International Business Machines Corporation patent applications on April 18th, 2024

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Patent Applications by International Business Machines Corporation on April 18th, 2024

International Business Machines Corporation: 56 patent applications

International Business Machines Corporation has applied for patents in the areas of H01L43/12 (8), H01L43/02 (8), H01L29/775 (8), G06N5/04 (7), G06N20/00 (6)

With keywords such as: layer, data, based, structure, user, provided, processor, contact, computer, and device in patent application abstracts.



Patent Applications by International Business Machines Corporation

20240123843.WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER AMONG MULTIPLE VEHICLES_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation, Satyam Jakkula of BENGALURU (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sudheesh S. Kairali of Kozhikode (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sudhanshu Sekher Sar of Bangalore (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): B60L53/126, B60L53/36, B60L53/66, B64C39/02



Abstract: computer-implemented methods for wireless power transfer among multiple vehicles are provided. aspects include identifying a group of vehicles, from a plurality of vehicles, that require charging and identifying a wireless charging capability of each vehicle of the group of vehicles. aspects also include deploying wireless power chargers to the vehicles of the group of vehicles that do not have wireless charging capability and charging each vehicle of the group of vehicles using a wireless power transfer module. the charging of the group of vehicles is performed while the vehicles are in motion.


20240123988.ENERGY RELEASE BASED SPACING FOR VEHICLES_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Shailendra Moyal of PUNE (IN) for international business machines corporation, Partho Ghosh of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): B60W30/16, B60W30/14, B60W30/18, B60W50/14



Abstract: a computer implemented method for spacing vehicles. a computer system simulates the vehicles moving on a road using a simulation system. the computer system determines an energy of the vehicles moving on the road using the simulation system. the computer system determines a desired spacing for the vehicles needed to reduce an undesired vehicle contact in response to an unexpected change in driving parameters for a number of the vehicles based on the energy of the vehicles moving on the road using the simulation system. the computer system performs a set of actions for the vehicles using the desired spacing determined for the vehicles.


20240125835.ELECTROSTATIC ELECTRICITY MITIGATION_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): John M. Ganci, JR. of Raleigh NC (US) for international business machines corporation, Martin G. Keen of Cary NC (US) for international business machines corporation, Jeremy R. Fox of Georgetown TX (US) for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G01R29/14



Abstract: disclosed embodiments provide techniques for monitoring, detecting, predicting, and mitigating electrostatic electricity accumulation. electrostatic electricity is detected within a premises, via multiple electrostatic electricity sensors. the electrostatic electricity sensors, also referred to as electrostatic charge sensors can detect electrostatic electricity and/or electrostatic potential. disclosed embodiments acquire electrostatic electricity data from multiple sensors. other mechanical activity is also acquired via sensors and/or computer vision techniques. the mechanical activity can include motion of machines and/or people. disclosed embodiments correlate levels of electrostatic electricity data to mechanical activity using machine learning. the machine learning system is used to predict future levels of electrostatic electricity based on proposed and/or mechanical activity, as well as automatically invoke mitigation steps and generate alert messages.


20240126233.METHOD AND SYSTEM OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING TO PREPARE SURFACE FOR GRIPPING OF SUBSEQUENT LAYERS_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Fang Lu of Billerica MA (US) for international business machines corporation, Jeremy R. Fox of Georgetown TX (US) for international business machines corporation, Tushar Agrawal of West Fargo ND (US) for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G05B19/4099



Abstract: a system for layer-by-layer three-dimensional (3d) printing of a 3d printed object. the system includes a printing component configured to print a plurality of layers to form the 3d printed object, a surface modification component configured to be co-operable with the printing component and configured to apply an appropriate degree of surface roughness to at least one of the plurality of layers after being printed, and a controller configured to identify parameters of each of the at least one of the plurality of layers and configured to control operation of the printing component and the surface modification component, wherein the parameters include the appropriate degree of surface roughness.


20240126245.CAPACITY PLANNING FOR EFFICIENT RESOURCE UTILIZATION_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Shailendra Moyal of Pune (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation, Akash U. Dhoot of Pune (IN) for international business machines corporation, Shilpa Bhagwatprasad Mittal of Pune (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G05B19/418



Abstract: a computer-implemented method, system and computer program product for efficient resource utilization. a workflow of manufacturing a product using various machines at each plant of an organization is created, where the workflow illustrates which machines are utilized to produce the product using one or more raw materials. a production rate for the product at each plant manufacturing the product is predicted based on the workflow. an amount of a raw material required by a first plant to produce the product is determined based on the predicted production rate for the product at the first plant. an amount of the raw material is then routed to the first plant from one or more other plants based on minimizing the system inventory carrying cost and minimizing the system transportation cost if the first plant needs an additional amount of the raw material to realize the predicted production rate for the product.


20240126513.PERFORMING CODE COMPLETION USING DATA FLOW_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Wenting Zhao of Ithaca NY (US) for international business machines corporation, IBRAHIM ABDELAZIZ of TARRYTOWN NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Julian Timothy Dolby of Bronx NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Kavitha Srinivas of Port Chester NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F8/33, G06F8/36, G06N5/04



Abstract: a corpus of source code from a code database is accessed and a language prediction model is trained based on the corpus of source code. a given program is accessed and a completion of a given line of the given program is predicted by performing inferencing using the language prediction model and at least a portion of the given program. the given line is completed based upon the prediction.


20240126526.Building Reliable and Fast Container Images_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Abhishek Malvankar of White Plains NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Alaa S. Youssef of Valhalla NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chen Wang of Chappaqua NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Mariusz Sabath of Ridgefield CT (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F8/61



Abstract: mechanisms are provided for improving performance of container images. container image chunks are generated from a container image file and input into one or more trained machine learning (ml) computer models, trained to classify container image chunks with regard to a plurality of container image performance characteristic classifications. for each container image chunk it is determined whether the a corresponding classification is negative, and in response to the classification being negative, an entry in a knowledge base having patterns of content matching content in the container image chunk is identified to determine one or more reasons for modification of the chunk specified in the entry. a notification output is generated specifying the container image chunks, their corresponding container image performance characteristic classifications, and the reasons for modification of the chunks.


