Abstract: Methods of cutting gate structures and fins, and structures formed thereby, are described. In an embodiment, a substrate includes first and second fins and an isolation region. The first and second fins extend longitudinally parallel, with the isolation region disposed therebetween. A gate structure includes a conformal gate dielectric over the first fin and a gate electrode over the conformal gate dielectric. A first insulating fill structure abuts the gate structure and extends vertically from a level of an upper surface of the gate structure to at least a surface of the isolation region. No portion of the conformal gate dielectric extends vertically between the first insulating fill structure and the gate electrode. A second insulating fill structure abuts the first insulating fill structure and an end sidewall of the second fin. The first insulating fill structure is disposed laterally between the gate structure and the second insulating fill structure.

Abstract: An electronic device and a related tiled electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a protective layer, a circuit structure, a sensing element and a control unit. The circuit structure is disposed on the protective layer and surrounds the sensing element. The control unit is disposed between the circuit structure and the protective layer and electrically connected to the sensing element. The protective layer surrounds the control unit and contacts a surface of the circuit structure.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a ring structure with one or more indents and a method of forming are provided. The semiconductor package may include a substrate, a first package component bonded to the substrate, wherein the first package component may include a first semiconductor die, a ring structure attached to the substrate, wherein the ring structure may encircle the first package component in a top view, and a lid structure attached to the ring structure. The ring structure may include a first segment, extending along a first edge of the substrate, and a second segment, extending along a second edge of the substrate. The first segment and the second segment may meet at a first corner of the ring structure, and a first indent of the ring structure may be disposed at the first corner of the ring structure.

Abstract: An LCD backlight driving device with an isolating transformer comprises a DC power supply, a square wave generator, a square wave controller, said isolating transformer and a driver transformer; wherein said isolating transformer has a primary side connected to said square wave generator and a secondary side connected to said driver transformer, since said isolating transformer is placed between said square wave generator and said driver transformer, it helps to effectively shorten a safety distance required for setting up said driver transformer; the present invention uses said isolating transformer to shorten the safety distance required than that of using said driver transformer directly and to decrease an area in implementing a circuit board and to cut cost of said device.

Abstract: A lamp driving structure for backlight module includes a backlight module implemented for disposing a first circuit board and a second circuit board thereon, the first circuit board couples with the second circuit board through a transmission line; the structure further includes at least a square wave controller, two square wave switches, a mutually coupled transformer, a plurality of driving transformers and a plurality of connectors disposed selectively on the first circuit board and the second circuit board, thereby reducing the number of driving transformers and connectors and the area of circuit boards to further reduce the manufacturing cost of the lamp driving device.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved lamp circuit of a liquid crystal device (LCD) backlight source, comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) for lamp initialization having a control circuit and a first connector thereon; a first lamp connection board disposed between the first lamp connection board and a second lamp connection board and being lamps of the LCD backlight source; a second lamp connection board having a second connector and transformers thereon, the transformers each corresponding to one of the lamps; and a low voltage wire set connected between the first connector on the PCB for lamp initialization and the second connector on the second lamp connection board, wherein a signal issued from the first connector on the PCB for lamp initialization is transmitted through the low voltage wire set to the second connector on the first PCB for lamp initialization and then to a corresponding one of the transformers so that the lamps may be driven to operate.

Abstract: An LCD backlight driving device with an isolating transformer comprises a DC power supply, a square wave generator, a square wave controller, said isolating transformer and a driver transformer; wherein said isolating transformer has a primary side connected to said square wave generator and a secondary side connected to said driver transformer, since said isolating transformer is placed between said square wave generator and said driver transformer, it helps to effectively shorten a safety distance required for setting up said driver transformer; the present invention uses said isolating transformer to shorten the safety distance required than that of using said driver transformer directly and to decrease an area in implementing a circuit board and to cut cost of said device.

