Abstract: A solar cell, a preparation method thereof, a photovoltaic module, and a photovoltaic system, wherein the solar cell includes a substrate and a first tunnel oxide layer and a passivation medium layer sequentially stacked on a first surface of the substrate. The first tunnel oxide layer is at least partially in contact with the first surface. The passivation medium layer includes at least a transparent conductive oxide layer.

Abstract: A combination heat dissipation unit includes a vapor chamber defining an airtight chamber filled with a working fluid and at least one heat pipe having an open end. The vapor chamber is provided at an upper side with at least one through hole communicable with the airtight chamber and on a lower inner side with a first wick structure. At least one annular element is provided in the airtight chamber corresponding to the through hole. The open end of the heat pipe is correspondingly inserted into the through hole to enter the airtight chamber and contact with the annular element to be fixedly supported thereon. With these arrangements, the path and time for the working fluid to flow from the heat pipe back to the vapor chamber are largely shortened, dry burning in the vapor chamber is avoided, and two-phase heat exchange efficiency of the heat dissipation unit is upgraded.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a 3D integrated circuit (IC) stack that includes a first IC die bonded to a second IC die. The first IC die includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first interconnect structure arranged on a frontside of the first semiconductor substrate, and a first bonding structure arranged over the first interconnect structure. The second IC die includes a second semiconductor substrate, a second interconnect structure arranged on a frontside of the second semiconductor substrate, and a second bonding structure arranged on a backside of the second semiconductor substrate. The first bonding structure faces the second bonding structure. Further, the 3D IC stack includes a first backside contact that extends from the second bonding structure to the backside of the second semiconductor substrate and is thermally coupled to at least one of the first or second interconnect structures.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may perform, on a set of information bits, a distribution matching procedure to obtain a distributed amplitude symbol sequence. In some cases, the wireless device may perform the distribution matching procedure using approximations of quantities of distributed amplitude symbol sequences that each have a same length and a same transmission energy. The wireless device may then encode the distributed amplitude symbol sequence and transmit the encoded distributed amplitude sequence. A device that receives the encoded distributed amplitude sequence may perform a distribution dematching procedure on the distributed amplitude sequence based on approximating quantities of distributed amplitude symbol sequences.

Abstract: An array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a common electrode layer and a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array disposed on the base substrate. Each of the pixel units includes a plurality of sub-pixel units defined by gate lines and data lines disposed to intersect each other laterally and vertically. The common electrode layer includes a plurality of common electrode blocks that double as self-capacitance electrodes, each of the common electrode blocks is connected with at least one wire, and the wires are in the middle of sub-pixel units of a same column.

Abstract: Provided is a display substrate, including an array substrate, a connection layer, and a light-emitting functional layer, wherein the connection layer is disposed between the array substrate and the light-emitting functional layer; and the connection layer is provided with a plurality of via holes, and the light-emitting functional layer comprises a plurality of light-emitting units, wherein each of the light-emitting units is electrically connected with a conductive structure in at least one via hole, and an orthographic projection of the via hole on a carrying surface of the connection layer is disposed outside an orthographic projection of a light-emitting region of a corresponding light-emitting unit on the carrying surface.

Abstract: A combination thermal module includes a vapor chamber defining an airtight chamber filled with a working fluid and having at least one through hole formed thereon communicable with the airtight chamber; at least one annular wick structure provided in the airtight chamber corresponding to the through hole; and at least one heat pipe has an open end inserted into the airtight chamber to contact with a first wick structure on an inner lower surface of the vapor chamber and be axially supported on the annular wick structure. The annular wick structure includes communicable axial and radial passages, allowing vaporized working fluid to flow from the vapor chamber to the heat pipe quickly. With these arrangements, the thermal module has a shortened flow-back path between the vapor chamber and the heat pipe to avoid dry burning in the vapor chamber and upgrade the two-phase heat exchange efficiency of the vapor chamber.

