Abstract: When locating a semiconductor die on a substrate, the die is picked up and carried with a die-holding surface of a bonding tool having a protrusion. The protrusion of the bonding tool is configured to be movable between a retracted position within the die-holding surface and an extended position protruding from the die-holding surface. When the protrusion is located in the extended position, the die is bent when the bonding tool is carrying the die. Thereafter, the bonding tool is moved to flatten the die against the substrate while the substrate urges the protrusion to retract from the extended position towards the retracted position.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention overcome prior approaches by creating a single-stage, high-power LED driver topology. In one aspect, the topology may be used and suitable for driving horticultural LED lights.

Abstract: Spacecraft servicing devices or pods and related methods may include a body configured to be deployed from a host spacecraft at a location adjacent a target spacecraft and at least one spacecraft servicing component configured to perform at least one servicing operation on the target spacecraft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a filtration device adapted for removably installing to a container, comprising a first housing portion, a second housing portion coupled to the first housing portion, and a filter element assembly constructed as a replaceable cartridge. The filter element assembly comprising an enclosure defining a compartment therein, a first filter media situated upstream the compartment, and a second filter media disposed within the compartment. The enclosure is formed from a fluid permeable material and is structurally supported by a support member situated within the compartment and upstream the second filter media, the support member is provided with a deflector, such that at least a portion of fluid that has passed through the first filter media is directed away from a circumferential side of the enclosure before entering the second filter media. The present invention also discloses a water filtration pitcher comprising the filtration device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a 3-phase rectifying circuit that may produce a DC voltage with much less ripple compared to a single-phase rectifying circuit. In one aspect, the circuit or switch of embodiments of the invention may provide a filtered DC voltage to drive a LED string formed by multiple LED units.

Abstract: Mechanisms to exploit the inherent resiliency of deep learning inference workloads to improve the energy efficiency of computer processors such as graphics processing units with these workloads. The mechanisms provide energy-accuracy tradeoffs in the computation of deep learning inference calculations via energy-efficient floating point data path micro-architectures with integer accumulation, and enhanced mechanisms for per-vector scaled quantization (VS-Quant) of floating-point arguments.

Abstract: In some examples, a circuit includes a first power converter cell and a second power converter cell. The first power converter cell has a first bidirectional interface. The first power converter cell is configured to switch power from the first bidirectional interface to a second bidirectional interface in a first operation mode. The second power converter cell has a third bidirectional interface. The second power converter cell is configured to switch power from the third bidirectional interface to the second bidirectional interface in the first operation mode in parallel with the first power converter cell.

Abstract: A hair dryer includes a housing having a main air inlet, a main air outlet and a main interior volume between the main air inlet and the main air outlet. The housing has an auxiliary air inlet, an auxiliary air outlet, and an auxiliary interior volume between the auxiliary air inlet and the auxiliary air outlet. The auxiliary air inlet, the auxiliary air outlet and the auxiliary interior volume each are outside of the main interior volume so that the auxiliary air inlet and the auxiliary air outlet are not in communication with the main air inlet and the main air outlet. A first pair of ion emitters are in the main interior volume. A second pair of ion emitters are in the auxiliary interior volume. A fan is upstream of the first pair of ion emitters in the main interior volume, and selectively generates a main airflow through the housing from the main air inlet to the main air outlet. A heater is in the main interior downstream of the fan and upstream of the main air outlet relative to the main airflow.

Abstract: Video or image capture device and method of operation of the capture device are described. One example method includes determining, for a video capture by a capture device, a capture orientation mode setting of the capture device, capturing a video using one of a first camera or a second camera based on the capture orientation mode and a current orientation of the capture device, wherein the video is in the capture orientation mode, and storing, after capturing, the video in a video file.

Abstract: A compound of Formula I, enantiomers, diasteriomers, tautomers or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein, are useful as inhibitors of one or more Janus kinases. A pharmaceutical composition that includes a compound of Formula I and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, adjuvant or vehicle, and methods of treating or lessening the severity of a disease or condition responsive to the inhibition of a Janus kinase activity in a patient are disclosed.

