Abstract: A method includes tagging source PDK devices (SPDs) in a source-circuit design (SCD); generating a source design simulation database (SDSD) based on source design key performance indicator (KPI) simulation data of the SPDs in the SCD; generating a target process design kit (PDK) simulation database (TPSD) based on target design KPI simulation data of a plurality of target-PDK devices (TPDs); creating a matching table based on the SDSD and the TPSD; matching, based on the matching table, one or more TPDs from the TPSD with each SPD in the SDSD based on SPD KPIs; ranking the one or more TPDs matched from the TPSD with each SPD in the SDSD based on the SPD KPIs; and exchanging, based on a migration mapping table that includes a one-to-one relationship for TPDs to the SPDs in the SCD, one or more SPDs in the SCD with one-to-one relational TPDs.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for activating antenna groups at a user equipment (UE) for communications with a base station. The UE may receive an indication of at least one active antenna group for communications with the base station, and the UE may map one or more layers of an uplink message to the at least one active antenna group. The UE may then transmit the one or more layers of the uplink message using the at least one active antenna group based on the mapping. In some cases, the UE may transmit a capability report to the base station indicating one or more antennas in each antenna group in a set of antenna groups at the UE, and the base station may activate the at least one active antenna group from the set of antenna groups.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a circuit board, a chip on film, a display apparatus and a bonding method. The circuit board has a plurality of bonding regions for bonding with a chip on film, each bonding region includes: a plurality of first pins extending along a first direction and sequentially arranged along a second direction; and at least one first alignment mark group on an arrangement path along which the plurality of first pins are arranged and configured to be aligned with a second alignment mark group of the chip on film in a buckled way, so that the plurality of first pins are bonded and attached to second pins of the chip on film in one-to-one correspondence.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes attaching an integrated circuit die to a first substrate. A dummy die is formed. The dummy die is attached to the first substrate adjacent the integrated circuit die. An encapsulant is formed over the first substrate and surrounding the dummy die and the integrated circuit die. The encapsulant, the dummy die and the integrated circuit die are planarized, a topmost surface of the encapsulant being substantially level with a topmost surface of the dummy die and a topmost surface of the integrated circuit die. An interior portion of the dummy die is removed. A remaining portion of the dummy die forms an annular structure.

Abstract: Embodiments of present invention provide a linear-drive pluggable optics (LPO) transceiver. The LPO transceiver includes a receiver path, which includes a receiver optical subassembly (ROSA) converting an input optical signal into an ingress electrical signal; and a linear transimpedance amplifier (TIA) with adjustable frequency transfer function (AFTF), the ingress electrical signal passing through the linear TIA to a host. The LPO transceiver also includes a transmitter path, which includes a linear driver with AFTF receiving an egress electrical signal from the host; and a transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) converting the egress electrical signal from the linear driver to an output optical signal. A method of operating the LPO transceiver is also included.

Abstract: A method includes forming a transistor layer; forming a first metallization layer, including: forming first conductors, aligned along alpha tracks, and representing input pins of a cell region including first and second input pins; and cutting lengths of the first and second input pins to accommodate at most two access points, each aligned to a different one of first to fourth beta tracks, the beta tracks to which are aligned the access points of the first input pin being different than the beta tracks to which are aligned the access points of the second input pin; and forming a second metallization layer, including: forming second conductors representing routing segments and a representing a power grid segment aligned with one of the beta tracks of access points of the first input pin or the access points of the second input pin.

Abstract: A developing cartridge includes a casing configured to accommodate developer and having a first side and a second side oppositely arranged in a first direction, and a third side and a fourth side oppositely arranged in the second direction, the first direction and the second direction being intersected with each other. The developing cartridge further includes a developing roller, positioned at the third side, for rotating around a first axis extending in the first direction; a coupling, positioned at the first side, for receiving driving-force output from an image forming device to rotate; a driving surface, inclined to the first direction, including a first driving surface and a second driving surface; a detected part, at least partially positioned at the second side, for moving according to rotation of the coupling.

Abstract: Provided are griseofulvin 4 position etherified derivatives and their application thereof. The chemical structures of the griseofulvin 4 position etherified derivatives are drawn in a formula I below. The application of these derivatives includes using the griseofulvin 4 position etherified derivatives as preventive or direct antifungal agents against phytopathogenic fungi.

Abstract: A method of characterizing a wide-bandgap semiconductor material is provided. A substrate is provided, which includes a layer stack of a conductive material layer, a dielectric material layer, and a wide-bandgap semiconductor material layer. A mercury probe is disposed on a top surface of the wide-bandgap semiconductor material layer. Alternating-current (AC) capacitance of the layer stack is determined as a function of a variable direct-current (DC) bias voltage across the conductive material layer and the wide-bandgap semiconductor material layer. A material property of the wide-bandgap semiconductor material layer is extracted from a profile of the AC capacitance as a function of the DC bias voltage.

Abstract: An image processing method, where a target area and a background area are determined in an image by performing mask segmentation on the image. Different color processing modes are applied to the target area and the background area, such that luminance of the target area is greater than luminance of the background area, or chrominance of the target area is greater than chrominance of the background area, and a main object corresponding to the target area is more prominently highlighted. This enables a terminal user to have a movie special effect during photographing or video photographing, and improves photographing experience of the user. In addition, the present disclosure further provides a flicker elimination method, such that a color change of video content is smoother and more natural.

