Abstract: A fiber optic ferrule includes a body extending from a first end to a second opposite end, with the body including an axial passage extending between the first and the second ends. The axial passage includes a first diameter portion having a diameter of at least 125 microns, a second diameter portion having a diameter of at least 250 microns and less than a diameter of a buffer, and a smooth and continuous transition between the first and the second diameter portions. The second diameter portion is positioned between the first diameter portion and the second end. The axial passage further defines a tapered shape at the second end extending inward from the second end toward the second diameter portion. In certain embodiments, another smooth and continuous transition can be provided between the taper shape and the second diameter portion. In certain embodiments, the axial passage is smooth and continuous between the first and the second ends of the body. A hub holds the ferrule.

Abstract: A memory system includes two or more memory controllers capable of accessing the same dynamic, random-access memory (DRAM), one controller having access to the DRAM or a subset of the DRAM at a time. Different subsets of the DRAM are supported with different refresh-control circuitry, including respective refresh-address counters. Whichever controller has access to a given subset of the DRAM issues refresh requests to the corresponding refresh-address counter. Counters are synchronized before control of a given subset of the DRAM is transferred between controllers to avoid a loss of stored data.

Abstract: A fiber optic ferrule includes a body extending from a first end to a second opposite end, with the body including an axial passage extending between the first and second ends. The axial passage includes a first diameter portion having a diameter of at least 125 microns, and a second diameter portion having a diameter of at least 250 microns and less than a diameter of the buffer, the second diameter portion positioned between the first diameter and the second end. The axial passage further defines a tapered shape at the second end extending inward from the second end to the second diameter portion. A hub holds the ferrule. A method of assembling a terminated fiber optic cable is also provided.

Abstract: Multiple device stacks are interconnected in a ring topology. The inter-device stack communication may utilize a handshake protocol. This ring topology may include the host so that the host may initialize and load the device stacks with data and/or commands (e.g., software, algorithms, etc.). The inter-device stack interconnections may also be configured to include/remove the host and/or to implement varying numbers of separate ring topologies. By configuring the system with more than one ring topology, and assigning different problems to different rings, multiple, possibly unrelated, machine learning tasks may be performed in parallel by the device stack system.

Abstract: A memory system includes a memory controller, a plurality of serial data buffers, and a plurality of memory devices. The memory controller issues packetized commands and data to the serial data buffers. The serial data buffers each apply a different remapping function to remap an input command address in the packetized commands to respective remapped memory addresses that are different for each serial data buffer. The serial data buffers then issue commands to the memory devices using the remapped addresses. The remapping functions may be designed to mitigate row hammer effects. The serial data buffers may furthermore apply transformations to read and write data to facilitate encryption and decryption.

Abstract: Disclosed is a buckle assembly having a female buckle component and a male buckle component. The female buckle component including a first plate and a second plate that is spaced apart from the first plate and is connected to the first plate via a first side and a second side. Each of the first side and the second side is configured to secure a button of the male buckle component. The second plate includes a pinch-mitigating feature to maintain a distance between a pinch zone and a user. The pinch-mitigating feature can integrated with the second plate. For example, the second plate can define a wall of material formed at least partially about a perimeter of the second plate to maintain the distance between the pinch zone and the user.

Abstract: A method of monitoring health of an oxygen concentrator assembly within an onboard oxygen generating system (OBOGS) operable to produce an oxygen enriched gas is provided. The OBOGS includes a controller, a plurality of molecular sieve beds for producing the oxygen enriched gas, and a mechanical system for selectively communicating an inlet air to a subset of the plurality of molecular sieve at a given time. The method includes monitoring the health of the overall OBOGS and the mechanical system to determine whether one or more of the molecular sieve beds and/or the oxygen concentrator assembly need to be serviced.

Abstract: A composite antenna mount includes a polymer matrix, a plurality of particles dispersed through the polymer matrix, at least some of the particles including a ferromagnetic coating, and a plurality of electrically conductive filaments electrically connecting the ferromagnetic coatings of the particles. The ferromagnetic coating each coated particle is configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in a specified frequency range.

Abstract: An embodiment of an electronic apparatus may include one or more substrates, and logic coupled to the one or more substrates, the logic to maintain a respective lookup table for each of two or more persistent storage devices in a persistent memory outside of the two or more persistent storage devices with a first indirection granularity that is smaller than a second indirection granularity of each of the two or more persistent storage devices, buffer write requests to the two or more persistent storage devices in the persistent memory in accordance with the respective lookup tables, and perform a sequential write from the persistent memory to a particular device of the two or more persistent storage devices when a portion of the buffer that corresponds to the particular device has an amount of data to write that corresponds to the second indirection granularity. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes performing a first deposition process to deposit a first high-K dielectric layer on a surface of a substrate, performing an interface formation process to form an interfacial layer on the surface of the substrate, performing a second deposition process to deposit a second high-K dielectric layer on the interfacial layer, performing a plasma nitridation process to insert nitrogen atoms in the first high-K dielectric layer and the second high-K dielectric layer, and performing an anneal process to passivate chemical bonds in the first high-K dielectric layer and the second high-K dielectric layer.

