Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure having a channel region protruding from an isolation insulating layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate is formed, a cleaning operation is performed, and an epitaxial semiconductor layer is formed over the channel region. The cleaning operation and the forming the epitaxial semiconductor layer are performed in a same chamber without breaking vacuum.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, a temperature sensor, and a control element. The control element includes a storage unit, a comparison unit, and a first control unit. The storage unit stores a look-up table including different correspondences between different temperature ranges and different power thresholds. The comparison unit receives the first power consumption of the light-emitting elements, determines the predetermined power threshold in the different correspondences of the look-up table according to the ambient temperature, and compares the first power consumption with the predetermined power threshold to determine the second power consumption. The first power consumption is obtained by measuring the light-emitting elements. The first control unit drives the light-emitting elements according to the second power consumption.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a local dimming unit, a current driving unit, and a light-emitting diode zone. The local dimming unit generates a dimming control signal according to a current control command. The current driving unit generates a driving signal with a first current or a second current according to the dimming control signal, wherein the second current is greater than the first current. The light-emitting diode zone receives the driving signal and emits light according to the driving signal.

Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly may include one or more electrical components, a substrate, and one or more heatsinks. Each one or more electrical components includes a body and one or more terminal pins. Each one or more terminal pins includes a main pin portion and solder end portion. The substrate includes a top surface, bottom surface, and plurality of through-holes. Each plurality of through-holes receives each one or more terminal pins therethrough. When each plurality of through-holes receives each one or more terminal pins therethrough, the body extends from the top surface and the solder end portion extends from the bottom surface. Each one or more heatsinks is configured to respectively absorb a heat and dissipate the heat from each one or more electrical components. Each one or more heatsinks is thermally coupled to the solder end portion of each one or more terminal pins and the bottom surface.

Abstract: A motor driver improving resonance noise caused by a motor is provided. The motor driver sets one or more duty cycle threshold ranges. When a duty cycle of each waveform of a duty cycle input signal does not fall within the one or more duty cycle threshold ranges, the motor driver directly drives the motor according to the duty cycle input signal. When the duty cycle of any waveforms of the duty cycle input signal falls within the one or more duty cycle threshold ranges, the motor driver adjusts the duty cycles of some waveforms of the duty cycle input signal within specified time such that the duty cycles of at least two of the plurality of waveforms of the duty cycle input signal are different from each other, and drives the motor according to the adjusted duty cycle input signal.

Abstract: A boiling enhancement component and an immersion cooling system having the same are provided. The boiling enhancement component includes a heat conductive portion and a boiling formation portion. The heat conductive portion has a first surface contacting a heat source and a second surface; the boiling formation portion is located on the second surface and includes a plurality of bubble disturbance regions. When a fluid medium boils on the boiling formation portion to generate bubbles, the bubble disturbance regions redirect the rising paths of at least some of the bubbles, thereby promoting bubble aggregation and accelerating the detachment of bubbles from the boiling enhancement component. Another embodiment provides an immersion cooling system, which includes a tank and the boiling enhancement component, the tank having a containing space to contain the fluid medium, and the boiling enhancement component being disposed in the containing space and immersed in the fluid medium.

Abstract: A method of treating or alleviating autoimmune-related diseases is provided. The method includes administering a pharmaceutical composition to a subject in need thereof. Moreover, the pharmaceutical composition includes an extract of Amomum tsao-ko as an effective ingredient and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or salt.

Abstract: A memory circuit comprises a memory array, a first access circuit, and a second access circuit. The memory array may comprise a plurality of non-volatile memory cells. The non-volatile memory cells can be arranged along a plurality of first access lines and a plurality of second access lines. The first access lines and second access lines may each extend along a lateral direction across the memory array. The first access circuit can be physically disposed on a first side of the memory array in the lateral direction. The second access circuit can be physically disposed on a second side of the memory array in the lateral direction. The second side is opposite to the first side.

Abstract: A memory chip includes a first decoding device and a memory device. The first decoding device is configured to generate multiple word line signals. The memory device is configured to generate a third data signal based on a first data signal and a second data signal. The memory device includes a first memory circuit and a second memory circuit. The first memory circuit is configured to generate the first data signal at a first node according to the word line signals during a first period. The second memory circuit is configured to generate the second data signal at a second node different from the first node according to the word line signals during a second period after the first period. A method of operating a memory chip is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A method and device for radio-frequency field inhomogeneity correction in magnetic resonance imaging. The method includes: obtaining a first MR image by scanning a target tissue using a first pulse sequence; obtaining a B1+ field map of the target tissue; obtaining a B1?: field map of the target tissue based on the first MR image and the B1+ field map; and performing B1 field inhomogeneity correction on a second MR image of the target tissue based on the B1+ field map and the B1? field map, where the second MR image is an MR image obtained after scanning of the target tissue using any imaging protocol and any pulse sequence.

Abstract: A method for converting a carbon source into serine includes: synthesizing a DNA sequence; implanting the DNA sequence into a plasmid, so that the plasmid includes gene sequences of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, and SEQ ID NO: 3; implanting the plasmid into cyanobacteria through an electroporation treatment, so as to obtain modified cyanobacteria; and providing the carbon source to the modified cyanobacteria, so that the modified cyanobacteria convert the carbon source into the serine.

