Abstract: The invention provides a method for decomposing sulfur-fluorine-containing compound and apparatus thereof. Sulfur-fluorine-containing compound is decomposed in two steps, comprising contacting the compound with a first catalyst such as a monometallic catalyst and a second catalyst such as a bimetallic catalyst, and at a low reaction temperature to produce resulting compounds capable of water-solubility. Then, the resulting compounds, namely sulfur- or fluorine-containing compounds, are removed by washing.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a characteristic and a chip temperature of an LED includes a thermal conductive component. An LED chip is disposed on the thermal conductive component. A temperature control unit is connected to the thermal conductive component for providing a temperature to the thermal conductive component, and therefore providing the temperature to the LED chip via the thermal conductive component. A power-source and voltage-meter unit provides a current to the LED chip, and measures a voltage value of the LED chip. Under a measurement mode, the current is featured with a current waveform having a high current level and a low current level which are alternatively changed, for applying to the LED chip. Measurements are conducted respectively corresponding to the high current level and the low current level, and a correlation curve between the voltage and the temperature can be obtained with the results of measurement.

Abstract: The present invention provides a conveyor belt fabricated from a gray cloth weaved from tetragonal fibers. The conveyor belt of the present invention reduces the amount of rubber to achieve desired lightweight, with more preferable tensile strength and elongation at break than conveyor belts fabricated from circular fibers.

Abstract: A blade pitch driving apparatus of a wind-driven generator and a driving method therefor are adapted to receive an external electrical power and impel a blade toward a corresponding pitch angle according to a pitch command. The apparatus includes an UPS, a permanent magnet synchronous motor drive (PMSM drive), an AC pitch motor (ACPM) and a hub controller. The hub controller normally switches the external power to the PMSM drive, receives the pitch command and control the ACPM to impel the blade toward the corresponding pitch angle. When the PMSM drive fails or the external electrical power is interrupted, the hub controller switches the electrical power of the UPS to the ACPM and controls the blade being impelled toward a feathered position.

Abstract: A data transmission method suitable for a communication system is provided. The communication system includes a plurality of first stations which uses an 802.11 protocol and a plurality of second stations which uses an 802.11e protocol and supports Quality of Service (QoS). The data transmission method includes following steps. One of the second stations is used as a Contention AssisTance (CAT) station to obtain a medium access right with a first access category (AC). The second station broadcasts a CAT packet to all the first stations and the other second stations. The other second stations stop contending for the medium access right for a first predetermined time according to the CAT packet, and the first stations transmit a packet with a QoS requirement according to the CAT packet.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an electronic device is provided. The method for fabricating the electrical device comprises providing a substrate. A patterned first self-assembled monolayer (SAM) and an adjacent patterned second SAM are formed on the substrate, wherein the patterned first SAM has a higher affinity then that of the patterned second SAM. A conductive, semiconductor or insulating material is dissolved or suspended in a solvent to form a solution. The solution is coated on the substrate. The solvent in the solution is removed to selectively form a patterned conductive, semiconductor or insulating layer on the patterned first SAM.

Abstract: The invention relates to a speech recognition system and method with cepstral noise subtraction. The speech recognition system and method utilize a first scalar coefficient, a second scalar coefficient, and a determining condition to limit the process for the cepstral feature vector, so as to avoid excessive enhancement or subtraction in the cepstral feature vector, so that the operation of the cepstral feature vector is performed properly to improve the anti-noise ability in speech recognition. Furthermore, the speech recognition system and method can be applied in any environment, and have a low complexity and can be easily integrated into other systems, so as to provide the user with a more reliable and stable speech recognition result.

Abstract: A chip structure including a chip, a first dielectric layer and at least one first conductive layer is provided. The chip has an active surface, a backside and at least one bonding pad disposed on the active surface. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the active surface and has at least one first opening, wherein the first opening correspondingly exposes the bonding pad. The first conductive layer covers an inner wall of the first opening and the bonding pad so as to form a concave structure in the first opening. When the chip structure is bonded to a substrate, the solder bump of the substrate is inlaid into the concave structure of the chip. Moreover, a fabrication process of the chip structure, a flip chip package structure and a fabrication process thereof, a package structure of a light emitting/receiving device and a chip stacked structure are also provided.

Abstract: A sensing membrane applied to a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device includes a body, a stress releasing structure and a connecting portion. The stress releasing structure for releasing a membrane residual stress surrounds the body. The stress releasing structure has several first perforations and several second perforations. The first perforations are located between the body and the second perforations. The connecting portion connects the stress releasing structure and a substrate of the MEMS device.

Abstract: A variable-gain wide-dynamic-range amplifier including an amplifier module, a control unit, and an output current regulating circuit is provided. The amplifier module amplifies an input signal. The amplifier module includes several amplifier units coupled to each other in parallel. The gains of the amplifier units are different. The control unit enables at least one of the amplifier units according to a gain control signal. The at least one of the amplifier units which is enabled is for outputting a current signal in response to the input signal. The output regulating circuit is for receiving the current signal and outputting an output signal accordingly by regulating the magnitude of the current signal under the control of the control unit. Each of the amplifier units is coupled to the output current regulating circuit in series. The control unit is for controlling the output current regulating circuit according to the gain control signal.

