Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a conductor region thereon, an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, and a conductive via electrically connected to the conductor region. The conductive via has a lower portion embedded in the interlayer dielectric layer and an upper portion protruding from a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer. The upper portion has a rounded top surface. A storage structure conformally covers the rounded top surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a conductor region thereon, an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, and a conductive via electrically connected to the conductor region. The conductive via has a lower portion embedded in the interlayer dielectric layer and an upper portion protruding from a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer. The upper portion has a rounded top surface. A storage structure conformally covers the rounded top surface.

Abstract: Provided are a non-volatile memory device and a manufacturing method thereof. The non-volatile memory device includes a substrate having a memory region and a dummy region surrounding the memory region, an interconnect structure, memory cells, conductive vias and dummy vias. The interconnect structure is disposed on the substrate and in the memory region. The memory cells are disposed on the interconnect structure and arranged in an array when viewed from a top view. The memory cells include first memory cells in the memory region and second memory cells in the dummy region. The conductive vias are disposed in the memory region and between the first memory cells and the interconnection structure to electrically connect each of the first memory cells to the interconnect structure. The dummy vias are disposed in the dummy region and surround the memory region.

Abstract: Provided are a non-volatile memory device and a manufacturing method thereof. The non-volatile memory device includes a substrate having a memory region and a dummy region surrounding the memory region, an interconnect structure, memory cells, conductive vias and dummy vias. The interconnect structure is disposed on the substrate and in the memory region. The memory cells are disposed on the interconnect structure and arranged in an array when viewed from a top view. The memory cells include first memory cells in the memory region and second memory cells in the dummy region. The conductive vias are disposed in the memory region and between the first memory cells and the interconnection structure to electrically connect each of the first memory cells to the interconnect structure. The dummy vias are disposed in the dummy region and surround the memory region.

Abstract: Provided are a non-volatile memory device and a manufacturing method thereof. The non-volatile memory device includes a substrate having a memory region and a dummy region surrounding the memory region, an interconnect structure, memory cells, conductive vias and dummy vias. The interconnect structure is disposed on the substrate and in the memory region. The memory cells are disposed on the interconnect structure and arranged in an array when viewed from a top view. The memory cells include first memory cells in the memory region and second memory cells in the dummy region. The conductive vias are disposed in the memory region and between the first memory cells and the interconnection structure to electrically connect each of the first memory cells to the interconnect structure. The dummy vias are disposed in the dummy region and surround the memory region.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate having a conductor region thereon, an interlayer dielectric layer on the substrate, and a conductive via electrically connected to the conductor region. The conductive via has a lower portion embedded in the interlayer dielectric layer and an upper portion protruding from a top surface of the interlayer dielectric layer. The upper portion has a rounded top surface. A storage structure conformally covers the rounded top surface.

Abstract: A method of operating a computer that is in a sleep state and that is accessed remotely. The method includes receiving an indication that the computer should transition from a sleep state to a wake state, determining whether the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, and upon determining that the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, causing the computer to transition to a partial wake state.

Abstract: A method of operating a computer that is in a sleep state and that is accessed remotely. The method includes receiving an indication that the computer should transition from a sleep state to a wake state, determining whether the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, and upon determining that the indication was generated as a result of a remote access to the computer, causing the computer to transition to a partial wake state.

Abstract: A portable computer includes a base, a display module, at least one support element, a sliding assembly, two connecting robs, and a keyboard module. The display module includes a connecting end and a support surface. Each support element includes a first fixed end connected pivotally to the support surface and a second fixed end connected pivotally to the base. The sliding assembly includes a sliding element and a sliding guiding element disposed in the base. The sliding element is combined with the connecting end and sliding along the sliding guiding element. The keyboard module includes two keyboard portions. Each keyboard portion is moveably combined with the base. Each connecting rob can be pushed by the sliding element to drive the two keyboard portions to move relative to the base.

Abstract: A golf swing/putting trainer includes a support member including a body shaped like a plate or shaft and having a supporting wall for stopping against the user's body, and a handle including a shaft connected at one end thereof to the center of the body of the support member and having a handhold portion for holding by the user's both hands. Thus, the user can hold the handle with the two hands to abut the supporting wall of the support member against the abdomen, and then twist the waist to practice the backswing and swing actions. Alternatively, the user can hold the handle with the two hands and attach the two lower arms to the two bearing portions of the support member to practice the putting action.