20240126530.SOFTWARE COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT FOR HYBRID ENVIRONMENT_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Sudheesh S. Kairali of Bangalore (IN) for international business machines corporation, Rambabu Parvatina of Singapore (SG) for international business machines corporation, Venkatesh Krishnan of Singapore (SG) for international business machines corporation, Shanmukha Sai Ram Paran Parvathina of Dublin (IE) for international business machines corporation, Nataraj Nagaratnam of Durham NC (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F8/65



Abstract: an example operation may include one or more of identifying, via a hybrid environment, components which are included in a software program within the hybrid environment, generating a software bill of materials (sbom) for the software program which comprises names of the identified components, detecting that the software program does not comply with a predefined policy based on the names of the identified components within the sbom, and displaying a notification via a user interface based on the detection.


20240126557.PROCESSING COMPLEX PACKED TENSORS USING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT OF REAL AND COMPLEX PACKED TENSORS IN COMPLEX DOMAIN_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Hayim SHAUL of Kfar Saba (IL) for international business machines corporation, Nir DRUCKER of Zichron Yaakov (IL) for international business machines corporation, Ehud AHARONI of Kfar Saba (IL) for international business machines corporation, Omri SOCEANU of Haifa (IL) for international business machines corporation, Gilad EZOV of Nesher (IL) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F9/38, G06F9/30, H04L9/00



Abstract: an example system includes a processor that can receive a number of complex packed tensors, wherein each of the complex packed tensors include real numbers encoded as imaginary parts of complex numbers. the processor can execute a single instruction, multiple data (simd) operation on the complex packed tensors using an integrated circuit of real and complex packed tensors in a complex domain to generate a result.


20240126614.PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND ROOT CAUSE IDENTIFICATION FOR CLOUD COMPUTING_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Doga Tav of Fredericton (CA) for international business machines corporation, Matthew de Souza of Kanata (CA) for international business machines corporation, Alpha Barry of Gatineau (CA) for international business machines corporation, Geoffrey Tate of Ottawa (CA) for international business machines corporation, Nick Antonov of Fredericton (CA) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F9/50, G06F11/34



Abstract: examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method that includes, in response to receiving a request against the workload in an environment comprising predetermined cloud-based containers, searching predetermined container runtime interface metadata across a plurality of compute nodes in the environment to locate runtime processes. the method further includes selecting, for each runtime process located, a respective applicable profiler from a set of predetermined profilers sharing a transactional database. the method further includes injecting, for each runtime process located, predetermined code libraries for each respective applicable profiler. the method further includes re-linking the predetermined code libraries for each respective applicable profiler. the method further includes executing, for each runtime process located, each respective applicable profiler to produce a set of results.


20240126624.AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Laurentiu Gabriel Ghergu of Bucharest (RO) for international business machines corporation, Natalie Brooks Powell of Bolingbrook IL (US) for international business machines corporation, Karthik Muthuraman of San Francisco CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Marian I Tataru of Cedar Park TX (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F9/54



Abstract: techniques for automatically generating an api in response to a natural language input are provided. a method includes: receiving, by a processor set, a natural language input provided via a conversational user interface of a client device; determining, by the processor set, requirements of a new application programming interface (api) by analyzing the natural language input using natural language understanding; and automatically generating, by the processor set, the new api based on the requirements.


20240126630.GENERATING INCIDENT EXPLANATIONS USING SPATIO-TEMPORAL LOG CLUSTERING_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Seema Nagar of Bangalore (IN) for international business machines corporation, Mudhakar Srivatsa of White Plains NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Pooja Aggarwal of Bengaluru (IN) for international business machines corporation, Joshua M Rosenkranz of White Plains NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Dipanwita Guhathakurta of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation, Amitkumar Manoharrao Paradkar of Mohegan Lake NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Rohan R. Arora of Champaign IL (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F11/07



Abstract: an embodiment includes detecting a set of anomalies recorded during a first predefined window of time in log entries for a computer environment. the embodiment also includes generating cluster data representative of a cluster of anomalies from among the set of anomalies, where the cluster is formed using a lattice clustering algorithm that spatially distinguishes the cluster of anomalies from other anomalies in the set of anomalies. the embodiment also includes composing an explanation using log templates generated from log entries associated with the cluster of anomalies.


20240126720.PATHNAME RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN SAVING, RENAMING OR MOVING FILES_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Raghuveer Prasad Nagar of Durham NC (US) for international business machines corporation, Dinesh Kumar Bhudavaram of San Jose CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Jagadesh Ramaswamy Hulugundi of San Francisco CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Megha Jain of Raleigh NC (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F16/16, G06F16/13



Abstract: a computer-implemented method for saving, renaming, or moving a file includes receiving a request to save, rename or move a file, determining real-time context data and meta-data for the file in response to receiving the request to save, rename or move the file, generating a suggested pathname using the real-time context data and presenting the suggested pathname to a user. the suggested pathname may include a folder or directory name and a filename. the method may also include enabling the user to edit and approve the suggested pathname. examples of context data include a password hint for the file, storage attributes for the file, collaboration data for the file, calendar data for the user, a file naming policy for an organization, real-time iot data, and a topic determined from content within the file. a corresponding system and computer program product for executing the above method are also disclosed herein.


