Patents Assigned to UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Publication number: 20140138881
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a gas assisted imprint system and the manufacturing method thereof. More specifically, instead of utilizing a rigid platform to, the gas assisted imprint system and the manufacturing method of the present invention utilizes a film to support the work-piece so as to evenly apply a force to the surface by the deformation caused by pressurized gas. More specifically, one of the main features of the present invention is that the present invention utilizes two films to cover the surfaces of a work-piece and applies a force evenly thereto by deforming the films by high pressure fluid. Accordingly, the present invention is capable of pressing the irregular surface of the work-piece evenly, solving the long lasted problem of the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Fuh-Yu Chang, Ping-Tun Teng
  • Publication number: 20140141571
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing low-profile and flexible integrated circuits includes manufacturing an integrated circuit on a wafer having a thickness larger than the desired thickness. After the integrated circuit is manufactured the integrated circuit may be released with a portion of the wafer leaving a remainder of the bulk portion of the wafer. A second integrated circuit may be manufactured on the remainder of the wafer and the process repeated to manufacture additional integrated circuits from a single wafer. The integrated circuits may be released from the wafer by etching vias through the integrated circuit and into the wafer. The via may be used to start an etch process inside the wafer that undercuts the integrated circuit separating the integrated circuit from the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Muhammad M. Hussain, Jhonathan P. Rojas
  • Publication number: 20140124485
    Abstract: A resistance spot welding method for a lap joint multi-metal sheets which may improve the welding efficiency and nugget quality comprises: coating a joining zone of one of two mutually facing surfaces of two adjacent metal sheets with an active agent with high resistivity to form a welding region, and clamping the welding region with an upper welding electrode and a lower welding electrode and providing an electric current into the welding region. The active agent with high resistivity generates high heat energy to melt the joining zone and join the two adjacent metal sheets. The active agent with high resistivity has a resistivity much greater than a resistivity of each of the two metal sheets, and the active agent with high resistivity consists of multi-component powders and an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kuang-Hung Tseng, Yung-Chuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20140126841
    Abstract: A real-time cloud imaging system includes at least a frontend device and a backend system. The frontend device generates an instruction message and a ROI (Region of Interest) message, and the backend system is coupled to the frontend device. The backend system has at least a raw image, wherein the raw image has a plurality of images of different resolutions. Each of the images and the raw image are composed of a plurality of tiles. The ROI message corresponds to a region of interest respectively within each of the images and the raw image. The backend system, according to the instruction message and the ROI message, selectively provides a grouping of the tiles within the region of interest of the raw image or one of the images to the frontend device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ching-Wei WANG, Chu-Mei HUNG
  • Publication number: 20140121349
    Abstract: A hydrogel composition is formed by conveying separate first and second liquid components subject to a selectively applied application pressure P(A) into an outlet path for mixing and discharge. A liquid flushing agent is automatically conveyed into the outlet path subject to a substantially constantly applied purge pressure P(P) when the application of P(A) is interrupted, to continuously flush residual hydrogel composition from the outlet path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Yongshu XIE
  • Publication number: 20140116939
    Abstract: A method for wastewater treatment which comprises (a) separating and/or collecting urine from the wastewater for pretreatment, (b) removing phosphorus from urine using seawater, (c) optionally oxidizing nitrogen from urine, and (d) discharging the phosphorus-removed and/or nitrogen-oxidized urine to a sewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Guanghao Chen, Hamish Robert Mackey, Feng Jiang, Ho Kwong Chui
  • Publication number: 20140110728
    Abstract: A wafer having a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) submounts and a method for fabricating an LED submount are provided. Each of the plurality of LED submounts of the wafer includes: a substrate (201), including through vias (203a); an LED die (208) mounted in a cavity (204) on a first side of the substrate (201) and connected to the through vias (203a); a redistribution layer (205a) attached to a second side of the substrate (201) connected to the LED die (208) through the through vias (203a). The method includes providing a wafer as a substrate (201); providing a cavity (204) in the substrate (201) on a first side of the substrate (201); providing through vias (203a) in the substrate (201), providing a redistribution layer (205a) on the second side of the substrate (201), and mounting an LED (208) in the cavity (204), wherein the LED die (208) is connected to the redistribution layer (205a) through the through vias (203a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shi-Wei Lee, Rong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140107196