Abstract: The locked phase active power current control circuit is composed of a DC source, an electronic switch, a driving transformer, a phase detecting unit, a current intercepting unit and a square wave controller. A DC signal provided by the DC source is converted into a square wave signal by the electronic switch for the driving transformer to operate a load. The electronic switch outputs the square wave signal to the phase detecting unit whereat a phase signal of the square wave is detected and the detected signal is transmitted to the current intercepting unit whereat the detected signal is compared with the current intercepted at the electronic switch, the driving transformer, or the load, and the comparison result is fed back to the square wave controller so as to set the operation frequency of the electronic switch. The essential principle of the present invention is based on the fact that the square wave is in phase with the first harmonic wave.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a lighting module, a feedback control circuit, and a DC-to-AC circuit. The lighting module comprises a first lighting unit, a second lighting unit, a first transformer, a second transformer and a third transformer. A first end of a first port of the first transformer is connected to a first end of the first lighting unit, a first end of a first port of the second transformer is connected to a second end of the first lighting unit, a second end of the first port of the second transformer is connected to a first end of the second lighting unit, and a first end of a first port of the third transformer is connected to a second end of the second lighting unit. The lighting apparatus uses serial connection of the lighting units to reduce the number of transformers and still have the feedback control circuit.

Abstract: A two-end driven lamp controlling device includes a direct-current (DC) power supply, square wave switches, a square wave controller, a plurality of lamps, a plurality of starting transformers and a plurality of lamps commonly connective transformers, wherein the plurality of starting transformers or the plurality of lamps commonly connective transformers are disposed besides the plurality of lamps and the square wave switches are connected to the sides of the plurality of starting transformers or the plurality of lamps commonly connective transformers and to the DC power supply and can receive signals from the square wave controller.

Abstract: A high voltage transformer for a backlight power source includes a windings base, a core and windings, the windings base having isolating walls disposed exterior thereto through which a primary side region and a secondary side region are formed, the secondary side region being optionally formed with several windings troughs by using of the isolating walls and the windings being wound on the windings troughs, the windings being wound upward layer by layer on a bottom of the windings trough when the windings are wound across the isolating walls in prevention of the windings of different voltages flown therein crossing and contacting with each other and fixed onto a windings fixation post after the windings troughs are full, and the core being received within a hollow structure of the windings base. As such, distance generated from stacking of the windings is served to increase the bearing voltage and reduce length of the transformer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a choke transformer used in liquid crystal display (LCD) backlight driver, comprising a winding base on which a plurality of spacers are formed and having a hollow structure, a core received within the winding base and a plurality of windings wound between two neighboring ones of the plurality of spacers as a winding set, each winding set having windings of different characteristics; and is characterized in that an air gap is provided between the winding base having the hollow structure and the core. With such devised choke transformer, a higher endurable voltage is achieved. Further, the characteristics of prolonged lifetime, reduced cost, smaller dimension and saved installation space may be achieved with the choke transformer.

Abstract: An improved winding structure of a transformer, wherein the transformer comprises a winding base externally set with an isolating plate, the transformer is divided into a primary side region and a secondary side region by the isolating plate. The primary side region has a winding reel for a pre-formed wire set to sleeve on while the secondary side region is divided into a plurality of winding grooves by a plurality of partitions for placing a wire in the grooves, and an iron core set is set on the outside of the winding base and the hollow structure, which altogether form an transformer. In the present invention, an pre-formed wire set is sleeved on a primary side winding reel, therefore, the costs of traditional hand-winding will be displaced, and the manufacturing quality and usage stability of transformers will be effectively improved as well.

Abstract: An improved winding structure of a transformer, wherein the transformer comprises a winding base externally set with an isolating plate, the transformer is divided into a primary side region and a secondary side region by the isolating plate. The primary side region has a winding reel for a pre-formed wire set to sleeve on while the secondary side region is divided into a plurality of winding grooves by a plurality of partitions for placing a wire in the grooves, and an iron core set is set on the outside of the winding base and the hollow structure, which altogether form an transformer. In the present invention, an pre-formed wire set is sleeved on a primary side winding reel, therefore, the costs of traditional hand-winding will be displaced, and the manufacturing quality and usage stability of transformers will be effectively improved as well.

