Abstract: A device includes a substrate; a first layer over the substrate, the first layer containing a plurality of fin features and a trench between two adjacent fin features. The device also includes a porous material layer having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed in the trench. The second portion is disposed on a top surface of the first layer. The first and the second portions contain substantially same percentage of Si, substantially same percentage of O, and substantially same percentage of C.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a FinFET device having gate spacers with reduced capacitance and methods for forming the FinFET device. Particularly, the FinFET device according to the present disclosure includes gate spacers formed by two or more depositions. The gate spacers are formed by depositing first and second materials at different times of processing to reduce parasitic capacitance between gate structures and contacts introduced after epitaxy growth of source/drain regions.

Abstract: A method of forming low-k material is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of core-shell particles. The core of the core-shell particles has a first ceramic with a low melting point. The shell of the core-shell particles has a second ceramic with a low melting point and a low dielectric constant. The core-shell particles are sintered and molded to form a low-k material. The shell of the core-shell particles is connected to form a network structure of a microcrystal phase.

Abstract: Examples pertaining to re-transmission cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for polar coding incremental-redundancy hybrid automatic repeat request (IR-HARQ) are described. An apparatus (e.g., UE) encodes a plurality of information bits using a polar code to generate a polar code block (CB). The apparatus performs one or more transmissions of the polar CB using hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) by performing an initial transmission of the polar CB and performing a re-transmission of the polar CB with a re-transmission cyclic redundancy check (ReTX CRC).

Abstract: Examples pertaining to additional bit freezing for polar coding are described. An apparatus performs polar coding to encode a plurality of input subblocks of information bits, frozen bits and optional cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits to generate a plurality of subblocks of coded bits. The apparatus then transmits at least some of the subblocks of coded bits. In performing the polar coding, the apparatus additionally freezes one of the plurality of input subblocks corresponding to one of the interleaved plurality of subblocks of coded bits which decreases polarization gain due to puncturing.

Abstract: Examples pertaining to bit selection for polar coding incremental-redundancy hybrid automatic repeat request (IR-HARQ) are described. An apparatus (e.g., UE) generates a re-transmission polar code block (CB) in a polar incremental redundancy HARQ (IR-HARQ) procedure. The apparatus then transmits the re-transmission polar CB as a re-transmission of an initial transmission of an initial polar code carrying a plurality of information bits. In generating the re-transmission polar CB, the apparatus selects one or more re-transmission information bits from the plurality of information bits.

Abstract: A sensing device includes a power supply, a sensing element, a communication element, a controller and a microprocessor. The controller is configured to control the sensing element and the communication element. The microprocessor is configured to be activated from the sleep state periodically according to a time period. The microprocessor is configured to control the power supply to supply power to the controller, the sensing element and the communication element, such that the sensing element senses the environment to acquire a plurality of sensing values. After the communication element transmits the sensing values to a server, the microprocessor controls the power supply to stop supplying power to the controller, the sensing element and the communication element, and also the microprocessor enters the sleep state.

Abstract: Examples pertaining to additional bit freezing for polar coding are described. An apparatus performs polar coding to encode a plurality of input subblocks of information bits, frozen bits and optional cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits to generate a plurality of subblocks of coded bits. The apparatus then transmits at least some of the subblocks of coded bits. In performing the polar coding, the apparatus additionally freezes one of the plurality of input subblocks corresponding to one of the interleaved plurality of subblocks of coded bits which decreases polarization gain due to puncturing.

Abstract: Examples pertaining to re-transmission cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for polar coding incremental-redundancy hybrid automatic repeat request (IR-HARQ) are described. An apparatus (e.g., UE) encodes a plurality of information bits using a polar code to generate a polar code block (CB). The apparatus performs one or more transmissions of the polar CB using hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) by performing an initial transmission of the polar CB and performing a re-transmission of the polar CB with a re-transmission cyclic redundancy check (ReTX CRC).

