Abstract: A channel hiatus correction method for an HDMI device is provided. A recovery code from scrambled data of the stream is obtained. A liner feedback shift register (LFSR) value of channels of the HDMI port is obtained based on the recovery code and the scrambled data of the stream. The stream is de-scrambled according to the LFSR value of the channels of the HDMI port. Video data is displayed according to the de-scrambled stream.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition containing a mixed polymeric micelle and a drug enclosed in the micelle, in which the mixed polymeric micelle, 1 to 1000 nm in size, includes an amphiphilic block copolymer and a lipopolymer. Also disclosed are preparation of the pharmaceutical composition and use thereof for treating cancer.

Abstract: A transistor includes a gate structure over a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a channel region. The transistor further includes a source/drain (S/D) in the substrate adjacent to the gate structure. The transistor further includes a lightly doped drain (LDD) region adjacent to the S/D, wherein a dopant concentration in the first LDD is less than a dopant concentration in the S/D. The transistor further includes a doping extension region adjacent the LDD region, wherein the doping extension region extends farther under the gate structure than the LDD region, and a maximum depth of the doping extension region is 10-times to 30-times greater than a maximum depth of the LDD.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds which have the following general formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted C1 to C12 alkyl and H; and R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydroxy, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted phenyl and H, in a method of preventing or reducing fouling, particularly in the marine environment. The compounds of the present invention have the considerable advantage of providing the antifouling coating market with an organic alternative to the existing technology which relies heavily on the addition of copper to obtain significant antifouling effects. The compounds we have developed may be used as cheap, easy to prepare additives that do not contain metals and therefore have reduced toxicity in marine environment.

Abstract: A bandgap circuit includes a bias current generating circuit and a complementary start-up circuit. The bias current generating circuit includes a first node and a second node and is arranged to generate a bias current in response to a voltage provided at the first node or a voltage provided at the second node. The complementary start-up circuit is arranged to start-up the bias current generating circuit and includes a first start-up circuit coupled to the first node and a second start-up circuit coupled to the second node. The first and second start-up circuits operate complementarily, so that the second start-up circuit provides the voltage to the second node when the first start-up circuit is unable to provide the voltage to the first node, and the first start-up circuit provides the voltage to the first node when the second start-up circuit is unable to provide the voltage to the second node.

Abstract: An electronic device has a first terminal and a second terminal and includes a control unit, a silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), and a switch unit. The control unit detects a positive pulse signal from the first terminal of the electronic device. When the positive pulse signal is detected by the control unit, the control unit generates a reset pulse after a predetermined time. The SCR has a first anode terminal, a second anode terminal, a first cathode terminal, and a second cathode terminal. The switch unit provides a plurality of transmission paths. When the switch unit receives the reset pulse, the switch unit cuts off the transmission paths, so that the first anode terminal, the second anode terminal, the first cathode terminal, and the second cathode terminal of the SCR are floating.

Abstract: A source driver includes a detector, a plurality of buffers and a plurality of output channels. The detector switches a disable signal to an enable signal according to a start pulse, wherein the source driver prepares to output display data according to the start pulse. The buffers are electrically connected to the detector. Furthermore, each of the buffers stops operating according to the disable signal and starts operating according to the enable signal. The output channels are electrically connected to output ends of the buffers, and the source driver transmits signals outputted by the buffers through the output channels.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection apparatus protects an integrated circuit including a first pad and a first internal circuit operating at a power voltage. The electrostatic discharge protection apparatus includes a first protection unit and a control unit. The first protection unit includes a first P-type diode, a first silicon controlled rectifier (SCR), a first resistor and a first buffer. The first P-type diode is electrically connected between a first power line and the first pad. The SCR is electrically connected between the first pad and a first ground line. The first buffer includes an input end electrically connected to the first pad through the first resistor and an output end electrically connected to an input end of the first internal circuit. The control unit generates an isolation signal according to the power voltage to turn off the first SCR.

Abstract: A bandgap circuit includes a bias current generating circuit and a complementary start-up circuit. The bias current generating circuit includes a first node and a second node and is arranged to generate a bias current in response to a voltage provided at the first node or a voltage provided at the second node. The complementary start-up circuit is arranged to start-up the bias current generating circuit and includes a first start-up circuit coupled to the first node and a second start-up circuit coupled to the second node. The first and second start-up circuits operate complementarily, so that the second start-up circuit provides the voltage to the second node when the first start-up circuit is unable to provide the voltage to the first node, and the first start-up circuit provides the voltage to the first node when the second start-up circuit is unable to provide the voltage to the second node.

