Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and discloses a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor. The manufacturing method includes: providing a substrate; forming a source and a drain that are at least partially located in the substrate; forming a diffused layer on a surface of at least one of the source or the drain, where a conductivity type of the diffused layer is the same conductivity type as the source and the drain, and a doping density of a dopant contained in the diffused layer is separately greater than doping densities of dopants contained in the source and the drain; and performing an annealing processing after the diffused layer is formed. The present disclosure can increase a doping density at a surface of a source and/or a drain, helping to reduce a contact resistance, thereby improving performance of a device.

Abstract: Systems and methods to deliver streaming video over a hybrid network are provided herein. An adjusted bitrate to transmit video from a server to a client is determined in response to a fast-forward or rewind request. Frames from a video are selectively transmitted to accommodate for the adjusted bitrate based and a bitrate of a connection between the server and the client.

Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide a channel access period allocation method. The method includes: receiving, by an access point (AP), first information sent by a first station (STA) for requesting a dynamic service period (DSP) from the AP; and sending, by the AP, second information to the first STA to instruct the first STA to send a data frame to the AP in a first DSP, where a start time of the first DSP falls within a first preset time period following an end time of an SP of the first STA, and the first DSP requested by the first STA is pre-allocated to a second STA having a priority that is lower than that of the first STA, where a time delay of the first STA for sending the data frame to the AP satisfies a time delay requirement of a quality of service QoS in the first preset time period.

Abstract: A magnetic core for an electric motor has a ring-shaped yoke, teeth extending outwardly from the yoke, and a tooth tip extending from a distal end of each tooth. The core is formed from curved or coils strip laminations having teeth arranged in tooth groups. Each group has four tooth types arranged sequentially. Each tooth has left and right half tooth tips. The length of the half tooth tips vary according to tooth type. When assembled, first type tooth overlap with third type teeth and second type teeth overlap with fourth type teeth, whereby the opening of the winding slot is narrowed compared to laminations having all identical teeth.

Abstract: Provided are a method for channel information feedback in a multi-antenna system, and a terminal. The method comprises: a terminal receives CSI-RSs of M ports sent by a base station, and performs estimation according to the CSI-RSs to obtain M-dimensional downlink channel information; the terminal uses a transformation function Fk to perform a linear transformation on the M-dimensional downlink channel information, and obtains Nk-dimensional kth type channels, wherein k is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to K, M?Nk, and K?1; the terminal uses a preset Nk-dimensional codebook to respectively perform channel information quantisation on the kth type channels, and determines a corresponding precoding matrix and precoding matrix indicator information (PMIk); the terminal selects S type channels from within K type channels, and feeds index numbers of the selected channels and corresponding PMI back to the base station.

Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for coexistence management. A first access point is scheduled a time to begin transmission of a packet to a user device in an unlicensed frequency band using a first RAT. The time to begin the transmission is scheduled to avoid transmission overlap with a second access point using a second RAT in the unlicensed frequency band, and scheduled according to information from the second access point regarding operation in the unlicensed frequency band using the second RAT. One of the first and second RATs includes one of a WLAN RAT or a LTE based RAT, and another of the first and second RATs includes a remaining one of the WLAN RAT or the LTE based RAT, in one or more embodiments. The first access point receives updated information regarding operation in the unlicensed frequency band using the second RAT.

Abstract: A wireless device includes a first modem circuit, a second modem circuit, and one or more processor circuits. The first modem circuit supports wireless local area network (WLAN) communications. The second modem circuit supports long term evolution (LTE) and licensed assisted access (LAA) communications. The processor circuits determine free time intervals during which the second modem circuit is not engaged with a medium. The wireless device provides measurement reports to a base station. The first modem circuit enables the wireless device to perform the WLAN communications using the free time intervals without signaling to the base station.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technical field of semiconductors and discloses a semiconductor resistor and a manufacturing method therefor.

Abstract: A switching power converter is disclosed that communicates a thermal alarm to a mobile device over a data channel in a data cable for charging the mobile device.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and system for managing communication of packets. A transceiver node receives a plurality of IP data packets from an internet protocol (IP) network. The transceiver node separates the IP data packets into a first set and a second set of IP data packets, according to channel conditions of a cellular network and a wireless local area network (WLAN). The transceiver node transmits, to a user device, the first set of IP data packets using a cellular network protocol of the cellular network and the second set of IP data packets using a WLAN protocol of the WLAN, causing the user device to aggregate the first set of IP data packets transmitted using the cellular network protocol with the second set of IP data packets transmitted using the WLAN protocol.

