Abstract: Methods adapted for measuring interference in joint communications and Access Points (APs) are described. The interference can be between the AP and first and second communication stations (STAs). In a method to measure interference, a first communication between the AP and the first STA can be established. Further, a second communication between the AP and the second STA can be established. The second communication can include transmitting a null data packet (NDP) to the second STA based on the first communication to measure STA-to-STA inference between the first STA and the second STA.

Abstract: An LED package structure without pre-stored power sources includes a substrate unit and a LED chip. The substrate unit includes a carrier substrate, a positive conductive pin, and a negative conductive pin. The positive conductive pin is made of a first predetermined material with positive oxidation-reduction potential. The negative conductive pin is made of a second predetermined material with negative oxidation-reduction potential. The LED chip is disposed on the carrier substrate and electrically connected between the positive conductive pin and the negative conductive pin. Both the positive conductive pin and the negative conductive pin concurrently contact a predetermined liquid for generating oxidation-reduction reaction so as to generate electric powers with a predetermined driving voltage, and the LED chip is driven by the electric powers with the predetermined driving voltage for generating an indicator light source.

Abstract: A method of securing a layer of colloidal crystals to a substrate is provided, to enhance durability of an aesthetic effect provided by the colloidal crystals. The method involves depositing a layer of colloidal crystals formed of mono-dispersed particles on the substrate. Subsequently, a layer of water-borne coating is applied to the layer of colloidal crystals. To be effective, the water-borne coating should have a curing temperature that is less than the polymer glass transition temperature of the mono-dispersed particles forming the colloidal crystals. The water-borne coating penetrates through the colloidal crystals to the substrate thus retaining the colloidal crystals in place. The curing temperature of the water-borne coating ensures that the colloidal crystals are not damaged by the process for curing the coating.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a gate structure on the substrate, in which the gate structure includes a high-k dielectric layer on the substrate and a bottom barrier metal (BBM) layer on the high-k dielectric layer. Preferably, the BBM layer includes a top portion, a middle portion, and a bottom portion, the middle portion being a nitrogen rich portion, the top portion and the bottom portion being titanium rich portions, and the top portion, the middle portion, and the bottom portion are of same material composition.

Abstract: An air replenishing fume hood includes a cabinet, a door set, an air replenishing unit and air guiding unit. The cabinet has an inner casing defining an operating chamber and having an air inlet and an air outlet. A side of the cabinet includes an operation window. A first air passage is formed between the inner casing and the cabinet. The door set includes an outer door leaf adapted to open or close the operation window, and an inner door leaf adapted to open or close the air inlet. An end of the air replenishing unit extends into an external space via an outdoor tube, and another end of the air replenishing unit is connected to the first air passage via an extension tube. The air guiding unit includes an end connected to the air outlet, and another end extending into the external space or a collection tank.

Abstract: This invention relates to humanized antibodies that selectively bind the 31.1 epitope on the A33 protein differentially expressed in cancers including, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreas cancer, breast cancer, and colon cancer, and diagnostic and therapeutic usages.

Abstract: A composite casting special-shaped roll is compounded of two parts: an inner layer and an outer layer. The shape of body of the roll is curved surface, and a center hole is arranged for mount the shaft in that central axis of roll. The casting mold is designed into two parts, namely inner cast mold and outer cast mold through the curved surface design and mold design of the roll body. The composite casting special-shaped roll with the wear-proof working layer of the roll body that is resistant to impact, rapid cooling and heating resistance and the high-strength and high-toughness core is prepared by separate casting. It meets the requirements of the service conditions of rolls used by the steel pipe and cold forming sectional steel rolling mill and other equipment, improves the service life of the roll, saves the alloy material and reduces the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for acquisition of volumetric breast images for screening and/or diagnosing breast cancers using a rotary scanning template and transducer.

Abstract: An electronic package is provided, which includes: a carrier; a plurality of electronic elements disposed on the carrier; a bather frame disposed on the carrier and positioned between adjacent two of the electronic elements; an encapsulant formed on the carrier and encapsulating the electronic elements and the bather frame with a portion of the bather frame protruding from the encapsulant; and a shielding element disposed on the encapsulant and being in contact with the portion of the bather frame protruding from the encapsulant. Therefore, the electronic package has an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding effect improved. The present disclosure further provides a method for fabricating the electronic package.

Abstract: A heat transfer apparatus includes a circuit board assembly and an image sensor including a plurality of photodetectors disposed in a semiconductor material. The image sensor is mounted to the circuit board assembly. A thermal strap with a first end is thermally coupled to transfer heat out of the image sensor. A heat sink is thermally coupled to a second end of the thermal strap opposite the first end of the thermal strap to receive heat from the image sensor.

