Abstract: A wearable computing device includes a housing, an energy storage device and a power interface configured to deliver electrical power from the energy storage device to a circuit included on a band that is removably coupled to the housing. The wearable computing device includes a switching device configured to selectively couple the energy storage device to the power interface. The wearable computing device includes a processor configured to control operation of the switching device to couple the energy storage device to the power interface to deliver the electrical power to the circuit included on that band. The processor is configured to obtain data from the circuit on the band that is indicative of a unique identifier for the band. The processor is configured to control operation of the wearable computing device based. at least in part. on the data indicative of the unique identifier for the band.

Abstract: A compound of formula Ir(LA)x(LB)y(LC)z, where LA has structure comprising Formula I, is provided. In Formula I, each of X3 to X7 is N or CR; Z is an electron-withdrawing group; Y is a linking group; each R, R?, R3, R4, R5, RA, and RB is hydrogen or a General Substituent defined herein; and each R1 and R2 is a substituent comprising at least one carbon atom. Formulations, OLEDs, and consumer products containing the compound are also provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of context initialization for entropy coding. According to one method, previous context states derived from one or more previous slices for an arithmetic entropy coder are determined, where the previous context states are stored in multiple context state buffers and different context state buffers are used to store the previous context states for different temporal sublayers. Target context states are determined from the previous context states for the current slice in a current temporal sublayer indicated by a current temporal ID, wherein a target context state buffer storing the target context states is determined according to the current temporal ID. A current set of context states for the arithmetic entropy coder is initialized using the target context states. The input data is encoded or decoded using the arithmetic entropy coder after said initializing the current set of context states for the arithmetic entropy coder.

Abstract: Methods and devices that include forming a first epitaxial region and a second epitaxial region above the first epitaxial region. An opening may be formed extending from the first region to the second region. And a liner layer is deposited on a sidewall and a bottom of the opening. A plasma treatment is performed on the liner layer, which can form a conditioned or passivated region of the first epitaxial region that may be maintained during the growth of additional epitaxial material on the second epitaxial region.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device is provided. The method for manufacturing the electronic device includes: providing a substrate with elements disposed thereon and transferring at least one of the elements from the substrate to a driving substrate, which includes illuminating a region of the substrate overlapped with the at least one of the elements by an energy beam, wherein the driving substrate includes a circuit board and a pixel defining layer disposed on the circuit board, and the pixel defining layer includes a hole for accommodating the at least one of the elements. A bottom surface of the at least one of the elements is higher than a top surface of the pixel definition layer when the region of the substrate is illuminated by the energy beam.

Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula Ir(LA)x(LC)y wherein: ligand LA has Formula I? ?and ligand LC has Formula II?

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a three-dimensional (3D) IC comprising semiconductor substrates with different bandgaps. The 3D IC chip comprises a first IC chip and a second IC chip overlying and bonded to the first IC chip. The first IC chip comprises a first semiconductor substrate with a first bandgap, and further comprises and a first device on and partially formed by the first semiconductor substrate. The second IC chip comprises a second semiconductor substrate with a second bandgap different than the first bandgap, and further comprises a second device on the second semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: A household energy management and dispatching system includes: a power generation device, converters, an energy storage device, an energy management controller, local servers and a cloud server. Each of the converters is electrically connected to the power generation device, an electricity grid, the energy storage device and the energy management controller, configured to receive a power generation electrical energy or a utility power, and transmitted to the energy storage device and a load. Each of the local servers is electrically connected to each of the converters and configured to read an electrical energy information, a utility power information and an energy storage information. The cloud server is electrically connected to the local servers. The local servers perform an edge computing analysis to obtain an edge information according to the above information. The system is used to provide a buffer to stabilize the grid and power dispatching.

Abstract: An acoustic wave device includes a piezoelectric substrate, a transducer, and a depression. The transducer is disposed on a surface of the piezoelectric substrate, and includes a first bus bar, a first electrode, a second bus bar, and a second electrode. The first bus bar and the second bus bar extend along a second direction. The first electrode has a first end and extends from the first bus bar along a first direction. The first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other, and a gap is formed between the first end of the first electrode and an edge of the second bus bar. The depression is formed in the piezoelectric substrate and is depressed from the surface of the piezoelectric substrate. The first end of the first electrode is continuously joined to a sidewall of the depression along a depth direction.

Abstract: A capacitive ultrasonic transducer device includes a substrate, a first capacitive structure, a second capacitive structure, a first film structure and a second film structure. The first capacitive structure is disposed on the substrate, and includes a first electrode and a second electrode. A first gap and a dielectric layer are located between the first electrode and the second electrode. The second capacitive structure is disposed on the substrate, and includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode. A second gap is located between the third electrode and the fourth electrode. The first film structure is configured to seal the first gap. The second film structure is connected to the third electrode and the fourth electrode, and configured to seal the second gap. A first width between the first electrode and the second electrode is different from a second width of the second gap.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a plurality of first layer deep lines, a plurality of first layer shallow lines, a plurality of second layer deep lines, and a plurality of second layer shallow lines. The integrated circuit also includes a first active device and a second active device coupled between a conducting path that has a low resistivity portion and a low capacitivity portion. The first active device has an output coupled to a first layer deep line that is in the low resistivity portion. The second active device has an input coupled to a first layer shallow line that is in the low capacitivity portion. The low resistivity portion excludes the first layer shallow lines and the second layer shallow lines, and the low capacitivity portion excludes the first layer deep lines and the second layer deep lines.

