Abstract: Active noise cancellation method is provided, including: when the headset is in an ANC working mode, obtaining a first group of filtering parameters, and performing noise cancellation by using the first group of filtering parameters. The first group of filtering parameters is one of N1 groups of filtering parameters prestored in the headset. The N1 groups of filtering parameters are respectively used to perform noise cancellation on ambient sound in N1 leakage states. The N1 leakage states are formed by the headset and N1 different ear canal environments. In a current wearing state of the headset, for same ambient noise, noise cancellation effect obtained when the first group of filtering parameters is applied to the headset is better than noise cancellation effect obtained when another filtering parameter in the N1 groups of filtering parameters is applied to the headset. N1 is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

Abstract: A method for making a metallogenic series map of mineral deposits is disclosed. The method includes making a list of mineral varieties and mineral producing areas, determining typical mineral deposits, making a geotectonic map, determining a mineral deposit model by combining the typical mineral deposits and metallogenic geotectonic background conditions, compiling a synthem-stratum-magma-mineralization histogram, obtaining regional metallogenetic regularities, selecting a geographic layer as a base map, and making the metallogenic series map of mineral deposits on the basis of the base map according to the regional metallogenetic regularities. The metallogenic series map of mineral deposits of the present disclosure is a regional metallogenetic map which not only reflects the mineral variety, scale, type and epoch of mineral deposits in different geotectonic environments but also reflects the relationship between mineral deposits and mineral deposit combinations to form a “five-in-one” legend.

Abstract: A method for multiple copies of a set of multi-kernel set operations in a hardware accelerated neural network includes a word line for receiving a pixel value of an input image. A bit line communicates a modified pixel value. An analog memory cell including a first capacitor stores a first kernel weight of a first kernel in one of a plurality of kernel sets such that the pixel value is operated on by the first kernel weight to produce the modified pixel value. A charge connection connects the first capacitor to at least a second capacitor storing a second kernel weight of a related kernel of a second one of the plurality of kernel sets such that charge is shared between the first capacitor and at least the second capacitor to normalize the first kernel weight and the second kernel weight.

Abstract: Methods and systems of implementing a convolutional neural network are described. In an example, a structure may receive input signals and distribute the input signals to a plurality of unit cells. The structure may include a plurality of multi-kernel modules that may include a respective set of unit cells. A unit cell may correspond to an element of a kernel being implemented in the convolutional neural network and may include a storage component configured to store a weight of a corresponding element of the kernel. A first pass gate of the unit cell may be activated to pass a stored weight of the unit cell to a plurality of operation circuits in the corresponding unit cell, such that the stored weight may be applied to the input signals. The structure may generate a set of outputs based on the application of the stored weights to the input signals.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a refrigeration compartment, a drawer located inside the refrigeration compartment, and a lid adapted to open or close the drawer. The refrigeration compartment includes: a support module, mounted on an inner side wall of the refrigeration compartment, where the support module includes an elastic member; and a motor module, including a motor, a cam, and a connection portion connected to the lid and the cam. The motor drives the cam to generate a first rotation to push the connection portion to move upward, to cause the lid to compress upward the elastic member, so that the lid ascends to a first position. The motor further drives the cam to generate a second rotation to push the connection portion to move downward, to cause the connection portion and the elastic member to push downward the lid, so that the lid descends to a second position.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a drawer in a refrigeration compartment including a support on a wall of the compartment, and a work slot oblique to a lid. The lid opens or closes the drawer and includes a protruding portion on an upper surface and a motion member on a side edge of the lid moving in the work slot. A motor module includes a cam and a motor driving the cam in first rotation, to push the protruding portion to drive the motion member to move obliquely upward along the work slot, so the lid ascends to a first position, and driving the cam in second rotation opposite the first to cause the lid to drive the motion member under gravity obliquely downward along the work slot, so the lid descends to a second position lower than the first in automatically adjustment. A method for lid adjustment is also provided.

Abstract: This application discloses a method for reducing an occlusion effect of an earphone, and a related apparatus. The method is applied to an earphone having at least one microphone and a speaker. The method includes: detecting occurrence of at least one of the following events: a user speaks and the user is in a motion state; and triggering at least one of the following operations in response to the at least one event: processing the user's sound signal based on the at least one microphone to suppress an occlusion effect of the earphone, and playing an audio by using the speaker, to mask a sound signal in the user's auditory canal. Embodiments of this application can reduce or even eliminate the earphone occlusion effect, to improve user experience.

