Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may be used for patterning a layer in a 5 nm node or beyond fabrication to achieve an end-to-end distance below 35 nm. Compared to the state of the art technology, embodiments of the present disclosure reduce cycle time and cost of production from three lithographic processes and four etching processes to one lithographic process and three etch processes.

Abstract: This invention provides a system-oriented and fully-controlled connected automated vehicle highway system for various levels of connected and automated vehicles and highways. The system comprises one or more of: 1) a hierarchical traffic control network of Traffic Control Centers (TCC's), local traffic controller units (TCUs), 2) A RSU (Road Side Unit) network (with integrated functionalities of vehicle sensors, I2V communication to deliver control instructions), 3) OBU (On-Board Unit with sensor and V2I communication units) network embedded in connected and automated vehicles, and 4) wireless communication and security system with local and global connectivity. This system provides a safer, more reliable and more cost-effective solution by redistributing vehicle driving tasks to the hierarchical traffic control network and RSU network.

Abstract: A multi-band antenna structure includes a substrate having a first wiring area located on one side surface thereof. The first wiring area has a first metal trace, a second metal trace and a connecting portion formed therein. The first and the second metal trace are respectively in an elongated spiral pattern; and the connecting portion is electrically connected at two opposite ends to the first and the second metal trace. The multi-band antenna structure can be directly integrated into electrical circuits on a circuit board to provide the advantages of reduced manufacturing cost and capable of transmitting or receiving multiple bands of signals.

Abstract: Lookalike models can select users that are predicted to share characteristics with a specified set of seed users. The processing requirements for lookalike models can be decreased by identifying features that have low impact on model accuracy, and therefore can be excluded from creating models. Also, by identifying preferred seed sources and training parameters, accurate lookalike models can be created with less overhead and in less time. The features and training parameters can be identified by obtaining a sample seed set, extracting seeds with a defined set of features, and using the remaining training seeds to train a model. Performance of this model can be compared to a standard model to see if the model performs well. If so, features excluded from the features used to create the model, a seed source, or training parameters used to create the model can be selected.

Abstract: A tracking system includes an attachable device and a tracking device. The attachable device is removably mounted on a head mounted display device. The attachable device includes an optical emitting module for emitting optical radiation. The tracking device is communicated with the attachable device. The tracking device includes an optical sensor for receiving the optical radiation. The tracking device calculates spatial coordinates of the attachable device relative to the tracking device according to the optical radiation sensed by the optical sensor. The tracking device transmits the spatial coordinates to the attachable device or the head mounted display device.

Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for an Intelligent Road Infrastructure System (IRIS), which facilitates vehicle operations and control for connected automated vehicle highway (CAVH) systems. IRIS systems and methods provide vehicles with individually customized information and real-time control instructions for vehicle to fulfill the driving tasks such as car following, lane changing, and route guidance. IRIS systems and methods also manage transportation operations and management services for both freeways and urban arterials. In some embodiments, the IRIS comprises or consists of one of more of the following physical subsystems: (1) Roadside unit (RSU) network, (2) Traffic Control Unit (TCU) and Traffic Control Center (TCC) network, (3) vehicle onboard unit (OBU), (4) traffic operations centers (TOCs), and (5) cloud information and computing services.

Abstract: This invention provides a system-oriented solution for mobility sharing service providers to support reliable and safe operations of connected automated vehicles on major urban roads. This system can provide individual vehicles with detailed customized information and time-sensitive control instructions for vehicles to fulfill the driving tasks. The system comprises one or more of: 1) a hierarchical traffic control network of Traffic Control Centers (TCC's), local traffic controller units (TCUs), 2) A RSU (Road Side Unit) network (with integrated functionalities of vehicle sensors, I2V communication to deliver control instructions), 3) OBU (On-Board Unit with sensor and V2I communication units) network embedded in connected and automated vehicles, 4) wireless communication and security system with local and global connectivity, 5) the road network management system managing, 6) a cloud based computing and information platform, and 7) fleet operations and management subsystems.

Abstract: A method includes providing a structure having a substrate, a fin, and a gate structure; performing an implantation process to implant a dopant into the fin adjacent to the gate structure; and forming gate sidewall spacers and fin sidewall spacers. The method further includes performing a first etching process to recess the fin adjacent to the gate sidewall spacers while keeping at least a portion of the fin above the fin sidewall spacers. The method further includes performing another implantation process to implant the dopant into the fin and the fin sidewall spacers; and performing a second etching process to recess the fin adjacent to the gate sidewall spacers until a top surface of the fin is below a top surface of the fin sidewall spacers, resulting in a trench between the fin sidewall spacers. The method further includes epitaxially growing a semiconductor material in the trench.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a grasping device and an alarm method thereof. The grasping device includes: a bendable support part; a bend limiting support part that supports the bendable support part and limits bending of the bendable support part in a first direction, but allows bending of the bendable support part in a second direction opposite to the first direction; a plurality of suction members located on a side of the bend limiting support part away from the bendable support part and connected to the bendable support part.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer dielectric layer disposed over a substrate, metal wirings, a second interlayer dielectric layer disposed over the first interlayer dielectric layer and the metal wirings, a first air gap and a second air gap. The metal wirings are embedded in the first interlayer dielectric layer, and arranged with a first space or a second space between the metal wirings. The second space has a greater length than the first space. The first air gap is formed by the second interlayer dielectric layer and formed in a first area sandwiched by adjacent two metal wirings arranged with the first space. The second air gap is formed by the second interlayer dielectric layer and formed in a second area sandwiched by adjacent two metal wirings arranged with the second space therebetween. No adjacent two metal wirings are arranged with a space smaller than the first space.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a method of performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process comprises receiving, by a wireless device executing a HARQ process, a first transport block encoded according to a category type of the wireless device and a first modulation coding scheme; decoding, by the HARQ process, the first transport block using a number of soft bits N; receiving, by the wireless network element, a second transport block encoded according to the equipment type and a second modulation coding scheme different from the first modulation coding scheme; and decoding, by the HARQ process, the second transport block using the number of soft bits N.

