Abstract: The invention introduces an apparatus and a method for expanding round keys during data encryption. The method includes: configuring a word-processing circuitry to operate in a first mode to calculate a first intermediate calculation result corresponding to an even-number round key according to a last double word of a 0th double word to a 7th double word in each even-number clock cycle starting from a 2nd clock cycle; and configuring the word-processing circuitry to operate in a second mode to calculate a second intermediate calculation result corresponding to an odd-number round key according to the last double word of the 0th double word to the 7th double word in each odd-number clock cycle starting from a 3rd clock cycle. In the first mode, a first data path is formed in the word-processing circuitry, which includes a word split circuitry, a rotate-word circuitry, a substitute-word circuitry, a round-constant circuitry and a word concatenation circuitry.

Abstract: A backlight module includes a light source, a first prism sheet disposed on the light source, and a light type adjustment sheet disposed on a side of the first prism sheet away from the light source and including a base and multiple light type adjustment structures. The multiple light type adjustment structures are disposed on the first surface of the base. Each light type adjustment structure has a first structure surface and a second structure surface connected to each other. The first structure surface of each light type adjustment structure and the first surface of the base form a first base angle therebetween, and the second structure surface of each light type adjustment structure and the first surface of the base form a second base angle therebetween. The angle of the first base angle is different from the angle of the second base angle.

Abstract: A pulse pressure measuring apparatus including a plurality of pressing elements, a plurality of pressure sensors, and a processing unit is provided. The pressing elements are used to press the site to be measured, and each pressing element has a position coordinate Pi (i=1, 2, 3 . . . ). The pressure sensors are configured to respectively measure pressure on the pressing elements to generate measured values of pressure intensity Ii (i=1, 2, 3 . . . ) at the position coordinates Pi (i=1, 2, 3 . . . ). The processing unit utilizes the position coordinates Pi (i=1, 2, 3 . . . ) and the measured values of pressure intensity Ii (i=1, 2, 3 . . . ) to determine the blood vessel locus.

Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels such as light-emitting diode pixels. The pixels may include multiple circuitry decks that each include one or more circuit components such as transistors, capacitors, and/or resistors. The circuitry decks may be vertically stacked. Each circuitry deck may include a planarization layer formed from a siloxane material that conforms to underlying components and provides a planar upper surface. In this way, circuitry components may be vertically stacked to mitigate the size of each pixel footprint. The circuitry components may include capacitors that include both a high-k dielectric layer and a low-k dielectric layer. The display pixel may include a via with a width of less than 1 micron.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for removing particles. The method includes: receiving a pellicle including a pellicle membrane, wherein a particle is disposed on the pellicle membrane; passing a light beam through an object lens, wherein the light beam is focused on a focal region in front of the pellicle membrane by the object lens, and the particle is attracted to be trapped at the focal region; and removing the particle from the pellicle membrane at the focal region.

Abstract: A method includes cropping a plurality of images from a layout of an integrated circuit, generating a first plurality of hash values, each from one of the plurality of images, loading a second plurality of hash values stored in a hotspot library, and comparing each of the first plurality of hash values with each of the second plurality of hash values. The step of comparing includes calculating a similarity value between the each of the first plurality of hash values and the each of the second plurality of hash values. The method further includes comparing the similarity value with a pre-determined threshold similarity value, and in response to a result that the similarity value is greater than the pre-determined threshold similarity value, recording a position of a corresponding image that has the result. The position is the position of the corresponding image in the layout.

Abstract: A mounting system for an electronic device is disclosed. The mounting system includes a mounting plate; a plurality of fasteners for coupling the mounting plate with the electronic device; a single main gear mounted on the mounting plate; a plurality of secondary gears coupled, respectively, to the plurality of fasteners; and a plurality of intermediate gears mounted on the mounting plate and rotationally coupled between the single main gear and the plurality of secondary gears. Rotation of each of the plurality of secondary gears causes a fastening movement of a respective one of the plurality of fasteners. Simultaneous rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears causes the plurality of secondary gears to rotate simultaneously in response to a single rotational force being received by the main gear. The simultaneous rotation of the plurality of intermediate gears causes a simultaneous fastening movement of the plurality of secondary gears.

