Abstract:
A method for partitioning a soft buffer in a time-division duplex system and an apparatus using the same are disclosed. The method includes the following steps. A total number of soft channel bits, a maximum number of transport blocks transmittable to a user equipment (UE) in a transmission time interval (TTI), a maximum number of downlink (DL) hybrid automatic retransmit request (HARQ) processes, and a configured maximum number of HARQ processes are determined. A partition size of the soft buffer is selected according at least to the total number of soft channel bits, the maximum number of transport blocks transmittable to the UE in the TTI, the maximum number of DL HARQ processes, and the preconfigured maximum number of HARQ processes.
Abstract:
A method for reporting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) is provided. The method is applicable to a time-division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system and includes the following steps: receiving downlink information from a base station with multiple serving cells, calculating a report number of each serving cell, which is a number of subframes of the corresponding serving cell whose acknowledgements have to be reported, and providing report information to the base station in an uplink subframe of a serving cell specified by the base station. The multiple serving cells use multiple uplink-downlink configurations. The report number of at least one of the serving cells is determined according to a downlink association set of the uplink subframe of the serving cell specified by the base station. The report information includes the acknowledgements that have to be reported by each of the serving cells.
Abstract:
A phase change memory device is provided, including a substrate, a first dielectric layer disposed over the substrate, a first electrode disposed in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer formed over the first dielectric layer, covering the first electrode, a heating electrode disposed in the second dielectric layer, contacting the first electrode, a phase change material layer disposed over the second dielectric layer, contacting the heating electrode, and a second electrode disposed over the phase change material layer. In one embodiment, the heating electrode includes a first portion contacting the first electrode and a second portion contacting the phase change material layer, and the second portion of the heating electrode includes metal silicides and the first portion of the heating electrode includes no metal silicides.
Abstract:
A mobile communications device is provided with a wireless module and a controller module. The wireless module receives a plurality of downlink signals from a service node and determines a plurality of status indicators respectively corresponding to the downlink signals. The controller module determines whether a radio link failure has occurred according to the status indicators, and transmits at least one uplink signal via the wireless module to indicate information of the radio link failure to the service node in response to the occurrence of the radio link failure.
Abstract:
A lateral phase change memory with spacer electrodes and method of manufacturing the same are provided. The memory is formed by connecting the conductive electrodes with lower resistivity and the spacer electrodes with higher resistivity, and filling the phase change material between the spacer electrodes. Therefore, the area that the phase change material contacts the spacer electrodes and the volume of the phase change material can be reduced; thereby the programming current and power consumption of the phase change memory are reduced.
Abstract:
A phase change memory device is disclosed, including a substrate, a phase change layer over the substrate, a first electrode electrically connecting a first side of the phase change layer, a second electrode electrically connecting a second side of the phase change layer, wherein the phase change layer composes mainly of gallium (Ga), antimony (Sb) and tellurium (Te) and unavoidable impurities, having the composition range of GaxTeySbz, 5
Abstract:
A phase change memory device comprising an electrode, a phase change layer crossing and contacting the electrode at a cross region thereof, and a transistor comprising a source and a drain, wherein the drain of the transistor electrically connects the electrode or the phase change layer is disclosed.
Abstract:
A phase change memory device comprising an electrode, a phase change layer crossing and contacting the electrode at a cross region thereof, and a transistor comprising a source and a drain, wherein the drain of the transistor electrically connects the electrode or the phase change layer is disclosed.
Abstract:
Phase change memory devices and fabrication methods thereof. A phase change memory device includes an array of phase change memory cells. Each phase change memory cell includes a selecting transistor disposed on a substrate. An upright electrode structure is electrically connected to the selecting transistor. An upright phase change memory layer is stacked on the upright electrode structure with a contact area therebetween, wherein the contact area serves as the location where phase transition takes place.
Abstract:
A phase change memory device is provided. The phase change memory device comprises a substrate. An electrode layer is on the substrate. A phase change memory structure is on the electrode layer and electrically connected to the electrode layer, wherein the phase change memory structure comprises a cup-shaped heating electrode on the electrode layer. An insulating layer is on the cup-shaped heating electrode along a first direction covering a portion of the cup-shaped heating electrode. An electrode structure is on the cup-shaped heating electrode along a second direction covering a portion of the insulating layer and the cup-shaped heating electrode. A pair of double spacers is on a pair of sidewalls of the electrode structure covering a portion of the cup-shaped heating electrode, wherein the double spacer comprises a phase change material spacer and an insulating material spacer on a sidewall of the phase change material spacer.