Abstract: A connector structure of waterproof and explosion-proof button is provided. A waterproof element completely covers the connecting part of the connecting element. By pressing a first button bar of the waterproof element, a second button bar is driven to depress the button therein. A companion part inside the connecting element is connected and fixed with an explosion-proof element. The connector structure thus achieves the waterproof and explosion-proof effects and has the button function at the same time. The structure solves the problem of having too many elements and too complicated assembly process for achieving the waterproof effect in the prior art. According to the structure, the assembly of the connector structure is simple and both waterproof and explosion-proof effects are simultaneously achieved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a flat panel display. Herein, the same mask is used to form contact holes and pixel electrodes in the display substrate. Hence, the number of masks needed for manufacturing the flat panel display can be reduced to decrease the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: High performance, enterprise-level data protection system and method provides efficient block-level incremental snapshots of primary storage devices, and instant availability of such snapshots in immediately mountable form that can be directly used in place of the primary storage device. Related systems and applications are described, including an “Enterprise Image Destination” (EID) for backup images; a mirroring technique whereby a replacement physical primary facility may be created while working with a second storage unit as the primary source file system; and a technique for eliminating redundant data in backup images when multiple systems with partially common contents (e.g., operating system files, common databases, application executables, etc.) are being backed up. A number of examples showing “Fast Application Restore” (FAR) with the use of the invention are also provided.

Abstract: A method of externally sorting large files in a computer system is presented. The contents of the input file to be sorted are investigated in order to identify presorted portions thereof. The presorted portions of the input file as thus identified are incorporated as sorted strings into an external sortwork file, by rearranging directory information rather than physically transferring data. If merging is necessary, the data may then be merged by a procedure wherein blocks of sorted data to be merged are incorporated into an output (sortout) file, by rearranging directory information rather than physically transferring sorted blocks to the sortout file. As a result of the process, portions of sorted data incorporated into the sortout file may physically remain in external storage space allocated to the input file, and/or in external space allocated to sortwork, thereby eliminating or reducing reading and writing from disk during sort-merge processing.

Abstract: A display apparatus and the driving method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel and a gate driver electrically connected to the display panel. The display panel has N scan units. Here, N is a positive integer, and each of the scan units has a first scan line and a second scan line. The gate driver provides N gate control signals to the scan units. The i-th gate control signal corresponds to the i-th scan unit, and i is less than N. When the i-th gate control signal and the (i+1)-th gate control signal are simultaneously enabled, the pixel elements corresponding to the first scan line and the second scan line of the i-th scan unit are simultaneously scanned. When the i-th gate control signal is enabled, the pixel elements corresponding to the first scan line of the i-th scan unit are scanned.

Abstract: A display panel, a display apparatus and the driving method thereof are provided. The gate control signals can interactively control more number of scan lines by disposing corresponding switches between the adjacent scan lines in the display panel, wherein every two scan lines correspond to a gate control signal, so as to reduce the number of the gate driving ICs and the layout space required by the fan out area in the display panel.

Abstract: High performance, enterprise-level data protection system and method provides efficient block-level incremental snapshots of primary storage devices, and instant availability of such snapshots in immediately mountable form that can be directly used in place of the primary storage device. Related systems and applications are described, including an “Enterprise Image Destination” (EID) for backup images; a mirroring technique whereby a replacement physical primary facility may be created while working with a second storage unit as the primary source file system; and a technique for eliminating redundant data in backup images when multiple systems with partially common contents (e.g., operating system files, common databases, application executables, etc.) are being backed up. A number of examples showing “Fast Application Restore” (FAR) with the use of the invention are also provided.

Abstract: A safety type quick release connector has a body, a socket base, a sealing valve, a moving base, a pushing assembly and an outer sleeve. The body has an inlet pipe, an outlet tube and a first spring. The socket base is connected to the body and has an outer flange, multiple ball holes and multiple first balls. The sealing vale is mounted in the socket base and has at least one air inlet, an annular groove and a second spring. The moving base is connected to the sealing valve and has an outer flange, an annular lip, multiple ball holes and multiple second balls. The pushing assembly is mounted around the moving base and the sealing valve and has a pushing collar, a third spring and a seal collar. The outer sleeve is mounted around the socket base and the sealing valve between the body and the pushing assembly.

Abstract: A in-cell touch-sensitive liquid crystal display device (LCD) includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first sensing line and a second sensing line disposed on the second substrate, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer electrically connected to the first sensing line and the second sensing line, respectively, and electrically isolated from each other by a gap existing therebetween. The in-cell touch-sensitive LCD device further includes a spacer disposed on the first substrate and corresponding to the gap. The spacer is electrically connected to the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer in response to an external pressure.

