Abstract: A multijunction solar cell comprising at least a first subcell and a second subcell, a first alpha layer disposed over said first solar subcell grown using a surfactant and dopant including selenium or tellurium, the first alpha layer configured to prevent threading dislocations from propagating; a metamorphic grading interlayer disposed over and directly adjacent to said first alpha layer; a second alpha layer grown using a surfactant and dopant including selenium or tellurium over and disposed directly adjacent to said grading interlayer to prevent threading dislocations from propagating; wherein the second solar subcell is disposed over said grading interlayer such that the second solar subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the first solar subcell.

Abstract: An optical modulator and a 3D image acquisition apparatus including an optical modulator are provided. The optical modulator is disposed in a multiple quantum well including a plurality of quantum wells and a plurality of quantum barriers, and includes at least one carrier block disposed in the multiple quantum well restricting the carrier movement between the multiple quantum wells.

Abstract: Certain embodiments described herein are generally directed to deterministic load balancing of processing encapsulated encrypted data packets at a destination tunnel endpoint. In some embodiments, an IPSec component residing within a destination tunnel endpoint is configured to select a CPU core ID of a virtual CPU using a CPU selection function. In some embodiments, the IPSec component selects an SPI value corresponding to the CPU core ID. In some embodiments, the IPsec component indicates the SPI value to a source tunnel endpoint for use in establishing an in-bound security association, wherein the in-bound security association is used by the source tunnel endpoint to encrypt a data packet received from the source endpoint and destined for the destination endpoint.

Abstract: A novel design of a gateway that handles traffic in and out of a network by using a datapath pipeline is provided. The datapath pipeline includes multiple stages for performing various data-plane packet-processing operations at the edge of the network. The processing stages include centralized routing stages and distributed routing stages. The processing stages can include service-providing stages such as NAT and firewall. The gateway caches the result previous packet operations and reapplies the result to subsequent packets that meet certain criteria. For packets that do not have applicable or valid result from previous packet processing operations, the gateway datapath daemon executes the pipelined packet processing stages and records a set of data from each stage of the pipeline and synthesizes those data into a cache entry for subsequent packets.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a receiver device may be provided. The receiver device may include: a receiver circuit configured to receive a data packet according to a data format on a pre-determined radio frequency, wherein the data format comprises a parameter indicating a number of retries of transmission of the data packet; a determination circuit configured to determine whether the parameter is higher than a pre-determined threshold; and a frequency changer circuit configured to change a frequency on which the receiver receives data based on the determination.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer, which comprises bulk-polymerizing a vinyl chloride-based monomer in the presence of an initiator (Step 1); and preparing a vinyl chloride-based polymer after the bulk polymerization (Step 2), wherein a phosphite is added in the step 1, a vinyl chloride-based polymer, and a vinyl chloride-based polymer composition comprising the vinyl chloride-based polymer.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to a method of operating a scheduled entity for wireless communication. In some aspects, the scheduled entity detects a fluctuation in a beam strength of at least one transmit beam from a scheduling entity. The scheduled entity transmits a first message to the scheduling entity, the first message indicating at least the fluctuation in the beam strength of the at least one transmit beam from the scheduling entity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pyrimidine derivative and a use thereof. The pyrimidine derivative is the compound shown in formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, metabolite or prodrug thereof, wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are, for example, as defined in the specification. The compound can act as an ALK inhibitor, and is for preparing an anti-tumor medicament for suppressing an anaplastic lymphoma kinase.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for calculating temporally coherent disparity values for pixels in a sequence of image frames. An example method may include calculating initial spatial disparity costs between a pixel of a first image frame from a reference camera and pixels from an image frame from a secondary camera. The method may also include estimating a motion vector for the pixel of the first reference camera image frame to a corresponding pixel from a second reference camera image frame. The method may further include calculating a confidence value for the estimated motion vector based on a measure of similarity between the colors of the pixels of the first and second image frames from the reference camera. The method may further include calculating temporally coherent disparity costs based on the initial spatial disparity costs weighted by the confidence value and selecting a disparity value based on those costs.

Abstract: A torque converter system of a vehicle for delivering an input torque to a transmission may include a front cover of a torque converter receiving the input torque through a torque receiving shaft, an impeller of the torque converter receiving the input torque through the front cover, a turbine of the torque converter disposed opposed to and coaxially with the impeller and rotated by an operation fluid supplied from the impeller thereby driving a transmission input shaft, a reactor of the torque converter disposed between the impeller and the turbine and redirecting the operation fluid from the turbine toward the impeller, and a lock-up clutch disposed inside a transmission to selectively connecting the front cover and the turbine.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a read data generation circuit and a syndrome generation circuit. The read data generation circuit generates first read data from first output data and a first output parity which are generated during a first read operation. In addition, the read data generation circuit generates second read data from second output data and a second output parity which are generated during a second read operation. The syndrome generation circuit generates a syndrome signal from the first read data and the second read data. The syndrome generation circuit generates the syndrome signal so that column vectors of a first half matrix corresponding to the first read data are symmetric to column vectors of a second half matrix corresponding to the second read data.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.

Abstract: Provided are method and apparatus for sending V2X service, and method and apparatus for configuring resources. The method for sending V2X service includes that a first OBU acquires sending resources for sending a V2X service, where the sending resources include resources required for sending V2X service data and scheduling information of the V2X service, the scheduling information is used for specifying information required for resource scheduling for the V2X service data; and the first OBU sends, on the sending resources, the scheduling information and the V2X service data to a second OBU. Frequency-domain multiplexing is performed in a same subframe in the sending resources for scheduling information and the V2X service data, and the scheduling information specifies that resource configuration is performed, in same and/or different subframes, for the V2X service data.

Abstract: The present invention provides a chalcogenide phase-change material represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a memory device including the same. Ma(AxSbyTe(1-x-y))b??[Chemical Formula 1] In Chemical Formula 1, M denotes an element having a doping formation energy ?Ef in a range of ?3 eV/atom to 0.5 eV/atom, A denotes indium (In) or germanium (Ge), a and b are each positive numbers and selected to satisfy a+b=1, x ranges from 0.15 to 0.3, and y ranges from 0.05 to 0.25.

Abstract: A motor device includes a motor housing, a stator core having at least two poles fixedly installed in the stator housing symmetrically, a coil winding wound around the stator core, and an insulating coil holder for insulating the stator core from the coil winding, and the motor device further includes at least two pairs of magnetic steel structures cooperating with the stator core. All of the magnetic steel structures are fixedly connected to the periphery of the shaft coupling, and the shaft coupling is fixedly connected to the motor shaft. An electric toothbrush having the above motor device is further provided.

Abstract: A method, performed by a device configured to perform communication with a base station, and including detecting whether an abnormality of the device occurs in response to an event signal, sending a request to the base station for permission to change a capability of the device based on the detecting that the abnormality occurs, changing the capability of the device based on a permission indication received from the base station in response to the sending the request, sending changed capability information to the base station based on the changing, and performing a radio resource connection (RRC) reconfiguration operation based on an RRC reconfiguration message received from the base station in response to the sending the changed capability information. A device performing the method adaptively changes a capability of the device to mitigate an error or impairment caused by an abnormality.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a capacitor includes: forming a bottom electrode; forming a dielectric layer on the bottom electrode; forming a metal oxide layer including a metal having a high electronegativity on the dielectric layer; forming a sacrificial layer on the metal oxide layer to reduce the metal oxide layer to a metal layer; and forming a top electrode on the sacrificial layer to convert the reduced metal layer into a high work function interface layer.