Abstract: A polysiloxane compound for LED device includes (A) cage-shaped, mesh-shaped or chain-shaped polysiloxane containing alkenyl groups, (B) polysiloxane containing Si—H bonds, (C) a filler composition with a protective function, and (D) a catalyst with ene hydrogen silylation reaction. The filler composition with a protective function is selected from the group of high thermal conductivity material, flame retardant, anti-aging material, UV-resistant material, gas-barrier material, thermal expansion suppression material and/or high temperature-resistant material that are suitable for use in the base, lamp cup and/or encapsulation body of the LED device to effectively improves the lifespan and operational stability of the LED device.

Abstract: A car holder adopted to be assembled with a mobile apparatus is provided. The mobile apparatus has a loudspeaker located at a back portion thereof, and the loudspeaker has a sound-output surface. The car holder includes a fixing module and a supporting base. The fixing module is adopted to be assembled within a car, and the supporting base is connected to the fixing module. The supporting base has a leaning surface and a full opening indented therein. When the mobile apparatus is assembled to the supporting base, the back portion leans against the leaning surface, and a portion of the full opening is covered by the mobile apparatus. The sound-output surface of the loudspeaker communicates with the full opening, and sound wave outputted by the sound-output surface, after being reflected by the full opening, is transmitted from the full opening in a direction far away from the leaning surface.

Abstract: A removable cover system for protecting solar cells from exposure to moisture during fabrication processes. The cover system includes a cover having a configuration that complements the configuration of a solar cell substrate to be processed in an apparatus where moisture is present. A resiliently deformable seal member attached to the cover is positionable with the cover to engage and seal the top surface of the substrate. In one embodiment, the cover is dimensioned and arranged so that the seal member engages the peripheral angled edges and corners of the substrate for preventing the ingress of moisture beneath the cover. An apparatus for fabricating a solar cell using the cover and associated method are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for controlling an antenna is provided. The antenna can rotate in a signal area and point to one of a plurality of scanning sectors of the signal area. The method includes: (a) measuring an environment identification data in an initial scanning sector of the scanning sectors and determining if the environment identification data matches an operation identification data; (b) if the environment identification data matches the operation identification data, measuring an environment evaluation signal, wherein the environment evaluation signal corresponds to the environment identification data; (c) comparing the environment evaluation signal with an operation evaluation signal, wherein the operation identification data corresponds to the operation evaluation signal; and (d) maintaining the antenna in the initial scanning sector and recording the environment evaluation signal if the environment evaluation signal is larger than or equal to the operation evaluation signal.

Abstract: A car holder adopted to be assembled with a mobile apparatus is provided. The mobile apparatus has a loudspeaker located at a back portion thereof, and the loudspeaker has a sound-output surface. The car holder includes a fixing module and a supporting base. The fixing module is adopted to be assembled within a car, and the supporting base is connected to the fixing module. The supporting base has a leaning surface and a full opening indented therein. When the mobile apparatus is assembled to the supporting base, the back portion leans against the leaning surface, and a portion of the full opening is covered by the mobile apparatus. The sound-output surface of the loudspeaker communicates with the full opening, and sound wave outputted by the sound-output surface, after being reflected by the full opening, is transmitted from the full opening in a direction far away from the leaning surface.

Abstract: A method for measuring degree of packet congestion on a channel of a packet communication network. The method includes: during a training mode, generating an mathematical relationship between the degree of packet congestion on the channel and a plurality of measurable features of the network over a plurality of network conditions; and, during a subsequent normal operating mode, periodically measuring the plurality of measurable features and applying the generated mathematical relationship to such periodically measured plurality of measurable features to determine actual degree of congestion on the channel; and comparing the actual degree of congestion on the channel with a predetermined channel congestion threshold level. The degree of packet congestion on the channel is saturation level. The measurable features include: time delay between transmission starts and terminations of the previously transmitted packet; the fraction of time the channel is busy; and, average number of packet transmission retries.

Abstract: A removable cover system for protecting solar cells from exposure to moisture during fabrication processes. The cover system includes a cover having a configuration that complements the configuration of a solar cell substrate to be processed in an apparatus where moisture is present. A resiliently deformable seal member attached to the cover is positionable with the cover to engage and seal the top surface of the substrate. In one embodiment, the cover is dimensioned and arranged so that the seal member engages the peripheral angled edges and corners of the substrate for preventing the ingress of moisture beneath the cover. An apparatus for fabricating a solar cell using the cover and associated method are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of patterning a metal alloy material layer having hafnium and molybdenum. The method includes forming a patterned mask layer on a metal alloy material layer having hafnium and molybdenum on a substrate. The patterned mask layer is used as a mask and an etching process is performed using an etchant on the metal alloy material layer having hafnium and molybdenum so as to form a metal alloy layer having hafnium and molybdenum. The etchant includes at least nitric acid, hydrofluoric acid and sulfuric acid. The patterned mask layer is removed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna control method and an antenna device. The method includes (A1) defining a plurality of rough scanning sectors in a signal region; (A2) rotating the antenna to each rough scanning sector to measure a first evaluation signal; (A3) selecting one of the plurality of rough scanning sectors in accordance with the first evaluation signals; (A4) defining a plurality of fine scanning sectors; (A5) rotating the antenna to the plurality of fine scanning sector corresponding to the selected rough scanning sector to measure a second evaluation signal; (A6) selecting one of the plurality of fine scanning sectors in accordance with the second evaluation signals; (A7) rotating the antenna to the selected fine scanning sector.