Abstract: A method having a semiconductor substrate received and a first dielectric layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate. A trench is formed in the first dielectric layer. The trench is filled to form a conductive layer in the first dielectric layer. The conductive layer is segmented to form a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature separated from each other by a recess. The recess is filled with a second dielectric layer, such that one or both of the conductive features are end-capped by a portion of the first dielectric layer and a portion of the second dielectric layer.

Abstract: A control method of a display panel and a display device are provided. In the method, at least one binding-point grayscale value is obtained at first; an initial-state control parameter, an initial-state brightness parameter, and a reference brightness parameter of a to-be-regulated region are determined according to each of the binding-point grayscale value; and a relative compensation brightness parameter of the binding-point grayscale value is determined according to the initial-state control parameter, the initial-state brightness parameter, and the reference brightness parameter of the binding-point grayscale value when a ratio of the initial-state brightness parameter to the reference brightness parameter is not within a preset range.

Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a source/drain region formed in a semiconductor substrate, a source/drain contact structure formed over the source/drain region, and a gate electrode layer formed adjacent to the source/drain contact structure. The semiconductor device structure also includes a first spacer and a second spacer laterally and successively arranged from the sidewall of the gate electrode layer to the sidewall of the source/drain contact structure. The semiconductor device structure further includes a silicide region formed in the source/drain region. The top width of the silicide region is greater than the bottom width of the source/drain contact structure and less than the top width of the source/drain region.

Abstract: A cleaning system and method can include a cleaning device including a soaking tank configured to accommodate cleaner; and a filtering device configured to filter a first substance being a mixture of the cleaner and mask residue in the soaking tank. The filtering device includes a sucking apparatus including an sucking port for sucking the first substance; a spraying apparatus, including a spraying port oriented a region that the sucking port is capable of sucking in a bottom of the soaking tank, the spraying port being configured to spray liquid or gas to flush the bottom of the soaking tank; and a filtering apparatus connected to the sucking apparatus to receive and filter the first substance sucked by the sucking port.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. In some systems, a base station may transmit subband uplink precoding information to a user equipment (UE). The base station may transmit a first control message to the UE to indicate a set of downlink resources for a downlink message associated with the subband uplink precoding information for the UE. The base station may transmit a second control message to the UE to indicate a set of uplink resources for an uplink message. The base station may transmit the downlink message to the UE via the set of downlink resources indicated by the first control message. The downlink message, the second control message, or both may include the subband uplink precoding information for the UE. The UE may transmit an uplink message to the base station via the set of uplink resources using the subband uplink precoding information.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for receiving, by a first user equipment (UE), a message comprising at least one of: reference signal information (RS-info) relating to one or more reference signals (RSs) corresponding to line-of-sight (LoS) signals targeting a receiver other than the first UE, and/or data-decoding information relating to data scheduled for purposes of on-going communication with a second UE, and not scheduled for purposes of on-going communication with the first UE. The disclosure also relates to systems and methods for monitoring for at least one of: encoded signals based on the data-decoding information, and/or for one or more RSs based on the RS-info. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.

Abstract: The present disclosure is a three-way U-Net method for accurately segmenting an uncertain boundary of a retinal blood vessel, includes: describing an uncertainty of a blood vessel boundary label, constructing an upper bound and a lower bound of the uncertain boundary based on the dilation operator and the erosion operator respectively to obtain a maximum value and a minimum value for the blood vessel boundary, and mapping the boundary with uncertain information into one range; combining an uncertainty representation of the boundary with a loss function, and designing a three-way loss function; training network parameters by adopting a stochastic gradient descent algorithm and utilizing a total loss of the three-way loss function; and designing and implements an auxiliary diagnosis application system for intelligently segmenting the retinal blood vessel with functions of the fundus data acquisition, the intelligent accurate segmentation and the auxiliary diagnosis for the retinal blood vessel.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first gate stack structure over a substrate, a source/drain epitaxial layer, a lightly doped region, and a silicide region. The source/drain epitaxial layer is disposed in the substrate and adjacent to the first gate stack structure. The lightly doped region is located in the substrate to be electrically connected to the source/drain epitaxial layer. The lightly doped region includes a first portion protrudes from a sidewall of the source/drain epitaxial layer. The silicide region is in contact with a top surface and sidewalls of a top portion of the source/drain epitaxial layer and a top surface of the first portion of the lightly doped region. The top portion of the source/drain epitaxial layer is higher than the top surface of the first portion of the lightly doped region.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a thermoplastic composite solid propellant, which comprises, by mass: 5-16% of a thermoplastic elastomer having a bonding function; 5-25% of a plasticizer; 5-18% of a metal fuel; 50-70% of an oxidizing agent; and 0.4-5% of a functional auxiliary agent. In the thermoplastic composite solid propellant, a thermoplastic elastomer grafted or copolymerized with a bonding functional group is used as an adhesive, and an adhesive matrix and a solid filler have relatively strong interaction, such that an interfacial effect is enhanced, and the phenomenon of “dehumidification” in the tensile failure process can be slowed down. Further disclosed is a method for preparing the thermoplastic composite solid propellant. The method overcomes defects in the prior art, safely and efficiently prepares the thermoplastic composite solid propellant in an acoustic resonance mixing manner, and meets the requirements of a solid engine for rapid charging.

Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit structure includes forming a first source/drain contact plug over and electrically coupling to a source/drain region of a transistor, forming a first dielectric hard mask overlapping a gate stack, recessing the first source/drain contact plug to form a first recess, forming a second dielectric hard mask in the first recess, recessing an inter-layer dielectric layer to form a second recess, and forming a third dielectric hard mask in the second recess. The third dielectric hard mask contacts both the first dielectric hard mask and the second dielectric hard mask.