Abstract: A method for processing of a cryptographically auditable transaction includes: receiving payment data, wherein the payment data includes at least a primary account number; transmitting the primary account number to a computing system; receiving a confirmation associated with the primary account number from the computing system; transmitting a payment request to the computing system, wherein the payment request includes at least a reference value associated with a payment transaction; receiving an acceptance request from the computing system, wherein the acceptance request includes at least the reference value, an acceptance address, one or more fee values, and a first digital signature generated by a third party; generating a second digital signature using at least the acceptance address; and transmitting at least the second digital signature to the computing system.

Abstract: A first host device in a first network of a plurality of networks may receive, from an intermediate client device, a request to enroll the intermediate client device into the first network, including receiving a candidate inter-network encryption key. The first host device may determine whether any other intermediate client device is already enrolled in the first network. The first host device may, in response to determining that no other intermediate client device is already enrolled in the first network, set the candidate inter-network encryption key as an inter-network encryption key of the first host device for encrypting communications between the plurality of networks. The first host device may send, to the intermediate client device for forwarding to a second host device in a second network of the plurality of networks, an encrypted message that is encrypted using the inter-network encryption key of first host device.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing and processing semiconductor devices (i.e., electronic devices) are described. Embodiments of the disclosure advantageously provide electronic devices which comprise an integrated dipole region to meet reduced thickness and lower thermal budget requirements. The electronic devices described herein comprise a source region, a drain region, and a channel separating the source region and the drain region, and a dipole region having an interfacial layer, a metal film substantially free of non-metal atoms on the interfacial layer, and a high-? dielectric layer on the metal film. In some embodiments, the dipole region of the electronic devices comprises an interfacial layer, a high-? dielectric layer on the interfacial layer, and a metal film on the high-? dielectric layer. In some embodiments, the methods comprise annealing the substrate to drive particles of metal from the metal film into one or more of the interfacial layer or the high-? dielectric layer.

Abstract: A cabin purification system for a vehicle includes an air inlet in communication with a fan, a light source emitting ultraviolet C light at a wavelength of from 100 nanometers to 280 nanometers, a photocatalytic oxidizer element, and an air outlet. The photocatalytic oxidizer element has a surface coating comprising anatase and rutile forms of TiO2. The surface coating is illuminated by the light source. The fan generates an air flow from outside the air inlet to the air outlet. The air flow passes the light source and the photocatalytic oxidizer where the surface coating converts H2O O3 and O2 in the air flow into H2O2 which is distributed into the vehicle cabin to purify it.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides industrially scalable methods of making (Z)-endoxifen or a salt thereof, crystalline forms of endoxifen, and compositions comprising them. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating hormone-dependent breast and hormone-dependent reproductive tract disorders.

Abstract: A turbine engine and method of operation with a combustor as shown and described. The turbine engine including a combustor comprising an annular array of rich cups and an annular array of lean cups. A method for controlling nitrogen oxides including injecting a fuel/air mixture from the lean cups and the rich cups.

Abstract: A lighting system includes a converter configured to receive a rectified input voltage and to generate an output voltage based on a control signal; a primary controller configured to generate the control signal to adjust the output voltage of the converter; and a startup circuit configured to power the primary controller based on the rectified input voltage in response to the output voltage being below a threshold, and to power the primary controller based on the output voltage in response to the output voltage being greater than or equal to the threshold.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for treatment of degenerative conditions of large weight-bearing joints, such as osteoarthritis, by intra-articular delivery of a codon-modified IL-1Ra encoding gene.

Abstract: A lighting system includes a converter configured to receive a rectified input voltage and to generate an output voltage based on a gate control signal; a PFC controller including a zero-crossing input, and configured to generate the gate control signal to adjust the output voltage of the converter based on a zero-crossing voltage at the zero-crossing input; a zero-crossing delay circuit coupled between an output of the converter and the zero-crossing input, and configured to slow a rate of change of the zero-crossing voltage based on one or more delay control signals; and a channel controller configured to identify a low-load state of the lighting system, and, in response, to generate the one or more delay control signals.

Abstract: A charging station for providing power connections, charging and/or data connections includes one or more wiring devices mounted to a power module that slides in the housing of the main assembly of the charging station such that each wiring device is recessed from the outer surface of the charging station. A back wall of the power module serves as a barrier between different branch circuits for code compliance. The charging station includes a cover assembly with a sloped upper surface and is constructed so that most of the required electrical connections are made on the power module prior to the assembly of the charging station.