Abstract: Some implementations described herein include operating components in a lithography system at variable speeds to reduce, minimize, and/or prevent particle generation due to rubbing of or collision between contact parts of the components. In some implementations, a component in a path of transfer of a semiconductor substrate in the lithography system is operated at a relatively high movement speed through a first portion of an actuation operation, and is operated at a reduced movement speed (e.g., a movement speed that is less than the high movement speed) through a second portion of the actuation operation in which contact parts of the component are to interact. The reduced movement speed reduces the likelihood of particle generation and/or release from the contact parts when the contact parts interact, while the high movement speed provides a high semiconductor substrate throughput in the lithography system.

Abstract: The invention introduces an apparatus for detecting errors during data encryption. The apparatus includes a key generation circuitry and a key-error detection circuitry. The key generation circuitry is arranged operably to realize a key expansion operation for generating multiple round keys based on a root key in an encryption algorithm, where the encryption algorithm encodes plaintext or an intermediate encryption result with one round key in a corresponding round. The error detection circuitry is arranged operably to: calculate redundant data corresponding to each round key; and output an error signal to a processing unit when finding that any round key does not match corresponding redundant data at a check point during the key expansion operation.

Abstract: A light emitting device controls its mixed CCT by the configuration of at least one light emitter, at least one diode and at least two power distribution components. The present disclosure is mainly based on the hardware design of diode and jumper, which effectively replaces the resistors and manual switches of the conventional light emitting device with diodes, wherein the resistors and the manual switches of the conventional light emitting device cause voltage instability and other problems. The present disclosure can achieve the demand for miniaturization of the light emitting device by plugging the jumper into pins, and further can achieve the main advantages of stabilizing the voltage of the overall light emitting device, thereby stabilizing the luminous performance of the overall light emitting device, and emitting the mixed light with the required CCT. The present disclosure also illustrates a lamp assembly using the aforementioned light emitting device.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) device includes forming a buffer protection layer on a semiconductor structure, wherein the semiconductor structure includes a wafer, a MEMS membrane, and an isolation layer between the wafer and the MEMS membrane, and the buffer protection layer is located in a slit of the MEMS membrane and on a surface of the MEMS membrane facing away from the isolation layer; etching the wafer to form a cavity such that a portion of the isolation layer is exposed though the cavity; etching the portion of the isolation layer; and removing the buffer protection layer.

Abstract: The invention introduces an apparatus and a method for expanding round keys during data encryption. The method includes: configuring a word-processing circuitry to operate in a first mode to calculate a first intermediate calculation result corresponding to an even-number round key according to a last double word of a 0th double word to a 7th double word in each even-number clock cycle starting from a 2nd clock cycle; and configuring the word-processing circuitry to operate in a second mode to calculate a second intermediate calculation result corresponding to an odd-number round key according to the last double word of the 0th double word to the 7th double word in each odd-number clock cycle starting from a 3rd clock cycle. In the first mode, a first data path is formed in the word-processing circuitry, which includes a word split circuitry, a rotate-word circuitry, a substitute-word circuitry, a round-constant circuitry and a word concatenation circuitry.

Abstract: The invention introduces an apparatus for detecting errors during data encryption. The apparatus includes a search circuitry and a substitution check circuitry. The key generation circuitry is arranged operably to convert a first value of one byte corresponding to a plaintext, an intermediate encryption result, or a round key into a second value of a K-bit according to an 8-to-K lookup table, where K is an integer ranging from 10 to 15 and the second value comprises (K minus 8) bits of a Hamming parity. The substitution check circuitry is arranged operably to employ check formulae corresponding to the 8-to-K lookup table to determine whether an error is occurred during a conversion of the first value of the one byte into the second value of the K-bit, and output an error signal when finding the error, where a total amount of the formulae is K minus 8.