Abstract: Methods for managing a connection pool for cloud-based applications accessing databases are provided. Aspects include establishing a plurality of connections to one or more databases, receiving connection requests from a plurality of cloud-based applications to access the one or more databases, and allocating the connection requests to among the plurality of connections, where the allocation is determined based at least in part on one or more connection pool parameters. Aspects also include monitoring a usage of the plurality of connections by the plurality of applications and updating the one or more connection pool parameters based on an analysis of the usage of the plurality of connections by the plurality of applications.

Abstract: Disclosed are a LiDAR assembly and an apparatus with a detection function. The LiDAR assembly includes: a transmitter configured to emit first laser light along a first direction; a first scanner, where an input terminal of the first scanner faces to an output terminal of the transmitter, and the first scanner is configured to control the first laser light to be deflected from the first direction to a plurality of different first deflection directions, and emit the first laser light along the plurality of first deflection directions to a target object; a receiver configured to receive laser light reflected by the target object and convert an optical signal into an electrical signal; and a signal processing unit configured to receive the electrical signal, analyze and compute the electrical signal to obtain information about a distance from the target object and a shape of the target object.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for evaluating anatomical adaptation of an implantable orthopedic medical device. The method includes: obtaining an anatomical adaptation region of a to-be-evaluated bone with the implantable orthopedic medical device; determining a baseline of the anatomical adaptation region and a baseline of the implantable orthopedic medical device for position registration, and conducting the position registration for the anatomical adaptation region and the implantable orthopedic medical device based on the baselines; and evaluating adhesion of the to-be-evaluated bone to the implantable orthopedic medical device by calculating a distance from each point on an inner curved surface of the implantable orthopedic medical device to the anatomical adaptation region.

Abstract: A strap adjustment apparatus of a head-mounted electronic device, and a head-mounted electronic device. The strap adjustment apparatus comprises: a strap assembly wherein the strap assembly comprises a strap and a driving gear, the strap comprises a rack portion, and the driving gear is meshed with the rack portion to drive the strap to move by means of the rotation of the driving gear; a knob assembly, wherein the knob assembly comprises a knob and a self-locking mechanism, and the self-locking mechanism cooperates with the knob to limit the rotation direction of the knob; and an elastic reset element, wherein the elastic reset element and the knob are linked to each other so as to switch between a compressed state and a reset state. Therefore, the length of the strap assembly can be adjusted, and the strap adjustment apparatus is matched with a wearer.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the techniques presented herein, a charging system includes an input port, a wireless charging unit, having a magnetic charging interface, and a wireless charging controller configured to generate a magnetic charging signal at the magnetic charging interface based on a first connection state of the magnetic charging interface, and a universal serial bus power delivery (USB-PD) power adaptor, having an output port, and a USB-PD controller configured to deliver power to the output port, wherein a first portion of available power at the input port is allocated to the wireless charging unit for generating the magnetic charging signal responsive to the first connection state indicating a connected device, and a second portion of the available power at the input port is allocated to the USB-PD adaptor based on the first portion allocated to the wireless charging unit.

Abstract: A multi-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) signal classification method based on self-supervised learning relates to the technical field of ECG signal classification. The method includes: processing an original signal through different data augmentation methods, designing an appropriate encoder module, extracting a feature of an ECG signal through a large amount of easily available unlabeled data such that an encoder learns more class information of the ECG signal, fine-tuning the model encoder with a small amount of labeled data for feature optimization, and continuously optimizing a parameter of a feature extractor by training a model such that a generated feature well reflects a structure and information of input data. Through self-supervised learning, the method reduces obstacles caused by performing ECG signal classification through a large amount of expensive manually labeled data, improving the generalization ability of the model.

