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US10965833B2	Connection system, image processing apparatus, and communication method A connection system includes a terminal device and an image processing apparatus. The terminal device includes a first controller, a first communicator, and a first display. The image processing apparatus includes a second controller, a second communicator, and a second display. The first controller of the terminal device causes the first display to display information of the terminal device when the terminal device is connected to the image processing apparatus through the first communicator. The second controller of the image processing apparatus causes the second display to display the information of the terminal device when the terminal device is connected to the image processing apparatus through the second communicator.
US10965829B2	Image forming apparatus having restricted USB socket An image forming apparatus is provided with USB sockets on front and back sides, and includes a determining unit for determining whether or not a USB device inserted to a front side USB socket is a function enhancement device, and a control unit making, when it is determined by the determining unit that a function enhancement device is inserted to the front side USB socket, the USB device unusable and making, when it is determined that a USB device other than the function enhancement device is inserted, the USB device usable. Thus, it is possible to prevent a USB wireless LAN adapter or the like from being used constantly connected to the front side USB socket and thereby to reduce possibility of USB wireless LAN adapter of being damaged or removed.
US10965828B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a signal output unit configured to output a signal in response to a user operation; a reading unit configured to read a document and generate image data having a first resolution or a second resolution lower than the first resolution; a recording unit configured to form an image on a recording medium; and a controller configured to control the reading unit and the recording unit and execute: (a) primary preparation operation start processing of, when a signal is output, controlling the reading unit so as to start a first preparation operation or a second preparation operation; (b) determination processing of determining; (c) secondary preparation operation start processing and/or reading processing; (d) decision processing of deciding the continuous number of recording copies; and (e) recording processing of causing the recording unit to form the image on the recording medium.
US10965824B2	Methods and systems for print jobs transfer via an external storage device System(s) and method(s) for transferring print jobs from a multi-function device to an external storage device are described. The method includes detecting the external storage device by the multi-function device when the external storage device is connected to the multi-function device. The method further includes determining if there is a print job of a user in a print queue of the multi-function device and displaying an option to transfer the print job to the external storage device based on the determination. The method includes receiving an input from the user, the input is indicative of a selection of the option to transfer the print job. Also, the method includes automatically creating a pre-defined folder in the external storage device based on receiving the input and transferring the print job of the user from the print queue of the multi-function device to the pre-defined folder of the external storage device.
US10965819B2	Telecom information processing system and method thereof The disclosed telecom information processing system and method thereof allows a telecommunications provider to enable its business and organisational customers to view, report on and analyse the expenses that have been billed (historical invoicing periods) or will be billed (real-time outstanding invoicing period) to the customer for their usage of telecommunications services (typically call charges and/or data charges and/or other charges) as agreed in their contractual arrangements, by directly ingesting call data records (CDRs) and data usage records from the network and calculating the correct invoicing based on records held in the software invention, defining those contractual arrangements.
US10965817B1	System for automatic text messaging A system and method of automatically sending text messages that supplement the content of an ongoing voice telephonic phone call. The automatic text messages include content sent to a calling party during and after the telephonic phone call. The system and method automatically send text messages to the telephone number utilized by a person who places a telephone call to another person or business. The telephone number dialed by the calling party is identified as the source of the automatic text message received by the calling party during the voice telephonic call. The content of the text message received by the calling party is relevant to the purpose of the ongoing telephonic phone call. The automatic text messaging system creates a 24/7 direct method of communication between businesses and customers, and vice versa, and between any parties to communications, without anyone entering a telephone number into a texting system.
US10965815B2	Information processing apparatus and information processing method Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes an acquisition unit and a generation control unit. The acquisition unit acquires input information including at least one of an image or audio of a first user. The generation control unit controls, on the basis of request information including a request to output information including at least one of an image or audio and the acquired input information, generation of output information related to the first user to be output by a terminal of a second user who is a communication partner of the first user.
US10965814B2	Systems and methods to parse message for providing alert at device In one aspect, a device includes a processor and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to parse content of a message and determine, based on the parsing of content of the message, whether to provide a notification using the device. The instructions are also executable by the processor to provide the notification responsive to a determination, based on the parsing of content of the message, to provide the notification using the device.
US10965812B1	Analysis and classification of unstructured computer text for generation of a recommended conversation topic flow Methods and apparatuses are described for generating a recommended conversation topic flow. A server executes a topic modelling algorithm on voice call transcripts to determine a distribution of topics present in the transcripts. The server generates a historical topic flow for each transcript by determining topic-related words in text blocks in the transcript and assigning a score to each text block. The server categorizes each topic flow as positive or negative based upon outcomes associated with the transcript. The server trains a classification model using the categorized topic flows as input. The server captures a bitstream corresponding to a current voice call and converts the bitstream into unstructured text. The server executes the classification model on the unstructured text to determine whether a call topic flow is positive or negative. The server generates topic recommendations and transmits the recommendations to a second client device.
US10965810B1	Methods and systems for multiple channel authentication Methods and systems for multiple channel authentication are described. In one embodiment, a request for an interaction is initiated from within a mobile application. The request may include authentication information and contextual information relating to a current exchange between the mobile application and an organization. The user may be authenticated with the authentication information and the request may be routed to a representative based on the contextual information to continue the exchange.
US10965798B2	Touchscreen and terminal device with touchscreen A touchscreen includes a touch drive electrode, a touch sensing electrode, a touch drive circuit, a gate drive circuit, a touch drive electrode lead, and a liquid crystal panel. The touch drive electrode extends along a first direction. The touch drive circuit is disposed in a non-display area of the touchscreen, and an extension direction of the touch drive circuit is parallel to an extension direction of the touch drive electrode. The extension direction of the touch drive circuit is the same as the extension direction of the touch drive electrode. Each touch drive electrode is connected to the touch drive circuit using a touch drive electrode lead. The touch drive electrode lead is disposed in an area in which a gate drive circuit is located. The touch drive electrode lead and the gate drive circuit are disposed in an overlapping manner and are isolated from each other.
US10965797B2	Terminal A terminal is provided, in accordance with the embodiments of the present disclosure. The terminal includes a support, a display panel, a camera module and a sensor module. The display panel is opposite to the support. The camera module and the sensor module are disposed on the support. The display panel defines at least one recess. The sensor module and the camera module are disposed adjacently for determining a distance between the terminal and an external object.
US10965790B2	Mobile communication device for providing network access from a first network to a second network A method provides for a first networking node in a first network access to a second network by a mobile communication device including the steps: by a first gateway in the first network, extracting payload data and header information from a first data packet originating from the first networking node and addressed to a second networking node in the second network, and sending the extracted payload and header information as payload of a second data packet to the mobile communication device; and, by the mobile communication device, receiving the second data packet, retrieving therefrom the extracted payload and header information, and sending the extracted payload and header information as payload of a third data packet to the second gateway; and, by the second gateway, receiving the third data packet, retrieving therefrom the first data packet and forwarding the first data packet further to the second networking node.
US10965789B2	Method and system for updating a whitelist at a network node A method and a system for updating a first whitelist at a network node. The network node receives data packets from an Internet of Things (IoT) device and determines a predetermined identifier for the IoT device. The network node then determines whether the predetermined identifier is in the first whitelist. When the predetermined identifier is not in the first whitelist, the network node starts a first time period. When the predetermined identified is on the first whitelist, the network node determines whether the data packets are received within the first time period. When the data packets are received within the first time period, the network node identifies destination addresses of the data packets and updates the first whitelist based on the destination addresses and the predetermined identifier. The updated first whitelist is stored in non-transitory computer readable storage medium in the network node.
US10965780B2	Browser navigation for facilitating data access An apparatus for decoding and rendering or otherwise processing, manipulating, or outputting a variety of digital data is provided. The apparatus may include a browser engine configured to receive first encoded digital data. The apparatus may include a browser extension configured to intercept the first encoded digital data transmitted in response to a first request from the browser engine. The browser extension may be configured to intercept a first decoder written in a platform-independent syntax for decoding at least a portion of the first encoded digital data. The browser extension may be configured to point the browser engine to one or more local storage locations of the first encoded digital data and the first decoder.
US10965768B2	Automatic browser inactivity detection method and apparatus Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in controlling external programs executed by a browser application. The disclosed systems and methods provide systems and methods for automatically identifying an external program in a document definition used in rendering a document display in a user interface of the browser application. In response to detecting inactivity in connection with the document display, the disclosed systems and methods generate a first modified document definition, by modifying the document definition, to suspend execution of the external program in a first modified document display based on the first modified document definition. In response to activity in connection with the first modified document display, the disclosed systems and methods generate a second document definition, by modifying the first document definition, to restore execution of the external program in a second modified document display based on the second modified document definition.
US10965765B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus to monitor mobile internet activity Systems, methods, and apparatus to monitor mobile Internet activity are disclosed. An example system includes at least one processor, and memory including instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to in response to obtaining first panelist demographic information associated with a first panelist and second panelist demographic information associated with a second panelist, assign a first port of a proxy server to a first mobile device associated with the first panelist and a second port of the proxy server to a second mobile device associated with the second panelist, the first port different from the second port, transmit configuration information to the first mobile device to instruct the first mobile device to transmit requests for media including a first request to the first port, and in response to obtaining the first request at the first port, store an association between the first panelist demographic information and the media.
US10965764B2	Information processing system and information processing method [Object] To provide an information processing system and an information processing method capable of grasping propagation of acts in a society. [Solution] An information processing system including: a communication unit configured to acquire act information indicating occurrence of a first act from a first user to a second user; an accumulation unit configured to accumulate at least a user who has performed the act, a user influenced by the act, and a type of the act in units of acts in order of occurrence of the acts; and a control unit configured to, when a second act determined to have influenced the first act is found from among acts that are accumulated in the accumulation unit and from which the first user has received influence in past, perform control to record the first act and the second act in association with each other in the accumulation unit.
US10965759B2	System and method of internet of things (IoT) Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for automatically provisioning at least one new IoT device to at least one IoT gateway via a wireless network, comprising: dynamically receiving at least one new device model of at least one new IoT device at an onboarding server. Upon successfully connecting with the at least one IoT gateway, the onboarding server dynamically pushes the at least one new device model to the IoT gateway. Subsequently, when a new first IoT device tries to connect with the at least one IoT gateway, the IoT gateway processes the received registration request to identify a device model associated with the first IoT device, and thereafter provisions a connection with the first IoT device.
US10965757B2	Vehicle wireless local area networks In some examples, a vehicle includes a plurality of network controllers, a WI-FI wireless local area network (WLAN) over which at least a first network controller and a second network controller of the plurality of network controllers are to communicate, wherein a link between the first network controller and the second network controller through the WI-FI WLAN is a synchronized link.
US10965755B2	Communication system and method A communication system for a train having a lead locomotive power group and at least one remote locomotive power group, the system including: a lead locomotive computer in communication with a first and second lead communication device and programmed to: generate a command message; transmit or cause the transmission of the command message from the first lead communication device in a predetermined time slot; and transmit or cause the transmission of the command message from the second lead communication device in a different predetermined time slot; and at least one remote locomotive computer in communication with at least one remote communication device and programmed to directly or indirectly receive the command message from the first lead communication device and/or the second lead communication device. A communication method for a train is also disclosed.
US10965753B2	Interconnect delivery process A method for enforcing data integrity in an RDMA data storage system includes flushing data write requests to a data storage device before sending an acknowledgment that the data write requests have been executed. An RDMA data storage system includes a node configured to flush data write requests to a data storage device before sending an acknowledgment that a data write request has been executed.
US10965752B1	Live migration of clusters in containerized environments The technology provides for live migration from a first cluster to a second cluster. For instance, when requests to one or more cluster control planes are received, a predetermined fraction of the received requests may be allocated to a control plane of the second cluster, while a remaining fraction of the received requests may be allocated to a control plane of the first cluster. The predetermined fraction of requests are handled using the control plane of the second cluster. While handling the predetermined fraction of requests, it is detected whether there are failures in the second cluster. Based on not detecting failures in the second cluster, the predetermined fraction of requests allocated to the control plane of the second cluster may be increased in predetermined stages until all requests are allocated to the control plane of the second cluster.
US10965745B2	Method and system for providing remote access to a state of an application program Methods for providing remote access to an application executing on a remote server. A client computer includes a client remote access program that is used to connect to a server remote access program. At the client computer, a client difference program having encoded data indicative of changes to the application since changes were last received from the server computer is generated and transmitted to the server remote access program. At the server computer, the client difference program is executed to update the application and a server difference program is generated having encoded changes to the application since the changes were last received from the client computer. The server difference program is transmitted to the client computer to update the application.
US10965743B2	Synchronized annotations in fixed digital documents Techniques are described for receiving annotations in a fixed digital document on a first computing device and streaming them to multiple other computing devices that are connected to the first computing device using a peer-to-peer network. For example, a session may be established between the first computing device and a plurality of the other computing devices. Annotations may be received at the first computing device and streamed to the multiple other computing devices using the peer-to-peer network. For example, the annotations may include highlighting text in the fixed digital document, or electronic ink annotations made at a given location within the fixed digital document. These annotations may be streamed to the other computing devices in real-time, or at regular intervals, without requiring a cloud connection and without the need to save, close, and/or reopen the fixed digital document for the annotations to be received by the other computing devices.
US10965739B2	Time-based congestion discounting for I/O fairness control Computer system and method for managing storage requests in a distributed storage system uses congestion signals associated with storage requests, which are generated based on congestion at local storage of the computer system that supports a virtual storage area network. The storage requests are differentiated between a first class of storage requests and at least one other class of storage requests. For a storage request of the first class of storage requests, an actual ratio of a current average bandwidth of the first class of storage requests to a current average bandwidth of a second class of storage requests is calculated and compared with an expected ratio. The congestion signal associated with the storage request is then adjusted and transmitted to at least one source of storage requests for storage request fairness control.
US10965738B2	Correlating and load balancing IMS traffic in a visibility network Techniques for correlating and load balancing IMS traffic in a visibility network are provided. According to one set of embodiments, a packet broker of the visibility network can receive IMS traffic replicated from an IMS core network and identify control/data packets in the IMS traffic that are part of the same IMS session based on FROM and TO user identities included in the packets. The packet broker can then generate a unique session identifier for the IMS session and add the generated session identifier to the packets. In certain embodiments, the packet broker can further provide the generated session identifier as input to a load balancing algorithm or rule set. The load balancing algorithm or rule set can output an egress port of the packet broker through which the control/data packets should be forwarded based on the session identifier.
US10965737B1	Cloud computing in communications service provider networks Techniques for reducing latency between resources of a cloud provider network and end user devices are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a cloud provider network including a first control plane service to manage customer compute instances hosted on resources of the cloud provider network. The system further includes a first provider substrate extension of the cloud provider network connected to a first communications service provider network. The first provider substrate extension includes a first computer system having capacity for executing customer compute instances, is controlled at least in part by the first control plane service via a connection through at least a portion of the first communications service provider network, executes at least a first customer compute instance using the first computer system, wherein the first customer compute instance communicates with a first mobile computer system connected via the first communications service provider network.
US10965735B2	Methods and systems for facilitating information and expertise distribution via a communications network Disclosed herein are methods and systems for facilitating information and expertise distribution via a communication network. A method at a first computing device may include receiving a request for information from a second computing device, determining at least one third computing device based on an analysis of the request for information, communicating the request for information to the determined at least one third computing device, receiving a response corresponding to the request for information from the determined at least one third computing device, adjusting a credit level of a user associated with the determined at least one third computing device based on the received response, and communicating the response to the second computing device. The credit level of the user may indicate one or more credits earned by the user.
US10965733B2	Efficient, automated distributed-search methods and systems The current document is directed to efficient, distributed-search methods and subsystems within distributed computer systems, including computer systems distributed over multiple sets of geographically distributed data centers, each comprising multiple discrete computer systems, such as multi-processor servers. In one implementation, the distributed-search methods and subsystems are implemented locally within participating entities as well as within one or more distributed-search engines. Each search is directed, by a participant, to identify attribute-associated entities within, provided by, connected to, or otherwise accessible to a distributed computing system having attribute values specified or indicated by the search query. Certain attribute values are continuously collected and centrally stored by the one or more centralized distributed-search engines while other attribute values are obtained through information requests distributed among participating entities.
US10965730B2	Central infoservices platform A method which facilitates the offering and subscription to infoservices and sending of information to subscribers based on web feeds is disclosed. In an embodiment of the invention only a link is placed on a website allowing any visitor/readers to subscribe to receive newly published content of that website, without the owner of that website having to take any additional steps to offer this infoservice. Subscribers can choose which messages they want to receive, for example only messages which are linked to certain tags or contain certain keywords, and how they should be delivered, for example by email, mobile, news page or web feed. The central infoservices platform additionally allows publishers of the infoservice's underlying web feed to prove ownership of the infoservice's underlying website or web feed, and providing publishers access to the collected information about subscribers of the infoservice.
US10965729B2	Live streaming of media for low-latency applications such as live casino gaming applications The present disclosure generally relates to streaming of media and, more specifically, to live streaming of media. The present disclosure relates, in particular, to live streaming of media for low-latency applications such as gaming applications (e.g., live casino gaming applications). The disclosure, among other things, describes a method of live streaming of media for low-latency applications, wherein the media streams are broadcasted (220) from a first device (e.g., a Media Streaming Provider Server System (140)) to one or several second devices (e.g., user game devices (110) for use in a live casino gaming application) over a WebRTC data channel.
US10965727B2	Methods and apparatus for premises content distribution Apparatus and methods for transfer and management of protected content in a network. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises server and renderer devices including, for example, consumer premise equipment (CPE) having a content handler application adapted to run thereon. The content handler directs requests for content, directs searches of a device's storage, and directs transfers of content into the device as well as within the device. The content handler may, in another embodiment, be adapted to include a scheduler entity which maintains a schedule of upcoming content, and is adapted to maintain and manage requests for the upcoming content by reserving tuner resources. The content handler may be further adapted to implement authentication and authorization procedures.
US10965726B2	Delivering content in multiple formats Content may be received at an edge location in one format, but delivered to a terminal on an access network in another format. The received content may be transcoded at the edge location. The transcoded content may be stored, or immediately delivered. The transcoded content may be fragmented prior to storage. Multiple copies of the transcoded content may be maintained in multiple formats. These formats may be aligned with one another such that delivery of the content can include delivering portions of the content in one format and other portions of the content in another format.
US10965725B1	Conference session access using reachability information for distributed clusters of media nodes A conference system includes a controller and clusters of media nodes. Each media node performs media packet processing operations and connects with other media nodes and client devices. The controller sends to a client device contact information for candidate clusters. The controller receives from the client device a measure of reachability to each candidate cluster as determined by the client device using the contact information. The controller receives from the client device a request to join a communication session. Responsive to the request, the controller determines a best cluster among the candidate clusters to which the client should connect for the communication session based on the measures of reachability to the candidate clusters, and selects a media node in the best cluster. The controller sends to the client device contact information for the media node to enable the client device to connect to the media node for the communication session.
US10965724B2	Communication solution Disclosed is a method for establishing a communication session. The method includes: establishing a chat session between a first terminal device and a second terminal device, determining if both the first terminal device and the second terminal device support a specific communication technology, forwarding an invitation to initiate communication over the specific communication technology, in response to a detection that the invitation is accepted requesting from a communication server an initiation of a communication channel implemented with the specific communication technology, and in response to an establishment of the communication channel implemented with the specific communication technology establishing the communication session for communicating at least over the specific communication technology. Also disclosed is a chat server, a computer program product and a system.
US10965716B2	Hostname validation and policy evasion prevention A request to establish a session with a first server is received from a client device. The first server is associated with a first hostname, and the request includes information identifying a second hostname purported to correspond to the first server. A Domain Name System (DNS) lookup using the second hostname is performed. A determination that the second hostname was spoofed by the client device is determined based on a response to the DNS lookup. In response to the determination being made that the request received from the client device includes the spoofed second hostname, a determination that the client device has injected or overridden at least one of an HTTP Host header and a Server Name Indicator in the request is made, and an action to take with respect to the client device is determined.
US10965712B2	Domain specific language for defending against a threat-actor and adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures The present disclosure describes defending against an attack execution operation. According to one aspect of the subject matter described in this disclosure, a method for generating a domain-specific language (DSL) file is disclosed. The method may comprise determining, a framework based on an attack repository, determining a first primitive based on the framework, and determining a second primitive based on the framework. In one implementation, the first primitive and the second primitive are fundamental structures or constructs within a DSL. The method further comprises combining the first primitive and the second primitive into a DSL file. In one implementation, the DSL file is executed to defend against a first attack execution operation executed by a threat-actor.
US10965709B2	Domain-specific language simulant for simulating a threat-actor and adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures The present describes simulating a threat-actor executing an attack execution operation. According to one aspect of the subject matter described in this disclosure, a method for generating a domain-specific language (DSL) simulant is disclosed. The method may comprise determining, a framework based on an attack repository, determining a first primitive based on the framework, and determining a second primitive based on the framework. In one implementation, the first primitive and the second primitive are fundamental structures or constructs within a DSL. The method further comprises combining the first primitive and the second primitive into a DSL simulant. In one implementation, the DSL simulant is executed to simulate a threat-actor executing an attack execution operation.
US10965701B2	Threat actor identification systems and methods A threat actor identification system that obtains domain data for a set of domains, generates domain clusters, determines whether the domain clusters are associated with threat actors, and presents domain data for the clusters that are associated with threat actors to brand owners that are associated with the threat actors. The clusters may be generated based on similarities in web page content, domain registration information, and/or domain infrastructure information. For each cluster, a clustering engine determines whether the cluster is associated with a threat actor, and for clusters that are associated with threat actors, corresponding domain information is stored for presentation to brand owners to whom the threat actor poses a threat.
US10965694B2	Network security intrusion detection An intrusion detection system that includes a tree builder engine configured to receive HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) data and to convert the HTTP data into a data tree object that links field values from the HTTP data. The system further includes a feature extractor engine configured to identify a field value from the data object tree and to determine a set of feature values for the field value corresponding with input features for the neural network model. The system further includes a neural network engine configured to apply the determined set of feature values to the neural network model to generate an attack vector array. The attack vector array includes flag bits that each correspond with an attack type. the system further includes an intrusion analyzer engine configured to trigger an event in response to determining that at least one flag bit is set.
US10965689B2	Method and device for preventing server from being attacked A page request is received from a browser. A page script corresponding to the page request is allocated from a plurality of page scripts corresponding to the page request. The page script is transmitted to the browser for generation of a script execution parameter by execution of the page script by the browser. A page verification request is received from the browser, where the page verification request includes the script execution parameter. Whether a page verification request is expired is determined, where if the page verification request is expired, generating error prompt information indicating a page expiration. If the page verification request is not expired, whether the script execution parameter is valid, is determined. If the script execution parameter is valid, the validity is indicated, otherwise the page request is rejected.
US10965688B2	Management of transactions in a distributed transaction system Briefly, embodiments disclosed herein relate to managing transactions in a distributed content transaction system.
US10965682B2	Systems and methods for managing electronic transactions using electronic tokens and tokenized devices Systems and methods are provided for managing electronic tokens associated with an account. A system may include a memory storing instructions and account information associated with an account, and a processor configured to executed the stored instructions to: access information associated with one or more electronic tokens associated with the account, wherein the information includes one or more token settings, receive, via a network, information for a transaction request including a first token; analyze the received information to determine whether at least one rule in the one or more token settings is violated, responsive to a determination that at least one rule is violated, transmit an indication that the transaction request is denied, and responsive to a determination that no rules are violated, detokenize the transaction request.
US10965681B2	System and method for dynamically providing communication profiles for mobile devices The mobile device stores a plurality of communication profiles comprising one or more local communication profiles and a global communication profile. The mobile device determines local access requirements for connecting to a local cellular network operator and determines whether the plurality of communication profiles comprises a local communication profile that satisfies the local access requirements. When the plurality of communication profiles does not comprise a local communication profile that satisfies the local access requirements: the mobile device connects to a global cellular network operator using the global communication profile; receives, from the global cellular network operator, a new local communication profile that satisfies the local access requirements and connects to the local cellular network operator using the new local communication profile. Subsequently, the mobile device communicates with another device via the local cellular network operator as if the mobile device was a local mobile device.
US10965680B2	Authority management method and device in distributed environment, and server An authority management method and device in a distributed environment, and a server are provided. The method includes: obtaining usage information of a user when the user uses an object storage product, the usage information including the user's behavior, status and feature; determining a matching degree between the usage information of the user and usage information predicted by a portrait model of the user; and applying a preset early warning mechanism to the user's access authorities according to the matching degree.
US10965677B2	Data leakage and information security using access control A system that includes a first network device in a first network configured to send a file from a plurality of files to a compliance controller in the first network. The compliance controller is configured to determine whether the file satisfies a set of compliance rules and to send the file to the virtual machine in the first network in response to determining that the file satisfies the set of compliance rules. The virtual machine is configured to send the file to a second network device in a second network via a network interface. The network interface is configured to block the first network device from sending the file from the first memory to the second network device in the second network. The network interface is also configured to send the file from the virtual machine to the second network device in the second network.
US10965676B2	Peer authentication by source devices A first request and a first identifier corresponding to an identity of a first source device that initiated the first request is received. At least a second source device is queried to obtain information indicative of whether the first source device is authorized to complete the first request. The second source device is configured to periodically gather and transmit data, over one or more networks, to one or more local processing devices or one or more remote devices for data analysis. The first request is blocked or authorized to proceed based at least in part on whether at least the first source device is authorized to complete the first request.
US10965675B2	Preventing unauthorized access to secure information systems using advanced pre-authentication techniques Aspects of the disclosure relate to preventing unauthorized access to secured information systems using advanced pre-authentication techniques. A computing platform may receive, from a local traffic manager, a first enriched access request associated with a first remote computing device. Then, the computing platform may apply a pre-authentication classification model to the first enriched access request associated with the first remote computing device. Thereafter, the computing platform may determine that the first enriched access request associated with the first remote computing device is likely malicious. Then, the computing platform may generate one or more first pre-authentication response commands directing client portal server infrastructure to process the first enriched access request associated with the first remote computing device as a malicious request. Subsequently, the computing platform may send the one or more first pre-authentication response commands to the client portal server infrastructure.
US10965672B2	Network service control for access to wireless radio networks Concepts and technologies of network service control for remote access to wireless radio networks are provided herein. In an embodiment, a client network can be provided by a network access point that can include a processor that is configured to detect a guest user equipment and determine whether the guest user equipment is a recognized device. In response to determining that the guest user equipment is not a recognized device, the processor can create an identity verification request message that seeks approval from a host device to allow the guest user equipment to access the client network. The processor can provide the identity verification request message to the host device and receive a trigger response message. The processor can create a network access package that provides the guest user equipment with access credentials to access the client network and provide the network access package to the guest user equipment.
US10965671B2	Authenticating a user Computer-implemented methods, software, and computer systems for authenticating a user. Authentication includes presenting on a first user interface a challenge set of cognitive information elements (400) to the user that comprises a cognitive challenge that has a reference solution based on an intersection of the challenge set of cognitive information elements and a secret set of cognitive information elements. Biometric features of the user can be extracted from a response made by the user to the cognitive challenge on a second user interface, and the user can be authenticated if the biometric feature extracted from the response matches a reference biometric feature.
US10965668B2	Systems and methods to authenticate users and/or control access made by users based on enhanced digital identity verification A graphlet is extracted from a relation graph for digital identity verification. The relation graph contains data element nodes collected about access activities, such as user access context, payment instrument, address, device information, etc. The graph can be examined to identify node groups in demarcation areas. Nodes outside of the demarcation areas represent data elements of a user; and the data elements in the demarcation areas may or may not be of the user in general. The system determines a matching score between the nodes outside of the demarcation areas and the nodes in a demarcation area. The nodes in the demarcation area are attributed to the user if the matching score is above a threshold. The nodes attributed to the user are combined as the graphlet showing the data elements of the user and used in user authentication and/or access control via electronic signature.
US10965666B1	Multiple-factor authentication Multiple factor authentication of a user is provided by verifying a first authentication factor for the user. At least one target endpoint device is identified relative to the user. An application program interface (API) is accessed and used to generate a communication request that includes a first portion specifying the target endpoint device and written in a format of an application program interface (API), and a second portion that includes a set of one or more documents written in a programming language that includes call flow commands for call routing logic of a call control server. The call flow commands include commands specifying how to communicate a security code. The communication request is transmitted to the call control server. Input is received from the user. A second authentication factor is verified for the user by comparing the input to the security code.
US10965663B2	Troubleshooting single sign on failure The automatic troubleshooting of failed single sign on attempts via an identity provider to a service provider. When an error message is encountered due to that failed single sign on attempt, that error message is used to automatically identify a root cause of the failure of the single sign on attempt. In some embodiments, a resolution of the failure is also identified, and a tool for the resolution automatically provided to the user. Such failures in single sign on attempts usually are due to improper configuration information being provided to the identity provider. The principles described herein allow a user to test ahead of time whether they have provided proper configuration information to the identity provider, and potentially correct any problems in the single sign on experience in advance, perhaps well in advance of actually needing a resource provided by the service provider.
US10965661B2	Blockchain operating system Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein to execute functionalities of a blockchain operating system. A transactional request for an operating system instruction is received from a user device in a distributed network of nodes. The transactional request is authenticated in the distributed network of nodes based on data associated with the transactional request. A blockchain is then evaluated for one or more scripts associated with the transactional request. In response, the operating system instruction is generated based on the one or more scripts. The operating system instruction is then transferred to the user device in the distributed network or nodes.
US10965659B2	Real-time cookie format validation and notification Provided are techniques for real-time cookie format validation and notification. It is determined that a web page with the real cookie is loaded onto a browser at a client. In response to determining that a control cookie does not exist for the real cookie, a matching cookie pattern for the real cookie is searched for in a cookie patterns database. In response to determining that the matching cookie pattern has been found for the real cookie, the control cookie is created. In response to determining that the matching cookie pattern has not been found for the real cookie, a notification is provided that the real cookie does not have a conforming format.
US10965657B2	Method to authenticate a subscriber in a local network The present invention relates to a method to authenticate a subscriber (IMSIi) within a local network (LNj) comprising preliminary step of deriving a subscriber key (SMKi) in local keys (LKi), one local key (LKiLNj) for each local network (LNj) the subscriber (IMSIi) is authorized to access, provisioning each local network (LNj) the subscriber (IMSIi) is authorized to access with its own local key (LKiLNj). When an authentication is required in a given local network (LNj), an UICC application derives a local key (LKiLNj) in the UICC application of the subscriber (IMSIi) using the network identifier (LNj), the key derivation function (KDF) and the subscriber key (SMKi) and use the derived local key (LKiLNj) in the algorithm to perform local authentication in the local network (LNj).
US10965654B2	Cross-interface correlation of traffic A device may monitor traffic associated with a user equipment (UE) on multiple interfaces of a network. The device may determine an identity associated with the UE or the traffic on the multiple interfaces by correlating identifiers associated with the UE or the traffic across the multiple interfaces. The identity may uniquely identify a subscriber associated with the UE or the traffic. The device may determine a set of elements to be used to decipher the traffic after determining the identity associated with the UE or the traffic. The device may decipher the traffic utilizing the set of elements after determining the set of elements.
US10965652B2	Secure messaging Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method performed by an apparatus. In the method, a message including a plurality of encrypted payload information items is generated. Each of the plurality of encrypted payload information items is decryptable with a respective decryption key of a plurality of decryption keys. The message is to at least one recipient.
US10965646B2	Methods for internet communication security The present disclosure relates to network security software cooperatively configured on plural nodes to authenticate and authorize devices, applications, users, and data protocol in network communications by exchanging nonpublic identification codes, application identifiers, and data type identifiers via pre-established communication pathways and comparing against pre-established values to provide authorized communication and prevent compromised nodes from spreading malware to other nodes.
US10965644B2	Network switch A network switch provides an in-vehicle network, and includes a switch IC having multiple ports and a microcomputer. The switch IC includes: L2 and L3 receivers; first and second memories for storing MAC address and routing tables, respectively; and L2 and L3 processors. The L2 receiver determines whether a destination MAC address in a frame is a network switch address. The L2 processor determines a port corresponding to the destination MAC address based on the MAC address table when the destination MAC address is not the network switch address. The L3 receiver determines whether a transmission source IP address is registered in the routing table when the destination MAC address is the network switch address. The L3 processor determines an output port and another destination MAC address of a forwarding destination based on the routing table and a destination IP address when the transmission source IP address is registered.
US10965635B2	Email chain navigation Technical solutions are described to arbitrarily order and access email messages based on text analysis and social network analysis. One general aspect includes a system that includes an email server and an email client. The email server generates a topic map of email messages stored on the email server. The email server also generates a social map of users with accounts on the email server. The email server receives an email message from a first user, the email message directed to a second user. The email server sends the email message to a third user in response to determining that the email message is relevant to the third user. The present document further describes examples of other aspects such as methods, computer products.
US10965634B2	Electronic communication management Methods, systems, and computer program products for enhancing a plurality of electronic communication systems for a plurality of users include, for example, providing data regarding at least one project, and linking the data regarding the at least one project with the plurality of electronic communication systems regarding the plurality of electronic communications for the plurality of users.
US10965627B2	Automated contact center customer mobile device client infrastructure testing An automated contact center agent mobile device client infrastructure testing system comprising a mobile device command repository is disclosed. The system also has a mobile device control module that retrieves mobile device commands from the repository, receives instructions, data, and parameters for contact center device testing, runs predesignated contact center device test suites on at least one mobile device, receives contact center device test suite result data from mobile devices, and forwards the contact center device test suite result data received from mobile devices to a contact center device test manager system.
