Abstract: A circulator comprises a circulating body and an extending rib. The circulating body is formed with an arc-shaped circulating passage. The extending rib is integrally radial inwardly extended from a curved portion of the circulating body. The curved portion of the circulating body is configured toward an inner direction of the circulating passage by reinforcement of the extending rib to increase a radius of the circulating passage. Moreover, the instant disclosure further provides an end cap-type ball screw assembly.

Abstract: A localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensing system with particles arranged in anisotropic periodic manner is revealed. The anisotropy of the nanoparticle array spectrally splits the phase spectra of two perpendicular polarizations thus inducing a phase difference between the two polarizations. An apparatus of ellipsometry is used to measure the phase difference. The simulated results demonstrate that the full width at the half maximum of the spectrum of phase difference is much narrower than the spectrum of transmittance.

Abstract: A ball screw assembly has a screw shaft, a nut, a plurality of balls, and two end caps. The screw shaft has a spiral rolling groove formed on an outer surface thereof. The nut has a spiral load rolling groove formed on an inner surface thereof. The screw shaft passes through the nut, and the rolling groove aligns with the load rolling groove, and the rolling groove and the load rolling groove jointly define a raceway. The balls are disposed between the rolling groove of the screw shaft and the load rolling groove of the nut. The end caps respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the nut. The screw shaft passes through the end caps, one end surface of each end cap is exposed from the nut, and each one of the end surfaces has a plurality of dust discharge outlets formed thereon.

Abstract: A multi-point temperature sensing method for integrated circuit chips and a system of the same are revealed. The system includes at least one slave temperature sensor embedded at preset positions for measuring temperature of a block and a master temperature sensor embedded in an integrated circuit chip and electrically connected to each slave temperature sensor. Variations of the slave temperature sensor induced by variations of process, voltage and temperature are corrected by the master temperature sensor. Thus the area the temperature sensors required on the integrated circuit chip is dramatically reduced and the stability of the temperature control system is improved. The problem of conventional System-on-a-Chip that only a limited number of temperature sensors could be used due to the area they occupied can be solved.

Abstract: A line-switchable Near Field Communication (NFC) medical device comprising: a physiological measurement unit; a Micro Control Unit; a first NFC module in which there are a first memory and a first radio wave antenna communicating with an external second NFC module; a switching module communicating with the Micro Control Unit as well as the first NFC module and enabling or disabling information to be written into or read from the first NFC module's first memory.

Abstract: A system includes a computer-readable medium that stores a plurality of instructions for execution by at least one computer processor. The instructions include receiving a reflectivity measurement on a semiconductor wafer and generating a reflectivity map based on the received reflectivity measurement. The instructions determine a spatial distance for a selected reflectivity change using the generated reflectivity map. Subsequently, the determined spatial distance is compared with a thermal diffusion length of a first anneal process technique. In embodiments, the system further includes a light source and a reflectivity measurement tool.

Abstract: A structure of semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer; an intermediate layer on a surface of said first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer on said intermediate layer, wherein said intermediate layer and said second semiconductor layer are integrated to a set of sub-structures; and a semiconductor light emitting device on said second semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting inflammation is provided. The pharmaceutical composition comprises (a) hyaluronic acid, (b) a vitamin and (c) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a gate structure formed over the substrate. The semiconductor device further includes an insulator feature formed in the substrate. The insulator feature includes an insulating layer and a capping layer over the insulating layer.

Abstract: A system includes a computer-readable medium that stores a plurality of instructions for execution by at least one computer processor. The instructions include receiving a reflectivity measurement on a semiconductor wafer and generating a reflectivity map based on the received reflectivity measurement. The instructions determine a spatial distance for a selected reflectivity change using the generated reflectivity map. Subsequently, the determined spatial distance is compared with a thermal diffusion length of a first anneal process technique. In embodiments, the system further includes a light source and a reflectivity measurement tool.

Abstract: The present method of forming an electronic structure includes providing a tantalum base layer and depositing a layer of copper on the tantalum layer, the deposition being undertaken by physical vapor deposition with the temperature of the base layer at 50° C. or less, with the deposition taking place at a power level of 300 W or less.

