Abstract: A Totem Pole PFC circuit includes at least one fast-switching leg, a slow-switching leg, and a control unit. Each fast-switching leg includes a fast-switching upper switch and a fast-switching lower switch. The slow-switching leg is coupled in parallel to the at least one fast-switching leg, and the slow-switching leg includes a slow-switching upper switch and a slow-switching lower switch. The control unit receives an AC voltage with a phase angle, and the control unit includes a current detection loop, a voltage detection loop, and a control loop. The control loop generates a second control signal assembly to respectively control the slow-switching upper switch and the slow-switching lower switch. The control loop controls the second control signal assembly to follow the phase angle, and dynamically adjusts a duty cycle of the second control signal assembly to turn on or turn off the slow-switching upper switch and the slow-switching lower switch.

Abstract: A memory device comprises a memory array, a plurality of access word lines, and a first tracking word line. The memory array may include a plurality of bit cells arranged over a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. The plurality of access word lines may extend along a lateral direction. The plurality of rows may operatively correspond to the plurality of access word lines, respectively. The first tracking word line may also extend along the lateral direction and have a first portion extending from an edge of the memory array to a middle of the memory array and a second portion extending from the middle of the memory array to the edge of the memory array. The first combination can be different from the second combination.

Abstract: A method includes forming a dielectric layer over an epitaxial source/drain region. An opening is formed in the dielectric layer. The opening exposes a portion of the epitaxial source/drain region. A barrier layer is formed on a sidewall and a bottom of the opening. An oxidation process is performing on the sidewall and the bottom of the opening. The oxidation process transforms a portion of the barrier layer into an oxidized barrier layer and transforms a portion of the dielectric layer adjacent to the oxidized barrier layer into a liner layer. The oxidized barrier layer is removed. The opening is filled with a conductive material in a bottom-up manner. The conductive material is in physical contact with the liner layer.

Abstract: A display light engine which includes a light source module, a spectrum conversion array disposed on the light source module and a lens array is provided. The light source module includes a plurality of light-emitting components which emit light toward the spectrum conversion array. The spectrum conversion array includes a plurality of spectrum conversion components and a metal bank material. The spectrum conversion components are spaced from each other and are disposed on the light-emitting components respectively. The metal bank material is distributed between two adjacent spectrum conversion components and separates the spectrum conversion components from each other. The lens array which includes a plurality of lenses arranged in an array is disposed between the spectrum conversion array and the light source module. Those lenses are disposed on and align to the spectrum conversion components respectively.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a reflective structure, and a pixel unit. The pixel unit is disposed on the substrate. The pixel unit includes a sub-pixel. The sub-pixel includes a light-emitting element. A light emitted by the light-emitting element has a color. The reflective structure is disposed on the substrate. The reflective structure includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the reflective structure surrounds the light-emitting element. A projection area of the first portion of the reflective structure on the substrate is less than a projection area of the second portion of the reflective structure on the substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a system for scanning wafer. The system captures a defect image of a wafer, and generates a reference image corresponding to the first defect image based on a reference image generation model. The system generates a defect marked image based on the defect image and the reference image.

Abstract: A method includes forming isolation regions extending into a semiconductor substrate. A semiconductor strip is between the isolation regions. The method further includes recessing the isolation regions so that a top portion of the semiconductor strip protrudes higher than top surfaces of the isolation regions to form a semiconductor fin, measuring a fin width of the semiconductor fin, generating an etch recipe based on the fin width, and performing a thinning process on the semiconductor fin using the etching recipe.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight module and a circuit. The display panel includes multiple regions. The back light module includes multiple light emitting units, and each region corresponds to at least one of the light emitting units. The circuit includes a calibration lookup table corresponding to a first light emitting unit. The calibration lookup table records a parameter and multiple duty cycles. The circuit accesses the calibration lookup table and determines an output duty cycle according to the duty cycles. The circuit determines a current value of the first light emitting unit to drive the first light emitting unit according to the output duty cycle and the parameter.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a source/drain feature in the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor structure includes a dielectric layer over the source/drain feature. The semiconductor structure includes a silicide layer over the source/drain feature. The semiconductor structure includes a barrier layer over the silicide layer. The semiconductor structure includes a seed layer over the barrier layer. The semiconductor structure includes a metal layer between a sidewall of the seed layer and a sidewall of the dielectric layer, a sidewall of each of the silicide layer, the barrier layer, and the metal layer directly contacting the sidewall of the dielectric layer. The semiconductor structure includes a source/drain contact over the seed layer.