20240126737.TASK DEPENDENCY EXTRACTION SHARING AND NOTIFICATION_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Meenakshi Madugula of Newark CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Bailey Duncan of San Jose CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Nishtha Atrey of San Jose CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Archana Yadawa of San Jose CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Mu Qiao of Belmont CA (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F16/22, G06F40/284



Abstract: a method, computer program product, and computer system are provided. a processor receives message data from a natural language conversation among participants in a project. a processor identifies at least two tasks mentioned in the message data. a processor determines a dependency between the at least two tasks based on the output of a sequential language model, where the messages associated with the at least two tasks are inputs to the sequential language model. a processor generates a directed graph depicting the at least two tasks and the determined dependency of the at least two tasks. a processor shares a directed graph across participants. a processor notifies participants who are blocked when dependent tasks are complete.


20240126767.INTERPRETABILITY OF RESULTS FROM COGNITIVE SEMANTIC CLUSTERING QUERIES OVER RELATIONAL DATBASES_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Apoorva Nitsure of Pittsburgh PA (US) for international business machines corporation, Rajesh Bordawekar of Westchester NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F16/2457, G06F16/248, G06F16/28



Abstract: one or more systems, devices, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods of use provided herein relate to a process to interpret results of a semantic clustering structured query language (sql) cognitive intelligence (ci) query. a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components, and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components can comprise an interpretability component that can identify dominant traits of a query input to determine a ranking of query results by identifying influential tokens of the query input based on data statistics and observing the dominant traits in influential tokens of a query output. in one or more embodiments, the interpretability component can identify dominant traits of the query input by incorporating co-occurrence measurements.


20240126778.LARGE OBJECT DATA REPLICATION_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Phillip Koza of San Jose CA (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F16/27, G06F16/22, G06F16/242



Abstract: within a database table being replicated from a source database to a target database, a first logged database operation on a database column holding large object (lob) data is identified. the source database is queried for a plurality of rows of lob data, each row in the plurality of rows of lob data comprising lob data stored in the database column holding lob data. responsive to determining that a first row of lob data in the plurality of rows of lob data is smaller than a message size threshold, the first row of lob data is sent to the target database, the sending performed in a first message.


20240126805.PROFILE-BASED DYNAMIC PRESENTATION_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Xinlin Wang of Irvine CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Tsz S. Cheng of Grand Prairie TX (US) for international business machines corporation, Tassanee Kraipon Supakkul of Tarrant TX (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F16/438, G06F16/435, H04L12/18



Abstract: method, computer program product, and computer system are provided. a content generation service receives a request to generate a presentation for an online meeting having attendees comprising different roles. the content generation service receives content for a generic presentation. one or more portion of a page or an entire page of the generic presentation is defined as customizable. labels are assigned to each of the customizable portions of the generic presentation. each label is associated with a role of an attendee in the online meeting. customized content is received for each customizable portion. the customized content is associated with the label of the customizable portion. the generated presentation is stored separately in content object storage, as is each associated customized content.


20240127001.Audio Understanding with Fixed Language Models_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Kaizhi Qian of Champaign IL (US) for international business machines corporation, Yang Zhang of Cambridge MA (US) for international business machines corporation, Chuang Gan of Cambridge MA (US) for international business machines corporation, Bo Wu of Cambridge MA (US) for international business machines corporation, Zhenfang Chen of Cambridge MA (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F40/40, G10L15/26



Abstract: techniques for audio understanding using fixed language models are provided. in one aspect, a system for performing audio understanding tasks includes: a fixed text embedder for, on receipt of a prompt sequence having (e.g., from 0-10) demonstrations of an audio understanding task followed by a new question, converting the prompt sequence into text embeddings; a pretrained audio encoder for converting the prompt sequence into audio embeddings; and a fixed autoregressive language model for answering the new question using the text embeddings and the audio embeddings. a method for performing audio understanding tasks is also provided.


20240127005.TRANSLATING TEXT USING GENERATED VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Rameswar Panda of Cambridge MA (US) for international business machines corporation, Yi Li of Cambridge MA (US) for international business machines corporation, Richard Chen of Yorktown Heights NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Rogerio Schmidt Feris of Yorktown Heights NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Yoon Hyung Kim of Cambridge MA (US) for international business machines corporation, David Cox of Cambridge MA (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06F40/58, G06F40/284, G06N3/08



Abstract: methods, systems, and computer program products for translating text using generated visual representations and artificial intelligence are provided herein. a computer-implemented method includes generating a tokenized form of at least a portion of input text in a first language; generating at least one visual representation of at least a portion of the input text using a first set of artificial intelligence techniques; generating a tokenized form of at least a portion of the at least one visual representation; and generating an output including a translated version of the input text into at least a second language by processing, using a second set of artificial intelligence techniques, at least a portion of the tokenized form of the at least a portion of the input text and at least a portion of the tokenized form of the at least a portion of the at least one visual representation.


20240127009.IN-MEMORY COMPUTING FOR APPROXIMATING KERNEL FUNCTIONS_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Julian Röttger Büchel of Zurich (CH) for international business machines corporation, Abbas Rahimi of Zurich (CH) for international business machines corporation, Manuel Le Gallo-Bourdeau of Horgen (CH) for international business machines corporation, Irem Boybat Kara of Adliswil (CH) for international business machines corporation, Abu Sebastian of Adliswil (CH) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06J1/00



Abstract: a probability distribution corresponding to the kernel function is determined and weights are sampled from the determined probability distribution corresponding to the given kernel function. memristive devices of an analog crossbar are programmed based on the sampled weights, where each memristive device of the analog crossbar is configured to represent a corresponding weight. two matrix-vector multiplication operations are performed on an analog input x and an analog input y using the programmed crossbar and a dot product is computed on results of the matrix-vector multiplication operations.


20240127084.JOINT PREDICTION AND IMPROVEMENT FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Yuya Jeremy Ong of San Jose CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Aly Megahed of San Jose CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Mark S. Squillante of Greenwich CT (US) for international business machines corporation, Yingdong Lu of Yorktown Heights NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Yitao Liang of Sherman Oaks CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Pravar Mahajan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06N5/04



Abstract: methods, systems, and computer program products for a joint prediction and improvement framework for machine learning models are provided herein. a method includes obtaining a machine learning model initialized with a set of parameters; identifying one or more actions based on test inputs corresponding to the machine learning model and historical actions related to a task, where the historical actions are dependent on respective historical outputs of the machine learning model; using the identified one or more actions to jointly compute: one or more first values corresponding to inference loss for the machine learning model; and one or more second values based at least in part on a computing cost function associated with the task; and updating the set of parameters of the machine learning model based on the one or more first values and the one or more second values.


