Abstract: Methods of treating a plasma showerhead comprise placing a showerhead comprising a faceplate and a plurality of gas openings PECVD substrate processing chamber having a process volume between the substrate support and the faceplate, and then exposing the showerhead to a silicon-containing precursor and a reactant gas so that the process volume and the gas openings are filled with the silicon-containing precursor and the reactant gas. The method includes introducing a first plasma in the PECVD substrate processing chamber to form a silicon oxide thin film or a silicon nitride thin film on the lower surface of the faceplate and lining the gas openings. A precursor-removing purge gas is flowed and a second plasma is struck to densify the thin film.

Abstract: A water purification apparatus receives raw water, which sequentially passes through a pre-filter, a pump, an RO filter, and a post-filter and is stored in the post-filter as drinking water. A recirculating water loop is in fluid communication with the post-filter and the pump to facilitate flow of the drinking water. A water quality detector generates a water quality signal corresponding to a quality value of the drinking water. A control valve is in fluid communication with the recirculating water loop. A controller receives the water quality signal and is stored with a water quality standard and a recirculation period. When a water discharging member stops discharge of the drinking water and the quality value exceeds the water quality standard, the controller activates the pump and the control valve, such that the drinking water in the post-filter recirculates through the recirculating water loop and is re-purified.

Abstract: A method and a system for triggering an intelligent dialogue through an augmented-reality image. A server receives location information and a reality image request sent by a user device, calculates, based on the location information, visual ranges corresponding to viewing angles for the location information, queries a database based on the calculated multiple visual ranges to obtain location-based data, and sends link information of the location-based data within each of the visual ranges to the user device. One of the visual ranges is displayed in a reality image interface. The user device marks one or more link icons linking the one or more pieces of location-based data, and provides an intelligent dialogue link point. When a user triggers the intelligent dialogue link point to generate an intelligent dialogue request, an intelligent dialogue program is started and a chatbot is introduced to generate a dialogue content.

Abstract: Plasma showerhead assemblies are disclosed comprising a conductive plate having a plurality of the conductive plate openings, a dielectric faceplate having a thickness and a plurality of dielectric faceplate gas openings extending through the dielectric faceplate thickness in fluid communication with the plurality of the conductive plate gas openings. A conductive insert is disposed within at least one of the dielectric faceplate gas openings or adjacent o-rings included in the plasma showerhead assemblies.

Abstract: A method and a system for introducing an intelligent dialogue are provided. The system provides a cloud server that uses a processing circuit to perform the method. In the method, an online dialogue procedure is initiated, and a first chatbot is introduced. The first chatbot receives a user-input content via a dialogue interface, and semantic features of the user-input content, user data, and real-time environmental information obtained from an external system can be extracted. According to such information, a second chatbot of a specific domain can be introduced into the dialogue interface. A natural language model and a generative artificial intelligence technology operated in the second chatbot generate a dialogue content that matches the semantic features, a user preference, and the real-time environmental information. The dialogue content is outputted via the dialogue interface.

Abstract: A method for processing natural language messages and a natural-language-message processing system are provided. The system includes a cloud server. In the method, an online dialogue procedure is initiated for receiving user-input contents via a dialogue interface. An intelligent method is used to extract semantic features of the user-input content. A user preference and real-time environmental information can also be obtained. Then, contents that match the semantic features, the user preference, and the real-time environmental information can be determined. Dialogue contents can be generated by processing the contents with a natural language model. The dialogue content that matches the semantic features, the user preference, and the real-time environmental information is imported to the online dialogue procedure, and is outputted via the dialogue interface.

Abstract: A server motherboard control method is applicable to a system including two control components and a programmable logic component, wherein the first control component is preset to have a control right, the server motherboard control method includes: determining whether to obtain the control right from the first control component by the second control component; performing a firmware update operation on the programmable logic component by one of the first control component and the second control component that has the control right; obtaining two control signals from the first control component and the second control component respectively through two registers and comparing two pulse width modulation values of the two control signals by the programmable logic component; and transmitting one with a larger pulse width modulation value of the two control signals to a component to be controlled to control the component to be controlled by the programmable logic component.

Abstract: An optical device includes a range finding module. The range finding module includes a first light condenser unit, a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. The first light condenser unit defines an optical axis and a hole disposed along the optical axis. The first light condenser unit, the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are sequentially arranged along the optical axis. The light is emitted by the light emitting unit, passes through the hole, reaches an object, is reflected by the object, is converged by the first light condenser unit and is received by the light receiving unit to generate an electrical signal.

Abstract: A power converter includes a high side switch, a low side switch, a low side driver, a loading detector, a configurable regulator and a high side driver. The low side driver generates a low side drive signal to control the low side switch. The configurable regulator generates a regulation voltage, a magnitude of which is greater when the loading detector detects that the power converter has light loading than when the loading detector detects that the power converter has heavy loading. The high side driver generates a high side drive signal that switches between the input voltage and the regulation voltage to control the high side switch.

