Abstract: Highly uniform and thin silver nanowires are described having average diameters below 20 nm and a small standard deviation of the diameters. The silver nanowires have a high aspect ratio. The silver nanowires can be characterized by a small number of nanowires having a diameter greater than 18 nm as well as with a blue shifted narrow absorption spectrum in a dilute solution. Methods are described to allow for the synthesis of the narrow uniform silver nanowires. Transparent conductive films formed from the thin, uniform silver nanowires can have very low levels of haze and low values of ?L*, the diffusive luminosity, such that the transparent conductive films can provide little alteration of the appearance of a black background.

Abstract: The invention provides for novel glaucoma surgical devices comprising a microfluidic meshwork. The meshwork comprises interconnected, cellular-dimensioned microfluidic channels. Excess fluid in the eye can be drained and diffused through the microfluidic channels. The meshwork is porous and highly flexible, affording mechanical compliance similar to that of eye tissue. The meshwork minimizes foreign body reactions to the implant, decreasing fibrosis and capsule formation.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate generally to forming an ultra-shallow junction having high dopant concentration and low contact resistance in a p-type source/drain region. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a source/drain region in an active area on a substrate, the source/drain region comprising germanium, performing an ion implantation process using gallium (Ga) to form an amorphous region in the source/drain region, performing an ion implantation process using a dopant into the amorphous region, and subjecting the amorphous region to a thermal process.

Abstract: The present invention is an adhesive composition including at least one low molecular weight polyisobutylene polymer having a weight average molecular weight of about 75,000 or lower, at least one high molecular weight polyisobutylene polymer having a weight average molecular weight of about 120,000 or higher, and optionally, at least one tackifier.

Abstract: A device for producing semiconductor bump metal layer includes a front end transfer module including a normal pressure transfer chamber, a base material carrier, a heating and carrying interlock vacuum chamber, and a cooling interlock vacuum chamber; a pre-cooking device for receiving the plurality of base materials, forming high vacuum, and baking the base materials; a rear end cleaning sputtering module for receiving the plurality of base materials and cleaning the plurality of base materials and sputtering metal layers; then the plurality of base materials being transferred to the cooling interlock vacuum chamber. The robot in the normal pressure transfer chamber transfers the base materials to the pre-cooking device so as to bake the base materials in high vacuum to remove vapors in the plurality of base materials; then the base materials are transferred to the heating and carrying interlock vacuum chamber for baking again to a predetermined level.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition containing F1 polypeptide and/or F3 polypeptide and a use thereof are provided. The pharmaceutical composition is made into a common dosage form, such as an emulsion and an ointment, and used for treating a disease, such as a wart associated with a HPV infection, or a solid tumor associated with or not associated with the HPV infection.

Abstract: A barcode detection method includes acquiring an image by a camera, acquiring a horizontal gradient and a vertical gradient of each pixel of the image within a region, generating a gradient phase and gradient magnitude of each pixel according to the horizontal gradient and the vertical gradient, performing a binarization process to the gradient magnitude of each pixel of the image within the region for generating a binarized image, vertically and horizontally sampling the binarized image for generating the gray level flip count in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, locating an image region of a barcode according to the gray level flip count in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, acquiring a plurality of gradient phases of all pixels within the image region for generating a gradient phase distribution, and generating a barcode format detection result according to the gradient phase distribution.

Abstract: A liquid sensor for a diaper, and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The liquid sensor includes a plurality of electrochemical cells in series connection. Each of the plurality of electrochemical cells includes an anode, a cathode and a liquid-porous layer including an electrolyte solution. The liquid-porous layer electrically connects the anode to the cathode such that each cell has a respective predetermined potential difference across the cell. Two or more of the plurality of electrochemical cells are operable to be electrically connected by a liquid to form a single electrochemical cell having a potential difference lower than the sum of the predetermined potential differences of the two or more electrochemical cells.

Abstract: A method and system for transferring user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system are disclosed. According to the method, a source core (CN) network determines to transfer a UE that it serves and sends a transfer instruction carrying UE transfer restriction information to the UE; an access network receives a transfer request that is sent by the UE according to the restriction information carried in the transfer instruction; the access network selects a target CN entity that is different from the source CN entity for the UE; and the UE is transferred to the target CN entity. The method and system provided by the disclosure are applicable to user transferring between CN entities in any communication network. The transferring is initiated by a network side entity, and a more preferable CN entity is selected for the UE to provide a better service.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a driving substrate and a plurality of micro light-emitting devices (LEDs). The driving substrate has a plurality of pixel regions. The plurality micro LEDs are disposed in in each of the pixel regions and electrically connected to the driving substrate. Orthogonal projection areas of the micro LEDs in each of the pixel regions on the driving substrate are equal. At least two micro LEDs in each of the pixel regions have different effective light-emitting areas.