Abstract: A removable cover system for protecting solar cells from exposure to moisture during fabrication processes. The cover system includes a cover having a configuration that complements the configuration of a solar cell substrate to be processed in an apparatus where moisture is present. A resiliently deformable seal member attached to the cover is positionable with the cover to engage and seal the top surface of the substrate. In one embodiment, the cover is dimensioned and arranged so that the seal member engages the peripheral angled edges and corners of the substrate for preventing the ingress of moisture beneath the cover. An apparatus for fabricating a solar cell using the cover and associated method are also disclosed.

Abstract: A heating electrode assembly for a crystal growth furnace includes: a heat insulation board unit that is disposed between a furnace wall and a heater, that includes a first surface facing the furnace wall and a second surface facing the heater, and that is formed with a hole extending through the first surface and the second surface; an electrode unit that includes an electricity input portion mounted to the furnace wall, a post portion disposed in the hole, and an abutment flange connecting the post portion and the heater; and an electrical insulating unit including a tubular sleeve that is disposed in the hole and that surrounds the post portion, and a pad that is clamped between the abutment flange and the second surface.

Abstract: At least a first reticle is stored in a housing of a stocker. A first gas is delivered to the housing. At least one reticle pod having an additional reticle is delivered into a enclosure within the housing of the stocker. A second gas different from the first gas is delivered to the enclosure. The reticle pod is automatically retrieved from the enclosure. The delivery and retrieval of the reticle pod and delivery of the first gas and the second gas are automatically controlled.

Abstract: A reusable paper pan includes a main body, and a holding device mounted on the main body to hold a shape of the main body. The main body includes a container and a plurality of first connecting members provided on the container. The holding device includes at least one positioning member surrounding the container, and a plurality of second connecting members provided on the positioning member and connected with the first connecting members. Thus, the positioning member of the holding device surrounds and compresses the periphery of the container to keep the shape of the container so that the container of the main body will not be deformed when the foods in the container of the main body are baked and expanded.

Abstract: At least a first reticle is stored in a housing of a stocker. A first gas is delivered to the housing. At least one reticle pod having an additional reticle is delivered into a enclosure within the housing of the stocker. A second gas different from the first gas is delivered to the enclosure. The reticle pod is automatically retrieved from the enclosure. The delivery and retrieval of the reticle pod and delivery of the first gas and the second gas are automatically controlled.

Abstract: An automated materials handling system comprises a plurality of overhead hoist buffers (OHBs) for receiving a plurality of semiconductor wafer carriers. Each OHB is assigned to a respective one of a plurality of categories. Each wafer carrier is associated with one or more of the plurality of categories. Each respective category is associated with at least one of a plurality of event trigger types. An overhead transport (OHT) if provided for transporting each of the plurality of wafer carriers to a respective one of the OHBs in response to a respective trigger event. Each trigger event has one of the plurality of event trigger types. Each wafer carrier is stored in a respective one of the plurality of OHBs assigned to a respective one of the categories associated with the respective event trigger type of the trigger event causing that wafer carrier to be transported and stored.

Abstract: A data storing method for a solid state drive is used to preserve data integrity after a power failure. The solid state drive has a flash memory with plural blocks. Each block includes plural pages. One of the plural blocks is set as an old open block. The data storing method includes the following steps. Firstly, the solid state drive is powered on again. Then, the valid data in the old open block are stored into a new open block.

Abstract: A light emitting device comprises: an LED chip array comprising a plurality of LEDs formed on a single die (monolithic chip array) and at least one discrete LED that is separate from the LED chip array connected in series with the LED chip array. In an AC-drivable device the LED chip array is AC-drivable and two or more discrete LEDs are configured to be AC-drivable. The device can further comprise a package in which the LED chip array and discrete LED(s) are mounted. The discrete LEDs are configured such that positive and negative half wave periods of an AC drive voltage are mapped onto oppositely connected LED such that oppositely connected LED chips are alternately operable on a respective half wave period.

Abstract: A solid state drive and a method for constructing a logical-to-physical table of the solid state drive are provided. Once the solid state drive is powered on again, the logical-to-physical table and the bitmap table are directly read from the flash memory. Then, the blocks whose history numbers are higher than the reference history number are searched from the flash memory. According to the history numbers in an ascending order, the physical-to-logical data in the blocks are sequentially reconstructed into the logical-to-physical table and the bitmap table of the mapping unit. Consequently, the logical-to-physical table and the bitmap table can be quickly reconstructed.

Abstract: A light emitting device comprises a plurality of LED chips (“lateral” or “vertical” conducting) operable to generate light of a first wavelength range and a package for housing the chips. The package comprises: a thermally conducting substrate (copper) on which the LED chips are mounted and a cover having a plurality of through-holes in which each hole corresponds to a respective one of the LED chips. The holes are configured such that when the cover is mounted to the substrate each hole in conjunction with the substrate defines a recess in which a respective chip is housed. Each recess is at least partially filled with a mixture of at least one phosphor material and a transparent material. In a device with “lateral” conducting LED chips a PCB is mounted on the substrate and includes a plurality of through-holes which are configured such that each chip is directly mounted to the substrate. For a device with “vertical” conducting LED chips the LED chips are mounted on a diamond like carbon film.

Abstract: A pizeoresistive type Z-axis accelerometer is provided, including a substrate; a plurality of anchors formed over the substrate; a plurality of cantilever beams, wherein the cantilever beams include a piezoresistive material; and a proof mass, wherein the proof mass is suspended over the substrate by respectively connecting the proof mass with the anchors, and the accelerometer senses a movement of the proof mass by the piezoresistive material.