Abstract: A light emitting device controls its mixed CCT by the configuration of at least one light emitter, at least one diode and at least two power distribution components. The present disclosure is mainly based on the hardware design of diode and jumper, which effectively replaces the resistors and manual switches of the conventional light emitting device with diodes, wherein the resistors and the manual switches of the conventional light emitting device cause voltage instability and other problems. The present disclosure can achieve the demand for miniaturization of the light emitting device by plugging the jumper into pins, and further can achieve the main advantages of stabilizing the voltage of the overall light emitting device, thereby stabilizing the luminous performance of the overall light emitting device, and emitting the mixed light with the required CCT. The present disclosure also illustrates a lamp assembly using the aforementioned light emitting device.

Abstract: A light emitting device controls its mixed CCT by the configuration of at least one light emitter, at least one diode and at least two power distribution components. The present disclosure is mainly based on the hardware design of diode and jumper, which effectively replaces the resistors and manual switches of the conventional light emitting device with diodes, wherein the resistors and the manual switches of the conventional light emitting device cause voltage instability and other problems. The present disclosure can achieve the demand for miniaturization of the light emitting device by plugging the jumper into pins, and further can achieve the main advantages of stabilizing the voltage of the overall light emitting device, thereby stabilizing the luminous performance of the overall light emitting device, and emitting the mixed light with the required CCT. The present disclosure also illustrates a lamp assembly using the aforementioned light emitting device.

Abstract: The invention introduces an apparatus for detecting errors during data encryption. The apparatus includes a key generation circuitry and a key-error detection circuitry. The key generation circuitry is arranged operably to realize a key expansion operation for generating multiple round keys based on a root key in an encryption algorithm, where the encryption algorithm encodes plaintext or an intermediate encryption result with one round key in a corresponding round. The error detection circuitry is arranged operably to: calculate redundant data corresponding to each round key; and output an error signal to a processing unit when finding that any round key does not match corresponding redundant data at a check point during the key expansion operation.

Abstract: The invention introduces an apparatus for detecting errors during data encryption. The apparatus includes an encoding circuitry and an error detection circuitry. The encoding circuitry is arranged operably to realize an encryption algorithm including multiple rounds, in which of each round encodes plaintext or an intermediate encryption result with a round key. The error detection circuitry is arranged operably to: calculate redundant data corresponding to the intermediate encryption result; and output an error signal to a processing unit when finding that the intermediate encryption result does not match the redundant data at a check point during an encryption process.

Abstract: A multi-input multi-output adder and an operating method thereof are proposed. The multi-input multi-output adder includes an adder circuitry configured to perform an operation. The operation includes the following. A first source operand and a second source operand are added to generate a first summed operand. Direct truncation is performed on at least one last bit of the first summed operand to generate a first truncated-summed operand. Right shift is performed on the first truncated-summed operand to generate a first shifted-summed operand. A bit number of the right shift of the first truncated-summed operand is equal to a bit number of the direct truncation of the first summed operand.

Abstract: A device for liveness detection is disclosed. The liveness detecting device has a simplest structure that principally comprises a light sensing unit and a signal processing module. Particularly, the signal processing module is configured for having a physiological feature extracting unit and a liveness detecting unit therein. The physiological feature extracting unit is adopted for extracting a first physiological feature from a PPG signal, or extracting a second physiological feature from the PPG signal that has been applied with a signal process. As such, through the first and second physiological features, the liveness detecting unit is able to determine whether a subject is a living body or not. The liveness detecting device does not use any camera unit and iPPG technology, such that the liveness detecting device has advantages of simple structure, low cost and immediately completing liveness detection.

Abstract: A light emitting device controls its mixed CCT by the configuration of at least one light emitter, at least one diode and at least two power distribution components. The present disclosure is mainly based on the hardware design of diode and jumper, which effectively replaces the resistors and manual switches of the conventional light emitting device with diodes, wherein the resistors and the manual switches of the conventional light emitting device cause voltage instability and other problems. The present disclosure can achieve the demand for miniaturization of the light emitting device by plugging the jumper into pins, and further can achieve the main advantages of stabilizing the voltage of the overall light emitting device, thereby stabilizing the luminous performance of the overall light emitting device, and emitting the mixed light with the required CCT. The present disclosure also illustrates a lamp assembly using the aforementioned light emitting device.