Abstract: A memory circuit and a method for reading a memory circuit are provided. The memory circuit includes reference memory cells and operation memory cells. The method includes reading a selected reference memory cell at a first time to get a first voltage; reading the selected reference memory cell at a second time after the first time to get a second voltage; adjusting a read voltage of the memory cell to be an adjusted read voltage of the memory cell according to the voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage; applying the adjusted read voltage on a selected operation memory cell corresponding to the selected reference memory cell; and applying the adjusted read voltage on other selected operation memory cells in a same row of the memory array corresponding to the selected reference memory cell.

Abstract: A device and a method for nondestructively detecting a transient characteristic of a conductive screw of a turbo-generator rotor are provided. The device includes a personal computer (PC), an extremely-steep pulse generator, an ultra-high-frequency double-isolation transformer, and a pulse emitting and coupling module, which are connected in sequence. The pulse emitting and coupling module is connected to a load. A synchronous pulse receiving non-inductive divider circuit synchronously receives a characteristic waveform from the load, and the synchronous pulse receiving non-inductive divider circuit is connected to an ultra-high-speed analog/digital (A/D) module through a nonlinear saturation amplifying circuit that amplifies a signal. The PC receives a signal from the ultra-high-speed A/D module. The load includes a positive or negative excitation lead loop that is in a 180° symmetrical and instantaneous short-circuit state and a rotor shaft.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fluorescence image registration method, the method includes: acquiring a fluorescence image of a biochip; selecting a preset local region of the fluorescence image; acquiring a position of a minimum value of a sum of brightness values of pixels in a first direction and a second direction, and obtaining pixel-level registration points; dividing the pixel-level registration points into non-defective pixels and defective pixels; if the fluorescence image meets the preset standard, correcting positions of the defective pixels according to positions of the non-defective pixels; acquiring a position of a center of gravity of image points of fluorescent molecules according to a center of gravity method; fitting straight lines in the first direction and the second direction respectively according to the position of the center of gravity; and acquiring boundary points of the fluorescence image and calculating the positions of the boundary points.

Abstract: A method for reducing frequency interference, and a communication satellite system. The method includes configuring the communication satellite system, determining a first range of areas in which a spatial isolation angle between the LEO satellite and the GEO satellite does not satisfy a minimum spatial isolation angle within service areas of the movable spot beams, enabling the movable spot beams to not enter the areas, and when the movable spot beams of the transmitting and receiving user antennas of multiple adjacent LEO satellites provide services to a same area, calculating a spatial isolation angles between the movable spot beams of the transmitting and receiving user antennas of any two adjacent LEO satellites, and in response to the spatial isolation angle not satisfying the minimum spatial isolation angle, assigning different sub-frequencies to the movable spot beams that do not satisfy the minimum spatial isolation angle.

Abstract: Aspects involve a stretchable composite film including a polymer material having at least a portion of the polymer material being densified through covalently-attached fluorination molecules. In certain specific examples, fluorinated molecules are covalently attached to a surface region, in the form of a layer or film (e.g., polymer semiconductor (PSC) film of a transistor substrate) to facilitate operational stability and/or to encapsulation performance (e.g., stretchability-related performance). In certain other specific examples, the surface region and a fluorinated layer are used in a cooperative configuration to provide stability in the PSC film in one or more harsh environments characterized by one or more of humid air, and immersion of the PSC film in a bio-based fluid.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a FinFET device having gate spacers with reduced capacitance and methods for forming the FinFET device. Particularly, the FinFET device according to the present disclosure includes gate spacers formed by two or more depositions. The gate spacers are formed by depositing first and second materials at different times of processing to reduce parasitic capacitance between gate structures and contacts introduced after epitaxy growth of source/drain regions.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for hydrate-based wastewater treatment and cold storage. The apparatus for hydrate-based wastewater treatment and cold storage includes a water chilling unit, a hydrate-based cold storage tank, an airflow disturbance device, a water layer positioning system, a spraying system, a suction filtration system, a heat exchange system, and a system monitoring device. The water chilling unit provides a secondary refrigerant at a low temperature. The secondary refrigerant flows through an evaporator coil in the hydrate-based cold storage tank for heat exchange. The airflow disturbance device induces hydrate nucleation. The water layer positioning system positions a contact surface between a water layer and a hydrate former after hydrate decomposition to facilitate drawing and separation of the treated upper water layer. The spraying system and the suction filtration system enhance the solid-liquid separation efficiency to improve the removal rate of pollutants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a product forming method, a product, and a shoe. The product forming method comprises the following steps: (1) placing a film on a bottom mold, and fixing the film between the bottom mold and a middle frame; (2) placing an outer housing material on the film, and suctioning the film, so that the film is internally recessed in the direction of the bottom mold, and then performing first curing molding to obtain a molded outer housing; and (3) placing an inner liner material on the molded outer housing, performing second curing molding to obtain a molded inner liner, and demolding to obtain the product.