Abstract: Provided herein are protective masks made with polymer-based materials and methods of forming the materials. Methods of forming the interlaced polymer-based materials comprise applying adhesive to a substrate, electrospinning a first polymer solution onto the substrate from a first group of spinning electrodes, electrospinning a second polymer solution onto the substrate from a second group of spinning electrodes, and applying hot air to dry the polymer-based materials electrospun from the first polymer solution and the second polymer solution to form the interlaced polymer-based materials.

Abstract: An imaging system may include a sample stage comprising a surface to support a sample container, the sample container including a sample having a plurality of sample locations; an optical stage to image the sample at the plurality of sample locations; one or more actuators physically coupled to at least one of the sample stage and the optical stage to move the sample stage relative to the optical stage to focus the optical stage onto a current sample location of the plurality of sample locations; a first light source to illuminate the current sample location; a second light source to project a pair of spots on a next sample location of the plurality of sample locations; and a controller to determine, based on an image of the pair of spots projected on the next sample location, a focus setting for the next sample location.

Abstract: A method, computer readable medium, and processor are described herein for inline data inspection by using a decoder to decode a load instruction, including a signal to cause a circuit in a processor to indicate whether data loaded by a load instruction exceeds a threshold value. Moreover, an indication of whether data loaded by a load instruction exceeds a threshold value may be stored.

Abstract: An MPO connector has an elongated outer housing and a push-pull boot. The front end portion of the push-pull received in the interior of the extended rear portion of the outer housing. The front end portion of the push-pull boot is linked to the opposing side portions of the outer housing such that the outer housing moves backward in relation to the main body when the push-pull boot is pulled backward. The front end portion of the push-pull boot can comprise opposing side walls with opposing side tabs projecting outward for operably connecting the push-pull boot to the elongated outer housing of the MPO connector.

Abstract: A children's product configured to provide translational motion is disclosed herein. Example products may include a bassinet assembly with a bassinet, a stationary base, and a track assembly configured to engage with the bassinet and the base, wherein the bassinet is configured for translational motion about the stationary base via the track assembly.

Abstract: Anthraquinone-based covalent organic frameworks; methods for preparing anthraquinone-based covalent organic frameworks; solid electrolyte interphases including the anthraquinone-based covalent organic frameworks; and electrochemical devices including the solid electrolyte interphases. The solid electrolyte interphases can exhibit enhanced transport of Li+. Battery cells including the solid electrolyte interphase exhibit improved reversible capacities.

Abstract: The present disclosure is related to techniques for converting a natural language utterance to a logical form query and deriving a natural language interpretation of the logical form query. The techniques include accessing a Meaning Resource Language (MRL) query and converting the MRL query into a MRL structure including logical form statements. The converting includes extracting operations and associated attributes from the MRL query and generating the logical form statements from the operations and associated attributes. The techniques further include translating each of the logical form statements into a natural language expression based on a grammar data structure that includes a set of rules for translating logical form statements into corresponding natural language expressions, combining the natural language expressions into a single natural language expression, and providing the single natural language expression as an interpretation of the natural language utterance.

Abstract: A processing system receives a user-generated media recording, and metadata associated with the user-generated feedback, from a first device. The user-generated media recording is a recording of the public end-user captured during a live media broadcast using a public-user interface on the first device. The metadata includes information linking the user-generated media recording to the live media broadcast. The system stores the user-generated media recording and the first metadata in one or more storage devices, and transmits a version of the user-generated media recording and at least a portion of the first metadata to a private-user interface on a second device. The private-user interface is configured to receive input from a private end-user selecting the version of the user-generated media recording for broadcast during the same live media broadcast during which the user-generated media recording was created.

Abstract: Described are improved systems, computer program products, and methods for a new local rolling online patching solution to a database server with minimized disruption to other instances during patching. For a one-node database server, it achieves single rolling online patching by starting a new instance of the same database from the newly patched home before shutting down the collocated instance running out of the old home.