Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a substrate; (b) forming a gate structure on the substrate; (c) performing a first deposition process to form a first epitaxial layer adjacent to the gate structure and performing a first etching process to remove part of the first epitaxial layer at the same time; and (d) performing a second etching process to remove part of the first epitaxial layer.

Abstract: An infrared control system and an operation method thereof are provided. The infrared control system includes a sound sensor, an infrared transmitter and a processing unit. In an initialization period, the processing unit controls the infrared transmitter to transmit a first infrared control code of a first control code set to a target device, and monitors an environment sound via the sound sensor to determine whether the target device responds to the first infrared control code. If the processing unit determines that the target device responds to the first infrared control code according to environment sound, the processing unit records a relationship between the first control code set and the target device.

Abstract: A web camera and an operation method thereof are provided. The web camera includes a photographic unit, an infrared (IR) transmitter, a network communication unit and a processing unit. The photographic unit captures an image. The network communication unit establishes a connection with a remote host via a communication network. The processing unit sends the image captured by the photographic unit to the remote host via the network communication unit. The processing unit receives a control command from the remote host via the network communication unit. The processing unit transmits an IR control code corresponding to the control command to a target device via the IR transmitter. The processing unit determines whether the target device responds to the IR control code based on the image.

Abstract: A wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) method is disclosed, the WEDM method comprising steps of: (a) providing one of a non-conductive and a weakly conductive object having a to-be-cut surface; (b) providing one of a wire and a cutting tool having a cutting blade edge to cut the object along the to-be-cut surface; (c) providing a conductive medium to adhere to the to-be-cut surface via the cutting blade edge; and (d) applying an electric current between the one of the wire and the cutting tool, and the to-be-cut surface adhered to the conductive medium such that the to-be-cut surface is melted.

Abstract: An optical plate includes a substrate having a light emitting surface, a rear surface opposite to the light emitting surface, and a plurality of microstructures that cooperatively define the light emitting surface and each of which parallelly extends in a light traveling direction. Each of the microstructures includes first and second convex portions and a concave portion disposed between and interconnecting the first and second convex portions, and two adjacent ones of the microstructures are connected. Intersections between the microstructures cooperatively define an imaginary plane, and a lowest point of the concave portion is disposed at one side of the imaginary plane opposite to the rear surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A polyester fiber and lightweight woven nylon yarn blended process may include a lightweight weaving procedure, a secondary lightweight procedure, a dyeing procedure; and a water rinsing and drying procedure.

Abstract: A magnetic device including a first magnetic core is disclosed. The first magnetic core includes a base having a first edge; a first contacting structure disposed on the base; and a second contacting structure disposed on the base, wherein a distance between an inner surface of the first contacting structure and the first edge is larger than a distance between an inner surface of the second contacting structure and the first edge.

Abstract: An edge light backlight device includes a light guide plate having a base portion and microstructures, LEDs, and a reflective plate. The base portion has a light emitting side, a rear side, and a light incident side. The microstructures are formed on one of the light emitting side and the rear side and each of which extends from the light incident side in a longitudinal direction. Each of the microstructures includes a curved surface with a radius of curvature (R). The light guide plate has a thickness (T). R/T ratio ranges from 0.04 to 0.15 and each of the microstructures has a height ranging from 20 ?m to 300 ?m so that the light guide plate has a performance of local lighting ranging from 1% to 40%.

Abstract: An optical plate includes a substrate having a light emitting surface, a rear surface opposite to the light emitting surface, and a plurality of microstructures that cooperatively define the light emitting surface and each of which parallelly extends in a light traveling direction. Each of the microstructures includes first and second convex portions and a concave portion disposed between and interconnecting the first and second convex portions, and two adjacent ones of the microstructures are connected. Intersections between the microstructures cooperatively define an imaginary plane, and a lowest point of the concave portion is disposed at one side of the imaginary plane opposite to the rear surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for making an optical plate formed with a microstructure includes: extruding a substrate material and advancing the same to pass through a first nip formed between an embossing roller and a first pressing roller, the embossing roller having a micropatterned surface formed with a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of grooves, the protrusions and the grooves cooperatively defining a microstructure-forming space; applying a photosensitive resin to the micropatterned surface and filling the same into the microstructure-forming space upstream of the first nip to form a plurality of microelements respectively in the microstructure-forming space; allowing the photosensitive resin applied to the micropatterned surface to pass through the first nip together with the substrate material, thereby bonding the microelements to the substrate material; and irradiating and curing the photosensitive resin downstream of the first nip to form the optical plate.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a backlight module applied to a liquid crystal display device. The backlight module includes: a control circuit for outputting a driving signal according to an analog adjustment signal or a digital adjustment signal; a driving circuit for outputting a lamp voltage according to the driving signal; a fluorescent lamp set, including a plurality of lamps, for receiving the lamp voltage and thereby generating a lamp current; a lamp feedback circuit c for outputting a feedback signal according to the lamp voltage; and a dynamic protection circuit, for dynamically adjusting a protection command signal according to the analog dimming signal or the digital dimming signal, comparing the protection command signal and the feedback signal and thereby outputting a comparing result signal to the control circuit.

