Abstract: The design and structure of a vortex flow meter with large dynamic range utilizing a micro-machined thermal flow sensing device for simultaneously measurement of volumetric flowrate via vortex street frequency as well as mass flowrate is exhibited in this disclosure. The micro-machined thermal flow sensing device is placed at the central point of a channel inside the bluff body where the channel direction is not perpendicular to the direction of fluid flow in the conduit. The thermal flow sensing device is operating in a time-of-flight principle for acquiring the vortex street frequency such that any surface conditions of the device shall not have significant impact to the measured values. With a temperature thermistor on the same micro-machined thermal flow sensing device, the vortex flow meter shall be able to output the fluid temperature as well as the fluid pressure.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate which includes a visible region, a border region outside the visible region, a shielding layer over the border region, and a sensing electrode layer extending from the visible region to the border region. The sensing electrode layer includes first electrode pads arranged along a first direction and electrically connected to each other. The sensing electrode layer also includes second electrode pads arranged along a second direction. The second electrode pads include a first pad and a second pad adjacent to the first pad. The first pad and at least part of the second pad are disposed above the border region. The sensing electrode layer also includes bridge portions connecting the adjacent second electrode pads, and the bridge portions include a first bridge part disposed above the border region and connecting the first pad and the second pad.

Abstract: The design and manufacture method of a pressure sensor utilizing thermal field sensing with a thermal isolated membrane of a diaphragm structure is disclosed in the present invention. This device is made with silicon micromachining (a.k.a. MEMS, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) process for applications of pressure measurement with large dynamic range, high accuracy and high stability during temperature variation. This device is applicable for all types of pressure metrology. The said thermal field pressure sensing device operates with thermistors on a membrane of the diaphragm structure made of silicon nitride with a heat isolation cavity underneath or a single side thermal isolated silicon nitride membrane with a reference cavity. This device can be seamlessly integrated with a thermal flow sensor with the same process.

Abstract: A display device is provided, which includes a display unit and a backlight module. The backlight module is disposed corresponding to the display unit. The backlight module includes a circuit board, a plurality of light sources, a diffuser plate and an optical film. The light sources are disposed on the circuit board, the diffuser plate is disposed between the light sources and the display unit, and the optical film is disposed between the diffuser plate and the display unit. The optical film includes a micro-structure, and the micro-structure faces the light sources.

Abstract: The design and structure of a vortex flow meter with large dynamic range utilizing a micro-machined thermal flow sensing device for simultaneously measurement of volumetric flowrate via vortex street frequency as well as mass flowrate is exhibited in this disclosure. The micro-machined thermal flow sensing device is placed at the central point of a channel inside the bluff body where the channel direction is not perpendicular to the direction of fluid flow in the conduit. The thermal flow sensing device is operating in a time-of-flight principle for acquiring the vortex street frequency such that any surface conditions of the device shall not have significant impact to the measured values. With a temperature thermistor on the same micro-machined thermal flow sensing device, the vortex flow meter shall be able to output the fluid temperature as well as the fluid pressure.

Abstract: The design and assembly of a smart device constituent of a micro-machined (a.k.a. MEMS, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) mass flow sensor and an electrically controllable valve for applications in safety enhancement and intermit connectivity for residential or commercial gas range is disclosed in the present invention. The said smart device detects the gas flow at the unattended situations and sends information to the destined mobile devices of the users via the network such that it enables the users to remotely execute actions of either shutting off the gas supply or call for relevant party's immediate attention. The said smart device shall also automatically shut off the gas supply should the transmitted signal to users failed to send feedback signal such that it can prevent the safety incidents due to leakage or overheating or even fires.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate which includes a visible region, a border region outside the visible region, a shielding layer over the border region, and a sensing electrode layer extending from the visible region to the border region. The sensing electrode layer includes first electrode pads arranged along a first direction and electrically connected to each other. The sensing electrode layer also includes second electrode pads arranged along a second direction. The second electrode pads include a first pad and a second pad adjacent to the first pad. The first pad and at least part of the second pad are disposed above the border region. The sensing electrode layer also includes bridge portions connecting the adjacent second electrode pads, and the bridge portions include a first bridge part disposed above the border region and connecting the first pad and the second pad.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate which includes a visible region and a border region outside the visible region. The touch panel also includes a shielding layer disposed over the border region of the substrate. The touch panel also includes a sensing electrode layer disposed over the substrate, and the sensing electrode layer extends from the visible region to the border region. The sensing electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes, and each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode pads arranged along a first direction and electrically connected to each other. The sensing electrode layer also includes a plurality of second electrodes, and each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of second electrode pads arranged along a second direction.

Abstract: A method of ultrasonically bonding a plurality of prismatic battery cell tabs to a bus bar within a battery section. The method includes arranging numerous prismatic battery cells such that cell tabs that extend from their lateral edge are substantially aligned along a stacking dimension defined within the battery section, and positioning a free end of at least one of the plurality of cell tabs in contact with a surface of the bus bar. The method is completed by contacting a bonding tool to no more than one surface of the positioned cell tab free end and ultrasonically bonding the positioned cell tab free end to a bus bar with the bonding tool. The one-sided bonding tool has a bonding tip cooperative with an ultrasonic excitation source.

Abstract: The present invention disclosed a micromachined composite silicon flow sensor that is comprised of calorimetric and anemometric flow sensing elements, time-of-flight sensing elements as well as independent temperature sensing elements on a silicon-on-insulator device where the device layer is used for the thermal isolation membrane. The disclosed composite silicon flow sensor can measure mass flowrate, volumetric flowrate and flow medium temperature simultaneously, from which a full spectrum of flow parameters including flow pressure can be obtained. The sensor can be further used to alert any changes in physical properties of flow medium during operation. The disclosed manufacture process details the micromachining process of making such a sensor.