US10965626B2	Electronic device and method for scheduling trip for car sharing service An electronic device may include a communication circuit, a touch screen display, and a processor configured to be electrically connected to the communication circuit and the touch screen display wherein the processor provides a chat screen for displaying a chat among a plurality of users including a user of the electronic device and a user of at least one external device using the communication circuit and the touch screen display, obtains a time keyword associated with a pick-up time and a place keyword associated with a pick-up place by analyzing text data displayed on the chat screen, and, when inputs of all of the plurality of users are provided to a confirmation button included in the chat screen, provides a question screen for inquiring whether the plurality of users agree on the pick-up time and the pick-up place.
US10965623B2	Shared and per-user bot group messaging method Methods, apparatuses, and computing systems are provided for bot messaging. In an implementation, a method may include one or more of receiving, by a group messaging service coupled to the internet and a group including one or more user nodes, a message including a message address and a first group identifier, determining that the group includes a bot, the bot including a software application for performing one or more tasks over the internet. The method also includes determining whether the bot is a user bot responsive to one user node in the group or a group bot responsive to each of the one or more user nodes. In response to determining the bot is a group bot, the method also includes identifying that the message address corresponds to the group bot and sending, by the group messaging service, the message to the group bot.
US10965622B2	Method and apparatus for recommending reply message A device for transmitting a reply message is provided. The device includes a communication unit configured to receive a question message from another device, a controller configured to determine a category of the question message, a display unit configured to display a user interface (UI) for selecting data to be included in a reply message to the question message, according to the category, and a user input unit configured to receive a user input of selecting data to be included in the reply message through the UI, wherein the communication unit transmits the reply message including the data to the other device.
US10965618B1	Automatic multi-stage fabric generation for FPGAs Systems and methods to automatically or manually generate various multi-stage pyramid network based fabrics, either partially connected or fully connected, are disclosed by changing different parameters of multi-stage pyramid network including such as number of slices, number of rings, number of stages, number of switches, number of multiplexers, the size of the multiplexers in any switch, connections between stages of rings either between the same numbered stages (same level stages) or different numbered stages, single or multi-drop hop wires, hop wires of different hop lengths, hop wires outgoing to different directions, hop wires incoming from different directions, number of hop wires based on the number and type of inlet and outlet links of large scale sub-integrated circuit blocks. One or more parameters are changed in each iteration so that optimized fabrics are generated, at the end of iterations, to route a given set of benchmarks or designs having a specific connection requirements.
US10965617B2	Radio frequency signal router A RF router for routing n input signals to m destinations, where the router comprises a backplane coupled to a plurality of RF input terminals, a plurality of RF output terminals, a plurality of splitters and a plurality of connectors. The backplane is also coupled to a controller and a plurality of connectors for receiving a plurality of switching matrices. The RF router comprises a plurality of u×v input switch matrices, a plurality of p×q intermediate switch matrices and a plurality of r×s output switch matrices, where at least one of the plurality of u×v input switch matrices, the plurality of p×q intermediate switch matrices and the plurality of r×s output switch matrices are redundant.
US10965616B2	Nonstop computing fabric arrangements Systems and methods for non-stop computing in a virtualization fabric are disclosed. One system includes a computing fabric comprising a plurality of host platforms, the plurality of host platforms including at least a first host platform and a second host platform communicatively connected to the first host platform. The system also includes an interconnect service partitions residing on the first host platform. The system includes a plurality of guest partitions distributed across the plurality of host platforms. The system further includes a DNS server instance managed by at least one of the plurality of interconnect service partitions and defining at least one zone, the at least one zone including one or more partitions from among the plurality of guest partitions distributed across the plurality of host platforms.
US10965613B2	Multi-pipe bandwidth control in hosted systems Techniques are described that allow each host in a multi-host system to throttle its bandwidth between multiple data nodes without the need to coordinate with the other hosts. Specifically, techniques are described in which a limit is applied to the amount of sent-but-not-acknowledged data a given host may have. If the host has reached the limit, the host must wait for acknowledgements before sending more data. In one embodiment, the limit is enforced using a token-based bandwidth control. Embodiments are described in which the limit on sent-but-not-acknowledged data varies dynamically based on system conditions. Specifically, each host may monitor its aggregate latency, and increase the limit when latency is low (indicating low-congestion conditions), and decrease the limit when latency is high (indicating high-congestion conditions).
US10965611B2	Scheduler utilizing normalized leaves of a weighted tree A method for normalizing leaf nodes of a weighted tree for use in a scheduler is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes obtaining a weighted tree structure having a root node and multiple downstream nodes. Each downstream node is assigned a weight value. The method assigns a global maximum number and a global minimum number to the root node. The method derives, from the weight values and the global maximum number and global minimum number, a maximum number and a minimum number for each downstream node. The method further assigns, to each leaf node of the downstream nodes, an absolute weight value that is related to at least one of its maximum number and its minimum number. The method schedules items associated with the leaf nodes based on the absolute weight values associated with the leaf nodes. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US10965609B2	Mapping of service requirements for a virtualized network on a packet flow Certain embodiments relate to a method for assigning, by a resource orchestration entity, resources for a service carried out on a data packet flow in a multilayer network, the method comprising determining software requirements and network requirements necessary for the service wherein the software requirements and network requirements are received by the network resource orchestration entity from an upper layer through a northbound interface; determining a virtual network topology of the network with at least one virtual network entity, the virtual network entity comprising entity computing resources and entity network resources; and assigning the software requirements and the network requirements at least partially to the entity computing resources and the entity network resources.
US10965604B2	Deadlock avoidance in leaf-spine networks Techniques for implementing deadlock avoidance in a leaf-spine network are described. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring traffic of a plurality of packets at a leaf switch in a network having a leaf-spine topology. The method includes marking a packet with an identifier associated with an inbound uplink port of the leaf switch when the packet is received from one of a first spine switch and a second spine switch. The method includes detecting a valley routing condition upon determining that the packet marked with the identifier is being routed to an outbound uplink port of the leaf switch to be transmitted to the first spine switch or the second spine switch. Upon detecting the valley routing condition, the method includes dropping packets associated with a no-drop class of service when a packet buffer of the inbound uplink port reaches a predetermined threshold.
US10965603B2	Bandwidth management A video packet stream is transmitted from a transmitting device to a receiving device over a network, by transmitting an audio packet stream to the receiving device, determining a measure of network bandwidth in dependence on one or more metrics associated with receiving the audio packet stream at the receiving device, and enabling a video packet stream in dependence on the determined measure.
US10965595B1	Automatic determination of initial content difficulty Systems and methods for accelerated stabilization of data packet metadata are disclosed herein. The system can include a memory having a content database and a user profile database. The system can include a user device having a first network interface and a first I/O subsystem. The system can include one or more servers. The one or more servers can: retrieve data packet metadata for a data packet; determine that the data packet metadata is unstable; identify a set of potential recipients of the data packet; select one of the set of potential recipients as the recipient of the data packet; provide the data packet to the recipient of the data packet; receive a response from the recipient to the provided data packet; and automatically update the data packet metadata based on the response received from the recipient.
US10965594B2	Pseudo wire load sharing method and device This application provides a pseudo wire load sharing method and apparatus, applied to a scenario in which a first provider edge PE device is separately connected to at least one second PE device by using at least two PWs. The method comprises receiving, by the first PE device, a data flow from a customer edge CE device, and forwarding the data flow to a PW trunk interface, where the PW trunk interface is associated with at least two active PWs; and performing, by the first PE device, load sharing processing on the data flow, and forwarding the data flow by using the at least two active PWs. This is beneficial to transmission of large data traffic by using the PW.
US10965590B2	Packet processing method and router This application discloses a packet processing method and an LSR. The method includes: receiving, by an Ingress LSR of a first MPLS tunnel, a first notification packet that is based on an IGP, where the first notification packet includes an ELC flag, which is used to indicate that the first Egress LSR has ELC; after learning from the first notification packet that the first Egress LSR has ELC, inserting a label into a first packet, to generate a second packet, where the label forms an MPLS label stack, which includes, from bottom to top, a first EL, a first ELI, and a first TL; and sending the second packet to the first Egress LSR through the first MPLS tunnel. According to the solutions of this invention, a Transit LSR of the first MPLS tunnel may perform load balancing when forwarding the second packet.
US10965587B2	Multipath communication in a network Ways of sending data over a network over a single path or over multiple parallel paths on an as-needed basis depending upon network conditions, and/or other factors, are described. For example, if a computing device detects sufficient jitter and/or latency at one or more network interfaces, the data may be sent over two or more communication paths using two or more network interfaces.
US10965585B2	Method for transmitting path load information and network node This application provides a method for transmitting path load information and a network node. The method includes: obtaining, by the network node, M pieces of path load information; aggregating, by the network node into one load metric based on the M pieces of path load information, load of all shortest paths that are from the network node to the destination node and that pass through M adjacent nodes corresponding to the M pieces of path load information, where the load metric indicates total load of all the shortest paths from the network node to the destination node; and sending, by the network node, information about the load metric to another adjacent node other than the M adjacent nodes of all adjacent nodes of the network node.
US10965584B1	Zero-overhead data initiated AnyCasting A communication node of a multi-node communication network includes a communication interface and a controller. In embodiments, the controller is configured to: receive a data packet from a first additional communication node; determine if the data packet comprises a time-sensitive data packet; determine if a length of the data packet is less than a length threshold; transmit the data packet via a conventional routing procedure to at least one second additional communication node of the multi-node communication network if the data packet comprises a non-time-sensitive data packet or if the length of the data packet is greater than the data packet length threshold; and transmit the data packet via a packet flooding procedure to the at least one second additional communication node if the data packet comprises a time-sensitive data packet and if the length of the data packet is less than the length threshold.
US10965582B2	Methods and apparatus to reflect routes from a remotely located virtual route reflector Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to reflect routes from a virtual route reflector are disclosed. An example method includes requesting, at a virtual route reflector remote from an autonomous system, topology information and external route information from the autonomous system. The external route information identifies a plurality of border routers through which a remote destination can be reached. The example method also includes selecting, using the topology information, a first path from among a plurality of paths emanating from a selected node in the autonomous system, the plurality of paths exiting the autonomous system at respective border routers of the plurality of border routers. The example method further includes advertising, from the virtual route reflector to a client router in the autonomous system, a route to the remote destination, the route including a first border router at which the first path exits the autonomous system.
US10965578B2	Hardware architecture for universal testing system: cable modem test A hardware architecture for a universal testing system used for performing tests on cable modem devices (DUT) is disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a CMTS test harness enables the DUT to respond to test phone calls from the MOCA interface and which test phone calls terminate at the DUT's phone port.
US10965575B2	Systems and methods for lawful interception of electronic information for internet of things A method for providing lawful interception information for an Internet of Things network (IoT Network) is provided. The method is performed by a topology of probes and comprises: receiving, through an interface, a request for information about a lawful interception target, the request including a specification for the information to be tracked and reported; generating a hierarchy of information elements based on the specification; determining a set of data sources for providing the requested information according to the hierarchy of information elements; determining a hierarchy of probes based on the set of the data sources; configuring the topology of probes based on a set of configurations; activating LI operation in the topology of probes; performing LI operation by the topology of probes; verifying effectiveness of reporting conforming to reporting requirements and taking corrective action; and updating learning data in the historical database at the end of LI operation.
US10965573B1	Systems and methods for online user path analysis A computer-implemented method for analyzing a user session within an online environment includes receiving, by a path analysis computer system, usage data related to a user session within an online environment, wherein the usage data includes a plurality of events occurring within the user session, and generating, by the path analysis computer system, a plurality of user paths for the user session based on the usage data, including generating a separate user path beginning with each of the plurality of events. Each of the user paths is generated by selecting one of the plurality of events as a starting event, and arranging the plurality of events subsequent to the starting event in order of occurrence, such that the user path includes the starting event and each of the subsequent events up to and including a final event.
US10965567B2	Image forming apparatus, controlling method of image forming apparatus, and storage medium The present invention aims to prevent degradation of printing performance and also respond to a connection request. To do so, there is provided a controlling method for an image forming apparatus, comprising: determining whether or not a connection destination is a connection destination periodically transmitting a situation inquiry after transmitting data; and controlling to continue connection to the connection destination in a case where it is determined that the connection destination is the connection destination periodically transmitting the situation inquiry, and controlling to disconnect the connection to the connection destination in a case where it is determined that the connection destination is not the connection destination periodically transmitting the situation inquiry.
US10965565B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring bandwidth condition A method and an apparatus for monitoring bandwidth condition are provided. The method includes: determining a monitoring reference period of bandwidth data of a target domain name every preset monitoring interval duration; obtaining bandwidth-data average values of the target domain name in the monitoring reference period during a current statistical cycle and a plurality of historical statistical cycles; determining, according to the bandwidth-data average values and a preset confidence level, a bandwidth dynamic interval corresponding to the monitoring reference period; and monitoring, according to current bandwidth data of the target domain name and the bandwidth dynamic interval, a current bandwidth condition of the target domain name. Using the disclosed method and apparatus is able to detect abnormal bandwidth condition in time, which is conducive to repairing the abnormal condition before the service provider detects the bandwidth anomaly, and thus ensures the overall service quality of the client.
US10965559B1	Automatic creation of related event groups for an IT service monitoring system The operation of an automatic service monitoring system (SMS) is directed by stored control information. Methods and mechanisms are provided to create control information that directs operations of the SMS regarding the grouping together of related notable events for unified display and processing. The control information directs grouping operations that automatically correlate the events without requiring, for example, a set of declarative grouping rules.
US10965556B2	Sampling traffic telemetry for device classification with distributed probabilistic data structures In one embodiment, a network element in a network maintains a probabilistic data structure indicative of devices in the network for which telemetry data is not to be sent to a device classification service. The network element detects a traffic flow sent from a source device to a destination device. The network element determines whether the probabilistic data structure includes entries for both the source and destination devices of the traffic flow. The network element sends flow telemetry data regarding the traffic flow to the device classification service, based on a determination that the probabilistic data structure does not include entries for both the source and destination of the traffic flow.
US10965555B2	Accelerated network traffic sampling using an accelerated line card A method and system of accelerating monitoring of network traffic. The method may include receiving, at a network chip of a network device, a network traffic data unit; capturing, by the network chip, the network traffic data unit based on a traffic sampling rate; adding, by the network chip, a sampling header to the network traffic data unit to obtain a sampled network traffic data unit; sending the sampled network traffic data unit from the network chip to a sampling engine; receiving, from the sampling engine, a flow datagram that includes a network traffic data unit portion and a flow datagram header; generating a flow network data traffic unit that includes the flow datagram; and transmitting the flow network data traffic unit towards a collector.
US10965552B2	Method and apparatus for managing virtualized network function Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and an apparatus for managing a virtualized network function, and relate to the field of virtualization technologies, so as to improve work efficiency and resource usage. The method provided in the embodiments of the present application includes: allocating a resource to and configuring deployment specific parameters for a to-be-instantiated virtualized network function (VNF) to obtain a semi-instantiated VNF; and storing information of the semi-instantiated VNF, where the information of the semi-instantiated VNF includes an identifier of the semi-instantiated VNF, resource information of the semi-instantiated VNF, and deployment specific parameters of the semi-instantiated VNF.
US10965547B1	Methods and systems to manage data objects in a cloud computing environment The present disclosure relates to managing activity taken with respect to cloud-based software services. A platform manages data objects processed by software services and/or those entities that initiate processing events. The platform uses identifiers such as, for example, a persistent identifier (PID) to track processing events. The platform implements rules and/or permissions related to the managed data objects and/or managed entities to determine whether processing events are in compliance. The platform may update database records, send alerts, send data graphs, or provide a real-time stream related to the managed data objects and/or managed entities. In addition, embodiments involve determining whether a PID-associated managed data object has been modified during processing to generate an additional version of the PID-associated managed data object and, if an object version is present, processing the additional version of the PID-associated managed data object to generate an integrated first PID-associated managed data object.
US10965540B2	Balancing distances between nodes on a token ring Nodes on a token ring are rebalanced from an initial condition to a condition in which the load is optimally distributed based on a specified level of balance. Nodes are treated as electrically charged particles for purposes of the simulation and are assigned simulation values based on proportions between the size of the cluster, the computing power of the nodes, and the specified level of balance. A simulation module performs the rebalancing simulation by assigning the specified values to the particles and outputting, for each corresponding node, a token indicating the particle's final position and the position of the node on the token ring. The tokens are input to a redistribution module, which rebalances the cluster based on the generated tokens.
US10965539B2	System and method for distributed testing of end-to-end performance of a server A system and computer-implemented method to test end-to-end performance of a server, wherein the method includes transmitting from a processing device of a remote test system, to at least one monitor device, a proxy-based test for execution by the at least one monitor device to emulate end-user communication using a protocol via one or more networks with a web-based server coupled to the at least one monitor device. The method further includes receiving by the processing device, from the at least one monitor device, responses by the web-based server to the proxy-based test, and performing by the processing device automated web application testing to measure characteristics of communication between the at least one monitor device and the web-based server, the communication including user-emulated messages from the at least one monitor device executing the proxy-based test to the web-based server and corresponding responses from the web-based server.
US10965538B2	Systems and methods of network analysis and characterization Systems and methods for characterizing networks are disclosed. In several embodiments, a network analyzer applies a network analysis to a network that replaces components of the network in a model of the network with equivalent or bounding models. The network analyzer can then characterize the simplified model of the network and an assessment can be made concerning the accuracy of the characterization of the network.
US10965537B2	Self-adjusting data processing system A method and apparatus for self-adjusting networks including internet-of-things (IoT) devices is provided. An exemplary system includes a source discovery system configured to identify if a source sending a message is in a database, and, if not, add the source to the database and rank the source by link metrics of messages received from the source. A sink discovery system is configured to identify if a sink receiving a message is in a database, and, if not, add the sink to the database. The sink discovery system is configured to rank the sink by link metrics of messages responded to by the sink. A dynamic mapping system is configured to create a dynamic map of communications between a source and a sink, and implement a self-healing subsystem to restore a loss of communications between a source and a sink.
US10965534B2	Hierarchical fog nodes for controlling wireless networks A method includes obtaining performance characterization values from endpoints managed by a first fog node at a first hierarchical level in a hierarchy of fog nodes. The method includes changing a first operating characteristic of the wireless network based on the performance characterization values. The first operating characteristic affects the operation of one or more of the endpoints. The method includes transmitting a portion of the performance characterization values to a second fog node at a second hierarchical level in the hierarchy of fog nodes. The method includes changing a second operating characteristic of the wireless network based on an instruction from the second fog node. The second operating characteristic affects the operation of the first fog node and/or other fog nodes at the first hierarchical level. Changing one or more of the first operating characteristic and the second operating characteristic satisfies an operating threshold for the wireless network.
US10965533B1	Dynamic clustering of network nodes for mobile communications Provided are systems and methods for segmenting and grouping a plurality of network nodes into one or more clusters. Content may be delivered from a transmitting user node to a receiving user node based on which cluster the receiving user node resides. The grouping of the clusters may be dynamically updated in real-time based on user activity data. Such user activity data may be collected from both a transmitting user node (e.g., server) and a receiving user node (e.g., user device) to map the delivery of a relevant communication. Advantageously, a transmitting user may deliver content to other relevant users and a receiving user may receive content from other relevant users.
US10965530B2	Multi-stage network discovery In a multi-stage network discovery system, a target device is identified by a logical address and associated with a configuration item (CI) record stored in a configuration management database (CMDB). A receiver module receives first probe data from a first probe running against the target device, the first probe data comprising constant attribute data of the target device, stores at least part of the first probe data in a first part of the CI record, receives subsequent probe data from at least one subsequent probe against the target device using the logical address, the subsequent probe data comprising the constant attribute data of the target device, determines that the constant attribute data from the subsequent probe matches the constant attribute data from the CI record, and in response to the determination, stores the subsequent data obtained from the second probe in a second part of the CI record.
US10965529B2	Platform for vehicle cooperation and coordination of services A control platform generates commands for coordinating use of network resources between a plurality of vehicles within a geographic region. In an embodiment, game-theoretical modelling is employed to determine allocation of resources in a manner that provides an optimal solution for a given allocation strategy. This model may reward controllers of vehicles that comply with a coordination policy while penalizing controllers of vehicles that defect from compliance.
US10965526B2	System and method for automatic transport connection of a network element Systems and methods are provided for configuring a Network Element (NE) to transport data within a network. A system configured accordingly may include a Transport Automation Tool (TAT) which can initiate, at a server on a network, a communication channel with a NE on the network. The TAT can determine or receive a network plan providing information about a circuit to be initiated or decommissioned on the network. The network plan may include a first port on the NE which is to be connected via a cross-connect (or disconnected) to a second port on the NE. The TAT can then establish or remove, using the communication channel, the cross-connect on the NE such that the NE is added to or removed from a circuit design utilizing the NE as a transport NE within the circuit.
US10965523B1	Virtual network element provisioning A provisioning system receives network element information from a wireless communication network that characterizes a virtual network element. The provisioning system determines that the virtual network element is active and that a provisioning data link is not operational between the virtual network element and the provisioning system. The provisioning system determines a network address for the virtual network element. The provisioning system exchanges network signaling with the virtual network element using the network address to establish the provisioning data link. The provisioning system transfers provisioning data to the virtual network element over the provisioning data link.
US10965521B2	Honeypot asset cloning Approaches provide for a management component to manage distribution of configuration information or other information in a network environment. For example, a request to deploy a security appliance configured to replicate functionality, behavior, and/or an identity of a computing device is received. The request includes selection criteria specifying one or more computing devices to replicate. Using the selection criteria, a computing device is identified as well as information associated with the computing device. The identified information is modified based on configuration requirements for a security appliance. The modified information is used to generate configuration information which is used to perform one of a number of actions, including, for example, configuring the security appliance or generating a new security appliance, among other such actions, where at least a portion of the operating behavior, functionality, or identification information of the security appliance substantially matches that of the identified computing device.
US10965516B2	Deep fusion reasoning engine (DFRE) for prioritizing network monitoring alerts In one embodiment, a service that monitors a network detects a plurality of anomalies in the network. The service uses data regarding the detected anomalies as input to one or more machine learning models. The service maps, using a conceptual space, outputs of the one or more machine learning models to symbols. The service applies a symbolic reasoning engine to the symbols, to rank the anomalies. The service sends an alert for a particular one of the detected anomalies to a user interface, based on its corresponding rank.
US10965511B2	Multi-PHY synchronized diversity receiver A system for determining a communication mode utilized by a transmitting node to transmit a data packet in a mesh network is provided. For example, a receiving node operates in a base communication mode to detect a pilot prefix of a data packet. The pilot prefix contains a signal with a predetermined frequency. In response to determining that the pilot prefix is detected, the receiving node detects a communication mode used to transmit the data packet based on preamble signals that are contained in a preamble of the data packet and are received after the detected pilot prefix. Once the communication mode is detected, the receiving node receives and processes the remaining portion of the data packet using the detected communication mode.
US10965509B2	Method for setting reference signal for V2V communication in wireless communication system and device for same The present invention relates to a method and a device for receiving a reference signal of a first vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) device for V2V communication in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a reference signal configuration defined for the offset correction of a center frequency for V2V communication; and decoding a reference signal defined according to the reference signal configuration in a specific resource region, wherein the reference signal configuration is set such that a time interval between orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDM) symbol indexes, to which the reference signal is allocated, has a pre-defined size.
US10965506B2	Data processing apparatus and method for use in an interleaver suitable for multiple operating modes A data processing apparatus maps input symbols to be communicated onto a predetermined number of sub-carrier signals of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbol. The data processor includes an interleaver memory which reads-in the predetermined number of data symbols for mapping onto the OFDM sub-carrier signals. The interleaver memory reads-out the data symbols on to the OFDM sub-carriers to effect the mapping, the read-out being in a different order than the read-in, the order being determined from a set of addresses, with the effect that the data symbols are interleaved on to the sub-carrier signals. The set of addresses are generated from an address generator which comprises a linear feedback shift register and a permutation circuit.
US10965500B2	Method and device for estimating channel in wireless communication system A method by which a terminal estimates a channel in a wireless access system can comprises the steps of: receiving mapping information on a port and a layer of a data demodulation reference signal (DMRS); receiving change information on whether the port of the DMRS has been changed; and determining a change in port information on the basis of an indicator and estimating a channel of the DMRS.
US10965497B1	Processing traffic in a virtualised environment Traffic is processed in a virtualised environment comprising: (i) a physical underlay network; (ii) a first overlay network (an overlay of the physical underlay network and associated with a first set of network addresses, IP1); (iii) a second overlay network (an overlay of the first overlay network and associated with a second set of network addresses, IP2); and (iv) virtualised applications each having an execution environment and being associated with at least one network address in each of the first and second sets of network addresses, IP1 and IP2. In the execution environment of a first virtualised application: (i) traffic communicated from the first virtualised application to the first overlay network is encapsulated; and/or (ii) traffic communicated from the first overlay network to the first virtualised application is decapsulated. Tenant separation processing is performed outside the execution environments of the virtualised applications.
US10965496B2	Logical router comprising disaggregated network elements A logical router includes disaggregated network elements that function as a single router and that are not coupled to a common backplane. The logical router includes spine elements and leaf elements implementing a network fabric with front panel ports being defined by leaf elements. Control plane elements program the spine units and leaf to function a logical router. The control plane may define operating system interfaces mapped to front panel ports of the leaf elements and referenced by tags associated with packets traversing the logical router. Redundancy and checkpoints may be implemented for a route database implemented by the control plane elements. The logical router may include a standalone fabric and may implement label tables that are used to label packets according to egress port and path through the fabric.
US10965495B2	Virtualized connectivity in a cloud services environment A system and method of providing virtualized connectivity in a cloud services environment. A service provider network defines at least a first virtual private network and a second virtual private network for a respective first customer network and a second customer network. The service provider network includes at least one physical connection with a cloud services provider network where the at least one physical connection includes a first private virtual connection between the first virtual private network and the cloud services provider and a second private virtual connection between the second virtual private network and the cloud services provider.
US10965494B2	Intelligent multi-channel VPN orchestration A respective VPN routing table for each of a plurality of VPNs can be stored on a client device. The client device can access a first VPN routing table and, using the first VPN routing table, establish a first VPN tunnel to a first VPN. The first VPN can be a first subnetwork assigned a particular network prefix. While the first VPN tunnel is currently active, the client device can access a second VPN routing table and, using the second VPN routing table, establish a second VPN tunnel to the second VPN. The second VPN can be a second subnetwork assigned the same particular network prefix as the first subnetwork. While the first VPN tunnel and the second VPN tunnel are simultaneously active, the client device can communicate data to remote devices in the first VPN and the second VPN using the particular network prefix for both.
US10965487B1	Computer monitoring system, apparatus and method for monitoring appliance operation A system and method to monitor individual appliance performance. A monitor module is provided for aggregating data from a plurality of appliances wherein the module includes. Included in the monitor device is a gateway device configured to capture operational data relating to each of the plurality of appliances and an analyzing device configured to determine individual operational characteristics for each of the appliances from analysis of the captured operational data. A notification device is further provided which is configured to provide information to a user regarding the determined operational characteristics for each of the appliances.
US10965481B2	Information processing device, information processing system, electronic whiteboard device, control method, and program product which display candidates for connection Disclosed is an information processing device capable of remote sharing with one or a plurality of other information processing devices. The information processing device acts as a reference information processing device, and includes a memory; and one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to display one or more of the other information processing devices as a candidate for remote connection, the one or more of the other information processing devices being used by same participants as participants determined in the reference information processing device; prompt a user of the reference information processing device to select any of the one or more of the other information processing devices displayed as a candidate for remote connection; and remotely connect the reference information processing device to the selected one or more of the other information processing devices.
US10965480B2	Electronic tool and methods for recording a meeting An electronic meeting tool and method for recording a meeting. The method includes the steps of coupling a display node to at least one base node of at least one communications network, displaying data transmitted to the at least one base node from processing devices coupled to the at least one communications network on the display node during a meeting; and recording and storing digitally the data transmitted during the meeting and written on the whiteboard to provide a record of the meeting.
US10965477B2	Enhanced power-saving mode in systems providing power over transmission lines A technique establishes a powered link over a transmission line. The technique includes, after determination of a power level to be provided to a powered device coupled to the transmission line, providing an output signal having a power-saving signal level to the transmission line until detecting an event. The event may be a power-up or a disconnect of the powered device. The technique may further include changing the output signal from the power-saving signal level to the powered-mode output signal level. The technique may include providing the powered-mode output signal level until detecting a disconnect of the powered device. The technique may include providing a second output signal to an additional powered device coupled to an additional transmission line until detecting the event. The technique may include changing the second output signal from the power-saving signal level to a second powered-mode output signal level synchronous with changing the output signal.
US10965476B2	Powered device, power sourcing equipment device, power-over-ethernet network system, and methods, for transmitting information through classification signals The present invention relates to Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) systems. The invention proposes to use a classification event to communicate from the PD (121) to the PSE (110, 910). A sensor (310, 410, 510a, 510b) may determine a sensor value, shut down the PoE connection, and reconnect so that the power up cycle with the PSE (110, 910) will start. The sensor (310, 410, 510a, 510b) provides a PoE resistance related to a class 0, 3 where the class relates to the sensor value (e.g., class 0=presence detected; class 1=no presence detected). This procedure may be repeated (e.g. continuously, every minute or whenever the sensor value changes such that the PSE (110, 910) needs to be informed) and if needed multiple cycles can be used to increase the length of the message communicated.
US10965472B2	Secure bootstrap for a blockchain network In some examples, a first computing device of a first entity receives a first digital certificate from a certificate authority computing device and generates a first self-signed certificate associated with the first digital certificate. The first computing device may store the first self-signed certificate associated with the first digital certificate in a repository associated with a repository computing device. Further, the first computing device may receive a notification indicating an update by a computing device of a second entity to contents of the repository. The first computing device receives a copy of the contents of the repository including at least a second digital certificate and a second self-signed certificate associated with the second entity. The first computing device may verify the contents of the repository and generate a genesis block of a blockchain based on a result of the verifying.
US10965471B2	Information management device to set expiration dates of bloom filters According to one embodiment, an information management device includes a Bloom filter generator configured to generate a Bloom filter based on information on a revoked certificate; a data distributor configured to send the Bloom filter to an authentication device, the authentication device authenticates a device with a certificate provided by the device; and an examiner configured to determine, when an examination request is received from the authentication device, whether an certificate designated by the examination request has been revoked based on revocation management information that contains information on the revoked certificate, and to send an examination result indicating whether the designated certificate has been revoked to the authentication device.
US10965470B2	Technique for managing profile in communication system Disclosed are: a communication technique and a system therefor for fusing, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G system. Provided is a method for installing a profile of a terminal having an embed universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: requesting for an eUICC authentication certificate to an eUICC and receiving the eUICC authentication certificate; and transferring a profile package to the eUICC so as to install a profile, wherein the received eUICC authentication certificate further comprises an eUICC manufacturer (EUM) authentication certificate.
US10965469B1	Secure digital communications Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums for secure end-to-end digital communications involving mobile wallets. The result is direct, secure, in-band messaging using mobile wallets that may be used to send messages such as payments, requests for money, financial information, or messages to authorize a debit or credit.
US10965468B2	Authenticated external biometric reader and verification device An external biometric reader and verification device for providing access control to a computing device, and associated methods, are disclosed. The external reader can store and verify biometrics under the control of the computing device and send identity verification messages to the computing device. One disclosed device includes a biometric reader communicatively connected to an external secure microcontroller. The external secure microcontroller stores a set of biometric data and a signing key. The signing key can be injected by a device manufacturer in a controlled key injection room in a manufacturing facility and can be used to sign a certificate. An operating system of the computing device can be programmed to send a request for the certificate, receive the certificate, and predicate control of access to the operating system using the verification messages on verification of the certificate.
US10965465B2	Systems and methods for cryptographic authentication of contactless cards Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission system between transmitting and receiving devices are provided. These systems and methods may provide for the secure transmission of sensitive information, such personally-identifiable information. In some examples, the sensitive information may be requested and securely shared when cryptographically signed by the user, and the user may control the access of viewers to the personally identifiable information or end users.
US10965464B1	Tactile binary coded communication A mobile device, computer program recording medium and method support surreptitious communication with a user via a mobile device via binary tactile inputs and outputs. A communication module of the mobile devices receives a first alphanumeric message that is converted to a first binary coded message that is rendered as first and second vibration outputs that are humanly distinguishable. A touch input component of one of a touch screen and a motion sensor detects a sequential pattern of user touches. Distinguished first and second tactile inputs in the sequential pattern identify a second binary coded message that is converted into a second alphanumeric message. First and second alphanumeric messages are comprised of a combination of characters selected from one or more of: (i) letters; (ii) numerals; and (iii) symbols.
US10965462B2	Conducting a cryptographic operation A method for conducting an operation including (a) lifting coefficients of a data structure from a representation modulo q to a representation modulo q′, wherein the data structure comprises values which are reduced modulo q, wherein q and are integers; (b) randomizing the coefficients in modulo q′, wherein for each coefficient a random value is multiplied with the value of q and the result of this multiplication is added to the coefficient; (c) conducting an operation on the lifted and randomized coefficients; and (d) reducing the lifted and randomized coefficients by conducting an operation modulo q.
US10965460B2	Robust security technology for coupons This invention provides merchants the capability to mint store credit as a secure physical handheld coin, resisting fraud and counterfeiting. It is based on a technology that marks the physical handheld coins with a large number of features, the reading of these features representing an assigned unique identity or signature, an assigned nominal monetary value, and assigned limitations of use, all verifiable through blockchain technology. This secure physical handheld coin, as well as a secure digital coin, may be cash-redeemable, and use-trackable to leverage the store's credibility to push its loyalty currency into the wallets of the public and win more customers.
US10965457B2	Autonomous cross-scope secrets management Various methods and systems are provided for autonomous orchestration of secrets renewal and distribution across scope boundaries. A cross-scope secrets management service (“SMS”) can be utilized to store, renew and distribute secrets across boundaries in a distributed computing environment such as regional boundaries. In some embodiments, locally scoped secrets management services subscribe to receive updates from the cross-scope secrets management service. As secrets are renewed, they are automatically propagated to a subscribing local scope and distributed by the local secrets management service. In various embodiments, SMS can autonomously rollover storage account keys, track delivery of updated secrets to secrets recipients, deliver secrets using a secure blob, and/or facilitate autonomous rollover using secrets staging. In some embodiments, a service is pinned to the path where the service's secrets are stored. In this manner, secrets can be automatically renewed without any manual orchestration and/or the need to redeploy services.