Abstract: The present application provides a method for improving a copper alloy electroplating filling process, forming a groove on a semiconductor structure; forming a barrier layer on the surface of the groove, and then covering the barrier layer with a seed layer; electroplating the seed layer in the groove with copper, until an upper surface of the copper in the groove is close to an opening of the groove; adding impurity metal ions into an electroplating solution for copper electroplating to continue the electroplating, wherein during an electroplating process, the impurity metal ions are fully consumed quickly, forming an alloy layer on the surface of the copper; continuing the copper electroplating on the alloy layer in the groove; repeating steps 4 and 5 until the groove is fully filled; and performing chemical mechanical polishing, the polishing ending at the opening of the groove.

Abstract: Techniques for implementing a “sticky” user ID are described. A system receives first input audio data and determines first speech processing results therefrom. The system also determines a first user ID of a user that spoke an utterance represented in the first input audio data and associates the first user ID with a device, which originated the first input audio data, for a predetermined length of time. The system determines first output data responsive to the first speech processing data and causes the device to present first output content corresponding thereto. The system then receives second input audio data and determines second speech processing results therefrom. The system also determines a time of receipt of the second input audio data is within the predetermined length of time. Based at least in part thereon, the system determined second output data responsive to the second speech processing data using the first user ID.

Abstract: Techniques for disambiguating which profile, of multiple profiles, is to be used to respond to a user input are described. A device located in a communal space (e.g., a hotel room or suite of rooms, conference room, hospital room, etc.) may be associated with a device profile and a user profile of a user presently occupying the communal space. When the user inputs a command to the device (either by text or speech), a system associated with the device determines the profiles (e.g., a device profile and a user profile) associated with the device. The system determines one or more policies associated with the device. The one or more policies may correspond to rules for disambiguating which profile to use to execute with respect to the user input. Using the one or more policies, the system determines which profile is to be used, and causes a speechlet component to execute using information specific to the determined profile.

Abstract: A power-assisted pipeline valve, including a valve body and a pressure relief assembly. A top of the valve body is provided with a first chute. A sliding sleeve is disposed in the valve body and has two sides respectively connected to an inner wall of the valve body through a first spring. A ball valve assembly is disposed in the sliding sleeve and connected to a valve stem. The valve stem passes through the sliding sleeve and is sleeved with a sliding shell, and the sliding shell is disposed in the first chute and provided with a rack and an electric power-assisted mechanism which is connected to the valve stem. The top of the valve body is penetrated by a first rotating shaft which is orderly sleeved with a fifth gear, a rotary table and a third spring from top to bottom. The fifth gear is meshed with the rack. The rotary table is connected to the fifth gear through a centrifugal locking mechanism. The third spring is connected to the rotary table and the valve body respectively.

Abstract: Techniques for disambiguating which profile, of multiple profiles, is to be used to respond to a user input are described. A device located in a communal space (e.g., a hotel room or suite of rooms, conference room, hospital room, etc.) may be associated with a device profile and a user profile of a user presently occupying the communal space. When the user inputs a command to the device (either by text or speech), a system associated with the device determines the profiles (e.g., a device profile and a user profile) associated with the device. The system determines one or more policies associated with the device. The one or more policies may correspond to rules for disambiguating which profile to use to execute with respect to the user input. Using the one or more policies, the system determines which profile is to be used, and causes a speechlet component to execute using information specific to the determined profile.

