Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to signal transmission device, signal transmission method and communication system. The signal transmission device includes: a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert digital signals to analog signals; a modulator configured to modulate the analog signals to generate modulated pulse signals; and a transmitter configured to transmit, based on the modulated pulse signals, output pulse signals to a receiver, wherein the transmitter is configured to have no common ground with the receiver. In the solution in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, the high resolution can also be maintained under high speed data transmission, so as to overcome the conflicts between the resolution and the transmission frequency of the digital signal transmission in the existing schemes.

Abstract: Provided is a display panel. The display panel includes a display substrate, a diffusion sheet, a transflective film, and a fingerprint identification circuit, wherein the diffusion sheet is provided with at least one through hole, and an orthographic projection of the at least one through hole onto the display substrate is within the orthographic projection of the fingerprint identification circuit onto the display substrate.

Abstract: A use of an intervertebral disc fibrosis-inducing substance in preparation of medication, where the medication is used for the treatment of degenerative spinal diseases. The inventors of the present disclosure make use of the pro-fibrotic effect of the intervertebral disc fibrosis-inducing substance and the auxiliary effect of the fibroblast to achieve further treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration. The simultaneous administration of the above two drugs can reasonably control the degeneration and achieve the purpose of stepped treatment, thereby having clinical transformation value. In addition, the therapy combining the intervertebral disc fibrosis-inducing substance with the cell in the present disclosure allows the treatment regimen more personalized.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to an ultrasonic microphone and an ultrasonic acoustic radio. In one aspect a system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver comprises a membrane. The membrane comprises a single layer or multiple layers of a two-dimensional material. The receiver is operable to receive sound waves in a frequency range, with the frequency range being the ultrasonic frequency range.

Abstract: A nucleic acid loading device, including a housing, a carrying module, a motion module, a liquid circuit module and a control module. The motion module includes a support platform, first and second driving mechanisms, and a carrying member. The liquid circuit module is configured to control a reagent to flow into and out of a reactor. The control module is connected with the motion module and the liquid circuit module, and the control module is configured to control the first and second driving mechanisms, the liquid circuit module and the temperature control unit. A first face of a semiconductor cooler heats or refrigerates during operation, providing heat for an accommodating seat through a heat conducting body such that the reactor can be at different ambient temperatures. The cooperation between the motion and liquid circuit modules may achieve automation and industrialization of loading a sample into the reactor.

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: An invert emulsion having double particle size distribution, the invert emulsion having a particle size distribution of latex particles between 20 nm and 70 nm and between 100 nm and 500 nm in the same invert emulsion system. A preparation method for an invert emulsion comprises: forming an emulsion A and an emulsion B having different particle sizes by controlling an emulsifier system and an emulsification means, and preparing in one step an invert emulsion the particle size of which has bimodal distribution by means of a three-stage polymerization reaction between the emulsion A and the emulsion B in the same system. The invert emulsion is used as a water treatment flocculant, a sludge dewatering agent and a papermaking auxiliary agent, and in particular, the sludge dewatering agent fabricated from the invert emulsion is used for dewatering sludge.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to an ultrasonic microphone and an ultrasonic acoustic radio. In one aspect a system includes a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver comprises a membrane. The membrane comprises a single layer or multiple layers of a two-dimensional material. The receiver is operable to receive sound waves in a frequency range, with the frequency range being the ultrasonic frequency range.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide micromachined mirror assemblies and hybrid driving methods thereof. In one example, a micromachined mirror assembly includes a base and an array of micro mirrors affixed on the base. The base is configured to tilt around a base tilting axis. Each micro mirror in the array of micro mirrors is configured to tilt around a respective mirror tilting axis. Each of the mirror tilting axes is parallel to one another and is nonparallel to the base tilting axis.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a comb drive, a comb drive system, and a method of operating the comb drive to rotate bi-directionally in a MEMS environment. An exemplary comb drive system may include a comb drive, at least one power source, and a controller. The comb drive may include a stator comb having a first electrically conductive layer spaced apart from a second electrically conductive layer. The comb drive may also include a rotor comb having a first electrically conductive layer spaced apart from a second electrically conductive layer. The controller may be configured to apply first and second voltage levels having opposite polarities to the first and second electrically conductive layers of the rotor comb, respectively. The controller may also be configured to apply an intermediate voltage level to one of the first or second electrically conductive layers of the stator comb.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a micromachined mirror assembly. The micromachined mirror assembly includes a micro mirror configured to tilt around an axis and a first and a second torsion beam each having a first and a second end. The second end of the first torsion beam and the second end of the second torsion beam are mechanically coupled to the micro mirror along the axis. The micromachined mirror assembly also includes a first DC voltage applied to the first end of the first torsion beam and a second DC voltage, different from the first DC voltage, is applied to the first end of the second torsion beam.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a micromachined mirror assembly for controlling optical directions in an optical sensing system. The micromachined mirror assembly may include a micro mirror configured to direct an optical signal into a plurality of directions. The micromachined mirror assembly may also include at least one actuator coupled to the micro mirror and configured to drive the micro mirror to tilt around an axis. The micromachined mirror assembly may further include one or more objects attached to the micro mirror. The one or more objects may be asymmetrically disposed with respect to the axis to create an imbalanced state of the micro mirror when the micro mirror is not driven by the at least one actuator.