US10965455B2	Device and method for secure connection An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first short-range communication module configured to execute short-range communication with a second electronic device, a security module configured to store security information, and a processor configured to receive, from the second electronic device, a pairing key that registers the electronic device as being linked to the second electronic device, transmit session key generation information to the second electronic device when authentication with the second electronic device is completed based on the pairing key, generate a session key based on the session key generation information, encrypt the security information based on the session key, and transmit the encrypted information to the second electronic device.
US10965453B2	System and method for authenticated encryption based on device fingerprint A method and system for encryption and decryption. The system includes a user computing device, a root secret server, and a backend server. The root secret server has a root secret code, and when receiving a fingerprint of the user computing device, calculates a device secret code for that device using the fingerprint. When sensitive data needs to be encrypted, the user computing device calculates a data key for the data based on the device secret code and the data information, and encrypts the data. The backend server retrieves the root secret code from the root secret server, and in response to receiving the encrypted data, retrieves data information and calculates the data key to decrypt the data. Similarly, the backend server can encrypt data and the user computing device can decrypt data. The root secret code, the device code, and the data key form a three level encryption mechanism.
US10965450B2	In-vehicle networking A system and method for securing communication across an in-vehicle bus, includes establishing a connection between a gateway in a vehicle and the in-vehicle bus; generating a session key at the gateway within the vehicle; transmitting a public key certificate and ephemeral key to the gateway and an electronic control unit of the vehicle; generating a shared secret at the gateway and the electronic control unit, respectively; encrypting the session key with the shared secret at the gateway; receiving the encrypted session key through the in-vehicle bus at the electronic control unit; and decrypting the encrypted session key based on the shared secret generated at the electronic control unit.
US10965446B2	Blockchain-based automated user matching Methods, systems, and apparatuses for blockchain-based automated user matching are described herein. In some arrangements, a node within a decentralized peer-to-peer (e.g., P2P) network may receive match parameters from one or more computing devices associated with supply side entities and demand side entities. The node may execute one or more artificial intelligence algorithms to match the supply side entities with the demand side entities based on the received match parameters. In some instances, the artificial intelligence algorithms may be stored in a smart contract on a blockchain and the matching may be performed through execution of the smart contract by nodes of the decentralized P2P network.
US10965444B2	Mitigating timing attacks via dynamically triggered time dilation Techniques for mitigating timing attacks via dynamically triggered time dilation are provided. According to one set of embodiments, a computer system can track a count of application programming interface (API) calls or callbacks made by a program within each of a series of time buckets. The computer system can further determine that the count exceeds a threshold count for a predefined consecutive number of time buckets. Upon making this determination, the computer system can trigger time dilation with respect to the program, where the time dilation causes the program to observe a dilated view of time relative to real time.
US10965442B2	Low-power, low-latency time-to-digital-converter-based serial link A receiver is provided that includes a time-to-digital converter for converting a phase difference between a clock signal and a received data signal into a phase-difference digital code. The receiver also includes a logic circuit that controls a programmable delay line to delay the clock signal into a delayed clock signal by a delay that is responsive to a difference between the phase-difference code and a unit interval for the clock signal. The delayed clock signal clocks a flip-flop to register the received data signal.
US10965436B2	Transmitting signals using directional diversity over a network Methods and systems are disclosed for using a common frequency spectrum for simultaneous upstream and downstream communications in a network by implementing directional diversity techniques. Non-reciprocal coupling devices, such as circulators, may be configured in the network to provide unidirectional transmission of each signal to prevent interference. In some embodiments, feed-forward interference cancellation is utilized to increase signal isolation of upstream and downstream signals.
US10965427B2	Systems and methods of adaptive frame structure for time division duplex A time division duplex (TDD) scheduling interval communicating transmissions in a first direction may include one or more regions for communicating in a second direction, where the first direction is a transmit direction and the second direction is a receive direction, or vice versa. A radio frame may include TDD scheduling intervals with such regions and/or TDD scheduling intervals without such regions for wireless communication, and these TDD scheduling intervals may further be configured in accordance with different frame structure configurations, such as different scheduling interval lengths, subcarrier spacings or symbol durations.
US10965426B2	Method for reporting channel state in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for reporting channel state in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention, the method being implemented by a terminal, comprises: a step for receiving an aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting request from a base station; and a step for calculating aperiodic CSI corresponding to the aperiodic CSI reporting request and transmitting the calculated aperiodic CSI to the base station via an uplink shared channel, wherein if the number of component carriers or CSI processes for the terminal exceeds a specific value, only uplink control information including the aperiodic CSI can be transmitted through the uplink shared channel under specific conditions.
US10965425B2	Control information for multi-user transmissions in WLAN systems In wireless communications for multi-users, an access point may generate a first frame for allocating resources to a plurality of stations. The first frame may contain an indication as to whether a station(s) is allocated at least one of a set of resource units (RUs) of a plurality of RUs, such as a center 26-tone RU. The set of resource units may be based on a channel bandwidth of the wireless communications. The indication may be contained in a common block field of signal fields, such as a common block field of high efficiency (HE) signal content channel(s) of an HE signal field. The station(s) may receive the first frame and determine whether the one of the set of RUs is allocated. The station(s) may transmit a second frame to the access point based on resource allocation information in the first frame. Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10965419B2	Data communication method, terminal, and base station This application provides a data communication method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. In one embodiment, the base station sends a master information block comprising first information for determining a first location in frequency domain, sends a first demodulation reference signal usable for demodulating a first data channel that carries a system information block, wherein a first physical resource block index of the first demodulation reference signal is based on the first location, sends the system information block or radio resource control signaling comprising second information for determining a second location in frequency domain, and sends or receives a second demodulation reference signal usable for demodulating a second data channel other than the first data channel, wherein a second physical resource block index of the second demodulation reference signal is based on the second location.
US10965418B2	Method for uplink transmission and reception in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor Performing uplink reception by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system. In some implementations, a method includes: transmitting configuration information for a first sounding reference signal (SRS) that specifies a relation between the first SRS and a second SRS that is a reference for spatial beamforming of the first SRS, and based on the configuration information, receiving the first SRS which is transmitted by applying, to the first SRS, a first spatial beamforming that is identical to a second spatial beamforming used for transmission of the second SRS. The method further includes transmitting downlink control information (DCI) for uplink scheduling, where the DCI includes a SRS resource indication (SRI) and where a SRI field in the DCI carries the SRI, and where a bit width of the SRI field is based on a number of SRS resources in an SRS resource set configured for a user equipment (UE).
US10965415B2	Method for assigning PTRS for phase noise removal in wireless communication system, and device therefor A method for a base station to transmit a signal allowing a terminal to remove phase noise in an mmWave communication system, according to an embodiment of the present specification, may be provided. Here, the method for transmitting a signal for removing phase noise comprises: a step of generating a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) and a first RS; a step of assigning the PTRS and the first RS to a resource block; and a step of transmitting the assigned PTRS and first RS, wherein the step of assigning the PTRS and the first RS includes a step of changing a frequency location of the PTRS if the PTRS and the first RS collide in the resource block, wherein the changed PTRS frequency location may be changed to a frequency location, across frequencies on which a predetermined demodulation reference signal (DMRS) port, associated with the PTRS, in a DMRS port group is located, which is closest to the existing PTRS frequency location and avoids collision with the first RS.
US10965414B2	Signal configuration method, device and storage medium A signal configuration method, device and storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring at least one type of reference information, wherein the reference information is used to characterize a configuration status of a communication network; and configuring time domain and/or frequency domain resources for a phase-tracking reference signal based on the at least one type of reference information, and obtaining configuration information of the time domain and/or frequency domain resources for the phase-tracking reference signal, wherein the configuration information includes a density or a pattern corresponding to the time domain and/or frequency domain resources.
US10965413B2	System and method for communicating an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) frame format An Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) frame communicated over a 20 MegaHertz (MHz) channel may include eight 26-tone resource units (RUs), one 26-tone bifurcated RU, and a direct current (DC) region. The eight 26-tone RUs may include twenty-six consecutive data and pilot tones, and the bifurcated 26-tone RU may be split into two 13-tone portions each of which include thirteen consecutive data and pilot tones. The DC region may include seven null tones. In one example, the DC region of the 20 MHz MU-OFDMA frame consists of three DC tones and four null-data tones.
US10965411B2	Method and system for a repeater network that utilizes distributed transceivers with array processing A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
US10965410B2	Communication method and apparatus in full-dimensional multiple-input multiple-output mobile communication system A method for transmitting and receiving channel state information at a terminal of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the preset specification comprises the steps of: determining at least one of first precoding information and first rank information corresponding to a first dimension; receiving, from a base station, a reference signal corresponding to a second dimension; determining at least one of second precoding information and second rank information corresponding to the second dimension, on the basis of the reference signal; and transmitting, to the base station, channel state information which has been determined on the basis of at least one of the first precoding information, the first rank information, the second precoding information and the second rank information. According to an embodiment of the present specification, it is possible to correctly transmit and receive pre-coding information and channel state information at a terminal and a base station including a plurality of antennas, and to reduce an overhead occurring at the time of transmission and reception.
US10965406B2	Methods and systems for HARQ protocols Methods described herein are for wireless communication systems. One aspect of the invention is directed to a method for a HARQ process, in which the HARQ process includes a first transmission of an encoder packet and at least one retransmission. The method involves allocating a transmission resource for each respective transmission. The method involves transmitting control information from a base station to a mobile station for each respective transmission. The control information includes information to uniquely identify the HARQ process and an identification of one of a time resource, a frequency resource and a time and frequency resource that is allocated for the transmission. In some embodiments of the invention, specific control information is signalled from a base station to a mobile station to enable RAS-HARQ operation. In some embodiments of the invention, retransmission signaling in included as part of regular unicast signaling used for both first transmission and retransmissions. In some embodiments of the invention, a 3-state acknowledgement channel and associated error recovery operation enables the base station and mobile station to recover from control signaling error and reduce packet loss.
US10965399B2	Methods and apparatus for transmission and reception with polar codes Method and apparatus for transmission and reception with polar codes are provided to support up to 16 permutations or transformation mappings. For example, 16 versions of copies able to be soft-combined for PBCH or any other data channel or control channel are suggested if the mother code length is 256 or 512 or 1024. With the new design, up to 16 different versions can be used to soft combined to improve the performance. Some sequences are provided as examples to support 16 different permutation patterns. The inverse of these sequences also have the feature to support 16 different permutation patterns.
US10965395B2	Methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding a downlink control channel transmission Methods and apparatus for encoding and decoding a downlink control channel transmission, such as but not exclusively a High Speed Signalling Control Channel, HS-SCCH, transmission, in a wireless communications network. A method in a network node for encoding a downlink control channel transmission, comprises determining that channel conditions are below a threshold level, and in response to determining that channel conditions are below the threshold level, performing at least one of: encoding one or more predetermined control information bits into the downlink control channel transmission, and encoding a reduced number of control information bits into the downlink control channel transmission by omitting one or more control information bits, wherein the one or more omitted control information bits are predetermined control information bits. The method further comprises transmitting the downlink control channel transmission to a user equipment. A method in a user equipment for decoding a downlink control channel transmission, comprises receiving the downlink control channel transmission, and decoding the downlink control channel transmission based on knowledge of the predetermined control information bits.
US10965394B1	Communication system having selectable hopping rate and hopping frequency window and associated methods A communication system may include a radio frequency (RF) detector and an RF transmitter having a selectable hopping rate and a selectable hopping frequency window. A controller may be configured to operate the RF transmitter at a selected hopping rate and at a selected hopping frequency window based upon the RF detector.
US10965392B2	Active network tap supporting time sensitive network (TSN) standards A method for providing a network tap supporting time sensitive network standards includes scanning, by an active network tap, received frames on a network port of the active network tap to identify timing synchronization messages of targeted message types. The method further includes identifying a timing synchronization message of the targeted message type. The method further includes modifying a timing value in the timing synchronization message to account for delay introduced by the active network tap. The method further includes forwarding the timing synchronization message with the modifying timing value to a destination time sensitive network node via an egress network port of the active network tap.
US10965388B2	Sensors with multiple antennae used for multi-dimensional location of an object A system for locating an object in a volume of space can include a sensor device having multiple antennae, and a switch coupled to the antennae. The system can also include a controller communicably coupled to the switch, where the controller measures a first angle of a signal received at a first antenna, where the first angle of the signal is associated with a location of the object. The controller also operates the switch from a first position to a second position, where the first position enables the first antenna, and where the second position enables a second antenna. The controller further measures a second angle of the signal received at the second antenna, where the second angle of the signal is associated with the location of the object. The controller also determines, using the first angle and the second angle, a multi-dimensional location of the object.
US10965384B2	Method and system for suppressing an interference signal during detection of a chirp signal The invention relates to a method for suppressing an interference signal during detection of a chirp signal from an input signal (X), comprising the following steps: a. recording the input signal (X); b. calculating an output signal (R1) as a correlation from the recorded input signal (X) and a chirp reference signal (CR) by means of a correlator (30); c. calculating a magnitude (XB) of the input signal (X) from the input signal (X); d. calculating a magnitude (R1B) of the output signal (R1) from the output signal (R1); e. calculating a phase difference (P) between the input signal (X) and the output signal (R1); f. calculating a synthesized interference signal (R2) from the magnitude (XB) of the input signal (X), the magnitude (R1B) of the output signal (R1) and the phase difference (P) by means of a rotator (60); g. calculating a residual signal (DR) as the difference between the output signal (R1) and the synthesized interference signal (R2). The invention relates to a system (10) for suppressing an interference signal during detection of a chirp signal by means of the method according to the invention.
US10965381B2	Underwater communication device and underwater communication system A underwater communication device communicates data with another underwater communication device having another first coil and another second coil in water. The underwater communication device includes a first coil configured to transmit the data to and from the other first coil via a magnetic field, a second coil configured to transmit the data to and from the other second coil via a magnetic field, a supply unit configured to supply the data to the first coil and the second coil, a first capacitor connected to the first coil and forming a first resonance circuit that resonates with the first coil at a first resonance frequency, and a second capacitor connected to the second coil and forming a second resonance circuit that resonates with the second coil at a second resonance frequency that is different from the first resonance frequency.
US10965377B1	Thermal tuning and quadrature control using active extinction ratio tracking Thermal tuning and quadrature control of opto-electronic devices using active extinction ratio tracking is proved by phase shifting, via a first phase shifter, a first optical signal carried on a first arm of an interferometer relative to a second optical signal carried on a second arm of the interferometer; combining the first optical signal with the second optical signal as an output signal; detecting a peak value in the output signal; and adjusting a relative phase offset imparted by the first phase shifter on the first optical signal relative to the second optical signal, based on the peak value, to increase an amplitude of the peak value. In various embodiments, the peak value is increased over time to maximize an extinction ratio of the optoelectronic device and maintain the extinction ratio in a maximized state during operation.
US10965376B2	Cover for an electronic circuit package A cover for an electronic circuit package, including: a body having an opening extending therethrough; a first element located in the opening and having a surface continuing planar or rounded shapes of a surface of the cover; and a second element of connection of the first element to the body.
US10965375B2	Optical node device An optical node device includes: a multicore optical amplification unit that amplifies collectively light transmitted along a multicore fiber; a separation unit that inputs the amplified light in each core to each of a plurality of input-side single-core fibers; an optical cross-connect switch that attenuates the light input from each of the plurality of input-side single-core fibers through an optical attenuator, separates the light in accordance with a wavelength, and outputs the separated light to an output-side single-core fiber of a plurality of output-side single-core fibers related to a respective output destination; a plurality of single-core optical amplification units that amplify the light transmitted along the corresponding output-side single-core fibers; and an output unit that outputs the light transmitted along each of the plurality of output-side single-core fibers to a multicore fiber. A control unit controls the optical attenuator and the single-core optical amplification unit based on input signal optical power and output optical signal power.
US10965374B2	Communication system between electronic devices, method of communication between electronic devices, and electronic device A communication system between electronic devices includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a LED array working within an infrared spectrum and a first LiFi transmission module driving and connected to the LED array. The first LiFi transmission module codes data to be transmitted to generate coded data and send the coded data via the LED array. A PD array of the second electronic device is opposing to the LED array and works within the infrared spectrum. A second LiFi transmission module driving the PD array is connected to the PD array and decodes the coded data received by the PD array to obtain the transmitted data.
US10965373B1	Handling band spectrum failures in a C+L band photonic line system Systems and methods are provided for controlling one or more optical amplifiers of a C+L band photonic line system of a telecommunications network in which C-band signals and L-band signals may be transmitted. In one implementation, a control device may include a processing device and a memory device configured to store a traffic managing module for controlling C-band and the L-band traffic in the photonic line system. The traffic managing module, when executed, may be configured to cause the processing device to calculate a gain correction profile based on a difference between a saved baseline transmission profile and a measured transmission profile of a surviving band of a photonic line system when another band of the photonic line system is missing or impacted. The traffic managing module is configured to apply the gain correction profile to a respective optical amplifier of the photonic line system to compensate for the difference.
US10965360B2	Methods and apparatus related to beam refinement In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE configured to receive a plurality of beams through a plurality of different receive beam directions, each of the beams including broadcast information on a PBCH. The apparatus may be further configured to determine, for each of a subset of the received beams, a log likelihood ratio (LLR) for coded bits of the broadcast information. The apparatus may be further configured to decode the broadcast information associated with each of the subset of the received beams, and determine a refined receive beam direction based on the determined LLRs and based on whether the broadcast information associated with each of the subset of the received beams fails to decode or is successfully decoded.
US10965359B2	Wireless communication device capable of fast beam selection and method of operation thereof Provided is a method of operating a wireless communication device including a phased array including a first antenna group and a second antenna group to form a beam for transmitting and receiving signals polarized in different directions, which includes receiving first signals polarized in a first direction; receiving second signals polarized in a second direction; measuring power of the first signals and power of the second signals; analyzing a relationship between a channel corresponding to the first receiving beam and a channel corresponding to the second receiving beam; estimating power of third signals that are expected to be received through the first antenna group and power of fourth signals that are expected to be received through the second antenna group; and selecting a receiving beam pattern for wireless communication.
US10965358B2	Dynamic signal transmission structure and beamforming method A dynamic signal transmission structure based on a hybrid beamforming technology includes a radio-frequency module and an antenna array connected therewith. The radio-frequency module includes one or more radio-frequency link units connected in parallel, the antenna array includes one or more antenna sub-arrays, and each antenna sub-array is connected with one of the radio-frequency modules. The hybrid beamforming technology includes analog and digital beamforming. In this structure, the analog beamforming parameters and the digital beamforming parameters are constant, and the number of radio-frequency link units in the radio-frequency module, the number of antenna sub-arrays in the antenna array, the analog beamforming parameters, and the digital beamforming parameters are in a quantitative relation. The structure of the antenna array and the number of radio-frequency link units in each radio-frequency module can be adjusted dynamically under the condition where the performance is guaranteed, and accordingly, the hardware complexity is reduced.
US10965357B2	Method and device in first node and base station used for wireless communication The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a first node and a base station for wireless communication. A first node transmits K1 first-type reference signal(s), and operates a first radio signal and a second radio signal; the K1 first-type reference signal(s) is(are) transmitted by K1 first-type antenna port set(s) respectively, a target antenna port set is a first-type antenna port set in the K1 first-type antenna port set(s); a first antenna port set and a second antenna port set are respectively used for transmitting the first radio signal and the second radio signal. The disclosure makes it practical for the first node to simultaneously operate radio signals transmitted from different transmitters in beamforming scenarios by connecting a first antenna port set and a second antenna port set with a target antenna port set, thereby improving the reception and transmission efficiency and the entire performance of the system.
US10965356B2	Method for reporting channel state information in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for reporting channel state information of a terminal comprises: a step of measuring CSI-RS transmitted from a base station; and a step of reporting CSI generated on the basis of the CSI-RS measurement to the base station, wherein the CSI comprises: a PMI for indicating a precoding matrix from a codebook and an RI for indicating a rank, wherein the PMI comprises a first PMI for a beam group selected by the terminal and a second PMI which comprises a beam sub-group selection information for beams included in the beam group and phase-matching information for each antenna port polarization for the selected beam sub-group, and wherein as the rank increases, the phase-matching information may be indicated with different granularity from each other depending on whether the beam sub-groups selected from the beam group are the same or different.
US10965354B2	Transmission method, transmission device, reception method, and reception device Provided is a precoding method for generating, from a plurality of baseband signals, a plurality of precoded signals to be transmitted over the same frequency bandwidth at the same time, including the steps of selecting a matrix F[i] from among N matrices, which define precoding performed on the plurality of baseband signals, while switching between the N matrices, i being an integer from 0 to N−1, and N being an integer at least two, generating a first precoded signal z1 and a second precoded signal z2, generating a first encoded block and a second encoded block using a predetermined error correction block encoding method, generating a baseband signal with M symbols from the first encoded block and a baseband signal with M symbols the second encoded block, and precoding a combination of the generated baseband signals to generate a precoded signal having M slots.
US10965347B2	Tightly-coupled near-field communication-link connector-replacement chips Tightly-coupled near-field transmitter/receiver pairs are deployed such that the transmitter is disposed at a terminal portion of a first conduction path, the receiver is disposed at a terminal portion of a second conduction path, the transmitter and receiver are disposed in close proximity to each other, and the first conduction path and the second conduction path are discontiguous with respect to each other. In some embodiments of the present invention, close proximity refers to the transmitter antenna and the receiver antenna being spaced apart by a distance such that, at wavelengths of the transmitter carrier frequency, near-field coupling is obtained. In some embodiments, the transmitter and receiver are disposed on separate substrates that are moveable relative to each other. In alternative embodiments, the transmitter and receiver are disposed on the same substrate.
US10965345B2	Accessory device for low and medium voltage switching devices Accessory device for a low or medium voltage switching device including an outer housing, first electrical connection means adapted to electrically connect the accessory device with an auxiliary power line and first mechanical connection means adapted to mechanically connect the accessory device with a mechanical support component of the switching device. The accessory device includes a power line communication unit electrically connectable with the auxiliary power line through the first electrical connection means and adapted to communicate with outer electronic equipment electrically connected with the auxiliary power line by transmitting and receiving communication signals along the auxiliary power line.
US10965344B2	Methods and apparatus for exchanging wireless signals utilizing electromagnetic waves having differing characteristics Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system for generating a plurality of electromagnetic waves having differing signal characteristics, each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves conveying a communication signal, and the plurality of electromagnetic waves propagating along a transmission medium without radiating into free space. The system can be further configured for generating, by an antenna coupled to the transmission medium, a plurality of wireless signals according to the plurality of electromagnetic waves. The differing signal characteristics of the plurality of electromagnetic waves thereby enables a device to obtain the communication signal by combining the plurality of wireless signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10965343B1	Signal analyzer and method for analyzing signals An analyzer and a method for analyzing a signal, in particular a signal for transmitting data is provided. For analyzing the signal transmission and detecting a specific error, a data signal may be received and analyzed in order to detect one or more types of errors according to predetermined specifications. When such a predetermined error is detected, the signal for transmitting the data and one or more further signals, which may cause the error are acquired. Accordingly, a cause of failure may be easily analyzed based on the acquired signal sequences of the signal for transmitting the data and the additionally acquired signals.
US10965339B2	Channel hopping based on channel performance statistics A method of generating a channel hopping sequence for a link in a wireless sensor network includes receiving performance quality data for respective frequency channels of frequency channels in the link in a monitoring system, determining a channel quality indicator (CQI) by the monitoring system for each frequency channel based on the respective performance quality data, and determining a repetition factor by the monitoring system for each frequency channel based on the respective CQI. A repetition factor for a frequency channel indicates a number of times the frequency channel is repeated in the channel hopping sequence.
US10965336B2	Apparatus to assist a user with holding a mobile device An apparatus that facilitates one-handed use of a mobile device has a finger brace configured to brace a user's finger on each of two opposed sides of the point where it is coupled to a flexible member. The flexible member extends through a hole in the back portion of the mobile device's case and is anchored to an interior surface of the back portion of the case. The flexible member's length is such that two fingers of the user's hand can press against the finger brace to brace the mobile device when the two fingers are between the finger brace and the case.
US10965335B1	Wireless device performance optimization using dynamic power control A dynamic specific absorption rate (SAR) may be implemented by monitoring and controlling power utilization of the various radio frequency (RF) emitting components over time within a mobile device. Power utilization may be tracked and modified to control the time-averaged RF exposure over a rolling time window. Periodically calculations of the updated rolling averages for RF transmissions may be performed based on the transmission data received from the mobile device components, and the continuously updated rolling averages of RF transmissions may be compared to time-average power utilization limits. Based on such comparisons, the mobile device may dynamically adjust the current transmissions of the radio transceivers and other RF emitting components on the mobile device.
US10965326B2	Front-end module and communication device A front-end module includes a substrate, and a receiving circuit that is provided in or on the substrate and in which CA is executed. The receiving circuit includes a first filter, a first inductor, and a first LNA disposed on a first path, and a second filter, a second inductor, and a second LNA disposed on a second path. A coil axis of the first inductor and a coil axis of the second inductor are different from each other.
US10965324B2	Memory controller, memory system, and memory control method According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile memory includes a plurality of memory areas and controller circuit including an error correction code encoder. The error correction code encoder encodes a first data to generate a first parity in a first operation and encodes a second data to generate a second parity in a second operation. The controller circuit writes the first data and the first parity into a first memory area among the plurality of memory areas and writes the second data and the second parity into a second memory area among the plurality of memory areas. The size of the second data is smaller than the size of the first data and the size of the second parity is equal to the size of the first parity.
US10965322B2	Polar code encoding method and apparatus A polar code encoding method and apparatus are provided, to improve accuracy of reliability sorting of polar channels. The method is: determining a sorted sequence used to encode to-be-encoded bits, where the sorted sequence is used to represent reliability sorting of N polar channels, N is a mother code length of a polar code, and N is a positive integer power of 2; and performing polar code encoding on the to-be-encoded bits by using the sorted sequence, to obtain encoded bits.
US10965321B2	Transformation of binary data to non-binary data for storage in non-volatile memory A data storage system and method are provided for storing data in non-volatile memory devices. Binary data is received for storage in a non-volatile memory device. The binary data is converted into non-binary data comprising base-X values, where X is an integer greater than two. The non-binary data is encoded to generate a codeword and the codeword is written to a wordline of the non-volatile memory device.
US10965317B2	Method and system for accelerated stream processing Disclosed herein are methods and systems for hardware-accelerating various data processing operations in a rule-based decision-making system such as a business rules engine, an event stream processor, and a complex event stream processor. Preferably, incoming data streams are checked against a plurality of rule conditions. Among the data processing operations that are hardware-accelerated include rule condition check operations, filtering operations, and path merging operations. The rule condition check operations generate rule condition check results for the processed data streams, wherein the rule condition check results are indicative of any rule conditions which have been satisfied by the data streams. The generation of such results with a low degree of latency provides enterprises with the ability to perform timely decision-making based on the data present in received data streams.
US10965313B2	Receiver, sender, method for retrieving an additional datum from a signal and method for transmitting a datum and an additional datum in a signal A receiver includes a receiver circuit to receive a first transition in a first direction, a second transition in a second, different direction after the first transition and a third transition in the first transition after the second transition of a signal. A first time period between the first and third transitions is indicative of a datum to be received. The receiver circuit is also configured to determine a second time period between the first transition and a second transition and to determine an additional datum to be received based at least on the determined second time period between the first and second transitions. Using the determined second time period allows for more information to be received in a reliable manner.
US10965312B2	Capacitance-to-digital converter and associated method having an extended measurement range A capacitance-to-digital converter and an associated method and computer program product are provided that have an extended measurement range. A capacitance-to-digital converter includes first and second capacitors with the second capacitor being configured to measure a change in a value. The capacitance-to-digital converter also includes first and second switches switchably connecting the first and second capacitors, respectively, to a reference voltage while the first and second switches are in a first position such that charge is stored by the first and second capacitors in response to the reference voltage. The capacitance-to-digital converter further includes a saturation detector configured to detect the charge stored by the second capacitor equaling or exceeding the charge stored by the first capacitor and, in response, causing the first and second switches to switch to a second position while continuing to measure the change in the value with the charge stored by the second capacitor.
US10965311B2	Low noise quantized feedback configuration Described herein is an improved apparatus for increasing the performance of a ΣΔ modulator, which may function as an ADC. In one embodiment, the ΣΔ modulator comprises a voltage to current converter, a capacitor connected between two outputs of the voltage to current converter to receive a differential input current, and a switch that can switch between connecting each output of the voltage to current converter to ground while disconnecting the other output of the voltage to current converter. In this embodiment, the ΣΔ modulator has no common mode control loop, and no reference current. This results in decreased complexity, i.e., fewer components, as well as reduced noise.
US10965307B2	Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and program The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a program that allow an improvement in the rate of modulation of PWM signals. Pulse width modulation (PWM) is performed to convert one of a 0 or 1 represented by a bit of a pulse density modulation (PDM) signal into which an audio signal has been PDM-modulated, into a maximum-length pulse of a maximum pulse width of a PWM signal having a period equal to the period of the PDM signal, and convert the other of the 0 or 1 of the PDM signal into a minimum-length pulse of a minimum pulse width of the PWM signal at a position adjacent to the center of the period of the PWM signal. The present technology is applicable, for example, to audio reproduction systems that reproduce audio signals.
US10965306B2	Successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter A successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator circuit, a capacitor group, an additional capacitor and a control circuit. The comparator circuit compares voltages at first and second input terminals thereof to generate a comparison result. The capacitor group and the additional capacitor are coupled to the first input terminal. The control circuit controls voltages of capacitors of the capacitor group according to the comparison result. In a first period, the control circuit provides a first voltage to the first input terminal and the additional capacitor, and provides an analog signal to the capacitors. In a second period, the control circuit stops providing the first voltage and controls a specific capacitor of the capacitor group to enter into a floating state. In a third period, the control circuit provides a second voltage to the additional capacitor. The second voltage is lower than the first voltage.
US10965304B2	N-bit hybrid structure analog-to-digital converter and integrated circuit chip including the same The present application discloses an N-bit hybrid-structure analog-to-digital converter and an integrated circuit chip including the same, including a pre-stage sampling capacitor array, a post-stage capacitor array and a comparator set and the pre-stage sampling capacitor array including a number of 2N−1 sets of first capacitor array units arranged in parallel, the first capacitor array unit including two sets of parallel capacitor strings, input terminals of parallel capacitor strings respectively being connected to and switchable between differential analog signals and first preset reference signals, output terminals of the parallel capacitor strings respectively being connected to input terminals of the comparator set, input terminals of the post-stage capacitor array respectively being connected to and switchable between output terminals of the comparator set and differential analog signals, output terminals of the post-stage capacitor array being configured as an output terminal of the analog-to-digital converter.
US10965302B1	Background static error measurement and timing skew error measurement for RF DAC Digital to analog conversion generates an analog output corresponding to a digital input by controlling unit elements or cells using data bits of the digital input. The unit elements or cells individually make a contribution to the analog output. Due to process, voltage, and temperature variations, the unit elements or cells may have mismatches. The mismatches can degrade the quality of the analog output. To extract the mismatches, a transparent dither can be used. The mismatches can be extracted by observing the analog output, and performing a cross-correlation of the observed output with the dither. Once extracted, the unit elements or cells can be adjusted accordingly to reduce the mismatches.
US10965297B1	Sigma-delta modulation quantization error reduction technique for fractional-N phase-locked loop (PLL) Methods and apparatuses are provided for fractional-N frequency synthesis using a phase-locked loop (PLL). A phase detector (PD) of the PLL determines a phase difference between a clock and a feedback clock (CLKFB). A low-pass loop filter of the PLL detects a control voltage based on the phase difference. A voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) of the PLL generates a periodic signal based on the control voltage. A sigma-delta modulator (SDM) of the PLL generates a division sequence ratio and a selection control signal based on a frequency command word. A multi-modulus divider (MMDIV) generates a first CLKFB and a second CLKFB based on the division sequence ratio and differential inputs of the periodic signal. The MMDIV outputs one of the first CLKFB and the second CLKFB as the CLKFB to the PD based on the selection control signal.
US10965296B2	Frequency synthesizer A fractional-N frequency synthesizer circuit is disclosed. It comprises a frequency divider circuit configured to receive a first oscillation signal having a first frequency, to receive a control word indicating a divisor, and to frequency divide the first oscillation signal with the divisor to generate a second oscillation signal having a second frequency, lower than the first frequency. It also comprises a modulator circuit configured to generate a sequence of control words to the frequency divider circuit. The modulator circuit comprises a set of memory elements configured to store an internal state of the modulator circuit in response to a first control signal and to restore the internal state of the modulator circuit in response to a second control signal, thereby enabling a time shift of the sequence of control words. A communication circuit, a communication apparatus, and a method are also disclosed.
US10965284B1	Voltage mode signal transceiving device and voltage mode signal transmitter thereof A voltage mode signal transceiving device and a voltage mode signal transmitter thereof are provided. The voltage mode signal transmitter includes a driver, an output resistor, and a compensation capacitor. The driver provides a transmitting signal to an output end, where the output end is coupled to a receiver. The output resistor is connected in series to a coupling path between the driver and the receiver. The compensation capacitor and the output resistor are coupled in parallel. A capacitance value of the compensation capacitor is essentially equal to a capacitance value of an equivalent capacitor on an input end of the receiver.