Abstract: An improved winding structure of a transformer, wherein the transformer comprises a winding base externally set with an isolating plate, the transformer is divided into a primary side region and a secondary side region by the isolating plate. The primary side region has a winding reel for a pre-formed wire set to sleeve on while the secondary side region is divided into a plurality of winding grooves by a plurality of partitions for placing a wire in the grooves, and an iron core set is set on the outside of the winding base and the hollow structure, which altogether form an transformer. In the present invention, an pre-formed wire set is sleeved on a primary side winding reel, therefore, the costs of traditional hand-winding will be displaced, and the manufacturing quality and usage stability of transformers will be effectively improved as well.

Abstract: Disclosed is a choke transformer used in liquid crystal display (LCD) backlight driver, comprising a winding base on which a plurality of spacers are formed and having a hollow structure, a core received within the winding base and a plurality of windings wound between two neighboring ones of the plurality of spacers as a winding set, each winding set having windings of different characteristics; and is characterized in that an air gap is provided between the winding base having the hollow structure and the core. With such devised choke transformer, a higher endurable voltage is achieved. Further, the characteristics of prolonged lifetime, reduced cost, smaller dimension and saved installation space may be achieved with the choke transformer.

Abstract: An improved winding structure of a transformer, wherein the transformer comprises a winding base externally set with an isolating plate, the transformer is divided into a primary side region and a secondary side region by the isolating plate. The primary side region has a winding reel for a pre-formed wire set to sleeve on while the secondary side region is divided into a plurality of winding grooves by a plurality of partitions for placing a wire in the grooves, and an iron core set is set on the outside of the winding base and the hollow structure, which altogether form an transformer. In the present invention, an pre-formed wire set is sleeved on a primary side winding reel, therefore, the costs of traditional hand-winding will be displaced, and the manufacturing quality and usage stability of transformers will be effectively improved as well.

Abstract: The locked phase active power current control circuit is composed of a DC source, an electronic switch, a driving transformer, a phase detecting unit, a current intercepting unit and a square wave controller. A DC signal provided by the DC source is converted into a square wave signal by the electronic switch for the driving transformer to operate a load. The electronic switch outputs the square wave signal to the phase detecting unit whereat a phase signal of the square wave is detected and the detected signal is transmitted to the current intercepting unit whereat the detected signal is compared with the current intercepted at the electronic switch, the driving transformer, or the load, and the comparison result is fed back to the square wave controller so as to set the operation frequency of the electronic switch. The essential principle of the present invention is based on the fact that the square wave is in phase with the first harmonic wave.

Abstract: A lamp driving structure for backlight module includes a backlight module implemented for disposing a first circuit board and a second circuit board thereon, the first circuit board couples with the second circuit board through a transmission line; the structure further includes at least a square wave controller, two square wave switches, a mutually coupled transformer, a plurality of driving transformers and a plurality of connectors disposed selectively on the first circuit board and the second circuit board, thereby reducing the number of driving transformers and connectors and the area of circuit boards to further reduce the manufacturing cost of the lamp driving device.

Abstract: An improved winding structure of a transformer, wherein the transformer comprises a winding base externally set with an isolating plate, the transformer is divided into a primary side region and a secondary side region by the isolating plate. The primary side region has a winding reel for a pre-formed wire set to sleeve on while the secondary side region is divided into a plurality of winding grooves by a plurality of partitions for placing a wire in the grooves, and an iron core set is set on the outside of the winding base and the hollow structure, which altogether form an transformer. In the present invention, an pre-formed wire set is sleeved on a primary side winding reel, therefore, the costs of traditional hand-winding will be displaced, and the manufacturing quality and usage stability of transformers will be effectively improved as well.