Abstract: A DC/DC converter configurable for operating as a multiphase DC/DC. A controller produces a master drive signal for controlling a primary power switch to produce the output DC signal at a desired level. Multiple secondary power stages are coupled between the input and the output nodes for producing an output DC signal. Each of the multiple secondary power stages has at least one secondary power switch responsive to the input DC signal for producing the output DC signal. An expander system configures the DC/DC converter for operation in a multiphase DC/DC conversion mode. The expander system is responsive to the master drive signal for producing multiple slave drive signals respectively supplied to the multiple secondary power stages for controlling secondary power switches. The slave drive signals have phases shifted with respect to the master drive signal and with respect to each other.

Abstract: A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a contact plug over the semiconductor substrate, and an Inter-Layer Dielectric (ILD) layer over the semiconductor substrate, with the contact plug being disposed in the ILD. An air gap is sealed by a portion of the ILD and the semiconductor substrate. The air gap forms a full air gap ring encircling a portion of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: Memory management methods and systems for mobile devices are provided. A memory usage of a memory is monitored by a built-in memory management component of an OS of the device and a user-oriented memory management component. It is determined whether the memory usage of the memory is greater than a first threshold or a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is greater than the first threshold. When the memory usage of the memory is greater than the first threshold, a multi-level memory management is performed by the user-oriented memory management component. When the memory usage of the memory is greater than the second threshold, a primitive memory management is performed by the built-in memory management component.

Abstract: A method and system for implementing a video conference and a broadband mobile hotspot device are disclosed in the present document. The method includes: each broadband mobile hotspot device participating in the conference sending a local panorama video image and voice signals to a multipoint conference server; the multipoint conference server sending the received panorama video images and voice signals to other broadband mobile hotspot devices participating in the conference except a sender; and after receiving panorama video images and voice signals of the other broadband mobile hotspot devices participating in the conference, each broadband mobile hotspot device participating in the conference mosaicking the local panorama video image and the received panorama video images as a conference panorama video image, and synchronizing the conference panorama video image with the received voice signals to send to a terminal device participating in the conference under the broadband mobile hotspot device.

Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to methods, systems, and structures for cutting a part to form a highly reflective and smooth surface thereon. In some embodiments, the part includes substantially horizontal and vertical surfaces with edges and corners. In described embodiments, a diamond cutter is used to cut a surface of the part during a milling operation where the diamond cutter contacts the part a number of times with each rotation of the spindle of a milling machine. The diamond cutter has a cutting edge and a land. The cutting edge cuts the surface of the part and the land burnishes the surface of the part to form a highly reflective and smooth surface. Thus, the diamond cutter cuts and burnishes portions of the part, thereby eliminating a subsequent polishing step.

Abstract: Disclosed is a large-angle LED lens including a main body which has an incident surface on the inner side of the main body and an exit surface on the outer side thereof. The surfaces are provided symmetrically about the central axis of the main body. The incident and exit surfaces are transparent concave and convex surfaces, respectively. The maximum thickness d1 of the main body at the lower part and the minimum thickness d2 thereof at the top satisfy the relation: 4<d1/d2<6; the concave depth h1 of the concave surface and the thickness d2 satisfy the relation: h1>4*d2; and the convex height h2 of the convex surface and the thickness d2 satisfy the relation: h2>5*d2. With the disclosure, the light-emitting angle is increased while maximizing the utilization of the light. A large-angle emission LED light source module is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A multichip package structure for generating a symmetrical and uniform light-blending source includes a substrate unit, a light-emitting unit and a package unit. The substrate unit includes a substrate body and at least one bridging conductive layer disposed on the top surface of the substrate body. The light-emitting unit includes at least two first light-emitting elements diagonally disposed on the substrate body and electrically connected to the substrate body and at least two second light-emitting elements diagonally disposed on the substrate body and electrically connected to the substrate body. The package unit includes at least two first light-transmitting package bodies respectively covering the at least two first light-emitting elements and at least two second light-transmitting package bodies respectively covering the at least two second light-emitting elements.

Abstract: A method, a wireless communication system, destination node and relay node includes receiving by a destination node at current time slot the data transmitted by at least one source node; demodulating and decoding the data transmitted by at least one source node to obtain a decoding result; receiving the decoding result transmitted by first relay nodes, the decoding result being obtained by the first relay nodes through demodulating and decoding the data transmitted by at least one source node and received at the current time slot; and notifying the source node to retransmit the data or transmit new data at the next time slot by the destination node according to the result of the demodulating and decoding of the data of the source node and the decoding result of the first relay nodes.