Abstract: A dual-head fan is disclosed herein, comprising a drum fan, a first wind shell on the drum fan, an outer shield on one side of the first wind shell, a moving panel accommodated in the first wind shell, a supporting plate at a top of the first wind shell and having a hollow portion at a center thereof and an engaging part in a middle of the hollow portion for engaging with an upper end of the moving panel by one side thereof, an air duct baffle engaged with the other side of the engaging part of the supporting plate and having two laterals connected with a second wind shell and a lower outlet shell having a top surface, and an upper outlet shell rotatably connected on upper sides of the second wind shell and the lower outlet shell to regulate airflow direction by rotation.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a plurality of fin structures thereon, an isolation oxide structure in the substrate between adjacent two of the plurality of fin structures, a gate disposed on the plurality of fin structures, a gate dielectric layer disposed between the plurality of fin structures and the gate, and a source/drain doped region in each of the plurality of fin structures. The isolation oxide structure has a concave, curved top surface.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a supporting plate, at least one main positioning magnet and a body. The supporting plate has an edge. The supporting plate is provided with a first positioning magnet structure therein. The main positioning magnet is disposed at the supporting plate. The body is movably disposed at the supporting plate, wherein the body has a first axis and a second axis intersected with the first axis. The body is provided with a main auxiliary magnet and a first auxiliary magnet structure therein. The main auxiliary magnet is located at the intersection of the first axis and the second axis, and the first auxiliary magnet structure is located on the first axis. The main auxiliary magnet is configured to be aligned with the main positioning magnet and magnetically attracted to the main positioning magnet.

Abstract: A technique for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) transmissions using low-density parity-check (LDPC) coding with self-decodable retransmissions is disclosed. Data is encoded using a low-density parity check code to obtain encoded data, where the encoded data includes core data and non-core data. The encoded data is then stored in a buffer for transmission. A plurality of redundancy versions of the encoded data is then transmitted, wherein all redundancy versions of encoded data include core data, and each of the transmitted redundancy versions of the encoded data includes at least a different subset of the core data. The core data may be reordered prior to obtaining at least one of the different subsets of core data. Each of the transmitted redundancy versions of the encoded data includes sufficient core data to permit self-decodability of the transmission at a receiver.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a temperature protection circuit for a power converter, including a plurality of temperature protection branches, each of the temperature protection branches comprises a resistor, a voltage source, a temperature switch, and an isolation transformer, and each of the temperature protection branches corresponds to one of the power semiconductor switch blocks, and a first end of the resistor of each of the temperature protection branches is coupled to an output electrode of the power semiconductor switch block, and a second end of the resistor is coupled to a first end of the voltage source and coupled to a first end of the contact of the temperature switch via a primary winding of the isolation transformer, a second end of the voltage source and a second end of the contact of the temperature switch are respectively coupled to the potential midpoint of the power converter.

Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus includes: a first time-to-data converter (TDC) to oversample a first duration of incoming data and hold the oversampled first duration during receipt of a second duration of the incoming data; a second TDC to oversample the second duration of the incoming data and hold the oversampled second duration during receipt of a third duration of the incoming data; a processing circuit coupled to the first and second TDCs, the processing circuit including a first filter to filter the oversampled first duration and the oversampled second duration and generate a control output therefrom; and a digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) coupled to the processing circuit to receive the control output and generate a recovery clock signal therefrom.

Abstract: Present disclosure provides gate-all-around structure including a semiconductor fin having a top surface, a first nanowire over the top surface, a first space between the top surface and the first nanowire, an Nth nanowire and an (N+1)th nanowire over the first nanowire, and a second space between the Nth nanowire and the (N+1)th nanowire. The first space is greater than the second space. Present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the gate-all-around structure described herein.

Abstract: A first message is received, wherein the first message comprises information indicative of a spatial propagation characteristic of the first message. A beam configuration is determined based on the information. Then, a directed, beam-formed second message is transmitted using the beam configuration.

Abstract: This application provides a polar encoding and decoding method, a sending device, and a receiving device, to help overcome disadvantages in transmission of medium and small packets, a code rate, reliability, and complexity in the prior art.

Abstract: A wrist-worn electronic device configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in two frequency bands comprises a bezel loop antenna, first and second signal processing elements, a diplexer, and a tuning element. The bezel loop antenna has a first impedance and is configured to wirelessly receive first and second electronic signals simultaneously. The first and second signal processing elements process the first electronic signal having a frequency in a first frequency band and the second electronic signal having a frequency in a second frequency band. The diplexer is configured to receive the first and second electronic signals and output the first electronic signal to the first signal processing element and the second electronic signal to the second signal processing element. The tuning element has a second impedance causing the bezel loop antenna to wirelessly receive electronic signals in the first frequency band and electronic signals in the second frequency band.