Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a system used in a semiconductor device manufacturing process. More specifically, embodiments provided herein generally include apparatus and methods for synchronizing and controlling the delivery of an RF bias signal and a pulsed voltage waveform to one or more electrodes within a plasma processing chamber. The apparatus and methods disclosed herein can be useful to at least minimize or eliminate a microloading effect created while processing small dimension features that have differing densities across various regions of a substrate. The plasma processing methods and apparatus described herein are configured to improve the control of various characteristics of the generated plasma and control an ion energy distribution (IED) of the plasma generated ions that interact with a surface of a substrate during plasma processing.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first device and a second device. The first device includes: a first gate structure formed over an active region and a first air spacer disposed adjacent to the first gate structure. The second device includes: a second gate structure formed over an isolation structure and a second air spacer disposed adjacent to the second gate structure. The first air spacer and the second air spacer have different sizes.

Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, a driving assembly and a stopping assembly. The fixed assembly has a main axis. The movable assembly is configured to connect an optical element, and the movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The stopping assembly is configured to limit the movement of the movable assembly relative to the fixed assembly within a range of motion.

Abstract: A power system including a first battery pack, a second battery pack, and a power management circuit is disclosed. The first battery pack has a first end and a second end, and has a first battery capacity. The second battery pack has a third end and a fourth end. The third end is coupled to the second end of the first battery pack and provides a low battery voltage. The fourth end is grounded, the second battery pack has a second battery capacity, and the second battery capacity is greater than the first battery capacity. The power management circuit is coupled to the second battery pack to receive the low battery voltage, and provides a component operating voltage to an electronic components based on the low battery voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing CAR T-cells enriched with stem cell-like memory T-cells (Tscm), comprised of: (1) providing PBMCs; (2) isolating of T cells from PBMCs using magnetic beads coated with T-cell specific antibodies; (3) positively selecting T cells by culturing them in the form of T cell-magnetic bead complexes; (4) adding CAR-expressing lentivirus to the activated human T cell-magnetic bead complexes, for transduction of human T cells into CAR-T cells on the human T cell-magnetic bead complexes to obtain human CAR-T cell-magnetic bead complexes; (5) obtaining human CAR-T cells by dissociating the human CAR-T cells from the human CAR-T cell-magnetic bead complexes; and (6) further culturing CAR-T cells to obtain CAR-T cells enriched with Tscm. The present invention expands T cells in a short period of time to obtain CAR-T cells enriched with Tscm, which is suitable for CAR-T immunotherapy.

Abstract: Provided is a photocurable conductive black composition including: (a) at least one (meth)acrylate-functionalized urethane oligomer; (b) at least one photopolymerizable compound; (c) a photoinitiator; (d) a visible-light blocking system; (e) conductive fillers; and optionally (f) a thermal initiator. Also provided are a method for forming a cured product composed of the photocurable conductive black compositions, and an article comprising the cured product.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a forksheet structure extending lengthwise along a first direction over a substrate. The forksheet structure has a dielectric wall separating a stack of n-type nanostructures from a stack of p-type nanostructures. A gate structure is over the forksheet structure, the gate structure extending lengthwise along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The gate structure is in direct contact with the stack of n-type and p-type nanostructures and in direct contact with the dielectric wall. A first gate interconnect is over and in direct contact with the gate structure and a first gate via is over and in direct contact with the first gate interconnect.

Abstract: An automated guided vehicle control system includes a commodity database, a historical shopping information acquisition module, a purchase-item prediction module, an automated guided vehicle database, an automated guided vehicle dispatch demand assessment module and an automated guided vehicle dispatch module. The historical shopping information acquisition module is utilized to retrieve the historical shopping information related to the customer, further to locate the instant predicted commodity to be purchased, and thereby to dispatch the suitable automated guided vehicle to the waiting area of the customer. Further, the historical shopping information is evaluated to provide the commodity type options for the customer to select, to locate the commodity type to be purchased, and thereby to organize the automated navigation path for the automated guided vehicle to travel along to reach the assigned commodity display area.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to terpene glycosides, such as certain such compounds extracted from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, Rubus suavissimus, or Siraitia grosvenorii. The disclosure also provides for the use of such compounds as food ingredients, flavors, and sweeteners, and related methods. The disclosure also provides ingestible compositions comprising such compounds, as well as processes for extracting such compounds selectively from certain plant sources.

Abstract: An atomic layer deposition system is provided, including: a main body, a platform, a gas distribution showerhead assembly and a first ring member. The main body defines a reaction chamber, and the platform is located in the reaction chamber. The gas distribution showerhead assembly is disposed on the main body and includes at least one gas inlet channel and at least one gas diffusion plate. Each of the at least one gas diffusion plate includes a plurality of through holes. The first ring member defines a radial direction and is disposed between the platform and the at least one gas diffusion plate. A region of the at least one gas diffusion plate distributed with the plurality of through holes defines an outermost distribution profile. An inner circumferential wall of the first ring member and the outermost distribution profile keep a distance in the radial direction.

