Abstract: Silica-containing substrates including vias with a narrow waist, electronic devices incorporating a silica-containing substrate, and methods of forming vias with narrow waist in silica-containing substrates are disclosed. In one embodiment, an article includes a silica-containing substrate including greater than or equal to 85 mol % silica, a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a via extending through the silica-containing substrate from the first surface toward the second surface. The via includes a first diameter at the first surface wherein the first diameter is less than or equal to 100 ?m, a second diameter at the second surface wherein the first diameter is less than or equal to 100 ?m, and a via waist between the first surface and the second surface. The via waist has a waist diameter that is less than the first diameter and the second diameter such that a ratio between the waist diameter and each of the first diameter and the second diameter is less than or equal to 75%.

Abstract: A titanium dioxide micro-nanocontainers, corrosion-resistant waterborne epoxy coatings and preparation method thereof, including preparation steps as follows: TiO2 micro-nano spheres are synthesized by applying hydrothermal method; a polyaniline layer doped with molybdate ions is deposited on the surface of TiO2 micro-nano spheres by adopting the method of in-situ chemical polymerization, TiO2/PANI-MoO42? micro-nano-spheres are obtained, then, polydopamine is encapsulated on the surface of TiO2/PANI-MoO42? micro-nano spheres to obtain titanium dioxide micro-nanocontainers; next, antirust filler, defoamer, dispersant and thickener are added into waterborne epoxy emulsion, then titanium dioxide micro-nanocontainers are added in the waterborne epoxy emulsion for dispersing and grinding, filtering and encapsulating to obtain component A; the waterborne epoxy curing agent and deionized water are mixed in proportion to obtain component B; component A is stirred, then it is mixed with the component B in proportion,

Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass compositions that present several advantages over glasses and other materials currently used for redistribution layers for RF, interposers, and similar applications. The glasses disclosed herein are low cost, flat glasses that have high throughput for the laser damage and etching process used to create through glass vias (TGV). TGV generated using the silicate glasses and processes described herein have large waist diameters (Dw), which is a desirable feature with respect to producing glass articles such as interposers.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus to actively balance the thermal performance of paralleled power devices, comprising: a monitoring unit for monitoring the temperature of each power device of the paralleled power devices to judge whether the temperature is out of balance; and a balancing unit for adjusting power loss of the power devices with monitored higher temperatures so as to achieve the balance of the thermal performance of the paralleled power devices.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for controlling an autonomous vehicle. For example, a set of potential stopping locations may be identified based on a current location of an autonomous vehicle. A set of potential states may be identified for the autonomous vehicle. A fallback cost for each potential state of the set of potential states to reach each potential stopping location of the set of potential stopping locations may be determined. A trajectory for an autonomous vehicle may be planned based on a route to a destination and the determined fallback costs. The autonomous vehicle may be controlled according to at least a portion of the trajectory.

Abstract: A method and device for evaluating truck platooning strategy based on fuel saving rate is provided, which is applied to the technical field of transportation engineering, the method comprising: S1: obtaining the truck platooning strategy, and judging whether the truck platooning strategy has been determined; S2: when the truck platooning strategy has been determined, obtaining fuel-consumption-related parameters of each truck in the truck queue, calculating the fuel saving rate of each truck in the truck queue based on the obtained s parameters, calculating the average fuel saving rate of whole truck queue based on the fuel saving rate of each truck, and evaluating the truck platooning strategy based on the average fuel saving rate. The present disclose can evaluate the fuel economy in the case of different truck types and different platooning strategies.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for evaluation of a planned trajectory for an autonomous vehicle. For instance, for each of a plurality of objects, a predicted trajectory may be received. The planned trajectory may identify locations and times that the vehicle will be at those locations. For each of the plurality of objects, a grid including a plurality of cells may be generated. Occupancy of each grid for each of the plurality of objects may be determined based on the predicted trajectories. A cell of each grid which will be occupied by the vehicle at a location and time of the planned trajectory may be identified. The planned trajectory may be evaluated based on whether any identified cell is occupied by any of the plurality of objects at the time.

Abstract: Embodiments for program optimization are provided. A program is compiled with respect to a performance result utilizing a set of parameters. Information associated with the compiling of the program is collected. The collected information is external to the performance result. The set of parameters is changed based on the collected information.

Abstract: Embodiments for program optimization are provided. A program is compiled with respect to a performance result utilizing a set of parameters. Information associated with the compiling of the program is collected. The collected information is external to the performance result. The set of parameters is changed based on the collected information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for laser ranging with high precision and high efficient, a method for identifying distance mode automatically during laser ranging process, and a laser ranger with high precision, high efficient and low power waste. The accuracy of ranging is increased through multi classes of receiving process; the accuracy of ranging is further increased through the selection of distance mode and the adjustment of receiving sensitivity before the measuring steps are executed; the accuracy of ranging is further increased through executing jitter judgment on obtained distance measured values to discard the distance measured values that do not satisfy the setting conditions and judge whether the number of remaining distance measured values satisfies the setting quantity requirement; and the present invention is also of simple structure, high measurement efficiency, and low power waste.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for enabling Blue-ray Disc Java (BD-J) to effectively obtain context of a corresponding application, namely an Xlet, while playing BD-J title, which comprises the steps of setting up source file attribute of each class by adding an Xlet context ID as an unique code to the class when loading all classes into a cache of the BD-J; looking up back onto a call stack to search for Xlet class of the current BD-J title when searching for Xlet context; and then obtaining the Xlet context through the Xlet context ID according to the source file attribute. Thus, the method of the present invention enables BD-J to normally play the BD-J title in the Blue-ray Disc Read Only Memory (BD-ROM) and, at the same time, effectively improves the playing performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for laser ranging with high precision and high efficient, a method for identifying distance mode automatically during laser ranging process, and a laser ranger with high precision, high efficient and low power waste. The accuracy of ranging is increased through multi classes of receiving process; the accuracy of ranging is further increased through the selection of distance mode and the adjustment of receiving sensitivity before the measuring steps are executed; the accuracy of ranging is further increased through executing jitter judgment on obtained distance measured values to discard the distance measured values that do not satisfy the setting conditions and judge whether the number of remaining distance measured values satisfies the setting quantity requirement; and the present invention is also of simple structure, high measurement efficiency, and low power waste.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for enabling BD-J to effectively obtain context of the corresponding Xlet while playing BD-J title, which comprises the steps of setting up source file attribute of each class by adding an Xlet context ID as an unique code to the class when loading all classes into a cache of the BD-J; looking up back onto a call stack to search for Xlet class of the current BD-J title when searching for Xlet context; and then obtaining the Xlet context through the Xlet context ID according to the source file attribute. Thus, the method of the present invention enables BD-J to normally play the BD-J title in the BD-ROM and, at the same time, effectively improves the playing performance.