Abstract: The present invention is smart burn method for optical drives. When the laser pick-up head bears great oscillations along the vertical and horizontal directions, the laser light cannot focus on the track accurately that causes the failure of writing. The present invention proposes a re-link method employing a technique of controlling focus error signal, tracking error signal, or both, and capable of automatically reducing the writing speed of an optical drive while detecting an occurrence of a preset burn-error parameter is being exceeded, such that a stable and good writing quality can be achieved.

Abstract: Scanning Transmission Ion Microscope. The microscope includes a bright helium ion source to generate an ion beam and a focusing electrostatic optical column to focus the ion beam. A translation stage supports a sample to receive the focused ion beam and a detector responds to ions transmitted through the sample to generate a signal from which properties of the sample may be displayed.

Abstract: A voltage regulator. A first analog to digital converter generates first data according to a first output voltage. A second analog to digital converter generates second data according to a second output voltage. A voltage adjustment device generates a voltage control signal according to the first data and the second data. A switching module respectively provides the first output voltage and the second output voltage to a first load and a second load according to the voltage control signal.

Abstract: The present invention is provides a method and apparatus for slip protection of DVD-RAM drive's seek control, comprising a slip end velocity controller, a re-seek controller, and a slip detector. Among them, the slip end velocity controller is used for providing a first control signal to direct a driver to control the slip end velocity of the optical head while seeking. The re-seek controller is capable of providing a second control signal to the seek controller for directing the seek controller to control the driver driving the optical head for re-seeking. The slip detector is used for receiving the TE signal sent from the preamplifier to determine if the optical head is slipping and to switch the input signal of the driver.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrated circuit structure and a design method thereof, in which a circuit passageway is arranged at each circuit element terminal in circuit design stage. The arranged circuit passageway does not only increase layout flexibility in circuit simulation stage but also simplify layout difficulty when the circuit layout needs to be modified after taping out stage. Also, the circuit passageway can minimize modified metal layers, i.e. the number of modified masks is minimized. Because the expense of fab is based on the utilized layers and number of masks instead of designs of masks, the present invention will not increase the expense in taping out stage and can save the cost of research and development when modifications are required.

Abstract: A method of setting a transfer function of an adaptive filter. The adaptive filter is used for processing an audio signal. The method includes setting a first, a second, and a third pole, setting a first zero without resting upon the audio signal. A real part of the first zero is a negative value and an imaginary part of the first zero is a positive value. A second zero is set having a real part corresponding a positive value and an imaginary part corresponding to a negative value and a third zero is set according to a key shifting associated with the audio signal.

Abstract: A method for motion vector de-interlacing decodes macro blocks in a picture, calculates motion vectors of the each MB, produces de-interlacing flag according to the threshold, realizes a Temporal Extension action and performs a Devour action. The Temporal Extension action checks multiple flag buffers, determines if a de-interlace flag should be set as WEAVE or BOB2 based on whether there exists a predetermined number of BOB flags in those flag buffers The Devour action determines if the de-interlace flag is BOB. If positive, it calculates the amount of BOB data within a predetermined area around the current MB, determines if the result is smaller than the BOB threshold and sets the de-interlace flag as WEAVE. Otherwise, it calculates the amount of the WEAVE data, determines if the result is smaller than the WEAVE threshold and sets the de-interlace flag as BOB2.

Abstract: An adaptive level-cutting method of a radio frequency ripple signal for a CD-ROM drive is proposed. A digital signal processor is added to accomplish adaptive cutting of the central level of the radio frequency ripple signal for generating an accurate radio frequency zero cross signal, thereby accomplishing tracking control, short seeking control and long seeking control of an optical disc when regions with data and regions without data of the optical disc are staggered.

Abstract: A speed-up hardware architecture used in wireless encryption/decryption operation comprises: a plurality of operation units, that each operation unit is capable of accomplishing a designated operation independently, further comprising: a data receiving device having two inputs that a first input is used for receiving an external data signal and a second input is used for receiving a supporting signal coming from the other operation unit, wherein when an operating mode of the data receiving device is “normal”, the data receiving device will output the first input, and when an operating mode of the data receiving device is “speed-up”, the data receiving device will output the second input; and an operating device coupling to the data receiving device for processing the data from the data receiving device and outputting the processed data thereafter; and a control unit coupling to every operation unit in the architecture for enabling the operation units which are idle to assist the working operation units for da

Abstract: A method of use a defect measure to control spindle motor is described. A system gets the defect situation from a CD by referring a maximum time of pass through the defect and a total time of pass through the defect. According the maximum scrape and the scrape of whole CD, the system adjusts a speed of the spindle motor for reducing a bad effect upon the system. When pass through the defect, the system reduce the speed of the spindle motor for saving power consumption.

Abstract: A DVD seamless playback system has a first timer, a second timer, a register, a processor, a buffer, and a decoder. The processor is capable of parsing bit-streamed data and of setting count initial values of the first and the second timers alternatively if the data stored in the register is updated.