    Abstract: Derivatives of plumbagin can be selectively cytotoxic to breast cancer cells. Derivative ‘A’ (Acetyl Plumbagin) has emerged as a lead molecule for testing against estrogen positive breast cancer and has shown low hepatotoxicity as well as overall lower toxicity in nude mice model. The toxicity of derivative ‘A’ was determined to be even lower than vehicle control (ALT and AST markers). The possible mechanism of action identified based on the microarray experiments and pathway mapping shows that derivative ‘A’ could be acting by altering the cholesterol-related mechanisms. The low toxicity profile of derivative ‘A’ highlights its possible role'as future anti-cancer drug and/or as an adjuvant drug to reduce the toxicity of highly toxic chemotherapeutic'drugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Publication number: 20140083851
    Abstract: A gas sensor comprises a layered structure with an ionic conductive film and a high gas-permeability interlayer film, a first catalyst electrode and a second catalyst electrode, a conductivity promotion structure, a high-k layer and a current detecting unit. The ionic conductive film includes a material with ionic conductivity ranging from 0.02 to 1000 S/cm. The first catalyst electrode and second catalyst electrode are located on the layered structure and spaced by a predetermined distance for ionizing gas and converting the ionized gas into gas. The conductivity promotion structure includes a material with electronic conductivity ranging from 10?5 to 105 S/cm, and provides wanted electrons for reaction with the gas. The high-k layer is interposed between the conductivity promotion structure and layered structure. The current detecting unit is coupled the first catalyst electrode and second catalyst electrode to sense a detecting current with respect to the ionized gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  • Publication number: 20140078042
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic device and the controlling method thereof. More specifically, the device and method of the present invention are capable of providing a pre-determined function in a pre-determined situation by inputting and comparing an accelerating data generated by an acceleration sensor. Thus, the present invention allows the user to define a three-dimensional action path as the trigger requirement of a pre-determined function. Accordingly, the user is capable of applying the electronic device with more flexibility and less limitation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jia-Jun Lu, Mu-De Wang, Zong-You Wu, Guo-Huei Hsu
  • Publication number: 20140060962
    Abstract: An acoustic/vibrational energy absorption metamaterial includes at least one enclosed planar frame with an elastic membrane attached having one or more rigid plates are attached. The rigid plates have asymmetric shapes, with a substantially straight edge at the attachment to said elastic membrane, so that the rigid plate establishes a cell having a predetermined mass. Vibrational motions of the structure contain a number of resonant modes with tunable resonant frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ping SHENG, Zhiyu YANG, Min YANG, Liang SUN, Guancong MA, Songwen XIAO
  • Publication number: 20140066085
    Abstract: Cooperative spectral channel sensing techniques are applied in a cognitive radio network (CRN). Network characteristics and target parameter thresholds can be determined. An overall number of secondary users (SUs) assigned to sense a number of primary user (PU) channels can be determined. Further, it can be determined how many SUs to assign to sense each PU channel. In one aspect, SUs are allowed to access to PU channels based on spectrum opportunities determined by the cooperative spectral channel sensing techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiangxia SUN, Tengyi ZHANG, Hin Kwok TSANG
  • Publication number: 20140064269
    Abstract: The subject specification comprises techniques employing multi-stage multi-layer switches for packet switching using fully shared buffers with a scalable switch fabric. A switch component includes a set of input modules (IMs) of switches that receive packets and are associated with a set of central modules (CMs) of switches that are associated with a set of memories. The switch component includes a second set of CMs associated with the set of memories, the second set of CMs being associated with a set of output modules (OMs) that can provide packets as output. A switch management component controls switching of the packets between the IMs and first set of CMs to the memories during a first switching phase, and switching of the packets from the memories to the second set of CMs to the OMs for output during a second switching phase, based on a defined scheduling algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Publication number: 20140055995
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a frame, an optical base plate, a light source and an optical film. The optical base plate is disposed in the frame and has a first protrusion portion at the center of the optical base plate. The first protrusion portion has at least a reflective surface and a top surface, which are connected with each other. The light source is disposed in the frame and located adjacent to the periphery of the optical base plate. The light source is disposed corresponding to the reflective surface and has a plurality of light-emitting elements. Each light-emitting element has an optical axis direction, and the optical axis directions extend toward the first protrusion portion. The optical film is disposed at the frame, and the first protrusion portion of the optical base plate protrudes toward the optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: CHIH-CHIEH KANG, JENG-FENG LIN, CHING-YU CHEN, SYUE-AN CENG, KAI-MING CHUANG, YU-RUI YANG
