Abstract: A method for forming a high electron mobility transistor includes the steps of providing a substrate, forming a channel layer, a barrier layer, and a first passivation layer sequentially on the substrate, forming a plurality of trenches through at least a portion of the first passivation layer, forming a second passivation layer on the first passivation layer and covering along sidewalls and bottom surfaces of the trenches, and forming a conductive plate structure on the second passivation layer and filling the trenches.

Abstract: A voice coil motor held immobile by magnetic attraction when not in use for photography purposes includes a base, a magnet fixed thereto, a carrier, a magnetic member, and a coil. The magnetic member is fixed to the carrier and is attracted by a permanent magnetic field (first MF) of the magnet on the base. The coil is fixed to the carrier and the magnetic member. When the voice coil motor is powered on, the coil generates a second magnetic field (second MF) opposing the first MF. The second MF reduces or eliminates the attractive force of the first MF of the magnet, to separate the carrier and its fittings and allow them to work freely. A lens module and an electronic device are further provided.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a circuit. For a first sub-pixel, the circuit obtains a corresponding second sub-pixel. The circuit calculates a first compensation value according to the grays levels of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, and calculates a second compensation value according to the polarity states of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel and the difference between the gray levels of the two sub-pixels. The circuit also calculates a gain according to the position of the first sub-pixel, compensates the gray level to the first sub-pixel according to the first compensation value, the second compensation value and the gain to obtain an output gray level, and drives the first sub-pixel according to the output gray level.

Abstract: A storage device and a data accessing method are disclosed, wherein the storage device includes a memory circuit and a control circuit. The memory circuit includes a plurality of multi-level cells, and each of the multi-level cells is configured to store at least a first bit, a second bit and a third bit in at least a first page, a second page and a third page. The control circuit is configured to read the first bits according to a one-time reading operation related to the first bits, read the second bits according to M-times reading operations related to the second bits, and read the third bits according to N-times reading operations related to the third bits, wherein the difference between M and N is less than or equal to one.

Abstract: This disclosure discloses a radiative cooling optical filter, comprising a substrate. One side of the substrate is polished, and the rough side of the substrate is provided with a metal reflective layer. The polished side of the substrate is subsequently provided with the intermediate layers and a top layer. The intermediate layer comprises alternatingly arranged layers A and layers B. The thickness of each layer A and layer B is 50-400 nm. The material of the layer A is silicon dioxide or aluminum oxide, and the material of the layer B is titanium dioxide, silicon nitride or silicon carbide. The material of the top layer is ytterbium fluoride, yttrium fluoride or zinc sulfide. The intermediate layer and the top layer jointly constitute a multi-resonant absorption enhancer in the atmospheric transparent window.

Abstract: A three-dimensional sensing system includes a plurality of scanners each emitting a light signal to a scene to be sensed and receiving a reflected light signal, according to which depth information is obtained. Only one scanner executes transmitting corresponding light signal and receiving corresponding reflected light signal at a time.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for multi-RAT and DSDA capable wireless devices to handle frame blanking in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish wireless links according to a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology. The wireless device may determine to perform transmit and receive blanking for one or more antennas of the wireless device for the first radio access technology to perform sounding reference signal transmissions for the second radio access technology based at least in part on a band combination for the wireless links. The wireless device may determine a modification to channel state feedback reporting for the first radio access technology based at least in part on the transmit and receive blanking. The wireless device may perform channel state feedback reporting using the determined modification.

Abstract: A portable electronic device including a first body, a second body, a pivot element, a heat source, a first flexible heat conductive element, and a flip cover is provided. The pivot element is connected to the second body, and the second body is pivotally connected to the first body through the pivot element. The heat source is disposed in the first body. The first flexible heat conductive element is thermally coupled to the heat source and extends toward the pivot element from the heat source. The first flexible heat conductive element passes through the pivot element and extends into the inside of the second body and is thus thermally coupled to the second body. The flip cover is pivotally connected to the first body and located on a moving path of the pivot element.

Abstract: A depth sensing apparatus includes an image sensor, a depth decoder and a depth fusion processor. The mage sensor captures raw images from a scene with different exposure configurations. The depth decoder decodes each raw image into depth values, each raw image having pixels respectively corresponding to the depth values. The depth fusion processor sets one of the raw images and the rest of at least one raw image as a base image and at least one reference image, respectively, and substitutes invalid depth values of the depth values corresponding to the base image with valid depth values corresponding to the at least one reference image to generate a depth map of the scene. The invalid depth values corresponding to the base image and the valid depth values corresponding to the at least one reference image map to the same pixels of the raw images.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an image stitching method comprising: acquiring a current frame of a first picture photographed by a first camera and a second camera, wherein an overlap exists between photographed regions in the pictures; determining whether the relative position relationship between the cameras stay unchanged when a current frame and a previous frame of pictures are photographed; if the first condition is met, acquiring a first projection transformation parameter used when a projection transformation is performed for the previous frame of a third picture photographed by the first camera and a second projection transformation parameter used when a projection transformation is performed for the previous frame of a fourth picture photographed by the second camera; and blending the pictures using the first parameter to perform a projection transformation for the first picture and the second parameter to perform a projection transformation for the second.