Abstract: A sensing element is provided. The sensing element includes an active layer, a first source, a second source, a drain, and a gate. The active layer is disposed on a substrate, wherein the active layer includes a first source region, a second source region, a drain region, and a channel region. The first source is electrically connected to the first source region. The second source is electrically connected to the second source region. The drain is electrically connected to the drain region. The gate is overlapped with the channel region in a normal direction of the substrate, wherein the first source is extended toward the channel region in a first direction, the second source is extended toward the channel region in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction are intersected with the normal direction, and an angle between the first direction and the second direction is not equal to 180 degrees.

Abstract: Methods of operation of a wireless device are provided. In particular, Media Access Control (MAC) protocol aspects are disclosed relating to Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) cells and, more generally, to cells of a cellular communications network operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum. According to one aspect, a method of operation of a wireless device comprises transmitting an Uplink (UL) transmission on a cell for a corresponding UL Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process, the cell operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, and setting a locally maintained status for the UL HARQ process to Acknowledgement (ACK) based on an assumption that the UL transmission was successful.

Abstract: A sensing element is provided. The sensing element includes an active layer, a first source, a second source, a drain, and a gate. The active layer is disposed on a substrate, wherein the active layer includes a first source region, a second source region, a drain region, and a channel region. The first source is electrically connected to the first source region. The second source is electrically connected to the second source region. The drain is electrically connected to the drain region. The gate is overlapped with the channel region in a normal direction of the substrate, wherein the first source is extended toward the channel region in a first direction, the second source is extended toward the channel region in a second direction, the first direction and the second direction are intersected with the normal direction, and an angle between the first direction and the second direction is not equal to 180 degrees.

Abstract: A method that supports multithreading/concurrent programming debugging includes the following steps: setting breakpoints of program sections of multithreading; converting the breakpoints into context switch points; executing a planned execution sequence of an interleaving execution path, to start a specified thread to execute a program section thereof till a first execution environment change point; clicking a next thread of the interleaving execution path one after another, and executing the clicked next thread till a next context switch point; and recording and storing the interleaving execution path.

Abstract: A display is provided. The display includes a metal back plate, a plastic frame, a backlight optical module and a liquid-crystal module. The metal back plate includes a plurality of metal wedging portions and a first side. The plastic frame is combined with the metal back plate by injection molding. The plastic frame includes a plurality of plastic wedging portions. The plastic wedging portions wedge the metal wedging portions. The plastic frame defines a recess on the first side of the metal back plate. The backlight optical module is disposed in the recess. The liquid-crystal module covers the backlight optical module and is connected to the plastic frame.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a micro-nano composite plugging agent for drilling fluid, a preparation method of the micro-nano composite plugging agent for drilling fluid, a drilling fluid, and an application thereof. The composite plugging agent contains nanometer calcium carbonate, nanometer zinc oxide whiskers, nanometer emulsified paraffin, a flocculating agent, and a lubricant, wherein in the composite plugging agent, the nanometer calcium carbonate is in 10-36 parts by weight, the nanometer zinc oxide whiskers are in 20-40 parts by weight, the nanometer emulsified paraffin is in 30-70 parts by weight, the flocculating agent is in 1-10 parts by weight, and the lubricant is 5-20 parts by weight.

Abstract: A method for labeling target molecules coupled to particles for the detection of the target molecules using a microarray chip, comprises: providing a functionalized microparticle, wherein the microparticle is coated with one or more functional group; providing a modification group on each of the target molecules to be detected to form modified target molecules; contacting the functionalized microparticle with the modified target molecules; coupling a luminophore to the complex between the functionalized microparticle and the modified target molecules, thereby directly or indirectly labeling each modified target molecules with the luminophore. By directly or indirectly labeling the target molecules with the luminophore, the method reduces the cost of fluorescence detection, and avoids PCR inhibition derived from traditional fluorescence labeling molecules.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hinge of a mobile terminal with a flexible screen. The outer side of the hinge supports the flexible screen. The hinge comprises a main support body, a first bracket and a second bracket rotatably connected to a rotating shaft of the hinge, a first support body and a second support body respectively slidably connected to the first bracket and the second bracket, and a synchronous control mechanism. An auxiliary support body is separately provided between the first support body and the main support body and between the second support body and the main support body. The auxiliary support body is correspondingly located at a bend portion of the hinge in a closed state. The hinge is further provided with a first guide structure rotating around the rotating shaft of the hinge together with the first bracket and a second guide structure rotating around the rotating shaft of the hinge together with the second bracket.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a gate stack over a semiconductor fin such that the gate stack exposes the semiconductor fin. The semiconductor fin exposed by the gate stack is recessed. An epitaxy structure is epitaxially grown on a recessed portion of the semiconductor fin, and the epitaxy structure is etched such that the epitaxy structure has a curved top.