20240127085.TARGETED DATA ACQUISITION FOR MODEL TRAINING_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Namit Kabra of Hyderabad (IN) for international business machines corporation, Ritesh Kumar Gupta of Hyderabad (IN) for international business machines corporation, Vijay Ekambaram of Chennai (IN) for international business machines corporation, Smitkumar Narotambhai MARVANIYA of Bangalore (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06N5/04, G06N20/00



Abstract: targeted acquisition of data for model training includes identifying attributes of classified samples of a collection of samples classified by a classification model, and generating at least one query based on the identified attributes, the at least one query tailored, based on the attributes, to retrieve additional training data for training the classification model to more accurately classify samples and avoid incorrect sample classification.


20240127095.SELECTIVE OPTICAL TUNING OF QUBIT TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM INTERACTIONS USING BANDPASS FILTERS_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Karthik Balakrishnan of Scarsdale NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Abram L. Falk of Port Chester NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Martin O. Sandberg of Ossining NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Jason S. Orcutt of Katonah NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06N10/40, G02B5/20



Abstract: methods and systems for mitigating the effects of defects in a quantum processor are provided. a mitigation system includes a quantum processor comprising a plurality of qubits. the system includes a light emitting source that can be tuned to produce light pulses of different wavelengths. the system includes an array of bandpass filters. each bandpass filter is aligned with a qubit on the quantum processor and has a unique pass band. the system may include a controller configured to receive a selection of a qubit and to tune the light emitting source to emit a light pulse having a wavelength that falls within a range of a bandpass filter that is aligned with the selected qubit. the light pulse is used to scramble an ensemble of strongly coupled two-level system (tls) in the processor.


20240127096.QUBIT-SELECTIVE TUNING OF TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM IN SUPERCONDUCTING QUBITS VIA OPTICAL CONTROL_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Martin O. Sandberg of Ossining NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Abram L. Falk of Port Chester NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Karthik Balakrishnan of Scarsdale NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Jason S. Orcutt of Katonah NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06N10/40



Abstract: methods and systems for mitigating the effects of defects in a quantum processor are provided. a mitigation system includes a quantum processor having multiple qubits. the system includes an array of light emitting sources. each light emitting source is aligned with a qubit on the quantum processor. the system includes a controller configured to receive a selection of a qubit and to enable a light emitting source from the array of light emitting sources to emit light to the selected qubit. the light is use to scramble strongly coupled two-level systems (tlss) in the quantum processor.


20240127097.LASER ON-DEMAND SCRAMBLING OF TWO-LEVEL SYSTEMS IN SUPERCONDUCTING QUBITS_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Abram L. Falk of Port Chester NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Martin O. Sandberg of Ossining NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Karthik Balakrishnan of Scarsdale NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Oliver Dial of Yorktown Heights NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Jason S. Orcutt of Katonah NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06N10/40



Abstract: methods and systems for mitigating the effects of defects in a quantum processor are provided. a mitigation system uses an iterative process of applying light pulses and examining qubit relaxation times to eliminate or minimize two-level system (tls) interaction with qubits. the system applies a first light pulse to illuminate a quantum processor having one or more qubits. the system receives qubit relaxation times that are measured at different electric field frequencies after applying the first light pulse. the system applies a second light pulse to illuminate the quantum processor upon determining that the received qubit relaxation times indicates presence of a strongly coupled tls in the quantum processor


20240127101.OPTIMIZATION OF EXPECTATION VALUE CALCULATION WITH STATEVECTOR_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Hiroshi Horii of Tokyo (JP) for international business machines corporation, Ikko Hamamura of Tokyo (JP) for international business machines corporation, Hitomi Chiba of Tokyo (JP) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06N10/60



Abstract: systems and techniques that facilitate expectation value calculation by grouping pauli-strings are provided. in various embodiments, a system can comprise an expectation component that calculate expectation values of two pauli-strings based on a first bit series of a first pauli-string of the two pauli-strings and a second bit series of a second pauli-string of the two pauli-strings, wherein bit series comprise a first value for a position of an x or y in a pauli string and a second value for a position of a non-x or y in the pauli-string.


20240127321.USER CONTEXT-AWARE WEBSITE OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Venkata Vara Prasad Karri of Visakhapatnam (IN) for international business machines corporation, Hemant Kumar Sivaswamy of Pune (IN) for international business machines corporation, Shikhar Kwatra of San Jose CA (US) for international business machines corporation, Preethi Balakrishnan of Chennai (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q30/06, G06Q10/08, G06Q50/00



Abstract: computer-based provision of recommendations includes determining an item of interest to a user and a geographic region of the user. the item, as available from different e-commerce websites (websites) of geographic regions that are different from the geographic region of the user are aggregated within blockchain. social network data for the user is retrieved and processed using natural language processing to determine contacts of the user located in the geographic regions of the websites. a likelihood of each contact traveling to the geographic region of the user is determined based on the social networking data. a website is selected that offers the item and that corresponds to a geographic region of a selected contact. the selected contact of the user has at least a minimum likelihood of traveling to the geographic region of the user. the selected website is presented to the user as an option for obtaining the item.


