Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate region, a source/drain region and an insulating layer between the gate region and the source/drain region. The source/drain region includes a first leg extending in a first direction, a second leg extending in parallel with the first leg, and a third leg connected between the first leg and the second leg.

Abstract: A display that includes circuit an irregular-shape active area, pixel units, first gate drivers, second gate drivers and a data driver is disclosed. The pixel units are arranged in rows and columns in the irregular-shape active area. Each of the first gate drivers is configured to scan a corresponding row of the pixel units. Each of the second gate drivers is configured to scan a corresponding column of the pixel units. The data driver is configured to provide data to a pixel unit selected by the first gate drivers and the second gate drivers.

Abstract: A circuit includes an electroluminescent (EL) device, a transistor, a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The transistor includes a gate coupled to a first node and a first terminal coupled to a second node. The first capacitor is coupled between a supply voltage and the first node. The second capacitor is coupled between the first node and the second node. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are configured to establish a compensation voltage associated with a threshold voltage of the transistor at the gate of the transistor in response to a first control signal, and establish the compensation voltage at the first terminal of the transistor in response to a second control signal. The transistor is configured to pass a current through the EL device. Moreover, the current has a magnitude independent of the threshold voltage of the transistor.

Abstract: A circuit includes an electroluminescent (EL) device, a transistor, a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The transistor, coupled between a supply voltage and the EL device, includes a gate coupled to a first node and a first terminal coupled to a second node. The first capacitor, coupled between the first node and the second node, is configured to reset the gate of the transistor to the supply voltage in response to a first control signal. The second capacitor, including a first end coupled to the second node and a second end to receive a second control signal, is configured to establish at the first terminal of the transistor a compensation voltage associated with a threshold voltage of the transistor in response to the second control signal. The transistor is configured to pass a current through the EL device. The current has a magnitude independent of the threshold voltage of the transistor.

Abstract: A circuit for fingerprint detection is disclosed. The circuit includes a transistor and a capacitor. The transistor includes a gate configured to, in response to a touch event of an object, sense a capacitance associated with the object. The capacitor, coupled between a first node and a second node, is configured to establish a voltage across the first node and the second node in response to a first control signal, and establish a compensation voltage at the first node in response to a second control signal. The transistor is configured to flow a current therethrough in response to a third control signal. The current has a magnitude independent of the threshold voltage of the transistor due to the compensation voltage.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a display unit and a touch sensor unit. The substrate includes a first region and a second region, wherein the first region and the second region are separate from each other. The display unit, disposed at the first region of the substrate, includes an electroluminescent (EL) device that includes a first cathode electrode in a patterned cathode layer over an interconnection structure disposed between the substrate and the EL device. The touch sensor unit, disposed at the second region of the substrate, is configured to detect a touch event. The touch sensor unit includes a second cathode electrode in the patterned electrode layer, and a capacitor defined in the interconnection structure. The capacitor includes a conductive plate electrically coupled to the second cathode electrode.

Abstract: A circuit for fingerprint detection is disclosed. The circuit includes a transistor and a capacitor. The transistor includes a gate configured to, in response to a touch event of an object, sense a capacitance associated with the object. The capacitor, coupled between a first node and a second node, is configured to establish a voltage across the first node and the second node in response to a first control signal, and establish a compensation voltage at the first node in response to a second control signal. The transistor is configured to flow a current therethrough in response to a third control signal. The current has a magnitude independent of the threshold voltage of the transistor due to the compensation voltage.

Abstract: An electroluminescent (EL) display is disclosed. The EL display includes pixel units arranged in a matrix of N rows and M columns, N and M being natural numbers, scan lines configured to select pixel units of interest, data lines configured to provide data to selected pixel units, and a control line E_k configured to control immediately adjacent rows of pixel units coupled to (2k?1)-th and 2k-th scan lines, respectively, k being a natural number from 1 to N/2.

Abstract: A pixel compensation circuit is arranged for compensating the critical parameter associated with the electrical properties of the components in thin film transistors of an active matrix organic light emitting diode display or similar illumination systems to avoid uneven brightness resulted from the voltage drop effect. The pixel compensation circuit is defined in a sub-pixel area, wherein there are eight thin film transistors and one capacitor, and the circuit is operated by two control signals. In contrast, three control signals are required in the conventional technologies. The fewer control signals are required, which is benefit to the flexibility of the layout and design of specification.

Abstract: An electroluminescent display includes an array of pixels, each including a capacitor, an electroluminescent (EL) device, a first group of transistors and a second group of transistors. The first group of transistors, coupled between a first terminal of the capacitor and a data input, provides a compensation voltage according to data received at the data input. The compensation voltage is composed of a threshold voltage of each of the first group of transistors. The second group of transistors passes a current through the EL device that has a magnitude independent of a threshold voltage of the second group of transistors. In a first phase, a voltage level at the first terminal of the capacitor is reset. In a second phase, data is stored in the capacitor and received via the first group of transistors, and the compensation voltage is generated. In a third phase, the current is passed.