Abstract: An osmotic pump controlled-release tablet of an insoluble drug includes a tablet core, a semi-permeable membrane coating and a drug-release hole, wherein the tablet core includes a solid dispersion of the insoluble drug and a penetration enhancer, the solid dispersion of the insoluble drug includes the insoluble drug and a carrier, the insoluble drug is selected from nicardipine, nifedipine and felodipine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and the carrier is selected from organic acids. Compared with other tablets, the drug solubility of the osmotic pump controlled-release tablet of the insoluble drug is improved, a large amount of penetration enhancers or other excipients do not need to be used in the tablet core, the drug-loading capacity is improved, and the tablet core is not too large; the degree of release in vivo is improved.

Abstract: A topical formulation comprising (a) a therapeutically effective amount of tofacitinib; (b) at least one solvent; and (c) optionally one or more other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients is provided. Also provided is a method for treating and/or preventing autoimmune diseases in a subject administering said topical formulation.

Abstract: Provided are a high-pressure jet impact chamber structure, with an industrial-grade “single orifice+single pulverizing chamber” design, and a multi-parallel type convenient pulverizing component adopted with the high-pressure jet impact chamber structure. The high-pressure jet impact chamber structure includes a body, a jet orifice, and a pulverizing chamber. The multi-parallel type convenient pulverizing component adopted with the high-pressure jet impact chamber structure includes a multi-parallel type chassis, a multi-parallel type connector disk, multiple high-pressure jet impact chamber structures that are parallel to each other, a sealing end cover, a discharge disk, and a discharge pipe.

Abstract: A refrigerator with a body comprising a storage liner at a bottommost position; a top cover, arranged to divide the storage liner into a storage space at the upper part and a cooling space at the lower part; and an evaporator, arranged in the cooling space and configured to cool airflow entering the cooling space to form cooling airflow; the evaporator is placed on a bottom wall of the storage liner, and the bottom wall is provided with a limit structure at the front part and rear part of the evaporator. The bottommost space of the refrigerator is a cooling space, which increases the height of the storage space above the cooling space and improves user experience; the evaporator is placed on the bottom wall of the storage liner, and the bottom wall is provided with a limit structure at the front part and rear part of the evaporator.

Abstract: A solution circulation concentrating device with high solar energy utilization efficiency and a concentrating method using the same are provided, and relate to the technical field of solution concentration equipment. The device includes a concentrated solution collecting tray, an evaporator, a rotation driving device, a liquid inlet pipe, a liquid outlet pipe, a liquid storage tank, a filter tank, and a rainwater discharge pipe. The concentrated solution collecting tray is rotatably connected with the evaporator. The evaporator is connected with the rotation driving device. The rotation driving device is configured for driving the evaporator to rotate. The liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet pipe are arranged at the concentrated solution collecting tray. The liquid inlet pipe is configured to pass through the evaporator.

Abstract: A combination heat dissipation structure includes a vapor chamber and at least one heat pipe. The vapor chamber defines an airtight chamber filled with a working fluid and provided with first and second wick structures. The vapor chamber further includes at least one through hole formed on its upper wall and communicable with the airtight chamber, and at least one annular element provided in the airtight chamber corresponding to the through hole to contact with the first and second wick structures. The heat pipe has an open end inserted into the airtight chamber to contact with the first wick structure, such that the heat pipe is axially supported and located by the annular element. With these arrangements, a flow-back path between the vapor chamber and the heat pipe is largely shortened to avoid dry burning in the vapor chamber and upgrade the two-phase heat exchange efficiency of the vapor chamber.

Abstract: An optical display apparatus is disclosed. A coupling apparatus couples light output by an image generation apparatus into an optical expansion waveguide. The optical expansion waveguide at least comprises a first reflective surface array and a second reflective surface array. Each reflective surface array is used for expanding, in an one-dimensional direction, light propagating through the optical expansion waveguide, so that the light entering into the optical expansion waveguide is expanded in a two-dimensional direction and is emitted outside of the optical expansion waveguide to form an image, wherein at least one of a first reflective surface of the first reflective surface array and a second reflective surface of the second reflective surface array is at least partially a curved surface, allowing the angle of emergence of the light to be changed by means of the first reflective surface or/and the second reflective surface.