20240127347.RISK ADAPTIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Tetsuro Morimura of Shinagawa-ku (JP) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06Q40/06, G06N20/00, G06Q10/0833



Abstract: a computer-implemented method is provided for determining an action with respect to a given portfolio of items for supply chain management. the method includes acquiring, by a hardware processor, a feature vector for supply chain delivery trends, the given portfolio, and a current investment amount. the method further includes determining, by the hardware processor, whether a current supply chain delivery situation is normal or abnormal based on the feature vector. the method also includes performing a risk-avoidance action to reduce the current investment amount and avoid potential supply chain delivery losses, responsive to a determination that the current supply chain delivery situation is abnormal. the method additionally includes performing a risk adaptive action to increase the current investment amount and incur potential supply chain delivery gains by using a distributional reinforcement learning process, responsive to a determination that the current supply chain delivery situation is normal.


20240127544.DYNAMIC METAVERSE NAVIGATIONAL INSERTION_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Jeremy R. Fox of Georgetown TX (US) for international business machines corporation, Grant Douglas Miller of Arvada CO (US) for international business machines corporation, Lexi Reicks of Mountain View TX (US) for international business machines corporation, Sarah Lerner of Belmont CA (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06T7/60, G06T19/20, G06V10/74



Abstract: a computer-implemented method for virtual space insertion is provided. the computer-implemented method includes receiving first and second user inputs from users regarding user information and regarding a virtual space targeted for entry by each of the users, respectively, obtaining spatial and occupancy information of the virtual space, determining insertion point requirements for the entry of each of the users into the virtual space from the first user inputs, generating a self-similar geometric insertion point pattern compatible with the insertion point requirements to a first threshold and with the spatial and occupancy information to a second threshold and mapping an insertion point for the entry of each of the users into the virtual space to the self-similar geometric insertion point pattern.


20240127547.DISPLAYING AVATARS ON AN AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) LENS IN RESPONSE TO RECEIVING A COMMUNICATION NOTIFICATION_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Reji Jose of Bangalore (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation, Raghuveer Prasad Nagar of Kota (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06F3/01, G06T13/40, G06T19/20, H04L51/224, H04L65/1069



Abstract: a computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes displaying an avatar associated with a second user on an augmented reality (ar) lens of a first communication device, in response to receiving, on the first communication device worn by a first user, a notification from a second communication device of the second user. the first user is monitored for a predetermined gesture. in response to a determination that the first user performs a first predetermined gesture, an action associated with the first predetermined gesture is performed by the first communication device. the method further includes outputting a response associated with the first predetermined gesture. the response indicates an availability of the first user to communicate with the second user.


20240127801.DOMAIN ADAPTIVE SPEECH RECOGNITION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Tohru Nagano of Tokyo (JP) for international business machines corporation, Gakuto Kurata of Tokyo (JP) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G10L15/16, G10L15/02, G10L15/06, G10L15/30



Abstract: methods, systems, and computer program products for domain adaptive speech recognition using artificial intelligence are provided herein. a computer-implemented method includes generating a set of language data candidates, each language data candidate comprising one or more graphemes, by processing a sequence of phonemes related to input speech data using an artificial intelligence-based data conversion model; determining, for a target pair of phonemes and graphemes, a subset of graphemes from the set of language data candidates; generating a first speech recognition output by processing the subset of graphemes using at least one biasing language model and an artificial intelligence-based speech recognition model; generating a second speech recognition output by replacing at least a portion of the subset of graphemes in the first speech recognition output with at least one of the graphemes from the target pair; and performing automated actions based on the second speech recognition output.


20240127928.EFFECTUATING ABNORMAL BONE CURVATURE TREATMENT USING GAN_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sathya Santhar of Ramapuram (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sridevi Kannan of Chennai (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): G16H30/20, G06N3/094



Abstract: a method of effectuating abnormal bone curvature treatment using a generative adversarial network (gan) is provided. the method includes training the gan using treatment data for each of a plurality of abnormal bone curvature patients. the treatment data for each abnormal bone curvature patient includes a plurality of radiologic images taken during at least a partial treatment period and at least one orthotic used during the at least partial treatment period. an abnormal bone curvature is identified in a radiologic image for a new patient using the trained gan. a plurality of artificial radiologic images is generated corresponding to different points in a treatment period of the new patient using the identified abnormal bone curvature and the corresponding radiologic image for the new patient as inputs to the trained gan.


20240128191.POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK WITH BACKSIDE POWER RAIL_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Tsung-Sheng Kang of Ballston Lake NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Koichi Motoyama of Clifton Park NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Oscar van der Straten of Guilderland Center NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Alexander Reznicek of Troy NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L23/528, H01L21/768



Abstract: a semiconductor structure includes a backside power rail disposed in a backside dielectric layer, and dielectric spacer layers laterally extending inwardly from opposing sidewalls of the backside dielectric layer and on a portion of a bottom surface of the backside power rail.


20240128318.SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH FULLY WRAPPED-AROUND BACKSIDE CONTACT_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chanro Park of Clifton Park NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Min Gyu Sung of Latham NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Kangguo Cheng of Schenectady NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Julien Frougier of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L29/06, H01L23/528, H01L27/092, H01L29/08, H01L29/775, H01L29/786



Abstract: a semiconductor structure includes a backside contact, and a source/drain region fully disposed within the backside contact.


20240128331.BOTTOM ENHANCED LINER-LESS VIA CONTACT FOR REDUCED MOL RESISTANCE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chanro Park of Clifton Park NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Kangguo Cheng of Schenectady NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Julien Frougier of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L29/417, H01L23/522, H01L29/40, H01L29/45



Abstract: a contact structure having reduced middle-of-the-line (mol) resistance is provided that includes a source/drain contact which includes a liner and a via contact that is liner-less. the via contact includes a first via portion having a first critical dimension and a second via portion having a second critical dimension that is greater than the first critical dimension. the second critical dimension provides a maximized via contact bottom critical dimension over the source/drain contact, while the first critical dimension provides sufficient area between the first via portion of the via contact and a neighboring electrically conductive structure thus avoiding any shorts between those two elements.


