Abstract: A floated-type shielding mechanism including a cover, a shielding sheet, and a flexible conductor is provided. The cover is adapted to be fixed to a circuit board and covers a plurality of input/output (IO) ports of the circuit board. The shielding sheet is movably disposed at the cover and a back plate, and has a plurality of openings respectively corresponding to the IO ports. The flexible conductor deformably protrudes from an inner surface of the shielding sheet and is adapted to contact the IO ports. When the circuit board, the back plate, and the floated-type shielding mechanism are assembled into a case, the IO ports are exposed from a case opening and the flexible conductor is adapted to be deformed by pressing so that the shielding sheet presses against an inner wall surface around the case opening.

Abstract: A surgical instrument (1000) includes an end effector assembly (200) including first and second grasping components (210, 220) each defining a tissue-contacting portion (214, 218, 224, 228). One or both of the first or second grasping components (210, 220) is movable relative to the other between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, the first and second tissue-contacting portions (214, 218, 224, 228) cooperate to define a grasping area therebetween. One or both of the first or second grasping components (210, 220) is configured to apply energy from the tissue-contacting portion (214, 218, 224, 228) thereof to tissue disposed within the grasping area to treat tissue. The tissue-contacting portion (214, 224) of the first grasping component (210) defines a first opening (219) therethrough. The first opening (219) is disposed within the grasping area and in communication with a first lumen (118) defined at least partially through the first grasping component (210).

Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack having a first surface, wherein the first surface comprises multiple protrusion portions and multiple concave portions; a first electrode on the first surface and electrically connecting with the semiconductor stack; a second electrode on the first surface and electrically connecting with the semiconductor stack; and a transparent conduction layer conformally covering the first surface and between the first electrode and the semiconductor stack, wherein the first electrode comprises a first bonding portion and a first extending portion, and the first extending portion is between the first bonding portion and the transparent conduction layer and conformally covers the transparent conduction layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a communication apparatus including a receiver circuit and a transmitter circuit having a signal processing circuit and a DAC circuit having a primary conversion circuit and a first hybrid conversion circuit. The primary conversion circuit converts and transmits a transmission signal from the signal processing circuit to a signal transmission path. The first hybrid conversion circuit converts the transmission signal to a first receiver resistor to generate a voltage drop. The receiver circuit receives a first actual receiving signal through the signal transmission path and the first receiver resistor. The primary conversion circuit operates according to a first current including a first and a second part currents and the first hybrid conversion circuit operates according to a second current. The first part current does not change according to a resistive change. The second part current and the second current change according to the resistive change.

Abstract: A dual sensor imaging system and a privacy protection imaging method thereof are provided. The system is configured to control at least one color sensor and at least one IR sensor to respectively capture multiple color images and multiple IR images by adopting multiple exposure conditions adapted for an imaging scene, adaptively select a combination of the color image and the IR image that can reveal details of the imaging scene, detect a feature area with features of a target of interest in the color image, and fuse the color image and the IR image to generate a fusion image with the details of the imaging scene, and crop an image of the feature area of the fusion image to be replaced with an image not belonging to the IR image, so as to generate a scene image.

Abstract: The current disclosure is directed to a SRAM bit cell having a reduced coupling capacitance. In a vertical direction, a wordline “WL” and a bitline “BL” of the SRAM cell are stacked further away from one another to reduce the coupling capacitance between the WL and the BL. In an embodiment, the WL is vertically spaced apart from the BL with one or more metallization level that none of the WL or the BL is formed from. Connection island structures or jumper structures are provided to connect the upper one of the WL or the BL to the transistors of the SRAM cell.

Abstract: A method for forming semiconductor devices includes providing a substrate with a conductive pad formed thereon; forming a transparent structure over the substrate, wherein the transparent structure includes a plurality of collimating pillars adjacent to the conductive pad; forming a light-shielding structure over the plurality of collimating pillars and the conductive pad; performing a cutting process to remove one or more materials directly above the conductive pad, while leaving remaining material to cover the conductive pad, wherein the material includes a portion of the light-shielding structure; and performing an etching process to remove the remaining material to expose the conductive pad.

Abstract: A method for controlling OSD can include: acquiring ambient light information; setting, according to the ambient light information, OSD parameters suitable for an OSD effect in current light environment; and, performing OSD according to the OSD parameters. OSD parameters can be adjusted in real time according to the ambient light, such that the OSD effect is more suitable for a user's visual feel when viewing a screen in the current light environment.

Abstract: Techniques to process metadata involve: in response to receiving a modification transaction for metadata on a computing device, acquiring information related to a busyness degree of the computing device; and according to at least a determination that the busyness degree is greater than a threshold degree, modifying the metadata in a metadata storage apparatus of the computing device directly without generating a log related to the modification transaction in a log storage apparatus of the computing device. Accordingly, such techniques can achieve good processing performance irrespective of a busy state or non-busy state of a computing device. In particular, when the computing device is in a busy state, a newly triggered modification transaction can still be timely executed, thereby improving IOPS performance of the computing device in a busy state.

Abstract: An optimized pulse shaping clock data recovery system is provided that includes a slicer configured to receive a signal and provide an initial set of tentative decisions to a decision feedforward equalizer, where the decision feedforward equalizer provides a fully equalized output signal. The slicer may be incorporated as part of decision feedback equalizer to provide better quality tentative decisions. The clock data recovery system also receives the first output signal that is partially equalized in such a way as to optimally shape it for a clock to sample it at an ideal location by providing an adjustment signal to the analog to digital controller.