US10965278B1	Cross-coupled high-speed, low power level shifter Described is a high speed, low power level shifter circuit which includes a cross-coupled level shifter coupled to a sensing circuit. The sensing circuit turns off a cross-coupled node of a pair of cross-coupled nodes based on detecting that an input voltage has crossed a threshold voltage for a cross-coupled input transistor of a pair of cross-coupled input transistors, i.e. due to switching from a current logic level to an incoming logic level. Once the sensing circuit detects a threshold voltage crossing, a pull-up circuit pulls high a cross-coupled node and cross-coupled source transistor tied to the cross-coupled node. This turns off the cross-coupled source transistor and turns on another cross-coupled source transistor. Two parallel paths are now established to pull the cross-coupled node high, enabling a high-speed transition. The turning off of the cross-coupled source transistor also pulls the output to the incoming logic level.
US10965277B1	Input circuitry for inter-integrated circuit system Inter-integrated circuit input circuitry includes a pull-up current circuit and an input circuit. The input circuit includes an output inverter, an input inverter, and a pull-up circuit. The pull-up circuit is coupled to an input of the input inverter, and includes a pull-up transistor and a cascode transistor. The pull-up transistor is coupled to the input of the input inverter. The cascode transistor is coupled to the pull-up current circuit and the pull-up transistor, and configured to isolate the pull-up transistor from capacitance of a conductor coupled to the pull-up current circuit and the input circuit.
US10965274B2	System and method for a radio frequency filter In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating an RF system includes filtering a first wideband RF signal using a wideband filter bank. Filtering the first RF signal includes separating the first wideband RF signal into frequency cluster signals, where each frequency cluster signal of the frequency cluster signals includes different frequency ranges, the first wideband RF signal includes multiple RF bands, and each of the different frequency ranges comprises a plurality of RF bands of the multiple RF bands. The method further includes band stop filtering at least one of the frequency cluster signals to produce a band stopped frequency cluster signal.
US10965270B2	Piezoelectric thin film and piezoelectric vibrator A piezoelectric film that includes crystalline AlN; at least one first element partially replacing Al in the crystalline AlN; and a second element doping the crystalline AlN and which has an ionic radius smaller than that of the first element and larger than that of Al.
US10965268B2	Bonded body of piezoelectric material substrate and supporting substrate A bonded body includes a supporting substrate, a bonding layer provided on a surface of a supporting substrate and composed of silicon oxide, and a piezoelectric material substrate of a material selected from the group consisting of lithium niobate, lithium tantalate and lithium niobate-lithium tantalate. A convexity is provided on the surface of the supporting substrate, and the bonding layer includes a structural defect part extending above the convexity.
US10965267B2	Micromechanical resonator and method for trimming micromechanical resonator The present disclosure describes micromechanical resonator, a resonator element for the resonator, and a method for trimming the resonator. The resonator comprises a resonator element having a length, a width, and a thickness, where the length and the width define a plane of the resonator element. The resonator element comprises at least two regions (52, 53) in the plane of the resonator element, wherein the at least two regions have different thicknesses.
US10965265B2	Method and device for adjusting audio signal, and audio system A method and a device for adjusting an audio signal, and an audio system are provided. The method includes: obtaining a candidate audio signal (S1); obtaining a current noise signal in an environment (S2); calculating a first plurality of difference values in loudness between the candidate audio signal and the current noise signal (S3); modifying the first plurality of difference values with a plurality of target factors, where the plurality of target factors are obtained based on a plurality of test noise signals and a corresponding plurality of test audio signals (S4); and modifying the candidate audio signal with the modified first plurality of difference values to obtain a target audio signal (S5). Therefore, loudness loss of the audio signal perceived due to the noise signal can be compensated, and an overcompensation issue can be solved.
US10965262B2	Interface electronic circuit for a microelectromechanical acoustic transducer and corresponding method In at least one embodiment, an interface electronic circuit for a capacitive acoustic transducer having a sensing capacitor is provided. The interface electronic circuit includes an amplifier, a voltage regulator, a common-mode control circuit, and a reference generator. The amplifier has an input coupled to an electrode of the sensing capacitor. The voltage regulator is configured to receive a regulator reference voltage, generate a regulated voltage based on the regulator reference voltage, and supply the regulated voltage to a supply input of the amplifier. The common-mode control circuit controls a common-mode voltage present on the input of the amplifier based on a common-mode reference voltage. The reference generator receives a supply voltage and generates the regulator reference voltage and the common-mode reference voltage with respective values that are variable as a function of the supply voltage.
US10965256B2	High-frequency amplifier circuitry and semiconductor device Circuitry includes an amplifier circuit having a first transistor, an inductor, and a second transistor, and a distortion compensation circuit having a third transistor, a forth transistor, and a first capacitor. The first transistor is applied input signal. The inductor is connected to a source of the first transistor and grounded on another side. The second transistor has a source connected to a drain of the first transistor, a grounded gate and a drain connected to a power supply, and outputs an amplified signal. The third transistor has a drain and a gate connected to the drain, and is connected to the power supply on the drain. The fourth transistor has a drain and a gate connected to a source of the third transistor, and is grounded on a source. The first capacitor connects nodes between the drain of the first transistor and the source of the third transistor.
US10965253B2	Mute mechanism with reduced pop noise in audio amplifier systems and methods Systems and methods are provided for improved noise performance of audio amplifiers. In one example, a system includes a multistage amplifier comprising at least a first stage amplifier and a second stage amplifier. The system further includes a plurality of switches disposed within the multistage amplifier to configure the multistage amplifier. The system further includes a control signal configured to control the multistage amplifier to a normal amplification mode or a mute state, wherein the multistage amplifier is adapted to amplify an input signal in the normal amplification mode, the multistage amplifier is adapted to output a zero signal in the mute state, and internal amplification stages of the multistage amplifier are disabled in the mute state, and output stages of each of the at least first stage amplifier and the second stage amplifier are electrically shorted and/or shorted to a fixed bias voltage in the mute state.
US10965251B1	Multi-mode processing circuit and multi-mode controlling method thereof A multi-mode processing circuit and a multi-mode controlling method thereof are provided. The multi-mode processing circuit includes, but is not limited to, a control circuit and a mixer. The control circuit is configured to receive an input signal and output one of a control signal and another control signal according to the input signal. The mixer is coupled to the control circuit and is configured to mix the control signal output by the control circuit with another input signal or mix the other control signal with the another input signal to output an output signal. Accordingly, the mixer and a buffer can be integrated into a single cell, and a fast mode switch can be achieved.
US10965249B2	Crystal oscillator circuit and method for starting up a crystal oscillator A crystal oscillator circuit comprises: a crystal oscillator; and an injection frequency generating circuit, the injection frequency generating circuit being configured to sense a signal of the crystal oscillator and amplify the sensed signal, the injection frequency generating circuit being further configured to inject the amplified signal to the crystal oscillator; wherein the crystal oscillator circuit is configured such that the crystal oscillator receives the amplified signal during an initial start-up period of the crystal oscillator and stops receiving the amplified signal at an end of the initial start-up period.
US10965240B2	Method and circuit for detecting motor winding over temperature A hardware-based detection system includes, among other things, a signal-generating circuit for generating a signal which is functionally related to current in a motor winding, a reference current, and a duration of time. The system may also include a comparator circuit for comparing the generated signal to a reference signal, and for thereby detecting an over-temperature condition in the motor winding. If desired, a compensating circuit may be used to generate a variable reference signal as a function of ambient temperature. A method of operating a detection system is also disclosed. If desired, the detection system may be completely implemented in hardware using an uncomplicated analog circuit architecture.
US10965239B2	Power conversion device and electric power steering device A power conversion device including: a first and second multi-phase inverters (MPI1,MPI2) to receive a DC voltage (Vdc) and convert into AC voltages (Vacs), when fc represents a frequency of a PWM signal output from each of the MPI1 and the MPI2, fr represents a lower limit frequency defined by noise regulation of the power conversion device, an absolute value of a differential voltage being a difference between: a first average voltage, which is an average value of first voltage commands of respective phases as command values for the Vacs of MPI1; and a second average voltage, which is an average value of second voltage commands of respective phases as command values for the Vacs of MPI2, is set equal to or less than k2·fc/fr·Vdc [V] (k2 is an odd number equal to or more than one), to reduce noise in a frequency band defined by noise regulation.
US10965237B2	Driving device, air conditioner, and driving method A driving device includes a connection switching unit to switch a connection state of coils between a first connection state and a second connection state in which a line voltage is lower than in the first connection state, a controller to control a motor and the connection switching unit, and a rotation speed detector to detect a rotation speed of the motor. When the connection state of the coils is the first connection state and the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed detector becomes higher than or equal to a first rotation speed, the controller causes the motor to rotate at a second rotation speed higher than the first rotation speed, and then causes the connection switching unit to switch the connection state of the coils from the first connection state to the second connection state.
US10965230B2	Driver and method for low inductance motor A brushless DC motor driver for driving a brushless DC motor which comprises at least one coil wherein the control unit is adapted for applying a PWM driving signal to the at least one coil of the brushless DC motor such that a current through the at least one coil is always bigger than a pre-defined undercurrent limit.
US10965225B2	Motor control device This motor control devices provided with: a motor control unit which generates a command value on the basis of a motor drive command acquired from a PLC over a communication line; a drive unit which supplies motor drive voltage according to the command value; an interruption unit which interrupts transmission of the drive signal to the motor; a safety input unit which receives an emergency stop input operation over a control signal line; a reset input unit which receives a reset input operation; a determination unit which determines whether or not safety is maintained on the basis of input to the safety input unit; and a safety control unit which, when the safety input unit receives an emergency stop input operation, performs interruption processing of the drive signal through the interruption unit, and when the reset input unit receives a reset input operation, performs restart processing if safety is maintained.
US10965223B2	Ultrasonic motor with thermal compensation platform An ultrasonic motor includes an actuator with a piezo-electric plate, at least one friction element, an element to be driven in active contact with the friction element, a tensioning device for pressing the friction element against the element to be driven, and a thermo-compensation platform having abutting sections by which displacement of the actuator is only possible along abutting side surfaces of the piezo-electric plate. The tensioning device includes two rotation angle levers of which two tension lever arms are connected to one another via a tensioned tension spring, to exert torque on the rotation angle lever such that pressure lever arms will act on the actuator to be linearly guided by the abutting sections in the direction of the element to be driven.
US10965217B2	Power conversion apparatus A power conversion apparatus including a transformer, a power switch, a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generator, an energy storage element, and a power circuit is provided. A primary winding of the transformer receives an input voltage from an external power source. An auxiliary winding of the transformer provides an auxiliary voltage. The power switch is coupled to the primary winding. The PWM signal generator generates a PWM signal to control on and off the power switch. The energy storage element is coupled to a power terminal of the PWM signal generator. The power circuit supplies power to the PWM signal generator and charges the energy storage element according to the auxiliary voltage. When a voltage of the energy storage element is greater than or equal to a threshold voltage, the power circuit stores backup power according to the auxiliary voltage. When the external power source stops providing the input voltage, the power circuit supplies power to the PWM signal generator and charges the energy storage element according to the backup power.
US10965216B2	Integrated circuits with current limit clamps and skip clamps for power converters An integrated circuit comprising: a high-side pMOSFET comprising a drain and a gate; a node coupled to the drain of the high-side pMOSFET; a voltage-to-current circuit comprising a first nMOSFET and a first resistor, the first nMOSFET comprising a gate and a source, the first resistor comprising a terminal coupled to the source of the first nMOSFET; an error amplifier comprising an output port coupled to the gate of the first nMOSFET; a skip clamp nMOSFET comprising a source coupled to the output port of the error amplifier; and a current limit clamp pMOSFET comprising a source coupled to the output port of the error amplifier.
US10965213B2	Systems, apparatus and methods of zero current detection and start-up for direct current (DC) to DC converter circuits A device includes a switch, a controller electrically coupled to the switch, an RC circuit, a diode and a zero current detection circuit. The controller is configured to provide a control signal to control the switch to charge and discharge an inductor between a zero current state and a peak current state to provide a light emitting diode (LED) drive current. The RC circuit includes at least a first resistive element, a second resistive element, and a capacitive element. The diode is electrically coupled in parallel with the RC circuit. The zero current detection circuit has a first input electrically coupled to the RC circuit, a second input electrically coupled to a threshold voltage, and an output electrically coupled to the controller.
US10965207B2	Interleaved variable voltage converter A vehicle powertrain includes a direct-current (DC)-DC power converter and a controller. The DC-DC power converter includes first, second, and third legs in parallel, wherein the first leg is configured to carry a first DC current substantially equal to a sum of DC currents of the second and third legs. The controller may be configured to modulate switches of the first leg at a frequency greater than at least twice that of the second and third legs.
US10965205B2	Power conversion system for vehicles A power conversion system for vehicles is provided. The system includes a first energy storage device and a charging device with a rectification circuit for rectifying AC power to generate a DC link voltage. A DC-DC converter converts the level of the DC link voltage to generate a charging voltage of the first energy storage device. A low voltage DC-DC converter selectively down-converts one of the voltage of the first energy storage device and the DC link voltage to output a low voltage having a predetermined level. The low voltage DC-DC converter selectively converts one of the voltage of the first energy storage device and the DC link voltage into the low voltage based on whether the first energy storage device is charged according to input of the AC power.
US10965203B2	Electric power generating device The invention concerns a device comprising a fixed supporting structure (5) on which a plurality of permanent magnets (14-29) is provided, which surround at least partially a rotating shaft (32) supporting a rotor (2′) provided with a group of magnets (13) adapted to interact with the magnetic field generated by the plurality of permanent magnets (14-29) of the fixed supporting structure (5), so that to produce a rotation of the rotating shaft (32) which allows an alternator (1) to be activated, where the device (100) further comprises a swinging-lever assembly (40) provided with a plurality of magnets designed so that traction and/or thrust effects are generated on the group of magnets (13) by the rotor (2′) connected to the rotating shaft (32).
US10965201B2	Transport system, processing system and manufacturing method of article An embodiment includes: a first transport module on which a carriage moves; a second transport module that is configured to be able to move to a position for connecting to the first transport module and on which the carriage is able to move to and from the first transport module; a position detection unit that detects a position in a moving direction of the second transport module and outputs position information; a first control unit that controls motion of the carriage on the first transport module; a second control unit that controls motion of the carriage on the second transport module; a third control unit that controls motion of the second transport module; and a fourth control unit that controls the first to third control units. The fourth control unit corrects a position where the second transport module connects to the first transport module based on the position information.
US10965200B2	Rotating electric machine A rotating electric machine includes a stator having a segment pair of first and second active part segments, and a rotor mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation relative to the stator and including a ring-shaped reaction element extending along a reaction element circle about the axis of rotation, with a circular arc of the reaction element circle running between the two active part segments. The rotor includes magnetizable regions arranged in series along the reaction element circle, with a non-magnetic region being arranged between two adjacent magnetizable regions. The first active part segment of the segment pair of the stator includes a number of electromagnets arranged in series along a course of the circular arc, and the second active part segment of the segment pair of the stator includes a number of permanent magnets arranged in series along the course of the circular arc.
US10965196B2	Electric machine thermal management An electric machine for an electrified vehicle includes a stator and a temperature sensor assembly. The temperature sensor assembly includes an elongated housing having an anchor portion disposed within the windings. The anchor portion includes a screw thread extending about an outer perimeter of the elongated housing, resilient tabs extending from the outer perimeter, and a temperature sensor housed within the anchor portion of the elongated housing.
US10965190B2	Electric motor Electric motor comprising a rotor and a stator (2), the stator comprising a body (3) forming a frame and a windings assembly (4, 5) housed in slots of the body. The electric motor comprises at least one rod (16, 23) used to connect, to one another, at least two fixed assembled parts of the electric motor, the rod extending into a housing (9) formed in the body over the entire length thereof in order to emerge on each side of the body.
US10965187B2	Motor-transmission arrangement for an adjusting device for adjusting two components adjustable relative to each other A motor-transmission arrangement for an adjusting device for adjusting two components adjustable relative to each other can include a planetary gear system having a planetary carrier, a planetary gear with planetary gear toothing and which is rotatably mounted in the planetary carrier and with a ring gear with an internal toothing which engages with the planetary gear toothing. An electric motor can have a motor shaft which can be rotated about a motor shaft axis, which shaft interacts with the planetary gear system, and a housing which is closed with first and second housing covers in which the motor shaft is mounted via a first bearing section and a second bearing section.
US10965184B2	Rotary electric machine A rotary electric machine of the present invention includes: a stator; a rotor placed on an inner diameter side of the stator through an air gap and fixed to a rotating shaft; a stator frame supporting the stator; a casing storing the stator and the rotor; an outer fan fixed to the rotating shaft; a heat exchanger installed above the casing for heat exchange between outside air taken through the outer fan and internal air to remove heat; and an outer fan duct installed on an end portion of the casing in an axial direction, provided with the outer fan in an inside of the outer fan duct, and formed with a ventilation path through which the outside air is delivered to the heat exchanger. A plate-shaped member has at least a curved surface portion. The plate-shaped member forms the ventilation path of the outer fan duct.
US10965181B2	Electric drive device and electric power steering device An electric drive device includes a housing with a motor-housing-side annular groove portion formed on an outer peripheral surface of an end surface portion of the housing, on an opposite side to an output portion of a rotation shaft of an electric motor section. The groove portion is formed by an annular groove retreating inward in the radial direction orthogonal to the axial line of the housing. A metal-cover-side distal end portion is formed at the opening end of a metal cover covering an electronic control unit that controls the electric motor section, and faces the groove from the outer side. A space between the groove portion and the distal end portion is filled with a liquid sealant, and an annular inclined surface is inclined so it is widened outward in the radial direction of the metal cover is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the groove portion.
US10965179B2	Stator unit, motor, and blower apparatus A stator assembly includes a stator that drives a rotor rotatable about a central axis extending in a vertical direction, a cover that accommodates the stator, a filling portion that fills a space between the cover and the stator. The cover includes a tubular portion that extends in an axial direction and covers a radially side portion of the stator opposing the rotor in a radial direction, a lid portion that covers an axially upper end portion of the stator, and a cover stepped portion that is provided on a first radial side with respect to the tubular portion. The cover stepped portion comes in contact with the axially upper end portion of the stator and is positioned on an axially lower side with respect to an axially upper end portion of the tubular portion.
US10965178B2	Hairpin winding electric machine An electric machine includes a stator core defining slots and a hairpin winding path disposed in the slots. The winding path includes first and second hairpins having legs with same slot spans and twist with same slot spans. The hairpins are installed in the core such that one of the twists of the first hairpin crisscrosses with one of the twists of the second hairpin. A reverse jumper joins the twists that crisscross.
US10965175B2	Electronically switched electric motor and corresponding air pulse device An air pulse device according to the invention is used, in particular, in a heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning system of a motor vehicle. The air pulse device comprises an electric motor (2) having a rotor (16) and a stator (14). The stator is mounted about a support means (10) such that it is in contact with said support means, the latter being made of an electrically conductive material and connected to an electrical ground. Moreover, a shield (70) is disposed in the vicinity of the stator, said shield also being electrically connected to the electrical ground.
US10965170B2	Electronic apparatus and power feeding method According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first transmitter configured to transmit a first wireless signal of power feeding, to a first terminal; a second transmitter configured to transmit a second wireless signal of power feeding, to the first terminal and controlling circuitry configured to control both the first transmitter and the second transmitter to transmit simultaneously at least a part of the first wireless signal from the first transmitter to the first terminal and the second wireless signal from the second transmitter to the first terminal.
US10965167B2	RF energy harvesting system An RF energy harvesting system includes an antenna, an impedance matching network, an RF rectifier module, an enhanced RF rectifier module, a protection circuit, a power control module, an energy storage branch and load branches. The antenna receives RF signals and converts the RF signals into electric energy. The impedance matching network produces an initial voltage signal according to the electric energy output by the antenna. The RF rectifier module converts the initial voltage signal into a first voltage signal. The enhanced RF rectifier module converts the initial voltage signal into a second voltage signal. The power control module is self-driven through the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal. The RF rectifier module adjusts the internal electrical connection according to control signals of the power control module. The energy storage branch stores the electric energy output by the power control module.
US10965166B2	Simultaneous wireless power transmission, communication, and localization A radio frequency identification (RFID) system may include a plurality of RFID readers and RFID tags. A RFID reader may include an antenna configured to operate at a first frequency and transmit a first beam of a first beam width to the plurality of RFID tags. The RFID antenna may further include an antenna array including a plurality of antennas configured to operate at a second frequency. The antenna array may be configured to transmit a second beam of a second beam width to the plurality of RFID tags. The RFID reader may receive backscatter signals and tag data from the plurality of RFID tags. The RFID reader may locate the plurality of RFID tags based on the backscatter signals and a direction of the second beam. The RFID reader may generate a 3D map of the tag data based on the locations of the plurality of RFID tags.
US10965162B2	Wireless power systems A power system has a wireless power transmitting device and a wireless power receiving device. Coils in the power transmitting and receiving devices are used to transmit and receive wireless power signals. The coils may include pot core coils, figure eight coils, solenoids, and other coils. A solenoid array may extend under a charging surface in a wireless power transmitting device. Solenoids in the array may be separated from each other by small gaps. Solenoids may have rectangular outlines, hexagonal outlines, or other shapes. Pot core coils may have a magnetic material with a circular groove of a groove of other suitable shapes that contains wire windings. Figure eight coils may have first and second adjacent magnetic cores with respective counterclockwise and clockwise wire windings. Magnets and other alignment structures can be used to help align coils in transmitting and receiving devices.
US10965159B2	Scalable antenna system Some embodiments providing antenna systems comprising: a frame; a power transfer antenna cooperated with the frame, wherein the power transfer antenna is configured to enable at least one of wirelessly and inductively receiving electrical power from another consumer electronic device and wirelessly and inductively transmitting electrical power to another consumer electronic device; one or more low power communications antennas cooperated with the frame and configured to wirelessly transmit and receive communications with one or more other remote consumer electronic devices; wherein the frame is configured to readily be positioned within and mounted with multiple different consumer electronic devices and provide the consumer electronic device within which it is mounted with wireless power transfer capabilities and communication capabilities with a separate consumer electronic device with which wireless power transfer is to occur.
US10965157B2	Electronic device having a plurality of stacked coil antennas An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface enclosing a space between the first surface and the second surface, a display exposed at least partially through the first surface, a first conductive coil positioned inside the housing, positioned above the display when viewed from above the second surface, and having an axis substantially perpendicular to the first direction or the second direction, and a second conductive coil and a third conductive coil positioned inside the housing, positioned above the first conductive coil when viewed from above the second surface, and having an axis substantially horizontal to the first direction or the second direction.
US10965156B2	Capacitive wireless power transfer by means of adaptive matching networks A controlled wireless Capacitive Power Transfer (CPT) system includes a primary side for wirelessly transmitting power to a secondary side via coupling plates having mutual capacitance CM. A primary adaptive matching network regulates the current flowing to the secondary side. A primary controller includes a first control loop for adjusting the switching frequency fsw to compensate for changes in the impedance of the primary matching network. A second control loop adjusts the resonant frequency of the primary resonant circuit to track the switching frequency fsw. A secondary adaptive matching network is comprised of a secondary resonant circuit with a bias-controlled variable secondary inductor serially connected to the mutual capacitance CM and a capacitor parallelly connected to the mutual capacitance CM, for matching the impedance of the secondary matching network. A secondary controller adjusts the impedance of the secondary matching network to match the resonant frequency of the primary resonant circuit.
US10965154B2	Detecting actuations of buttons of a control device A load control device may be used to control and deliver power to an electrical load. The load control device may comprise a control circuit for controlling the power delivered to the electrical load. The load control device may comprise multiple actuators, where each of the actuators is connected between a terminal of the control circuit and a current regulating device. The number of the actuators may be greater than the number of the terminals. The control circuit may measure signals at the terminals and determine a state configuration for the actuators based on the measured signals. The control circuit may compare the state configuration to a predetermined dataset to detect a ghosting condition.
US10965153B2	Methods of microgrid communications and connection transitions Methods of microgrid communications and connection transitions are provided. The methods include methods of operating recloser and/or switch systems. The methods of operating recloser and/or switch systems include transmitting a communication from a recloser and/or switch system of a microgrid to an inverter of the microgrid to trigger a control state change of the inverter. Related methods of operating inverters are also provided.
US10965148B1	Datacenter backup power management A method for managing backup power in the event of a power supply deficit or disruption includes detecting the power supply deficit and recruiting some or all of the backup battery units associated with electronic devices in the system to provide a backup power supply. Depending on the severity of the power supply failure, the selected backup battery units can be reconfigured from providing power to local electronic devices to providing power along a backup power supply pathway to other electronic components in the system.
US10965144B2	Wireless charging control method and apparatus in wireless power transmission system An apparatus and a method for controlling wireless charging are provided. A wireless charging mode is performed. In response to the performance of the wireless charging mode, an input sensing condition of the touch screen is changed from a first condition to a second condition different from the first condition.
US10965136B2	Monitoring system with low power usage A data logging device including a data request and receiving module receiving an input, a switch circuit receiving said input, a resistive load interconnected to said switch circuit, a data request switch providing a signal to said data request and receiving module, a charge storage device interconnected with said resistive load, a transmitter interconnected with said data request and receiving module.
US10965135B2	Charge/discharge control circuit and battery device A charge/discharge control circuit includes: a first power supply terminal connected to a first electrode of a secondary battery; a second power supply terminal connected to a second electrode of the secondary battery; a control circuit configured to control charge/discharge of the secondary battery; and a power-down release pulse generation circuit connected to the power-down release terminal, the power-down release pulse generation circuit being configured to supply, in a power-down state of the charge/discharge control circuit, a power-down release pulse at least to the control circuit in response to an input of a power-down release signal to the power-down release terminal to release the power-down state.
US10965132B2	Grounding circuit for a backup power source A grounding circuit for a backup power source used to power a pitch motor of a pitch system in a wind turbine is provided. The grounding circuit includes one or more switching elements configured to selectively couple the backup power source to a charging circuit based on a state of a first interface element. The grounding circuit further includes one or more switching elements configured to selectively couple the backup power source to ground based on a state of a second interface element. The grounding circuit includes at least one circuit protection device coupled between the backup power source and the charging circuit. When the backup power source is coupled to the charging circuit and subsequently coupled to ground, the at least one circuit protection device is configured to decouple the backup power source from the charging circuit.
US10965130B2	Multiplexed charge discharge battery management system A battery management system comprising: at least one battery comprising two or more sets of cells, each set of cells comprising one or more cells; a multiplexing switch apparatus connected to each set of cells; and at least one controller configured to use the multiplexing switch apparatus to selectively discharge the sets of cells based on at least one criterion. A battery pack comprising: at least one battery comprising two or more sets of cells, each set of cells comprising one or more cells; and an integrated switching control system comprising at least one switch connected to each set of cells, wherein the integrated switching control system is configured to control the at least one switch to discharge the sets of cells sequentially or selectively based on at least one criterion. A battery management method or a battery pack control method.
US10965127B2	Power controller A plurality of DC/DC converters is provided for each group of solar panels and is configured to convert an output power of the solar panels. A charger includes an input to which outputs of the plurality of DC/DC converters are connected and is configured to convert an input voltage with maintaining the input voltage to a lower limit voltage during charging. The control device controls each of the plurality of DC/DC converters independently. Each of the plurality of control devices is configured to control so as to gradually increase the output voltage of the DC/DC converter from the lower limit voltage, measure the output power of the solar panel each time the output voltage is increased, and search for the output voltage where the measured output power is maximum and maintain that output voltage.
US10965122B2	Information processing apparatus including plurality of power supply units for supplying power to fan An information processing apparatus includes a fan, a plurality of power supply units, and a reception unit. The plurality of power supply units supplies power to the fan. The reception unit receives, from the fan, a signal indicating a state of the fan. At least one of the plurality of power supply units that supplies power to the fan also supplies power to the reception unit.
US10965121B2	Integrated thermally protected varistor and discharge tube An integrated component for protecting against temporary power surges comprises a first conductive lead and a second conductive lead, each of which mounted on an electrical circuit; a gas discharge tube; a thermally protected varistor and a thermal fuse. The thermally protected varistor comprises a varistor body, a first varistor electrode and a second varistor electrode that are positioned on either side of the varistor body. The varistor body rises in temperature when the voltage imposed between the first and the second varistor electrodes exceeds a voltage threshold. An electrical connection is made via the thermal fuse.
US10965120B2	Electronic switching and protection circuit with test mode function An embodiment electronic circuit includes an electronic switch comprising a load path, and a control circuit configured to drive the electronic switch and configured to operate in one of a first operation mode and a test mode. The control circuit comprises a test mode input and is configured to operate in the test mode based on a test signal received at the test mode input. The control circuit in the first operation mode is configured to generate a first protection signal based on a current-time-characteristic of a load current of the electronic switch and drive the electronic switch based on the first protection signal.
US10965118B2	Over voltage/energy protection apparatus An EOS/ESD protection apparatus includes a voltage detection circuit, a controlling circuit having a switch unit, an inverter circuit, and a clamp transistor. The voltage detection circuit is configured to detect whether an over voltage event occurs in a power supply line to generate a switch control signal. The switch unit is turned on/off to generate a voltage control signal according to the switch control signal. The inverter circuit has an output and an input coupled to the voltage control signal transmitted from the controlling circuit. The clamp transistor has a control terminal coupled to the output of the inverter and is configured to be turned on when the over voltage event occurs in the power supply line.
US10965110B2	Support apparatus usable with electrical enclosure A support apparatus is usable with an electrical enclosure to provide support to retain a cover portion of the electrical enclosure in proximity to a cabinet portion of the electrical enclosure. The support apparatus includes a shank having a hook-shaped retention element situated at an end thereof that is configured to provide vertical support to the cover portion. The support apparatus can further include a second hook-shaped retention element at an opposite end of the shank that is configured to rest upon an upturned lip of the cabinet portion, or the shank can potentially be affixed to the cabinet portion. Slots can additionally be provided in the cabinet portion, the cover portion, or both to additionally provide horizontal alignment of the cover portion with the cabinet portion.
US10965108B1	Conduit hub adapter for electrical box An electrical box having an enclosure and a conduit hub adapter that is configured to engage a portion of the enclosure. The enclosure defines an opening that is configured to receive an electrical power conductor. The conduit hub adapter is movable with respect to the enclosure from a disengaged position to an engaged position. A retainer may be positioned adjacent the opening to engage the conduit hub adapter when in the engaged position and secure the conduit hub adapter to the enclosure. The conduit hub adapter may be configured for engagement with the enclosure in a single orientation. The retainer may be configured so that it may only be disengaged from the conduit hub adapter from within an interior space of the enclosure. The enclosure may have a second opening with a second conduit hub adapter configured to engage the enclosure adjacent the second opening.
US10965105B2	Partition covers for electric distribution equipment enclosures A partition cover for a switchgear enclosure includes a main cover with a lip arranged along a first edge of the partition cover, a sliding cover with a second lip arranged along a second edge of the sliding cover, and a locking mechanism. The sliding cover is slidably supported on the main cover. The locking mechanism is fixed to the main cover and operably connected to the sliding cover, the locking mechanism is arranged to lock position of the sliding cover relative to the main cover to fix the partition cover within an interior of a switchgear enclosure. Switchgear enclosures and methods of emplacing and removing partition covers from within switchgear enclosures are also described.
US10965101B2	Plasmonic quantum well laser A plasmonic quantum well laser may be provided. The plasmonic quantum well laser includes a plasmonic waveguide and a p-n junction structure extends orthogonally to a direction of plasmon propagation along the plasmonic waveguide. Thereby, the p-n junction is positioned atop a dielectric material having a lower refractive index than material building the p-n junction, and the quantum well laser is electrically actuated. A method for building the plasmonic quantum well laser is also provided.
US10965096B2	Fixture assembly for testing surface emitting laser diodes and testing apparatus having the same A fixture assembly for testing a surface emitting laser diode and a testing apparatus having the same are provided. The fixture assembly comprises a base, an upper cover and a latch mechanism. The base includes at least one pocket, and at least one electrical contact interface disposed in the pocket. The upper cover includes a body, an abutting block and a pressing member disposed in the body. The abutting block is engageable with the body for slidable movement with respect to the body. The latch mechanism is disposed on the base and the upper cover, and is configured to selectively connect or disconnect the base to or from the upper cover. When the latch mechanism is operated to connect the base to the upper cover, the pocket and an opening of the abutting block form into a through cavity through which the laser diode emits the laser beam.
US10965093B2	Light modulation for improved photoacoustic feedback on light-induced treatments and procedures Methods and systems enabling the real-time monitoring of a light-induced procedure in a biological medium, and/or the acquisition of information related to this biological medium are provided. In some implementations, the light beam used for the procedure is modulated at a modulation frequency selected in view of the photoacoustic frequency response associated with the procedure. The photoacoustic feedback signal from the medium during the procedure is then monitored. This monitoring may involve filtering the photoacoustic feedback signal around the selected feedback modulation frequency. Ratiometric comparisons of the contribution of different frequencies to the photoacoustic feedback signal are also considered.
US10965088B2	Dual-comb generation from a single laser cavity via spectral subdivision A method for generating a single-cavity dualcomb or multicomb for laser spectroscopy, the method comprising the steps of providing a laser system comprising a pump source, a gain medium, and a resonator having a spectral filter; spectrally filtering, by the spectral filter, light in the resonator and attenuating, in particular blocking, by the spectral filter, one or more wavelength bands at least one of which being located completely within the gain bandwidth of the laser system such that two or more at least partially separated spectral regions are provided; mode-locking the two or more at least partially separated spectral regions.
US10965086B2	Optical resonant cavity and display panel Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical resonant cavity and a display panel. The optical resonant cavity includes a light conversion layer, the optical resonant cavity is configured to emit light with a specific wavelength range, and the light conversion layer is arranged at at least one wave node of a center wavelength of the light with the specific wavelength range in the optical resonant cavity.
