Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide coloring methods that sort and pre-color nodes of G0-linked networks in a multiple-patterning technology (MPT)-compliant layout design by coordinate. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying target networks in a circuit layout, each target network having two or more linked nodes representing circuit patterns, and each target network being presented in an imaginary X-Y coordinate plane, assigning a first feature to a first node in each target network, the first node is determined using a coordinate-based method, and assigning the first feature and a second feature to remaining nodes in each target network in an alternating manner so that any two immediately adjacent linked nodes in each target network have different features.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a first multi-gate field effect transistor (FET) disposed over a substrate, the first multi-gate FET including a first active region; and a second multi-gate FET disposed over the first multi-gate FET, the second multi-gate FET including a second active region. The first active region and the second active region are not fully projected in a vertical direction perpendicular to the substrate.

Abstract: The invention provides a power supply module and a charged particle beam device that are capable of reducing ripple noise. A high-voltage generation circuit 101 includes booster circuits CPa and CPb of two systems that are configured to be symmetrical to each other, and performs a boosting operation by using a capacitive element and a diode in the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems. The high-voltage generation circuit is housed in a housing and a reference power supply voltage is applied thereto. A left electrode 102a is fixedly provided in the vicinity of one of the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems in the housing, and a right electrode 102b is fixedly provided in the vicinity of the other of the booster circuits CPa and CPb of the two systems in the housing.

Abstract: A data processing circuit and a fault-mitigating method, which are adapted for a memory having a faulty bit, are provided. The memory is configured to store data related to an image, a weight for a multiply-accumulate (MAC) operation of image feature extraction, and/or a value for an activation operation. Sequence data is written into the memory. The bit number of the sequence data equals to the bit number used for storing data in a sequence block of the memory. The sequence data is accessed from the memory, wherein the access of the faulty bit in the memory is ignored. The value of the faulty bit is replaced by the value of a non-faulty bit in the memory to form new sequence data. The new sequence data is used for MAC. Accordingly, the accuracy of image recognition can be improved for the faulty memory.

Abstract: Some embodiments include bacterial species for use in treatment of social behavioral deficit symptoms in a subject in need thereof. The bacterial species can include Enterococcus faecalis. Upon treatment, one or more symptoms of behavioral deficit can be improved in the subject.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and system for implementing inter-process communications. The method includes sending, by a first application, a first message to a forwarding application according to a first preset inter-process communication mode. The first message includes transmission data and identification information of a second application; obtaining, by the forwarding application, the second application in response to the first message; and sending, by the forwarding application, the transmission data to the second application according to a second preset inter-process communication mode of the second application.

Abstract: A multi-beam scanning electron microscope (charged particle beam device) 100 includes an electron gun (charged particle irradiation source) 101 configured to irradiate a sample 104 with an electron beam (charged particle beam) 103, a detector 106 having a detection region corresponding to the charged particle beam 103 and configured to output an electrical signal 107 corresponding to a reaching position when secondary particles 105 generated from the sample 104 by irradiating the sample 104 with the charged particle beam 103 reach the detection region, and a signal processing block 115 configured to perform measurement of a charge amount of the sample 104 by the charged particle beam 103 and generation of an inspection image of the sample 104 in parallel based on the electrical signal 107 output from the detector 106.

Abstract: A source emits a pulse to an object to generate a particle, and an imaging detector produces a light flash at an X/Y hit position of the particle. The detector outputs a waveform arising from the particle. An event-driven camera provides a signal from the detector that includes intensity and time-over-threshold signals related to the light flash, time-of-arrival information of the event, and the X and Y hit position of the particle. A photodiode determines a time origin of the pulse from the source. A timing circuit is coupled to the detector and to the photodiode, and determines time-of-flight (TOF) of the particle based on the waveform, and based on the time origin of the pulse. The 3D coordinates are generated based on the X/Y hit position synchronized with the TOF of the particle.

Abstract: In an approach for pod scheduling and recursion, a processor schedules a master pod and one or more worker pods for applications to be deployed on a cluster. A processor builds a topology between the master pod and the one or more worker pods. A processor monitors a workload in the one or more worker pods. A processor determines whether any of the one or more worker pods needs to scale out. In response to determining that one of the one or more worker pods needs to scale out, a processor schedules a next layer of the one or more worker pods according to the workload.

Abstract: The present application provides a salt and pepper noise filtering method and device based on morphological component analysis. The method comprises: obtaining a to-be-filtered image containing salt and pepper noise; calculating the dimension of the to-be-filtered image, labeled as [n, m]; initializing an n*m-dimensional all-1 labeled matrix as a salt and pepper noise labeled map; obtaining a preset region centered on a pixel point with a pixel value of 0 or 255, and calculating a noise variance between the pixel points in the preset region; labeling the position of a salt and pepper noise point in the salt and pepper noise labeled map according to the noise variance between the pixel points in the preset region, and updating and determining the salt and pepper noise labeled map. The salt and pepper noise is filtered through the method based on morphological component analysis, which improves the quality of the image.

