Abstract: A device including a semiconductive substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a light-sensitive element in the semiconductive substrate, an isolation structure extending at least from the second surface of the semiconductive substrate to within the semiconductive substrate, and a color filter over the second surface of the semiconductive substrate. The isolation structure includes a dielectric fill and a first high-k dielectric layer wrapping around the dielectric fill.

Abstract: A tracking system is disclosed. The tracking system comprises a head-mounted display (HMD) worn on a head of a user and configured to virtualize a body movement of the user in a virtual environment; and a plurality of sensors worn on feet of the user configured to determine body information of the user according to the body movement of the user, and transmit the determined body information to the HMD; wherein the HMD virtualizes the body movement of the user according to the determined body information; wherein the body information is related to a plurality of mutual relationships between the plurality of sensors and the HMD.

Abstract: A bus system is provided. The bus system includes a master device, an enhanced serial peripheral interface (eSPI) bus, a plurality of slave devices electrically connected to the master device via the eSPI bus, and a first resistor. Each slave device has an alert handshake pin. The alert handshake pins of the slave devices are electrically connected together via an alert handshake control line. The first resistor is coupled between the alert handshake control line and a power supply. Each slave device obtains the number of slave devices according to a first voltage of the alert handshake control line.

Abstract: An apparatus for interactive image processing including a first camera, a second camera, an image processing circuit, a vision processing unit, an image signal processor, a central processing unit, and a memory device is disclosed. The present disclosure utilizes the image processing circuit to calculate depth data according to raw images generated by the first and second cameras at the front-end of the interactive image processing system, so as to ease the burden of depth calculation by the digital signal processor in the prior art.

Abstract: An interactive image processing system including a first infrared camera, a second infrared camera, an image processing circuit, a vision processing unit, an image signal processor, a central processing unit, and a memory device is disclosed. The present disclosure calculates depth data according to infrared images generated by the first and second infrared cameras to improve depth quality.

Abstract: An apparatus for interactive image processing including a first camera, a second camera, an image processing circuit, a vision processing unit, an image signal processor, a central processing unit, and a memory device is disclosed. The present disclosure utilizes the image processing circuit to calculate depth data according to raw images generated by the first and second cameras at the front-end of the interactive image processing system, so as to ease the burden of depth calculation by the digital signal processor in the prior art.

Abstract: A fingerprint identification apparatus and an electronic device having the fingerprint identification apparatus. The fingerprint identification apparatus includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; and a fingerprint identification sensor disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the fingerprint identification sensor comprises a plurality of photoelectric induction units, and each of the photoelectric induction units comprises a curved photoelectric induction part.

Abstract: A display panel includes multiple data lines, a scan lines, pixel circuit and a driving circuit. The data lines are configured to receive multiple data signals in a display period. There is a buffer period before the display period. The scan line is configured to receive a scan signal during the display period. The pixel circuit is electrically connected to the data lines and the scan line for receiving the data signals and the scan signal. The driving circuit is electrically connected to the data line, and configured to receive multiple charging signals during the buffer period. The charging signals are corresponding to the data lines and gradually increase so that the driving circuit charges the data lines according to the charging signals.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses an array substrate, a method for fabricating the same, a display panel, and a display device, and the array substrate includes: a base substrate, a pressure-sensitive component, a plurality of dual-gate transistors, and a plurality of pixel transistors, where the pressure-sensitive component includes a first electrode layer, a pressure-sensitive layer, and a second electrode layer which are arranged on the base substrate in that order, and the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes arranged corresponding to the respective dual-gate transistors in a one-to-one manner; and the dual-gate transistors and the pixel transistors are arranged above the second electrode layer, and each of the plurality of second electrodes is electrically connected with a bottom-gate electrode in a corresponding dual-gate transistor, so that a pressure can be detected.

Abstract: A motion-aware keypoint selection system adaptable to iterative closest point (ICP) includes a pruning unit that receives an image and selects at least one region of interest (ROI) composed of a selected subset of points on the image; a point quality estimation unit that generates point quality of each point in the ROI according to a frame rate; and a suppression unit that receives the point quality and generates keypoints by screening the ROI.

