Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a tunneling effect transistor (TFET), the method includes: a substrate is provided, having a fin structure disposed thereon, the fin structure includes a first conductive type, a dielectric layer is then formed on the substrate and on the fin structure, a gate trench is formed in the dielectric layer, and a first work function metal layer is formed in the gate trench, the first work function metal layer defines at least a left portion, a right portion and a central portion, an etching process is performed to remove the central portion of the first work function metal layer, and to form a recess between the left portion and the right portion of the first work function metal layer, afterwards, a second work function metal layer is formed and filled in the recess.

Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device comprises: a substrate; and multiple radiation emitting regions arranged on the substrate, and comprising: a first radiation emitting region capable of emitting coherent light and emits a coherent light when driven by a first current; a second radiation emitting region capable of emitting coherent light and emits an incoherent light when driven by the first current, wherein each of the first radiation emitting region and the second emitting region comprises epitaxial structure comprising a first DBR stack, a light-emitting structure, and a second DBR stack.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for forming patch groups. The method can include determining a list of K motion vectors (MVs) for each current patch to form a patch group that includes the respective current patch and K reference patches corresponding to the K MVs, wherein the current patches are included in a reconstructed picture. The list of K MVs of a first current patch that is one of the current patches is determined by performing a neighbor-based fast search (NBFS) process. The NBFS process can include selecting K MVs from lists of K MVs of at least one neighboring current patch of the first patch to form a first list of K MVs of the first current patch, and performing a first refinement process to obtain a second list of K MVs of the first current patch based on the first list of K MVs.

Abstract: In one implementation, a method operates by receiving neighboring reconstructed first-color pixels and current reconstructed first-color pixels of a current first-color block and receiving neighboring reconstructed second-color pixels of a current second-color block collocated with the current first-color block. The method then determines linear model (LM) parameters according to a linear model for one or more LM Intra modes. The method then receives input data associated with current second-color pixels of the current second-color block and generates a cross-color Intra predictor from the current reconstructed first-color pixels of the current first-color block using the LM parameters associated with a LM Intra mode selected from said one or more LM Intra modes. Finally, the method applies cross-color Intra prediction encoding or decoding to the current second-color pixels of the current second-color block using the cross-color Intra predictor for the selected LM Intra mode.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for deriving a motion vector predictor (MVP) candidate set for a block are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention generate a complete full MVP candidate set based on the redundancy-removed MVP candidate set if one or more redundant MVP candidates exist. In one embodiment, the method generates the complete full MVP candidate set by adding replacement MVP candidates to the redundancy-removed MVP candidate set and a value corresponding to a non-redundant MVP is assigned to each replacement MVP candidate. In another embodiment, the method generates the complete full MVP candidate set by adding replacement MVP candidates to the redundancy-removed MVP candidate set and a value is assigned to each replacement MVP candidate according to a rule. The procedure of assigning value, checking redundancy, removing redundant MVP candidate are repeated until the MVP candidate set is complete and full.

Abstract: A magnetically controlled tire pressure monitoring apparatus includes a tire pressure detector, a power supply and a wake-up device. The power supply supplies electrical power to the tire pressure detector. The tire pressure detector includes a pressure sensor used to detect a tire pressure, a microcontroller connected to the pressure sensor and used to convert the tire pressure to a tire pressure value, a register connected to the microcontroller and used to store the tire pressure value or an ID code of the magnetically controlled tire pressure monitoring apparatus for data processing by the microcontroller, and a wireless signal transmitter connected to the microcontroller and used to convert the tire pressure value or the ID code to an electromagnetic signal. The wake-up device includes a reed switch connected to the microcontroller to control whether the wireless signal transmitter transmits the electromagnetic signal or not.

Abstract: A filter frame provided in the present invention comprises a frame body including a plurality of frame strips which are combined together to form filter net disposing area, a filter net fixing member, an upper circumferential surface connecting member, a lower circumferential surface connecting member, and an adjacent member. The upper circumferential surface connecting member and the lower circumferential surface connecting member are respectively disposed along the upper circumferential surfaces and the lower circumferential surfaces of the frame strips in such a manner that the filter frame is connected to a second filter frame and/or a third filter frame along the normal direction of the filter net disposing area. The adjacent member is disposed along the outer circumferential surface of the frame strip to form an adjacent channel extending along the frame strip in such a manner that the filter frame is adjacently connected to a fourth filter frame.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; a winding structure formed on a top side the semiconductor substrate, wherein the winding structure comprises one or more metal lines winding with respect to a center of the winding structure; and a backside metal formed under a backside of the semiconductor substrate; wherein a hollow slot is formed within the backside metal, and a projection of the winding structure is within the hollow slot.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of Intra prediction filtering in an image or video encoder or decoder are disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device including a first reflective structure, a second reflective structure and a cavity region between the first reflective structure and the second reflective structure. The cavity region includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a sidewall between the first surface and the second surface. The first surface is closer to the first reflective structure than the second reflective structure. The semiconductor device further includes a first electrode electrically connected to the first reflective structure. The semiconductor device further includes a second electrode electrically connected to the second reflective structure. The second electrode includes a pad portion and a side portion extending from the pad portion. The first electrode and the pad portion of the second electrode are on the first surface, and the side portion of the second electrode covers the sidewall of the cavity region.