Abstract: Provided is a charged particle beam device and a charged particle beam device calibration method capable of correcting an influence of characteristic variation and noise with high accuracy. Control units execute a first calibration of correcting a characteristic variation between a plurality of channels in detectors and signal processing circuits by using a setting value of a control parameter for each of the plurality of channels in a state in which a primary electron beam is not emitted. The control units further execute a second calibration of correcting a characteristic variation between the plurality of channels in scintillators or the like by using the setting value of the control parameter for each of the plurality of channels in a state in which the primary electron beam is emitted.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for pipelining memory operations with error correction coding are disclosed. A method for pipelining consecutive write mask operations is disclosed wherein a second read operation of a second write mask operation occurs during error correction code calculation of a first write mask operation. The method may further including writing data from the first write mask operation during the error correction code calculation of the second write mask operation. A method for pipelining consecutive operations is disclosed where a first read operation may be cancelled if the first operation is not a write mask operation. An apparatus including a memory having separate global read and write input-output lines is disclosed.

Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure provide coloring methods that sort and pre-color nodes of G0-linked networks in a multiple-patterning technology (MPT)-compliant layout design by coordinate. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying target networks in a circuit layout, each target network having two or more linked nodes representing circuit patterns, and each target network being presented in an imaginary X-Y coordinate plane, assigning a first feature to a first node in each target network, the first node is determined using a coordinate-based method, and assigning the first feature and a second feature to remaining nodes in each target network in an alternating manner so that any two immediately adjacent linked nodes in each target network have different features.

Abstract: Copy and scan printing may include scanning, by scanner disposed along a paper path between a paper delivery roller and a paper pickup roller, content of documents (302). Further, copy and scan printing may include determining whether the documents are to be copied (304), in response to a determination that the documents are to be copied, determining whether a page count of the documents to be copied is available (306), and generating copies of the documents (310).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid testing platform and method for function testing of an intelligent phase-change switch. The testing platform includes a primary controller, a first module, a second module, a capacitor C, an intelligent phase-change switch, and a transformer. The primary controller is respectively connected to the first module and the second module, and is configured to control the operation of the first module and the second module. The first module and the second module are connected in parallel to the capacitor C. the first module is configured to feed back excess energy of the capacitor C to a distribution network. The second module is configured to control magnitude and direction of a current that flows through the intelligent phase-change switch. The capacitor C is configured to perform energy support, filtering, and smoothing.

Abstract: When adjusting optical axes of a multi-beam charged particle beam device, because parameters of optical systems are inter-dependent, the time required to adjust the parameters increases. Thus, the present invention provides a charged particle beam device provided with an optical parameter setting unit for setting parameters of optical systems for emitting a plurality of primary charged particle beams to a sample, detectors for individually detecting a plurality of secondary charged particle beams discharged from the sample, a plurality of memories for storing signals detected by the detectors and converted into digital pixels in the form of images, evaluation value derivation units for deriving evaluation values of the primary charged particle beams from the images, and a GUI capable of displaying the images and receiving an input from a user, wherein the GUI displays the images and evaluation results based on the evaluation values and changes various optical parameters in real-time.

Abstract: A charged particle beam device includes a detector 109 converting a photon emitted by a scintillator into an electric signal and a signal processing unit 110 processing the electric signal from the detector 109. The signal processing unit 110 detects a peak position of the electric signal, steepness of a rising section associated with the peak position, and steepness of a falling section associated with the peak position and classifies the peak position based on the steepness of the rising section and the steepness of the falling section.

Abstract: A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a substrate layer, a flexible screen body, an adhesive layer and a touch control layer that are stacked in order. Each of the substrate layer, the flexible screen body, the adhesive layer and the touch control layer has a particular film/layer thickness. At least part of the adhesive layer is configured as a neutral layer of the display panel. Both the substrate layer and the flexible screen body are subject to a compressive stress when the display panel is bent. The touch control layer is subject to a tensile stress when the display panel is bent.

Abstract: A negative electrode plate, a lithium-ion battery and an apparatus are disclosed. The negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector, a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material and disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector, and a lithium-replenishing layer disposed on a surface of the negative electrode active material layer away from the negative current collector. The negative electrode plate can effectively ameliorate the problem of plate heating, and channels formed by the lithium-replenishing region and the gap region can enable the lithium-ion battery to be effectively impregnated with the electrolyte after electrolyte injection is performed to the lithium-ion battery, thereby improving the energy density of the battery while also improving the service life and kinetic performance of the battery.

Abstract: A foundry dust compound reinforcing filler for natural rubber contains 40-80 parts by weight of foundry dust, 10-40 parts by weight of silica and 10-40 parts by weight of Carbon black. A method for preparing a foundry dust compound reinforcing filler for natural rubber includes the steps of sieving, iron removal, pickling, precipitation, primary grinding, mixing, secondary grinding, granulation and the like. The foundry dust compound reinforcing filler used for reinforcing natural rubber is easy to disperse in natural rubber. The compound reinforcing filler has excellent reinforcing effect, which realizes the resource utilization of casting dust waste and reduces the consumption of silica and carbon black.