Abstract: In an approach for forming a nonvolatile tunable capacitor device, a first electrode layer is formed distally opposed from a second electrode layer, the first electrode layer configured to make a first electrical connection and the second electrode layer configured to make a second electrical connection. A dielectric layer is posited between the first electrode layer and adjacent to the second electrode layer. A phase change material (PCM) layer is posited between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer adjacent to the dielectric layer. An energizing component is provided to heat the PCM layer to change a phase of the PCM layer. The energizing component may include a heating element or electrical probe in direct contact with the PCM layer, that when energized is configured to apply heat to the PCM layer. The phase of the PCM layer is changeable between an amorphous phase and a crystalline phase.

Abstract: An electronic circuit includes a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines intersecting said plurality of word lines at a plurality of grid points; and a plurality of in-memory processing cells located at said plurality of grid points. Each of said in-memory processing cells includes a first switch having a first terminal coupled to a corresponding one of said word lines and a second terminal; a second switch having a first terminal coupled to said second terminal of said first switch and a second terminal coupled to a corresponding one of said bit lines; and a non-volatile tunable capacitor having one electrode coupled to said second terminal of said first switch and said first terminal of said switch, and having another electrode coupled to ground.

Abstract: Technical solutions are described for storing weight in a crosspoint device of a resistive processing unit (RPU) array. An example system includes a crosspoint array, wherein each array node represents a connection between neurons of the neural network, and wherein each node stores a weight assigned to the node. The crosspoint array includes a crosspoint device at each node. The crosspoint device includes a counter that has multiple single bit counters, and states of the counters represent the weight to be stored at the crosspoint device. Further, the crosspoint device includes a resistor device that has multiple resistive circuits, and each resistive circuit is associated with a respective counter from the counters. The resistive circuits are activated or deactivated according to a state of the associated counter, and an electrical conductance of the resistor device is adjusted based at least in part on the resistive circuits that are activated.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a noise cancellation apparatus and method. The noise cancellation apparatus includes a main control unit and a noise cancellation processing circuit. The main control unit determines a noise cancellation parameter based on a noise cancellation level index or a feature value for determining a matching degree between a headset and an ear canal of a user. The noise cancellation processing unit obtains an inverse phase noise of an ambient noise based on the noise cancellation parameter. After the inverse phase noise is mixed with a played downlink audio signal, the ambient noise can be canceled. In addition, because the noise cancellation parameter is determined from a preset noise cancellation parameter library based on the received or autonomously determined noise cancellation level index, instead of being uniformly configured, a noise cancellation level can be flexibly adjusted, thereby improving a noise cancellation effect and user experience.

Abstract: A device for advanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal in sewage treatment includes a pre-denitrification zone, an anaerobic zone, an anoxic zone, an aerobic zone, a sedimentation zone, a biological filtration zone, and a clear water zone, where a sludge return system is provided between the pre-denitrification zone and the sedimentation zone; a nitrification liquid return system is provided between the anoxic zone and the aerobic zone; a filler layer is provided in the biological filtration zone, and the filler layer divides a cavity in the biological filtration zone to form an upper water inlet cavity and a lower water outlet cavity; a backwash aeration pipe is provided in the water outlet cavity, and a backwash water outlet is formed in the water inlet cavity; and the backwash water outlet is connected to a sludge concentration and storage tank or the pre-denitrification zone.

Abstract: Technical solutions are described for storing weight in a crosspoint device of a resistive processing unit (RPU) array. An example method includes setting a state of each single bit counter from a set of single bit counters in the crosspoint device, the states of the single bit counters representing the weight to be stored at the crosspoint device. The method further includes adjusting electrical conductance of a resistor device of the crosspoint device. The resistor device includes a set of resistive circuits, each resistive circuit associated with a respective single bit counter from the set of single bit counters, the electrical conductance adjusted by activating or deactivating each resistive circuit according to a state of the associated single bit counter.