Abstract: A fixing element and inspection system for examining the status of the fixing element are provided in the present invention. The fixing has a sensing material disposed therein for transforming the force acting on the fixing element into an electrical signal. A signal processing unit, powered by a radio frequency circuit, is coupled to the sensing material for transforming the electrical signal into a readable signal and then transmitting the readable signal to the inspection system through radio frequency so as to monitor the status of the fixing element. By means of the present invention, it is capable of inspecting and monitoring the status of a great amount of fixing elements rapidly and precisely, especially in occasion that extreme safety should be highly concerned, for example, fixing elements secured to the airplane.

Abstract: A flexible light emitting device including at least one light source and a flexible light guide is provided. The flexible light guide has at least one light emitting surface and at least one light incident surface. Moreover, micro-structures are located on at least one surface of the flexible light guide except the light incident surface. The light source is disposed beside the light incident surface of the flexible light guide. When the light of the light source is incident into the flexible light guide, the total reflection would be destroyed due to the micro-structures, and thus the light could emit out of the flexible light guide from the light emitting surface.

Abstract: An optical film with a plurality of micro structures which are capable of collecting incident light to the frontal and normalized view angle of the optical film for reducing the chance of incident light returning to light guild plate so as to enhance light collecting efficiency is provided in the present invention. In an embodiment, the optical film is combined with a flat light source so as to form a backlight system. By means of the merit of the optical film, the quantities of the optical film can be reduced so that the backlight system can have characteristics of thin thickness and low production cost.

Abstract: A P-type doped layer of a photoelectric conversion device is provided. The P-type doped layer is a double layer structure including a seeding layer and a wide band gap layer disposed thereon. The P-type doped layer with the double layer structure has both high conductivity and high photoelectric performance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a beam modulating apparatus for mold fabrication by ultra-fast laser technique. More particularly, the present invention discloses a beam modulating apparatus for fabricating micro-/nano-scaled structures, which adopts an energy shaping scheme for beam shape modulation while using the modulated beam for mold fabrication. Following the development of flexible electronic devices, such as flexible displays, all kinds of roller molds formed with micro-/nano-scaled structures are becoming the key issue for commercialization and mass production which require a breakthrough in ultra-precision machining and photo-lithography that overcomes the bottlenecks related to shape, size, thermal effect and precision for fabricating sub-micron sized structures and thus greatly enhancing product design capability and functionality.

Abstract: A portable cold and hot water supply device. A container body includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a first chamber, a second chamber, and a valve sphere. The first chamber connects to the fluid inlet and includes a circular connecting hole. The second chamber connects to the fluid outlet and connects to the first chamber via the circular connecting hole. The diameter of the valve sphere exceeds that of the circular connecting hole. The valve sphere is rotatably disposed between the first and second chambers and is detachably engaged in the circular connecting hole, controlling connection between the first and second chambers. A power supply device is electrically connected to a controller. A thermoelectric semiconductor chip abuts the second chamber of the container body and is electrically connected to the power supply device.

Abstract: An all digital phase lock loop is disclosed, including a digitally controlled oscillator, a phase detector, and a loop filter. The digitally controlled oscillator is controlled by an oscillator tuning word to generate a variable signal. The oscillator tuning word includes a first tuning word and a second tuning word, where the frequency range of the digitally controlled oscillator, capable to be adjusted by the second tuning word, is broader than that capable to be adjusted by the first tuning word. The phase detector detects a phase error between the variable signal and a reference signal. The phase error is received by the loop filter to output the oscillator tuning word. The loop filter has several stages of the low pass filters and a modification circuit. The modification circuit detects two filter outputs from two low pass filters among the filters and accordingly adjusts the second tuning word.

Abstract: A data encoding method for error correction is provided. Before recording data into a recording media, the data are added with an Error Correction Code (ECC) comprising Check Sum on Row (CSR) and Check Sum on Column (CSC), thereby forming an ECC block. More than one ECC block are integrated into a data matrix, to resist longer burst errors of data. Finally, the data matrix is divided into several sectors and individual sector address information is added for each sector, thereby finishing the encoding process.

Abstract: A microimprint/nanoimprint uniform pressing apparatus is used to provide uniform imprinting pressure to a molding material layer between a substrate and a mold. The uniform pressing apparatus includes a uniform pressing unit for being directly in contact with the mold or the substrate, so as to allow each point to have equal pressure during imprinting and utilize a simple structure to transmit uniform imprinting pressure.

Abstract: A power amplifier including a delta-sigma modulation module, a differential programmable dead-time-control module, and an output stage module is provided. The delta-sigma modulation module integrates and quantizes an error between a differential-mode input signal and an output signal to generate a first and a second mean signal. The differential programmable dead-time-control module includes a first and a second dead-time-control module which respectively generate a first and a second signal corresponding to the first mean signal and a third and a fourth signals corresponding to the second mean signal through logic calculations. The differential programmable dead-time-control module determines a dead time between the first signal and the second signal according to a first control signal and a dead time between the third signal and the fourth signal according to a second control signal. The output stage module generates the output signal according to the first, second, third, and fourth signal.