Abstract: A one-time-programmable (OTP) memory device includes an active region and a gate electrode layer. The active region includes a channel region having a channel layer and source/drain regions disposed on opposite sides of the channel region in a Y-direction. The gate electrode layer extends in an X-direction and wraps around the channel layer. A first thickness of the gate electrode layer from a first edge of a first end of the gate electrode layer to the channel layer in the X-direction is equal to a second thickness of the gate electrode layer from a second edge of a second end of the gate electrode layer to the channel layer in the X-direction. After the first end is connected to a first voltage and the second end is connected to a second voltage different to the first voltage, the first thickness is different to the second thickness.

Abstract: A metal interconnect structure includes a first metal interconnection in an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate, a second metal interconnection on the first metal interconnection, and a cap layer between the first metal interconnection and the second metal interconnection. Preferably, a top surface of the first metal interconnection is even with a top surface of the IMD layer and the cap layer is made of conductive material.

Abstract: A double-layer rack includes a PCIe card frame, a network card frame, a PCIe riser card and a network card connector assembly. The PCIe card frame is stacked on the network card frame. The network card frame has a network card accommodation space for selectively receiving one OCP network card, two OCP network cards or one data processing unit. The PCIe riser card is disposed in the PCIe accommodation space. The network card connector assembly is disposed in the network card accommodation space. The double-layer rack further includes a blocker component and a divider plate selectively and removably disposed on the network card frame, so that the network card accommodation space forms various accommodation space configurations for selectively receiving the one OCP network card, the two OCP network cards or the one data processing unit.

Abstract: The invention discloses a pure end-to-end deep reinforcement learning for training car racing game AI bot that uses only the velocity information extracted from screen for both training and testing phases without using any internal state from game environment, such as the car facing angle. The learned AI bot can play better than the average performance of human players. In addition, the reward function is designed to consist only the velocity value, and use Ape-X distributed training framework combined with a variant of Deep Q Network to solve the sparse training signal problem caused by the reward function of an original design. Moreover, limit learner rate method is designed that improves the training efficiency and training performance. The AI bot trained in this way can achieve performance beyond the average human level and reach a level close to professional players.

Abstract: A metal interconnect structure includes a first metal interconnection in an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on a substrate, a second metal interconnection on the first metal interconnection, and a cap layer between the first metal interconnection and the second metal interconnection. Preferably, a top surface of the first metal interconnection is even with a top surface of the IMD layer and the cap layer is made of conductive material.

Abstract: A graphene optical device includes a base, a plurality of graphene transistors, and an electrical connection structure. Each of the graphene transistors includes a graphene layer, a metal nanoparticle layer, an insulation layer, a polymer electrolyte layer, and an electrode unit. The electrode unit includes a source electrode, a drain electrode, a first gate electrode component which includes a plurality of first gate electrodes, and a second gate electrode component which includes a plurality of second gate electrodes. The insulation layer has an opening. The polymer electrolyte layer is disposed between the metal nanoparticle layer exposed from the opening and the first gate electrodes, and between the metal nanoparticle layer exposed from the opening and the second gate electrodes. The electrical connection includes a source electrode connecting unit, a drain electrode connecting unit, a first gate electrode connecting unit, and a second gate electrode connecting unit.

Abstract: A method for grouping patterns associated with one or more design layouts of a semiconductor. The method involves obtaining a set of patterns (e.g., from one or more design layouts), where a pattern of the set of patterns includes a non-intersected feature portion (e.g., parallel bars) within a bounding box of the pattern. A non-intersected feature portion of a pattern is encoded to a pattern representation having elements, where each element has a first component indicating a type of an individual non-intersected feature portion, and a second component indicating a width of the individual non-intersected feature portion projected along a designated edge of an area enclosing the pattern. The set of patterns are grouped into one or more groups by comparing the pattern representations associated with the set of patterns.

Abstract: An optical sensing module includes a substrate, an optical sensing device, and a plurality of solders. The substrate has an upper surface, and the upper surface has a plurality of first soldering pads. The optical sensing device is disposed upright on the substrate. The optical sensing device includes a transposition plate and an optical sensing package. The transposition plate includes a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. The first surface has a plurality of second soldering pads, the second surface has a plurality of conductive through holes, and the third surface has a plurality of metal ribs. The conductive through holes are electrically connected to the second soldering pads and the metal ribs. The optical sensing package is disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to the second soldering pads. The plurality of solders climb onto the plurality of metal ribs, respectively.

Abstract: A system for generating situational effects of live real-time sound receiving and application method thereof, comprises: a situational effect controller provided with a plurality of control keys to control different situational effect items, and simultaneously outputs relative situational coding signals to a sound mixer device for mixing sound, then outputs a first audio signal from a live speaker, and a microphone sound receiving module of the situational effect generator can receive a first audio signal of a live environment, which is decoded and read through a situational decoding unit module and generate a corresponding first control signal and a second audio signal to trigger a situational action module to generate a relative situational action. In this way, it can be used in various parties, concerts, movie theaters, or nightclubs, etc., to capture live environmental audio.

Abstract: A capacitor structure for a power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation insulating layer having a ring-shape and including an outer periphery and an inner periphery defining an opening region, a first electrode disposed on the isolation insulating layer, a dielectric layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the dielectric layer.