Abstract: A method for repairing a lithography mask is provided. The method includes receiving a lithography mask having a capping layer that includes a damaged region, identifying a location and a dimension of the damaged region of the capping layer, determining a repairing time duration based on the dimension of the damaged region of the capping layer, and forming a capping patch layer in the damaged region of the capping layer.

Abstract: An electronic element assembly includes a first electronic element, an electronic element board and a flexible circuit. The first electronic element is disposed on the electronic element board, and the electronic element board includes a first circuit and a second circuit, wherein the first circuit and the second circuit are disposed on relative sides of the first electronic element, respectively. The flexible circuit is disposed on the electronic element board, and the flexible circuit includes a connecting portion, a bending portion and an electronic path. The connecting portion is connected to the electronic element board. The bending portion is disposed on a side of the connecting portion away from the first electronic element. At least one portion of the electronic path is disposed on the bending portion.

Abstract: A display driving system, configured to control a scan operation of a display, comprising: a scan control circuit, configured to receive a start position signal and to generate a switch selecting signal according to the scan start position signal; and a scan switch circuit, coupled to the display and the scan control circuit, and comprising a plurality of switches, configured to turn on one of the switches according to the switch selecting signal, to control the display to start the scan operation at a scan start position; wherein the display comprises N scan lines, wherein the scan start position is one of the scan lines.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for predicting the probability of preterm birth in a pregnant female. The present invention provides a composition comprising one or more biomarkers selected from the group consisting of the biomarkers set forth in FIGS. 1 and 2 and Tables 1 through 3, 6 through 38, and 44 through 68. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of determining probability for preterm birth in a pregnant female, optionally preterm birth associated with preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) or preterm birth associated idiopathic spontaneous labor (PTL), the method comprising measuring in a biological sample obtained from the pregnant female one or biomarkers selected from one or more of the biomarkers set forth in FIGS. 1 and 2 and Tables 1 through 3, 6 through 38, and 44 through 68 to determine the probability for preterm birth in said pregnant female.

Abstract: A micro-speaker includes a frame and a drum paper including a diaphragm and a surround. The diaphragm is flexibly connected to one end of the frame via the surround, thereby forming a first suspension system. A magnetic structure includes a main magnetic portion and a yoke covering and surrounding the main magnetic portion. A magnetic gap is provided between the main magnetic portion and a folded portion of the yoke. A voice coil is sleeved on an outer periphery of the main magnetic portion and penetrates into the magnetic gap. One end of the voice coil is fixedly connected to the diaphragm. A one-piece elastic member is flexibly connected to a first surface of a bottom of the yoke and a bottom surface of the frame, thereby forming a second suspension system.

Abstract: The invention discloses a micro-speaker device including a frame, and a drum paper having a diaphragm and a surround. The diaphragm is flexibly connected to one end of the frame through the surround, thereby forming a first suspension system. A magnetic circuit structure includes a main magnetic portion and a yoke surrounding the main magnetic portion. A magnetic gap is provided between the main magnetic portion and a folded portion of the yoke. A voice coil is sleeved on an outer periphery of the main magnetic portion and penetrates into the magnetic gap. One end of the voice coil is fixed to the diaphragm. Two dampers flexibly connect the bottom of the voice coil and the bottom surface of the frame. A one-piece elastic member flexibly connects the first surface of the bottom of the yoke and the bottom surface of the frame to form a second suspension system.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a wafer storage device having an inlet through which a gas flows into a wafer storage chamber of the wafer storage device. A first portion of the gas exits the wafer storage chamber of the wafer storage device through an outlet of the wafer storage device. A second portion of the gas exits the wafer storage chamber of the wafer storage device through one or more discontinuities of the wafer storage device to a space external to the wafer storage device. The apparatus includes an exhaust device arranged relative to the wafer storage device to conduct a measure of the second portion of the gas away from the space.

Abstract: This document describes systems and techniques directed at a machine-learning-based greedy optimization mechanism for reducing radio-frequency (RF) tests in production. In aspects, a process capability index is disclosed, the process capability index used to refine a test-set. The test-set includes tests configured to be performed on an electronic device. The process capability index is configured based on upper specification limits and lower specification limits of the electronic device for each test in the test-set, as well as results for each of the tests in the test-set. The process capability index is further configured based on a new upper specification limit and a new lower specification limit of the electronic device for a new test not in the test-set, as well as results for the new test.

Abstract: The present application relates to a composite material and a method for molding the same. Firstly, components to be pressed is disposed in a gas-isolation element, and located between two pressing plates. Next, a plate is disposed based on a location of a prepreg element of the components, and then a hot pressing step is performed. After the hot pressing step, a cooling step is performed, thereby producing the composite material of the present application. A dimension of the composite material can be easily adjusted to meet requirements of various applications.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an antibacterial fiber includes the following steps. A dipping step is performed to soak a conductive fiber in a solution, in which the solution includes an ionic compound, and the ionic compound includes a metal cation. An oxidation step is performed by using the conductive fiber as an anode, such that an antibacterial material produced by the solution is adhered to a surface of the conductive fiber, in which the antibacterial material includes a metal oxide.

