Abstract: A heat dissipating module includes a casing including a bottom plate and a water inlet; a cover plate disposed on one side of the casing opposite to the bottom plate; a pressurizing device moving back and forth in the casing and having a maximum stroke; a water pump disposed between the bottom plate and the pressurizing device, where liquid fills a space between the water pump and the pressurizing device to define a water tank; and a stop valve disposed in the water tank and located between the pressurizing device and the water pump. According to a direction from the bottom plate to the cover plate, the height of the water inlet is lower than the stop valve. The heat dissipating module has a small volume and is configured to flip at multiple angles. A projection device including the heat dissipating module and having structural reliability is also provided.

Abstract: A resonant power converter includes a resonant capacitor, a transformer, a high-side transistor, a low-side transistor, a divider, a full-wave rectification device, a control circuit, and a rectifying circuit. The resonant capacitor is coupled between a resonant node and a ground. The transformer includes a primary coil coupled between a switch node and the resonant node and a secondary coil. The high-side transistor provides an input voltage to the switch node and the low-side transistor couples the switch node to the ground. The divider divides a voltage of the resonant node to generate a divided signal. The full-wave rectification device full-wave rectifies the divided signal to generate a full-wave rectified signal. The control circuit compares the full-wave rectified signal to a feedback voltage related to an output voltage to drive the high-side transistor and the low-side transistor. The rectifying circuit generates the output voltage.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region and a logic region, an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the substrate, a MTJ in the IMD layer on the MTJ region, a first metal interconnection in the IMD layer on the logic region, and protrusions adjacent to two sides of the first metal interconnection. Preferably, the MTJ further includes a bottom electrode, a fixed layer, a barrier layer, a free layer, and a top electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plurality of globular nanostructures.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plurality of nanostructures having an average hydrodynamic diameter between 20 to 50 nm, wherein each nanostructure is a polymeric nanostructure comprising a central part, an anchoring layer surrounding the central part and a coating layer surrounding the anchoring layer. The present disclosure also relates to such a plurality of nanostructures for use as a medicament, especially for use in the treatment of cancer and/or imaging, as well as the use such nanostructures as carriers of radionuclides. The present disclosure also relates to a method for radiolabeling such nanostructures with a multivalent cationic radionuclide and to a kit.

Abstract: An optical tracking device is used to track a target object. An outer surface of the target object is divided into a first region and a second region adjacent to each other, and a marker is disposed on the first region. The optical tracking device includes an optical sensor and an operation processor. The optical sensor has auto exposure function and is adapted to acquire a detection image containing at least one of the first region and the second region. The operation processor is electrically connected to the optical sensor and adapted to analyze variation of an exposure parameter of the auto exposure function for determining whether the first region is appeared in the detection image, so as to acquire an operation datum of the target object.

Abstract: There is provided a pixel circuit for performing analog operation including a photodiode, a first circuit, a second circuit and an operation circuit. Within a first interval, the photodiode detects first light energy to be stored in the first circuit. Within a second interval, the photodiode detects second light energy to be stored in the second circuit. Within an operation interval, the first circuit outputs a first detection signal according to the first light energy and outputs a second detection signal according to the second light energy for being calculated by the operation circuit.

Abstract: A conversion control circuit controls plural stackable sub-converters which are coupled in parallel to generate an output power to a load, the conversion control circuit includes: a current sharing terminal, wherein a current sharing signal is configured to be connected to the current sharing terminals, in parallel, of the plurality of the conversion control circuits; and a current sharing circuit, configured to generate or receive the current sharing signal which is generated according to an output current of the output power; wherein the conversion control circuit adjusts the power stage circuit according to the current sharing signal for current sharing among the plural stackable sub-converters.

Abstract: Disclosed in a movement direction determination system comprising a first detection region, a second detection region and a processing circuit. The first detection region and the second detection region respectively comprises an optical sensor. The processing circuit determines a movement direction of an object according to the optical data generated by the first detection region and the second detection region. The present invention also discloses a movement direction determination system using a single detection region. The present invention also discloses an object volume computation system which can compute an object volume according to sensed optical data.