Abstract: Provided are a display method of a head-up display and a head-up display. The display method of the head-up display includes the following steps: an original image is received; an image boundary of the original image is corrected based on projection surface distortion data to generate a corrected image; multiple first sub-light-emitting regions corresponding to an image boundary of the corrected image are determined; light emitting data are adjusted based on display boundary data to increase brightness values corresponding to the multiple first sub-light-emitting regions in the light emitting data, and brightness values of multiple second sub-light-emitting regions corresponding to a non-display region in the light emitting data are set as 0; and a display module is driven based on the corrected image and an adjusted light emitting data. The display method of the head-up display and the head-up display of the disclosure may achieve good display effects.

Abstract: A method for producing phosphatidylethanolamine with use of a carbon source includes: cultivating modified cyanobacteria, in which the modified cyanobacteria are cultivated in a liquid medium; undergoing a photo-fermentation process, in which the carbon source is provided to the modified cyanobacteria, so that the modified cyanobacteria convert the carbon source into serine; undergoing a filtration process, in which the liquid medium is filtered for separating the modified cyanobacteria, so as to obtain the filtered liquid medium; synthesizing the phosphatidylethanolamine, in which the filtered liquid medium and the serine are mixed with a lecithin and a phospholipase in a photoreactor, so as to obtain a phosphatidylethanolamine mixture; and undergoing an oil-water separation process, in which the phosphatidylethanolamine mixture is placed in an oil water separator and left to rest for a predetermined period of time, and the phosphatidylethanolamine is obtained from an upper layer of the phosphatidylethanolam

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method for an autonomous mobile device. The control method includes obtaining a pose of a target point; determining motion control parameters based on the pose of the target point; and controlling, according to the motion control parameters, the autonomous mobile device to move along a motion trajectory. A path curvature of the motion trajectory includes an inverse proportional function of a distance from the autonomous mobile device to the target point. A coefficient of the inverse proportional function includes a term that is functionally related to a lateral offset between the autonomous mobile device and the target point, where the lateral offset is associated with an orientation of the target point.

Abstract: There is provided a neural signal detection circuit capable of outputting time difference data or neural data, and including a first temporal circuit and a second temporal circuit. The first temporal circuit is used to store detected voltage energy of a first interval and a second interval as the time difference data. The second temporal circuit is used to store detected voltage energy of the second interval as the neural data. The neural signal detection circuit is used to output the time difference data or the neural data in different operating modes.

Abstract: A method and system provide the ability to optimize a structural engineering design. A dataset is synthesized by acquiring a structural skeleton design of an entire building. The skeleton defines locations and connectivities of bars that represent columns or beams. The skeleton design is represented as a structural graph with each bar represented as a graph node and edges connecting graph nodes. Structural simulation results are computed for the synthetic dataset based on the structural graph, various loads, and a structural analysis. A simulation model and a size optimization model are trained based on the structural simulation results with the size optimization model determining cross-section sizes for the bars to satisfy a building mass objective, building constraints, and output from the simulation model. The structural engineering design is output from the size optimization model.

Abstract: A system for maintaining a device in a semiconductor manufacturing environment that includes a controller configured to determine a distance travelled by the device within the semiconductor manufacturing environment, where the device has a feature that selectively engages a carrier configured to carry a semiconductor wafer such that the device moves the semiconductor wafer to different processing stations within the semiconductor manufacturing environment. The system also includes an inspection component configured to inspect the device responsive to the distance travelled by the device exceeding a distance threshold, a repair component configured to repair the device responsive to a repair indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component, and a cleaning component configured to clean the device responsive to a clean indication from at least one of the controller or the inspection component.

Abstract: A communication device includes a plurality of dies, a composite substrate and at least one antenna. The composite substrate includes a PCB, a redistribution layer and a connecting layer. The connecting layer is configured to electrically connect the redistribution layer and the PCB. Each die is electrically connected to the redistribution layer. The distribution layer corresponding to each die is formed integrally. The PCB is disposed between the antenna and the redistribution layer. The antenna is electrically connected to the dies through the composite substrate. A manufacturing method of the composite substrate is also provided.

Abstract: An IC structure comprises an MTJ cell, a transistor, a first word line, and a second word line. The transistor is electrically coupled to the MTJ cell. The transistor comprises a first gate terminal and a second gate terminal independent of the first gate terminal. The first word line is electrically coupled to the first gate terminal of the transistor. The second word line is electrically coupled to the second gate terminal of the transistor. A resistance state of the MTJ cell is dependent on a first word line voltage applied to the first word line and a second word line voltage applied to the second word line, and the resistance state of the MTJ cell follows an AND gate logic or an OR gate logic.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of antenna units disposed on the transparent substrate. The transparent substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A light-transmitting area is provided between adjacent antenna units. Each antenna unit includes an antenna electrode, a ground electrode, a redistribution structure, and a chip. The antenna electrode is disposed on the first surface of the transparent substrate. The ground electrode is disposed on the second surface of the transparent substrate. A width of the ground electrode in a first direction is greater than a width of the antenna electrode in a first direction. The redistribution structure is coupled to the antenna electrode. The ground electrode is located between the redistribution structure and the transparent substrate. The chip is bonded to the redistribution structure.