US10965084B1	Systems and methods for planar waveguide mounting and cooling A planar waveguide laser crystal assembly includes an optical bench and a laser crystal mount mounted on the optical bench. The laser crystal mount includes an upper housing having an interior horizontal surface and an exterior horizontal, a lower housing coupled to the upper housing and having an interior horizontal surface and an exterior horizontal surface, and a cavity defined between the interior horizontal surfaces of the upper and lower housings. A laser crystal is mounted in the cavity of the laser crystal mount. Each of the exterior horizontal surfaces of the upper and lower housings is oriented parallel to a length of the laser crystal. The laser crystal assembly further includes a heat dissipating structure thermally coupled to at least one of the exterior horizontal surfaces of the upper and lower housings to dissipate heat transferred from the laser crystal mount.
US10965083B2	Method for automatic robotic cable connector assembly using a cartridge An automatic-robotic-system-for-cable assembly system and method is provided. The method and system are configured to use a cartridge which holds one or both ends of the cable. The cartridge moves along an automatic cable assembly line, with the line segmented into different stages, at which a process is performed by a specific machine. Different machines, such as actuators or modular machines, perform operations on the cartridge at the different stages. In preparation for or as part of the operations, the actuators or modular machines may apply one or more forces to the cartridge, causing one or more of the following to occur: moving an end of the cartridge to a modular machine, rotating an end of the cable, tipping the ends of the cable, etc. In this way, use of the cartridge enables the automatic assembly of the cables held in the cartridge.
US10965081B2	Apparatuses for manipulating a wire An apparatus for manipulating a wire comprises a first lever and a second lever. The first lever comprises a first tip-support portion, a first handle portion, and a first hinge portion. The second lever comprises a second tip-support portion, a second handle portion, and a second hinge portion. The first hinge portion and the second hinge portion are pivotally interconnected about a lever-pivot axis. The apparatus also comprises means for biasing the first tip-support portion and the second tip-support portion toward each other, a first tip half pivotally coupled to the first tip-support portion, and a second tip half pivotally coupled to the second tip-support portion. The first tip half comprises a first channel. The second tip half comprises a second channel.
US10965080B2	Cable end holding device for holding a cable end of a cable, method for positioning a cable end of a cable, and cable assembly machine for assembling a cable A cable end holding device for holding a cable end of a cable for a crimp process includes a cable holding element for holding the cable end and a vertical position alteration device having two lever elements for altering the vertical position of the cable holding element in a manner decoupled from a movement of a stamp during the crimp process. The lever elements extend mutually parallel along a longitudinal direction of the lever elements and are arranged mutually offset in height and in a width direction perpendicular to the vertical and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The lever elements each are rotatably mounted about a first axis of rotation extending along the width direction, the two first axes of rotation extending mutually parallel.
US10965079B2	Comb pattern insert for wave solder pallets Systems and methods are disclosed herein relating to eliminating solder bridges between adjacent leads of small-pitch through-hole electrical components soldered to circuit boards using wave-soldering techniques. Several wave solder pallet insert patterns are disclosed. Each wave solder insert may include an insert pattern of peeling members is intended to eliminate solder bridges from various small-pitch component lead layouts.
US10965074B2	OBD adapter A system for the read-out of vehicle data via a diagnostic port, specifically an OBD plug connection of a vehicle, including a connector unit for a diagnostic port of a vehicle, and a gateway apparatus for communication with an air-conditioning installation of the vehicle, specifically a parking heater, wherein the connector unit, specifically the OBD plug connection, includes a connector body, having a plug-in side with first contacts for connection with the diagnostic port, and a connection side with second contacts, specifically for connection with a diagnostic device, and at least one branch feeder, wherein the branch feeder is brought out of the connector body from at least one of the first contacts, and is communicatively connected to the gateway apparatus.
US10965073B1	Multidirectional socket structure A multidirectional socket structure is disclosed, comprising an outer case, an armature part, an electric power line and an outer cladding part enveloping the outer case, wherein the outer case includes plural socket panels facing different directions, and the armature part includes a base body and three electrode boards, in which the base body has a crossbar and sidebars bent and extended from both sides of the crossbar, and the sidebars can further extend a positioning pillar body used to be positioned on the outer case, and the armature part can be provided with different channels along the crossbar and the sidebars for accommodating different electrode boards, such that modular designs can be applied between the outer case and the armature part in order to facilitate more convenient assemblage, thereby effectively reducing manufacturing costs and labor costs.
US10965071B1	Flexible electrical receptacle system and method for installation thereof A flexible electrical receptacle system and method for installation is provided. The system includes at least two support bars affixed parallel to one another between two wall support members. A central bar is positioned between the two support bars and configured to move along a length of the parallel support bars. An electrical receptacle affixed to the central bar and configured to move along a length of the central bar.
US10965069B1	Receptacle breakaway system for power pedestals A receptacle breakaway system for power pedestals includes an electric power receptacle having a body and mounting ears with an axis passing through the body and mounting ears. A mounting plate having a hole passing there through is configured for passage of the receptacle's body wherein the mounting ears engage a face of the mounting plate. A first retainer is rigidly coupled to the mounting plate at a first position offset from the receptacle's axis. The first retainer extends at least partially over a first of the mounting ears. A second retainer is rigidly coupled to the mounting plate at a second position offset from the receptacle's axis. The second retainer extends at least partially over a second of the mounting ears. The receptacle's axis passes between the first position and second position.
US10965066B2	Connector arrangement A connector arrangement comprising a connector and a cable connected to the connector, each comprising at least one conductor pair for transmitting a differential signal, wherein the cable comprises a first portion and a second portion, in which the conductor pair comprises electric contacts, and wherein the conductors are at a first mutual distance in the first portion and a second mutual distance in the second portion, the second mutual distance being greater than the first distance, wherein an intermediate portion is formed between the first portion and the second portion, in which intermediate portion the distance between the conductors of a conductor pair increases in the direction of an interface-side end of the connector, wherein the conductor pair is guided in an unshielded cable in the first portion, and wherein the conductors are surrounded by an external conductor in at least one part of the intermediate portion.
US10965065B2	Insulative support for very high speed electrical interconnection An electrical connector module with openings in an insulative support selectively positioned to limit dielectric loss in a signal. The connector may include a first and second conductor including first and second sides between first and second edges. An insulative support holds the first conductor adjacent the second conductor and may have at least five pedestal portions, wherein the first pedestal portion contacts the first side of the first conductor, the second pedestal portion contacts the second side of the first conductor, the third pedestal portion contacts the first side of the second conductor, the fourth pedestal portion contacts the second side of the second conductor, and at least a portion of the fifth pedestal portion is disposed between two edges of the first and second conductors. The pedestal portions may have widths less than the widths of the first and second sides of the first and second conductors.
US10965061B2	Securing apparatus for mechanically securing at least one connecting plug to a housing A securing apparatus for mechanically securing at least one connecting plug to a housing is provided, where the securing apparatus contains (a) a bow-like shaped base body, where the body can slide laterally onto the housing, and be fixed to the housing, (b) at least one receiving section, which is formed on the base body and which is designed for receiving the connecting plug, and (c) a plurality of strip-shaped, tightenable securing devices, which are capable of securing the connecting plug to the base body and/or the base body to the housing.
US10965051B2	Connector terminal and connector for easier insertion of a terminal into a housing A connector includes a housing and a terminal held in the housing and to be mounted on a mounting member. The terminal includes a main body part inserted into a space formed in the housing and a mounting part provided continuously from the main body part and to be mounted on the mounting member. The main body part includes a bottom wall and a side wall provided continuously from the bottom wall. A groove is formed in the space. A tip of the side wall is inserted into the groove, and the groove guides insertion of the main body part into the space. The space includes an insertion opening opened toward the outside of the housing and an insertion main cavity which communicates with the insertion opening and in which to house the main body part of the terminal. The groove is formed in the insertion main cavity.
US10965050B2	Battery product The present disclosure provides a battery product and an assembling method of the battery product, the battery product comprises a box and a heating connector. The box comprises a mounting panel. The mounting panel has a first receptacle portion and a second receptacle portion, and the second receptacle portion and the first receptacle portion are provided opposite to each other and communicating with each other. The heating connector comprises: a first plug assembly being mounted on the first receptacle portion; and a second plug assembly being mounted on the second receptacle portion. Compared with the technology related to the background, the battery product is equivalent to directly integrating the receptacle of the heating connector on the mounting panel, which not only eliminates the manner of fixing by the bolt, but also improves the integration of the battery product, thereby improving the space utilization and energy density.
US10965039B1	System and method for fleet command and control communications with secondary radar functionality using 360° multi-beam hemispherical array A system comprising a hemispherical array antenna having a plurality of antenna elements comprising a set of baseline antenna elements arranged in a first 360° circular antenna array, a set of upper antenna elements arranged in a second 360° circular antenna array and latitudinally aligned with the baseline antenna elements, and a set of lower antenna elements arranged in a third 360° circular antenna array and latitudinally aligned with the baseline antenna elements. The system includes a fleet base station including a plurality of non-shared receiver channels coupled to and dedicated to a particular antenna element. The base station is configured to provide 360° of transmission/reception from horizon to zenith using the antenna elements for command and control fleet communications to and from mobile devices and to provide secondary radar functions using the fleet communications to track the mobile devices based on received signal characteristics received at the antenna elements.
US10965037B2	Multi-antenna system A multi-antenna system includes an antenna part and a cable part. The antenna part includes comprising antenna lines forming antenna elements. The cable part includes a feeding lines for the antenna elements. Both the antenna part and the cable part are implemented using a flexible printed circuit board. The antenna part includes a single conductor layer area. The cable part includes a three conductor layer area.
US10965034B2	Millimeter wave antenna A balanced planar antenna having at least one mmWave resonant frequency includes a ground plane, first and second antenna elements, an arm that connects the second antenna element to the ground plane, a feed line connected to the first antenna element and for feeding a radio frequency signal to the first antenna element, and a balun that connects the first antenna element to the ground plane. The ground plane, first antenna element, second antenna element, arm, feed line and balun each are disposed on a substrate and are coplanar.
US10965031B2	Antenna structure and electronic device including the same The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to embodiments in the present disclosure, an antenna device for dual polarization of a wireless communication system, comprises a print circuit board (PCB); a first feeding line configured to provide a first polarization signal; a second feeding configured to provide a second polarization signal; and a patch antenna comprising a radiating region and cutting regions. Objects corresponding to the cutting regions are disposed to support the radiating region on the PCB.
US10965028B2	Antenna module and dual-band antenna apparatus An antenna module includes a connection member including at least one wiring layer and at least one insulating layer; an IC disposed on a first surface of the connection member and electrically connected to at least one wiring layer of the connection member; and an antenna package disposed on a second surface of the connection member and including first antenna members and feed vias, wherein the connection member includes a feed line having a first end electrically connected to a corresponding wire of at least one wiring layer of the connection member; a second antenna member electrically connected to a second end of the feed line and configured to transmit or receive a radio frequency (RF) signal; and a ground member spaced apart from the feed line in a direction toward the first surface or the second surface of the connection member.
US10965025B2	Self-calibration method of switched array antenna radar Disclosed is a self-calibration method and apparatus for an array antenna system. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a correction method of an array antenna system includes: deriving, at a first time, a correction factor Ri,j for a path connecting an i-th (i is an integer equal to or greater than one and equal to or less than m) transmission antenna and a j-th (j is an integer equal to or greater than one and equal to or less than n) reception antenna; deriving, at a second time, a calibration factor {circumflex over (Q)}i,j for the path connecting the i-th transmission antenna and the j-th reception antenna; and performing, based on the {circumflex over (Q)}i,j, calibration on the path connecting the i-th transmission antenna and the j-th reception antenna.
US10965022B2	High-frequency module and communication device [Object] To provide a high-frequency module and a communication device, each of which includes a non-directional antenna and is suitable for transmission/reception of a radio wave in a high frequency band. [Solution] A high-frequency module including: an antenna portion provided to project from a board; an antenna element at least a part of which is provided on the antenna portion; a transmission line formed on a same surface as the antenna element and including a same material as the antenna element; and a high-frequency element mounted on a surface of the board on which the transmission line is formed.
US10965020B2	Antenna device In an antenna device, an isolation structure between antenna elements includes: a conductor on a surface of a dielectric substrate; and a plurality of via conductors that penetrate the dielectric substrate and electrically connect the conductor to the ground conductor. A value of (d1×2+h1)/(λ1/√εr) falls within a range from 0.40 to 0.60, where the dielectric substrate has a dielectric constant εr, a signal transmitted from the antenna element has a wavelength λ1 (mm), each via conductor has a height h1 (mm), and the conductor protrudes with a length d1 (mm) toward the antenna element.
US10965016B2	Electronic device casing and electronic device An electronic device casing adapted to cover an antenna is provided. The electronic device casing includes a supporting layer and a carbon fiber layer. The carbon fiber layer is disposed on a surface of the supporting layer and includes a signal passing region having a plurality of slits and a plurality of microstructures separated by the slits. The signal passing region is adapted to cover the antenna, and a signal excited by the antenna is adapted to pass through the supporting layer and the slits so as to pass through the electronic device casing. An electronic device having the electronic device casing is further provided.
US10965015B2	Portable protective enclosure for communications devices A modular antenna enclosure is disclosed. The modular antenna enclosure includes a frame structure, a base structure including side plates, a capturing member and a frame structure. The frame structure includes vertical support members extending between the capturing member located near the top of the modular antenna enclosure and the side plates of the base structure. Each of the side plates of the base structure is coupled to adjacent side plates via a connector assembly that includes a vertical receptor to receive the vertical support members of the frame structure. The connector assembly can include a securing member that allows users to secure the base structure to a surface below.
US10965014B2	Radar unit with thermal transfer via radome A radar unit includes a printed circuit board (PCB) supporting an integrated circuit (IC) chip. A radome is arranged over the IC chip. A spring engages the IC chip and the radome. The spring is configured to transfer thermal energy between the IC chip and the radome.
US10965011B2	High frequency antenna carrier in vehicle roof cross member A high frequency antenna carrier in vehicle roof cross member is provided. The antenna carrier is configured to extend width-wise across a vehicle roof to provide structural support for the vehicle roof. The antenna carrier has a lower surface, and a plurality of sidewalls that meet at a common upper flange that mates in a face-to-face relationship with the vehicle roof. The sidewalls may be provided with apertures to facilitate a strong signal passage to and from the high frequency antenna through the carrier. The lower surface of the antenna carrier may be provided with apertures that are aligned with the antennas to improve signal strength.
US10965008B2	Electronic device with housing slots for antennas An electronic device housing may have a rear housing wall that forms a metal ground plane. A slot may be formed in the metal ground plane. The slot may have one or more open ends along an edge of the ground plane. A near-field communications loop antenna may overlap the slot. The near-field communications loop antenna may have one or more turns. A current path through the metal ground plane may form one of the turns in the near-field communications loop antenna. The slot may form portions of non-near-field-communications antennas in addition to the near-field communications loop antenna. The slot in the non-near-field-communications antennas may be fed using an indirect antenna feed structure. Components such as a capacitor and inductor may help allow non-near-field communications antenna and the near-field communications antenna to be formed from common portions of the metal ground plane.
US10965004B2	Chip antenna module A chip antenna module includes a substrate having layers; a chip antenna mounted on one surface of the substrate to radiate a radio signal, the chip antenna having a body portion formed of a dielectric substance, and a ground portion and a radiating portion disposed on opposite surfaces of the body portion; and an auxiliary patch disposed below the radiating portion on at least one layer of the substrate.
US10965002B2	Antenna and a method of operating it An antenna with a radiation emitter/receiver, a base and a mount system capable of rotating the radiation emitter/receiver in relation to the base around at least three axes, where a controller may ensure that the emitter/receiver is directed in a first direction in relation to the base while portions of the mount system rotate so as to prevent bearings of the mount system to deteriorate.
US10965000B2	Antenna mounting system An antenna mounting system configured to be attached to the structure of a communications tower and to connect with additional mounting systems located adjacent on the tower. The system is secured to the tower structure via a multi piece clamp configured to attach to tower elements of varying sizes and shapes and which may be joined together with one or more adjacent mounting systems. Single piece side frames with X shaped central bracing are attached to the mounting clamp and further attached to multiple face members. The face members are used to attach members which serve as the ultimate mounting points for antenna equipment as well as members to brace the mounting system to the tower structure or an adjacent mounting system. The system further incorporates a dedicated anchor point for fall arrest equipment used by tower technicians.
US10964994B2	Nonreciprocal circuit element and communication apparatus using the same Disclosed herein is a nonreciprocal circuit element that includes a magnetic rotator, and a permanent magnet that applies a DC magnetic field to the magnetic rotator. The magnetic rotator includes a center conductor, a first ferrite core laminated on the center conductor, and a dielectric provided in a gap formed between the center conductor and the first ferrite core.
US10964987B2	Separator and energy storage device The application provides a separator and an energy storage device. The separator comprises: a porous substrate; and a porous layer arranged on a surface of the porous substrate, wherein the porous layer comprises inorganic particles and a binder, and a ratio of Dv90 of the inorganic particles to the thickness of the porous layer is in a range from 0.3 to 3.0. Excellent adhesion exists between the separator and the electrode according to the present application, which ensures that the energy storage device has good safety performance. Moreover, the rate performance and cycle performance of the energy storage device can be greatly improved due to the existence of inorganic particles in the separator.
US10964979B2	Cell agnostic battery pack A cell agnostic battery pack that is capable of receiving sub-modules including lithium-ion cells regardless of form factor type, technology or supplier is described. The battery pack includes a chassis comprising compartments for receiving lithium-ion cells in the form of sub-modules that are connectable in series, parallel or series and parallel, and a battery pack controller. The battery pack further comprises internal interconnects adapted for coupling the sub-modules received in the compartments to the battery pack controller to create a target pack voltage and energy density.
US10964978B2	Electric storage device having a wound body with an extension part An electric storage device that includes a first electrode body and a second electrode body. The first electrode body includes a first wound body part and an extension part. The first wound body part includes a laminated body having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The second electrode body is on the extension part. The length of the second electrode body is different from that of the first wound body part of the first electrode body in a direction in which a central axis of the first wound body part extends.
US10964976B2	Electrolyte solution and lithium-ion battery An electrolyte solution for a lithium-ion battery is provided. The electrolyte solution contains at least a solvent and a lithium salt. The solvent contains at least methoxyacetone.
US10964974B2	Solid electrolyte, all-solid-state lithium-ion secondary battery, production method for solid electrolyte A solid electrolyte is constituted by lithium phosphorus oxynitride (LiPON). A multiplication value obtained by multiplying a ratio of a peak intensity of nitrogen atoms having a single bond with one P atom and having a double bond with another P atom to a peak intensity of an N2 state in a Raman spectroscopy spectrum by a ratio of a content amount of N atoms to a content amount of P atoms is greater than or equal to 0.40.
US10964972B2	Lithium-rich antiperovskite-coated LCO-based lithium composite, method for preparing same, and positive electrode active material and lithium secondary battery comprising same The present invention relates to a Li-rich antiperovskite-coated LCO-based lithium complex, a method of preparing the same, and a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery, both of which include the LCO-based lithium complex. When a lithium complex in which a coating layer of a compound having a lithium-rich antiperovskite (LiRAP) crystal structure is formed on surfaces of LCO-based particles is applied as the positive electrode active material, the lithium complex is favorable for batteries which are operated at a high voltage, has high lithium ion conductivity, and can be applied to lithium secondary batteries which are driven at a high temperature due to high thermal stability.
US10964971B2	Battery casing and battery including the same A battery casing including a container configured to house an electrode assembly, wherein the container includes a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls, the bottom wall and the plurality of side walls are integrated to define an open side opposite to the bottom wall and to define a space for housing the electrode assembly, at least one of the bottom wall and plurality of the side walls includes a composite including a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer and a nanoclay dispersed in the thermotropic liquid crystal polymer, wherein the main chain of the thermotropic liquid crystal polymer includes an aromatic oxycarbonyl repeating unit and an alkylene moiety-containing repeating unit, and at least a portion of the nanoclay is present in an exfoliated state, and an X-ray diffraction pattern of the composite does not exhibit an intrinsic peak corresponding to the nanoclay.
US10964970B2	Non-aqueous electrolytic secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same A flat-plate portion of a negative electrode composite material layer includes a first end portion at one end portion in a direction of axis of winding of a flat electrode winding assembly, a second end portion located opposite to the first end portion, and a central portion lying between the first end portion and the second end portion. The flat-plate portion of the negative electrode composite material layer is provided with a plurality of communication grooves. The communication groove includes a first terminal end portion at the first end portion, includes a second terminal end portion at the second end portion, includes in the central portion, a starting portion located closer to a bottom portion of a prismatic case relative to the first terminal end portion and the second terminal end portion, and extends from the starting portion toward the first terminal end portion and the second terminal end portion.
US10964966B2	Flow batteries incorporating a nitroxide compound within an aqueous electrolyte solution Flow batteries can include a first half-cell containing a first aqueous electrolyte solution, a second half-cell containing a second aqueous electrolyte solution, and a separator disposed between the first half-cell and the second half-cell. The first aqueous electrolyte solution contains a first redox-active material, and the second aqueous electrolyte solution contains a second redox-active material. At least one of the first redox-active material and the second redox-active material is a nitroxide compound or a salt thereof. Particular nitroxide compounds can include a doubly bonded oxygen contained in a ring bearing the nitroxide group, a doubly bonded oxygen appended to a ring bearing the nitroxide group, sulfate or phosphate groups appended to a ring bearing the nitroxide group, various heterocyclic rings bearing the nitroxide group, or acyclic nitroxide compounds.
US10964962B2	Method for diagnosing water-containing state of fuel cell stack A method for diagnosing a water-containing state of a fuel cell stack includes steps of: applying an alternating current (AC) signal having a predetermined frequency to the fuel cell stack to calculate each of an electrolyte membrane impedance, an anode impedance, and a cathode impedance from an output voltage and an output current of the fuel cell stack corresponding to the AC signal; and diagnosing the water-containing state of the fuel cell stack on the basis of the electrolyte membrane impedance, the anode impedance, and the cathode impedance.
US10964961B2	Fuel cell system In a fuel cell system, a controller is configured to, to stop the fuel cell system, (a) execute an oxidizing gas consumption process by supplying a fuel gas to an anode and sweeping current from a fuel cell while a supply-side on-off valve and an exhaust-side on-off valve are closed to seal the remaining oxidizing gas in the cathode, and (b) stop sweeping the current at a time point at which the difference between pressure of the cathode that decreases in response to the sweeping of the current and an estimated pressure value of the cathode that decreases by consumption of the oxidizing gas remaining in the cathode in response to the sweeping of the current becomes larger than a predetermined determination threshold value to end the oxidizing gas consumption process.
US10964959B2	Seal for a fuel cell, and fuel cell A seal (34) for a fuel cell (10), which includes multiple bipolar plates (13) and at least one membrane electrode assembly (12), the seal (34) having a seal body (40) surrounding a free inner chamber (42) is provided. It is provided that at least two flow barriers (46) pointing into the inner chamber (42) are formed as a single piece with the seal body (40), the flow barriers (46) being situated at a distance from the seal body (40) by at least one connecting element (48).
US10964958B2	Method for manufacturing integrated sheet A method for manufacturing an integrated sheet of a MEGA and a resin frame, capable of curing a UV curable adhesive in a short time by suppressing an inhibition of curing of the UV curable adhesive and thereby providing excellent productivity is provided. A manufacturing method for an integrated sheet in which a resin frame is bonded to a MEGA, includes preparing a laminate in which a gas diffusion layer is laminated on at least one surface of a MEA, applying a coating of an UV curable adhesive to the laminate; placing a resin frame on the UV curable adhesive and applying a pressure to the frame, and irradiating the UV curable adhesive with ultraviolet rays, in which the irradiating includes a first irradiation step, and a second irradiation step in which ultraviolet rays are applied with irradiation intensity higher than irradiation intensity in the first irradiation step.
US10964957B2	Manufacturing method for fuel cell including a heat adhesion step The disclosure provides a manufacturing method for a fuel cell. The method includes a heating adhesion step in which a separator and a resin frame are adhered to each other. The heating adhesion step includes a plurality of heating steps in which a laminate is heated, and a conveyance step in which the laminate is conveyed between the heating steps. In the conveyance step, a support portion having a projecting portion projecting towards the laminate is used, and the laminate is supported only by the projecting portion and conveyed.
US10964953B2	Electrode current collector, all solid state battery, and method for producing electrode current collector A main object of the present disclosure is to provide an electrode current collector in which the peel-off of a coating layer and an aluminum oxide layer is inhibited. The present disclosure achieves the object by providing an electrode current collector to be used in an all solid state battery, the electrode current collector comprising: a current collecting layer, an aluminum oxide layer, and a coating layer containing a conductive material, a resin, and an inorganic filler, in this order; and the current collecting layer has a porous structure on a surface of the aluminum oxide layer side.
US10964952B2	Positive electrode and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including the same A positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode current collector, a protective layer provided on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, and a positive electrode composite material layer containing a positive electrode active material provided on a surface of the protective layer. The protective layer includes an insulating filler, a binder, and a conductive material. The protective layer is composed of a central portion and an end portion in a plan view as seen from the stacking direction. The ratio of the conductive material in the end portion of the protective layer is smaller than the ratio of the conductive material in the central portion of the protective layer. The ratio Sc/S of the area Sc of the end portion of the protective layer to the total area S of the protective layer in plan view is 0.12 or more.
US10964950B2	Secondary battery positive-electrode active material and method for producing same The present invention provides a positive electrode active substance for a secondary cell, the positive electrode active substance capable of suppressing adsorption of water effectively in order to obtain a high-performance lithium ion secondary cell or sodium ion secondary cell. The present invention also provides a method for producing the positive electrode active substance for a secondary cell. That is, the present invention is a positive electrode active substance for a secondary cell, in which one or two selected from the group consisting of a water-insoluble electrically conductive carbon material and carbon obtained by carbonizing a water-soluble carbon material, and 0.1 to 5 mass % of a metal fluoride are supported on a compound containing at least iron or manganese, the compound represented by formula (A) LiFeaMnbM1cPO4, formula (B) Li2FedMneM2fSiO4, or formula (C) NaFegMnhQiPO4.
US10964949B2	Electrode binder composition for lithium ion electrical storage devices An electrode binder of a lithium ion battery comprising: (a) a polyvinylidene binder dispersed in an organic diluent with (b) a (meth)acrylic polymer dispersant. The binder can be used in the assembly of electrodes of lithium ion batteries.
US10964948B2	Copolymer binder A copolymer including a monomer A with a molar ratio a varying between around 0.01 and around 0.20, a monomer B with a molar ratio b varying between around 0.2 and around 0.4, and a monomer C with a molar ratio c varying between around 0.50 and around 0.70, the monomer A being a hydrophilic monomer including a pendant chain of poly(ethylene oxide) (POE) with low molar weight, the monomer B being a hydrophobic monomer with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of around −30° C. or less, the monomer C being a monomer that is more hydrophobic than the monomer B and having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of around 80° C. or more, said monomers being organised in a hydrophilic segment, a hydrophobic segment and an intermediate segment located between the hydrophilic segment and the hydrophobic segment.
US10964947B2	Binder composition for secondary battery electrode, slurry composition for secondary battery electrode, electrode for secondary battery, and secondary battery Provided is a binder composition for a secondary battery electrode that, when used in production of a slurry composition for a secondary battery electrode, enables favorable dispersion of an electrode active material and a conductive material in high concentration while ensuring coatability. The binder composition for a secondary battery electrode contains a binder. The binder includes a copolymer that includes an alkylene structural unit and a nitrile group-containing monomer unit, and that has a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4, 100° C.) of at least 50 and not more than 200.
US10964945B2	Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary batteries, positive electrode for lithium secondary batteries, and lithium secondary battery A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which includes a lithium-containing composite metal compound in the form of secondary particles that are aggregates of primary particles capable of being doped and undoped with lithium ions, each of the secondary particles having on its surface a coating layer including a metal composite oxide including lithium and aluminum, wherein the positive electrode active material includes at least nickel and aluminum as non-lithium metals, and satisfies all of the requirements (1) to (2).
US10964941B2	Sodium ceramic electrolyte battery The present invention relates to a sodium-ion battery comprising a positive electrode compartment comprising a positive electrode, said positive electrode comprising a Na-insertion compound; a negative electrode compartment comprising a negative electrode, said negative electrode comprising metallic sodium; and an electrolyte composition comprising a solid sodium-ion conductive ceramic electrolyte and a catholyte comprising a metallic salt with formula MY, wherein M is a cation selected from an alkali metal and an alkali-earth metal; and Y is an anion selected from [R1SO2NSO2R2], CF3SO3−, C(CN)3−, B(C2O4)2− and BF2(C2O4)−, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from fluorine or a fluoroalkyl group. The device is able to operate below the melting point of the anode component.
US10964938B2	Lithium-ion battery anode including preloaded lithium An energy storage device includes a nano-structured cathode. The cathode includes a conductive substrate, an underframe and an active layer. The underframe includes structures such as nano-filaments and/or aerogel. The active layer optionally includes a catalyst disposed within the active layer, the catalyst being configured to catalyze the dissociation of cathode active material.
US10964936B2	Conducting elastomer composite-encapsulated particles of anode active materials for lithium batteries Provided is an anode active material electrode for a lithium battery. This electrode layer comprises multiple particulates of an anode active material, wherein at least a particulate is composed of one or a plurality of particles of an anode active material being encapsulated by a thin layer of sulfonated elastomer/graphene composite having from 0.01% to 50% by weight of graphene sheets dispersed in a sulfonated elastomeric matrix material, wherein the encapsulating shell composite has a thickness from 1 nm to 10 μm, a lithium ion conductivity from 10−7 S/cm to 5×10−2 S/cm, and an electrical conductivity from 10−7 S/cm to 100 S/cm when measured at room temperature. The anode active material is preferably selected from Si, Ge, Sn, SnO2, SiOx, Co3O4, Mn3O4, etc., which has a specific capacity of lithium storage greater than 372 mAh/g (the theoretical lithium storage limit of graphite).
US10964935B1	Amorphous silicon-carbon composites and improved first coulombic efficiency Compositions, anodes, and batteries are described herein and incorporate particulates that feature carbon matrices having embedded therein a plurality of amorphous silicon nanoparticles. One embodiment includes a particulate composed of a porous carbon matrix and a plurality of amorphous silicon nanoparticles affixed to an interior surface of the porous carbon matrix and adjacent to an open volume that defines specific pores. Yet another embodiment is an anode active particulate that features a plurality of amorphous silicon nanoparticles affixed to interior surfaces of a porous carbon matrix, where the anode active particulate has a “Standard-FCE” value that is about 5% greater than a “Standard-FCE” value of an analogous anode active particle having crystalline silicon nanocrystals.
US10964934B2	Laminate type battery and method for producing the same A laminate type battery includes a power generating element and an outer casing body. The power generating element is formed by electrically laminating in series a plurality of single battery layers in which a single battery layer is formed by sequentially laminating a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, an electrolyte layer, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negative electrode current collector. The power generating element is disposed inside the outer casing body. At least one of the positive electrode current collector or the negative electrode current collector includes a resin layer having conductivity. The single battery layer including the resin layer is electrically connected to an adjacent single battery layer via at least one resistance reduction layer.
US10964930B2	Electrical interconnects for battery cells A battery pack includes a pouch cell having electrode tabs extending therefrom, each of the tabs defining perforations, a bus bar in contact with the tabs, and respective agglomerations of mechanically bound solid metal particles each filling one of the perforations to mechanically bind and electrically connect the tabs to the bus bar.
US10964929B2	Structure of connection among circuit body, bus bar and electronic element A structure of connection among a circuit body, a bus bar and an electronic element includes a circuit body configured by a flexible board on which a wiring pattern is provided, a bus bar attached to a mounting surface of the circuit body, and an electronic element attached to the mounting surface so as to connect the bus bar and the wiring pattern. The bus bar has a fixed portion extending along the mounting surface. The fixed portion is fixed to the mounting surface so that a restricted area which restricts deformation of the mounting surface is formed in a periphery of the fixed portion. The electronic element is arranged in the restricted area and is fixed to the mounting surface.
US10964927B2	Separator and electrochemical device The present application relates to a separator and an electrochemical device. The present application provides a separator comprising: a porous substrate and a porous layer, wherein the porous layer is disposed on a surface of the porous substrate and comprises inorganic particles and a binder. The porous substrate has an absolute plastic deformation rate in a first direction ranging from about 40% to about 1800%. By using the separator provided in the present application, the safety performance of lithium ion batteries is improved.
US10964919B2	Organic electroluminescent transistor The present teachings relate to an organic electroluminescent transistor with improved light-emission characteristics. More specifically, the present organic electroluminescent transistor has an emissive ambipolar channel including at least one layer of an n-type semiconductor material, at least one layer of a p-type semiconductor material, and at least one layer of an emissive material arranged between the layers of the p-type and n-type semiconductor materials, where the multilayer emissive ambipolar channel includes, among various layers, a layer of a p-type semiconductor material comprising a benzothieno-benzothiophene compound, and/or a layer of an emissive material comprising a blend material that includes an organic carbazole derivative as the host matrix compound and an iridium complex as the guest emitter.
US10964918B1	Display screen and terminal A display screen includes: a flexible display panel, and a flexible protective layer covering a light-emitting surface of the flexible display panel, wherein a side surface of the flexible protective layer facing away from the flexible display panel is a light-emitting side surface, and an anti-reflection structure is disposed on the light-emitting side surface. An unevenness feel on a surface of the display screen can be reduced, thereby improving performance of a foldable product such as a foldable terminal.
US10964917B2	Display module and method for preparing the same The present disclosure provides a display module and a method for preparing the same. The display module includes a display panel and a light-concentrating layer arranged on a light-exiting surface of the display panel, in which the light-concentrating layer includes a plurality of light-concentrating units for concentrating light from the light-exiting surface.
