Abstract: An illumination system includes a light source, a wavelength conversion element and a light guide column. The light source provides an excitation beam. The wavelength conversion element has a wavelength conversion portion for converting the excitation beam into a converted beam. The light guide column is disposed between the light source and the wavelength conversion element and located on a transmission path of the excitation beam. The light guide column has a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a third end and a fourth end opposite to the third end. The third and fourth ends respectively face the light source and the wavelength conversion element. The third end receives the excitation beam. The excitation beam exits the first or fourth end, and the converted beam enters the light guide column through the fourth end and exits the first end. A projection device is also provided.

Abstract: Tin oxide films are used as spacers and hardmasks in semiconductor device manufacturing. In one method, tin oxide layer (e.g., spacer footing) needs to be selectively etched in a presence of an exposed silicon-containing layer, such as SiOC, SiON, SiONC, amorphous silicon, SiC, or SiN. In order to reduce damage to the silicon-containing layer the process involves passivating the silicon-containing layer towards a tin oxide etch chemistry, etching the tin oxide, and repeating passivation and etch in an alternating fashion. For example, passivation and etch can be each performed between 2-50 times. In one implementation, passivation is performed by treating the substrate with an oxygen-containing reactant, activated in a plasma, and the tin oxide etching is performed by a chlorine-based chemistry, such as using a mixture of Cl2 and BCl3.

Abstract: A method and a device for viewing a conference are provided. In the method, after a wide-view video of a specific conference, related conference event data, and speech content of each participant are obtained, a highlight video of the specific conference is correspondingly generated. Accordingly, the efficiency of conference viewing is improved.

Abstract: An illumination system, including a light source, a reflective optical element, a polarization conversion element, a beam splitting element, and a homogenizing element, is provided. The light source provides a first light beam having a first polarization state and a second light beam having a second polarization state. The reflective optical element is disposed on a transmission path of the first light beam and the second light beam. The polarization conversion element is disposed between the light source and the reflective optical element. The beam splitting element is disposed between the light source and the polarization conversion element. The beam splitting element includes at least one first region and at least one second region. The homogenizing element is disposed on a transmission path of a light beam reflected by the beam splitting element. A projection device having the illumination system is also provided.

Abstract: A light blocking sheet includes a central opening and a plurality of light blocking structures. A central axis passes through the central opening. The light blocking structures surround an inner peripheral surface of the central opening, the light blocking structures are tapered and extended from the central opening towards a direction close to the central axis, and the light blocking structures are for defining a circumscribed circle and an inscribed circle, wherein a plurality of inscribed circle ends of the light blocking structures close to the central axis are contacted with the inscribed circle, and a plurality of circumscribed circle ends of the light blocking structures away from the central axis are contacted with the circumscribed circle.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a memory structure including the following steps is provided. A spacer layer is formed on sidewalls of gate stack structures. A protective material layer covering the spacer layer and the gate stack structures is formed. A mask material layer is formed on the protective material layer. There is a void located in the mask material layer between two adjacent gate stack structures. A first distance is between a top of the protective material layer and a top of the mask material layer. A second distance is between a top of the void and a top of the mask material layer above the void. A third distance is between a bottom of the void and a bottom of the mask material layer below the void. The first distance is greater than a sum of the second and third distances.

Abstract: Embodiments include methods and devices which utilize dummy gate profiling to provide a profile of a dummy gate which has narrowing in the dummy gate. The narrowing causes a neck in the dummy gate. When the dummy gate is replaced in a gate replacement process, the necking provides control of an etch-back process. Space is provided between the replacement gate and a subsequently formed self-aligned contact.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an imaging lens assembly module including a baseplate and an imaging lens assembly. The imaging lens assembly includes an imaging lens set and a barrel. The imaging lens set includes at least one lens element. The at least one lens element includes two first trimmed surfaces. The barrel includes a barrel portion and a base portion. The barrel portion has a first inner surface, and the barrel portion includes two second trimmed surfaces. The barrel portion and the base portion are formed integrally, a shortest distance is defined between the first trimmed surfaces of the lens element, a shortest distance is defined between the second trimmed surfaces of the barrel portion, and the optical axis passes vertically through the shortest distance between the first trimmed surfaces and the shortest distance between the second trimmed surfaces.

Abstract: An illumination system and a projection apparatus are provided. The illumination system includes a coherent light source, an optical module, and a first light-diffusing device. The coherent light source emits a coherent light beam. The optical module and the first light-diffusing device are located on a transmission path of the coherent light beam. The optical module has an optical surface and a light-diffusing surface, and the coherent light beam focuses on a first position through the optical surface of the optical module. The first light-diffusing device is located at the first position or in vicinity of the first position. The coherent light beam passes through the first light-diffusing device so that a diffusion angle of the coherent light beam is sequentially changed. A display frame exhibiting a uniform luminance is thereby provided by the illumination system and the projection apparatus of the invention.

Abstract: A method for operating a conveying system is provided. An overhead hoist transport (OHT) vehicle is provided, wherein the OHT vehicle includes a gripping member configured to grip and hold a carrier, and a receiver configured to receive a signal. The signal is transmitted to the receiver of the OHT vehicle. The OHT vehicle is moved toward the carrier, and the carrier is gripped by the gripping member of the OHT vehicle. A lifting force is determined based on a weight of a carrier, a number of workpieces in the carrier, or a vertical distance between the OHT vehicle and the carrier, and the lifting force is applied to the carrier.