Abstract: A super resolution (SR) image generation circuit includes an image scale-up circuit, a stable SR processing circuit, a generative adversarial network (GAN) processing circuit, and a configurable basic block pool circuit. The image scale-up circuit is arranged to receive and process an input image to generate a scaled-up image. The stable SR processing circuit is arranged to receive a feature map of the input image to generate a stable delta value. The GAN processing circuit is arranged to receive the feature map to generate a GAN delta value. The configurable basic block pool circuit is arranged to dynamically configure a plurality of basic blocks according to a depth requirement of the input image, to generate a configuration result. The SR image generation circuit generates an SR image according to the scaled-up image, the stable delta value, and the GAN delta value.

Abstract: A riser assembly may include a riser cage and a riser card. The riser cage includes sidewalls, a base extending from the sidewalls, and mounting features to mount the riser cage to a chassis of the electronic device. The base is coupled to the riser card positioned on a first side of the base. The base includes an opening to permit the connector to extend through the opening to protrude partially beyond the opening to a location on a second side of the base where the connector can detachably connect to an expansion card installed in the riser cage between the sidewalls. The base contacts the connector around the opening to provide lateral support to the connector on opposing faces (e.g., first sidewalls) of the connector.

Abstract: An image processing circuit includes a receiving circuit, a transmitting circuit, a first asynchronous handshake circuit, a super resolution scale-up model and a second asynchronous handshake circuit. The receiving circuit is arranged to receive an input image with a first pixel clock frequency. The first asynchronous handshake circuit is arranged to receive the input image from the receiving circuit according to a receiving timing. The super resolution scale-up model is arranged to scale up the input image to generate an output image with a second pixel clock frequency. The second asynchronous handshake circuit is arranged to output the output image to the transmitting circuit according to a transmitting timing to transmit the output image, wherein the first asynchronous handshake circuit, the super resolution scale-up model, and the second asynchronous handshake circuit operate at a clock frequency independent of the first pixel clock frequency and the second pixel clock frequency.

Abstract: An image sensor structure including a substrate, a first pixel structure, a second pixel structure, a dielectric layer, and a conductive layer stack is provided. The first pixel structure includes a first light sensing device. The second pixel structure includes a second light sensing device. The conductive layer stack includes conductive layers. The conductive layer stack has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is located directly above the first light sensing device and passes through the conductive layers. The second opening is located directly above the second light sensing device and passes through the conductive layers. The second minimum width of the second opening is smaller than the first minimum width of the first opening. The luminous flux of the second pixel structure is different from the luminous flux of the first pixel structure.

Abstract: A portable data accessing device and more particularly the use of multi-port interfaces on a data accessing device disclosed. The multi-port data accessing device includes an inner body, one or a plurality of moving-caps, one or a plurality of grips, a pump-action and one or a plurality of locking/releasing mechanisms.

Abstract: A flow guiding device in an immersion-cooled chassis of a server comprises at least one deflector located above a chip on a mainboard in the chassis, each deflector comprises a first end for mounting to the mainboard above the chip and a second end inclined away from the mainboard. The first end is immersed in coolant, the second end is higher than the first end; the deflector further comprises a hollow part including multiple through holes for interrupting upward movement vapor bubbles generated by the hot chip, which reduces probability of the vapor bubbles escaping from the coolant liquid and the chassis. A liquid-cooled chassis having the flow guiding device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A computing device obtains an image depicting a face of a user. The computing device identifies facial features in the image and extracts characteristics of the facial features in the image. The computing device generates a two-dimensional (2D) face chart based on the facial feature characteristics. The computing device predicts a skin tone of the user's face depicted in the image of the user and changes color in a color map of a predefined three-dimensional (3D) model based on the predicted skin tone. The computing device selects a predefined environment map based on characteristics in the image depicting the face of the user and generates a target face image based on the predefined 3D model.

Abstract: A controlling method for a wireless communication device is provided. The controlling method for the wireless communication device includes: attaching a first Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) to a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network; determining whether a second USIM is camped on the LTE network; detecting whether a paging collision is happened, if the second USIM is camped on the LTE network; generating a requested International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) offset for the second USIM, if the paging collision is happened, wherein the requested IMSI offset is 1 or min(T, nB)?1, T is a default paging period and nB is a number of paging occurrences within the default paging period; transmitting an attach request with the requested IMSI offset to the LTE network for the second USIM; receiving a negotiated IMSI offset from the LTE network; and attaching the second USIM to the LTE network with the negotiated IMSI offset.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for fabricating a semiconductor structure. The method includes providing a substrate with a gate structure, an insulating structure over the gate structure, and a S/D region; depositing a titanium silicide layer over the S/D region with a first chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. The first CVD process includes a first hydrogen gas flow. The method also includes depositing a titanium nitride layer over the insulating structure with a second CVD process. The second CVD process includes a second hydrogen gas flow. The first and second CVD processes are performed in a single reaction chamber and a flow rate of the first hydrogen gas flow is higher than a flow rate of the second hydrogen gas flow.

Abstract: The present invention provides an artificial dressing and a use of the artificial dressing for promoting wound healing. The artificial dressing includes a gelatin and a fungal extract.