vertical NAND cell on a first side of the CMOS substrate, and a second vertical NAND cell on a second side of the CMOS substrate opposite the first side.

Abstract: A method and a system for recommending a target garment matching an inputted garment. The method includes: extracting attributes from text description and image of the inputted garment to obtain extracted attributes; querying a knowledge graph using the extracted attributes to obtain matched attributes; retrieving candidate products from a garment pool using the matched attributes; extracting features from the inputted garment and the candidate products; determining the target garment from the candidate products based on grading scores between the features of the inputted garment and the features of the candidate products; and recommending the target garment. The knowledge graph includes nodes corresponding to type of clothes, category of clothes, attribute keys, values of attribute keys, context keys, values of context keys, combination of the values of the attribute keys and the type of clothes, and combination of the value of the attribute keys and the category of clothes.

Abstract: Provided are a cell strain for producing a biosimilar drug of Ustekinumab and a production method therefor. Specifically, provided is a Chinese hamster ovary cell S cell strain. The cell strain expresses a full human monoclonal antibody directed against the P40 subunit shared by human IL-12 and human IL-23. The fully human monoclonal antibody directed against the P40 subunit shared by human IL-12 and human IL-23 is a biosimilar drug of Ustekinumab, which not only exhibits high consistency with Ustekinumab in pre-clinical research, but also passes pharmacokinetic bioequivalence and safety similarity evaluation in clinical research. The biosimilar drug of Ustekinumab is the first one that has entered clinical trials in China, is the only one that has completed the I stage clinical trial, and is also one of the biosimilar drugs of Ustekinumab, which has the fastest progress in new drug application in the world.

Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for beam determination, multi-user transmission, and channel state variance information (CSVI) reporting in a holographic multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first device (e.g., a base station) may transmit reference signals to a second device (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) via transmitter antenna circles. The second device may receive and measure the reference signals via corresponding receiver antenna circles. Both the transmitter antenna circles and the in receiver antenna circles may include a center antenna circle and one or more peripheral antenna circles. The second device may transmit channel gain measurements to the first device based on measuring the reference signals. The first device may determine orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes, a power loading scheme, or both for the transmitter antenna circles based on the channel gain measurements. The first device may transmit OAM transmissions to the second device based on the determined OAM modes, the power loading scheme, or both. The OAM transmissions may have different OAM states, polarizations, or both.

Abstract: Methods for forming a dual-phase magnetic component from an initial component comprising a non-magnetic austenite composition are provided. The method may include: forming a coating on a portion of the surface of the initial component to form a masked area while leaving an unmasked area thereon. Thereafter the initial component may be heated to a treatment temperature such that nitrogen diffuses out of the unmasked area of the initial component to transform the non-magnetic austenite composition to a magnetic phase in the unmasked area. Thereafter, the initial component may be cooled from the treatment temperature to form a dual-phase magnetic component having a magnetic region corresponding to the unmasked area and a non-magnetic region corresponding to the masked area.

Abstract: A method includes transcoding a first block from a spatial region. The first block is associated with a first block tree pattern defining a structure of splitting a block into smaller blocks. A bit string of bits for the first block tree pattern is included in an encoded bitstream. The method determines a location of the first block in the spatial region when the first block tree pattern of the first block can be reused for a second block tree pattern of a second block. The spatial region includes blocks and the location is based on the first block being in the spatial region. Information for the second block is included in the encoded bitstream that indicates the location of the first block in the spatial region. The location allows the bit string for the first block tree pattern to be retrieved for use to decode the second block.