Abstract: An inductor has a main magnet core, a coil mounted around the main magnet core, and a residual magnet encapsulating the main magnet core and partially encapsulating the coil. The main magnet core is made of a main magnet core powder containing amorphous iron base material and nickel base material powders. The residual magnet is made of a residual magnet powder containing a main magnet powder and a soft magnet powder including an iron-silicon-chromium alloy powder and a carbonyl iron powder. Thus, through a low-loss feature of the amorphous iron base material and nickel base material powders, a loss of the main magnet core is reduced. Furthermore, a magnetic permeability of the residual magnet matches a magnetic permeability of the main magnet core. A magnetic leakage is further avoided, and the alternating current resistance is reduced. A quality factor and a conversion efficiency are enhanced.

Abstract: Device structures and methods for forming the same are provided. A device structure according to the present disclosure includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed over an etch stop layer (ESL), a first dielectric layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, a phase-change material layer disposed over the first electrode, the first dielectric layer and the second electrode, an insulator layer disposed over the phase-change material layer, a metal feature disposed over the insulator layer, and a second dielectric layer disposed over the insulator layer, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the metal feature.

Abstract: A cloud computing capacity management system can include a fine-grained admission control layer, a policy engine, and an enforcement layer. The fine-grained admission control layer can be configured to ingest capacity signals and create a capacity mitigation policy, based at least in part on the capacity signals, to protect available capacity of a cloud computing system for prioritized users. The capacity mitigation policy can be directed to users of the cloud computing system. The policy engine can be configured to control how the capacity mitigation policy is applied to the cloud computing system. The enforcement layer can be configured to handle incoming resource requests and to enforce resource limits based on the capacity mitigation policy as applied by the policy engine.

Abstract: A security authentication method is provided. In a step (a), a to-be-recognized image information and a to-be-recognized voice information about a user are provided. Then, a step (b) is performed to identify and judge whether the to-be-recognized image information and the to-be-recognized voice information comply with a registered image information and a registered voice information, respectively. In a step (c), if the judging condition of the step (b) is satisfied, a security information prompt signal is generated. In a step (d), a to-be-recognized security information is provided by the user. Then, a step (e) is performed to identify and judge whether the to-be-recognized security information complies with an abnormal warning information. In a step (f), if the judging condition of the step (e) is satisfied, an abnormal state warning and processing process is performed.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a circuit. For a first sub-pixel, the circuit obtains a corresponding second sub-pixel. The circuit calculates a first compensation value according to the grays levels of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, and calculates a second compensation value according to the polarity states of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel and the difference between the gray levels of the two sub-pixels. The circuit also calculates a gain according to the position of the first sub-pixel, compensates the gray level to the first sub-pixel according to the first compensation value, the second compensation value and the gain to obtain an output gray level, and drives the first sub-pixel according to the output gray level.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a local write bit (LWB) line; a local write bit_bar (LWB_bar) line; a global write bit (GWB) line; a global write bit_bar (GWBL_bar) line; a column of segments, each segment including bit cells; each of the bit cells being coupled correspondingly between the LWB and LWB_bar lines; and a distributed write driving arrangement including local write drivers correspondingly coupled to the segments; and a global write driver coupled to each of the local write drivers.

Abstract: Sacrificial pillars for a semiconductor device assembly, and associated methods and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a region of a semiconductor die may be identified to include sacrificial pillars that are not connected to bond pads of the semiconductor die, in addition to live conductive pillars connected to the bond pads. The region with the sacrificial pillars, when disposed in proximity to the live conductive pillars, may prevent an areal density of the live conductive pillars from experiencing an abrupt change that may result in intolerable variations in heights of the live conductive pillars. As such, the sacrificial pillars may improve a coplanarity of the live conductive pillars by reducing variations in the heights of the live conductive pillars. Thereafter, the sacrificial pillars may be removed from the semiconductor die.

Abstract: Updating a user social network profile of a user based on relevant activities posted by other users in a same social network.

Abstract: A network access method includes receiving a registration request transmitted by a terminal; and transmitting a registration accept message to the terminal for indicating that the first network is allowed to be accessed when a first condition is met, the first condition including the following that: the terminal accesses the first network in a first access mode, a second network is in a DC or the first network is notified that the second network is in a DC, and an authentication result of the terminal is that the terminal is capable of obtaining a DC service; or that: the terminal accesses the first network in a DC dedicated registration mode, a second network is in a DC or the first network is notified that the second network is in a DC, and an authentication result of the terminal is that the terminal is capable of obtaining a DC service.

Abstract: A method and device for identifying the washing quality of a feather material are applied to a feather material washing apparatus and essentially entail: a sampling unit that takes an appropriate amount of the water discharged from the feather material washing apparatus as a water sample, an impurity removing module that removes feather fiber and impurities that may compromise inspection accuracy, and a laser sensing device that senses, while the water sample is static, a transparency value of a portion of the water sample that extends across a predetermined distance, in order to identify the washing quality of a washed feather material. The method and device for identifying the washing quality of a feather material exercise intelligent judgment to enable a consistent standard, to ensure the efficiency and quality of a feather material washing procedure, and to reduce the associated costs.