Abstract: This application provides a communication method and apparatus. According to the method, a first terminal apparatus can determine, based on second information, information that is in first demodulation information and second demodulation information and that is used to demodulate a first data stream, and determine information that is used to demodulate a second data stream. The first data stream is a common stream, and the second data stream is a private stream of the first terminal apparatus. The first terminal apparatus may first demodulate, based on the information that is used to demodulate the first data stream, a signal received by the first terminal apparatus on a first resource, to obtain the first data stream, and then may obtain the second data stream based on the first data stream, the information that is used to demodulate the second data stream, and the signal received on the first resource.

Abstract: Systems and methods of monitoring inventory of a product storage facility include an image capture device configured to move about the product storage areas of the product storage facility and capture images of the product storage areas from various angles. A computing device coupled to the image capture device obtains the images of the product storage areas captured by the image capture device and processes the obtained images of the product storage areas to detect individual products captured in the obtained images. Based on detection of the individual products captured in the images, the computing device analyzes each of the obtained images to detect one or more adjacent product storage structures (shelves, pallets, etc.) and identifies and selects a single image that fully shows a product storage structure of interest and fully shows each of the products stored on the product storage structure of interest.

Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a die having a plurality of devices over a first substrate, where the first substrate includes a dopant at a first concentration and the first substrate has a first width along a horizontal direction. The semiconductor package further includes a second substrate fused with the first substrate, where the second substrate includes the dopant at a second concentration greater than the first concentration.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may be used in environments where multiple different virtual sets of program instructions are executed by shared computing resources. These methods may allow actions associated with a first set of virtual software to be paused to allow a second set of virtual software to be executed by the shared computing resources. In certain instances, methods and apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may manage the operation of one or more sets of virtual software at a point in time. Apparatus consistent with the present disclosure may include a memory and one or more processors that execute instructions out of the memory. At certain points in time, a processors of a computing system may pause a virtual process while allowing instructions associated with another virtual process to be executed.

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, a second nitride semiconductor layer disposed on the first nitride semiconductor layer and having a bandgap greater than that of the first nitride semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device further includes a first gate conductor disposed on a first region of the second nitride semiconductor layer, a first source electrode disposed on a first side of the first gate conductor, a first field plate disposed on a second side of the first gate conductor, a first conductive terminal and a second conductive terminal disposed on a second region of the second nitride semiconductor layer, and a resistor formed in the first nitride semiconductor layer and electrically connected between the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal, wherein the resistor comprises at least one conductive region.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an endpoint of a grinding process includes a connecting device, a timer and a controller. The connecting device is connected to a sensor that periodically senses an interface of a reconstructed wafer comprising a plurality of dies of at least two types to generate a thickness signal comprising thicknesses from a surface of an insulating layer of the reconstructed wafer to the interface of the reconstructed wafer. The timer is configured to generate a clock signal having a plurality of pulses with a time interval. The controller is coupled to the sensor and the timer, and configured to filter the thickness signal according to the clock signal to output a thickness extremum among the thicknesses in the thickness signal within each time interval, wherein the thickness signal after the filtering is used to determine the endpoint of the grinding process being performed on the reconstructed wafer.

Abstract: A multifunctional sound device includes a housing, a sound unit, a vibrator, and coils. The housing includes an accommodating cavity, and the sound unit is accommodated in the accommodating cavity and is fixedly connected to the housing. The sound unit includes a frame, a vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration system is disposed in the frame, and the magnetic circuit system drives the vibration system to reciprocally vibrate and generate sound along a first direction. The sound unit and the vibrator are assembled in the housing and share one magnetic system, which saves space and greatly reduces occupied space. Moreover, the magnetic circuit system interacts with the coils to drive the vibrator to vibrate in the second direction and the third direction, thereby enhancing vibration effect.

Abstract: A multifunctional sound device includes a housing, a sound unit, a vibrator, and a coil. The housing includes an accommodating cavity, and the sound unit is suspended in the accommodating cavity. The sound unit includes a frame, a vibration system, and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration system is fixed in the frame, and the magnetic circuit system drives the vibration system to vibrate and generate sound along a first direction, where the magnetic circuit system includes a magnetic gap. Since the speaker and the motor share one magnetic system, the sound unit and the vibrator are assembled in the housing, which greatly reduces occupied space. The sound unit and the vibrator form a dual-vibration system, and the sound unit cooperatively vibrates with the vibrator in addition to generating sound, which improves vibration effects and further avoids adding other components, thereby saving space.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are composite polypeptide. According to various embodiments, the composite polypeptide includes a parent polypeptide and a metal binding motif capable of forming a complex with a metal cation. The composite polypeptide may be conjugated with a linker unit having a plurality of functional elements to form a multi-functional molecular construct. Alternatively, multiple composite polypeptides may be conjugated to a linker unit to form a molecular construct, or a polypeptide bundle. Linker units suitable for conjugating with the composite polypeptide having the metal binding motif are also disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method for preparing epoxy chloropropane is provided in that by coupling three stages of high gravity reactors, the product epoxy chloropropane and water vapor are distilled from a reaction system in form of an azeotrope by adopting a water vapor steam stripping method. Further, by combining the azeotrope with the multiples stages of high gravity reactors, the gas phase mass transfer and the liquid phase mass transfer of the azeotrope are improved aiming at the features of the azeotrope in the reaction system, thus making the overall conversion rate higher. In addition, by combining steam stripping and high gravity, dichloropropanol and alkali solution are rapidly mixed for mass transfer, and the product epoxy chloropropane is rapidly distilled from the reaction system in the form of the azeotrope, such that the reaction proceeds continuously towards the direction of producing epoxy chloropropane, thus significantly improving the conversion rate.