Abstract: A hand grip sleeve for wrapping about a grip of a golf putter includes a flexible sleeve defining a sleeve hole extending from the front end to the rear end and a longitudinal opening cut through the peripheral wall, and a fastener provided at the flexible sleeve at two opposite sides of the longitudinal opening and operable to open or close the longitudinal opening. The fastener may be a hook and loop fastener, a zipper or snaps. Thus, the hand grip sleeve can be directly and conveniently attached to the grip of a golf putter to increase the diameter of the grip area of the golf putter for gripping tightly and comfortably. By means of the design of the longitudinal opening and the fastener, a user can easily install the hand grip sleeve on the grip of a golf putter.

Abstract: A portable computer includes a base, a display module, at least one support element, a sliding assembly, two connecting robs, and a keyboard module. The display module includes a connecting end and a support surface. Each support element includes a first fixed end connected pivotally to the support surface and a second fixed end connected pivotally to the base. The sliding assembly includes a sliding element and a sliding guiding element disposed in the base. The sliding element is combined with the connecting end and sliding along the sliding guiding element. The keyboard module includes two keyboard portions. Each keyboard portion is moveably combined with the base. Each connecting rob can be pushed by the sliding element to drive the two keyboard portions to move relative to the base.

Abstract: A golf putter includes a putter head comprising a putter block and an aiming block and a shaft fixedly connected to the putter block. The putter block includes a putting face on one side for putting a golf ball, a mounting portion on an opposite side for the mounting of the aiming block. The aiming block is a transparent block affixed to the mounting portion of the putter block, carrying an aiming mark that guides the player to put the golf ball accurately. In another embodiment, a golf putter includes a transparent putter head and a shaft connected to the putter head; and the putter head has a putting face on one side and an aiming mark on an opposite side.

Abstract: A golf training apparatus for training short game and putting game techniques includes (1) an upright support having an upright post, (2) a sliding track assembly having a first track bar transversely mounted at the upright post, a second track bar movably coupled to the first track bar and ball bearings set between the first track bar and the second track bar for guiding sliding movement of the second track bar along the first track bar, and (3) a golf club lock having a locking unit for locking a golf club and a universal joint connected to the locking unit and joined to the second track bar of the sliding track assembly for enabling the golf club to be swung with the universal joint and moved with the second track bar relative to the first track bar by a user.

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a system chip, an enabling switch, a signal conversion circuit, a power switching circuit, a storage medium and a synchronous processing module. The enabling switch is triggered to issue an analog signal. The signal conversion circuit converts the analog signal into a digital control signal. The power switching circuit selects one of multiple power sources to be outputted as a voltage signal. The storage medium receives the voltage signal. The synchronous processing module is electrically connected to the system chip, the storage medium, the signal conversion circuit, the power switching circuit and the transmission line. In response to the digital control signal, the storage medium is communicated with an external electronic device through a transmission line, so that the storage medium of the portable electronic device is used as an external storage medium of the external electronic device.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is disclosed. The method of fabricating a semiconductor device provides a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate stack overlying the semiconductor substrate; forming spacers each having a first inner spacer and a second outer spacer on sidewalls of the gate stack; forming a protective layer on sidewalls of the spacers, covering a part of the semiconductor substrate, wherein an etching selectivity of the protective layer is higher than that of the first inner spacer.

Abstract: A golf putting and short-swing training device includes an upright support, an extension rod vertically adjustably mounted in the top side of the upright support, a track located on the top side of the extension rod in a laterally tilted manner and having an arched sliding groove rail, a slide coupled to the track and movable along the arched sliding groove, and a supplementary bar fastened to the slide for holding by a player with a golf club to practice putting or short-swing techniques accurately.

Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a system chip, an enabling switch, a signal conversion circuit, a power switching circuit, a storage medium and a synchronous processing module. The enabling switch is triggered to issue an analog signal. The signal conversion circuit converts the analog signal into a digital control signal. The power switching circuit selects one of multiple power sources to be outputted as a voltage signal. The storage medium receives the voltage signal. The synchronous processing module is electrically connected to the system chip, the storage medium, the signal conversion circuit, the power switching circuit and the transmission line. In response to the digital control signal, the storage medium is communicated with an external electronic device through a transmission line, so that the storage medium of the portable electronic device is used as an external storage medium of the external electronic device.

Abstract: A robbery-repelling alarm system includes a shouting alarm which will produce a human warning speech prerecorded in a first cassette tape for efficiently repelling intruders; a car lock which will be actuated by intruder to ground the current of the engine ignition coil to prevent the car starting; and a telephone dialing alarm including both a pulse dialer and a prerecorded message alarm operated by a second cassette tape for easier operation and minor cost.