Abstract: Embodiments according to the present invention configure the intra prediction mode candidates into multi-level MPM sets, which comprise at least a first-level MPM set and a second-level MPM set. Encoding or decoding a current intra prediction mode is based on the multi-level MPM sets, where one syntax element of the syntax information to be generated or decoded respectively is associated with evaluating the current intra prediction mode using the first-level MPM set. A method and apparatus for chroma intra prediction mode encoding and decoding are also disclosed. The chroma intra prediction mode set includes a Luma-based chroma prediction Mode (LM), a Direct Mode (DM) and four other modes. The codeword set comprises variable-length codewords and fixed-length codewords, and the fixed-length codewords are longer than the variable-length codewords. The variable-length codewords are used for the DM and LM, and the fixed-length codewords are used for the four other modes.

Abstract: A method of adaptive loop filtering with implicit sample-based On/Off control for reconstructed video to improve the performance is disclosed. In one embodiment, each pixel of the video data associated with the reconstructed current image unit is classified into a first group and a second group. Adaptive Loop Filter (ALF) is then applied to these pixels belonging to the first group. For pixels in the second group, ALF is not applied. The image unit may correspond to one coding tree block (CTB) or one coding tree unit (CTU). Various classification means for classifying each pixel into a first group or a second group have also been disclosed. The adaptive loop filtering with implicit sample-based On/Off control may also be used as an additional mode in a system supporting block-based On/Off control.

Abstract: There is provided a method for preloading the glyphs required to display the content of a system. In accordance with an embodiment of the present technique, only those glyphs which are present in the system upon startup or synchronization of an electronic device are preloaded. The glyphs present upon startup or synchronization of the electronic device may be determined by scanning the system. In an illustrated embodiment, scanning the system may include analyzing models and views to determine the glyphs present in the system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) processing of video data in a video decoder are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a block of processed-reconstructed pixels associated with a picture from a media or a processor, wherein the block of processed-reconstructed pixels are decoded from a video bitstream; determining a SAO type index from the video bitstream, wherein the SAO type index is decoded according to truncated unary binarization, the SAO type index is decoded using CABAC (context-based adaptive binary arithmetic coding) with one context, or the SAO type index is decoded by CABAC using a context mode for a first bin associated with the SAO type index and using a bypass mode for any remaining bin associated with the SAO type index; and applying SAO processing to the block of processed-reconstructed pixels based on SAO information including the SAO type index.

Abstract: A wafer process chamber includes a wafer support in the wafer process chamber, the wafer support configured to support a wafer. The process chamber includes a gas diffuser unit within the wafer process chamber. The gas diffuser unit includes at least one controllable diffuser configured to generate one or more controllable forces acting in various directions on a gaseous material in a flow of the gaseous material introduced into the process chamber, to spread the gaseous material inside the process chamber. The gas diffuser unit includes a power source coupled to the at least one controllable diffuser, the power source configured to supply power to the at least one controllable diffuser to generate the one or more controllable forces. The gas diffuser unit includes a controller coupled to the power source, the controller configured to control the power supplied by the power source to the at least one controllable diffuser.

Abstract: A method of video coding utilizing ARP (advanced residual prediction) by explicitly signaling the temporal reference picture or deriving the temporal reference picture at the encoder and the decoder using identical process is disclosed. To encode or decode a current block in a current picture from a dependent view, a corresponding block in a reference view corresponding to the current block is determined based on a DV (disparity vector). For the encoder side, the temporal reference picture in the reference view of the corresponding block is explicitly signaled using syntax element(s) in the slice header or derived using an identical process as the decoder. For the decoder side, the temporal reference picture in the reference view of the corresponding block is determined according to the syntax element(s) in the slice header or derived using an identical process as the decoder. The temporal reference picture is then used for ARP.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing 2N×2N transform units (TUs) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining a first-layer scanning order among four N×N sub-blocks of the 2N×2N TU; determining a second-layer scanning pattern for said four N×N sub-blocks; and providing scanned 2N×2N transform coefficients of the intra-coded or the inter-coded 2N×2N TU using double scanning based on the first-layer scanning order and the second-layer scanning pattern. In another embodiment, said determining the first-layer scanning order is dependent on the second-layer scanning pattern. The second-layer scanning pattern can be diagonal, horizontal or vertical.

Abstract: A method implemented in an apparatus for video coding a current block coded in an Inter, Merge, or Skip mode determines neighboring blocks of the current block, wherein a motion vector predictor (MVP) candidate set is derived from MVP candidates associated with the neighboring blocks. The method determines at least one redundant MVP candidate, if said MVP candidate is within a same PU (Prediction Unit) as another MVP candidate in the MVP candidate set. The method removes said at least one redundant MVP candidate from the MVP candidate set, and provides a modified MVP candidate set for determining a final MVP, wherein the modified MVP candidate set corresponds to the MVP candidate set with said at least one redundant MVP candidate removed. Finally, the method encodes or decodes the current block according to the final MVP.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a video coding method for processing a current prediction unit (PU) with a sub-PU temporal motion vector prediction (TMVP) mode. The method can include receiving the current PU including sub-PUs, determining an initial motion vector that is a motion vector of a spatial neighboring block of the current PU, performing a searching process to search for a main collocated picture in a sequence of reference pictures of the current PU based on the initial motion vector, and obtaining collocated motion information in the main collocated picture for the sub-PUs of the current PU. The searching process can include turning on motion vector scaling operation for searching a subset of the sequence of reference pictures, and turning off the motion vector scaling operation for searching the other reference pictures in the sequence of reference pictures.

Abstract: A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device comprises: an epitaxial structure comprising a first DBR stack, a light-emitting stack and a second DBR stack and a contact layer in sequence; an electrode on the epitaxial structure; a current blocking layer between the contact layer and the electrode; a first opening formed in the current blocking layer; and a second opening formed in the electrode and within the first opening; wherein a part of the electrode fills in the first opening and contacts the contact layer.