Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, including a plurality of protrusions; a plurality of fins formed over the substrate and aligned with the plurality of protrusions; and an isolation structure formed on the substrate and between the protrusions and the fins. An orthographic projection of each of the plurality of fins and an orthographic projection of a corresponding protrusion of the plurality of protrusions on the substrate coincide with each other.

Abstract: The present invention provides a battery support, and a battery assembly comprising the battery support. The battery support is used to retain a battery assembly having multiple cells; a heat dissipating means of the battery support comprises at least one spacer component, the spacer component has multiple accommodating recesses on at least one side, the accommodating recess is partially shape-fitted to a circumferential sidewall of the cell, and the spacer component is made of a material with a thermal conductivity greater than that of air. The heat dissipating means of the battery support of the present invention is fitted to outer walls of the cells over as large an area as possible, and the heat dissipating means is able to undergo heat exchange with the cells in the process of use of the battery assembly and thus promote heat dissipation from the cells, in order to maintain the efficiency of use and the service life of the battery assembly.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a base substrate; and a first gate structure and doped source/drain layers on the base substrate. The doped source/drain layers are on both sides of the first gate structure. The semiconductor device further includes a dielectric layer on a surface of the base substrate. The dielectric layer covers the doped source/drain layers, and the dielectric layer contains a first trench on the doped source/drain layer. The first trench includes a first region filled by an insulation layer and a second region filled by first conductive structure under the insulation layer. A top size of the insulation layer in the first region is larger than a bottom size of the insulation layer in the first region. A maximum size of the first conductive structure in the second region is smaller than the bottom size of the insulation layer in the first region.

Abstract: A semiconductor packaging structure includes a first passivation layer, a capacitor structure, and a second passivation layer. The capacitor structure is disposed on the first passivation layer. The second passivation layer is disposed on the capacitor structure opposite to the first passivation layer. The second passivation layer has a compressive stress that is smaller than ?0.3 GPa.

Abstract: A method for implementing folding M×N wavelength selective switch is provided. A one-dimensional single-mode fiber optic collimator array, a short-focus cylindrical mirror, a first long-focus cylindrical mirror, a retroreflector, a transmission phase diffraction grating, a second long-focus cylindrical mirror, a liquid crystal spatial light modulator, and a liquid crystal graphic loading control system are provided along beam transmission direction. The same set of optical elements is used for incident light and outgoing light by ingenious folding structure. The input port and output port of optical signal are consistent in spatial arrangement, thereby reducing space and improving port utilization. Based on composite liquid crystal chips, a working area of the liquid crystal spatial light modulator is doubled, and a quantity of accommodating ports is greatly increased. A quantity of M×N ports of the WSS can be increased greatly by the above structure and design.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in-situ observation system for a bottom boundary layer (BBL) over a shallow-water cohesive seabed and an arrangement method thereof. It establishes a low-cost and easy-operation hydraulic pile foundation system (2), which can ensure the piling depth to achieve the anti-settling and stability. The stainless-steel sticks are assembled freely to construct the interference-free observation unit (1). As the porous discs are used between the feet of the observation unit (1) and the top of the bottom piles, the observation system can be accurately fixed to the pile foundation. It is thus not limited by the self-weight and can integrate various instruments upon requirement. The components in this system can be easily obtained and conveniently maintained. The present disclosure has the advantages of low-cost and stability, can be widely used for long-term in-situ observation of the BBL.

Abstract: A method of performing multidimensional magnetic resonance imaging on a subject comprises collecting imaging data for a region of interest of the subject, the imaging data related to one or more spatially-varying parameters of the subject within the region of interest; collecting auxiliary data for the region of interest in the subject, the auxiliary data related to one or more time-varying parameters of the subject within the region of interest; linking the imaging data and the auxiliary data; and constructing an image tensor with one or more temporal dimensions based on at least a portion of the linked imaging data and at least a portion of the linked auxiliary data.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to obtain testing logs generated by executing test cases on information technology assets of an information technology infrastructure, to parse the testing logs to generate a set of log event templates for testing actions performed during execution of the test cases on the information technology assets of the information technology infrastructure, to generate vector representations of the test cases utilizing the generated set of log event templates, and to perform, utilizing one or more machine learning-based hierarchical clustering algorithms that take as input the generated vector representations of the test cases, hierarchical clustering of the plurality of test cases. The processing device is also configured to generate, based at least in part on the hierarchical clustering results, testing plans for a given information technology asset of the information technology infrastructure.

Abstract: A method for electing a representative node device is performed at a blockchain system, including: obtaining voting transaction data from the node devices, the voting transaction data being used for voting for one or more node devices of the blockchain system as representative node devices; generating and storing the voting transaction data into a target blockchain of the blockchain system when a plurality of node devices of the blockchain system verify the voting transaction data by consensus; and when a quantity of blocks in the target blockchain generated using the voting transaction data reaches a preset quantity, determining an election result according to quantities of votes of the node devices determined from the voting transaction data, the election result identifying a plurality of representative node devices in the blockchain system being configured to generate new blocks for the target blockchain and perform verification on the new blocks by consensus.

Abstract: A device is provided, including a frame that supports two eyepieces, a capacitive sensor mounted on the frame, an inertial measurement unit mounted on the frame, and a circuit component inside the frame, wherein the circuit component electrically couples the capacitive sensor and the inertial measurement unit with a processor and a memory inside the frame. A method for using the above device is also provided.

