Abstract: A semiconductor memory device and method of making the same are disclosed. The semiconductor memory device includes a substrate that includes a memory region and a peripheral region, a transistor including a metal gate located in the peripheral region, a composite dielectric film structure located over the metal gate of the transistor, the composite dielectric film structure including a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer, where the second dielectric layer has a greater density than a density of the first dielectric layer, and at least one memory cell located in the memory region. The composite dielectric film structure provides enhanced protection of the metal gate against etching damage and thereby improves device performance.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming semiconductor devices are provided. A method includes forming a first mask layer over an underlying layer, patterning the first mask layer to form a first opening, forming a non-conformal film over the first mask layer, wherein a first thickness of the non-conformal film formed on the top surface of the first mask layer is greater than a second thickness of the non-conformal film formed on a sidewall surface of the first mask layer, performing a descum process, wherein the descum process removes a portion of the non-conformal film within the first opening, and etching the underlying layer using the patterned first mask layer and remaining portions of the non-conformal film as an etching mask.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a wireless communication method and a computer-readable medium. According to one embodiment, an electronic device for wireless communication comprises a processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to conduct control so as to send a reference signal for a direct link to the other user equipment or to receive same from the other user equipment; the processing circuit is also configured to conduct control so as to carry out beamforming-based direct link communication with the other user equipment; and at least one of a sending beam and a receiving beam for direct link communication is determined based on the measurement of the reference signal.

Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement is provided. The semiconductor arrangement includes a first dielectric layer over a substrate, a metal layer over the first dielectric layer, a first conductive structure passing through the metal layer and the first dielectric layer, a second conductive structure passing through the metal layer and the first dielectric layer, and a third conductive structure coupling the first conductive structure to the second conductive structure, and overlying a first portion of the metal layer between the first conductive structure and the second conductive structure, wherein an interface exists between the metal layer and at least one of the first conductive structure or the second conductive structure.

Abstract: A pixel electrode, including: a plurality of strip-shaped first electrodes, where the plurality of the first electrodes are arranged along a first direction, each of the first electrodes extends along a second direction, and the second direction intersects with the first direction; a second electrode, where the second electrode is connected to first ends of the plurality of first electrodes, and the first ends of the plurality of first electrodes are connected through the second electrode; and a third electrode, where the third electrode is connected to a second end of at least one of the first electrodes, and a direction of an electric field of an area in which the third electrode is disposed intersects with both the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical coherence tomography self-testing system, an optical coherence tomography method and an ocular disease monitoring system. The optical coherence tomography self-testing system comprises a camera device, an external display module and a communication module. The camera device includes an image-capturing module and a processing module. The image-capturing module captures a plurality of ocular images. The processing module is connected to the image-capturing module, and the processing module determines whether a position offset value between the pupil center position of a tested eyeball and an optical axis of the image-capturing module is within a preset error range. If the position offset value is within the preset error range, the plurality of ocular images is stored as a plurality of displayed images. The external display module displays one of the plurality of displayed images and a status light after the image-capturing module has completed image capturing.

Abstract: Provided are a repeated transmission method and apparatus, a network device, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining a plurality of transmission occasions (TOs) for uplink data to be repeatedly transmitted; and in condition that at least one TO, among the plurality of TOs for the uplink data to be repeatedly transmitted, does not conflict with a transmission direction of a slot configuration, repeatedly transmitting the uplink data on the at least one TO.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a backlight module and a display device. The backlight module comprises: a lamp panel comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, the first surface comprising a light source array, and the second surface comprising a light source array driving circuit and an external terminal; a first back plate connected with the lamp panel at a side of the second surface of the lamp panel, and comprising first avoiding openings corresponding to the light source array driving circuit and the external terminal; a second back plate connected with the first back plate at a side of the first back plate away from the lamp panel, and comprising a second avoiding opening corresponding to the external terminal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel coronavirus vaccine using a TLR7 agonist conjugated peptide as an antigen and an emulsion as an adjuvant. An antigen polypeptide of the conjugated peptide is a polypeptide derived from an S protein of SARS-COV-2, and the adjuvant is an oil-in-water nanoemulsion containing squalene. The conjugated peptide nanoemulsion vaccine preparation of the present invention is thermally stable, and can induce a high level of protective humoral immune response in a cynomolgus monkey, and the neutralizing antibody titer of antiserum after immunization of cynomolgus monkey is high, such that invasion of wild-type strain and mutant novel coronavirus can be blocked. The vaccine of the present invention has a nearly complete protection effect on the upper and lower respiratory tracts of the cynomolgus monkey in a cynomolgus monkey SARS-COV-2 challenge test.

Abstract: An assembly method for a deep in-situ high-fidelity coring calibration platform includes the following steps: S1: fixing a core bin assembly subsystem on a preset ground foundation and fixing a simulator of a core bin on a mounting base plate of the core bin assembly subsystem; S2: driving a cylinder and driving the mounting base plate to move to a preset position; S3: driving a servo motor and controlling two clips to move close to each other; S4: fixing a drill pipe bin assembly subsystem on the ground foundation; S5: assembling multiple sections of a drill pipe bin in turn; aligning and connecting a bottom of the drill pipe bin to the simulator, and aligning and communicating the top of the drill pipe bin with the lower part of an adaptive drill pipe guide structure; and S6: driving the adaptive drill pipe guide structure to perform accurate positioning.