Abstract: This description relates to computer simulation of physical processes, such as computer simulation of multi-species flow through porous media including the determination/estimation of relative permeabilities for the multi-species flow through the porous media.

Abstract: A flyback converter control architecture is provided in which primary-only feedback techniques are used to ensure smooth startup and detection of fault conditions. During steady-state operation, secondary-side regulation is employed. In addition, current limits are monitored during steady-state operation using primary-only feedback techniques to obviate the need for a secondary-side current sense resistor.

Abstract: This application relates to compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which modulate the activity of adenosine receptors, such as subtypes A2A and A2B receptors, and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of adenosine receptors including, for example, cancer, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to processes for preparing beta 3 agonists of Formula (I) and Formula (II) and their intermediates. The beta 3 agonists are useful in the treatment of certain disorders, including overactive bladder, urinary incontinence, and urinary urgency.

Abstract: The embodiments of the invention provide a method of configuring a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) transmitted on a pilot and a device utilizing the same. The method includes: a base station generates a signaling including configuration information of a CSI-RS; and the base station transmits the signaling including the configuration information of the CSI-RS; wherein the configuration information includes a CSI-RS port number, CSI-RS resource patterns and a CSI-RS subframe configuration; the CSI-RS resource patterns include at least one of the following: CSI-RS resource patterns transmitted on a normal downlink subframe and CSI-RS resource patterns transmitted on a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS). The CSI-RS subframe configuration includes a CSI-RS subframe configuration transmitted on both the DwPTS and the normal downlink subframe.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to devices and methods including a time-of-flight sensor and a camera. In one embodiment, a device is provided that includes a time-of-flight sensor, distance estimation circuitry, a camera, and processing circuitry. The time-of-flight sensor transmits an optical pulse signal and receives return optical pulse signals corresponding to portions of the transmitted optical pulse signal reflected by an object. The distance estimation circuitry estimates a minimum distance to the object based on a time between transmitting the optical pulse signal and receiving a first portion of the return optical pulse signals, and estimates a maximum distance to the object based on a time between transmitting the optical pulse signal and receiving a second portion of the return optical pulse signals. The processing circuitry controls a focus distance and an aperture setting of the camera based on the estimated minimum and maximum distances to the object.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting a channel state information-reference signal, a processor and a storage medium. The method includes: determining, by a base station, channel state information-reference signal, where the channel state information-reference signal at least includes the number of CSI-RS ports and information of components, the CSI-RS ports are used for transmitting the CSI-RS, and a CSI-RS resource is used for carrying the CSI-RS; sending, by the base station, the information of the CSI-RS to a terminal; and transmitting, by the base station, the CSI-RS. In such a way, the technical problems in the related art of poor channel measurement performance and high system complexity are solved.

Abstract: A direct charging method is provided that alerts a mobile device when a switching power converter is operating in a constant-current mode to alert the mobile device of an output current without the use of a secondary-side current sense resistor.

Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a FinFET. The method includes providing a substrate including an NMOS region; forming a plurality of fins on the substrate; forming an isolation layer between adjacent fins and on the substrate; forming a gate structure across a length portion of the fin; forming a first mask layer on the top surface and sidewalls of the fin; etching the first mask layer to expose the top surface of the fin on both sides of the gate structure; removing a thickness portion of the fin on both sides of the gate structure, wherein the etched fin and the remaining first mask layer form a first trench; performing a thinning treatment of the remaining first mask layer on a sidewall of the first trench to increase width of the first trench; and forming an N-type in-situ doped epitaxial layer to fill up the first trench.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a base substrate, forming a plurality of doped regions in the base substrate, forming an initial capping layer covering surfaces of the plurality of doped regions, forming a dielectric layer on the initial capping layer and the base substrate, forming a plurality of vias in the dielectric layer to expose a surface portion of the initial capping layer, and etching the exposed surface portion of the initial capping layer at a bottom of each via to form a silicide region exposed at the bottom of the via. The silicide region has a reduced thickness compared with a thickness of the initial capping layer. The method further includes forming a metal silicide layer by performing a self-aligned silicide process on an entire silicide region. The metal silicide layer is in contact with the plurality of doped regions.