Abstract: A method of manufacturing a chip assembly comprises joining an in-process unit to a printed circuit board; reflowing a bonding material disposed between and electrically connecting the in-process unit with the printed circuit board, the bonding material having a first reflow temperature; and then joining a heat distribution device to the plurality of semiconductor chips using a thermal interface material (“TIM”) having a second reflow temperature that is lower than the first reflow temperature. The in-process unit further comprises a substrate having an active surface, a passive surface, and contacts exposed at the active surface; an interposer electrically connected to the substrate; a plurality of semiconductor chips overlying the substrate and electrically connected to the substrate through the interposer, and a stiffener overlying the substrate and having an aperture extending therethrough, the plurality of semiconductor chips being positioned within the aperture.

Abstract: A privacy calculation unit includes a first calculation subunit, a storage subunit, and a communication subunit. The first calculation subunit includes circuitry to calculate first domain conversion ciphertexts sequentially. The storage subunit is configured to store the calculated first domain conversion ciphertexts received from the first calculation subunit. The first domain conversion ciphertext is an intermediate ciphertext when first to-be-converted data is converted from a first privacy-preserving computation domain to a second privacy-preserving computation domain.

Abstract: A multi-layer display module includes a first display panel, and a second display panel. Dimension of long side of the first display panel is D1, and the first display panel has first pixel resolution P1. The second display panel is located on one side of the first display panel and overlapped with the first display panel. There is a space d between the first display panel and the second display panel. Dimension of the long side of the second display panel is D2, and the second display panel has the second pixel resolution P2. Transmittance of the second display panel is T2. The multi-layer display module complies with T2>40%, P1?P2, and D ? 2 * T ? 2 ? d ? D ? 2 ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" P ? 1 - P ? 2 ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" * P ? 2 .

Abstract: A value associated with a number of accesses of a word line and a length of said accesses may be stored on said word line. A timer may provide a periodic signal that increments a counter to update the value. The updated value may then be written back to the word line. In some examples, a memory device including the word lines may have a specification that prevents the word line from closing prior to writing the updated value to the word line.

Abstract: According to examples, an energy harvesting component for an optical device having an illumination source emitting unused light is described. The apparatus may include a light source to generate and transmit display light comprising at least one beam of light and an illumination source component to receive the at least one beam of light and to diffract the at least one beam of light in a first direction and an opposing direction. The apparatus may further include and an energy harvesting component to receive and absorb the at least one beam of light diffracted in an opposing direction and to convert the at least one beam of light diffracted in an opposing direction into electrical energy.

Abstract: A driving method and a driving circuit for a display panel, and a display device. In the driving method, a binding-point voltage is first detected and a voltage difference between the binding-point voltage and a common-electrode voltage is obtained through a calculation. In case that the voltage difference between the binding-point voltage and the common-electrode voltage is smaller than a preset voltage difference, an existence of a problem of bright and dark lines on the display panel is indicated, the data voltage waveform has a ramp-up, and a charging rate of a blue pixel or a green pixel is insufficient, in this case, the binding-point voltage, i.e., a charging voltage of the red pixel is boosted to reduce a charging loss during a ramp-up process, and to increase the charging rate, so that the bright and dark lines of the display panel can be improved, thereby improving the display effect.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a power control device, which comprises a bleeder circuit forming a first discharging path and an aux low-voltage (LV) power supply unit forming a second discharging path. The bleeder circuit is connected with a voltage-regulating capacitor stably maintaining the high-voltage (HV) level from a HV battery. The aux LV power supply unit is connected with the bleeder circuit and the voltage-regulating capacitor in parallel. The aux LV power supply unit provides an aux LV level to the driver, when the power system operates abnormally, the HV level is discharged through the first and second discharging path and/or a third discharging path formed by a driver and a motor.

