Abstract: The application discloses a method and a system for shaping flexible blocks on a chip canvas in an integrated circuit design. An input is received describing geometric features of flexible blocks. A set of flexible blocks are generated based on the input. Obtained block areas of the set of flexible blocks are computed. Whether the set of flexible blocks are legal is determined based on determining whether area differences between the obtained block areas and a plurality of required areas for the set of flexible blocks meet a requirement. The set of flexible blocks are updated until the set of flexible blocks are all legal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reduced-height image-capturing module, which includes a lens assembly, an image-sensing chip, a carrier base and a circuit substrate. The carrier base has a base body, two extending plate bodies extending and a base groove recessed. A lower portion of the base body enters a through opening of the circuit substrate, and the two extending plate bodies cross over the through opening of the circuit substrate and are disposed on an upper surface of the circuit substrate. The image-sensing chip is disposed on a recessed bottom surface of the base groove which is not at the same level as the upper surface of the circuit substrate, so that the recessed bottom surface is lower than the upper surface of the circuit substrate. The lens assembly is disposed on the upper portion of the base body and corresponds to the image-sensing chip.

Abstract: A biodegradable double-J stent and a method of manufacturing a biodegradable double-J stent are provided. The stent comprises a main tube, a first retaining tube, and a second retaining tube, each fabricated from a biodegradable material. The first and second retaining tubes are curl-shaped and are connected to two ends of the main tube, respectively. The method of manufacturing a biodegradable double-J stent comprises the steps of: (a) providing a tube made of a biodegradable material; and (b) bending two ends of the tube to render the two ends curl-shaped and keeping a middle segment between the two ends straight. The two curl-shaped ends define a first retaining tube and a second retaining tube, respectively, and the middle segment defines a main tube. The biodegradable double-J stent precludes a ureteral obstruction which might otherwise occur with conventional double-J stents not removed in a timely manner.

Abstract: A method includes: removing debris on a collector of a lithography equipment by changing physical structure of the debris with a cleaner; forming a cleaned collector by exhausting the removable debris from the collector; and forming openings in a mask layer on a substrate by removing regions of the mask layer exposed to radiation from the cleaned collector.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a data transmission system a method, a service system, a device, and a storage medium. The system comprises: a user terminal provided for generating, in response to an input operation of a user, a virtual network console VNC operation instruction, and sending the VNC operation instruction to a data processor DPU; the DPU, hard-wired with a server and configured with a virtual display device and a virtual input device, provided for simulating, through the virtual input device, an input operation indicated by the VNC operation instruction, and transmitting generated input operation signals to the server; the server provided for, in response to the input operation signals, generating display data after receiving the input operation signals, and transmitting the display data to the DPU.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and devices for updating configuration information for a downstream device of a migrating integrated access backhaul node (IAB-node) during an inter-donor migration from a source IAB-donor to a target IAB-donor. The method includes providing, by an IAB-donor central unit (CU), updated configuration information into system information which is contained in a system information block (SIB) other than SIB1 carried in a SystemInformation (SI) message, and encoding the system information with the updated configuration information. The method also include sending, by the IAB-donor CU, the system information including the updated configuration information as a radio resource control (RRC) container to a migrating IAB-node distributed unit (DU) via F1-AP. The method further includes the migrating IAB-node DU forwards the system information including the updated configuration information through a dedicated RRC message to the downstream device.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same. The semiconductor structure can include a substrate, a first fin structure with a first height and a first width formed over the substrate, a second fin structure with a second height and a second width formed over the substrate, and an insulating stack formed over lower portions of the first and second fin structures. The second height can be substantially equal to the first height and the second width can be greater than the first width. A top surface of the insulating stack can be below top surfaces of the first and second fin structures.

Abstract: An artificial diamond plasma production device has a reaction chamber, a microwave emitting module, and a microwave lens. The microwave emitting module emits a circularly-polarized microwave into the reaction chamber. The microwave emitting module has a polarizing tube, a directing tube, a first waveguide, and a first linearly-polarized microwave source serially connected along a microwave traveling path. The microwave emitting module further has a second waveguide and a first matched load. The polarizing tube is configured to convert a linearly-polarized microwave into a circularly-polarized microwave or the other way round depending on traveling direction of the microwave. The directing tube has a first opening and a second opening which face toward different directions. The first waveguide is connected to the first opening. The first matched load is connected to the second opening via the second waveguide. Therefore, reflected microwave can be channeled out of the reaction chamber.

Abstract: A method of generating an IC layout diagram includes abutting first and second cells to define a first active region including first and second anti-fuse bits, abutting third and fourth cells to define a second active region including third and fourth anti-fuse bits, and defining a third active region including fifth and sixth anti-fuse bits adjacent to the first through fourth anti-fuse bits. The first cell includes first and second via regions overlapping first and second gate regions shared by respective structures and transistors of the first, third, and fifth anti-fuse bits, the fourth cell includes third and fourth via regions overlapping third and fourth gate regions shared by respective transistors and structures of the second, fourth, and sixth anti-fuse bits, the third cell includes fifth and sixth via regions overlapping the first gate region, and the second cell includes seventh and eighth via regions overlapping the fourth gate region.

Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for identifying a specific strain of Lactobacillus plantarum, e.g., Lactobacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum PS128 deposited under DSMZ Accession No. DSM 28632.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to maintaining a high availability (HA) database. In some embodiments, a computer system receives, from a plurality of host computers, a plurality of requests to access data stored in a database implemented using a plurality of clusters. In some embodiments, the computer system responds to the plurality of requests by accessing data stored in an active cluster. The computer system may then determine, based on the responding, health information for ones of the plurality of clusters, wherein the health information is generated based on real-time traffic for the database. In some embodiments, the computer system determines, based on the health information, whether to switch from accessing the active cluster to accessing a backup cluster. In some embodiments, the computer system stores, in respective clusters of the database, a changeover decision generated based on the determining.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method for monitoring and adjusting a harmonic emission level of an industrial load. The method may include obtaining a grid load for a current time period, and determining, for each of at least one type of industrial load, a generalized probabilistic model for the industrial load by obtaining harmonic monitoring data of the industrial load at a preset frequency, determining a harmonic characteristic dataset for the industrial load, constructing an initial generalized probabilistic model for target harmonic data, and obtaining the generalized probabilistic model for the target harmonic data. The method may further include determining a harmonic impact factor of the industrial load, and in response to determining that the harmonic impact factor of the industrial load satisfies a first preset condition, generating and sending an adjustment instruction to a control device to adjust the at least one type of industrial load.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and/or computing system is disclosed for preforming at least one of a performance group consisting of undoing an action in and uninstalling a software application from a computing environment is disclosed. The computer-implemented method, computer program product, and/or computing system includes: building an initial resource dependency graph; building a second resource dependency graph; determining a resulting resource dependency graph to identify dangling resources; and removing the dangling resources. In an embodiment, building at least one of the initial resource dependency graph or the second resource dependency graph includes building a resource ownership graph and extending the resource ownership graph to include associations to form a resource dependency graph.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a transistor formed in a semiconductor structure, a front-side horizontal conducting line in a first metal layer above the semiconductor structure, and a front-side vertical conducting line in a second metal layer above the first metal layer. The front-side horizontal conducting line is directly connected to a first terminal of the transistor, and the front-side vertical conducting line is directly connected to the front-side horizontal conducting line. In the integrated circuit, a front-side fuse element is conductively connected to the front-side vertical conducting line, and a backside conducting line is directly connected to a second terminal of the transistor. A word connection line extending in the first direction is directly connected to a gate terminal of the transistor.

Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide an analysing method for gratings, an electronic device, and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: determining candidate gratings; determining grating combinations based on the candidate gratings, wherein each of the grating combinations includes at least one of the candidate gratings, and the at least one of the candidate gratings in each grating combination is different from each other; determining a first diffraction response map of a first multiplexing grating corresponding to a first grating combination of the grating combinations; determining a first luminous intensity map of the first multiplexing grating corresponding to the first grating combination via modifying the first diffraction response map based on at least one parameter of a light engine; and determining a first reconstruction image corresponding to the light engine via processing a template image based on the first luminous intensity map.

Abstract: An image sensor including a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of color filters, a plurality of first lenses and a second lens is provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of sensing pixels arranged in array, and each of the plurality of sensing pixels respectively includes a plurality of image sensing units and a plurality of phase detection units. The color filters at least cover the plurality of image sensing units. The first lenses are disposed on the plurality of color filters. Each of the plurality of first lenses respectively covers one of the plurality of image sensing units. The second lens is disposed on the plurality of color filters and the second lens covers the plurality of phase detection units.

Abstract: A single-pole single-throw (SPST) radio frequency (RF) switch is provided that includes one or more switches stacked in series, and a first capacitor disposed at an input side of the SPST RF switch, in series, before the one or more switches. The SPST RF switch also includes a second capacitor disposed, in parallel, across the one or more switches, and an inductor disposed at an output side of the SPST RF switch, in series, after the one or more switches.

Abstract: Dipole engineering techniques are disclosed that incorporate dipole dopant and/or nitrogen into gate dielectrics (e.g., high-k dielectric layers thereof) to realize multi-threshold voltage transistor tuning of transistors. The dipole engineering techniques include (1) forming a dipole dopant source layer over gate dielectrics of some transistors, but not other transistors, (2) forming a mask over gate dielectrics of some transistors, but not other transistors, (3) performing a nitrogen-containing thermal drive-in process, and (4) removing the dipole dopant source layer and the mask after the nitrogen-containing thermal drive-in process. The nitrogen-containing thermal drive-in process diffuses nitrogen and dipole dopant (n-dipole dopant and/or p-dipole dopant) into unmasked gate dielectrics having the dipole dopant source layer formed thereon, nitrogen into unmasked gate dielectrics, and dipole dopant into masked gate dielectrics having the dipole dopant source layer formed thereon.

Abstract: A terminal device receives first information, where the first information is for determining first duration, the first duration indicates duration from a moment at which a first beam stops a service to a moment from which a second beam provides a service, and the first beam and the second beam are beams on satellites. The terminal device communicates with a network device by using the second beam based on the first duration.

Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a method for rate matching in a wireless communication network. A device obtains K information bits and a target code length M of a polar code, determines, according to a minimum value of a set of values, a mother code length N, polar encodes the K information bits to obtain an encoded sequence of N bits, obtains a target sequence of M bits from the N bit encoded sequence, and outputs the M-bit target sequence.