Abstract: A real-time temperature-pressure detection and rapid processing system for a calibration platform, comprises an inner return pipe, and a water supply pipe is provided therein with an inner water supply pipe. An outer wall of the inner water supply pipe is connected with an inner wall of the water supply pipe through multiple springs. An outer wall of the inner return pipe is connected with an inner wall of a return pipe through multiple springs. The return pipe and the water supply pipe are made of a thermosetting polymer material. The multiple springs, the inner water supply pipe, and the inner return pipe are covered with a heat conducting material. The system further includes a temperature-pressure detection assembly. The assembly includes multiple infrared sensors arranged at two sides of the return pipe and the water supply pipe, a booster pump, a heater, and infrared sensors connected with a control unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for determining a location of a passenger flow corridor based on card swiping data. The method includes collecting data, obtaining a station passenger flow of a “new road”, determining the location of the passenger flow corridor, testing an accuracy of the location of the passenger flow corridor, and displaying the location of the passenger flow corridor through WebGIS. Basic information such as boarding stations, card swiping time, and affiliated roads can be obtained by stable matching, and then stations can be clustered and rearranged to the new road on which routes and roads are fitted. A largest station passenger flow in a whole region is selected, and a station passenger flow of each road is determined through grade classification, so that the locations of the passenger flow corridors in the whole region are accurately selected.

Abstract: A silicon-on-insulator metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (SOI MOSFET) structure is provided, including a substrate layer; a buried oxide layer which is arranged on an upper surface of the substrate layer and is made of SiO2; an active zone which is arranged on an upper surface of the buried oxide layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode which are arranged on an upper surface of the active zone; a gate dielectric layer which is arranged between the source electrode and the drain electrode; a gate electrode which is provided in the gate dielectric layer; and a heat conduction column which penetrates through the buried oxide layer, and its top wall is in contact with the active zone. The heat conduction column dissipates heat in the active zone, resulting in a lattice temperature of the active zone will not increase extremely and avoiding a decrease of a current of the drain electrode.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a conductive feature disposed over a semiconductor substrate, a via disposed in a first interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer over the conductive feature, and a metal-containing etch-stop layer (ESL) disposed on the via, where the metal-containing ESL includes a first metal and is resistant to etching by a fluorine-containing etchant. The semiconductor structure further includes a conductive line disposed over the metal-containing ESL, where the conductive line includes a second metal different from the first metal and is etchable by the fluorine-containing etchant, and where the via is configured to interconnect the conductive line to the conductive feature. Furthermore, the semiconductor structure includes a second ILD layer disposed over the first ILD layer.

Abstract: A self-cleaning method and a control method for a cooking device. The degree of contamination inside a pot body is determined, such that a corresponding conventional program or reinforcement program can be selected for cleaning. Moreover, the pot body is also heated during the process of adding water, so that the water is heated to generate steam for softening residue inside a pot. At the same time, as a food turner can move back and forth between a first cleaning position and a second cleaning position in the pot body, a 360-degree comprehensive and rapid self-cleaning program for an inner surface of a pot lid, and the bottom face and an inner wall face of the pot body can be realized.

Abstract: The present invention provides a speaker box including a housing body with a containment space and a sounding unit. The housing body includes a sound aperture. The sounding unit includes a vibration system with a vibration diaphragm and a magnetic circuit system. The vibration diaphragm divides the containment space into front cavity and rear cavity. The speaker box includes a breathable separator located in the rear cavity to form a sound absorbing cavity. The lower housing includes a bottom wall and a side wall bent and extended from the bottom wall. The breathable separator includes a fixed part fixed to the upper housing, a breathable part having several air circulation holes, and a sealed part extending from the breathable part and sealing the through hole. The speaker box of the present invention effectively reduces the height of the product and reduces the cost.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a multimedia playing method and a device. The method includes: displaying a first interface; playing a segment of a first playing object on the first interface, where the first interface includes prompt information, and the prompt information is used to prompt that the segment of the first playing object is being played.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift register unit, a gate driver circuit, and a display device, belonging to the field of display technology, which can solve the problem of unstable threshold voltage and current leakage of thin film transistors in existing shift register units. The shift register unit in the present disclosure includes: an input subcircuit, an output subcircuit, a pull-down control subcircuit, a pull-down subcircuit, a first noise reduction subcircuit, a first auxiliary control subcircuit, and a second auxiliary control subcircuit. The first auxiliary control subcircuit is configured to write the third reference level signal to the pull-down control node when the pull-down node is the first reference level signal, and control the pull-down subcircuit to be closed to control the first noise reduction subcircuit to be open.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a test result recognizing method and a test result recognizing device. The method includes: controlling an image-capturing device to capture a first image of a display screen according to an image-capturing parameter; in response to determining that a reference image area including a first designated character string exists in the first image, controlling the image-capturing device to capture a first test image of the display screen according to the image-capturing parameter; extracting a first image area corresponding to the reference image area from the first test image, and performing a text dividing operation on the first image area to convert the first image area into a second image area; and performing a text recognition operation on the second image area to obtain a first test result corresponding to the first test image.

Abstract: A high sensitivity flexible three-dimensional force tactile sensor includes a hemispherical contact, wherein the hemispherical contact includes a tray with a groove on the surface and a hemispherical protrusion arranged in the groove. A flexible inverted cone component connected to the lower surface of the hemispherical contact, wherein a plurality of flexible triangular excitation electrode is arranged on the side surface of the flexible inverted cone component. A flexible common electrode surrounding part of the flexible triangular excitation electrode, wherein a first cavity with an opening is opened inside the flexible common electrode, parts of the flexible triangular excitation electrode and the flexible inverted cone component are arranged in the first cavity of the flexible common electrode. The flexible triangular excitation electrode and the flexible inverted cone component have no contact with the inner wall of the first cavity of the flexible common electrode to form an air cavity.