Abstract: A method for near field communication with a serial transmission microcontroller and an NFC tag device using the same are provided in the present invention. The method includes: providing a serial interface microcontroller; capturing an NFC carrier signal from an NFC LC resonant circuit; performing a frequency division to the NFC carrier signal to obtain a NFC clock signal; filtering the NFC carrier signal from the NFC LC resonant circuit to obtain an envelope signal; sequentially receiving a digital sequence of the envelope signal according to triggering of the NFC clock signal based on a serial transmission protocol; and decoding an NFC data from the digital sequence based on an NFC transmission protocol rule.

Abstract: The present invention relates to carbon fiber composites and a method for producing the same. By reducing specific transition metal ions with a specific concentration, the method for producing the carbon fiber composites can form nanoparticles of a transition metal on an outer surface of a titanium dioxide layer encapsulating a carbon fiber to produce the carbon fiber composites. The nanoparticles of the transition metal directionally contact the titanium dioxide layer, so that the carbon fiber composites have synergistically photocatalytic activity.

Abstract: A gate driving device and an operating method are provided. The gate driving device includes a plurality of gate driving circuits and a control circuit. The gate driving circuits generate a plurality of gate driving signals having different timing. The control circuit is coupled to a plurality of candidate gate driving circuits among the gate driving circuits. The control circuit selects one of the candidate gate driving circuits as an initial stage gate driving circuit per one scanning cycle. A series connection mode between the gate driving circuits is changed in response to a scan selection signal.

Abstract: Methods and systems for dry etching are disclosed. The methods and systems use a showerhead with a perforated plate. The perforated plate includes a primary solid zone having no holes; a first annular zone comprising a first plurality of holes with a first total hole area; a secondary solid zone having no holes; a second annular zone comprising a second plurality of holes with a second total hole area; a third annular zone comprising a third plurality of holes with a third total hole area; and a fourth annular zone comprising a fourth plurality of holes with a fourth total hole area. The third total hole area is greater than the first total hole area and less than the second total hole area, and the fourth total hole area is greater than the second total hole area. Dry etched wafers using these systems have improved edge uniformity and improved yield.

Abstract: A method of damping mechanical vibration includes applying on a source of mechanical vibration a formulation including an aqueous polymer emulsion prepared by an emulsion polymerization reaction of at least one emulsion-polymerizable monomer and a support resin.

Abstract: A micro-speaker includes a frame, a diaphragm on the frame, a magnetic structure and a voice coil in the frame, and upper side of the voice coil is fixedly connected to the diaphragm. The magnetic structure is arranged below the voice coil. A voice coil balance system is arranged in the frame, which is composed of two symmetrically arranged dampers, which are respectively arranged below two ends of the long axis of the voice coil, and fixed with glue. The damper includes a first end portion, a second end portion and a cantilever connecting the first end portion and the second end portion. The cantilever extended from the first end portion has a curved shape, with at least one arc greater than or equal to 180 degrees, and at least one inflection point that makes the curved cantilever turn from convex to concave or from concave to convex.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for detecting objects behind an opaque surface. An exemplary device for detecting objects behind an opaque surface, comprising a housing configured to hold a plurality of components of the device; one or more sensors, coupled to the housing, configured to collect sensor data of an object behind the opaque surface, where the one or more sensors include one or more capacitive sensors attached to an exterior surface of the housing; a controller, residing inside the housing, configured to process the sensor data collected by the one or more sensors; an at least one printed circuit board, residing inside the housing, configured to hold the controller and the plurality of components of the device; and a display configured to convey information about a detected object to a user.

Abstract: A self-learning intelligent driving device including: a first neural network module for performing a corresponding action evaluation operation on an input image to generate at least one set of trajectory coordinates: a switching unit controlled by a switching signal, where when the switching signal is active, data received at a first port is sent to a second port, and when the switching signal is inactive, data received at the first port is sent to a third port; a second neural network module for performing a corresponding image evaluation operation on the at least one set of trajectory coordinates when the switching signal is active to generate at least one simulated trajectory image; and a driving unit having a robotic arm for generating at least one corresponding motion trajectory according to the at least one set of trajectory coordinates when the switching signal is inactive.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a micro-speaker device including a yoke with a flat bottom plate and a sidewall perpendicular to the bottom plate, a magnet arranged on the yoke, a voice coil arranged around the magnet, a first washer arranged on the magnet, a second washer combined with the sidewall of the yoke, and a drum paper directly connected to an upper surface of the second washer. The yoke, the second washer and the drum paper define a closed space.