Abstract: Various embodiments of stents with radiopaque markers arranged in patterns are described herein.

Abstract: Disclosed is a recycling method for waste ceramic filters, and the recycling method includes the steps of heating a waste ceramic filter that no longer has the oil filtering effect, applying an acid to the waste ceramic filter to remove unwanted substances attached on the filter, performing a washing or dewatering step to remove any acid solution remained on the ceramic filter, and performing a drying step to dry the ceramic filter.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer member that includes a fluorinated polyamic acid and a conductive component.

Abstract: A micro-fluidic device can include a processing mechanism for processing micro-objects in a liquid medium and an outputting mechanism for expressing from the device a droplet of the medium containing one or more of the micro-objects. The outputting mechanism can include an expressing mechanism having a reservoir for holding a quantity of the liquid medium and a striking mechanism for striking and compressing the expressing mechanism to express a droplet of the medium from the expressing mechanism.

Abstract: Various embodiments of stents with radiopaque markers arranged in patterns are described herein.

Abstract: The invention provides FGFR fusion proteins, methods of making them, and methods of using them to treat proliferative disorders, including cancers and disorders of angiogenesis. The FGFR fusion molecules can be made in CHO cells and may comprise deletion mutations in the extracellular domains of the FGFRs which improve their stability. These fusion proteins inhibit the growth and viability of cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. The combination of the relatively high affinity of these receptors for their ligand FGFs and the demonstrated ability of these decoy receptors to inhibit tumor growth is an indication of the clinical value of the compositions and methods provided herein.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device includes a first gate structure segment and a collinear second gate structure segment, as well as a third gate structure segment and a collinear fourth gate structure segment. An interconnection extends from the first gate structure segment to the fourth gate structure segment. The interconnection is disposed above the first gate structure segment and the fourth gate structure segment. The interconnection may be formed on or co-planar with a contact layer of the semiconductor device.

Abstract: A data storage device and a Flash memory control method. A data storage device comprises a Flash memory and a controller. The controller controls the Flash memory in accordance with firmware. When the firmware is available for at least a predetermined time period without being requested by a host, the controller, driven according to the firmware, performs a garbage-collection operation on the Flash memory without a request from the host.

Abstract: The present invention is related to systems and methods for enhancing data detection in a data processing system.

Abstract: A static elimination device is proposed for eliminating static electricity on the surface of a large-size glass substrate. The static elimination device includes a rotation axis and an electrostatic neutralizer. The rotation axis is installed outside a cassette in which the glass substrate is installed. The electrostatic neutralizer is permanently connected to the rotation axis. The rotation axis is driven to rotate, causing the electrostatic neutralizer centered on the rotation axis to rotate back and forth at a specific angle. The static elimination device of the present invention features simple structure, low fuel consumption and high efficiency, low cost, and high efficiency in static elimination. Owing to these features, the static elimination device of the present invention could work very well for the glass substrate of an arbitrary size. A cassette including the static elimination device is also proposed.

Abstract: According to a computer-implemented approach for managing and chartering readily transportable watercraft, vessels, vehicles and other charter craft, customers are able to view and specify where they wish to charter such craft independent of where a charter craft might be permanently stored or regularly parked, berthed or moored. According to the approach, customers provide their desired charter location where they would like to charter craft. Customers are then provided in response with a list of matching locations and charter rates for one or more charter craft to be delivered at the desired charter location. After completing charter arrangements, the charter operator delivers to the customer their selection of charter craft to the specified charter location and upon completion of the charter, also retrieves the charter craft from an agreed upon retrieval location. The charter operator may be either centralized or distributed and may be a single or multiple organization(s).

Abstract: A CMOS image sensor and a method of forming are provided. The CMOS image sensor may include a device wafer. A conductive feature may be formed on a back-side surface of the device wafer. The device wafer may include a pixel formed therein. A passivation layer may be formed over the back-side surface of the device wafer and the conductive feature. A grid film may be formed over the passivation layer. The grid film may be patterned to accommodate a color filter. The grid film pattern may align the color filter to corresponding pixel in the device wafer. A portion of the grid film formed over the conductive feature may be reduced to be substantially planar with portions of the grid film adjacent to the conductive feature. The patterning and reducing may be performed according to etching processes, chemical mechanical processes, and combinations thereof.