US10964915B2	Lighting apparatus using organic light emitting diode A lighting apparatus including an organic light emitting diode includes an organic light emitting diode unit which includes an organic layer disposed on a substrate, wherein the organic light emitting diode emits light with an angle with respect to a normal direction of the organic layer; and an external light extracting layer which refracts the light emitted by the organic light emitting diode unit to the normal direction of the organic layer.
US10964913B2	Display device A display device may include a hole, a display element, a switching element, a groove, a planarization layer, and a cover layer. The switching element may be electrically connected to the display element. The encapsulation layer may cover the display element. The groove may be located between the hole and the display element. A portion of the planarization layer may be located between a first edge of the planarization layer and a second edge of the planarization and may be located in the groove. The first edge of the planarization layer may be located closer to the display element than the second edge of the planarization layer. The cover layer may at least partially cover the first edge of the planarization layer.
US10964911B2	Thin film encapsulation structure of AMOLED and manufacturing method thereof A thin-film encapsulation structure of an active-matrix organic light-emitting, diode (AMOLED) is provided, and a touch electrode layer is disposed thereon. The thin-film encapsulation structure includes a first ceramic layer, an organic layer, and a second ceramic layer. The second ceramic layer has a first film layer and a second film layer; a side end of the second film layer is contracted inward so that a recessed first step portion is defined at the side end of the second film layer and a side end of the first film layer. The second ceramic layer is changed into a design of a multi-layer stacked structure, and a recessed step portion is formed at the side ends of the upper and lower layers. Therefore, the traces can be placed in a larger space and resistant to line breakage, thereby ensuring the yield and product performance.
US10964910B2	Display device including hole having protruded portions and depressed portion and manufacturing method thereof A display device includes a substrate including a plastic layer, a barrier layer, and a display area in which an image is displayed. The display device further includes a light-emitting diode disposed in the display area, a planarization layer, and a pixel definition layer. The planarization layer and the pixel definition layer overlap the light-emitting diode. The display device further includes a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the pixel definition layer. The thin film encapsulation layer includes at least one inorganic layer. The display device further includes an opening disposed in the display area and penetrating the substrate. The opening includes a protruded portion and a depressed portion, and the barrier layer overlaps at least one of the pixel definition layer and the planarization layer at the protruded portion.
US10964907B2	Display panel, manufacturing method thereof and display device The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, in particular to a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a display substrate and an encapsulation layer for encapsulating the display substrate. The encapsulation layer includes at least one inorganic composite film layer, and each inorganic composite film layer includes an inorganic matrix and an inorganic filler. The inorganic matrix includes a plurality of grains spaced apart by gaps, and the inorganic filler is capable of enclosing each grain and being filled in a gap between every two adjacent grains.
US10964905B2	Organic light emitting diode cell comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders It is proposed an organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, comprising a cathode, an anode, the anode being positioned on a substrate, and wherein the organic light emitting diode cell further comprises between said cathode and said anode, an emissive layer and an conductive layer, that generate light when a difference of potential occurs between said cathode and said anode. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell further comprises a diffusion layer comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders, wherein each right circular hollow cylinder being defined by at least a parameter R, named an external radius, and a parameter r, named an internal radius, wherein said parameter R is comprised in a first range [ λ - 30 100 ⁢ λ ; λ + 30 100 ⁢ λ ] with λ being a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave generated by said organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, and wherein said parameter r is defined such that in a 1 - ( r R ) 2 is comprised in a second range [0.6; 0.8], and wherein each right circular hollow cylinder has a height that is comprised in a third range [ 0.2 ⁢ λ n ; 0.4 ⁢ λ n ] , wherein n corresponds to a refractive index of said diffusion layer.
US10964904B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices This invention relates to the development of heterocyclic materials for use as red, green, and blue phosphorescent materials in OLED devices. The materials are based in part on a pair of aromatic or psuedoaromatic rings bonded to one another and complexed to a transition metal. Azaborinane, borazine, and related aromatic structures including boron may be incorporated as fused rings, as pendant groups, or as bridging groups to tune color and improve chemical stability. Desirable structures may be selected by being determined computationally to have appropriate triplet energies for use as blue emitters and to possess sufficient chemical stability for use in devices.
US10964902B2	Film production method A method of producing a film having excellent external quantum efficiency when used in a light emitting layer of a light emitting device is provided. A method of film production includes preparing an ink containing a specific metal complex, storing the ink for 3 days or more under light shielding, and forming a film by using the stored ink. The total content of metal complexes having a molecular weight larger by 16, 32 or 48 than that of the specific metal complex according to an area percentage value determined by liquid chromatography is 0.6 or less when the content of the specific metal complex is taken as 100.
US10964901B2	Organic light-emitting display device An organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode on the substrate; an auxiliary electrode spaced apart from the pixel electrode; a first insulating film between the pixel electrode and the auxiliary electrode and covering an end of the pixel electrode and an end of the auxiliary electrode; an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode and including an emission layer; an opposite electrode covering the intermediate layer and contacting the auxiliary electrode; and a passivation layer covering the opposite electrode.
US10964895B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices An OLED incorporating a first emitting compound in its emissive layer is disclosed. The first emitting compound has the formula G1-Z, Formula I, where G1 is an electron acceptor group; and Z is an electron donor group, where Z has the formula: wherein each of R1 and R2 independently represents no substitution to the maximum allowable substitution; wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; and wherein two or more of R1 and R2 substitutions are optionally joined or fused into a ring.
US10964893B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices The present invention discloses organic azacyclophane compounds with two substituted triazine, pyridine, pyrimidine or pyrazine rings. These materials may serve as hosts, charge transporting and blocking materials and may improve OLED performance.
US10964892B2	Heterocyclic compound and organic light-emitting device comprising same The present specification provides a hetero-cyclic compound and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US10964887B2	Highly physical ion resistive spacer to define chemical damage free sub 60nm MRAM devices A magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) structure comprises a pinned layer on a bottom electrode. a barrier layer on the pinned layer, wherein a second metal re-deposition layer is on sidewalls of the barrier layer and the pinned layer, a free layer on the barrier layer wherein the free layer has a first width smaller than a second width of the pinned layer, a top electrode on the free layer having a same first width as the free layer wherein a first metal re-deposition layer is on sidewalls of the free layer and top electrode, and dielectric spacers on sidewalls of the free layer and top electrode covering the first metal re-deposition layer wherein the free layer and the top electrode together with the dielectric spacers have a same the second width as the pinned layer wherein the dielectric spacers prevent shorting between the first and second metal re-deposition layers.
US10964881B2	Piezoelectronic device with novel force amplification A piezoelectronic device with novel force amplification includes a first electrode; a piezoelectric layer disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer; an insulator disposed on the second electrode; a piezoresistive layer disposed on the insulator; a third electrode disposed on the insulator; a fourth electrode disposed on the insulator; a semi-rigid housing surrounding the layers and the electrodes; wherein the semi-rigid housing is in contact with the first, third, and fourth electrodes and the piezoresistive layer; wherein the semi-rigid housing includes a void. The third and fourth electrodes are on the same plane and separated from each other in the transverse direction by a distance.
US10964880B2	Piezoelectric MEMS microphone A microphone including a casing having a front wall, a back wall, and a side wall joining the front wall to the back wall, a transducer mounted to the front wall, the transducer including a substrate and a transducing element, the transducing element having a transducer acoustic compliance dependent on the transducing element dimensions, a back cavity cooperatively defined between the back wall, the side wall, and the transducer, the back cavity having a back cavity acoustic compliance. The transducing element is dimensioned such that the transducing element length matches a predetermined resonant frequency and the transducing element width, thickness, and elasticity produces a transducer acoustic compliance within a given range of the back cavity acoustic compliance.
US10964879B2	Method of manufacturing a dielectric device A method of manufacturing a dielectric device includes epitaxially growing a metal film on a substrate, forming a dielectric film on the metal film such that the dielectric film has a preferentially oriented structure, forming a first electrode film having a non-oriented or amorphous structure on the dielectric film, removing the substrate and the metal film from the dielectric film or removing the substrate from the metal film, and forming a second electrode film having a non-oriented or amorphous structure on the dielectric film or the metal film.
US10964878B2	Piezoelectric composition and piezoelectric device A piezoelectric composition comprises a plurality of crystal particles, wherein the piezoelectric composition includes bismuth, iron, barium, titanium, and oxygen; the crystal particle include a core and a shell having a contents of bismuth higher than that in the core and covering the core; and the total area of the cross sections of the cores exposed to the cross section of the piezoelectric composition is expressed as SCORE, the total area of the cross sections of the shells exposed to the cross section of the piezoelectric composition is expressed as SSHELL, and 100·SCORE/(SCORE+SSHELL) is 50 to 90.
US10964876B2	Integrated flexible thermoelectric device and method of manufacturing the same An integrated flexible thermoelectric device includes p-type carbon nanoparticle regions and n-type carbon nanoparticle regions which are alternately and continuously connected to each other. In particular, the p-type carbon nanoparticle regions and the n-type carbon nanoparticle regions are formed on the one carbon nanoparticle paper.
US10964873B1	Systems and methods for forming thin bulk junction thermoelectric devices in package This disclosure relates to an integrated thermoelectric cooler and methods for forming thereof. The integrated thermoelectric cooler can include a plurality of thermoelectric rods located between the detector substrate and a system interposer. The detector substrate and the system interposer can directly contact ends of the thermoelectric rods. The integrated thermoelectric cooler can be formed by forming the plurality of thermoelectric rods on reels, for example, and the plurality of thermoelectric rods can be thinned down to a certain height. The thermoelectric rods can be transferred and bonded to the system substrate. An overmold can be formed around the plurality of thermoelectric rods. The height of the overmold and thermoelectric rods can be thinned down to another height. The thermoelectric rods can be bonded to the detector substrate. In some examples, the overmold can be removed.
US10964868B2	LED display module The disclosure relates to an LED display module, and more particularly to an LED display module, in which a conductive metal thin film layer formed by deposition is used to configure lateral side wiring for connecting an upper circuit pattern and a lower circuit pattern of a substrate, thereby removing a bezel, and guaranteeing display quality because a division line or a bezel line is not seen even when a plurality of modules undergoes tiling to get a desired display size.
US10964867B2	Using underfill or flux to promote placing and parallel bonding of light emitting diodes Embodiments relate to using flux or underfill as a trapping layer for temporarily attaching light emitting diodes (LEDs) to a substrate and heating to simultaneously bond multiple LEDs onto the substrate. The flux or underfill may be selectively coated at the ends of electrodes of the LEDs prior to placing the LEDs on the substrate. Due to adhesive properties of the flux or underfill, multiple LEDs can be placed on and attached to the substrate prior to performing the bonding process. Once LEDs are placed on the substrate, the flux or underfill facilitates formation of metallic contacts between electrodes of the LED and contacts of the substrate during the bonding process. By using the flux or underfill, the formation of metallic contacts can be performed even without applying pressure.
US10964864B2	Micro LED mixing cup A light emitting structure including mixing cups are described. In an embodiment, a light emitting structure includes a light emitting diode (LED) bonded to a substrate, a diffuser layer adjacent the LED, an angular filter directly over the diffuser layer and the LED, and an overcoat layer directly over the angular filter and the LED.
US10964859B2	Light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same A light-emitting device 100 includes: a light-emitting element; a light-transmissive member covering the light-emitting element; and a light-diffusing agent contained in the light-transmissive member and comprising hollow particles. The light-transmissive member has a first surface having irregularities according to the light-diffusing agent. The first surface of the light-transmissive member has a convex shape with a height gradually increased from a peripheral portion of the first surface toward a central portion of the first surface.
US10964857B2	Planar aligned nanorods and liquid crystal assemblies A method is described for preparing a nanorods assembly. The method comprises providing a mixture comprising at least a liquid crystal and nanorods and depositing said mixture on the surface of at least substrate. The method further comprises aligning said nanorods with their long axis of the nanorods along a preferred direction on said substrate resulting in a nanorods and liquid crystal assembly, said aligning being performed by applying an external alternating current electrical field.
US10964850B2	Lighting device A lighting device is provided comprising at least one light-emitting element comprising a light-emitting surface configured to emit light; and a light-guiding sheet at least partially covering the light-emitting surface and comprising at least one cavity forming a passage for light emitted from the light-emitting surface. Thereby, at least one lateral surface limiting the at least one cavity is configured to reflect light emitted from the light-emitting surface. Further, a size of an opening of the at least one cavity facing the light-emitting surface is smaller than an area of the light-emitting surface.
US10964848B2	Light emitting diodes with sensor segment for operational feedback A light emitting device comprises a detector circuit and a light emitting diode (LED) die. The LED die includes a semiconductor stack grown on a substrate. The LED includes an emitter segment formed from one segment of the semiconductor stack. The LED die includes a photosensor segment formed from another segment of the semiconductor stack. The LED die includes a segmentation layer formed between the emitter segment and the photosensor segment. The segmentation layer electrically isolates the emitter segment from the photosensor segment. The LED die includes first electrodes configured to provide power to energize the emitter segment. The LED die includes second electrodes configured to send the current to the detector circuit. The detector circuit is configured to convert the current to a signal which provides operational feedback with respect to the emitter segment.
US10964847B2	Light-emitting element A light-emitting element comprises a light-emitting semiconductor stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer, and a light-emitting layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a reflective layer formed on the light-emitting semiconductor stack; a barrier layer formed on the reflective stack; a protection layer formed on the barrier layer, comprising a first through hole and a second through hole; a first height balancer filled in the first through hole and formed on the protection layer; a second height balancer filled in the second through hole and formed on the protection layer; and a conductive contact layer comprising a first conductive part formed on the first height balancer and a second conductive part formed on the second height balancer.
US10964843B2	Patterned Si substrate-based LED epitaxial wafer and preparation method therefor An patterned Si substrate-based LED epitaxial wafer and a preparation method therefor, the LED epitaxial wafer comprising: a patterned Si substrate (1) and an Al2O3 coating (2) growing on the patterned Si substrate (1); sequentially growing on the Al2O3 coating (2) are a nucleating layer (3), a first buffer layer (4), a first insertion layer (5), a second buffer layer (6), a second insertion layer (7), an n-GaN layer (8), a quantum well layer (9), a p-GaN layer (10), an n-electrode (14) electrically connected to the n-GaN layer and a p-electrode (13) electrically connected to the p-GaN layer. The present invention is suitable for the preparation of large-sized LED epitaxial wafers. Furthermore, the crystal quality is improved, and the light extraction efficiency of the LED die is improved.
US10964840B2	Photodiode structures Photodiode structures and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming a waveguide structure in a dielectric layer. The method further includes forming a Ge material in proximity to the waveguide structure in a back end of the line (BEOL) metal layer. The method further includes crystallizing the Ge material into a crystalline Ge structure by a low temperature annealing process with a metal layer in contact with the Ge material.
US10964838B2	Display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, display panel, and display device The present disclosure discloses a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel, and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a black matrix disposed on the base substrate, and a switching unit and an optical detection unit that are disposed at a side of the black matrix away from the base substrate. The optical detection unit is electrically connected to the switching unit, and an orthographic projection of at least one of the switching unit and the optical detection unit on the base substrate is located in an orthographic projection of the black matrix on the base substrate. Since the orthographic projection of at least one of the switching unit and the optical detection unit on the base substrate is located in the orthographic projection of the black matrix on the base substrate, the aperture ratio of the display substrate may increase.
US10964837B2	Photo detector systems and methods of operating same According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a dynamic photodiode may include a substrate including a major surface; a hedge formation extruding perpendicularly from the major surface; a first resettable region disposed on a top surface the hedge formation; a second resettable region disposed on the top surface of the hedge formation; a first doped region disposed on the top surface of the hedge formation between the first resettable region and the second resettable region, the first doped region including a first contact configured to receive a first voltage; and a second doped region disposed on a top surface of the hedge formation, the second doped region including a second contact configured to receive a second voltage. Exposed portions of the substrate form light absorbing regions configured to generate electron-hole pairs in the substrate.
US10964836B2	Photon counting-type radiation detector and radiological inspection device using same According to one embodiment, a photon counting-type radiation detector includes a first cell and a second cell. The first cell transmits radiation. The second cell is stacked with the first cell. The second cell absorbs the radiation passing through the first cell.
US10964832B2	Capacitors in grooves An energy storage device comprising a substrate comprising a series of grooves. Each groove having a first and a second face. Wherein there is a capacitor material in each groove of the series of grooves.
US10964831B2	Solar cell module and method of manufacturing solar cell module A solar cell module comprises a plate-like first protector having translucency, a second protector, a solar cell element, first to third sealers, and first and second wiring members. The solar cell element is located between the first protector and the second protector. The first sealer covers the solar cell element from a side of the first protector between the first protector and the solar cell element. The second sealer covers the solar cell element from a side of the second protector between the solar cell element and the second protector. The third sealer covers the second sealer from a side of the second protector between the second sealer and the second protector. The first wiring member is electrically connected to the solar cell element and passes through the second sealer. The second wiring member is connected to the first wiring member between the second sealer and the second protector.
US10964826B2	Solar cell and production method therefor, and solar cell module A photoelectric conversion section of a solar cell has a first electrode layer and a collecting electrode that are formed in this order on a first principal surface, and has a second electrode layer that is formed on a second principal surface. The collecting electrode includes a first electroconductive layer, an insulating layer, and a second electroconductive layer in this order on the first electrode layer. The first and second electroconductive layers are electrically connected via an opening section in the insulating layer. At peripheral edge of the first and second principal surfaces, the photoelectric conversion section has an insulating region excluding the first or second electrode layer. On the side of the principal surface having no insulating region, the first or second electrode layer is formed up to the peripheral end of the relevant principal surface.
US10964823B2	Semiconductor structure and method for forming same A semiconductor structure and a method for forming same are provided. One form of the method includes: providing a substrate including a device unit area, where at least two fins are formed on the substrate, a channel structure layer is formed on the fins, which includes a first channel structure layer located on at least one fin, a second channel structure layer located on at least one fin, and a third channel structure layer located on at least one fin, the first channel structure layer includes multiple channel laminates, each channel laminate includes a first sacrificial layer and a first channel layer; forming a dummy gate structure across the channel structure layer; forming a source-drain doping layer on two sides of the dummy gate structure; and forming a gate structure at positions of the dummy gate structure and the first sacrificial layer.
US10964822B2	Single material electronic device and method of producing such an electronic device A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate arranged on the substrate, a dielectric arranged on the gate, a channel arranged on the dielectric, a source electrically coupled to the channel, and a drain electrically coupled to the channel. Each of the gate, dielectric, channel, source, and drain includes a corresponding mixture of hafnium dioxide (HfCte) and zinc oxide (ZnO) layers and at least two of the gate, dielectric, channel, source, and drain comprise different mixtures of the hafnium dioxide and zinc oxide layers.
US10964817B2	(110) surface orientation for reducing fermi-level-pinning between high-K dielectric and group III-V compound semiconductor device A device with improved device performance, and method of manufacturing the same, are disclosed. An exemplary device includes a group III-V compound semiconductor substrate that includes a surface having a (110) crystallographic orientation, and a gate stack disposed over the group III-V compound semiconductor substrate. The gate stack includes a high-k dielectric layer disposed on the surface having the (110) crystallographic orientation, and a gate electrode disposed over the high-k dielectric layer.
US10964813B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor The present disclosure relates to the technical field of semiconductors, and discloses a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor. The method includes: providing a substrate structure, where the substrate structure includes: a substrate having a first device region and a second device region, a first dummy gate structure at the first device region, a second dummy gate structure at the second device region, and an LDD region below the first dummy gate structure. The first dummy gate structure includes a first dummy gate dielectric layer at the first device region, a first dummy gate on the first dummy gate dielectric layer, and a first spacer layer at a side wall of the first dummy gate. The second dummy gate structure includes a second dummy gate dielectric layer at the second device region, a second dummy gate on the second dummy gate dielectric layer, and a second spacer layer at a side wall of the second dummy gate. The method further includes removing the first dummy gate; etching back the first spacer layer to reduce a thickness of the first spacer layer; removing an exposed portion of the first dummy gate dielectric layer to form a first trench; and removing the second dummy gate and exposed second dummy gate dielectric layer to form a second trench.
US10964811B2	Transistor and methods of forming transistors A transistor comprises a top source/drain region, a bottom source/drain region, and a channel region vertically between the top and bottom source/drain regions. A gate is operatively laterally-adjacent the channel region. The top source/drain region, the bottom source/drain region, and the channel region respectively have crystal grains and grain boundaries between immediately-adjacent of the crystal grains. At least one of the bottom source/drain region and the channel region has an internal interface there-within between the crystal grains that are above the internal interface and the crystal grains that are below the internal interface. At least some of the crystal grains that are immediately-above the internal interface physically contact at least some of the crystal grains that are immediately-below the internal interface. All of the grain boundaries that are between immediately-adjacent of the physically-contacting crystal grains that are immediately-above and that are immediately-below the interface align relative one another. The internal interface comprises at least one of (a) and (b), where (a): conductivity-modifying dopant concentration immediately-above the internal interface is lower than immediately-below the internal interface and (b): a laterally-discontinuous insulative oxide. Other embodiments, including method, are disclosed.
US10964809B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing process therefor A semiconductor device comprises: a cell region that includes a semiconductor element; an outer peripheral region that surrounds an outer periphery of the cell region; a substrate that has a front surface and a back surface, and is made of a semiconductor of a first or second conductivity type; a first conductivity layer that is formed on the front surface of the substrate and made of the semiconductor of the first conductivity type having a lower impurity concentration than impurity concentration of the substrate; a first electrode that is provided on an opposite side of the substrate across the first conductivity layer, the first electrode being provided in the semiconductor element; and a second electrode that is placed toward the back surface of the substrate, the second electrode being provided in the semiconductor element.
US10964806B2	Gallium nitride transistor A heterojunction power device includes a substrate; a III-nitride semiconductor region over the substrate; a source operatively connected to the semiconductor region; a drain operatively connected to the semiconductor region; a gate between the source and drain and over the semiconductor region. The source is in contact with a first portion located between the source and gate and having a two dimensional carrier gas. The drain is in contact with a second portion located between the drain and gate and having a two dimensional carrier gas. At least one of the first and second portions has a trench having vertical sidewalls and formed within the semiconductor region; mesa regions extend away from each sidewall of the trench. The two dimensional carrier gas is located alongside the mesa regions and the trench. At least one of the source and drain is in contact with the respective two dimensional carrier gas.
US10964805B2	Compound semiconductor device A compound semiconductor device includes a compound semiconductor laminate structure including an electron transit layer and an electron supply layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode that are formed over the electron supply layer, a first insulating layer of diamond formed between the gate electrode and the drain electrode over the compound semiconductor laminate structure, and a second insulating layer formed between the gate electrode and the source electrode over the compound semiconductor laminate structure, wherein a positive compressive stress is applied from the first insulating layer to the electron supply layer, and a compressive stress from the second insulating layer to the electron supply layer is smaller than the compressive stress from the first insulating layer to the electron supply layer.
US10964804B2	Semiconductor structure, HEMT structure and method of forming the same A semiconductor structure includes: a channel layer; an active layer over the channel layer, wherein the active layer is configured to form a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) to be formed in the channel layer along an interface between the channel layer and the active layer; a gate electrode over a top surface of the active layer; and a source/drain electrode over the top surface of the active layer; wherein the active layer includes a first layer and a second layer sequentially disposed therein from the top surface to a bottom surface of the active layer, and the first layer possesses a higher aluminum (Al) atom concentration compared to the second layer. An HEMT structure and an associated method are also disclosed.
US10964803B2	Gallium nitride transistor with a doped region In some examples, a transistor comprises a gallium nitride (GaN) layer; a GaN-based alloy layer having a top side and disposed on the GaN layer, wherein source, drain, and gate contact structures are supported by the GaN layer; and a first doped region positioned in a drain access region and extending from the top side into the GaN layer.
US10964798B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes semiconductor wires disposed over a substrate, a source/drain epitaxial layer in contact with the semiconductor wires, a gate dielectric layer disposed on and wrapping around each channel region of the semiconductor wires, a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer and wrapping around the each channel region, and dielectric spacers disposed in recesses formed toward the source/drain epitaxial layer.
US10964795B2	Air spacers in transistors and methods forming same A method includes forming a gate stack over a semiconductor region, and forming a first gate spacer on a sidewall of the gate stack. The first gate spacer includes an inner sidewall spacer, and a dummy spacer portion on an outer side of the inner sidewall spacer. The method further includes removing the dummy spacer portion to form a trench, and forming a dielectric layer to seal a portion of the trench as an air gap. The air gap and the inner sidewall spacer in combination form a second gate spacer. A source/drain region is formed to have a portion on an outer side of the second gate spacer.
US10964789B2	Method of fabricating a semiconductor structure having at least one recess A semiconductor structure is disclosed. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate; a gate structure formed on the substrate; a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate on either side of the gate structure, the source region and the drain region both having a first type of conductivity; and a dielectric layer having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the dielectric layer is formed on a portion of the gate structure, and the second portion of the dielectric layer is formed on the substrate and extending to a portion of the drain region, wherein the dielectric layer includes at least one recess on the second portion. An associated fabricating method is also disclosed.
US10964787B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first conductor; a first insulator thereover; a first oxide thereover; a second oxide thereover; a second conductor and a third conductor that are separate from each other thereover; a third oxide over the first insulator, the second oxide, the second conductor, and the third conductor; a second insulator thereover; a fourth conductor thereover; and a third insulator over the first insulator, the second insulator, and the fourth conductor. The second oxide includes a region where the energy of the conduction band minimum of an energy band is low and a region where the energy of the conduction band minimum of the energy band is high. The energy of the conduction band minimum of the third oxide is higher than that of the region of the second oxide where the energy of the conduction band minimum is low. Side surfaces of the first oxide and the second oxide are covered with the third oxide.
US10964784B2	Integrated circuit device and manufacturing method thereof An integrated circuit device includes a substrate, a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET), and a well strap. The substrate has a first doped region of a first type dopant. The FinFET is over the doped region and includes a first semiconductor fin and a first source/drain region in the first semiconductor fin, in which the first source/drain region is of a second type dopant that has a different conductivity type than the first type dopant. The well strap is over the doped region, includes a second semiconductor fin and a second source/drain region in the second semiconductor fin, in which the second source/drain region is of the first type dopant. A width of the second semiconductor fin is greater than a width of the first semiconductor fin.
US10964781B2	High voltage resistor device The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a high voltage resistor device. The device includes a buried well region disposed within a substrate and having a first doping type. A drift region is disposed within the substrate and contacts the buried well region. The drift region has the first doping type. A body region is disposed within the substrate and has a second doping type. The body region laterally contacts the drift region and vertically contacts the buried well region. An isolation structure is over the drift region and a resistor structure is over the isolation structure.
US10964780B2	Semiconductor device The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate of first conductivity type including a cell area and a peripheral area surrounding cell area on a principal surface thereof, a first diffusion layer which is disposed in peripheral area, surrounds the cell area and has a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, an electrode which is disposed in the peripheral area, is in contact with the principal surface through an opening provided in an insulating member and is connected to the first diffusion layer, and a second diffusion layer of the first conductivity type which is formed on the principal surface of a region enclosed in the electrode distant from the first diffusion layer when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the principal surface and includes a linear portion having a first width and a curved portion having a portion with a second width greater than the first width.
US10964768B1	Display panel The present disclosure relates to a display panel including at least one scan line formed by a first metal layer, at least one data line formed by a second metal layer, and at least one dielectric layer between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The scan line is of a segment structure including a plurality of sub-scan lines electrically connecting to connection patterns of the corresponding second metal layer via corresponding via holes of the dielectric layer, the connection patterns of the second metal layer electrically connects the sub-scan lines. The data line is of the segment structure including a plurality of sub-data lines electrically connecting to the connection patterns of the corresponding first metal layer via the corresponding via holes of the dielectric layer, and the connection patterns of the first metal layer electrically connects the sub-data lines.
US10964760B2	Electroluminescent display panel with anti-ultraviolet light material, method for manufacturing the same, and display apparatus An electroluminescent display panel, a method for manufacturing the same and a display apparatus are disclosed. The electroluminescent display panel includes: a silicon backplate; a light emitting device on the silicon backplate; a first sealing layer on a side of the light emitting device away from the silicon backplate; an adhesive layer on a side of the first sealing layer away from the light emitting device; and a color filter layer on a side of the adhesive layer away from the first sealing layer. The light emitting device includes a luminescent material, and the first sealing layer includes an anti-ultraviolet light material for preventing ultraviolet light from irradiating onto the luminescent material.
US10964758B2	Pixel unit, display panel, display device and method of manufacturing pixel unit A pixel unit, a display panel, a display device and a method of manufacturing a pixel unit. The pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel unit and a second sub-pixel unit, each sub-pixel unit includes a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode stacked on a substrate. An emission lifespan of the emission layer of the first sub-pixel unit is smaller than that of the emission layer of the second sub-pixel unit. An area of an orthographic projection of the emission layer of the first sub-pixel unit on the substrate is equal to that of the emission layer of the second sub-pixel unit on the substrate. An area of an orthographic projection of the first electrode of the first sub-pixel unit on the substrate is greater than an area of an orthographic projection of the first electrode of the second sub-pixel unit on the substrate.
US10964757B2	Energy efficient OLED TV Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color that is a red-shifted color of a deep blue sub-pixel of the plurality of sub-pixels. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter may also provide a full-color pixel arrangement for a device, the full-color pixel arrangement including a plurality of sub-pixels, each having an emissive region of a first color, where the full-color pixel arrangement comprises emissive regions having exactly one emissive color, and where the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a light blue sub-pixel, a deep blue sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel.
US10964752B2	Three-dimensional memory device including laterally constricted current paths and methods of manufacturing the same A vertically alternating sequence of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers is formed over a substrate. Line trenches extending along a first horizontal direction are formed through the vertically alternating sequence. The vertically alternating sequence is divided into vertically alternating stacks of insulating strips and sacrificial material strips. Laterally alternating sequences of memory opening fill structures and dielectric pillar structures are formed within the line trenches. Each of the memory opening fill structures includes a respective vertical bit line and memory material portion located between each laterally neighboring pair of the sacrificial material strip and the vertical bit line. A lateral extent of an overlap between the memory material portion and a most proximal one of the sacrificial material strips along the first horizontal direction is less than a lateral extent along the first horizontal direction of the memory opening fill structure containing the memory material portion. The sacrificial material strips are replaced with electrically conductive strips.
US10964750B2	Steep-switch field effect transistor with integrated bi-stable resistive system Fabricating a steep-switch transistor includes receiving a semiconductor structure including a substrate, a fin disposed on the substrate, a source/drain disposed on the substrate adjacent to the fin, a gate disposed upon the fin, a cap disposed on the gate, and a trench extending to the source/drain. A trench contact is formed in the trench in contact with the source/drain. A recess is formed in a portion of the trench contact below a top surface of the cap using a recess patterning process. A bi-stable resistive system (BRS) material is deposited in the recess in contact with the portion of the trench contact. A source/drain contact is formed upon the BRS material, a portion of the trench contact, the BRS material, and a portion of the source/drain contact forming a reversible switch.
US10964746B2	Deep trench isolation shrinkage method for enhanced device performance Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method in which a functional layer is formed over an upper semiconductor surface of a semiconductor substrate, and a capping layer is formed over the functional layer. A first etchant is used to form a recess through the capping layer and through the functional layer. The recess has a first depth and exposes a portion of the semiconductor substrate there through. A protective layer is formed along a lower surface and inner sidewalls of the recess. A second etchant is used to remove the protective layer from the lower surface of the recess and to extend the recess below the upper semiconductor surface to a second depth to form a deep trench. To prevent etching of the functional layer, the protective layer remains in place along the inner sidewalls of the recess while the second etchant is used.
US10964744B1	Light control for improved near infrared sensitivity and channel separation Light control for improved near infrared sensitivity and channel separation for an image sensor. In one embodiment, an image sensor includes: a plurality of photodiodes arranged in rows and columns of a pixel array; and a light filter layer having a plurality of light filters configured over the plurality of photodiodes. The light filter layer has a first side facing the plurality of photodiodes and a second side facing away from the first side. The image sensor also includes a color filter layer having a plurality of color filters configured over the plurality of photodiodes. The color filter layer has a first surface facing the second side of the light filter layer and a second surface facing away from the first layer. Individual micro-lenses are configured to direct incoming light through corresponding light filter and color filter onto the respective photodiode.
US10964743B2	Imaging device comprising current mirror circuit A semiconductor device including pixels arranged in a matrix of n rows and m columns, in which the pixels in the m-th column are shielded from light, is provided.
US10964742B2	Germanium-silicon light sensing apparatus II A circuit that includes: a photodiode configured to absorb photons and to generate photo-carriers from the absorbed photons; a first MOSFET transistor that includes: a first channel terminal coupled to a first terminal of the photodiode and configured to collect a portion of the photo-carriers generated by the photodiode; a second channel terminal; and a gate terminal coupled to a first control voltage source; a first readout circuit configured to output a first readout voltage; a second readout circuit configured to output a second readout voltage; and a current-steering circuit configured to steer the photo-carriers generated by the photodiode to one or both of the first readout circuit and the second readout circuit.
US10964737B2	Photoelectric conversion device and imaging device A photoelectric conversion device includes: a light absorption layer that has a light entrance surface and a compound semiconductor material; a first electrode provided for each of the pixels, in opposed relation to an opposite surface to the light entrance surface; a first semiconductor layer of a first conductive type, with a bandgap energy larger than bandgap energy of the light absorption layer and that is provided between the light absorption layer and the first electrode; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductive type, with a bandgap energy larger than the bandgap energy of the light absorption layer and that is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the light absorption layer; and a first diffusion region of the second conductive type, in which the first diffusion region is provided between adjacent ones of the pixels and across the second semiconductor layer and the light absorption layer.
