Abstract: A coupled medium-low temperature flue gas processing apparatus for fly ash washing includes a reactor and scraping rings. In the present disclosure, arranging the scraping rings can scrape the fly ash adhered to the inside of the reactor and bring the scraped fly ash into a mixing liquor to prevent the fly ash from adhering and accumulating, which not only results in the decrease of the fly ash content participating in the reaction, and the difficulty to react with water completely, but also the fly ash adhered to the inside of the reactor will form a thick object after mixing with the water, once the thick object is dried, the adhesive capacity thereof is greatly enhanced.

Abstract: A device includes a bottom housing that includes a printed circuit board, a processor formed on the printed circuit board, a probe tip coupled to the processor, and a first wall. The first wall includes a front side surface, a backside surface, and an opening extending from the front side surface to the backside surface. The printed circuit board is coupled to the front side surface of the first wall. The printed circuit board includes a plurality of electrical contacts located on the back surface and coupled to the processor. The electrical contacts on the backside surface of the printed circuit board are visible through the opening formed in the first wall of the bottom housing. The electrical contacts are sealed from fluid penetration and can connect to the electrical contacts of a battery connected to the device.

Abstract: A sparkling water mixing assembly and a refrigerator having same. The sparkling water mixing assembly comprises a supply module, a mixing container, and a mixing connector. The supply module is configured to supply carbon dioxide. The mixing container is configured to contain a liquid to be mixed, and has an opening. The mixing connector is configured to enable the mixing container to be detachably disposed thereon. The mixing connector has a mixing chamber, a pressure channel, and an accessing channel. The mixing chamber allows the opening to extend into the mixing chamber. The pressure channel is communicated with the mixing chamber, and is configured to adjust the pressure in the mixing chamber. The accessing channel is communicated with the mixing chamber and the supply module, and is configured to enable the mixing container to obtain carbon dioxide.

Abstract: A method of cleaning a reticle includes applying ozone fluid over a surface of the reticle, and while the ozone fluid is over the surface of the reticle, irradiating the surface of the reticle with ultraviolet (UV) radiation for an irradiation time to treat the surface of the reticle. The method of cleaning the reticle further includes adjusting the irradiation time based on a reflected UV beam from the surface of the reticle.

Abstract: A trade fair positioning signal processing system and a method for using the positioning signal thereof are disclosed. The trade fair positioning signal processing system is used by a handheld mobile device of an attendee within a trade fair area, which includes a plurality of booths. The system includes a registration module, a management module, a plurality of positioning modules, a database, an analysis module, and an information dissemination module. The registration module provides attendee login. The management module calculates and generates a positioning data of the attendee, including a location and a residency time. The database is used to store the positioning information. When the analysis module determines that an attendee has stayed at a specific booth for more than a specific time, the information dissemination module is used to transmit a product introduction data belonging to the specific booth to the handheld mobile device.

Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet mask includes a substrate, a reflective multilayer stack over the substrate, a capping layer over the reflective multilayer stack, a patterned absorber layer over a first portion of the capping layer, and a magnetic layer over a second portion of the capping layer around the first portion.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for securing wireless communications between a remote monitor center and a vehicle by using redundancy measures to increase the robustness of the system. In some embodiments, a system may include redundant communication channels, deploy redundant hardware and software stacks to enable switching to a backup in an emergency situation, and employ hypervisors at both the remote monitor center and the vehicle to monitor hardware and software resources and perform integrity checks. In other embodiments, message digests based on a cryptographic hash function and a plurality of predetermined commands are generated at both the remote monitor center and the vehicle, and compared to ensure the continuing integrity of the wireless communication system.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method performed by a second type of transceiver node in a wireless communication system is provided, comprising: receiving a first type of data and/or a first type of control signaling from a first type of transceiver node; determining an HARQ-ACK codebook and a time unit for transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook based on the first type of data and/or the first type of control signaling; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook to the first type of transceiver node in the determined time unit.

Abstract: A method of treating a surface of a reticle includes retrieving a reticle from a reticle library and transferring the reticle to a treatment device. The surface of the reticle is treated in the treatment device by irradiating the surface of the reticle UV radiation while ozone fluid is over the surface of the reticle for a predetermined irradiation time. After the treatment, the reticle is transferred to an exposure device for lithography operation to generate a photo resist pattern on a wafer. A surface of the wafer is imaged to generate an image of the photo resist pattern on the wafer. The generated image of the photo resist pattern is analyzed to determine critical dimension uniformity (CDU) of the photo resist pattern. The predetermined irradiation time is increased if the CDU does not satisfy a threshold CDU.