Abstract: The design and structure as well as the control scheme of a smart electronic vaporizer device having a micro-machined (a.k.a. MEMS, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) mass flow sensor and control electronics that provide the vaporizing process in proportional to the user inhalation flowrate or strength for the best simulation of the experience for traditional cigarette. The device further incorporates a MEMS gas composition sensor that is coupled with the mass flow sensor to measure the user's respiratory health data, including but not limited to asthma status and metabolism related respiratory exchange rate. The device is further capable to relay the data to the designated mobile device and further to the designated cloud for big data process and sharing.

Abstract: The design and assembly of a smart device constituent of a micro-machined (a.k.a. MEMS, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) mass flow sensor and an electrically controllable valve for applications in safety enhancement and intermit connectivity for residential or commercial gas range is disclosed in the present invention. The said smart device detects the gas flow at the unattended situations and sends information to the destined mobile devices of the use via the network such that it enables the users to remotely execute actions of either shutting off the gas supply or call for relevant party's immediate attention. The said smart device shall also automatically shut off the gas supply should the transmitted signal to users failed to send feedback signal such that it can prevent the safety incidents due to leakage or overheating or even fires.

Abstract: The design and manufacture method of a silicon mass flow sensor made with silicon micromachining (a.k.a. MEMS, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) process for applications of gas flow measurement with highly humidified or liquid vapors is disclosed in the present invention. The said silicon mass flow sensor operates with an embedded heater and an adjacent control temperature sensor beneath the integrated calorimetric and thermal dissipative sensing thermistors. When the condensation takes place at the surface of the said silicon mass flow sensor, the embedded heater shall be turned on to elevate the temperature of the supporting membrane or substrate for the sensing thermistors. The elevated temperature shall be adjusted to above the vaporization temperature with the feedback data of the adjacent temperature sensor such that the surface condensation due to the presence of the liquid vapors in a gas flow can be effectively eliminated.

Abstract: The design and manufacture method of an oxygen concentration sensor made with silicon micromachining (a.k.a. MEMS, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) process for applications of oxygen measurement with fast response time and low power consumption is disclosed in the present invention. The said silicon oxygen concentration sensor operates with an yttrium stabilized zirconia oxide amperometric cell supported on a membrane made of silicon nitride with a heat isolation cavity underneath or a silicon nitride membrane with silicon plug for mechanical strength enforcement.

Abstract: A bonded structure of aluminum and copper is formed by bonding a copper workpiece and an aluminum workpiece together along a joint via an arc welding process. The copper workpiece has a first coating, having a lower melting point than copper, applied to at least a portion of it. The first coating allows the copper workpiece to be wetted and brazed, while the aluminum workpiece is melted and fused along the joint. The arc welding process involves the cyclic alternating of a first stage, in which an electric current is supplied to a welding wire as it is moved toward the workpieces, and a second stage, in which the electric current is reduced and the welding wire is moved away from the workpieces, to generate and detach a plurality of molten droplets along the joint. Each molten droplet is formed from the welding wire in the first stage.

Abstract: First touch patterns of a touch display device are disposed on a first substrate, and have bridge units and first electrode portions. The first electrode portions are disposed spaced from each other. The bridge units are connected with adjacent two of the first electrode portions. A second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. A liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. One of the bridge units has two first portions, a second portion and two third portions. The first portions are located on the first electrode portions, and directly contact with the first electrode portions. The third portions are located on two of the first portions, and the second portion is located between two of the third portions. The first portion has a first width, and the second portion has a second width smaller than the first width.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a touch panel including: a substrate having a touch region and a peripheral region surrounding the touch region; a touch electrode pattern disposed in the touch region; and a ground ring disposed in the peripheral region and surrounding the touch region, and the ground ring electrically connected to a capacitor device.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate which includes a visible region and a border region outside the visible region. The touch panel also includes a shielding layer disposed over the border region of the substrate. The touch panel also includes a sensing electrode layer disposed over the substrate, and the sensing electrode layer extends from the visible region to the border region. The sensing electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes, and each of the first electrodes includes a plurality of first electrode pads arranged along a first direction and electrically connected to each other. The sensing electrode layer also includes a plurality of second electrodes, and each of the second electrodes includes a plurality of second electrode pads arranged along a second direction.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate having a viewing area and a peripheral area and a light shielding layer disposed over the peripheral area of the substrate. In addition, the light shielding layer has a top surface and a first sloped sidewall. The touch panel further includes a sensing electrode layer disposed over the viewing area of the substrate, and the sensing electrode layer includes an extending electrode extending from the viewing area of the substrate to the light shielding layer. In addition, the extending electrode over the top surface of the light shielding layer has a first thickness and the extending electrode over the first sloped sidewall has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness.

Abstract: This invention is related to an apparatus which incorporates a microfabricated silicon mass flow sensor to measure city gas flow rate in a medium pressure range for utility industry which is dominated by conventional mechanical meters such as turbine and rotary meters. The microfabricated mass flow sensor is so called micro-electro-mechanical systems (a.k.a. MEMS) device. Due to the small feature size of micro scale for MEMS mass flow sensor, the invented apparatus includes many advantages such as low power consumption, compact package, high reliability and extended dynamic measurement range. This apparatus is also provided with a stable flow conditioning to achieve a desired dynamic range capability. Furthermore, because of the high accuracy characteristic, the apparatus in this invention could be applied for custody transfer or tariff in utility industry as well.