Abstract: A method is to be implemented by a computing device that stores a risk assessment model, and includes steps of: obtaining an entry of target physiological data and target magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images of a brain of a subject with mild cognition impairment (MCI); obtaining, based on the target MRI images, voxel values respectively of primitive voxels that are related to grey matter of the brain of the subject; selecting, from among the primitive voxels, any primitive voxel satisfying a filtering criterion as a selected voxel; calculating an average of the voxel value(s) respectively of the selected voxel(s) to obtain an average target voxel value; and obtaining a probability of the subject developing Alzheimer's disease within a predetermined time period by feeding the average target voxel value and the entry of target physiological data into the risk assessment model.

Abstract: An object detection model training apparatus, method and non-transitory computer readable storage medium thereof are provided. The apparatus performs a first object detection on a plurality of training images to generate a piece of first label information corresponding to each of the training images by a first teacher model. The apparatus trains a student model based on the training images and the first label information. The apparatus performs a second object detection on the training images to generate a piece of second label information corresponding to each of the training images by a second teacher model. The apparatus trains the student model based on the training images and the second label information.

Abstract: Semiconductor structures are provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate and nanostructures formed over the substrate. In addition, the nanostructures includes channel regions and source/drain regions. The semiconductor structure further includes a gate structure vertically sandwiched the channel regions of the nanostructures and a contact wrapping around and vertically sandwiched between the source/drain regions of the nanostructures.

Abstract: A photosensitive device includes a first photosensitive unit, a first collimator layer, a first lens, and a first dummy lens. The first photosensitive unit includes a first photosensitive component and a first control circuit. The first control circuit is electrically connected to the first photosensitive component. The first collimator layer is located above the first photosensitive component and has a first pinhole and a first dummy pinhole. The first lens is located above the first collimator layer and overlapping with the first photosensitive component and the first pinhole in a first direction. The first dummy lens is located above the first collimator layer and overlapping with the first dummy pinhole in the first direction.

Abstract: A device includes a semiconductor substrate and a first gate stack over the semiconductor substrate, the first gate stack being between a first gate spacer and a second gate spacer. The device further includes a second gate stack over the semiconductor substrate between the first gate spacer and the second gate spacer and a dielectric material separating the first gate stack from the second gate stack. The dielectric material is at least partially between the first gate spacer and the second gate spacer, a first width of an upper portion of the dielectric material is greater than a second width of a lower portion of the dielectric material, and a third width of an upper portion of the first gate spacer is less than a fourth width of a lower portion of the first gate spacer.

Abstract: A monolithic three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) device includes a lower tier including a lower tier cell and an upper tier arranged over the lower tier. The upper tier has a first upper tier cell and a second upper tier cell separated by a predetermined lateral space. A monolithic inter-tier via (MIV) extends from the lower tier through the predetermined lateral space, and the MIV has a first end electrically connected to the lower tier cell and a second end electrically connected to the first upper tier cell.

Abstract: A package structure includes a redistribution structure, a first semiconductor die, a first passive component, a second semiconductor die, a first insulating encapsulant, a second insulating encapsulant, a second passive component and a global shielding structure. The redistribution structure includes dielectric layers and conductive layers alternately stacked. The first semiconductor die, the first passive component and the second semiconductor die are disposed on a first surface of the redistribution structure. The first insulating encapsulant is encapsulating the first semiconductor die and the first passive component. The second insulating encapsulant is encapsulating the second semiconductor die, wherein the second insulating encapsulant is separated from the first insulating encapsulant. The second passive component is disposed on a second surface of the redistribution structure.

Abstract: A real number sine/cosine wave basis function transform circuit includes a window segmentation element, a first transform element, a second transform element and a root-sum-square (RSS) element. The window segmentation element is provided to segment an in-phase output signal and a quadrature output signal to output an in-phase window signal and a quadrature window signal. The first and second transform elements are provided to transform the in-phase window signal and the quadrature window signal using a real number sine/cosine wave basis function to obtain a first transformed signal and a second transformed signal, respectively. The RSS element is provided to calculate an RSS value of the first and second transformed signals and output a real number sine/cosine wave basis function transformed signal.

Abstract: A joint fixation has a stepless angle adjustment device having a first body, a second body, a pivot shaft, and a knob assembly. The first body has a first fixing portion. The second body has a second fixing portion. The pivot shaft has a first end fixed to the first body and a second end opposite to the first end and extending into the second body. The first body is rotatable relative to the second body around the pivot shaft. The knob assembly is disposed at the second end of the pivot shaft. When the knob assembly is pulled, the knob assembly is capable of driving the first body to rotate relative to the second body around the pivot shaft. Angle adjustment between the first body and the second body is easy and may be done by one hand.