Abstract: A time domain resource configuration method, an apparatus, and a system are provided, to send, by a network device, time domain resource allocation indication information to a terminal device. The time domain resource allocation indication information is used to indicate N1 time domain resource allocations, where N1 is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The N1 time domain resource allocations may be used to determine N2 candidate time domain resources, where N2 is an integer greater than N1.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a semiconductor memory device, including a substrate, active areas, first wires and at least one first plug. The active areas extend parallel to each other along a first direction, and the first wires cross over the active areas, wherein each of the first wires has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first plug is disposed on the first end of the first wire and electrically connected with the first wire, wherein the first plug entirely wraps the first end of the first wire and is in direct contact with a top surface, sidewalls and an end surface of the first end. Therefore, the contact area between the plug and the first wires may be increased, the contact resistance of the plug may be reduced, and the reliability of electrical connection between the plug and the first wires may be improved.

Abstract: A replaceable membrane distillation module has a membrane distillation plate with an upper portion and a lower portion at two ends respectively. Two upper holes and two lower holes are defined through the upper portion and the lower portion at two ends respectively. A distillation portion is recessed in at least one side of the membrane distillation plate, and a distillation membrane covers on the distillation portion that a distillation space forms between the distillation portions and the distillation membrane. Multiple channels are disposed in the membrane distillation plate to communicate one of the upper holes, the distillation space and one of the lower flow holes. A blocking element is selectively combined with one of the upper holes or one of the lower flow holes.

Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes forming first bonding features and a first alignment mark including first patterns in a top die and forming second bonding features and a second alignment mark in a bottom wafer. The method also includes determining a first benchmark and a second benchmark. The method further includes aligning the top die with the bottom wafer using the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark. In a top view, at least two of the first patterns are oriented along a first direction, and at least two of the first patterns are oriented along a second direction that is different from the first direction. The top die is aligned with the bottom wafer by adjusting a virtual axis passing through the first benchmark and the second benchmark to be substantially parallel with the first direction.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of providing a tamper-resistant watermark to a neural network model, including: receiving a training sample for watermarking; receiving verification data about the neural network; generating a digital signature based at least on the verification data; generating a certificate for the neural network model, the certificate including the digital signature and the verification data used in the generation of the digital signature; generating a watermark pattern based on the certificate; combining the watermark pattern with the training sample to generate a watermarked training sample; pairing the watermarked training sample with a watermark classification label; and providing to the neural network model the paired watermarked training sample and watermark classification label for training.

Abstract: A method for improving a cycle time of a process of a product is provided. The method includes: collecting process profile data from a plurality of tool groups running the process, and calculating values of a plurality of key-performance-indicators (KPIs) of each tool group including calculating a standard deviation of an output of a stage of a bottleneck tool group of the tool groups; feeding the values of the KPIs and a work-in-progress (WIP) of each tool group into a neural network model in order to output an impact on the WIP for each KPI of each tool group by the neural network model; selecting a set of major KPIs of each tool group from the KPIs according to the impact of each tool group; and controlling the tool groups according to the impact of the set of major KPIs of each tool group in order to reduce a total WIP.

Abstract: New data class generation is provided. A dimension score is generated for each respective dimension of a plurality of predefined dimensions as relating to column attributes of a data asset while performing a static reference data analysis of the data asset. The dimension score of each respective dimension is added together to obtain a total dimension score for the data asset. It is determined whether the total dimension score of the data asset is greater than a predefined minimum dimension score threshold level. The data asset is identified as new static reference data in response to determining that the total dimension score of the data asset is greater than the predefined minimum dimension score threshold level. A new data class is generated based on the new static reference data.

Abstract: A method includes bonding a supporting substrate to a semiconductor substrate of a wafer. A bonding layer is between, and is bonded to both of, the supporting substrate and the semiconductor substrate. A first etching process is performed to etch the supporting substrate and to form an opening, which penetrates through the supporting substrate and stops on the bonding layer. The opening has substantially straight edges. The bonding layer is then etched. A second etching process is performed to extend the opening down into the semiconductor substrate. A bottom portion of the opening is curved.

Abstract: A method of downlink channel state information (DL CSI) computation and reporting is proposed to support high velocity in new radio (NR) systems. In a first novel aspect, two CSI reference slots are defined. CSI reference slot for CSI measurement is defined for determining which CSI-RS/SSB occasion(s) is used for computing CSI. CSI reference slot for CSI computation is defined for determining the slot where UE assumes the CSI computation should be based upon the channel at that time onwards. In a second novel aspect, UE can be configured with a CSI computation period consisting of one or N slots and can be divided into multiple sub-periods without overlap. UE can be configured to compute and report wideband CSI and subband CSI for the whole CSI computation period and/or for each sub-period.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for monitoring a carrier and transmitting a signal over an unlicensed band.