Abstract: A static random-access memory device is provided. The static random-access memory device includes a substrate with at least one first region; first fins on a surface of the substrate, and second initial fins on the surface of the substrate. A width of the second initial fins is different from a width of the first fins. A portion of the first fins is used to form pass-gate transistors, and another portion of the first fins and the second initial fins are used to form pull-down transistors.

Abstract: Methods for forming a back-end-of-line (BEOL) passive device structure are provided. A method according to the present disclosure includes depositing a first conductor layer over a substrate, patterning the first conductor layer to form a patterned first conductor layer, depositing a first insulation layer over the patterned first conductor layer, depositing a second conductor layer over the first insulation layer, patterning the second conductor layer to form a patterned second conductor layer, depositing a second insulation layer over the patterned second conductor layer, depositing a third conductor layer over the second insulation layer, and patterning the third conductor layer to form a patterned third conductor layer. The patterning of the first conductor layer includes removing a right-angle edge of the first conductor layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure and its fabrication method are provided. The method includes: providing a substrate; forming an isolation structure on the substrate; forming a gate structure on the isolation structure; forming a first opening in the gate structure; and forming a first conductive structure in the first opening. Sidewall surfaces of the first conductive structure are in contact with a gate electrode layer of the gate structure.

Abstract: A device and method for degassing an on-load tap-changer (OLTC) of a transformer for convenient on-site operation. The degassing device includes an OLTC. The OLTC is respectively connected with an oil suction pipe and an oil injection pipe. One end of the oil suction pipe extends to the inside bottom of the OLTC, and the other end of the oil suction pipe extends to the outside of the OLTC to connect with an oil suction and degassing device. One end of the oil injection pipe extends to an upper part inside the OLTC, and the other end of the oil injection pipe extends to the outside of the OLTC to connect with a vacuum oil injection device. The present disclosure has the advantages of convenient on-site operation, excellent degassing effect, simple structure and convenient installation, reduces degassing time and manpower and investment in maintenance, and improves degassing quality.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to techniques for providing a remoted application to a client device over a network. Certain embodiments involve receiving, by a web server and from the client device, a request for the remoted application. The request may comprise a tag which identifies one or more attributes of the remoted application. Embodiments further involve launching, by the web server and based on the tag, the remoted application. Embodiments further involve providing, by the web server and to the client device, a video stream of the remoted application. The video stream of the remoted application may comprise one or more images rendered based on raw data of the remoted application. Embodiments further involve receiving, by the web server and from the client device, user input and providing, by the web server and based on the user input, application input to the remoted application.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation and a method for improving ring rot resistance of apple fruits and belongs to the technical field of plant disease resistance. Resistance of apple fruits to ring rot may be significantly improved by soaking the fruits with a sorbitol solution. Moreover, the sorbitol solution is effective to multiple varieties; the barrier in control of ring rot through chemical pesticides and the like may be overcome; and pollution of the pesticides and the like to the ecological environment is greatly decreased, thereby decreasing losses caused by occurrence of apple ring rot in a maturation period or a storage period.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to identify a set of asynchronous data replication sessions currently running on a storage system each associated with a corresponding recovery point objective, and responsive to determining that at least one of the asynchronous data replication sessions has a current synchronization time that exceeds its corresponding recovery point objective for a first iteration of a given time window, to compute a session weight for each of the asynchronous data replication sessions. The processing device is also configured to select, for a second iteration of the given time window, data for transmission from the asynchronous data replication sessions based at least in part on the computed session weights. The processing device is further configured to transmit, during the second iteration of the given time window, the selected data.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a base substrate; a gate structure on the base substrate; source/drain doped layers in the base substrate on sides of the gate structure; a first dielectric layer on the base substrate and covering the source/drain doped layers; a mask layer on a top of the gate structure between the source/drain doped layers; a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and exposing a surface of the mask layer; first grooves in the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer, and exposing the source/drain doped layers; a first conductive structure in each first groove; a second groove in the mask layer, and exposing the gate structure at a bottom of the second groove; and a spacer on sidewalls of the second groove.

Abstract: The present invention provides an offline handwriting individual recognition system and method. The method comprises: scanning the suspicious handwriting to obtain a first white light image and a first three-dimensional image, and scanning the sample handwriting to obtain a second white light image and a second three-dimensional image; pre-processing the first white light image and the second white light image to obtain a first pre-processed image and a second pre-processed image; extracting a first skeleton image and a second skeleton image from the first pre-processed image and the second pre-processed image; obtaining a first writing trajectory and a second writing trajectory according to the first skeleton image and the second skeleton image; extracting a first dynamic feature, a first three-dimensional feature, and a second dynamic feature, a second three-dimensional feature; processing to obtain a correlation coefficient, and obtaining an individual recognition result.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a method and an apparatus for identification of imaging quality of fetal ultrasound images, the method including: acquiring parameters of fetal ultrasound images, used for identification of imaging quality of fetal ultrasound images; identifying an imaging score of fetal ultrasound images based on the parameters thereof; and identifying the imaging quality thereof based on the imaging score thereof. Obviously, it may lead to a quick and accurate identification of the imaging quality of fetal ultrasound images by automatically identifying the imaging quality thereof based on the imaging score thereof, thereby realizing quick and accurate management of the imaging quality thereof so as to facilitate to acquire fetal ultrasound images with high quality, which facilitates the acquisition of accurate fetal growth and development and may have an acknowledgment of the operational standardization of the personnel during the detection of fetal ultrasound images.