Abstract: An illumination system and a projection device are provided. The illumination system includes a laser light source, a light splitting element, a wavelength conversion module, a filter module, and a homogenizing element. The laser light source provides a laser beam to the light splitting element. The filter module rotates around a rotation axis and has multiple dichroic filter regions on a surface perpendicular to the rotation axis. The filter module receives the laser beam from the light splitting element, and an acute angle is formed between the rotation axis and a direction in which the laser beam enters the filter module. The homogenizing element is located on a transmission path of the laser beam penetrating the filter module, and the laser beam enters the homogenizing element along a long axis direction of the homogenizing element.

Abstract: An image display method applicable to a video conferencing system with a wide-angle webcam is disclosed. The wide-angle webcam is used to capture a panoramic image having an aspect ratio greater than or equal to 2:1. The method includes: framing multiple regions of interest (ROIs) according to the panoramic image, each ROI having at least one of attributes; selecting one from predetermined frame layouts as an output frame layout according to whether to insert a portion of the panoramic image and attributes, positions and the number of the ROIs; and inserting at least one of the portion of the panoramic image and the ROIs into corresponding windows in the output frame layout to form a composite frame according to the attributes of the ROIs.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a first electrode and a second electrode. The housing further includes a first body, bending parts, foolproof key positions, a second buckle, a first opening and a second opening. The first body forms a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space. The first accommodating space is provided with the foolproof key positions, the first opening, the second opening and the second buckle. The second buckle can be arranged corresponding to a first buckle of the wire end connector to buckle the wire end connector in the first accommodating space and the second accommodating space. The first electrode includes a first end and a third end, and the third end forms first current divider pins. The second electrode includes a second end and a fourth end, and the fourth end forms second current divider pins.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure protruding from an isolation insulating layer disposed over a substrate is formed, a sacrificial gate dielectric layer is formed over the fin structure, a polysilicon layer is formed over the sacrificial gate dielectric layer, a mask pattern is formed over the polysilicon layer, and the polysilicon layer is patterned into a sacrificial gate electrode using the mask pattern as an etching mask. The sacrificial gate electrode has a narrow portion above a level of a top of the fin structure such that a width of the sacrificial gate electrode decreases, takes a local minimum, and then increases from the top of the fin structure.

Abstract: A multifunctional cleaning pen and a method for cleaning an object are disclosed. The cleaning pen includes a main body, a pen head assembly, an air supply assembly, and a control assembly. The pen head assembly can lift or adsorb a target object for examination onto a platform by a vacuum through the pen, avoiding physical contact with the object by hard tools. The air supply assembly is inside the main body and the control assembly is on a surface of the main body. When the object is in place, it can be cleaned by a jet of air forced out of the pen, and also by a vibrated alcohol wiper on the pen. By utilizing the multifunctional cleaning pen, a cleaning effect in relation to fragile and delicate materials such as camera, mobile phone speaker, and card tray, is improved.

Abstract: A method for recognizing a parking space for a vehicle and a parking assistance system are disclosed. An obstacle is identified from successive image frames captured when the vehicle is moving and a first boundary for the obstacle is generated by a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) algorithm based on a position of the obstacle shown in each of the successive image frames. Distances between the moving vehicle and the obstacle are detected by ultrasonic sensors. A second boundary for the obstacle is generated by a distance modification module based on the distances between the vehicle and the obstacle. A periphery of the obstacle is defined by a periphery definition module. In view of the periphery of the obstacle, a parking space is thus recognized by a parking space recognition module. The parking process can be changed to a self-drive mode, and remotely controlled by a mobile device.

Abstract: A method for behavior vectorization of information de-identification, through which data concerning browsing traces, link paths, trigger events, clicks, and operation behaviors of network users on the Internet are selected by a server, a client device, or an edge device for performing a conversion/integration process. Then, the integrated data are converted into a vector. The vector represents the profile of the usage behavior of the network users. Moreover, because vectors can be quickly grouped and classified to find similar groups, it can quickly identify the network users. The server uses the supervised learning method as the base method, and uses pre-defined network behaviors for training. Also, the semi-supervised learning method or the unsupervised learning method can be employed to modify undefined network behaviors to better conform to the profile description of the network users.

Abstract: An illumination system including an excitation light source, a wavelength converting element, and a region-based light splitter is provided. The excitation light source provides an excitation beam. The wavelength converting element is disposed on a transmission path of the excitation beam to convert the excitation beam into an excited beam. The region-based light splitter is disposed on the transmission path of the excitation beam and includes at least one first region and at least one second region. The first region reflects the excitation beam and allows the excited beam to pass through. The second region allows the excitation beam and the excited beam to pass through. The excitation beam reflected by the region-based light splitter is transmitted toward the wavelength converting element. A projection apparatus including the illumination system is also provided.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an illumination system and a projection device applying the illumination system. The illumination system includes a laser light source, a wavelength conversion module, and a spot region modulation module configured to shift a transmission path of a laser beam. When the wavelength conversion module rotates, the spot region modulation module moves, in a first period of time, the laser beam in a wavelength conversion region of the wavelength conversion module along a first shift path, so that the laser beam forms a first spot region in an irradiation region in the wavelength conversion region. The spot region modulation module causes, in a second period of time, the laser beam to form a second spot region in an irradiation region in a non-conversion region of the wavelength conversion module. A size of the first spot region is greater than a size of the second spot region.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing extending in a horizontal direction, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing, a metallic stiffener surrounding the insulative housing, a load plate pivotally mounted upon the metallic stiffener and moveable between an open position and a closed position, and a carrier frame used for retaining and receiving a central processing unit (CPU) and carrying the CPU to the insulative housing. After retaining the CPU, the carrier frame is mounted on the insulative housing along a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction. The load plate is rotated to the closed position to fix the CPU on the insulative housing.