Abstract: A connect structure for semiconductor processing equipment includes a housing configured to mate a deformable pipe with a non-deformable pipe. The housing includes a first annular sidewall to receive the deformable pipe and a second annular sidewall defining a first thread structure. An annular bead is connected to the first annular sidewall to flexibly deform the deformable pipe toward the non-deformable pipe structure when the first thread structure rotatably engages a second thread structure of the non-deformable pipe.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a vertical memory structure with air gaps. The method includes providing a substrate; forming an impurity layer at an upper portion of the substrate; forming a semiconductor stack including a lower semiconductor pattern structure filling a recess on the substrate and protruding from an upper surface of the substrate in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate; forming a plurality of gate electrodes surrounding a sidewall of the semiconductor stack, the plurality of gate electrodes being at a plurality of levels, respectively, so as to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction; and forming a plurality of air gap structures disposed at outer sides of the plurality of gate electrodes respectively.

Abstract: An electronic modulating device is provided. The electronic modulating device includes a first modulating unit. The first modulating unit includes a first transistor including a channel arranged in an extending direction. The first modulating unit also includes a first modulating electrode electrically connected to the first transistor and arranged in a first longitudinal direction. The electronic modulating device also includes a second modulating unit. The second modulating unit includes a second transistor including a channel arranged in the extending direction. The second modulating unit also includes a second modulating electrode electrically connected to the second transistor and arranged in a second longitudinal direction that is different from the first longitudinal direction. The first included angle between the extending direction and the first longitudinal direction is different from a second included angle between the extending direction and the second longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A package includes a substrate, a first light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit, a light-transmitting layer, and a light-absorbing layer. The substrate has a first surface and an upper conductive layer on the first surface. The first light-emitting unit and the second light-emitting unit are disposed on the upper conductive layer. The first light-emitting unit has a first light-emitting surface and a first side wall. The second light-emitting unit has a second light-emitting surface and a second side wall. The light-transmitting layer is disposed on the first surface and covers the upper conductive layer, the first light-emitting unit, and the second light-emitting unit. The light-absorbing layer is disposed between the substrate and the light-transmitting layer, covers the upper conductive layer, the first side wall, and the second side wall, and exposes the first light-emitting surface and the second light-emitting surface.

Abstract: A flexible electronic assembly includes an electronic component, a flexible substrate and a supporting layer. The flexible substrate includes a first surface coupled to the electronic component and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The supporting layer is coupled to the second surface, and the supporting layer includes a plurality of protrusions. In a plan view of the flexible electronic assembly, one of the plurality of protrusions includes at least a rounded corner.

Abstract: An energy storage system includes at least one heterogeneous pressure media and interactive actuation module (“module”), a liquid source, a pump, a converter, a first pipeline, and a second pipeline. The module includes a first container storing an initial gas and a second container storing an initial liquid. The liquid source stores a working liquid. The pump regulates the working liquid from the liquid source into the module. The initial liquid is driven by the working liquid to continuously compress the initial gas so that the first container stores a first pressure energy, and the initial gas is continuously expanded to drive the initial liquid to convert the first pressure energy into a second pressure energy. The second pressure energy through the first pipe drives the converter to generate an electrical energy, and the working liquid after driving the converter is returned to the liquid source through the second pipeline.

Abstract: A bonding tool includes a gas supply line that may extend directly between valves associated with one or more gas supply tanks and a processing chamber such that gas supply line is uninterrupted without any intervening valves or other types of structures that might otherwise cause a pressure buildup in the gas supply line between the processing chamber and the valves associated with the one or more gas supply tanks. The pressure in the gas supply line may be maintained at or near the pressure in the processing chamber so that gas provided to the processing chamber through the gas supply line does not cause a pressure imbalance in the processing chamber, which might otherwise cause early or premature contact between semiconductor substrates that are to be bonded in the processing chamber.

Abstract: A foldable electronic device has a foldable region and includes a supporting film including a recess portion in the foldable region, a flexible substrate disposed on the supporting film, a control unit disposed under the supporting film, and a biometric sensing structure electrically connected to the control unit.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel having a display surface that includes a first region and a second region. The display panel outputs a first light in the first region and a second light in the second region. The first light has a first normal brightness in a first orthogonal direction and a first oblique brightness in a first inclined direction. The second light has a second normal brightness in a second orthogonal direction and a second oblique brightness in a second inclined direction. The included angles between the orthogonal directions and the corresponding inclined directions are acute angles. A ratio of a difference between the first normal brightness and the second normal brightness to the first normal brightness is less than a ratio of a difference between the first oblique brightness and the second oblique brightness to the first oblique brightness is defined as a second ratio.

Abstract: A flexible device includes a first layer including a plurality of first patterns and a second layer including a plurality of second patterns. Two adjacent ones of the plurality of first patterns have a first pitch. The second layer overlaps with the first layer. Two adjacent ones of the plurality of second patterns have a second pitch. The plurality of first patterns comprise gate lines, and the plurality of second patterns comprise conductive lines, wherein a ratio of the first pitch to the second pitch is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 200. One of the plurality of first patterns has a first width, one of the plurality of second patterns has a second width, and a ratio of the first width to the first pitch is less than a ratio of the second width to the second pitch.

