Abstract: A feedback control circuit of a pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) converter includes a multiplexer circuit and a detection circuit. The multiplexer circuit is arranged to receive a plurality of candidate peak current values, and output one of the plurality of candidate peak current values as a target peak current value according to a selection control signal, wherein a peak current value of an inductor current pulse of the PFM converter is subject to the target peak current value. The detection circuit is arranged to adaptively adjust the selection control signal according to a pulse interval between two successive inductor current pulses of the PFM converter.

Abstract: A consumable is provided. The consumable includes (a) at least one sweetener, and (b) a sweetness modifier comprising an extract or fraction from Stelmatocrypton khasianum or at least one caffeoylquinic acid or tormentic acid compound. The at least one sweetener is present is a sweetening amount.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting material containing cyano-substituted ligand is disclosed. The organic light-emitting material is a metal complex containing a cyano-substituted ligand, which can be used as a light-emitting material in a light-emitting layer of an organic electroluminescent device. These new complexes can provide better device performance, e.g., narrower full width at half maximum, lower voltage values, and higher quantum efficiency, and the like. An electroluminescent device and a compound formulation containing the metal complex, and a compound capable of being used to prepare the metal complex are also disclosed.

Abstract: A bone screw kit includes a support member, a screw, an extension sleeve, a connecting rod, a locking screw, a screw driver and an extension sleeve remover. The support member has two wings. An external wall of one axial end of the screw driver has ribs and one first snap. The first snap has oppositely a first outer diameter and a second outer diameter less than the first outer diameter. A through hole having a second snap is disposed on the locking screw furnished thereinside with grooves. The second snap has a first inner diameter less than the first outer diameter but larger than the second outer diameter. The locking screw and the screw driver are disposed in the support member and the extension sleeve. The extension sleeve having two extension wings sleeves the support member. Engagement structures are provide to engage the wing and the inner extension wing.

Abstract: Provided is a ferromagnetic free layer, comprising Fe, Co, B and an additive metal, and based on a total atomic number of the ferromagnetic free layer, a content of Co is more than 0 at % and less than 30 at %, a content of B is more than 10 at % and less than or equal to 35 at %, and a content of the additive metal is more than or equal to 2 at % and less than 10 at %; the additive metal comprises Mo, Re or a combination thereof, and a thickness of the ferromagnetic free layer is more than or equal to 1.5 nm and less than 2.5 nm. The ferromagnetic free layer can be applied to a MTJ structure as a single layer, and has sufficient thermal stability for maintaining good magnetic properties after thermal treatment, which makes sure that the MTJ structure can exert normal recording function.

Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell and a peripheral circuit. The memory cell includes a vertical transistor having a first terminal and a second terminal, a storage unit having a first end coupled to the first terminal of the vertical transistor, and a bit line coupled to the second terminal of the vertical transistor. The peripheral circuit is coupled to the bit line. The vertical transistor includes a semiconductor body extending in a first direction, and a gate structure coupled to at least one side of the semiconductor body. The bit line is disposed between the vertical transistor and the peripheral circuit along the first direction.

Abstract: An encoder according to one aspect of the present disclosure encodes a block of an image, and includes a processor and memory connected to the processor. Using the memory, the processor partitions a block into a plurality of sub blocks and encodes a sub block included in the plurality of sub blocks in an encoding process including at least a transform process or a prediction process. The block is partitioned using a multiple partition including at least three odd-numbered child nodes and each of a width and a height of each of the plurality of sub blocks is a power of two.

Abstract: A data processing method includes, in response to an interaction message being displayed on an interaction interface, displaying a virtual object in an interaction area in which the interaction message is located, and displaying a resource object at a target location on the interaction interface. The virtual object and the resource object are associated with the interaction message, and the resource object and the virtual object are configured to interact with each other. The method further includes displaying, on the interaction interface, interactive movement involving the virtual object and the resource object. The interactive movement includes moving the virtual object from a location of the interaction area, and/or moving the resource object from the target location.