20240128333.DIRECT BACKSIDE SELF-ALIGNED CONTACT_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Julien Frougier of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chen Zhang of Guilderland NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Min Gyu Sung of Latham NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Heng Wu of Santa Clara CA (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L29/417, H01L21/762, H01L29/40, H01L29/66, H01L29/775



Abstract: a semiconductor structure is provided including a backside source/drain contact structure that contacts a source/drain region of a transistor and overlaps a portion of a tri-layered bottom dielectric isolation structure that is located on a backside of the transistor. the presence of the tri-layered bottom dielectric isolation structure prevents shorting between the gate structure of the transistor and the backside source/drain contact structure, and thus improves process margin.


20240128334.SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH WRAPPED-AROUND BACKSIDE CONTACT_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chanro Park of Clifton Park NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Min Gyu Sung of Latham NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Kangguo Cheng of Schenectady NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Julien Frougier of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L29/417, H01L29/06, H01L29/08, H01L29/40, H01L29/423, H01L29/66, H01L29/775



Abstract: a semiconductor structure includes a backside contact, and an unmerged source/drain region. the backside contact is wrapped-around the unmerged source/drain region.


20240128345.REDUCED GATE TOP CD WITH WRAP-AROUND GATE CONTACT_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Su Chen Fan of Cohoes NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Ravikumar Ramachandran of Pleasantville NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Julien Frougier of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L29/423, H01L21/768, H01L21/8238, H01L29/786



Abstract: a semiconductor structure is presented including a plurality of field effect transistor (fet) devices, each fet device having a different gate threshold voltage, first spacers disposed on sidewalls of each fet device, second spacers disposed over and in direct contact with the first spacers, the second spacers having a width greater than a width of the first spacers, and a gate contact directly contacting an fet device of the plurality of fet devices, where only an upper portion of the gate contact directly contacts third spacers on opposed ends thereof. the second spacers can have a bi-layer configuration and the gate contact wraps around a top portion of the fet device in direct contact with the gate contact.


20240128346.GATE-ALL-AROUND TRANSISTORS WITH DUAL PFET AND NFET CHANNELS_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Julien Frougier of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Andrew M. Greene of Slingerlands NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Shogo Mochizuki of Mechanicville NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Liqiao Qin of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Gen Tsutsui of Glenmont NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Nicolas Jean Loubet of GUILDERLAND NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Min Gyu Sung of Latham NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chanro Park of Clifton Park NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Kangguo Cheng of Schenectady NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Heng Wu of Santa Clara CA (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L29/423, H01L29/06, H01L29/775, H01L29/786



Abstract: a semiconductor structure is provided that includes a pfet located in a pfet device region, the pfet includes a first functional gate structure and a plurality of pfet semiconductor channel material nanosheets, and an nfet located in the nfet device region, the nfet includes a second functional gate structure and a plurality of pfet semiconductor channel material nanosheets. the pfet semiconductor channel material nanosheets can be staggered relative to, or vertically aligned in a horizontal direction with, the nfet semiconductor channel material nanosheets. when staggered, a bottom dielectric isolation structure can be located in both the device regions, and the second functional gate structures has a bottommost surface that extends beneath a topmost surface of the bottom dielectric isolation structure. when horizontally aligned, a vertical dielectric pillar is located between the two device regions.


20240129178.TOPOLOGY-HOMOGENEITY FOR ENRICHING EVENT PATTERNS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Mudhakar Srivatsa of White Plains NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Jonathan Ian Settle of Dursley (GB) for international business machines corporation, Satishkumar Sadagopan of Leawood KS (US) for international business machines corporation, Mathews Thomas of Flower Mound TX (US) for international business machines corporation, Utpal Mangla of Toronto (CA) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04L41/0631, H04L41/0604, H04L41/12



Abstract: a method for determining a correlation of one or more events occurring in a plurality of nodes of a network includes accessing, by a computing device, address information associated with each of the plurality of nodes on the network. the computing device can further access one or more event ids associated with one or more events occurring on the plurality of nodes. the computing device can further create an association the one or more events occurring on the plurality of nodes with related events occurring on others of the plurality of nodes, the association including the address information.


20240129207.IDENTIFYING THE USER EXPERIENCE AND SLA FULFILLMENT IMPACT OF CONTROL APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Maja Curic of Munich (DE) for international business machines corporation, Sagar Tayal of Ambala City (IN) for international business machines corporation, Alecio Pedro Delazari Binotto of Munich (DE) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04L41/5019, H04L41/5009



Abstract: embodiments of the invention provide a computer-implemented method that includes intercepting, using a controller of a programmable network (pn), a deployment of a control application in the pn. responsive to intercepting the deployment of the control application, a user experience (ue) analysis is performed. the ue analysis includes determining, based at least in part on a set of digital twins, a ue impact of the control application; and, based at least in part on the ue impact, generating a ue-based control application deployment recommendation. the ue analysis further includes deploying the control application based at least in part on the ue-based control application deployment recommendation.


20240129243.OPTIMIZING NETWORK BANDWIDTH AVAILABILITY_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Sudheesh S. Kairali of Kozhikode (IN) for international business machines corporation, Satyam Jakkula of Bengaluru (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sudhanshu Sekher Sar of Bangalore (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04L47/127, H04L41/0896, H04L47/80



Abstract: according to an aspect, a computer-implemented method includes identifying applications in a network environment that perform periodic data extraction and data transmission operations and identifying a frequency and a data transmission load for each of the operations. aspects also include predicting an available bandwidth in the network environment based at least in part on the periodic data extraction and data transmission operations and based on a determination that the available bandwidth in the network environment will fall below a threshold value during a time interval instructing the applications to modify the one or more of the periodic data extraction and data transmission operations to increase the frequency associated with the one or more of the periodic data extraction and data transmission operations.


