Abstract: A light emission apparatus includes a laser diode configured to emit a light; a laser driver electrically coupled to the laser diode, the laser driver being configured to drive the laser diode to generate the light; and an optical module arranged to receive the light emitted by the laser diode, the optical module comprising at least one optical element and being configured to adjust the light and emits a transmitting light; wherein the transmitting light emits from the optical module with an illumination angle and the optical module adjusts the light to vary the illumination angle.

Abstract: A switchable backlight module is disclosed. The switchable backlight module includes two light source modules arranged parallelly with respect to a plane. Each of the light source modules includes a turning film and a LGP. The LGP is of an edge-lit type arranged parallelly under the turning film. A light ray enters the LGP from a light incident side of the LGP, exits the LGP from a light emergent surface of the LGP, enters the turning film, and exits the turning film from a surface of the turning film away from the LGP. The light incident side of the LGP of one of the light source modules is perpendicular to the light incident side of the LGP of the other light source module. The switchable backlight module is in an anti-peeping mode having a narrow viewing angle when only an upper one of the light source modules emits light.

Abstract: An uninterruptible power apparatus is coupled between a power grid and a load. The uninterruptible power apparatus includes a bypass path, a power conversion module, and a control module. The bypass path is coupled to the power grid through a grid terminal, and coupled to the load through a load terminal. The control module turns off a first thyristor and a second thyristor by injecting a second voltage into the load terminal during a forced commutation period. The control module calculates a magnetic flux offset amount based on an error amount between the second voltage and a voltage command, and provides a compensation command in response to the magnetic flux offset amount. The control module controls the DC/AC conversion circuit to provide a third voltage to the load terminal based on the compensation command and the voltage command.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for eye gesture recognition. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining an electrical signal that represents a measurement, by a photodetector, of an optical signal reflected from an eye and determining a depth map of the eye based on phase differences between the electrical signal generated by the photodetector and a reference signal. Further, the method includes determining gaze information that represents a gaze of the eye based on the depth map and providing output data representing the gaze information.

Abstract: An embodiment system, configured to clean a semiconductor package assembly, may include a sprayer device including a plurality of nozzles configured to direct a pressurized cleaning fluid toward the semiconductor package assembly; a conveyor configured to move the semiconductor package assembly relative to the sprayer device along a first direction; and a dryer spatially displaced from the sprayer device and configured to direct a pressurized gas flow toward the semiconductor package assembly to remove cleaning fluid introduced by the sprayer device. Each of the plurality of nozzles may be displaced from one another along a second direction to thereby generate respective separate spray distribution patterns. Adjacent nozzles may be further displaced from one another along a third direction to thereby a reduce an overlap of adjacent spray distribution patterns relative to a configuration in which the adjacent nozzles are not displaced from one another along the third direction.

Abstract: An under boat support (UBS) includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) safe ceramic body and a conductive body. The ESD safe ceramic body is coupled to a surface of the conductive body by an adhesive, which may be resistant to high temperatures. A plurality of springs are present within the adhesive and extend from the surface of the conductive body to a surface of the ESD safe ceramic body. For example, first ends of the plurality of springs are electrically coupled to the surface of the conductive body, and second ends of the plurality of springs, which are opposite to corresponding ones of the first ends of the plurality of springs, are electrically coupled to the surface of the ESD safe ceramic body. The plurality of springs form electrical pathways such that the ESD safe ceramic body is electrically coupled to the conductive body.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a package device is provided. The apparatus includes a package device loader; a package device unloader; a first cleaning area disposed between the package device loader and the package device unloader; and a conveyor. The conveyor includes a frame extending from the package device loader to the package device unloader and through the first cleaning area; and a belt wrapping the frame, wherein the belt includes a movable upper surface between the package device loader and the package device unloader, wherein the movable upper surface is configured to move relative to and over the frame, and a first distance between the movable upper surface and the frame in the first cleaning area increases in a direction from the package device loader to the package device unloader.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A method includes forming a package component, the package component comprising an integrated circuit die, attaching the package component to a package substrate; placing a heat spreader over the package component and the package substrate to form an integrated circuit package, wherein a height of the integrated circuit package is in a range from 2.5 mm to 6 mm, and performing a first automatic optical inspection (AOI) process on the integrated circuit package using an AOI apparatus to determine if the orientation and alignment of the heat spreader with regards to the package substrate is within specification, wherein the AOI apparatus comprises a lens that has a maximum depth of field that is greater than the height of the integrated circuit package, and wherein during the first AOI process the depth of field encompasses an entirety of the height of the integrated circuit package.