Abstract: A magnetic device including a first magnetic core is disclosed. The first magnetic core includes a base having a first edge; a first contacting structure disposed on the base; and a second contacting structure disposed on the base, wherein a distance between an inner surface of the first contacting structure and the first edge is larger than a distance between an inner surface of the second contacting structure and the first edge.

Abstract: A microstructure forming device for forming an optical plate includes: a roller unit including a pressing roller, and first and second embossing rollers that respectively have first and second micropatterned surfaces; an extrusion die for extruding a substrate material to a first nip between the first embossing roller and the pressing roller to form a lower microstructure; and a photosensitive resin-applying unit disposed immediately above the second embossing roller for directing a photosensitive resin onto the second embossing roller to form an upper microstructure that is opposite to the lower microstructure.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor includes a casing body and a piezoelectric element. The casing body has a base wall and a surrounding wall that cooperates with the base wall to define an interior space. The base wall has a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a first section, a second section that extends between the first section and the surrounding wall, and a connecting section interconnecting the first and second sections. A distance between the second section and the bottom surface is larger than that between the first section and the bottom surface such that the connecting section and the first section cooperate to define a recess. The piezoelectric element is confined in the recess.

Abstract: When the user of a system directs an indicator toward a light-emitting section, an imaging section provided in the indicator acquires an image PA in a given area including the light-emitting section. A determination section determines whether or not each pixel individually satisfies a first condition based on light-reception information relating to each pixel of the image PA, and a calculation section calculates an indication position of the indicator based on the positions of effective pixels in the image using the effective pixels which satisfy the first condition as pixels corresponding to the light-emitting section. The calculation section calculates a representative value of the effective pixels based on identification information relating to the effective pixels while changing weighting on the identification information relating to the effective pixels depending on whether or not the effective pixels satisfy a second condition.

Abstract: A method for making an optical plate formed with a microstructure includes: extruding a substrate material and advancing the same to pass through a first nip formed between an embossing roller and a first pressing roller, the embossing roller having a micropatterned surface formed with a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of grooves, the protrusions and the grooves cooperatively defining a microstructure-forming space; applying a photosensitive resin to the micropatterned surface and filling the same into the microstructure-forming space upstream of the first nip to form a plurality of microelements respectively in the microstructure-forming space; allowing the photosensitive resin applied to the micropatterned surface to pass through the first nip together with the substrate material, thereby bonding the microelements to the substrate material; and irradiating and curing the photosensitive resin downstream of the first nip to form the optical plate.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a backlight module applied to a liquid crystal display device. The backlight module includes: a control circuit for outputting a driving signal according to an analog adjustment signal or a digital adjustment signal; a driving circuit for outputting a lamp voltage according to the driving signal; a fluorescent lamp set, including a plurality of lamps, for receiving the lamp voltage and thereby generating a lamp current; a lamp feedback circuit c for outputting a feedback signal according to the lamp voltage; and a dynamic protection circuit, for dynamically adjusting a protection command signal according to the analog dimming signal or the digital dimming signal, comparing the protection command signal and the feedback signal and thereby outputting a comparing result signal to the control circuit.

Abstract: When the user of a system directs an indicator toward a light-emitting section, an imaging section provided in the indicator acquires an image PA in a given area including the light-emitting section. A determination section determines whether or not each pixel individually satisfies a first condition based on light-reception information relating to each pixel of the image PA, and a calculation section calculates an indication position of the indicator based on the positions of effective pixels in the image using the effective pixels which satisfy the first condition as pixels corresponding to the light-emitting section. The calculation section calculates a representative value of the effective pixels based on identification information relating to the effective pixels while changing weighting on the identification information relating to the effective pixels depending on whether or not the effective pixels satisfy a second condition.

Abstract: A balanced current lamp module driven by a power source includes a first balanced current unit, a second balanced current unit and a balanced transformer. The first balanced current unit includes a first transformer, a first lamp and a second lamp. The first transformer has one coil electrically connected with the power source, and the other coil having two ends respectively electrically connected with the first lamp and the second lamp. The second balanced current unit includes a second transformer, a third lamp and a fourth lamp. The second transformer has one coil electrically connected with the power source, and the other coil having two ends respectively electrically connected with the third lamp and the fourth lamp. The balanced transformer has one coil electrically connected with the first lamp, and the other coil electrically connected with the fourth lamp.

Abstract: A balanced current lamp module driven by a power source includes a first balanced current unit, a second balanced current unit and a balanced transformer. The first balanced current unit includes a first transformer, a first lamp and a second lamp. The first transformer has one coil electrically connected with the power source, and the other coil having two ends respectively electrically connected with the first lamp and the second lamp. The second balanced current unit includes a second transformer, a third lamp and a fourth lamp. The second transformer has one coil electrically connected with the power source, and the other coil having two ends respectively electrically connected with the third lamp and the fourth lamp. The balanced transformer has one coil electrically connected with the first lamp, and the other coil electrically connected with the fourth lamp.