20240129270.FORMALIZING INFORMAL AGREEMENTS IN PHYSICAL SPACE AND DIGITAL SPACE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Aaron K. Baughman of Cary NC (US) for international business machines corporation, Jeremy R. Fox of Georgetown TX (US) for international business machines corporation, Raghuveer Prasad Nagar of Kota (IN) for international business machines corporation, Dinesh Kumar Bhudavaram of Bangalore (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04L51/56, G06F40/166, G06F40/20, G06F40/30, H04L51/212



Abstract: a computer-implemented method includes receiving a communication between first and second users via a communication channel associated with a communication space., and identifying the first user having a first role and the second user having a second role, a formality of the communication is determined based on the second role. the method includes identifying a transformer model for the communication space and monitoring the communication for an agreement clause via the transformer model by deriving an agreement clause based on the communication and classifying the derived agreement clause. the method includes searching a communication platform for an open communication corresponding to the classified agreement clause, and outputting a formal communication response via a communication channel, or outputting a second formal communication response, to the second user via the communication channel in response to finding, or not finding, respectively, the open communication corresponding to the classified agreement clause during the searching.


20240129331.Threat Disposition Analysis and Modeling Using Supervised Machine Learning_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Gary I. Givental of BLOOMFIELD HILLS MI (US) for international business machines corporation, Aankur Bhatia of BETHPAGE NY (US) for international business machines corporation, PAUL J. DWYER of Pewaukee WI (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04L9/40, G06F21/55, G06N20/00



Abstract: an enhanced threat disposition analysis technique is provided. in response to receipt of a security threat identified in an alert, a threat disposition score (tds) is retrieved. the tds is generated from a machine learning scoring model that is built from information about historical security threats, including historical disposition of one or more alerts associated with the historical security threats. the tds is based in part on an effectiveness of a prior calculated tds to predict a particular historical disposition associated with the alert. the system augments an alert to include the threat disposition score, optionally together with a confidence level, to generate an enriched alert. the enriched alert is then presented to the security analyst for handling directly. preferably, the machine learning model is updated continuously as the system handles security threats, thereby increasing the predictive benefit of the tds scoring.


20240129434.PRESENTING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO DATA OUTPUT FROM A USER DEVICE DURING A LIVE WEB CONFERENCE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Zachary A. Silverstein of Georgetown TX (US) for international business machines corporation, Melanie Dauber of Oceanside NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Jacob Ryan Jepperson of St. Paul MN (US) for international business machines corporation, Jeremy R. Fox of Georgetown TX (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04N7/15, G06F40/20, H04L12/18, H04N7/14



Abstract: a computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes monitoring, during a live web conference, audio and video data associated with participants of the live web conference. the participants include at least a first participant and a second participant. the method further includes analyzing the first participant's behavior to determine whether to classify the first participant's behavior as being indicative of sound-aware actions, and presenting information, based on the analysis, on a first user device of the first participant regarding audio and/or video data output from the first user device. a computer program product, according to another embodiment, includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. the program instructions are readable and/or executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform the foregoing method.


20240129444.ILLUSION-BASED INCREASE OF VEHICLE SIZE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Sarbajit K. Rakshit of Kolkata (IN) for international business machines corporation, Vinod A. Valecha of Pune (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04N9/31, G06T7/70, G06V20/58



Abstract: a computer-implemented method, in accordance with one aspect of the present invention includes, during movement of a vehicle, monitoring for a predetermined condition corresponding to potential presence of an animal on a roadway. in response to detecting the predetermined condition, a representation of at least a portion of the moving vehicle is projected for virtually increasing a visual size of the vehicle. the projected representation (also referred to as a projection) has a dimension that is greater than the portion of the moving vehicle corresponding to the representation.


20240129582.AUTOMATIC CONTENT CLASSIFICATION AND AUDITING_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Si Tong Zhao of Beijing (CN) for international business machines corporation, Zhong Fang Yuan of Xi'an (CN) for international business machines corporation, Tong Liu of Xi'an (CN) for international business machines corporation, Yi Chen Zhong of shanghai (CN) for international business machines corporation, Yuan Yuan Ding of Shanghai (CN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04N21/454, G06F16/906, H04N21/231



Abstract: using labelled training content, a content classification model is trained. using the trained content classification model, a label describing a first content is determined. the first content is classified into a category in a set of categories using the label. responsive to the first content being classified into a category of inappropriate content, the first content is removed from a storage location.


20240129709.DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF AN ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION MODULE IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Sathya SANTHAR of Ramapuram (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sarbajit K. RAKSHIT of KOLKATA (IN) for international business machines corporation, Sridevi KANNAN of CHENNAI (IN) for international business machines corporation, Samuel Mathew JAWAHARLAL of CHENNAI (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04W8/18, G06F3/01, H04W4/24, H04W4/50



Abstract: a determination is made via a computational device of an activity being performed by an entity in a virtual reality environment. an electronic subscriber identification module (esim) of a communications device of the entity is reconfigured in the virtual reality environment, in response to the determination of the activity being performed by the entity in the virtual reality environment.


20240129799.INTER-DOMAIN OPERATION IN OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Maja Curic of Munich (DE) for international business machines corporation, Sagar Tayal of Ambala City (IN) for international business machines corporation, David Jason Hunt of Kirkwood MO (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04W28/08



Abstract: a computer-implemented method includes creating an awareness module on a first near-real-time ran intelligent controller (near-rt ric) that controls a first domain. the first near-rt ric identifies a second near-rt ric that controls a second domain, which has a mutual impact on the first domain. the first near-rt ric creates a first border state that represents attributes of the first near-rt ric and the xapps of the first near-rt ric. the first near-rt ric receives from the second near-rt ric, a second border state of the second near-rt ric. the first near-rt ri generates, a policy for the first near-rt ric and the second near-rt ric by analyzing the first and second border states. the first near-rt ric updates a parameter only if the policy allows a requesting xapp to update the parameter.