Abstract: A handheld surgical endoscope has a disposable, single-use portion that includes a fluid hub and cannula, and a re-usable portion that includes a handle and display module. The distal tip includes LED illumination and an imaging module that feeds live video to the display module. The single-use and re-usable portions mate and un-mate with each other via physically separated mechanical and electrical connectors. The surgical endoscope is configured for operation by a single clinician in many procedures.

Abstract: A magnetic material may include ??-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of ??-Fe16N2 and ??-Fe16Z2, where Z includes at least one of C, B, or O, and x is a number greater than zero and less than one. In some examples, the magnetic material including ??-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of ??-Fe16N2 and ??-Fe16Z2 may include a relatively high magnetic saturation, such as greater than about 219 emu/gram, greater than about 242 emu/gram, or greater than about 250 emu/gram. In addition, in some examples, the magnetic material including ??-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of ??-Fe16N2 and ??-Fe16Z2 may include a relatively low coercivity. Techniques for forming the magnetic material are also described.

Abstract: Techniques are described for data transfer in spin-based systems where digital bit values are represented by magnetization states of magnetoresistive devices rather than voltages or currents. For data transmission, a spin-based signal is converted to an optical signal and transmitted via an optical transport. For data reception, the optical signal is received via the optical transport and converted back to a spin-based signal. Such data transfer may not require an intervening conversion of the spin-based signal to charge-based signal that relies on voltages or currents to represent digital bit values. In addition, techniques are described to use magnetoresistive devices to control the amount of current or voltage that is delivered, where the magnetization state of the magnetoresistive device is set by an optical signal.

Abstract: A permanent magnet may include a Fe16N2 phase constitution. In some examples, the permanent magnet may be formed by a technique that includes straining an iron wire or sheet comprising at least one iron crystal in a direction substantially parallel to a <001> crystal axis of the iron crystal; nitridizing the iron wire or sheet to form a nitridized iron wire or sheet; annealing the nitridized iron wire or sheet to form a Fe16N2 phase constitution in at least a portion of the nitridized iron wire or sheet; and pressing the nitridized iron wires and sheets to form bulk permanent magnet.

Abstract: A method of laser welding a workpiece stack-up that includes two or more overlapping aluminum alloy workpieces is disclosed. The method involves controlling the power level of the laser beam during at least one of an initial stage or a final stage of advancing the laser beam along a weld path so as to limit a line energy of the laser beam during such stage or stages to being no greater than 10% above a line energy of the laser beam during an intermediate stage of laser beam advancement that is performed between the initial and final stages. By limiting the line energy during the initial and/or final stages of laser beam advancement along the weld path, excessive fusion of the workpiece stack-up assembly can be avoided in those locations to help protect against hot-cracking in the resultant laser weld joint.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods to identify victims and aggressors of interference in full duplex communication systems are described. In one example, a controller comprises logic to detect a quality of service issue in a wireless communication downlink with a first user equipment in a first cell and in response to detecting the quality of service issue, determine whether the user equipment is a victim of interference from a second user equipment or is a victim of interference from a downlink with a second user equipment in a second cell. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An interposer may comprise a metal layer above a substrate. A dam or a plurality of dams may be formed above the metal layer. A dam surrounds an area of a size larger than a size of a die which may be connected to a contact pad above the metal layer within the area. A dam may comprise a conductive material, or a non-conductive material, or both. An underfill may be formed under the die, above the metal layer, and contained within the area surrounded by the dam, so that no underfill may overflow outside the area surrounded by the dam. Additional package may be placed above the die connected to the interposer to form a package-on-package structure.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing semiconductor device includes depositing a contact metal layer over a III-V compound layer. An anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer is deposited over the contact metal layer, and an etch stop layer is deposited over the ARC layer. The etch stop layer, the ARC layer, and the contact metal layer are etched to form a contact stack over the III-V compound layer. A conductive layer is deposited over the III-V compound layer, and the conductive layer is etched to form a gate field plate. The etch stop layer has an etch selectivity different from that of the conductive layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an SDN-based WIA-PA field network/IPv6 backhaul network joint scheduling method, which belongs to the technical field of industrial networks. Specific to the currently existing problems on data interaction among multiple WIA-PA networks and between the WIA-PA network and an IPv6 network, the method implements a scheduling function for a WIA-PA data stream in the IPv6 backhaul network and adds a joint control function for supporting a WIA-PA network manager in an SDN controller based on the IPv6 backhaul network according to the self-characteristics and application requirements of the WIA-PA network. The present invention not only implements the joint scheduling of a cross-network data stream for the IPv6 backhaul network and the WIA-PA network, but also enables the fine-grain recognition specific to the WIA-PA network data stream to implement the bandwidth guarantee for the end-to-end cross-network data stream.