Abstract: A steel bar connector includes two adapter members each having an arched inner wall fitting the periphery of two reinforcing steel bars that are abutted end-to-end against each other, inner threads located on the arched inner wall and engaged with the outer threads of the reinforcing bars and a positioning block protruded from the outside wall thereof at one end, and a socket for attaching onto the adapter members to hold down the adapter members and the reinforcing steel bars together. The socket defines two opposing longitudinal ribs protruded from the inside wall thereof, two longitudinal half-round grooves separated by the longitudinal ribs for accommodating the adapter members respectively and a positioning groove located on one end of each longitudinal half-round groove for the engagement with the positioning block of each of the adapter members.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds which have the following general formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted C1 to C12 alkyl and H; and R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydroxy, optionally substituted C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally substituted phenyl and H, in a method of preventing or reducing fouling, particularly in the marine environment. The compounds of the present invention have the considerable advantage of providing the antifouling coating market with an organic alternative to the existing technology which relies heavily on the addition of copper to obtain significant antifouling effects. The compounds we have developed may be used as cheap, easy to prepare additives that do not contain metals and therefore have reduced toxicity in marine environment.

Abstract: A plank structure includes a base plate having an outer surface and an integrated annular frame having an inner surface matched with the outer surface of the base plate, wherein the frame is mounted with the base plate in such a way that the inner surface of the frame is coupled to the outer surface of the base plate. Thus, the plank structure of the invention has a simple manufacturing process and is suitable for manufacturing articles of an irregular shape.

Abstract: The cutting tool, or folding scissors, has first and second knife blades and first and second handles, each of the first and second knife blades and first and second handles being positionable relative to one another. The knife blades and handles effect at least a scissors cutting function in at least one open position of the tool. In particular, the first and second knife blades and the first and second handles effect the scissors cutting function in each of a plurality of open positions of the tool. The tool also has a locking assembly that locks the first knife blade and first handle in at least one first position and that locks the second knife blade and the second handle in at least one second position, independently of the first knife blade and first handle. Combinations of the first and second positions respectively define the open positions of the tool.

Abstract: A cooking or heating apparatus has a base element having a bottom and at least one sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom. A support element is located substantially above the bottom of the base element, and a spacer element is located adjacent to the support element. In particular, the stackable and configurable colander apparatus has a pot having a bottom and at least one sidewall extending upward from the bottom, a plurality of item supports located substantially above the bottom of the pot, each of the item supports having a plurality of apertures, and a plurality of spacer walls located substantially above the bottom of the pot. A respective item support of the plurality of item supports and a respective spacer wall of the plurality of spacer walls forms a respective colander. The item supports and the spacer walls are stackable and form a plurality of stack configuration of item supports and spacer walls.

Abstract: The cutting tool, or folding scissors, has first and second knife blades and first and second handles, each of the first and second knife blades and first and second handles being positionable relative to one another. The knife blades and handles effect at least a scissors cutting function in at least one open position of the tool. In particular, the first and second knife blades and the first and second handles effect the scissors cutting function in each of a plurality of open positions of the tool. The tool also has a locking assembly that locks the first knife blade and first handle in at least one first position and that locks the second knife blade and the second handle in at least one second position, independently of the first knife blade and first handle. Combinations of the first and second positions respectively define the open positions of the tool.

Abstract: The crank arm of a bicycle is detachably secured to a receiving portion of the crank axle by disposing the receiving portion within a tapered hole formed in an inner side of the crank arm and threadedly engaging a bolt within a threaded hole in the receiving portion by applying a wrench through an axial hole of a bolt cover which is threadedly engaged within a threaded portion formed in an outer side of the crank arm.

Abstract: A bicycle upright tube fastening assembly comprises a handlebar upright tube, a bolt, a tightening head,. an arresting tube, a torsion spring, a nut, a head tube, a from fork tube column, and a bearing set which is composed of a mounting seat, a ball bowl, a rolling ball slot seat and a ball nest. The mounting seat is provided therein with an upper tapered portion and a lower tapered portion. An upper fitting ring is received in the upper tapered portion while a lower fitting ring is received in the lower tapered portion. The ball bowl is provided with a straight center hole having at one end thereof a tapered protuberance which is engaged with the lower tapered portion of the mounting seat such that one end of the tapered protuberance urges the lower fitting ring of the mounting seat. The rolling ball slot seat is urged by the head tube when a pressure exerting on the mounting seat is transmitted to the ball bowl and the ball nest which is located between the ball bowl and the rolling ball slot seat.

Abstract: An improved vertical tube for bicycles includes a vertical tubular portion of a horizontal tube fitted onto a front fork having a bearing means fitted around its outer periphery such that the bottom of the tubular portion urges against a tapered inner ring of the bearing means, a baffle cap, and a torsion spring having a first end fitted into a small through hole of the baffle cap and a second through hole inserted into a tiny through hole of a stop rod. A bolt is inserted via a central hole of the baffle cap through the torsion spring into a central through hole of the stop rod to be locked with a nut before passing through a threaded hole of a pressing block which is caused to press against the lower inner wall of the stop rod. The pressing block as well as the stop rod and bolt are inserted into the front fork such that when the bolt is turned, the pressing block will cause a lower section of the stop rod to expand to urge against the inner wall of the front fork.