Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of gate electrodes over a substrate, and a source/drain epitaxial layer. The source/drain epitaxial layer is disposed in the substrate and between two adjacent gate electrodes, wherein a bottom surface of the source/drain epitaxial layer is buried in the substrate to a depth less than or equal to two-thirds of a spacing between the two adjacent gate electrodes.

Abstract: A driving device comprises a first complementary metal-oxygen-semiconductor circuit and a first comparator. The first complementary metal-oxygen-semiconductor circuit is configured for outputting a power signal or a pull-down signal according to the first input signal. The first comparator comprises a first non-inverting input terminal and a first inverting input terminal. The first non-inverting input terminal is coupled to the first complementary metal-oxygen-semiconductor circuit, and is configured to receive the power signal or the pull-down signal. The first inverting input terminal is configured for receiving a first reference signal, and the first comparator is configured to compare one of the power signal and the pull-down signal and the first reference signal to provide a first driving signal.

Abstract: A power supply unit supplies power to a load, and the power supply unit includes a power factor corrector, a DC conversion module, and an isolated conversion module. The power factor corrector is plugged into a first main circuit board and converts an AC power into a DC power. The DC conversion module is plugged into the first main circuit board and converts the DC power into a main power. The isolated conversion module includes a bus capacitor, the bus capacitor is coupled to the DC conversion module through a first power copper bar, and coupled to the power factor corrector through a second power copper bar. The first power copper bar and the second power copper bar are arranged on a side opposite to the first main circuit board, and are arranged in parallel with the first main circuit board.

Abstract: A method of fabricating an integrated circuit includes placing a first set of conductive feature patterns on a first level, placing a second set of conductive feature patterns on a second level, placing a first set of via patterns between the second set of conductive feature patterns and the first set of conductive feature patterns, placing a third set of conductive feature patterns on a third level different from the first level and the second level, placing a second set of via patterns between the third set of conductive feature patterns and the second set of conductive feature patterns, and manufacturing the integrated circuit based on at least one of the above patterns of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for recycling all types of lithium batteries. First, the lithium battery waste is acid-leached to obtain a solution containing most of metal ions. After filtering, the solution is separated from the remaining solids, and then the obtained solution is subjected to separate precipitation many times. After separately adjusting the pH value of the solution many times, adding precipitants with a high selectivity ratio, and matching with filtration and separation reaction, all ions in the lithium battery waste are sequentially precipitated in forms of iron phosphate (FePO4), aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3), manganese oxide (MnO2), dicobalt trioxide (cobalt oxide, Co2O3), nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2), and lithium carbonate (Li2CO3).

Abstract: A conversion control circuit is configured to generate a PWM (pulse width modulation) signal to control a power switch for switching an inductor to convert an input voltage to an output voltage. The steps of generating the PWM signal includes: enabling the PWM signal at a rising edge of a clock signal to turn on the power switch; disabling the PWM signal to turn off the power switch when an on-time exceeds a predetermined minimum on-time and the output voltage has reached an output level; triggering a next rising edge of the clock signal when the off-time exceeds a predetermined minimum off-time, the output voltage has not reached the output level, and a present cycle period of the clock signal has reached a predetermined cycle period.

Abstract: A method for accurately performing power estimation on a battery of an electronic device includes: monitoring a charging current of the battery to obtain charging current data of the charging current with respect to time; and performing curve mapping according to the charging current data and according to a plurality of sets of predetermined curve characteristic data, in order to determine an estimation parameter corresponding to one of a plurality of predetermined cycle counts, wherein the estimation parameter is utilized for performing power estimation, and the sets of predetermined curve characteristic data respectively correspond to the predetermined cycle counts, which represent estimated ages of the battery, respectively. At least one associated apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A method for measuring a remaining capacity of a chargeable magnetic material includes determining a discharging parameter, obtaining an open-circuit-voltage state-of-charge (OCV SOC) curve according to the discharging parameter, obtaining a discharging curve according to the OCV SOC curve and the discharging parameter, and processing an interpolation operation to measure the remaining capacity according to the OCV SOC curve and the discharging curve.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation in powder-like form, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a human Factor IX (hFIX) encapsulated by a lipophilic biodegradable polymer or copolymer to form a microsphere, whereby the pharmaceutical preparation provides a sustained release of hFIX and a prolonged biological activity.

Abstract: An adhesive tape including a strippable backing layer, a transparent intermediate layer having a back-glued first longitudinal half strippably attached to the top side the backing layer and a second longitudinal half suspended from the top side of the backing layer, and a covering layer with a distinctive color scheme fully covered on and fixedly secured to the top side of the second longitudinal half opposite to the backing layer, wherein parallel tear lines are transversely made on the covering layer and the intermediate layer to divide them into a plurality of linked stickers, permitting the linked stickers to be respectively separated from the backing layer through the tear lines.