Abstract: A fuel-saving device for treating a fuel includes at least one pyroelectric element to be in contact with the fuel. The at least one pyroelectric element includes a high molecular polymer substrate and a plurality of polarized pyroelectric particles dispersed in the polymer substrate. The polarized pyroelectric particle has infrared absorption peaks at wavenumber ranging from 430 cm?1 to 980 cm?1 and from 1600 cm?1 to 2700 cm?1.

Abstract: A shift register including a number of register stages is disclosed. Each of the register stages includes a first transistor that includes a gate to receive a first control signal (XCK), and a source to receive an input signal in response to the first control signal, a second transistor that includes a source to receive a supply voltage, and a third transistor that includes a gate coupled to the drain of the first transistor, a source to receive a second control signal, and a drain to provide the input signal as an output in response to the second control signal.

Abstract: An electroluminescent (EL) display is disclosed. The EL display includes pixel units arranged in a matrix of N rows and M columns, N and M being natural numbers, scan lines configured to select pixel units of interest, data lines configured to provide data to selected pixel units, and a control line E_k configured to control immediately adjacent rows of pixel units coupled to (2k?1)-th and 2k-th scan lines, respectively, k being a natural number from 1 to N/2.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate region, a source/drain region and an insulating layer between the gate region and the source/drain region. The source/drain region includes a first leg extending in a first direction, a second leg extending in parallel with the first leg, and a third leg connected between the first leg and the second leg.

Abstract: A circuit includes an electroluminescent (EL) device, a transistor, a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The transistor includes a gate coupled to a first node and a first terminal coupled to a second node. The first capacitor is coupled between a supply voltage and the first node. The second capacitor is coupled between the first node and the second node. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are configured to establish a compensation voltage associated with a threshold voltage of the transistor at the gate of the transistor in response to a first control signal, and establish the compensation voltage at the first terminal of the transistor in response to a second control signal. The transistor is configured to pass a current through the EL device. Moreover, the current has a magnitude independent of the threshold voltage of the transistor.

Abstract: A circuit includes an electroluminescent (EL) device, a transistor, a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The transistor, coupled between a supply voltage and the EL device, includes a gate coupled to a first node and a first terminal coupled to a second node. The first capacitor, coupled between the first node and the second node, is configured to reset the gate of the transistor to the supply voltage in response to a first control signal. The second capacitor, including a first end coupled to the second node and a second end to receive a second control signal, is configured to establish at the first terminal of the transistor a compensation voltage associated with a threshold voltage of the transistor in response to the second control signal. The transistor is configured to pass a current through the EL device. The current has a magnitude independent of the threshold voltage of the transistor.

Abstract: A display that includes circuit an irregular-shape active area, pixel units, first gate drivers, second gate drivers and a data driver is disclosed. The pixel units are arranged in rows and columns in the irregular-shape active area. Each of the first gate drivers is configured to scan a corresponding row of the pixel units. Each of the second gate drivers is configured to scan a corresponding column of the pixel units. The data driver is configured to provide data to a pixel unit selected by the first gate drivers and the second gate drivers.

Abstract: A circuit for voltage compensation in an electroluminescent (EL) display is disclosed. The circuit includes a pixel unit of the EL display, an impedance load associated with the pixel unit and a switch. The pixel unit includes an electroluminescent (EL) device, a first capacitor configured to store a data associated with the EL device, and a transistor including a gate coupled to a first end of the first capacitor, and a first terminal coupled to a second end of the capacitor. The impedance load includes a second capacitor having a capacitance remarkably larger than that of the first capacitor. The switch selectively connects the pixel unit to a current sink via the impedance load.

Abstract: A circuit includes a capacitor, an electroluminescent (EL) device, a first group of transistors and a second group of transistors. The first group of transistors, coupled between a first terminal of the capacitor and a data input, is configured to provide a compensation voltage in response to data received at the data input. The compensation voltage is composed of a threshold voltage each of the first group of transistors. The second group of transistors, coupled between the EL device and a second terminal of the capacitor, is configured to pass a current through the EL device via the second group of transistors. The current has a magnitude independent of a threshold voltage each of the second group of transistors.

Abstract: This disclosure features elongated prosthetic devices that can be used to repair, e.g., resurface or occlude, a defect of a semicircular canal, e.g., a superior semicircular canal dehiscence, as wellmethods of making and using these devices. For example, the devices can be made using three-dimensional (3D) printing.