Abstract: Techniques for encoding, decoding, and extracting one or more bitstreams to form one or more sub-bitstreams are described. In one example aspect, a method for video or picture processing includes partitioning a picture into one or more tiles and generating one or more bitstreams using one or more configurations based on the one or more tiles. Generating each of the one or more bitstreams includes partitioning each of the one or more tiles into one or more slices, and performing, for each slice among the one or more slices a first encoding step to encode a tile identifier in a header of the slice, and a second encoding step to encode, in the header of the slice, a second address of the slice that indicates a location of the slice in the tile.

Abstract: Systems and methods for computer-automated labeling of data are disclosed. In embodiments, a method includes: identifying technical data assets in lineage data and corresponding business items in User Interface (UI) data of a user, wherein the lineage data includes a data source for the UI data; mapping the technical data assets to the corresponding business items; determining relevant labels to assign to the technical data assets from a label repository based on a similarity analysis of names of the corresponding business items and labels in the label repository; determining that one or more of the relevant labels meet a confidence threshold based on the similarity analysis; and automatically assigning the one or more of the relevant labels to associated ones of the technical data assets based on the determining that the one or more of the relevant labels meet the confidence threshold.

Abstract: A diffused field-effect transistor (FET) is disclosed. The diffused FET is dually optimized in voltage resistance by incorporating both a trench isolation structure and a thick second oxide layer and thus has a more significantly improved breakdown voltage. With the thick second oxide layer ensuring suitable voltage resistance of the transistor device, its on-resistance can be reduced either by reducing the size of the trench isolation structure or increasing an ion dopant concentration of a drift region. As such, a good tradeoff between voltage resistance and on-resistance is achievable.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating block and multiple terminals arranged along a left-right direction of the insulating block. The insulating block has multiple opening holes along a vertical direction thereof. Each terminal has a fixing portion fixed to the insulating block. The fixing portion has an adjustment portion. The terminals in one row include multiple first ground terminals, multiple second ground terminals and multiple pairs of differential signal terminals, correspondingly arranged along the left-right direction sequentially as: one of the first ground terminals, one of the pairs of differential signal terminals, one of the second ground terminals, another one of the pairs of differential signal terminals, and another one of the first ground terminals. The adjustment portion of each second ground terminal is exposed in the opening hole along the vertical direction, and the adjustment portion of each first ground terminal is not exposed in the opening hole.

Abstract: An image sensor device includes a transistor disposed in a pixel region; a salicide block layer covering the pixel region; a first ILD layer covering the salicide block layer; a second ILD layer on the first ILD layer; a source contacts extending through the second and first ILD layers and the salicide block layer, and including first polysilicon plug in the first ILD layer, first self-aligned silicide layer on the polysilicon plug and first conductive metal layer on the first self-aligned silicide layer; and a drain contact extending through the second and first ILD layers and the salicide block, and including second polysilicon plug in first ILD layer, second self-aligned silicide layer on the second polysilicon plug, and second conductive metal layer on the second self-aligned silicide layer.

Abstract: A plastic lens element includes an optical effective portion and a lens peripheral portion in order from a central axis to an edge of the plastic lens element. The lens peripheral portion surrounds the optical effective portion and includes a plurality of curve-shaped strip structures. Each of the curve-shaped strip structures is located and extended along a radial direction of the central axis. Each of the curve-shaped strip structures is curved in a concave form. The curve-shaped strip structures are prearranged in a circumferential direction of the central axis and around the optical effective portion. The curve-shaped strip structures are not directly connected to the optical effective portion.

Abstract: A power converter includes a tubular housing having an accommodation space, a first and a second openings. A power module is disposed in the accommodation space and includes a circuit board and a first fastening portion. A bottom cover is formed with a second fastening portion and first bumps, and the bottom cover is pre-positioned on the tubular housing through the second fastening portion engaged with the first fastening portion. A bottom cover is bonded to the first opening through melting the first bumps by ultrasonic welding. A power cable is inserted through the bottom cover and electrically connected to the circuit board. A power socket is coupled to the second opening.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure relates to a message sending method. The method is applicable to user equipment, and includes: sending a first message of random access to a base station; receiving a second message of random access from the base station; and sending a third message of random access via uplink resources indicated by the second message of random access. According to the examples of the present disclosure, the first indication information is carried in MSG1 to indicate a data amount of an uplink CCCH SDU included in MSG3 to be sent by the user equipment, such that the base station determines the data amount of the uplink CCCH SDU according to the first indication information, and then a data amount allowable to be transmitted via the uplink resources indicated by resulting MSG2 from the base station is greater than or equal to the data amount of the uplink CCCH SDU.

Abstract: A system is provided for generating a time reference in duty-cycled wireless communications. The system includes at least one master module including a master transceiver adapted to transmit data packets. The system further includes at least one slave module including a slave transceiver adapted to receive the data packets. The slave module further includes a signal generator adapted to generate a clock signal with a period equal to the time interval of two data packets transmitted by the master module. Moreover, the slave module further includes a slave timer adapted to utilize the clock signal as a time reference in order to perform the sleep/wakeup control for the slave module.

Abstract: Provided herein are potent compounds of Formula (I) and uses thereof for inhibiting the activity of D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) or treating diseases or disorders associated with DAAO, such as a central nervous system (CNS) disorder, pain, obesity, diabetes, or hyperlipidemia. Also provided in the present disclosure are methods of synthesizing the Formula (I) compounds described herein.