US10964735B2	Solid-state imaging device having pixels with high and low sensitivity photoelectric conversion units, and electronic device including the same Provided is a solid-state imaging device and an electronic device that can expand a dynamic range in a pixel having a high-sensitivity pixel and a low-sensitivity pixel. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two-dimensional manner, in which the pixel includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit having lower sensitivity than the first photoelectric conversion unit, and a size of the second photoelectric conversion unit in an optical axis direction in which light enters is smaller than a size of the first photoelectric conversion unit in the optical axis direction.
US10964731B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof and display device An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a bending section and a pixel section that is adjacent to the bending section, the pixel section comprises a plurality of pixel unit sections and a non-pixel unit section connects with the pixel unit section; the array substrate includes a flexible substrate and an array layer; the array layer includes an array base layer having a first groove and a second groove, the first groove corresponds to the non-pixel unit section of the pixel section; the second corresponds to the bending section; and a filling layer filled in the first groove and the second groove; and an organic dielectric layer disposed on the array base layer and the filling layer, and materials used for the organic dielectric layer and the filling layer are organic photoresist materials.
US10964730B2	Non-contact measurement of a stress in a film on a substrate A method for non-contact measurement of stress in a thin-film deposited on a substrate is disclosed. The method may include measuring first topography data of a substrate having a thin-film deposited thereupon. The method may also include comparing the first topography data with second topography data of the substrate that is measured prior to thin-film deposition. The method may further include obtaining a vertical displacement of the substrate based on the comparison between the first topography data and the second topography data. The method may also include detecting a stress value in the thin-film deposited on the substrate based on a fourth-order polynomial equation and the vertical displacement.
US10964726B2	Array substrate, display panel and display device An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate including a display region and a peripheral region, the peripheral region including a gate driving circuit region, a driving bonding region and a first communication region; a first common electrode line, located in the first communication region; a second common electrode line, located on a side of the gate driving circuit region away from the display region; and a third common electrode line, located in the gate driving circuit region. The second common electrode line is electrically connected to the first common electrode line, the third common electrode line includes a first end close to the driving bonding region and a second end close to the first communication region, the second end of the third common electrode line is insulated from the first common electrode line.
US10964725B2	Display device A display device includes: a display panel having a first side and a second side facing the first side in a first direction, the display panel including a recessed portion having a recessed shape from the first side of the display panel toward the second side in the first direction, the recessed portion including a side extended from the first side of the display panel; a pad portion disposed on a front surface of the display panel, the pad portion being adjacent to at least one side of the recessed portion; and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) connected to the pad portion, the FPC being bent to a rear surface of the display panel around the at least one side of the recessed portion, the rear surface opposing the front surface.
US10964723B2	Flexible display panel A flexible display panel includes a bending area and a surrounding area adjacent to the bending area. The barrier layer includes first silicon nitride layers and first silicon oxide layers which are overlapped with the bending area. The first silicon nitride layers and the first silicon oxide layers are stacked alternately. Each of the first silicon nitride layers may have a thickness less than or equal to about 400 Å, and each of the first silicon oxide layers may have a thickness less than or equal to about 650 Å.
US10964722B2	Micro LED display substrate, method for manufacturing the same, and display device A Micro LED display substrate, a method for manufacturing the Micro LED display substrate, and a Micro LED display device are provided. In the method, the Micro LED is transferred onto the organic layer of the array substrate, one etching is performed to form through hole on both the protective layer and the array substrate, and then one metal deposition is performed to simultaneously form an electrode of the Micro LED and a structure electrically connecting the graphene layer with the source or drain electrode of the thin film transistor. Compared with the related art in which the electrode of the Micro LED and the structure electrically connecting the graphene layer with the source or drain electrode of the thin film transistor are formed through two etchings and two metal depositions, the method provided by the present disclosure saves the process steps, simplifies the process and reduces the costs.
US10964707B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate with a buffer region between first and second regions, the first region being a SRAM cell region, and the second region being a peripheral circuit region, first gate structures in a first direction on the first region and being spaced apart from each other in a second direction, second gate structures in the first direction on the second region and being spaced apart from each other in the second direction, the first and second gate structures being aligned with each other, a first insulating structure in the second direction on the buffer region between the first and the second regions along an entire length of each of the first and second regions in the second direction, and a second insulating structure on the first region and in contact with a part of the plurality of first gate structures.
US10964705B2	Method of forming a semiconductor device In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device may include extending a gate conductor of a transistor to overlie a boundary of a well region in which the transistor is formed. The gate conductor may extend to make electrical contact with a gate conductor of a 2nd transistor that is formed external to the well region. A contact conductor may be applied to electrically and physically contact the first and 2nd gate conductors and to also overlie the boundary of the well region.
US10964701B2	Vertical shared gate thin-film transistor-based charge storage memory A charge storage memory is described based on a vertical shared gate thin-film transistor. In one example, a memory cell structure includes a capacitor to store a charge, the state of the charge representing a stored value, and an access transistor having a drain coupled to a bit line to read the capacitor state, a vertical gate coupled to a word line to write the capacitor state, and a drain coupled to the capacitor to charge the capacitor from the drain through the gate, wherein the gate extends from the word line through metal layers of an integrated circuit.
US10964697B2	Non-planar semiconductor device having doped sub-fin region and method to fabricate same Non-planar semiconductor devices having doped sub-fin regions and methods of fabricating non-planar semiconductor devices having doped sub-fin regions are described. For example, a method of fabricating a semiconductor structure involves forming a plurality of semiconductor fins above a semiconductor substrate. A solid state dopant source layer is formed above the semiconductor substrate, conformal with the plurality of semiconductor fins. A dielectric layer is formed above the solid state dopant source layer. The dielectric layer and the solid state dopant source layer are recessed to approximately a same level below a top surface of the plurality of semiconductor fins, exposing protruding portions of each of the plurality of semiconductor fins above sub-fin regions of each of the plurality of semiconductor fins. The method also involves driving dopants from the solid state dopant source layer into the sub-fin regions of each of the plurality of semiconductor fins.
US10964696B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a first channel region disposed over a substrate, a first source region and a first drain region disposed over the substrate and connected to the first channel region such that the first channel region is disposed between the first source region and the first drain region, a gate dielectric layer disposed on and wrapping the first channel region, a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate dielectric layer and wrapping the first channel region, and a second source region and a second drain region disposed over the substrate and below the first source region and the first drain region, respectively. The second source region and the second drain region are in contact with the gate dielectric layer. A lattice constant of the first source region and the first drain region is different from a lattice constant of the second source region and the second drain region.
US10964694B2	Multi-transistor device including first and second LDMOS transistors having respective drift regions separated in a thickness direction by a shared RESURF layer A multi-transistor device includes first and second lateral double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect (LDMOS) transistors sharing a first p-type reduced surface field (RESURF) layer and a first drain n+ region. In certain embodiments, the first LDMOS transistor includes a first drift region, the second LDMOS transistor includes a second drift region, and the first and second drift regions are at least partially separated by the first p-type RESURF layer in a thickness direction.
US10964693B2	Semiconductor device having a plurality of bipolar transistors with different heights between their respective emitter layers and emitter electrodes A semiconductor device has a semiconductor substrate, and multiple first bipolar transistors on the first primary surface side of the semiconductor substrate. The first bipolar transistors have a first height between an emitter layer and an emitter electrode in the direction perpendicular to the first primary surface. The semiconductor device further has at least one second bipolar transistor on the first primary surface side of the semiconductor substrate. The second bipolar transistor have a second height, greater than the first height, between an emitter layer and an emitter electrode in the direction perpendicular to the first primary surface. Also, the semiconductor has a first bump stretching over the multiple first bipolar transistors and the at least one second bipolar transistor.
US10964690B2	Resistor between gates in self-aligned gate edge architecture Techniques are disclosed for forming semiconductor structures including resistors between gates on self-aligned gate edge architecture. A semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor fin extending in a first direction, and a second semiconductor fin adjacent to the first semiconductor fin, extending in the first direction. A first gate structure is disposed proximal to a first end of the first semiconductor fin and over the first semiconductor fin in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, and a second gate structure is disposed proximal to a second end of the first semiconductor fin and over the first semiconductor fin in the second direction. A first structure comprising isolation material is centered between the first and second semiconductor fins. A second structure comprising resistive material is disposed in the first structure, the second structure extending at least between the first gate structure and the second gate structure.
US10964689B2	Semiconductor structure A semiconductor structure including a substrate, dummy conductive structures, and resistor elements is provided. The substrate includes a resistor region and has isolation structures and dummy support patterns located in the resistor region. Each of the isolation structures is located between two adjacent dummy support patterns. Each of the dummy conductive structures is disposed on each of the isolation structures and equidistant from the dummy support patterns on both sides. The resistor elements are disposed above the dummy conductive structures and aligned with the dummy conductive structures.
US10964686B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, selectively forming a first semiconductor region and a fourth semiconductor region to be away from each other in a surface layer of a first principal surface of a semiconductor substrate at a same impurity implantation and impurity diffusion process, selectively forming a second semiconductor region in the first semiconductor region and selectively forming a fifth semiconductor region in the fourth semiconductor region at a same impurity implantation and impurity diffusion process, and selectively forming a third semiconductor region that penetrates the first semiconductor region in a depth direction and selectively forming a sixth semiconductor region that penetrates the fourth semiconductor region in the depth direction at a same impurity implantation and impurity diffusion process.
US10964685B2	Integrated circuit and method of generating integrated circuit layout An integrated circuit includes a cell layer, a first metal layer, a first conductive via, and a second conductive via. The cell layer includes first and second cells, in which the first cell is separated from the second cell by a non-zero distance. The first metal layer includes a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature, the first conductive feature overlaps the first cell and does not overlap the second cell, and the second conductive feature overlaps the second cell and does not overlap the first cell, in which the first conductive feature is aligned with the second conductive feature along lengthwise directions of the first and second conductive features. The first conductive via interconnects the cell layer and the first conductive feature of the first metal layer. The second conductive via interconnects the cell layer and the second conductive feature of the first metal layer.
US10964683B2	Memory array circuit and method of manufacturing the same A memory array includes a column of cells arranged along a first direction and a bit line extending along the first direction over the column of cells. The column of cells includes a set of memory cells and a set of strap cells. The bit line includes a first conductor in a second conductor. The first conductor extends in the first direction and is in a first conductive layer. The second conductor extends in the first direction and is in a second conductive layer different from the first conductive layer.
US10964679B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same A display apparatus includes: a display substrate; a light-emitting diode (“LED”) disposed on the display substrate and which emits light; a passivation layer disposed on the display substrate and surrounding the LED; a first conductive layer disposed on the LED and the passivation layer; and a capping layer disposed on the LED and which adjusts a proceeding path of light emitted from the LED, where the first conductive layer includes a first region which overlaps the capping layer and a second region which does not overlap the capping layer, and the first region and the second region of the first conductive layer have different light characteristics from each other.
US10964675B1	Display device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a display device and a manufacturing method thereof, the method comprising: providing a backplate, the backplate comprises a substrate and a driving circuit set on the substrate; providing a plurality of LED chips; transferring the LED chips vertically to the backplate to electrically connect the bottom electrode of the LED chips to the driving circuit; providing a cover plate, the cover plate comprises a plate body and a ground circuit set on the plate body; covering the backplate with the cover plate, such that the ground circuit is aligned with at least a portion of the driving circuit, and the top electrode of each of the LED chips is electrically connected to the ground circuit; and pressing the cover plate, such that the LED chips are tilted relative to a vertical direction.
US10964673B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a bottom package; wherein an area of a contact surface between the conductor and the through via substantially equals a cross-sectional area of the through via, and the bottom package includes: a molding compound; a through via penetrating through the molding compound; a die molded in the molding compound; and a conductor on the through via. An associated method of manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed.
US10964672B2	Microelectronics package with vertically stacked dies The present disclosure relates to a microelectronics package with vertically stacked flip-chip dies, and a process for making the same. The disclosed microelectronics package includes a module board, a first thinned flip-chip die with a through-die via, a second flip-chip die with a package contact at the bottom, and a mold compound. Herein, a top portion of the through-die via is exposed at top of the first thinned flip-chip die. The first thinned flip-chip die and the mold compound reside over the module substrate. The mold compound surrounds the first thinned flip-chip die and extends above the first thinned flip-chip die to define an opening. The second flip-chip die, which has a smaller plane size than the first thinned flip-chip die, resides within the opening and is stacked with the first thinned flip-chip die by coupling the package contact to the exposed top portion of the through-die via.
US10964671B2	Stacked chips comprising interconnects A semiconductor device includes first and second chips that are stacked such that first surfaces of their element layers face each other. Each chip has a substrate, an element layer on a first surface of the substrate, pads on the element layer, and vias that penetrate through the substrate and the element layer. Each via is exposed from a second surface of the substrate and directly connected to one of the pads. The vias include a first via of the first chip directly connected to a first pad of the first chip and a second via of the second chip directly connected to a second pad of the second chip. The pads further include a third pad of the second chip which is electrically connected to the second pad by a wiring in the element layer of the second chip and to the first pad through a micro-bump.
US10964666B2	Chip on package structure and method A system and method for packaging semiconductor device is provided. An embodiment comprises forming vias over a carrier wafer and attaching a first die over the carrier wafer and between a first two of the vias. A second die is attached over the carrier wafer and between a second two of the vias. The first die and the second die are encapsulated to form a first package, and at least one third die is connected to the first die or the second die. A second package is connected to the first package over the at least one third die.
US10964664B2	DBI to Si bonding for simplified handle wafer Devices and techniques include process steps for preparing various microelectronic components for bonding, such as for direct bonding without adhesive. The processes include providing a first bonding surface on a first surface of the microelectronic components, bonding a handle to the prepared first bonding surface, and processing a second surface of the microelectronic components while the microelectronic components are gripped at the handle. In some embodiments, the processes include removing the handle from the first bonding surface, and directly bonding the microelectronic components at the first bonding surface to other microelectronic components.
US10964663B2	Die bonder and methods of using the same A method includes bringing into contact respective first sides of a plurality of dies and a die attach film on a major surface of a carrier wafer, and simultaneously heating portions of the die attach film contacting the plurality of dies in order to simultaneously bond the plurality of dies to the die attach film.
US10964662B2	Method of transferring micro device A method of transferring a micro device is provided. The method includes: aligning a transfer plate with the micro device thereon with a receiving substrate having a contact pad thereon such that the micro device is above or in contact with the contact pad; moving a combination of the transfer plate with the micro device thereon and the receiving substrate into a confined space with a relative humidity greater than or equal to about 85% so as to condense some water between the micro device and the contact pad; and attaching the micro device to the contact pad.
US10964659B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a plurality of pads disposed over the substrate, and a solder mask disposed over the substrate. The substrate includes a pair of first edges parallel to each other, a pair of second edges orthogonal to the pair of first edges, and a center point. The solder mask includes four recess portions exposing an entire top surface and sidewalls of four of the pads in four corners of the regular array, and a plurality of second recess portions exposing a portion of a top surface of other pads in the regular array. A pad size of the four pads in the four corners of the regular array exposed through the first recess portions and a pad size of the other pads exposed through the second recess portions are the same.
US10964658B2	Semiconductor device having a metallic oxide or metallic hydroxide barrier layer A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a substrate. An insulating film is provided above the substrate. Electrode pads are provided on the insulating film. Metallic bumps are respectively provided on surfaces of the electrode pads. A sidewall film comprises a metallic oxide or a metallic hydroxide provided on side surfaces of the metallic bumps. A barrier metal layer comprises first portions each provided between one of the metallic bumps and a corresponding one of the electrode pads and comprising a metal, and second portions provided at least on the electrode pads at a periphery of the metallic bumps and comprising a metallic oxide or a metallic hydroxide.
US10964657B2	Radio-frequency module and communication device A radio-frequency module includes: a transmission power amplifier that includes first and second amplification transistors that are cascade connected to each other; and a mounting substrate that has first and second main surface that face each other, the transmission power amplifier being mounted on the first main surface. The first amplification transistor is arranged in a final stage and has a first emitter terminal. The second amplification transistor is arranged in a stage preceding the first amplification transistor and has a second emitter terminal. The mounting substrate has first to fourth ground electrode layers in order of proximity to the first main surface. The first emitter terminal and the second emitter terminal are not electrically connected to each other via an electrode on the first main surface and are not electrically connected to each other via the first ground electrode layer.
US10964655B2	Patterning polymer layer to reduce stress A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a plurality of metal pads over a semiconductor substrate of a wafer, forming a passivation layer covering the plurality of metal pads, patterning the passivation layer to reveal the plurality of metal pads, forming a first polymer layer over the passivation layer, forming a plurality of redistribution lines extending into the first polymer layer and the passivation layer to connect to the plurality of metal pads, forming a second polymer layer over the first polymer layer, and patterning the second polymer layer to reveal the plurality of redistribution lines. The first polymer layer is further revealed through openings in remaining portions of the second polymer layer.
US10964650B2	Info structure and method forming same A method includes encapsulating a package component in an encapsulating material, with the encapsulating material including a portion directly over the package component. The portion of the encapsulating material is patterned to form an opening revealing a conductive feature in the package component. A redistribution line extends into the opening to contact the conductive feature. An electrical connector is formed over and electrically coupling to the conductive feature.
US10964648B2	Chip security fingerprint Various methods and structures for fabricating a semiconductor chip structure comprising a chip identification “fingerprint” layer. A semiconductor chip structure includes a substrate and a chip identification layer disposed on the substrate, the chip identification layer comprising random patterns of electrically conductive material in trenches formed in a semiconductor layer. The chip identification layer is sandwiched between two layers of electrodes that have a crossbar structure. A first crossbar in the crossbar structure is located on a first side of the chip identification layer and includes a first set of electrical contacts in a first grid pattern contacting the first side of the chip identification layer. A second crossbar in the crossbar structure is located on a second side of the chip identification layer and includes a second set of electrical contacts in a second grid pattern contacting the second side of the chip identification layer.
US10964645B2	Electronic component with thin-film shield layer An electronic component including a thin-film shield layer includes a wiring substrate, surface mount devices mounted to a first principal surface of the wiring substrate, a metal thin-film shield layer, and a magnetic metal thin-film shield layer. The metal thin-film shield layer includes a nonmagnetic metal material and entirely covers the surface mount devices at the top surface side and lateral surface side thereof. The metal thin-film shield layer includes a top surface portion and a lateral surface portion. The magnetic metal thin-film shield layer includes a magnetic metal material and covers the top surface portion and the lateral surface portion of the metal thin-film shield layer, including an entire edge portion at which the top surface portion and the lateral surface portion are joined to each other.
US10964644B2	Array substrate, chip on film, and alignment method Embodiments of the present application provide an array substrate, a chip on film and an alignment method. The array substrate includes a first pin correspondingly connected with a second pin on a chip on film; a first alignment mark located in a preset alignment range of the first pin and aligned with a second alignment mark on the chip on film; and a first offset mark located in the preset alignment range of the first pin, obtained according to the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark and configured to indicate an alignment deviation between the first pin and the second pin.
US10964642B2	Semiconductor module comprising transistor chips, diode chips and driver chips arranged in a common plane A semiconductor module is disclosed. In one example, the module includes a carrier, at least one semiconductor transistor disposed on the carrier, at least one semiconductor diode disposed on the carrier, at least one semiconductor driver chip disposed on the carrier, a plurality of external connectors, and an encapsulation layer covering the carrier, the semiconductor transistor, the semiconductor diode, and the semiconductor driver chip. The semiconductor transistor, the semiconductor diode, and the semiconductor driver chip are arranged laterally side by side on the carrier.
US10964636B2	Interconnect structure with low resistivity and method for forming the same A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes forming a first conductive feature over a substrate. The method also includes forming an insulating layer over the substrate and covering the first conductive feature. The method also includes forming a first opening in the insulating layer to expose the first conductive feature. The method also includes recessing the exposed first conductive feature through the first opening, so as to form a second opening in the first conductive feature and below the first opening. The method also includes filling the first opening and the second opening with a second conductive feature.
US10964632B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, there is provided a semiconductor device including a substrate, a semiconductor chip, and a conductive film. The substrate has a main face. The semiconductor chip has a surface equipped with an SRAM circuit. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the main face via a plurality of bump electrodes in a state where the surface faces the main face. The conductive film is disposed on the main face or the surface. The conductive film extends planarly between the plurality of bump electrodes. A region in the main face or the surface where the conductive film is disposed overlaps the SRAM circuit in a direction perpendicular to the main face.
US10964631B2	Semiconductor package and module A semiconductor package includes a package main body. The package main body includes: a lead frame that includes first terminals and a die pad; two or more integrated circuit chips that are disposed on the die pad; one or more electrically conductive members that are disposed on the die pad; wires that connect the first terminals and the integrated circuit chips electrically; and a molded member that seals the lead frame, the integrated circuit chips, the electrically conductive member, and the wires. An upper surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces of the package main body are formed by the molded member. The electrically conductive member is exposed through the upper surface of the package main body, and the die pad is exposed through the bottom surface of the package main body.
US10964627B2	Integrated electronic device having a dissipative package, in particular dual side cooling package Packaged semiconductor device having a frame, of conductive material; a body of semiconductor material, fixed to the frame through a first adhesive layer; a heatsink element, fixed to the body through a second adhesive layer; and a packaging mass surrounding the body and, at least partially, the frame and the heatsink element. The heatsink element is formed by a heatsink die facing, and coplanar to, a main face of the device and by a spacer structure, which includes a pair of pedestals projecting from the perimeter of the heatsink die towards the body and rest on the body.
US10964626B2	Semiconductor structure and method of making the same The present disclosure provides a method for forming a semiconductor structure. In accordance with some embodiments, the method includes providing a substrate and a conductive feature formed over the substrate; forming a low-k dielectric layer over the conductive feature; forming a contact trench aligned with the conductive feature; and selectively growing a sealing layer which is a monolayer formed on sidewalls of the contact trench.
US10964624B2	Techniques for fluid cooling of integrated circuits in packages A method is provided for removing heat from an integrated circuit package. Fluid coolant is provided from a fluid inlet of a fluid routing device through channels in the fluid routing device to absorb heat generated by first and second integrated circuit dies in the integrated circuit package. The fluid routing device is mounted on a surface of each of the first and second integrated circuit dies. The fluid coolant is provided from the channels to a fluid outlet of the fluid routing device. A flow of the fluid coolant through the fluid routing device is adjusted to reduce a temperature of the first integrated circuit die in response to an increase in a workload of the first integrated circuit die.
US10964623B2	Electronic module and method for encapsulation thereof An electronic module of a control device of a vehicle includes at least one interconnect device, with electronic structural elements as the control unit, and at least one electronic component electrically connected to the interconnect device via a connecting region, wherein the structural elements of the interconnect device and each connecting region between the interconnect device and each dedicated electronic component are coated with an encapsulating material. Furthermore, a method for encapsulating an electronic module is disclosed.
US10964620B2	Thermally conductive sheet To provide a thermally conductive sheet that has high thermal conductivity. A thermally conductive sheet contains carbon fibers and a flake graphite powder that are dispersed in a polymer matrix. The flake graphite powder is disposed between the carbon fibers, the fiber axis directions of the carbon fibers are oriented in a sheet thickness direction Z, long axis directions of flake surfaces of the flake graphite powder are oriented in the sheet thickness direction Z, and normal directions to the flake surfaces are randomly oriented in a surface direction of the sheet. A mass ratio of the carbon fibers to the flake graphite powder is in a range of 120:10 to 60:70. According to this thermally conductive sheet, the thermal conductivity can be increased compared to when carbon fibers are used alone or a flake graphite powder is used alone.
US10964615B2	Chip-scale sensor package structure A chip-scale sensor package structure includes a sensor chip, a ring-shaped support disposed on a top surface of the sensor chip, a light permeable member disposed on the ring-shaped support, a package body, and a redistribution layer (RDL). The package body surrounds outer lateral sides of the sensor chip, the ring-shaped support and the light permeable member. A bottom surface of the sensor chip and a surface of the light permeable member are exposed from the package body. The RDL is directly formed on the bottom surface of the sensor chip and a bottom side of the package body. The RDL includes a plurality of external contacts arranged on a bottom surface thereof and electrically coupled to the sensor chip. A portion of the external contacts are arranged outside of a projection region defined by orthogonally projecting the sensor chip onto the bottom surface of the RDL.
US10964612B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel having a display area and a non-display area, crack lines disposed in the non-display area; and a first crack pad and a second crack pad connected to both ends of the crack lines. The crack lines comprise a plurality of crack line units connected to each other. Each of the plurality of crack line units comprises a plurality of sub-crack lines connected in parallel. In this manner, the efficiency of inspecting for cracks can be improved.
US10964611B2	Die edge integrity monitoring system An edge crack monitoring system for an integrated circuit provided on a die, comprises a conductive trace comprising at least a first conductive path for allowing current in a first direction, and a second adjacent conductive path for allowing current in a second direction opposite to the first direction. Both adjacent conductive paths form at least one loop surrounding a semiconductor device on a die. The arrangement of the trace is adapted to provide compensation of EM interferences. The trace comprises two terminals being connectable to a detection circuit for detecting damages by generating a fault signal upon detection of disruption of the conductive trace due to a damage. The conductive trace comprises high resistance portions with a resistance of at least 1 kΩ, adapted for reducing self-resonance.
US10964610B2	Packaging mechanisms for dies with different sizes of connectors Embodiments of mechanisms for testing a die package with multiple packaged dies on a package substrate use an interconnect substrate to provide electrical connections between dies and the package substrate and to provide probing structures (or pads). Testing structures, including daisy-chain structures, with metal lines to connect bonding structures connected to signals, power source, and/or grounding structures are connected to probing structures on the interconnect substrate. The testing structures enable determining the quality of bonding and/or functionalities of packaged dies bonded. After electrical testing is completed, the metal lines connecting the probing structures and the bonding structures are severed to allow proper function of devices in the die package. The mechanisms for forming test structures with probing pads on interconnect substrate and severing connecting metal lines after testing could reduce manufacturing cost.
US10964601B2	Fabrication of a pair of vertical fin field effect transistors having a merged top source/drain A method of fabricating a vertical fin field effect transistor with a merged top source/drain, including, forming a source/drain layer at the surface of a substrate, forming a plurality of vertical fins on the source/drain layer; forming protective spacers on each of the plurality of vertical fins, forming a sacrificial plug between two protective spacers, forming a filler layer on the protective spacers not in contact with the sacrificial plug, and selectively removing the sacrificial plug to form an isolation region trench between the two protective spacers.
US10964600B2	Semiconductor structures A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure comprises a substrate, including isolation regions and a device region between adjacent isolation regions; a plurality of fin structures, formed on the device region of the substrate; and an isolation layer, formed on the substrate. A top surface of the isolation layer is lower than top surfaces of the fin structures. A height of each fin structure exposed by the isolation layer is identical.
US10964599B2	Multi-step insulator formation in trenches to avoid seams in insulators Methods produce integrated circuit structures that include (among other components) fins extending from a first layer, source/drain structures on the fins, source/drain contacts on the source/drain structures, an insulator on the source/drain contacts defining trenches between the source/drain contacts, gate conductors in a lower portion of the trenches adjacent the fins, a first liner material lining a middle portion and an upper portion of the trenches, a fill material in the middle portion of the trenches, and a second material in the upper portion of the trenches. The first liner material is on the gate conductors in the trenches.
US10964597B2	Element chip manufacturing method An element chip manufacturing method including: a preparing step of preparing a first conveying carrier including a holding sheet and a frame, and a substrate held on the holding sheet, the holding sheet having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the frame attached to at least part of a peripheral edge of the holding sheet; a placing step of placing the first conveying carrier holding the substrate, on a second conveying carrier; a preprocessing step of preprocessing the substrate, after the placing step; a removing step of removing the second conveying carrier, after the preprocessing step; and a dicing step of subjecting the substrate held on the first conveying carrier to plasma exposure, after the removing step, to form a plurality of element chips from the substrate.
US10964596B2	Backside metal patterning die singulation system and related methods Implementations of methods of singulating a plurality of die included in a substrate may include forming a plurality of die on a first side of a substrate, forming a backside metal layer on a second side of a substrate, applying a photoresist layer over the backside metal layer, patterning the photoresist layer along a die street of the substrate, and etching through the backside metal layer located in the die street of the substrate. The substrate may be exposed through the etch. The method may also include singulating the plurality of die included in the substrate through removing a substrate material in the die street.
US10964592B2	Methods of forming conductive vias and methods of forming memory circuitry A method of forming conductive vias of integrated circuitry comprises forming first openings in a first masking material, with the first openings being spaced along a line passing across the first openings. Sidewalls of the first openings are lined with a second masking material to form a ring within individual of the first openings and a second opening within the individual first openings radially inside of the ring. The first masking material is removed along the line to form a void space between immediately-adjacent of the rings. A mask is formed that comprises the rings and a third opening in third masking material, with the third opening extending along the line above and across multiple of the rings and multiple of the second openings. The mask is used as an etch mask while etching into substrate material that is exposed through the third opening to form contact openings in the substrate material that are spaced along the line. Conductive material is formed in the contact openings to form conductive vias.
US10964589B2	Semiconductor structure A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, first and second conductors, a passivation material, and a passivation sidewall block. The first and second conductors are on the substrate. The passivation material is between the first and second conductors. The passivation sidewall block is on sidewalls of the first and second conductors and the passivation material.
US10964588B2	Selective ILD deposition for fully aligned via with airgap A method is presented forming a fully-aligned via (FAV) and airgaps within a semiconductor device. The method includes forming a plurality of copper (Cu) trenches within an insulating layer, forming a plurality of ILD regions over exposed portions of the insulating layer, selectively removing a first section of the ILD regions in an airgap region, and maintaining a second section of the ILD regions in a non-airgap region. The method further includes forming airgaps in the airgap region and forming a via in the non-airgap region contacting a Cu trench of the plurality of Cu trenches.
US10964586B2	Semiconductor structure including isolations A semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a first region and a second region defined thereon, a first isolation in the first region, a second isolation in the second region, and a region surrounding the first isolation in the substrate. The substrate includes a first material, and the region includes the first material and a second material. The first isolation has a first width, the second isolation has a second width, and the first width is greater than the second width. A bottom and sidewalls of the first isolation are in contact with the region, and a bottom and sidewalls of the second isolation are in contact with the substrate.
US10964576B2	Electrostatic attachment chuck, method for manufacturing the same, and semiconductor device manufacturing method An electrostatic attachment chuck includes: a substrate; a synthetic resin sheet joined to one main surface of the substrate; and at least a pair of electrodes disposed in the synthetic resin sheet. The synthetic resin sheet includes a planarized and ground surface serving as a surface on which a semiconductor wafer is abutted.
US10964574B2	System for automatic sending cassette pod A system for sending a cassette pod is provided. The system includes a processing machine having a load port for receiving the cassette pod. The system further includes a manipulating apparatus positioned above the processing machine. The manipulating apparatus includes an intermediate module having a stage and a driving mechanism connected to the stage to change the position of the stage. The manipulating apparatus further includes a conveyor module having a gripper assembly for grasping the cassette pod.
US10964573B2	Ceiling carrier vehicle An overhead transport vehicle includes a traveler to travel along a traveling rail, an elevator provided to the traveler, a holder to be raised and lowered by the elevator and to hold a flange included in a container, a positioner to ascend and descend with respect to the holder and to engage with a recess in the flange, a detector to detect a relative ascending operation of the positioner with respect to the holder, and a controller to recognize that the container is disposed on a mounting surface of a transfer destination when the detector detects the ascending operation in a case where the holder is lowered by the elevator.
US10964572B2	Conveyance system A conveyance system for conveying a workpiece to each of a plurality of processing apparatuses includes a conveyance passage disposed in a space directly above one processing apparatus of the plurality of processing apparatuses, an automated conveying vehicle for traveling on the conveyance passage, the automated conveying vehicle including a workpiece storage member having a housing space for housing a workpiece therein, a traveling member having a storage space for storing the workpiece storage member therein, a traveling mechanism mounted on the traveling member, a lifting and lowering mechanism disposed in the traveling member for lifting and lowering the workpiece storage member while suspending the workpiece storage member from above, and a receiver for receiving control signals.
US10964571B2	Conveyance system A conveyance system for conveying a workpiece to each of a plurality of processing apparatuses includes a conveyance passage, an automated conveying vehicle for travelling on the conveyance passage, the automated conveying vehicle including a workpiece storage member, travelling mechanisms, and a receiver, a stock unit including a storage member holding base and a receiver, and a storage member conveying unit for conveying the workpiece storage member between a region of the conveyance passage above the stock unit and the storage member holding base or between a region of the conveyance passage above the processing apparatus and the inside of the processing apparatus.
US10964567B2	Processing apparatus Disclosed herein is a processing apparatus including a wafer testing unit for testing whether or not a wafer carried from a cassette mount unit is a wafer corresponding to a processing condition. The wafer testing unit measures characteristics of the carried wafer by a measuring section, and a determining section of a control unit compares actual measurements of the wafer characteristics measured by the measuring section with setpoints of wafer characteristics corresponding to the processing condition, to thereby determine conformability of the carried wafer. When it is determined by the determining section that the carried wafer is a wafer corresponding to the processing condition, the wafer is carried to a processing unit and processed. When it is determined by the determining section that the carried wafer is not a wafer corresponding to the processing condition, an error is notified by a notifying section.
US10964563B2	Bonding apparatus and bonding method A local deformation which is generated on bonded substrates can be reduced. A bonding apparatus includes a first holding unit configured to attract and hold a first substrate from above; a second holding unit configured to attract and hold a second substrate from below; a striker configured to bring the first substrate into contact with the second substrate by pressing a central portion of the first substrate from above; a moving unit configured to move the second holding unit between a non-facing position where the second holding unit does not face the first holding unit and a facing position where the second holding unit faces the first holding unit; and a temperature control unit disposed to face the second holding unit placed at the non-facing position and configured to locally adjust a temperature of the second substrate attracted to and held by the second holding unit.