Abstract: In one example, an apparatus that is part of a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) module of a vehicle comprises a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and a substrate. The MEMS comprises an array of micro-mirror assemblies, each micro-mirror assembly comprising: a micro-mirror having a first thickness; and an actuator comprising first fingers and second fingers, the first fingers being connected with the substrate, the second fingers being mechanically connected to the micro-mirror having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, the actuator being configured to generate an electrostatic force between the first fingers and the second fingers to rotate the micro-mirror to reflect light emitted by a light source out of the LiDAR module or light received by the LiDAR module to a receiver.

Abstract: In one example, an apparatus being part of a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) module is provided. The apparatus comprises a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and a substrate. The MEMS comprising an array of micro-mirror assemblies, each micro-mirror assembly comprises: a first flexible support structure and a second flexible support structure connected to the substrate; a micro-mirror comprising a first connection structure and a second connection structure, the first connection structure being connected to the first flexible support structure at a first connection point, the second connection structure being connected to the second flexible support structure at a second connection point, the first and second connection points being aligned with a rotation axis around which the micro-mirror rotates, the first flexible support structure and the second flexible support structure being configured to allow the first and second connection points to move when the micro-mirror rotates.

Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) apparatus has a MEMS mirror structure with a rotatable mirror. Rotation of the mirror produces a change in a measured capacitance corresponding to an angle of rotation. The MEMS structure sits on an oxide layer deposited on a substrate. There is a parasitic capacitance between the MEMS mirror structure and the substrate. An added capacitance is provided between the substrate and a DC voltage source. The added capacitance is much larger than the parasitic capacitance, and shunts the parasitic capacitance to ground to minimize its effect on the measured capacitance.

Abstract: A fuel cell catalyst for oxygen reduction reactions including Pt—Ni—Cu nanoparticles supported on nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon (MPC) having enhanced activity and durability, and method of making said catalyst. The catalyst is synthesized by employing a solid state chemistry method, which involves thermally pretreating a N-doped MPC to remove moisture from the surface; impregnation of metal precursors on the N-doped MPC under vacuum condition; and reducing the metal precurors in a stream of CO and H2 gas mixture.

Abstract: A sputtering magnetron apparatus is provided. Another aspect employs a set of magnet assembly that forms a magnetic field over the target surface to confine electrons. A further aspect of a sputtering magnetron includes a side dark space shield that is made of magnetic metal which shunts the magnetic flux leaking from the side to prevent the formation of a secondary plasma around the dark space shield when it operates simultaneously with another plasma source.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an optical sensing system, a range estimation system for the optical sensing system, and a method for the optical sensing system. The exemplary optical sensing system includes a transmitter configured to emit a plurality of laser pulses towards an object. The optical sensing system further includes a range estimation system configured to estimate a range between the object and the optical sensing system. The range estimation system includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) configured to convert a plurality of laser pulses returned from an object to a digital signal. The ADC has a predetermined sampling period. The exemplary system further includes a processor. The processor is configured to calculate an intensity ratio between two data points selected from the digital signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a micromachined mirror assembly for controlling optical directions in an optical sensing system. The micromachined mirror assembly includes a micro mirror and at least one piezoelectric actuator. The micro mirror is suspended over a substrate by at least one beam mechanically coupled to the micro mirror, and the at least one piezoelectric actuator is mechanically coupled to the at least one beam and is configured to drive the micro mirror via the at least one beam. The at least one piezoelectric actuator is configured to drive the micro mirror to tilt along a first axis based on a first electrical signal received by the at least one piezoelectric actuator.