Abstract: A semiconductor device having a low-k isolation structure and a method for forming the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes channel structures, laterally extending on a substrate; gate structures, intersecting and covering the channel structures; and a channel isolation structure, laterally penetrating through at least one of the channel structures, and extending between separate sections of one of the gate structures along an extending direction of the one of the gate structures. A low-k dielectric material in the channel isolation structure comprises boron nitride.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure include methods and/or systems for fault diagnosis and solution recommendation. A method may include: obtaining original data including fault problem of a target device; analyzing the original data including fault problem to obtain problem description information; analyzing the problem description information to obtain a diagnosis report; and, according to the diagnosis report, obtaining a video and/or document solution for the fault based on a cloud knowledge map, and recommending the solution to a user. The knowledge map comprises: nodes representing the fault, video solution and/or document solution, and multiple edges representing the relationship between nodes.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide a parameter optimization method, device and computer readable storage medium. The method includes: establishing a one-to-one functional relationship between each parameter and each performance index; determining each current correlation coefficient between the parameter and each performance index based on the one-to-one function relationships; obtaining a current weight of each performance index; according to current weights and current correlation coefficients, obtaining a current influence coefficient of each parameter on a comprehensive performance of the performance indexes; and determining important optimization parameters according to the current influence coefficient; for each two parameters, calculating a current correlation coefficient of the two parameters, and determining an adjustment parameter; and performing parameter optimization based on the important optimization parameters and the adjustment parameters.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for remote assistance and device. 1. A method for remote assistance, the method comprising: determining a state of a machine deployed at a working site; adjusting a digital twin of the machine to be in the same state as the machine deployed at the working site; rendering the digital twin at a remote site using a remote rendering device to enable a remote person at the remote site to perform an operation on the digital twin; and mapping an effect of the operation rendered as visual assistance information onto the machine at the working site using a local rendering device deployed at the working site.

Abstract: Various embodiments include methods for intelligently providing recommendation information. For example, the method may include: determining user attribute parameters corresponding to a user identifier; determining a score value corresponding to the user identifier by inputting the user attribute parameters into a scoring model; determining recommendation information corresponding to the user identifier based on the score value and a knowledge graph related to the user; and providing the recommended information.

Abstract: An analog beamformer used for array antenna and an operating method thereof are provided. The analog beamformer used for array antenna includes an intermediate-frequency amplifying circuit, multiple local oscillators, multiple mixers, multiple radio-frequency amplifying circuits, and a frequency locking circuit. The analog beamformer uses a master-oscillator and multiple slave-oscillators which embed a resonant network of frequency-and-phase-locking. The intermediate-frequency amplifying circuit receives a baseband signal to provide an intermediate-frequency signal. Power supplies or grounding ports of different local oscillators are connected together to provide multiple local-oscillating signals with consistent frequency but different phases. The mixers individually receive the intermediate-frequency signal and one of the local-oscillating signals to provide multiple mixed signals.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a fault diagnosis method for a rotating motor. The method may include: obtaining a time-domain acceleration signal of the rotating motor along a vibration direction and a rotation period of the rotating motor; converting the time-domain acceleration signal into a time-domain velocity signal, cutting off a plurality of velocity signal segments along the time-domain velocity signal by taking the rotation period as a step size, and arranging the plurality of velocity signal segments in sequence to obtain a velocity signal matrix; converting the velocity signal matrix into an image; and inputting the image into a trained neural network model to obtain a fault diagnosis result.

Abstract: The invention provides unique compositions containing mixtures of extracts from medicinal plants and animal parts, as well as related uses for improving health and treating diseases. The inventive compositions provide a wide range of health benefits in the human body in comparison to effects from individual components contained therein.

Abstract: A method for making candies comprises steps of: a) providing oil, sugar, syrup, emulsifier, protein powder and hydrated colloid; b) evenly stirring the materials in a deoxygenated environment with a pressure of 10˜50 mmHg and a temperature of 115˜125° C. to form a stuffing; c) cooling the stuffing to 24˜26° C. under a relative humidity of 10˜15% and a pressure of 10˜50 mmHg; d) increasing the pressure of the stuffing to 370˜390 mmHg, adding dormant probiotic powder into the stuffing, and evenly mixing the stuffing to form a sugar core; e) increasing to atmospheric pressure for the sugar core; f) in the absence of air, encapsulating the sugar core with a encapsulating sugar mass at a temperature of 50˜60° C. to form a probiotic sugar bar; and g) stretching the probiotic sugar bar, and then cooling down the temperature to 18-22° C. within 5 seconds and cutting the probiotic sugar bar to form candies.