Abstract: A method for generating images with high dynamic range (HDR) based on multiple images captured at different aperture values, under different conditions, or at different shutter speeds is applied in a device. The method inputs the original multiple images into a predetermined model and aligns the multiple images. The method further confirms object images that need to be attended among multiple aligned images and obtains a merge weighting for each of the object images, and merges the images for a generated HDR according to the merge weighting of each image. The device utilizing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A semiconductor package assembly is provided. The semiconductor package assembly includes first semiconductor die, a second semiconductor die and a memory package. The first semiconductor die and the second semiconductor die are stacked on each other. The first semiconductor die includes a first interface and a third interface. The first interface overlaps and is electrically connected to the second interface arranged on the second semiconductor die. The third interface is arranged on a first edge of the first semiconductor die. The memory package is disposed beside the first semiconductor die, wherein the memory package is electrically connected to the first semiconductor die by the third interface.

Abstract: A method for acquiring shadow-free images of a document for scanning or other purposes is applied in a device. The method includes training a shadow prediction model based on sample documents of a sample library and inputting a background color and a shadow mask of each of the sample documents extracted by the shadow prediction model into a predetermined shadow removing network for training, to obtain a shadow removing model. The method further includes obtaining a background color and a shadow mask of the document through the shadow prediction model and removing the shadows of the document based on the shadow removing model. The device utilizing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: An object location method to obtain location information of an object based on positioning light comprises: emitting a first positioning light, to scan a preset region where the object is located to obtain a characteristic value of each of multiple standard regions in the preset region, wherein the preset region comprises multiple standard regions; determining a basic region where the object is located according to the characteristic value of each standard region, wherein each of the standard region comprises multiple basic regions; and emitting a second positioning light to the basic regions where the object is located and to obtain coordinates of the object. An electronic device and a non-transitory storage medium are also provided.

Abstract: A powdered surface monitoring system of additive manufacturing comprises an additive manufacturing processing cavity, having therein a working area carrying powder to be sintered; a laser source, generating a laser beam, which passes through a reflector, a dichroic mirror and a scanning vibration mirror and is transmitted to an upper surface of the powder in the working area; a polarization imaging device, having therein a beam expander group, a polarizer group and at least one photodetector, the polarizer group consisting of a plurality of linear polarizers, and the number of photodetectors being equal to the number of the linear polarizers.

Abstract: A powdered surface monitoring system of additive manufacturing comprises an additive manufacturing processing cavity, having therein a working area carrying powder to be sintered; a laser source, generating a laser beam, which passes through a reflector, a dichroic mirror and a scanning vibration mirror and is transmitted to an upper surface of the powder in the working area; a polarization imaging device, having therein a beam expander group, a polarizer group and at least one photodetector, the polarizer group consisting of a plurality of linear polarizers, and the number of photodetectors being equal to the number of the linear polarizers.

Abstract: An electronic device used in a method for expanding image depth obtains first images by a first sensor, the first images comprising depth information. The electronic device obtains second images by a second sensor, the second images comprising gradient information, and the first images correspond to the second images. The electronic device determines the pixels in the first images which contain expandable content according to the gradient information of the second images, applies expansion accordingly to the pixels in the first images to generate third images, and generate target depth maps according to the gradient information of the second images and the depth information of the third images.

Abstract: A method for recognition of characters by optical means in an unclear or non-optimal image of an object document, the image carrying shadows or other impediments inputs the document into a shadow prediction model to obtain a shadow mask. A determination is made as to whether the shadow mask of the document affect an optical character recognition (OCR) performance. The method further inputs the document into a shadow removing model for removal of shadows to obtain an intermediate document if the shadow mask are deemed to affect the OCR performance, then OCR can then be performed on the final object document.

Abstract: A driving warning method applied to a vehicle-mounted device is provided. The method includes detecting a moving object and a moving direction of the moving object by using at least one external sensor when a vehicle is moving. A driving behavior of a driver of the vehicle is monitored by using at least one internal sensor when the moving object and the moving direction of the moving object are detected. Once the moving direction of the moving object is not parallel to a moving direction of the vehicle and a sight direction of the driver does not cross the moving direction of the moving object, a first warning is transmitted.

Abstract: An image-based nucleic acid detection method applied to a nucleic acid detector is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of images when detection liquid is performing electrophoresis. Once a target image is recognized from the plurality of images, a nucleic acid detection result is analyzed based on the target image.

Abstract: A method for generating images with high dynamic range (HDR) based on multiple images captured at different aperture values, under different conditions, or at different shutter speeds is applied in a device. The method inputs the original multiple images into a predetermined model and aligns the multiple images. The method further confirms object images that need to be attended among multiple aligned images and obtains a merge weighting for each of the object images, and merges the images for a generated HDR according to the merge weighting of each image. The device utilizing the method is also disclosed.