Abstract: A switched capacitor converter for converting a first voltage into a second voltage and vice versa, includes: a plurality of switches which includes at least four switches, with a first switch included, which is coupled between the first voltage and an inductor switching node; an inductor coupled between the inductor switching node and the second voltage; a flying capacitor coupled to the plurality of switches and configured as a capacitive voltage divider; a current sense circuit for detecting an inductor current and sampling the inductor current during the first switch's turn-on state to generate a sensed current signal; an error amplifier for comparing the sensed current signal with a reference current signal to generate a first amplified signal; and a PWM generator for comparing the first amplified signal with a ramp signal for generating switching control signals to control a first switch current flowing to or from the first voltage.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of generating positron emission tomography (PET) images from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data. In some aspects, the methods can be used for subjects having a condition corresponding to a biomarker of interest, such as a biomarker associated with a brain disorder.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) region and a logic region, an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the substrate, a MTJ in the IMD layer on the MTJ region, a first metal interconnection in the IMD layer on the logic region, and protrusions adjacent to two sides of the first metal interconnection. Preferably, the MTJ further includes a bottom electrode, a fixed layer, a barrier layer, a free layer, and a top electrode.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for systematic elimination of background DNA in a DNA mixture sample. Often, the DNA of interest is in a heavy background of DNAs from other tissues. For example, a majority of DNA in plasma cell-free DNA originates from white blood cells. The present disclosure exploits genome-wide background DNA methylation to systematically eliminate DNA from white blood cells and normal tissue(s), therefore enriching non-background DNA for diagnostics, for example, the diagnostics of cancer and infectious diseases. The methods and systems may comprise the selection of targeted regions to generate one or more hybrid capture panels, digest nucleic acid molecules of specific methylation status with one or more restriction enzymes, retrieve the remaining DNA using the hybrid capture panel, sequence the captured DNA, analyze the sequencing data of the captured DNA, and diagnose diseases.

Abstract: Non-planar I/O and logic semiconductor devices having different workfunctions on common substrates and methods of fabricating non-planar I/O and logic semiconductor devices having different workfunctions on common substrates are described. For example, a semiconductor structure includes a first semiconductor device disposed above a substrate. The first semiconductor device has a conductivity type and includes a gate electrode having a first workfunction. The semiconductor structure also includes a second semiconductor device disposed above the substrate. The second semiconductor device has the conductivity type and includes a gate electrode having a second, different, workfunction.

Abstract: A gate driver circuit including seven transistors and two capacitors is provided. A first end of a third transistor is coupled to a first pulse signal, a second end of the third transistor outputs a gate signal, and a control end of the third transistor is coupled to a first end of a second transistor. A first end of a fourth transistor is coupled to the second end of the third transistor, a second end of the fourth transistor is coupled to a first voltage, and a control end of the fourth transistor is coupled to a control end of the second transistor. A first end of a fifth transistor is coupled to a second voltage, a second end of the fifth transistor is coupled to the control end of the fourth transistor, and a control end of the fifth transistor is coupled to a second pulse signal.

Abstract: A diffusion barrier layer is included in a piezoelectric device that includes a plurality of piezoelectric layers. The diffusion barrier layer may be included to trap and/or block lead (Pb) and/or lead oxide (PbOx) from diffusing toward a first piezoelectric layer that occurs during a sol-gel process that used to form a second piezoelectric layer after the first piezoelectric layer formed. Blocking and/or trapping the diffusion of lead (Pb) and/or lead oxide (PbOx) using the diffusion barrier layer may reduce the likelihood of and/or prevent delamination in the piezoelectric device.

Abstract: A wellness tracking device includes a plurality of electrodes to receive biometric data from a user. The electrodes may receive an input from the user and transmit information, such as electrical data related to the heart or skin conductance, in order to measurement one or more physical properties. The electrodes may be arranged within the form factor provided by the wellness tracking device and also electrically isolated to provide independent data acquisition for the electrodes. Arrangement of the electrodes may be particularly selected to provide an ergonomic arrangement to enable the user to comfortably provide input data.

Abstract: A luminous keyboard includes a light guide holder base including a light-transmitting base seat, a light guide seat with a light guide plate and a circuit board mounted in the light guide plate and provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements surrounding the periphery and a processor electrically connected to a computer host, a keyboard assembly located on the light guide seat, and a light guide shell covers the light guide holder base and providing an accommodating opening for exposing the key module of the keyboard assembly. The light guide seat of the light guide holder base is positioned on protruding fixing portions of the bottom panel of the base seat, so that the light guide seat is a distance away from the bottom panel, thereby making the light-emitting lights on the light guide seat are in a light-emitting state suspended on the bottom panel.

Abstract: A luminous keyboard includes a light guide holder base including a light-transmitting base seat, a light guide seat with a light guide plate and a circuit board mounted in the light guide plate and provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements surrounding the periphery and a processor electrically connected to a computer host, a keyboard assembly located on the light guide seat, and a light guide shell covers the light guide holder base and providing an accommodating opening for exposing the key module of the keyboard assembly. The light guide seat of the light guide holder base is positioned on protruding fixing portions of the bottom panel of the base seat, so that the light guide seat is a distance away from the bottom panel, thereby making the light-emitting lights on the light guide seat are in a light-emitting state suspended on the bottom panel.

Abstract: Disclosed in a movement direction determination system comprising a first detection region, a second detection region and a processing circuit. The first detection region and the second detection region respectively comprises an optical sensor. The processing circuit determines a movement direction of an object according to the optical data generated by the first detection region and the second detection region. The present invention also discloses a movement direction determination system using a single detection region. The present invention also discloses an object volume computation system which can compute an object volume according to sensed optical data. The disclosed movement direction determination system can be used for various applications and the object volume computation system can assist product confirmation.