Abstract: A power system and a control method thereof are disclosed. The power system comprises: providing a plurality of power sources; electrically connecting a plurality of converters between the power sources and at least one load, wherein the converters are electrically connected to the power sources respectively in a one-to-one manner; and positive feed-forward controlling each of the converters by using a positive feed-forward control circuit electrically connected to one of the power sources in a one-to-one manner.

Abstract: An alignment mark arrangement includes: a first alignment pattern comprising a plurality of parallel first stripes on a substrate, wherein each of the first stripes includes a first dimension; and a second alignment pattern positioned directly above and overlapping with the first alignment pattern, the second alignment pattern including a plurality of parallel second stripes, wherein each of the second stripes of the second alignment pattern has a second dimension that is larger than the first dimension of each of the first stripes of the first alignment pattern.

Abstract: An LED package structure with good heat dissipation, includes a metal plate having at least one recess, a heat-conducting insulating layer directly formed on a surface of the metal plate, a conductor layer directly formed on a surface of the heat-conducting insulating layer, at least one LED chip disposed on a bottom surface of the recess and electrically connected to the conductor layer, and at least one optical lens covering the recess. The heat-conducting insulating layer is oxides or nitrides of the metal plate.

Abstract: A power system is disclosed. The power system comprises a plurality of power supply units, a voltage sharing bus, and a current sharing bus. The sharing bus is used to transmit a sharing voltage, and the current sharing bus is used to transmit a first current reference value. Each of the power supply units comprises: a power converter, a feed-forward control (FFC) circuit, and a feedback control (FBC) circuit. The feed-forward control circuit is used to generate a second current reference value according to a difference between an input voltage of the power converter and the sharing voltage. The feedback control circuit is used to generate a current compensation value according to the second current reference value and the first current reference value. The power converter can adjusts the output current thereof in accordance with the current compensation value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a flat panel display. Herein, the same mask is used to form contact holes and pixel electrodes in the display substrate. Hence, the number of masks needed for manufacturing the flat panel display can be reduced to decrease the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: Methods and software for “hot migration” of data an original storage unit for a target system to destination storage unit. In one embodiment, a virtual storage device is provided, having a control block mapped to both the original storage unit, as well as to the destination storage unit. The target system is stopped, the virtual storage device is substituted for the original storage unit, and the target system is restarted. The virtual storage device directs requests to the destination storage unit, and fulfills read requests from whichever of the two storage units has a valid copy of data requested (depending, e.g., on whether the data is as yet unchanged, has been re-written, or has been copied, during the migration process). Unchanged data blocks are copies from the original storage unit to the destination storage unit. The target system is stopped, the virtual storage device is disconnected from the target system, and the destination storage unit is connected in its place.

Abstract: A method for fabricating the semiconductor device comprises providing a semiconductor substrate having a device region and a testkey region. A first trench is formed in the device region and a second trench is formed in the testkey region. A conductive layer with a first etching selectivity is formed in the first and second trenches. A first implantation process is performed in a first direction to form a first doped region with a first impurity and an undoped region in the conductive layer simultaneously and respectively in the device region and in the testkey region. A second implantation process is performed in the second trench to form a second doped region with a second impurity in the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer in the second trench has a second etching selectivity higher than the first etching selectivity.

Abstract: An active device array substrate including a substrate, a plurality of pixel units, a plurality of first conductive lines, a plurality of second conductive lines, a lead line, at least one first electrostatic discharge protection circuit, and at least one second electrostatic discharge protection circuit is provided. The pixel units are arranged on the substrate. Additionally, the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines are disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the pixel units respectively. Moreover, the lead line crosses the first conductive lines. The first electrostatic discharge protection circuit is disposed at one side of the lead line, and the second electrostatic discharge protection circuit corresponding to the first electrostatic discharge protection circuit is disposed at the other side of the lead line.

Abstract: An electrical heating blanket includes an electrical heating layer and a sheath layer, wherein the electrical heating layer includes a fabric incorporating with a plurality of woven carbon fibers, and power wires are electrically connected in parallel with each of the carbon fibers. The sheath layer encapsulates the electrical heating layer. The electrical heating blanket may be operable with a DC voltage of about 10V to 20V supplied through the power wires to cause the carbon fibers to produce heat without emitting electromagnetic radiations. This structure may be suitable to fabricate clothes, belts or like products that can protect the human's health.