Abstract: A touch display device includes a display module, a touch module and a light-transmitting substrate. The display module has a display surface and a bottom surface opposite to the display surface. The touch module is fixed to the display surface by an adhesive. The adhesive, the touch module and the display surface jointly define an accommodating space between the display module and the touch module. The light-transmitting substrate is disposed in the accommodating space. One side of the light-transmitting substrate is fixed to the display surface by a first optical adhesive, and the other side of the light-transmitting substrate is fixed to the touch module by a second optical adhesive. An adhesive strength of the adhesive is higher than an adhesive strength of the first optical adhesive, and the adhesive strength of the adhesive is higher than an adhesive strength of the second optical adhesive.

Abstract: An artificial neural network and method are provided. The method includes receiving a set of input voltages; converting a respective input voltage in said set of input voltages into a respective set of local currents using a voltage-to-current conversion; multiplying said respective set of local currents by a respective set of binary signals to establish a respective set of conditionally inverted currents; summing said respective set of conditionally inverted currents into a respective local current; summing all respective local currents into a global current; and converting the global current into an output voltage using a load circuit.

Abstract: A motion-aware keypoint selection system adaptable to iterative closest point (ICP) includes a pruning unit that receives an image and selects at least one region of interest (ROI) composed of a selected subset of points on the image; a point quality estimation unit that receives the ROI and generates point quality; and a suppression unit that receives the point quality and generates keypoints. In one embodiment, a near edge region (NER) is selected as the ROI. In another embodiment, the point quality estimation unit generates point quality according to point motion and point depth.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a pixel sensor is provided. The pixel sensor includes a first photodetector arranged in a semiconductor substrate. A second photodetector is arranged in the semiconductor substrate, where a first substantially straight line axis intersects a center point of the first photodetector and a center point of the second photodetector. A floating diffusion node is arranged in the semiconductor substrate at a point that is a substantially equal distance from the first photodetector and the second photodetector. A pick-up well contact region is arranged in the semiconductor substrate, where a second substantially straight line axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first substantially straight line axis intersects a center point of the floating diffusion node and a center point of the pick-up well contact region.

Abstract: A method includes depositing a contact etch stop layer (CESL) over a gate, a source/drain (S/D) region and an isolation feature. The method includes performing a first chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) to expose the gate. The method further includes performing a second CMP using a slurry different from the first CMP to expose the CESL over the S/D region, wherein, following the second CMP, an entire top surface of the CESL over the S/D region and over the isolation feature is substantially level with a top surface of the gate.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a semiconductor structure includes the following steps. A patterned mask layer is formed on a semiconductor substrate. An isolation trench is formed in the semiconductor substrate by removing a part of the semiconductor substrate. A liner layer is conformally formed on an inner sidewall of the isolation trench. An implantation process is performed to the liner layer. The implantation process includes a noble gas implantation process. An isolation structure is at least partially formed in the isolation trench after the implantation process. An etching process is performed to remove the patterned mask layer after forming the isolation structure and expose a top surface of the semiconductor substrate. A part of the liner layer formed on the inner sidewall of the isolation trench is removed by the etching process. The implantation process is configured to modify the etch rate of the liner layer in the etching process.

Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a first compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer and is different from the first III-V compound layer in composition. A salicide source feature and a salicide drain feature are in contact with the first III-V compound layer through the second III-V compound layer. A gate electrode is disposed over a portion of the second compound layer between the salicide source feature and the salicide drain feature.

Abstract: A lighting apparatus comprises: a board, a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on the board, and a package structure enclosing all of the light-emitting units and having a volume less than 5000 mm3. The lighting apparatus has a light intensity greater than 150 lumens.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first device, wherein the first device is configured with a sidelink resource pool comprising a frequency region of sidelink data transmission and multiple frequency regions of sidelink feedback transmission, wherein the multiple frequency regions of sidelink feedback transmission in one TTI (Transmission Time Interval) are separately associated with the one frequency region of sidelink data transmission in multiple TTIs, and wherein the multiple frequency regions of sidelink feedback transmission in the one TTI are non-overlapped with each other in frequency domain and fully overlapped in time domain. In one embodiment, the method includes the first device receiving a sidelink data transmission from a second device within the frequency region of sidelink data transmission in a first TTI. The method further includes the first device generating a feedback information associated with the sidelink data transmission.