Abstract: An embodiment system, configured to clean a semiconductor package assembly, may include a sprayer device including a plurality of nozzles configured to direct a pressurized cleaning fluid toward the semiconductor package assembly; a conveyor configured to move the semiconductor package assembly relative to the sprayer device along a first direction; and a dryer spatially displaced from the sprayer device and configured to direct a pressurized gas flow toward the semiconductor package assembly to remove cleaning fluid introduced by the sprayer device. Each of the plurality of nozzles may be displaced from one another along a second direction to thereby generate respective separate spray distribution patterns. Adjacent nozzles may be further displaced from one another along a third direction to thereby a reduce an overlap of adjacent spray distribution patterns relative to a configuration in which the adjacent nozzles are not displaced from one another along the third direction.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for eye gesture recognition. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining an electrical signal that represents a measurement, by a photodetector, of an optical signal reflected from an eye and determining a depth map of the eye based on phase differences between the electrical signal generated by the photodetector and a reference signal. Further, the method includes determining gaze information that represents a gaze of the eye based on the depth map and providing output data representing the gaze information.

Abstract: An optical sensor includes a plurality of detectors arranged in an array. Each detector of the plurality of detectors includes one or more absorption regions configured to receive an optical signal and generate charge carriers in response to receiving the optical signal; one or more readout regions configured to collect a portion of the charge carriers for output; and one or more control regions coupled to one or more control signals, the one or more control regions configured to control, in response to the one or more control signals, a flow of charge carriers from the one or more absorption regions to the one or more readout regions. The optical sensor includes driver circuitry configured to provide the control signals to enable or disable a subset of the plurality of detectors based on an operating mode of multiple operating modes.

Abstract: A circuit, including: a photodetector including a first readout terminal and a second readout terminal different than the first readout terminal; a first readout circuit coupled with the first readout terminal and configured to output a first readout voltage; a second readout circuit coupled with the second readout terminal and configured to output a second readout voltage; and a common-mode analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including: a first input terminal coupled with a first voltage source; a second input terminal coupled with a common-mode generator, the common-mode generator configured to receive the first readout voltage and the second readout voltage, and to generate a common-mode voltage between the first and second readout voltages; and a first output terminal configured to output a first output signal corresponding to a magnitude of a current generated by the photodetector.

Abstract: A circuit, including: a photodetector including a first readout terminal and a second readout terminal different than the first readout terminal; a first readout circuit coupled with the first readout terminal and configured to output a first readout voltage; a second readout circuit coupled with the second readout terminal and configured to output a second readout voltage; and a common-mode analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including: a first input terminal coupled with a first voltage source; a second input terminal coupled with a common-mode generator, the common-mode generator configured to receive the first readout voltage and the second readout voltage, and to generate a common-mode voltage between the first and second readout voltages; and a first output terminal configured to output a first output signal corresponding to a magnitude of a current generated by the photodetector.

Abstract: A photo-detecting apparatus includes an optical-to-electric converter, having a first output terminal, configured to convert an incident light to an electrical signal; a cascode transistor, having a control terminal, a first channel terminal and a second channel terminal, wherein the second channel terminal of the cascode transistor is coupled to the first output terminal of the optical-to-electric converter; and a reset transistor, having a control terminal, a first channel terminal and a second channel terminal, wherein the first channel terminal of the reset transistor is coupled to a supply voltage and the second channel terminal of the reset transistor is coupled to the first channel terminal of the cascode transistor.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device is provided. The optoelectronic device includes a photodetector including a light-absorption region, 2N control contact layers electrically coupled to the light-absorption region, and 2N readout contact layers electrically coupled to the light-absorption region, wherein N is a positive integer larger than or equal to 2.

Abstract: A method for estimating a risk for a subject suffering from encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is provided, including measuring an expression level of at least one microRNA from a sample of the subject, and the microRNA is selected from miR-17, miR-100, miR-155, miR-202, miR-422a, and miR-483; comparing the expression level of the microRNA in the sample to that of a same miRNA of a control, when the expression level of miRNA in the sample is lower than that of the control, the subject is estimated having the risk of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis. A kit for estimating a risk for a subject suffering from encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is also provided, including at least one agent for identifying the at least one microRNA as above mentioned from the sample of the subject.

Abstract: A photo-detecting apparatus includes an image sensor and a 3D image generator. The image sensor having a plurality of 3D photodetectors is configured to output a raw data. The 3D image generator having a storage medium for storing a calibration data is configured to output a 3D image according to the raw data and the calibration data. The calibration data includes at least one of an IQ-mismatch calibration data, a non-linearity calibration data, a temperature calibration data and an offset calibration data.

Abstract: A method for estimating a risk for a subject suffering from encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is provided, including measuring an expression level of at least one microRNA from a sample of the subject, and the microRNA is selected from miR-17, miR-100, miR-155, miR-202, miR-422a, and miR-483; comparing the expression level of the microRNA in the sample to that of a same miRNA of a control, when the expression level of miRNA in the sample is lower than that of the control, the subject is estimated having the risk of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis. A kit for estimating a risk for a subject suffering from encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis is also provided, including at least one agent for identifying the at least one microRNA as above mentioned from the sample of the subject.

Abstract: A light emission apparatus includes a laser diode configured to emit a light; a laser driver electrically coupled to the laser diode, the laser driver being configured to drive the laser diode to generate the light; and an optical module arranged to receive the light emitted by the laser diode, the optical module comprising at least one optical element and being configured to adjust the light and emits a transmitting light; wherein the transmitting light emits from the optical module with an illumination angle and the optical module adjusts the light to vary the illumination angle.