Abstract: Examples pertaining to bit selection for polar coding incremental-redundancy hybrid automatic repeat request (IR-HARQ) are described. An apparatus (e.g., UE) generates a re-transmission polar code block (CB) in a polar incremental redundancy HARQ (IR-HARQ) procedure. The apparatus then transmits the re-transmission polar CB as a re-transmission of an initial transmission of an initial polar code carrying a plurality of information bits. In generating the re-transmission polar CB, the apparatus selects one or more re-transmission information bits from the plurality of information bits.

Abstract: A sensing device includes a power supply, a sensing element, a communication element, a controller and a microprocessor. The controller is configured to control the sensing element and the communication element. The microprocessor is configured to be activated from the sleep state periodically according to a time period. The microprocessor is configured to control the power supply to supply power to the controller, the sensing element and the communication element, such that the sensing element senses the environment to acquire a plurality of sensing values. After the communication element transmits the sensing values to a server, the microprocessor controls the power supply to stop supplying power to the controller, the sensing element and the communication element, and also the microprocessor enters the sleep state.

Abstract: A method for performing polar decoding with aid of notation transformation and associated polar decoder are provided. The method includes: transforming input signals from a 2's complement notation to a signed magnitude notation to generate transformed input signals, wherein during the polar decoding, a plurality of first sub-operations and a plurality of second sub-operations are performed to generate decoding results of the transformed input signals; performing a first sign processing to generate a sign result of a first sub-operation within the plurality of first sub-operations; performing a first magnitude processing to generate a magnitude result of the first sub-operation within the plurality of first sub-operations; performing a second sign processing to generate a sign result of a second sub-operation within the plurality of second sub-operations; and performing a second magnitude processing to generate a magnitude result of the second sub-operation within the plurality of second sub-operations.

Abstract: A method for performing polar decoding with aid of notation transformation and associated polar decoder are provided. The method includes: transforming input signals from a 2's complement notation to a signed magnitude notation to generate transformed input signals, wherein during the polar decoding, a plurality of first sub-operations and a plurality of second sub-operations are performed to generate decoding results of the transformed input signals; performing a first sign processing to generate a sign result of a first sub-operation within the plurality of first sub-operations; performing a first magnitude processing to generate a magnitude result of the first sub-operation within the plurality of first sub-operations; performing a second sign processing to generate a sign result of a second sub-operation within the plurality of second sub-operations; and performing a second magnitude processing to generate a magnitude result of the second sub-operation within the plurality of second sub-operations.

Abstract: An electronic device capable of communicating with another electronic device in multiple wireless manners is provided. The first wireless manner enables the electronic device to automatically establish a first communication link with the another electronic device when the distance between the electronic device and the another electronic device is less than the predetermined value. The first wireless manner is used to set up a second communication link between electronic devices by simply moving one of the electronic devices toward the other, to open a connection to exchange parameters for establishing the second communication link, thereby the second communication link can be established as a second step without any user involvement. A method for establishing communication between electronic devices is also provided.

Abstract: A reset circuit is connected to a processor chip to reset the processor chip. The reset circuit includes a control unit, a standby power, and a voltage converting unit. The standby power provides power to the control unit. The control unit receives external control signals and outputs an enable signal in responds to the external control signal. The voltage converting unit converts an external voltage into a work voltage and generates a reset signal in responds to the enable signal. The voltage converting unit provides the work voltage to the processor chip and transmits the enable signal to control the processor chip to reset.

Abstract: A multifunctional television includes a television mode and a monitoring mode. The multifunctional television includes a television module for broadcasting television shows in the television mode, a monitoring module for monitoring in the monitoring mode and a switching module for switching the multifunctional television between the television mode and the monitoring mode. The monitoring module includes an image analysis unit, an identifying unit and an alarm unit. The image analysis unit is used for capturing images surrounding the multifunctional television and compares a current image with a previous image to determine whether the current image and the previous image are different. The identifying unit is used for determining whether there is a suspicious character when the images are different. The alarm unit is used for sending a warning signal if there is a suspicious character.

Abstract: An exemplary television control method includes receiving signal. Then, the method determines that the applications of the television device are associated with shortcut icons upon receiving a first signal. The method next obtains the shortcut icons of the determined applications. And then the method controls the display unit to display an interface showing selectable shortcut icons according to the obtained shortcut icons of the determined applications, and make the displayed shortcut icons selectable.