Abstract: A power-assisted pipeline valve, including a valve body and a pressure relief assembly. A top of the valve body is provided with a first chute. A sliding sleeve is disposed in the valve body and has two sides respectively connected to an inner wall of the valve body through a first spring. A ball valve assembly is disposed in the sliding sleeve and connected to a valve stem. The valve stem passes through the sliding sleeve and is sleeved with a sliding shell, and the sliding shell is disposed in the first chute and provided with a rack and an electric power-assisted mechanism which is connected to the valve stem. The top of the valve body is penetrated by a first rotating shaft which is orderly sleeved with a fifth gear, a rotary table and a third spring from top to bottom. The fifth gear is meshed with the rack. The rotary table is connected to the fifth gear through a centrifugal locking mechanism. The third spring is connected to the rotary table and the valve body respectively.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for manufacturing a metal gate of a PMOS, comprising: step 1, forming a P-type work function metal layer; step 2, depositing an N-type work function metal layer by means of a PVD process, wherein over a bottom surface of a gate trench, the N-type work function metal layer has a hill profile; step 3, forming a first top barrier metal sublayer by means of a conformal growth process, wherein the first top barrier metal sublayer completely fills a sharp corner area of the N-type work function metal layer at a corner of the gate trench; step 4, growing a second top barrier metal sublayer by means of a PVD bombardment process; step 5, forming a third top barrier metal sublayer and a fourth top barrier metal sublayer; and step 6, forming a metal conductive material layer.

Abstract: Techniques for implementing a “sticky” user ID are described. A system receives first input audio data and determines first speech processing results therefrom. The system also determines a first user ID of a user that spoke an utterance represented in the first input audio data and associates the first user ID with a device, which originated the first input audio data, for a predetermined length of time. The system determines first output data responsive to the first speech processing data and causes the device to present first output content corresponding thereto. The system then receives second input audio data and determines second speech processing results therefrom. The system also determines a time of receipt of the second input audio data is within the predetermined length of time. Based at least in part thereon, the system determined second output data responsive to the second speech processing data using the first user ID.

Abstract: The present application provides a grinding control method, a grinding control apparatus and a storage medium, and is applied in the field of semiconductor manufacturing processes. The method includes: acquiring a target resistance value of a metal film of a grinding object set by a user, determining a target output value of an eddy current sensor according to the target resistance value, acquiring an output value of the eddy current sensor in real time, and stopping a grinding task when the output value reaches the target output value.

Abstract: The present application discloses a copper filled recess structure, which comprises a recess formed in a first dielectric layer; a block layer is formed on the bottom surface and side surfaces of the recess; a cobalt layer and a ruthenium layer are formed on the surface of the block layer; a copper layer completely fills the recess; a supportive nucleation film layer of the copper layer is formed by superposing the cobalt layer and the ruthenium layer. The present application further discloses a method for making a copper filled recess structure. Since the copper layer in the present application does not contain a copper seed layer and completely consists of the electrochemically-plated copper film, the ability of filling copper in the recess can be improved, and it is especially suitable for use as a copper connection and a via at a process node of less than 14 nm.

Abstract: A method and apparatus include a terminal device receiving a first message from a server that hosts a service available to the terminal device. The first message includes information about at least one attribute relating to a changeability of that at least one attribute having been changed. The terminal device sends a second message to the server in response to the first message that includes information identifying the information about the at least one attribute of the first message. The terminal device receives a third message from the server that includes information indicating a changeability setting for each of the at least one attribute identified in the first message. The terminal device updates how a user interface for the service is to be displayed so the user interface is displayed with attributes relating to the service being indicated as changeable or unchangeable in accordance with the third message.

Abstract: Described are techniques for tracking associations between known keys and internal keys related to user data received at a natural language processing system and shared with target systems. The system can receive a request to delete data associated with a user or device, and determine one or more known keys related to the request. The system can retrieve previously stored associations between known keys and internal keys, and use the associations to generate a delete command containing relevant internal keys to be sent to the target systems, which in turn can delete data associated with the internal keys.