Abstract: A drive circuit, a display device, and a debugging method. The drive circuit is coupled to a display panel, the display panel includes a plurality of display regions, and the drive circuit includes a plurality of compensation sub-circuits. The plurality of compensation sub-circuits are coupled to the plurality of display regions in a one-to-one corresponding manner through traces, and each of the compensation sub-circuits is configured to output a voltage determined based on a wire resistance of the trace to the corresponding display region through the traces. The display panel is configured as a plurality of display regions, and each display region is coupled to one drive circuit through one single trace, such that the compensation sub-circuits can apply different voltages to the display regions, and the voltages are determined based on wire resistances of the traces.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for topography simulation of a physical structure under a topography-changing process. The method includes initializing a voxel mesh as a three-dimensional (3D) representation of the physical structure, generating a batch of particles, simulating a flight path of one of the particles with a ray-tracing method by a parallel processing thread in a hardware accelerator, identifying a surface normal of a voxel unit in the voxel mesh that intersects the flight path by the parallel processing thread, determining a surface reaction between the one of the particles and the voxel unit by a central processing unit (CPU), and updating the voxel mesh based on the determining of the surface reaction.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide for a spatial chat view within a messaging platform. First, the system displays, for a number of participants within a messaging session, a user interface consisting of: a virtual background; one or more spatialized avatars representing the participants overlaid on the virtual background; and a message composing component. The system displays, adjacent to each of a subset of the spatialized avatars, one or more chat bubbles corresponding to messages sent by one or more of the participants represented by the subset of the spatialized avatars. Concurrently or subsequently, the system determines an availability status for each of the plurality of participants, and then displays, within or adjacent to each of the spatialized avatars, a visual indicator of the availability status of the participant represented by the spatialized avatar.

Abstract: A method includes steps of: based on training sets of gastrointestinal images, using a predetermined machine learning algorithm to obtain a preliminary model; feeding preliminary validation sets of gastrointestinal images into the preliminary model to obtain estimation results; based on the estimation results, selecting, from the preliminary validation sets of gastrointestinal images, a series of successive images as a selected validation set of gastrointestinal images; based on the selected validation set of gastrointestinal images, tuning parameters of the preliminary model to result in a speed-determining model for determining a moving speed of an endoscope camera.

Abstract: Composite particles comprising a hydrophobic dye and an amphiphilic block copolymer encapsulating the dye are disclosed. The dye exhibits absorbance peaks at one or more points in the ultraviolet, visible, or infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The particles are thus useful in optical applications, such as the preparation of contact lenses that screen out harmful radiation. In select embodiments, the dye is Zinc (II) 5, 10, 15, 20-(tetraphenyl) porphyrin and the copolymer is an acrylate or PEO copolymer that has been crosslinked.

Abstract: The invention relates to synthetic liver-specific promoters and expression constructs for producing polypeptides and functional nucleic acids in the liver of a subject. The invention further relates to Factor VIII proteins containing modifications in the amino acid sequence of the Factor VIII protein, as well as nucleic acid constructs encoding the Factor VIII proteins and methods of using these compositions to treat a bleeding disorder.

Abstract: A N-heterocyclic five-membered ring-containing capsid protein assembly inhibitor, and a pharmaceutical composition and use thereof, specifically relating to a compound as represented by formula I, a stereoisomer, a tautomer, a geometrical isomer, a solvate, an active metabolite, a hydrate, a prodrug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition thereof, and a medical use thereof. The medical use comprises the use in treating diseases benefiting from the capsid protein assembly inhibitor, and in particular, diseases caused by hepatitis B virus infection.

Abstract: A method includes removing a dummy gate stack to form a first trench between gate spacers, forming a replacement gate stack in the first trench, recessing the replacement gate stack to form a second trench between the gate spacers, selectively depositing a conductive capping layer in the second trench, forming a dielectric hard mask in the second trench and over the conductive capping layer, and etching the dielectric hard mask using an etching gas to form an opening in the dielectric hard mask. The replacement gate stack is revealed to the opening. The conductive capping layer is more resistant to the etching gas than the replacement gate stack. The method further comprises forming a gate contact plug over and contacting the conductive capping layer.

Abstract: A method and a device for removing afterimage, and a display panel. The method includes the image displayed on the display panel is first monitored to determine a target area of the image, and the target area is an area where a color does not change in the image; the background color in the target area is determined; the pixel data in the target area is traversed to determine a block in an image displayed in the target area; and finally, the target pixel in the block based on the background color is determined, and the color of the target pixel is switched according to a preset time interval.

Abstract: A phase shifter is provided, which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of first ring-shaped electrodes and a plurality of second ring-shaped electrodes. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed opposite to each other. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The plurality of first ring-shaped electrodes are disposed sequentially and in interval on a side of the first substrate close to the liquid crystal layer. The plurality of second ring-shaped electrodes are disposed sequentially and in interval on a side of the second substrate close to the liquid crystal layer. A plurality of vertical projections, projected by the plurality of first ring-shaped electrodes to the second substrate, and at least partially overlapped with the plurality of second ring-shaped electrodes, respectively.