20240129887.DYNAMIC MASSIVE MIMO END DEVICE PAIRING BASED ON PREDICTED AND REAL TIME CONNECTION STATE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Utpal Mangla of Toronto (CA) for international business machines corporation, Saurabh Agrawal of Bangalore (IN) for international business machines corporation, Dinesh C. Verma of New Castle NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Mathews Thomas of Flower Mound TX (US) for international business machines corporation, Sagar Tayal of Ambala City (IN) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04B7/0413, H04B17/336, H04W16/28



Abstract: a computer-implemented method for grouping devices in a massive multiple-input and multiple-output (mimo)-based cellular network, in accordance with one embodiment, includes determining movement states of end devices in a cell of the massive mimo-based cellular network, estimating payload requirements of the end devices, and grouping the end devices in a group based on the determined movement states and the estimated payload requirements.


20240130142.RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY STRUCTURES WITH STACKED TRANSISTORS_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Min Gyu Sung of Latham NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Kangguo Cheng of Schenectady NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Julien Frougier of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chanro Park of Clifton Park NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Soon-Cheon Seo of Glenmont NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L27/24



Abstract: a semiconductor structure comprises a first transistor, a second transistor vertically stacked over the first transistor, a source/drain region shared between the first transistor and the second transistor, and a resistive random-access memory device connected to the shared source/drain region.


20240130242.TOP CONTACT STRUCTURE FOR EMBEDDED MRAM_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Ailian Zhao of Slingerlands NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Wu-Chang Tsai of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Ashim Dutta of Clifton Park NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chih-Chao Yang of Glenmont NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L43/08, H01L23/48, H01L27/22, H01L43/02, H01L43/12



Abstract: embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming a mram structure. the method includes forming at least one magnetic tunnel junction (mtj) stack on top of a supporting structure; forming a conformal liner surrounding a sidewall of the mtj stack; forming a first dielectric layer surrounding the conformal liner; selectively forming a metal oxide layer on top of the conformal liner and the first dielectric layer, the metal oxide layer having at least a first opening that exposes a top surface of the mtj stack; and forming a top contact contacting the top surface of the mtj stack through the first opening in the metal oxide layer. an mram structure formed thereby is also provided.


20240130243.MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Timothy Mathew Philip of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Ching-Tzu Chen of Ossining NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Kevin W. Brew of Niskayuna NY (US) for international business machines corporation, JIN PING HAN of Yorktown Heights NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Injo Ok of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L43/08, H01L27/22, H01L43/02, H01L43/12



Abstract: embodiments of present invention provide a magnetic tunnel junction (mtj) structure. the mtj structure includes a mtj stack, the mtj stack including a tunnel barrier layer on a reference layer and a free layer on the tunnel barrier layer, wherein the free layer includes multiple sub free layers, the multiple sub free layers being multiple ferromagnetic strips placed parallel to each other on the tunnel barrier layer, the multiple ferromagnetic strips having respective first ends connected to a first electrode and respective second ends connected to a second electrode. a method of forming the mtj structure is also provided.


20240130244.CHAMFERED MRAM DEVICE STRUCTURE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Oscar van der Straten of Guilderland Center NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chih-Chao Yang of Glenmont NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L43/02, H01L27/22, H01L43/12



Abstract: embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming a mram structure. the method includes forming a blanket first ferromagnetic layer on top of a bottom electrode; etching the blanket first ferromagnetic layer to form a first ferromagnetic layer, the first ferromagnetic layer having an upper portion that has an angled edge and a lower portion that has a vertical edge; forming a blanket tunnel barrier layer on top of the first ferromagnetic layer and a blanket second ferromagnetic layer on top of the blanket tunnel barrier layer; patterning the blanket tunnel barrier layer and the blanket second ferromagnetic layer to form a tunnel barrier layer and a second ferromagnetic layer; and forming a top electrode on top of the second ferromagnetic layer. a mram structure formed thereby is also provided.


20240130245.MRAM DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH IMPROVED TOP ELECTRODE_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Oscar van der Straten of Guilderland Center NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Koichi Motoyama of Clifton Park NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chih-Chao Yang of Glenmont NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L43/02, H01L27/22, H01L43/12



Abstract: embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming a mram structure. the method includes forming a sacrificial dielectric layer on top of a bottom contact; forming a stack of a first ferromagnetic layer, a tunnel barrier layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and at least one hard mask on top of the sacrificial dielectric layer; forming an interlevel-dielectric (ild) layer surrounding the stack; creating one or more via holes in the ild layer to expose the sacrificial dielectric layer; selectively removing the sacrificial dielectric layer to create an opening underneath the first ferromagnetic layer; filling the opening with a first conductive material to form a bottom electrode; removing the at least one hard mask to expose the second ferromagnetic layer; and forming a top electrode of a second conductive material on top of the second ferromagnetic layer. an mram structure formed thereby is also provided.


20240130256.PHASE CHANGE MEMORY CELL WITH HEATER_simplified_abstract_(international business machines corporation)

Inventor(s): Kangguo Cheng of Schenectady NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Juntao Li of Cohoes NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Arthur Roy Gasasira of HALFMOON NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Ruilong Xie of Niskayuna NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Julien Frougier of Albany NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Min Gyu Sung of Latham NY (US) for international business machines corporation, Chanro Park of Clifton Park NY (US) for international business machines corporation

IPC Code(s): H01L45/00



Abstract: embodiments of present invention provide a method of forming a phase change memory device. the method includes forming a bottom electrode on a supporting structure; forming a first blanket dielectric layer, a phase-change material layer, a second blanket dielectric layer, and a hard mask sequentially on top of the bottom electrode; forming an inner spacer in an opening in the hard mask to modify the opening; extending the opening into the second blanket dielectric layer to create an extended opening; filling the extended opening with a heating element; etching the second blanket dielectric layer, the phase-change material layer, and the first blanket dielectric layer respectively into a second dielectric layer, a phase-change element, and a first dielectric layer; forming a conductive liner surrounding the phase-change element; and forming a top electrode on top of the heating element. a structure formed thereby is also provided.


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