Abstract: A optical disk drive long distance seek control device and method thereof, capable of feeding back the optical head control device through the step motor control device during the long distance seek; wherein, the step motor control device comprises a velocity profile generator capable of producing a quadratic profile to stabilize the step motor when finishing the seek; and more particular, the optical head control device uses a center error signal and a velocity error signal alternatively; moreover, the velocity error signal can be adjusted according to the output signals from the optical head control device and the step motor control device through a weighting mechanism.

Abstract: A method for line average de-interlacing decodes a picture to form macro blocks (MBs), calculates line average values to form a threshold, produces de-interlacing flags by comparing the line average values and the threshold, realizes Temporal Extension action and performs Devour action. The Temporal Extension action determines if the current de-interlace flag is set as WEAVE, determines if the flags in the same position in other flag buffers are set as BOB and sets the de-interlace flags as BOB2. The Devour action determines if the de-interlace flag is BOB. If positive, it calculates the amount of BOB data within a predetermined area around the current MB, determines if the result is smaller than the BOB threshold and sets the de-interlace flag as WEAVE. Otherwise, it calculates the amount of the WEAVE data, determines if the result is smaller than the WEAVE threshold and sets the de-interlace flag as BOB2.

Abstract: A device for processing an intermediate analogue signal received from a previous system with a baseband processor. The processor includes an ordinary feedback loop for adjusting the strength of the intermediate analogue signal received from the previous system. The processor further includes a first DC offset reduction loop and a second DC offset reduction loop. A programmable filter bank and the corresponding control elements are provided so that the second DC offset reduction loop can reduce the DC offset in a flexible way. In the present invention, the DC offset can be reduced effectively and the gain training period relating to the previous system and the baseband processor can be shortened.

Abstract: A variable length decoding apparatus and method for the image format of a digital video camera (DV) is provided for decoding the images of a digital video camera on the PASS2 decoding layer. The apparatus comprises a first register, a second register, a third register and a fourth register for saving a bit stream, a barrel shifter for producing output data with a length of sixteen bits, a bit stream generator for generating the combined bit stream, a programmable logic array for decoding the image by looking up the table, a controller for controlling the decoding process and fixed length decode, and an accumulator for accumulating the bit number of the bit stream that is being decoded. The present apparatus can decode much higher frequency components, and the quality of the decoded image is better and the color of the decoded image is more vivid.

Abstract: A digital receiver is enabled to process modulated signals at various data rates including a sampling circuit for receiving modulated signals and outputting digitalized sampled signals, a matched filter for expelling noise from digitalized sampled signals at a first data rate and at a second data rate and generating in-phase and quadrature-phase signals, a barker code correlator for depreading digitalized sampled signals at first data rate, a channel equalizer which counteracts co-channel interferences by using equalizer coefficients obtained from a plurality of noise whitening coefficients so as to generate a sequence of symbol decisions therefrom, a CCK correlator coupled to the channel equalizer for decoding signals at the second data rate and at a third data rate, a first quantization filter for recovering transmitted signals at the first data rate, and a second quantization fitler for recovering transmitted signals at the second data rate and at the third data rate.

Abstract: A nonlinear overlap method for time scaling to synthesize an S1[n] and an S2[n] into an S3[n] is disclosed. The S1[n] and the S2[n] having N1 and N2 signals respectively. The nonlinear overlap method includes the following steps: (a) delaying the S2[n] by a predetermined number and forming an S5[n], (b) establishing a correlogram of a cross-correlation function of the S1[n] and S5[n], and (c) setting S3[n] as a number of S1[n] when 0<=n<; as a number formed by overlap-adding the S1[n] and an S4[n] in a weighting manner when (the predetermined number+the maximum index+the first threshold)<=n<(N1?a second threshold); and as a number of S4 wherein the first and second thresholds are not equal to zero at the same time, and the S4[n] is formed by delaying the S5[n] by the maximum index.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a USB-based host-to-host networking method capable of transferring information between two hosts. Devices for the method comprise: a register, a pair of FIFO control command transmitters and at least one FIFO bulk transmitter. The register is to temporarily store control commands for information transaction and acts as a buffer. The control command transmitters is to connect two serial interface engines interfacing respectively with the USB interface of each host, by which the information transfer control commands can be delivered from either host. The bulk information transmitter connects to the two serial interface engines for bulk transfer so that any host is capable of issuing the information transfer control commands for executing data transaction between hosts. The present invention provides a new design for networking controller connection by reducing the number of control command transmitters needed, and also capable of transferring bulk information between hosts.

Abstract: A dynamic slew rate controlling method and a device is provided to reduce SSO variance generated from voltage noises, which is as a result of a plurality of data bits switching to the same state simultaneously while the I/O bus transmits these data bits. The device and method at first analyzes data patterns, then determines the slew rate controlling setting value based on the slew rate controlling mapping table corresponding to different data patterns, and then transmits the setting value to the I/O buffer with the same voltage level in order to reduce the SSO variance.

Abstract: A wire bonding package has a housing having a plurality of pins, a circuit board installed inside the housing and having at least a trace connected to a pin of the housing, at least a die installed on the circuit board and having a plurality of bonding pads, and at least a bonding line connected between a bonding pad of the die and the trace of the circuit board so that the bonding pad of the die is electrically connected to the pin of the housing.