Abstract: A flexible electronic device is disclosed by this disclosure. The flexible electronic device includes a supporting layer, a flexible layer, a medium layer, and electronic elements. The flexible layer is disposed on the supporting layer, and the flexible layer includes at least two main portions and a deformable portion connecting the two main portions. The medium layer is disposed between the supporting layer and the flexible layer, and the medium layer includes a first portion located under the deformable portion and a second portion located under one of the two main portions. The electronic elements are disposed on the two main portions, and a thickness of the first portion is less than a thickness of the second portion.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided, including a panel and a supporting sheet. The panel includes a foldable region with a folding axis. The supporting sheet is disposed under the panel, and includes a foldable portion and a first non-foldable portion. The foldable portion is overlapped with the foldable region. The first non-foldable portion is connected to the foldable portion, and includes a first part and a second part. The first part is located between the second part and the foldable portion. The first part has a first via, and the first part protrudes more in a first direction parallel to the folding axis with respect to the second part.

Abstract: A touch panel and a touch panel operation method are disposed. The touch panel includes a flexible element and a controller. The flexible element includes a plurality of sensing electrodes. In a stacked state, a first portion of the flexible element overlaps a second portion of the flexible element. The controller for receiving an active touch signal from the plurality of sensing electrodes in the second portion of the flexible element and a non-active touch signal from the plurality of the sensing electrodes in the first portion of the flexible element. In the stacked state, the controller allows the active touch signal subject to a subsequent process.

Abstract: This application is directed to audio purification. An audio purification method, a computer system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided. The audio purification method includes: obtaining image data corresponding to a sequence of image frames that focus on lip movement of a person; obtaining audio data that is synchronous with the lip movement in the sequence of image frames; and modifying the audio data using the image data.

Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting a patient response to various agents and/or combinations of agents using ex vivo dosing and imaging are disclosed. In one example, a method of determining treatment efficacy includes analyzing a solid cell culture over time, e.g., first and second responses to a solid cell culture to respective treatments may be compared to determine a treatment efficacy of each treatment. Systems and methods for applying the treatments to the cell culture and analyzing the cell culture and efficacy are disclosed.

Abstract: An image processing system and a processing method of video stream are provided. The first image is obtained according to a parameter. The deformation correction procedure is performed on the first image, and the second image is generated. The identification detection procedure is performed on the second image, and a detected result is generated. Control information is generated according to the detected result. The parameter is adjusted according to the control information, and a third image is generated. The second image and the third image are output. Therefore, the subsequent application could be enhanced through the dual image outputs.

Abstract: A computer processing system is provided for enhancing video-based language learning. The system includes a video server for storing videos that use one or more languages to be learned. The system further includes a video metadata database for storing translations of sentences uttered in the videos, character profiles of characters appearing in the videos, and mappings between the sentences and a learner profile. The system also includes a learner profile database for storing learner profiles. The system additionally includes a semantic analyzer and matching engine for finding, for at least a given video and a given learner, alternative sentences for and responsive to the translations of the sentences uttered in the given video that conflict with a respective learner profile for the given learner. The computer processing system further includes a presentation system for playing back the given video and providing the alternative sentences to the given learner.

Abstract: A display device is provided, which includes a first substrate, a first display structure, a second display structure, a first optical film, a second optical film, a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer. The first and second display structures are disposed on the first substrate. The first display structure is disposed between the first substrate and the first optical film. The second display structure is disposed between the first substrate and the second optical film. The first and second optical films are separated. The first adhesive layer is disposed between the first display structure and first optical film. The second adhesive layer is disposed between the second display structure and second optical film. The first and second display structures are different from each other and are selected from a liquid-crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode display, an inorganic light-emitting diode display or a laser display.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a plurality of first images including at least a mouth-related portion of a human uttering a voice, wherein each first image has depth information; obtaining a noisy spectrogram including a first representation of the voice of the human; extracting a plurality of visual features using the first images, wherein one of the visual features is obtained using the depth information of a second image of the first images; extracting a plurality of audio features using the noisy spectrogram; determining a first spectrogram using the visual features and the audio features; subtracting the first spectrogram from the noisy spectrogram, to obtain a purified representation of the voice of the human; and outputting, by an I/O-related outputting device, a response using the purified representation of the voice of the human.

Abstract: A reconfigurable processor comprises an array of processing units and an instrumentation network. The array of processing units is configured to execute runtime events to execute an application. The instrumentation network is operatively coupled to the array of processing units. The instrumentation network comprises a control bus configured to form control signal routes in the instrumentation network. The instrumentation network further comprises a plurality of instrumentation counters having inputs and outputs connected to the control bus and to the processing units. Instrumentation counters in the plurality instrumentation units are configurable to consume control signals on the inputs and produce counts of the runtime events on the outputs.