Abstract: An analog beamformer used for array antenna and an operating method thereof are provided. The analog beamformer used for array antenna includes an intermediate-frequency amplifying circuit, multiple local oscillators, multiple mixers, multiple radio-frequency amplifying circuits, and a frequency locking circuit. The analog beamformer uses a master-oscillator and multiple slave-oscillators which embed a resonant network of frequency-and-phase-locking. The intermediate-frequency amplifying circuit receives a baseband signal to provide an intermediate-frequency signal. Power supplies or grounding ports of different local oscillators are connected together to provide multiple local-oscillating signals with consistent frequency but different phases. The mixers individually receive the intermediate-frequency signal and one of the local-oscillating signals to provide multiple mixed signals.

Abstract: A method includes forming a doped region on a top portion of a substrate, forming a first epitaxial layer over the substrate, forming a recess in the first epitaxial layer, the recess being aligned to the doped region, performing a surface clean treatment in the recess, the surface clean treatment includes: oxidizing surfaces of the recess to form an oxide layer in the recess, and removing the oxide layer from the surfaces of the recess, and forming a second epitaxial layer in the recess.

Abstract: A sputtering target assembly, sputtering apparatus, and method, the target assembly including a backing plate having an aperture formed therein; and a target bonded to a front surface of the backing plate. The aperture is disposed on the backing plate such that a first end of the aperture is sealed by a portion of the target that is predicted by a sputtering target erosion profile to have the highest etching rate during a corresponding sputtering process.

Abstract: A method, a component, and an electronic device relating to the field of industrial automation technology, particularly relating to the creation of a human machine interface, and are used for automatically creating an HMI of a system. The method for creating an HMI comprises: a first component of a system receives, via an HMI, a first command for creating an HMI for the system; the first component obtains, from each searched and found second component of the system an HMI resource of each of the second components; and the first component creates, on the basis of an HMI resource of the first component and the obtained HMI resource from each of the second components, the HMI for the system. One component of the system collects the HMI resource of another component of the system and creates the HMI for the whole system, providing a method for automatically creating the HMI for the system.

Abstract: A sputtering target assembly, sputtering apparatus, and method, the target assembly including a backing plate having an aperture formed therein; and a target bonded to a front surface of the backing plate. The aperture is disposed on the backing plate such that a first end of the aperture is sealed by a portion of the target that is predicted by a sputtering target erosion profile to have the highest etching rate during a corresponding sputtering process.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes optical and optoelectronic assemblies that, in some cases, include screen-printed micro-spacers, as well as methods for manufacturing such assemblies and modules. For example, an optoelectronic device mounted on a substrate can include an optical sub-assembly including a first optical element and a first micro-spacer on the optical element. The optical sub-assembly can be disposed over the optoelectronic device, with a first air or vacuum gap separating the first optical element from the optoelectronic device, and the first micro-spacer laterally surrounding the first air or vacuum gap.

Abstract: Systems and methods for smoke detection which utilizes two generally identical light sources and single light detector to compare the ratio of forward and backward scattering smoke particles present in a detection area.

Abstract: A sputtering target assembly, sputtering apparatus, and method, the target assembly including a backing plate having an aperture formed therein; and a target bonded to a front surface of the backing plate. The aperture is disposed on the backing plate such that a first end of the aperture is sealed by a portion of the target that is predicted by a sputtering target erosion profile to have the highest etching rate during a corresponding sputtering process.

Abstract: A method includes forming a doped region on a top portion of a substrate, forming a first epitaxial layer over the substrate, forming a recess in the first epitaxial layer, the recess being aligned to the doped region, performing a surface clean treatment in the recess, the surface clean treatment includes: oxidizing surfaces of the recess to form an oxide layer in the recess, and removing the oxide layer from the surfaces of the recess, and forming a second epitaxial layer in the recess.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes: a chamber; and a magnetic assembly contained within the chamber. The magnetic assembly comprises: an inner magnetic portion comprising first magnets; and an outer magnetic portion comprising second magnets. At least two adjacent magnets, of either the first magnets or the second magnets, have different vertical displacements, and the magnetic assembly is configured to rotate around an axis to generate an electromagnetic field that moves ions toward a target region within the chamber.