Abstract: This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to enhanced transmission. A device may generate an aggregated medium access control protocol data unit (A-MPDU) frame, wherein the A-MPDU is associated with transmission of n Network Coding (NC) encoded frames. The device may divide the A-MPDU frame into k data frames and (n?k) parity frames within the A-MPDU frame. The device may transmit the k data frames. The device may transmit to a station device (STA) at least one of the (n?k) parity frames separately after the data frames in response to packet drops in the k data frames.

Abstract: Systems and methods to implement a USB and Thunderbolt optical signal transceiver are described. One method includes detecting presence of a USB sideband signal received over an optical communication channel and associated with a USB communication request. Responsive to the detecting, the method may determine that the USB communication request corresponds to a USB communication mode and perform a sideband negotiation. The USB communication mode may be enabled. A specified number of channels associated with the USB communication request may be determined. USB communication may be performed using the specified number of channels over the optical communication channel in the USB communication mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a substrate, a first circuit layer, and a plurality of diodes. The substrate has a plurality of first through holes. The first circuit layer is disposed on the substrate and has a plurality of light through holes. The diodes disposed on the first circuit layer. One of the light through holes is located between two adjacent ones of the diodes, and the light through holes overlap a portion of the plurality of first through holes and do not overlap another portion of the plurality of first through holes in a normal direction of the substrate.

Abstract: Systems and methods to implement a USB and Thunderbolt optical signal transceiver are described. One method includes detecting presence of a USB sideband signal received over an optical communication channel and associated with a USB communication request. Responsive to the detecting, the method may determine that the USB communication request corresponds to a USB communication mode and perform a sideband negotiation. The USB communication mode may be enabled. A specified number of channels associated with the USB communication request may be determined. USB communication may be performed using the specified number of channels over the optical communication channel in the USB communication mode.

Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques for integrated access and backhaul (IAB) nodes. For example, embodiments include techniques associated with: rate-proportional routing for network coding; utilizing multiple routes in IAB networks; user equipment (UE) and parent selection for efficient topology in IAB networks; establishing efficient IAB topologies; and/or adaptive coded-forwarding for network coding. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for HDMI signal communication over an optical communication link are described. One aspect includes receiving an HDMI control signal from an HDMI master device, and another HDMI control signal from an HDMI sink terminal via a communication resources. The method identifies half-duplex communication resource contention between the HDMI control signal and the other HDMI control signal, and transitions a communication direction of the half-duplex communication resources to give the HDMI control signal precedence over the other HDMI control signal. Subsequent to transitioning the communication direction, the method transfers the HDMI control signal to the HDMI sink terminal via the communication resources. Subsequent to transferring the HDMI control signal, the method again transitions the direction of the half-duplex communication resources, and transfers the other HDMI control signal to the HDMI master device.

Abstract: Systems and methods to transmit audio-video signals over an optical communication channel are described. One aspect includes receiving a plurality of audio-video electrical signals at an optical transmitter. The optical transmitter may also receive a plurality of out-of-band electrical signals. The optical transmitter may collectively modulate the audio-video electrical signals to generate a composite electrical signal. In one aspect, the optical transmitter bias current-modulates a bias current level of the composite electrical signal using the electrical out-of-band signals, and generates a modulated electrical signal based on the bias current-modulating. The optical transmitter may convert the modulated electrical signal into a modulated optical signal using a laser diode, and transmit the modulated optical signal to an optical receiver over an optical communication channel.

Abstract: Logic to determine a first set of packets for transmission to a second STA in an aggregated medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (A-MPDU). Logic to identify a retransmission scheme to determine a first number of packets to transmit based on the first set of packets. Logic to generate network coded packets for transmission in the A-MPDU, wherein the network coded packets comprise encoded combinations of the first set of packets. Logic to generate the A-MPDU for transmission to the second STA with the first number of packets. Logic to cause transmission of the A-MPDU. And logic to receive a block acknowledgement (BlockAck) comprising a feedback value, wherein the feedback value is a number of additional network coded packets requested by the second STA to decode the first set of packets or a number of packets received by the second STA.

Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of light-emitting units, a driving circuit, and a controlling circuit is provided. The driving circuit is configured to drive at least one of the light-emitting units. The controlling circuit is configured to control the driving circuit. The plurality of light-emitting units, the driving circuit, and the controlling circuit are respectively disposed on different substrate.