Abstract: A method and resulting structures for a semiconductor device includes forming a source terminal of a semiconductor fin on a substrate. An energy barrier is formed on a surface of the source terminal. A channel is formed on a surface of the energy barrier, and a drain terminal is formed on a surface of the channel. The drain terminal and the channel are recessed on either sides of the channel, and the energy barrier is etched in recesses formed by the recessing. The source terminal is recessed using timed etching to remove a portion of the source terminal in the recesses formed by etching the energy barrier. A first bottom spacer is formed on a surface of the source terminal and a sidewall of the semiconductor fin, and a gate stack is formed on the surface of the first bottom spacer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a capacitor based resistive processing unit with symmetrical weight updating include a first capacitor that stores a charge corresponding to a weight value. A readout circuit reads the charge stored in the first capacitor to apply a weight to an input value corresponding to an input signal using the weight value to produce an output. An update circuit updates the weight value stored in the first capacitor, including a second capacitor in communication with the first capacitor to transfer an amount of charge to the first capacitor according to an error of the output by changing a voltage difference across the first capacitor by a voltage change corresponding to the amount of charge, the voltage difference corresponding to the charge stored in the first capacitor.

Abstract: A method and resulting structures for a semiconductor device includes forming a source terminal of a semiconductor fin on a substrate. An energy barrier is formed on a surface of the source terminal. A channel is formed on a surface of the energy barrier, and a drain terminal is formed on a surface of the channel. The drain terminal and the channel are recessed on either sides of the channel, and the energy barrier is etched in recesses formed by the recessing. The source terminal is recessed using timed etching to remove a portion of the source terminal in the recesses formed by etching the energy barrier. A first bottom spacer is formed on a surface of the source terminal and a sidewall of the semiconductor fin, and a gate stack is formed on the surface of the first bottom spacer.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dynamic true triaxial electromagnetic Hopkinson bar system, including a central cubic box, a horizontal cruciform support platform, and a central support platform, wherein the central cubic box is disposed in the center of the upper surface of the central support platform; the central cubic box and the horizontal cruciform support platform form an orthogonal coordinate system for precisely positioning and centering the dynamic true triaxial electromagnetic Hopkinson bar system; the confining-pressure loading systems, electromagnetic pulse generators, circular bulges, square bars, and self-lubricating square bar fixation and support frames in the directions X, Y, and Z are respectively symmetrically arranged by taking the central cubic box as a symmetric center; and the systems in the directions X, Y, and Z together construct the dynamic true triaxial electromagnetic Hopkinson bar system.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dynamic true triaxial electromagnetic Hopkinson bar system and testing method, the method including: firstly, before applying a static prestress and an impact load, recording and storing complete ultrasonic signals in the directions X, Y, and Z without application of the static prestress and the impact load; secondly, applying the static prestress; thirdly, recording and storing complete ultrasonic signals in the directions X, Y, and Z under the static prestress; fourthly, applying the impact load, and utilizing an triaxial and six-directional synchronous-coordinated-control electromagnetic loading system to apply a dynamic impact load to a test specimen; and fifthly, after completing the dynamic impact loading test, recording and storing once again complete ultrasonic signals in the directions X, Y, and Z without releasing the static prestress after application of the static prestress and the dynamic impact load.

Abstract: A CMOS-based resistive processing unit (RPU) for a neural network. The RPU includes a capacitor device configured to store a charge representing a weight value associated with a neural network circuit operation. A current source Field Effect Transistor (FET) device is operatively connected to the capacitor device for increasing a charge on the capacitor. A current sink FET device operatively connected to the capacitor device is configured for decreasing the stored capacitor charge. An analog weight update circuit receives one or more update signals generated in conjunction with the neural network circuit operation, the analog weight update circuit controlling the current source FET device and the current sink FET device to provide either a determined amount of current to increase the stored charge on the capacitor device, or sink a determined amount of current to decrease the stored charge on the capacitor device.

Abstract: A CMOS-based resistive processing unit (RPU) and method for a neural network. The RPU includes a capacitor device configured to store a charge representing a weight value associated with a neural network circuit operation. A current source Field Effect Transistor (FET) device is operatively connected to the capacitor device for increasing a charge on the capacitor. A current sink FET device operatively connected to the capacitor device is configured for decreasing the stored capacitor charge. An analog weight update circuit receives one or more update signals generated in conjunction with the neural network circuit operation, the analog weight update circuit controlling the current source FET device and the current sink FET device to provide either a determined amount of current to increase the stored charge on the capacitor device, or sink a determined amount of current to decrease the stored charge on the capacitor device.