US10964551B2	Control of wafer surface charge during CMP CMP selectivity, removal rate, and uniformity are controlled both locally and globally by altering electric charge at the wafer surface. Surface charge characterization is performed by an on-board metrology module. Based on a charge profile map, the wafer can be treated in an immersion bath to impart a more positive or negative charge overall, or to neutralize the entire wafer before the CMP operation is performed. If charge hot spots are detected on the wafer, a charge pencil can be used to neutralize localized areas. One type of charge pencil bears a tapered porous polymer tip that is placed in close proximity to the wafer surface. Films present on the wafer absorb ions from, or surrender ions to, the charge pencil tip, by electrostatic forces. The charge pencil can be incorporated into a CMP system to provide an in-situ treatment prior to the planarization step or the slurry removal step.
US10964550B2	Method and apparatus for surface planarization of object using light source of specific wavelength and reactive gas A method for surface planarization of an object using a light source of a specific wavelength according to an embodiment includes: providing an object in a main chamber; injecting an etching gas into the main chamber; inputting the light source of a specific wavelength onto a surface of the object; and controlling a temperature of the object. According to the method, it is possible to minimize the side effects such as scratches or contamination of the sample that occur in a conventional chemical-mechanical planarization process. In addition, it is possible to allow precise planarization in nanometers (nm) and simultaneously perform planarization to a side surface of a device as well as a large-sized surface, thereby reducing cost and time required for the planarization process. Moreover, since the surface roughness and the electrical conductivity are improved, it is possible to increase the efficiency and output of the LED device.
US10964549B2	Wafer polishing with separated chemical reaction and mechanical polishing A wafer is polished by performing a chemical reaction to change a property of a first portion of a material layer on the wafer using a first chemical substance. A first rinse is performed to remove the first chemical substance and retard the chemical reaction. A mechanical polishing process is then performed to remove the first portion of the material layer.
US10964546B2	Substrate processing method and method for removing boron-doped silicon There is provided a substrate processing method which is capable of suitably etching a boron-doped silicon. According to the present invention, a wafer W including an SiB layer made of boron-doped silicon is exposed to a fluorine gas and an ammonia gas, and the wafer W mounted on a stage is heated.
US10964544B2	Contact integration and selective silicide formation methods Methods for selective silicide formation are described herein. The methods are generally utilized in conjunction with contact structure integration schemes and provide for improved silicide formation characteristics. In one implementation, a silicide material is selectively formed on source/drain (S/D) regions at a temperature less than about 550° C. The resulting silicide is believed to exhibit desirable contact resistance and applicability in advanced contact integration schemes.
US10964543B2	Passivator for gate dielectric Embodiments disclosed herein relate to formation of a gate structure of a device, such as in a replacement gate process, and the device formed thereby. In an embodiment, a method includes conformally forming a gate dielectric layer on a fin extending from a substrate and along sidewalls of gate spacers over the fin, conformally depositing a dummy layer over the gate dielectric layer during a deposition process using a silicon-containing precursor and a dopant gas containing fluorine, deuterium, or a combination thereof, the dummy layer as deposited comprising a dopant of fluorine, deuterium, or a combination thereof, performing a thermal process to drive the dopant from the dummy layer into the gate dielectric layer, removing the dummy layer, and forming one or more metal-containing layers over the gate dielectric layer.
US10964539B2	Imprinting method and semiconductor device manufacturing method According to one embodiment, an imprinting method comprises forming a carbon film on a substrate. The carbon film being oxygen in an amount of less than or equal to 15% by weight. A transfer material is dispensed over the carbon film. A patterned template is brought into contact with the transfer material. The transfer material is cured with light passing through the patterned template. The patterned template is then detached from the cured transfer material.
US10964538B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device In one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first film on a substrate. The method further includes forming a second film that contains carbon on the first film, and processing the second film into a second pattern. The method further includes impregnating a metal element or a semiconductor element into the second pattern after the processing into the second pattern. The method further includes processing the first film into a first pattern using the second pattern after the impregnation of the metal element or the semiconductor element.
US10964537B1	Methods and material deposition systems for forming semiconductor layers Systems and methods for forming semiconductor layers, including oxide-based layers, are disclosed in which a material deposition system has a rotation mechanism that rotates a substrate around a center axis of a substrate deposition plane of the substrate. A material source that supplies a material to the substrate has i) an exit aperture with an exit aperture plane and ii) a predetermined material ejection spatial distribution from the exit aperture plane. The exit aperture is positioned at an orthogonal distance, a lateral distance, and a tilt angle relative to the center axis of the substrate. The system can be configured for either i) minimum values for the orthogonal distance and the lateral distance to achieve a desired layer deposition uniformity using a set tilt angle, or ii) the tilt angle to achieve the desired layer deposition uniformity using a set orthogonal distance and a set lateral distance.
US10964536B2	Formation of an atomic layer of germanium in an opening of a substrate material having a high aspect ratio Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to formation of an atomic layer of germanium (Ge) on a substrate material are described. An example method includes introducing, into a semiconductor processing chamber housing a substrate material having a high aspect ratio, a reducing agent, and introducing, into the semiconductor processing chamber, a germanium amidinate precursor. The example method further includes forming an atomic layer of germanium on the substrate material resulting from a reaction of the reducing agent and the germanium amidinate precursor.
US10964533B2	ALD process and hardware with improved purge efficiency Embodiments described herein provide a gas supply system for reducing purge time and increasing processing throughput, and an atomic layer deposition (ALD) chamber having the same. The gas supply system includes an inert gas line and a precursor supply line. The inert gas line is configured to be coupled to an inlet of the chamber separate from the precursor supply line. Therefore, the inert gas is supplied concurrently to the precursor supply line and the processing region of the chamber such that total purge time is reduced. The reduction of the total purge time due to the gas supply system increases purge efficiency and increases processing throughput. Furthermore, the gas supply system allows inert gas to be utilized as a dilution gas during flow of precursors.
US10964528B2	Integration of materials removal and surface treatment in semiconductor device fabrication Processes for surface treatment of a workpiece are provided. In one example implementation, organic radicals (e.g., methyl CH3 radicals) can be generated by exciting and/or dissociating hydrogen and/or inert gas (e.g., Ar, He, etc) molecules in a remote plasma source and a subsequent reaction with organic molecule (alkanes and alkenes). The organic radicals (e.g., methyl CH3 radicals) can be exposed to the silicon and/or silicon germanium surfaces. After exposure to the organic radicals, the silicon and/or silicon germanium surfaces can be stable in air for a time period (e.g., days) with reduced surface oxidation such that the silicon and/or silicon germanium surfaces can be effectively protected from oxidation. As such, native surface oxide removal process before subsequent process steps can be eliminated.
US10964526B2	Substrate processing method A substrate processing method includes forming a liquid film of a processing liquid covering an entire upper surface of a horizontally-held substrate; heating the substrate to make the processing liquid of the substrate evaporate to form a gas phase layer between the upper surface of the substrate and the processing liquid and maintain the liquid film on the gas phase layer; blowing a gas at a first flow rate onto the liquid film on the substrate to partially remove the processing liquid to open a hole in the liquid film; heating the substrate to spread the hole to an outer periphery of the substrate and move the liquid film on the gas phase layer to remove the processing liquid, constituting the liquid film, off the substrate; and blowing a gas at a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate onto a region of the upper surface of the substrate within the hole after the hole opening step to spread the hole to the outer periphery of the substrate and move the liquid film on the gas phase layer to remove the processing liquid, constituting the liquid film, off the substrate.
US10964525B2	Removing a sacrificial material via sublimation in forming a semiconductor The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to sublimation in forming a semiconductor. In an example, a method may include forming a sacrificial material in an opening of a structure, wherein the sacrificial material displaces a solvent used in a wet clean operation and removing the sacrificial material via sublimation by exposing the sacrificial material to sub-atmospheric pressure.
US10964524B2	Semiconductor manufacturing method for cutting a wafer A back surface of a wafer is formed with a ring-shaped projecting portion. The wafer is cut with a blade from a side of a front surface of the wafer in a state where the projecting portion of the wafer with a back surface facing upward is supported.
US10964523B1	Laser-pumped plasma light source and method for light generation The invention relates to plasma light sources with a continuous optical discharge (COD). The light source contains a gas filled chamber with a region of radiating plasma sustained by a focused beam of a CW laser. A density of gas particles in the chamber is less than 90·1019 cm−3 and a temperature of the chamber is in a range from 600 to 900 K or optionally higher. Preferably the density of gas particles is as low as possible and the temperature of the inner surface of the chamber at operation is as high as possible under providing a gas pressure in the chamber of about 50 bar or more. The technical result of the invention consists in providing COD sustaining conditions, which are optimal for achieving high stability and high brightness of the radiating plasma, in the creation on this basis of broadband light sources with ultra-high brightness and stability.
US10964520B2	Multi-reflection mass spectrometer A multi-reflection mass spectrometer comprising two ion mirrors spaced apart and opposing each other in a direction X, each mirror elongated generally along a drift direction Y, the drift direction Y being orthogonal to the direction X, a pulsed ion injector for injecting pulses of ions into the space between the ion mirrors, the ions entering the space at a non-zero inclination angle to the X direction, the ions thereby forming an ion beam that follows a zigzag ion path having N reflections between the ion mirrors in the direction X whilst drifting along the drift direction Y, a detector for detecting ions after completing the same number N of reflections between the ion mirrors, and an ion focusing arrangement at least partly located between the opposing ion mirrors and configured to provide focusing of the ion beam in the drift direction Y, such that a spatial spread of the ion beam in the drift direction Y passes through a single minimum at or immediately after a reflection having a number between 0.25N and 0.75N, wherein all detected ions are detected after completing the same number N of reflections between the ion mirrors.
US10964519B2	Apparatus for mass-spectrometric analysis and three-dimensional imaging of the surface of specimens The invention relates to an apparatus for mass-spectrometric analysis and three-dimensional imaging of the surface of a sample, comprising at least one energy source for desorbing and/or ionizing atoms from the surface of a sample, a displacement stage, and a light source. Further, it comprises an interface in order to be able to interchange data with a mass spectrometer such that measurement data can be transmitted from a mass spectrometer to the evaluation unit via the interface such that the chemical composition of the measurement point can be determined by the evaluation unit. The surface of a sample can be captured in three dimensions and the topography of this surface can be determined by the evaluation unit.
US10964518B2	Transport device for transporting charged particles An apparatus for transporting charged particles. The apparatus includes a control unit and a transport device having a plurality of electrodes arranged around a transport channel, wherein the transport channel includes a bunch forming region configured to receive charged particles received by the transport device. The control unit is configured to control voltages applied to the electrodes to generate a transport potential in the transport channel, the transport potential having a plurality of potential wells which are configured to move so as to transport charged particles along the transport channel in one or more bunches. The control unit is further configured to control voltages applied to the electrodes: temporarily generate a gathering potential in the bunch forming region so that charged particles received by the transport device are gathered in the bunch forming region; and then generate the transport potential in the bunch forming region so that a selected potential well is formed in the bunch forming region with the selected potential well receiving a bunch of charged particles formed from the charged particles gathered in the bunch forming region by the gathering potential.
US10964517B2	Mass spectrometry analysis of microorganisms in samples The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of microorganisms in samples.
US10964511B2	Semiconductor manufacturing device and method of operating the same A semiconductor manufacturing device includes a plasma chamber, a source power supply, and first and second bias power supplies. The source power supply applies a first source voltage to the plasma chamber at a first time and a second source voltage to the plasma chamber at a second time. The first bias power supply applies a first turn-on voltage to the plasma chamber at the first time and a first turn-off voltage to the plasma chamber at the second time. The second bias power supply applies a second turn-off voltage to the plasma chamber at the first time and a second turn-on voltage to the plasma chamber at the second time. The plasma chamber forms plasmas of different conditions from a gas mixture in the plasma chamber based on the source, turn-on, and turn-off voltages.
US10964507B2	X-ray source voltage shield A shield around an x-ray tube, a voltage multiplier, or both can improve the manufacturing process by allowing testing earlier in the process and by providing a holder for liquid potting material. The shield can also improve voltage standoff. A shielded x-ray tube can be electrically coupled to a shielded power supply.
US10964504B2	Relay The movable body includes a pivot and a contact portion. The pivot is rotatably supported. The contact portion is disposed at a position contactable with a contact piece. The movable body rotates around the pivot and presses the contact piece via the contact portion to move the second contact close to the first contact. The actuator presses the movable body to rotate the movable body around the pivot. The contact piece has a curved portion located between the second contact and the support. The pivot is located on a side where the support is disposed with respect to the curved portion. The actuator includes a pressing member which presses the movable body. The pressing member moves in an axial direction of the pressing member to press the movable body.
US10964502B2	Electromagnetic switch with stable moveable contact An electromagnetic switch including a first stationary electric contact, a second stationary electric contact, a mechanical contact, and a moveable contact. The electromagnetic switch is configured for reciprocal motion of the moveable contact into and out of contact with the first stationary electric contact and the second stationary electric contact, wherein the moveable contact remains in contact with the mechanical contact (e.g., a non-conducting contact) throughout the reciprocal motion. In various embodiments, the moveable contact is configured so that at the end of the reciprocal motion three contact points occur, and a triangle defined by the three contact points encloses a center of force of the reciprocal motion.
US10964498B2	Gas-insulated low- or medium-voltage load break switch A gas-insulated low- or medium-voltage load break switch includes: a housing defining a housing volume for holding an insulation gas at an ambient pressure; a first arcing contact and a second arcing contact arranged within the housing volume, the first and second arcing contacts being movable in relation to each other along an axis of the load break switch and defining a quenching region in which an arc is formed during a current breaking operation; a pressurizing system having a pressurizing chamber arranged within the housing volume for pressurizing a quenching gas from an ambient pressure p0 to a quenching pressure pquench during the current breaking operation; and a nozzle system arranged within the housing volume for blowing the pressurized quenching gas in a subsonic flow pattern from the pressurization chamber onto the arc formed in the quenching region during the current breaking operation. The nozzle system includes at least one nozzle arranged for blowing the quenching gas from an off-axis position predominantly radially inwardly onto the quenching region.
US10964497B2	Double-contact switch having vacuum switching chambers A double-contact switch includes: a first and second tubular vacuum switching chamber formed as partial switching chambers of a switching tube; an electrode fixed in the switching tube and arranged between the first and second vacuum switching chambers and having a first fixed contact projecting into the first vacuum switching chamber and a second fixed contact projecting into the second vacuum switching chamber; a first electrode arranged in the first vacuum switching chamber and movable within the first vacuum switching chamber in an axial direction thereof, the first electrode having a region which bears a contact and is closed off in a gastight manner relative to an exterior of the first vacuum switching chamber; a second electrode arranged in the second vacuum switching chamber and movable within the second vacuum switching chamber in an axial direction thereof, the second electrode having a region which bears a contact.
US10964496B2	Manual close assist control mechanism A method for closing an actuator in a magnetically actuated switch assembly, where the actuator includes an armature and a winding, and the switch assembly includes a manual actuation device coupled to one end of the armature and a movable terminal in a vacuum interrupter coupled to an opposite end of the armature. The method includes commencing a closing operation of the actuator using the manual actuation device to move the armature towards a closed latch position, detecting that the actuator is being manually closed, and energizing the winding to assist moving the armature to the closed latch position when the armature gets to a predetermined distance from the closed latch position.
US10964490B2	Power contact health assessor apparatus and method A power contact health assessor system includes a pair of terminals adapted to be connected to a set of switchable contact electrodes of a power contact and a contact separation detector configured to determine a time of separation of the set of switchable contact electrodes during deactivation of the power contact. The system includes a controller circuit operatively coupled to the pair of terminals and the contact separation detector. The controller circuit is configured to determine within a first observation window, a plurality of contact stick durations and an average contact stick duration. One or more additional observation windows with corresponding average contact stick durations are configured. A health assessment for the set of switchable contact electrodes may be based on a subsequent contact stick duration for a contact cycle after the first observation window and the corresponding average contact stick durations for the one or more additional observation windows.
US10964489B2	Upper mold for MLCC lamination An upper mold for MLCC lamination comprising: a vacuum head comprising a first area formed by a plurality of base holes, which communicate with an air channel formed on the upper surface, and by through-holes that connect the lower surface and respective base holes so as to communicate with each other such that air flows between the base holes and the lower surface, the first area having a predetermined area, and the vacuum head comprising a second area configured, thereby suctioning air; a mesh plate fixed to the lower surface of the vacuum head to have a size corresponding to that of the first area, the mesh plate having a porous structure such that, when air flows through the through-holes of the first area, suction and discharge can occur evenly; and a contact plate fixed to the lower surface of the vacuum head by adhesion of the second area.
US10964486B2	Dye-sensitized solar cell unit and a photovoltaic charger including the solar cell unit The present invention relates to a dye-sensitized solar cell unit (1″) comprising a working electrode comprising a light-absorbing layer (10), a porous first conducting layer (12′) for extracting photo-generated electrons from the light-absorbing layer (10), wherein the light-absorbing layer (10) is arranged on top of the first conducting layer (12′), a porous insulating layer (105c) made of an insulating material, wherein the porous first conducting layer (12′) is arranged on top of the porous insulating layer (105c). The dye-sensitized solar cell unit (1″) further comprises a counter electrode comprising a second conducting layer (16) including conducting material, and a porous third conducting layer (106c) disposed between the porous insulating layer (105c) and the second conducting layer (16), and in electrical contact with the second conducting layer. The dye-sensitized solar cell unit (1″) further comprises a liquid electrolyte for transferring charges between the counter electrode and the working electrode. The second conducting layer (16) is non-catalytic and the third conducting layer (106c) comprises catalytic particles (107″) for improving the transfer of electrons to the liquid electrolyte.
US10964485B2	Separator for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, and aluminum electrolytic capacitor Provided is a separator for aluminum electrolytic capacitors, in which the separator has both good short circuit resistance and good impedance characteristics. A separator for aluminum electrolytic capacitors is formed, in which the separator is interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, and the separator includes at least one layer that is formed from plant fibers and has a dielectric breakdown strength of greater than or equal to 20 kV/mm.
US10964484B2	On-vehicle circuit unit An on-vehicle circuit unit includes a first conductor that is a power supply line, a second conductor that is a ground line a dielectric that is disposed between the first conductor and the second conductor.
US10964479B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes an element body and an external electrode disposed on the element body. The external electrode includes a sintered metal layer, a conductive resin layer disposed on the sintered metal layer, and a solder plating layer arranged to constitute an outermost layer of the external electrode. A space exists in the conductive resin layer or between the conductive resin layer and the sintered metal layer. A first maximum length of the space in a thickness direction of the conductive resin layer is shorter than a second maximum length of the space in a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the conductive resin layer.
US10964476B2	Capacitor with multiple dielectric layers having dielectric powder and polyimide A capacitor is provided. The capacitor includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer; and a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, wherein the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer are disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first dielectric layer includes a first dielectric powder and a first organic resin, and the second dielectric layer includes a second dielectric powder and a second organic resin. In particular, the weight ratio of the first dielectric powder to the first organic resin is greater than the weight ratio of the second dielectric powder to the second organic resin.
US10964475B2	Formation of a capacitor using a sacrificial layer Methods, apparatuses, and systems related to forming a capacitor using a sacrificial material are described. An example method includes forming a first silicate material on a substrate. The method further includes forming a first nitride material on the first silicate material. The method further includes forming a second silicate material on the first nitride material. The method further includes forming a second nitride material on the second silicate material. The method further includes forming a sacrificial material on the second nitride material. The method further includes forming a column of capacitor material through the first silicate material, the first nitride material, the second silicate material, the second nitride material, and the sacrificial material. The method further includes removing the sacrificial material to expose a top portion of the capacitor material.
US10964474B2	Capacitor and capacitor module According to one embodiment, a capacitor includes a conductive substrate, a conductive layer, a dielectric layer, and first and second external electrodes. The conductive substrate has a first main surface provided with recess(s), a second main surface, and an end face extending between edges of the first and second main surfaces. The conductive layer covers the first main surface and side walls and bottom surfaces of the recess(s). The dielectric layer is interposed between the conductive substrate and the conductive layer. The first external electrode includes a first electrode portion facing the end face and is electrically connected to the conductive layer. The second external electrode includes a second electrode portion facing the end face and is electrically connected to the conductive substrate.
US10964473B2	Coil unit, wireless power transmission device, wireless power receiving device, and wireless power transmission system The coil unit includes a planar coil, a magnetic body and a capacitor module, the capacitor module has a substrate, capacitor elements mounted on the substrate, and a first connecting terminal and a second connecting terminal provided outside an element region on which capacitor elements are mounted, the first connecting terminal is provided inside a winding section as viewed in a plan view, the second connecting terminal is provided outside the winding section as viewed in a plan view, a direction in which the first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal are connected is perpendicular to a direction in which the conductor extends in the winding section of the planar coil, the coil unit in which the element region is provided in a range overlapping the winding section of the coil as viewed in a plan view is selected.
US10964472B2	Coil component A coil component capable of reducing leakage magnetic flux includes a body, a coil portion embedded therein, a shielding layer formed on a surface of the body, and a ground electrode electrically connected to the shielding layer on the surface of the body and grounding the shielding layer.
US10964469B2	Cooling magnetic cores with ferrofluid and magnetic cores so cooled Core-coil devices operate by electromagnetic induction and include inductors, transformers, and electromagnets. Cooled core-coil devices include a magnetic core having a channel through it, and a coil wound around the core. Cooled core-coil devices additionally include a coolant loop that carries ferrofluid coolant through the channel and forms a loop with the channel that extends outside the core. Ferrofluid coolant circulates in the loop without a pump due to a thermo-magnetic response to the device's thermal and magnetic field gradients and thereby cools the core while simultaneously adding to the device's inductance.
US10964461B1	Resistor element A resistor element includes a base substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a resistive layer having a first surface disposed on the second surface of the base substrate, a second surface opposing the first surface of the resistive layer, and first to fourth sides connecting the first surface of the resistive layer to the second surface of the resistive layer, and internal electrodes spaced apart from each other on the second surface of the base substrate. The first and second sides of the resistive layer face each other in a direction in which the internal electrodes are spaced apart, and the third and fourth sides of the resistive layer connect the first and second sides. With the second surface of the base substrate, an angle between each of the third and fourth sides is greater than an angle between each of the first and second sides.
US10964460B2	PTC thermistor module A PTC thermistor module for a temperature control device may include at least one PTC thermistor element. The PTC thermistor element may include an upper side and an underside facing away from the upper side. The upper side and on the underside may be respectively applied in a heat-exchanging manner with a heat-conducting plate. An edge side, connecting the upper side and the underside with one another in an edge-side manner, of at least one of the PTC thermistor elements, may be applied to a heat-conducting element, which has a thermal conductivity of at least 5 W/mK. A temperature control device may include at least one such PTC thermistor module.
US10964454B2	Superconducting wire and superconducting coil The present invention is a superconducting wire including: a wire formed of a superconducting material; and a superconducting stabilization material disposed in contact with the wire, in which the superconducting stabilization material is formed of a copper material which contains: one or more types of additive elements selected from Ca, Sr, Ba, and rare earth elements in a total of 3 ppm by mass to 400 ppm by mass; a balance being Cu and inevitable impurities, and in which a total concentration of the inevitable impurities excluding O, H, C, N, and S which are gas components is 5 ppm by mass to 100 ppm by mass.
US10964453B2	Superconducting stabilization material, superconducting wire, and superconducting coil The present invention is a superconducting stabilization material used for a superconducting wire, which is formed of a copper material which contains: one or more types of additive elements selected from Ca, La, and Ce in a total of 3 ppm by mass to 400 ppm by mass; and a balance being Cu and inevitable impurities and in which a total concentration of the inevitable impurities excluding O, H, C, N, and S which are gas components is 5 ppm by mass to 100 ppm by mass.
US10964451B2	Cable hose with conductive electromagnetic interference shield A cable hose suitable for welding or cutting systems includes tubing, one or more conductors, and an annular electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield. The EMI shield is disposed radially interiorly of at least a portion of the tubing and radially exteriorly of the one or more conductors. Thus, the EMI shield: (1) prevents EMI emanating from the one or more conductors from exiting the cable hose radially; and (2) conducts current between components of a welding or cutting system.
US10964450B2	Power cable with enhanced ampacity A power cable includes an electric conductor; an electrical insulation layer surrounding the electrical conductor; a cooling system including a cooling duct substantially parallel to the electrical conductor along a power cable longitudinal axis and configured to flow a cooling fluid; a carbon allotrope layer in direct contact with the electrical conductor, where the carbon allotrope layer is provided between the electric conductor and the cooling duct; and a cable jacket enclosing the electric conductor, the electrical insulation layer, and the cooling system.
US10964444B2	Thermoplastic resin composition, and molded article thereof The present invention aims to provide a resin composition which can provide a molded article excellent in insulation and showing a low relative permittivity and which causes no melt fracture even when extrusion-molded at a high shear rate. The resin composition of the present invention includes an aromatic polyether ketone resin (I) and a fluororesin (II). The fluororesin (II) is a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and a perfluoro ethylenically unsaturated compound represented by the following formula (1): CF2═CF—Rf1 (1) wherein Rf1 represents —CF3 or —ORf2; and Rf2 represents a C1-C5 perfluoroalkyl group. The aromatic polyether ketone resin (I) and the fluororesin (II) satisfy a melt viscosity ratio (I)/(II) of not lower than 0.001 but lower than 0.3.
US10964443B2	Conductive yarn An electrically conductive yarn or film and method of manufacturing thereof in which a SP1/nanoparticle complex bound to the yarn or film serves as a platform for adhesion of a metallic coating.
US10964441B2	Conductive particles, articles, and methods Conductive particles, articles including such particles, and methods of making such conductive particles, are provided; wherein the conductive particles include: a core particle including at least one of a glass, a glass-ceramic, or a metal; surface particles adhered to the core particle; and a metal coating disposed on at least a portion of the core and surface particles; wherein the core particle is larger than the surface particles.
US10964439B2	Soller slit, X-ray diffraction apparatus, and method An X-ray diffraction apparatus having a solar slit, and a method for preventing the diffraction image on a detector from spreading in the in-plane direction even when an X-ray irradiation region spreads over the sample surface due to measurement by GIXD, thereby allowing for measurement with a short measurement time and a high resolution. The soller slit 100 includes a plurality of metallic thin plates 110, each being perpendicular to the bottom surface, which are arcuately arranged with a predetermined angular interval between each other so as to pass X-rays in a radiating direction from a particular focus, the soller slit being provided to be used at a position through which X-rays diffracted on a sample surface pass, the particular focus being the center of a goniometer circle, the X-rays being irradiated on a sample at an angle for GIXD.
US10964432B2	Processing of portable device data A method for processing data in a data processing system, the method comprising: receiving, by the data processing system, portable device data collected by a portable device; determining, by a first data processing program of the data processing system, one or more characteristics of the portable device data; based on the one or more characteristics, selecting, by the data processing system, prompt data for transmission to a client device; and causing, by the data processing system over one or more networks, the prompt data to be transmitted to the client device.
US10964424B2	Ultrasound image recognition systems and methods utilizing an artificial intelligence network Ultrasound image recognition systems and methods, and artificial intelligence training networks for such systems and methods, are provided. An ultrasound data information system includes an ultrasound image recognition training network that is configured to receive ultrasound training images and to develop ultrasound image knowledge based on the received ultrasound training images. An ultrasound imaging device acquires ultrasound images of a patient, and the device includes an ultrasound image recognition module. The ultrasound image recognition module is configured to receive the ultrasound image knowledge, receive the acquired ultrasound images from the ultrasound imaging device, and determine, based on the ultrasound image knowledge, whether the received ultrasound images represent a clinically desirable view of an organ or whether the clinically desirable views indicate normal function or a particular pathology. The received ultrasound images are transmitted to the ultrasound image recognition training network for further training and development of updated ultrasound image knowledge.
US10964418B2	Technology for processing prescription medications for pickup by individuals Systems and methods may be provided that may enable an individual to retrieve one or more prescription products (e.g., product refills) from a self-service retrieval location such as a counter, drive-thru, drop box, or kiosk. A unique-machine readable code may be associated with a particular one or more prescription products (e.g., associated with a medical prescription of a patient). The unique machine-readable code may be provided to a computing device of the individual, along with an anticipated time of preparedness of the one or more products for retrieval at the retrieval location. Identification of the unique machine-readable code may result in dispensing of the one or more prescription products associated at the retrieval location.
US10964417B2	Medical fluid delivery system including a mobile platform for patient engagement and treatment compliance A patient platform for patient engagement and treatment compliance is disclosed. In an example, a processor is configured to obtain medical information from a patient for engagement and treatment compliance tracking. To obtain the medical information, the processor causes a user interface to be displayed with fields to be populated with medical information. After receiving a selection of a data field, the processor provides an option to enter medical information from an image. If the option is selected, the processor receives a recorded image of a medical device or a screen of a medical device, extracts text from the image, enables a selection of at least a portion of the text from the image, and writes the selected text from the image into the data field of the user interface as the medical information. The processor transmits the medical information to a patient medical record stored in a clinician database.
US10964413B2	System and method for making patient records follow a physician A system for providing access to patient records. The system can include computing devices and emitting devices carried by physicians for identifying each physician and scanning devices configured to detect and communicatively link to the emitting devices based on the proximity of the physician to an examination room, and a manager module communicatively linked to the scanning devices and configured to manage signal data from the scanning devices. The system can also include servers communicatively linked with the computing devices, scanning devices, and manager module, and configured to authenticate and register a patient, synchronize the physician identifier, patient identifier, personal wellness electronic record (PWER), and examination room identifier based upon physician's proximity to an examination room, initiate a session at the computing device at the examination room, transfer the PWER to the computing device, and terminate the session based upon the physician leaving the examination room.
US10964409B2	Methods and processes for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations Provided herein are methods, processes, systems and machines for non-invasive assessment of genetic variations.
US10964408B2	Method, computer-accessible medium and system for base-calling and alignment Exemplary methods, procedures, computer-accessible medium, and systems for base-calling, aligning and polymorphism detection and analysis using raw output from a sequencing platform can be provided. A set of raw outputs can be used to detect polymorphisms in an individual by obtaining a plurality of sequence read data from one or more technologies (e.g., using sequencing-by-synthesis, sequencing-by-ligation, sequencing-by-hybridization, Sanger sequencing, etc.). For example, provided herein are exemplary methods, procedures, computer-accessible medium and systems, which can include and/or be configured for obtaining raw output from a sequencing platform configured to be used for reading fragment(s) of genomes, obtaining reference sequences for the genomes obtained independently from the raw output, and generating a base-call interpretation and/or alignment using the raw output and the reference sequences. For example, a score function can be determined based on information associated with the sequencing platform that can be used to analyze polymorphisms based on the base-call interpretation and/or alignment.
US10964407B2	Method for estimating the probe-target affinity of a DNA chip and method for manufacturing a DNA chip A method for estimating the affinity ϕ of a first DNA strand, or “probe”, to be hybridized with a second DNA strand, or “target”, to form a hybrid of length Lbp, the method comprising: in each division of a set of M divisions of the hybrid, counting the number of times in which each hybrid of a set of P DNA strand hybrids is present in the division, the hybrids being of length k less than the length Lbp, or “k-hybrids”; for each combination of mismatches of a set of L combinations of mismatches in a hybrid of length Lbp, determining whether the pair of mismatches is present in the hybrid; and calculating the affinity ϕ according to the relation: ϕ = ∑ m = 1 M ⁢ ∑ p = 1 P ⁢ x m , p · β ^ m , p + α .
US10964406B2	Methods of scrubbing errors and semiconductor modules using the same A semiconductor device includes a flag generation circuit and a write operation circuit. The flag generation circuit generates an error scrub flag if an error scrub operation is performed. The write operation circuit controls a write operation in response to the error scrub flag. The error scrub operation includes an internal read operation for outputting read data from a cell array, a data correction operation for correcting an error included in the read data to generate corrected data, and an internal write operation for storing the corrected data into the cell array.
US10964402B1	Reprogramming memory cells to tighten threshold voltage distributions and improve data retention Techniques are described for reprogramming memory cells to tighten threshold voltage distributions and improve data retention. In one aspect, the memory cells of a word line WLn are reprogrammed after programming of memory cells of an adjacent, later-programmed word line WLn+1. The reprogramming can be limited to lower state memory cells of WLn which are adjacent to lower state memory cells of WL+1. A program pulse magnitude used in the reprogramming can be tailored to the data states of the WLn memory cell and the adjacent, WLn+1 memory cell. In some cases, the program pulse magnitudes can be grouped to reduce the implementation complexity and time. The reprogramming can occur after an initial program operation has completed, during an idle time of a control circuit.
US10964401B2	Power shaping and peak power reduction by data transfer throttling An arrangement is described used to throttle data in a connected computer device having a device configured to transmit and receive data from a host, the device comprising, a device controller configured to interact with at least memory array and a data transfer throttling arrangement, the data transfer throttling arrangement configured to measure a bandwidth threshold for the device controller and pass data through the device controller when a bandwidth of the device controller is one of at and below a threshold.
US10964400B2	Memory read apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods are disclosed, including a method that raises an electrical potential of a plurality of access lines to a raised electrical potential, where each access line is associated with a respective charge storage device of a string of charge storage devices. The electrical potential of a selected one of the access lines is lowered, and a data state of the charge storage device associated with the selected access line is sensed while the electrical potential of the selected access line is being lowered. Additional apparatus and methods are described.
US10964397B2	Vertical memory device having improved electrical characteristics and method of operating the same A memory device including at least one dummy word line over a substrate; a plurality of word lines over the dummy word line; and a plurality of vertical holes extending through the at least one dummy word line and the plurality of word lines in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and classified into channel holes and dummy holes, each of the channel holes being connected to a bit line. The method including performing an erase operation on dummy cells formed as the dummy word line and the dummy holes; verifying the erase operation; and performing a program operation on at least one of the dummy cells such that the at least one dummy cell has a higher threshold voltage than main cells formed as the dummy word line and the channel holes.

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