Abstract: Provided is an efficient multi-modal processing model. The multi-modal processing model can process input data from multiple different domains to generate a prediction for a multi-modal processing task. A machine-learned multi-modal processing model can include an adaptive tokenization layer that is configured to adaptively tokenize features generated from the multi-modal inputs into sets of tokens. Specifically, the tokens may have a smaller data size relative to the features from the inputs, thereby enabling a reduced number of processing operations to be performed overall, thereby improving the efficiency of model.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least one via, a liner layer and a conductive layer. The substrate includes an electronic circuitry. The at least one via passes through the substrate. The at least one via includes a plurality of concave portions on a sidewall thereof. The liner layer fills in the plurality of concave portions of the at least one via. The conductive layer is disposed on the sidewall of the at least one via, covers the liner layer, and extends onto a surface of the substrate. The thickness of the conductive layer on the sidewall of the at least one via is varied.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a circuit substrate, a plurality of light-emitting units, an optical film, a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer is provided. The light-emitting units are electrically bonded to the circuit substrate. The optical film overlaps the light-emitting units that are disposed between the optical film and the circuit substrate. The optical film includes a light reduction film overlapping a light-emitting surface of the light-emitting units away from the circuit substrate. The first adhesive layer is disposed between the light reduction film and the light-emitting units, and extends into interspaces between the light-emitting units. The second adhesive layer is disposed between the first adhesive layer and the light reduction film. The second adhesive layer has a first portion overlapping the light-emitting units and a second portion overlapping the interspaces. A thickness of the first portion is different from a thickness of the second portion.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting laminated structure, an electrode structure that is disposed on the light-emitting laminated structure, an insulation layer that is disposed on the light-emitting laminated structure, and a blocking layer structure that is interposed between the electrode structure and the insulation layer. The light-emitting laminated structure includes a first type semiconductor layer, a second type semiconductor layer, and an active layer that is interposed between the first type semiconductor layer and the second type semiconductor layer and is configured to emit light. The blocking layer structure has a first section and a second section that forms a continuous structure with the first section. The first section is interposed between a side wall of the electrode structure and the insulation layer, and the second section is interposed between the insulation layer and the light-emitting laminated structure.

Abstract: Methods and systems for mitigating EMI for electric vehicle chargers are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system comprises a power cabinet comprising a first PEM for charging a first electric vehicle and a second PEM for charging the first vehicle or a second electric vehicle. The first PEM and second PEM may be switched at different frequencies. In some embodiments, a difference between a first frequency of the first PEM and a second frequency of the second PEM is greater than a noise sampling frequency.

Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive an indication of a first dormancy state, of a plurality of dormancy states, for a set of frequency resources within a bandwidth part of a component carrier, wherein each dormancy state of the plurality of dormancy states is associated with a respective set of activities that are enabled for that dormancy state. The UE may switch the set of frequency resources to the first dormancy state. Numerous other aspects are described.

Abstract: A method according to the present disclosure includes providing a first workpiece that includes a first substrate and a first interconnect structure, providing a second workpiece that includes a second substrate, a second interconnect structure, and a through via extending through a portion of the second substrate and a portion of the second interconnect structure, forming a first bonding layer on the first interconnect structure, forming a second bonding layer on the second interconnect structure, bonding the second workpiece to the first workpiece by directly bonding the second bonding layer to the first bonding layer, thinning the second substrate, forming a protective film over the thinned second substrate, forming a backside via opening through the protective film and the thinned second substrate to expose the through via, and forming a backside through via in the backside via opening to physically couple to the through via.

Abstract: A centralizer for a downhole probe disposed within a pipe, the centralizer having an elongated, primary tubular member with two or more elongated centralizer strip assemblies extending along the primary tubular member. Each strip assembly has inner and outer hollow portions on the wall of the primary tubular member and spaced apart from one another about the circumference of the wall. The outer portion of each strip assembly comprises a flexible outer spring, and the inner portion of the strip assembly comprises a flexible inner spring. The inner portions of the strip assemblies engage the outer diameter of a probe and the outer portions of the strip assemblies engage the inner diameter of a pipe.

Abstract: A contact lens product includes a multifocal contact lens and a buffer solution. The multifocal contact lens is immersed in the buffer solution. The multifocal contact lens includes a central region and at least one annular region. The annular region concentrically surrounds the central region, and a diopter of the annular region is different from a diopter of the central region. The multifocal contact lens is made of silicone hydrogel or hydrogel. The annular region closest to a periphery of the multifocal contact lens is a first annular region.

Abstract: A method for executing a multi-task deep learning model for learning trends in multivariate time series is presented. The method includes collecting multi-variate time series data from a plurality of sensors, jointly learning both local and global contextual features for predicting a trend of the multivariate time series by employing a tensorized long short-term memory (LSTM) with adaptive shared memory (TLASM) to learn historical dependency of historical trends, and employing a multi-task one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1dCNN) to extract salient features from local raw time series data to model a short-term dependency between local time series data and subsequent trends.

Abstract: A method includes joining a first wafer to a second wafer, forming a first through-via penetrating through the first wafer and further extending into the second wafer, and forming a redistribution line on the first wafer. The redistribution line and the first through-via electrically connect a first conductive feature in the first wafer to a second conductive feature in the second wafer. An electrical connector is formed over the first wafer.

Abstract: A super junction power device with an adjustable gate resistance structure and a manufacturing method thereof relate to a field of manufacturing of power devices and semiconductors. The manufacturing method includes preparing a cell structure and an adjustable gate resistance structure of the super junction power device; preparing contact through holes; preparing a metal wire layer; and preparing a passivation layer. By designing an adjustable gate resistance structure, a gate resistance of the super junction power device is flexibly adjusted within a certain gate resistance range based on application requirements, further improving an application range of the super junction power device. Through adjustable gate resistance control electrodes, open-circuit control is performed on corresponding independent gate resistors to realize an adjustment of the corresponding gate resistor, There is no need to change a layout of a gate, contact holes, and metal wire layers for different gate resistance requirements.