Abstract: An operating apparatus adapted to manipulate an operating interface of a display device and having a switchable operation mode is provided. The display device is adapted to provide a first optical signal. The operating apparatus includes a processing module, a light-emitting element, a light sensing element and a switching module. The light-emitting element, the light sensing element and the switching module are electrically connected to the processing module. The switching module is adapted to switch the switchable operation mode to a first mode or a second mode. When the switchable operation mode is switched to the first mode, the light sensing element receives the first optical signal. When the switchable operation mode is switched to the second mode, the light-emitting element provides a second optical signal and the light sensing element receives the second optical signal. An interactive image system having the operating apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A hand-held pointing device includes a main body, a processing circuit, a light emitting device and two image sensing devices. The main body has a first surface and a second surface for lying on an operating surface. The two image sensing devices are disposed in the main body and configured to sense first and second images through first and second transparent areas thereof, respectively. The light emitting device, disposed in the main body, is configured to emit a light source through the second transparent area. The processing circuit is configured to determine and operate the hand-held pointing device in a remote controller mode or a mouse mode according to whether the first image contains an image of a reference light source and/or the second image contains an image of the operating surface reflecting the light source. An operation for a hand-held pointing device is also provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for characterizing a pattern loading effect. A method may include performing a reflectivity measurement on a semiconductor wafer and determining an anneal process technique based on the reflectivity measurement. The determining the anneal process technique may include determining a spatial distance for a reflectivity change using a reflectivity map generated using the reflectivity measurement. This spatial distance is compared with the thermal diffusion length associated with each of the plurality of anneal process techniques. In an embodiment, a thermal profile map and/or a device performance map may be provided.

Abstract: An integrated circuit memory device, in one embodiment, includes a substrate having a plurality of bit lines. A first and second inter-level dielectric layer are successively disposed on the substrate. Each of a plurality of source lines and staggered bit line contacts extend through the first inter-level dielectric layer. Each of a plurality of source line vias and a plurality of staggered bit line vias extend through the second inter-level dielectric layer to each respective one of the plurality of source lines and the plurality of staggered bit line contacts. The source lines and staggered bit line contacts that extend through the first inter-level dielectric layer are formed together by a first set of fabrication processes. The source line vias and staggered bit line contacts that extend through the second inter-level dielectric layer are also formed together by a second set of fabrication processes.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for recognition. The method includes inputting a melody and obtaining pitch tracking information of the melody; obtaining beat information of the melody; determining a clarity value according to the pitch tracking information; implementing a first comparison process first to filter a first set of candidate songs from a database and then implementing a second comparison process to filter a second set of candidate songs from the first set of candidate songs if the clarity value is larger than a predetermined threshold; and determining at least one final candidate song from the second set of candidate songs.

Abstract: The NH3 plasma treatment by remote plasma is firstly proposed to replace the covalent bonding process during surface modification procedure that for amine bond generation.

Abstract: An integrated circuit memory device, in one embodiment, includes a substrate having a plurality of bit lines. A first and second inter-level dielectric layer are successively disposed on the substrate. Each of a plurality of source lines extend through the first inter-level dielectric layer. Each of a plurality of source line vias extend through the second inter-level dielectric layer to each respective one of the plurality of source lines. Each of the plurality of staggered bit line contacts extend through the first and second inter-level dielectric layes to respective bit lines.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cordless blind assembly, comprising an upper frame rod with two blind cord winders disposed at two opposing sides, a retracting rod disposed beneath the upper frame rod, and two side guiding rails. A plurality of guiding components are disposed at the ends of the retracting rod. The driving cords from the blind cord winders connect to corresponding guiding components by going around both sides of the blind shading parts. The extended driving cords are hidden inside the side guiding rails where the guiding components can freely move inside the corresponding side guiding rails. Accordingly, the cordless blind assembly can avoid neck-strangling accidents to achieve easy DIY installation without breaking the function of the blind shading parts.

Abstract: A data link transmitter in a PCI Express device for managing PCI-Express TLPs and DLLPs. The data link transmitter includes a priority system in which a DLLP for initializing flow control has highest priority, and an idle data character has lowest priority. Various embodiments include: a DLLP for power state entrance is lower priority than the DLLP for initializing flow control; a replay TLP for retry buffer re-transmission is lower priority than the DLLP for power state entrance, and a new TLP is lower priority than the replay TLP; an Ack/Nak DLLP is lower priority than the new TLP, a DLLP for updating flow control is lower priority than the Ack/Nak TLP, and a DLLP for acknowledging the DLLP for power state entrance is lower priority than the DLLP for updating flow control; a DLLP for updating flow control is lower priority than the DLLP for power state entrance.