  • Publication number: 20140053661
    Abstract: A non-contact type torque and angle of rotation sensing device consisting of a magnetic member, sensing members and a computing unit for measuring a torque being applied to rotate a transmission member and the angle of rotation of said transmission member in a first axial direction is disclosed. The magnetic member defines a first center, and is mounted on and rotatable with the transmission member. The magnetic member deflects relative to the transmission member in a nonparallel manner relative to the first axial direction when rotating with the transmission member. Sensing members induce a magnetic field variation to output respective electrical signals that exhibit a phase difference there between. The computing unit receives and calculates the electrical signals of the sensing member to obtain the amplitude and to further translate the amplitude into torque value and angle of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicants: NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, GIANT ELECTRIC VEHICLE KUNSHAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shang-Teh WU, Szu-Hsien WU, Yi-Chang WU
  • Publication number: 20140045190
    Abstract: A method for real-time electrochemical monitoring of PCR amplicons using a hydrolysis probe that is labeled with electro-active indicators and a microchip for implementing the method. The method provided is simpler and has higher specificity compared with the prior art. The electrochemical signal measured during the PCR process can be used to determine the initial amount of the target DNA. This technique can be applied in detection and quantification of nucleic acids, especially for point-of-use applications such as on-site nucleic acid-based bio-analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: I Ming Hsing, Xiaoteng Luo, Feng Xuan
  • Publication number: 20140046606
    Abstract: There is provided a method for monitoring fluid flow, the method including: acquiring a pulse-echo signal from each of a plurality of spatially adjacent regions; for each of the pulse echo signals, forming a velocity spectrum; combining the plurality of velocity spectra into a composite data set which contains both spatial data and velocity data; and displaying the composite data set so as to present at least one aspect of the velocity data with at least one aspect of the spatial data. By combining both spatial and spectral velocity data into a composite data set and displaying aspects of the spatial data with aspects of the velocity data, the clinician can easily gauge in a quantitative or semi-quantitative way, both the size and velocities of fluid flows. In particular, the technique is useful for assessing valvular regurgitation jets in cardiac blood flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NORWEIGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (NTNU)
    Inventor: Stephen Robin GARDINER
  • Publication number: 20140044810
    Abstract: Use of amide compounds represented by formula (I), for preventing or reducing settlement and/or fouling of marine fouling organisms on a surface of a submerged object is provided, wherein “-A-” has a formula -(CnH2(n?m))- which is either unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C1 to C4 alkyls, and wherein the formula -(CnH2(n?m))- represents a divalent alkyl, or a divalent alkenyl having one or more double bonds, n is 1 to 15, m is 0 to 4, and 2(n?m)=2, and R is selected from piperidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, isobutylamino, piperazinyl or morpholinyl. Amide compounds of formula (I), a category of antifouling compounds, can be either isolated from natural resources or synthesized, which are nontoxic and environmental-friendly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicants: YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF NATIONALITIES, THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Peiyuan Qian, Xiangzhong Huang, Ying Xu, Yu Zhang, Yue Him Wong, Yan Yin, Zhuang Han
  • Publication number: 20140037379
    Abstract: A landfill soil cover system is proposed for preventing water infiltration into a landfill and gas emission from the landfill under all weather conditions. The landfill cover system comprises three soil layers; namely, a clay layer, a gravelly sand layer and a silt layer, compacted successively from the bottom to the top of the system. The clay layer is compacted immediately above an optional gas collection layer and landfill waste at an optimum water content. Additionally, a trench for water drainage may be constructed, for example, every 20-40 m in the horizontal direction. Water infiltration and landfill gas emission can be prevented effectively by this landfill soil cover system under any humid, semi-arid and arid climates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Charles Wang Wai Ng, Jie Xu, Rui Chen
  • Publication number: 20140029664
    Abstract: Frame-level dependent bit allocation for hybrid video coding is presented to address issues relating to computational complexity of multi-pass coding of video data. An interframe dependency (IFDM) approach is presented which enables a quantitative measure of the coding dependency between the current frame and its reference frame. Based on the IFDM, buffer-constrained frame-level dependent bit allocation is determined (IFDM-DBA). Successive convex approximation techniques are utilized to convert an original optimization into a series of convex optimization problems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Oscar Chi Lim AU, Chao PANG, Jingjing DAI, Feng ZOU