Abstract: An improved structure for expandable bicycles to facilitate storing of a bicycle includes a cross bar which has one end fastened to the front fork of the bicycle and a sliding member slidable horizontally on the cross bar to alter the relative position of the front fork and the rear fork. The sliding member has a fastening member to fasten the head and seat of the bicycle on selected locations. Thus the bicycle may be extended as desired and stored conveniently.

Abstract: A method of forming a buried collar on the sidewall of a trench in a semiconductor substrate including: (a) providing the trench in the semiconductor substrate, the trench having a first dielectric layer formed on a sidewall in a upper region of the trench and a conductive material filling a lower region of the trench, the conductive material covering a lower portion of the first dielectric layer; (b) removing the first dielectric layer not covered by the conductive material; (c) forming a second dielectric layer on the exposed sidewall of the upper region and on a top surface of the conductive material; (d) removing an uppermost portion of the second dielectric layer from the sidewall in the upper region; (e) forming a third dielectric layer on the exposed sidewall of the upper region; and (f) increasing the thickness of the second dielectric layer to form the buried collar.

Abstract: An assembly for improved alignment of a laser for generating laser light with an optical fiber having an end section terminating in a light-receiving end. A laser housing has a base and substantially cylindrical housing walls mounted at a bottom portion to the base. The laser can be mounted on the base. The substantially cylindrical internal surface of the cylindrical housing walls have internal threads at a top portion. The internal threads have a minor diameter and a major diameter. An annular ferrule housing has a substantially cylindrical through-hole with an inner diameter sufficient to receive a fiber ferrule which has the end section of the fiber disposed therein. The ferrule housing further has an axially tapered external surface having external threads which are threadably compatible with the internal threads.

Abstract: A lens-fiber alignment housing for passively aligning an optical fiber with a lens, for improved alignment of a laser with the fiber, via the lens. The fiber is disposed in a substantially cylindrical, annular ferrule, the bottom end of which is disposed in the first end of a ferrule sleeve. The housing has an upper cylindrical mating section at a first end for mating with the second end of the ferrule sleeve, and a bottom lens-receiving section for securely receiving and mounting a lens. The lens may be mounted into the lens-receiving section of the housing, so that, when the housing is inserted into the second end of the ferrule sleeve, the lens and fiber are automatically, passively aligned, thereby forming an aligned lens-fiber assembly that can be aligned with the laser in a single active alignment procedure.

Abstract: A digitally modulated power control device comprises an input unit for inputting an AC voltage signal and a control signal; a signal detection unit for detecting the AC voltage signal and a frequency thereof and generating a first trigger signal in response to the AC voltage signal; a control unit for receiving the control signal and the first trigger signal, processing the first trigger signal in response to the control signal, and generating a second trigger signal; and an output unit including an AC switching unit. The output unit can receive the second trigger signal for activating the AC switching unit and output an adjusted AC voltage signal for adjusting an output power of an AC load.

Abstract: Demounting workpieces attached to an adhesive surface of an adhesive film with a workpiece demounting apparatus having a base and a plurality of substantially parallel blades mounted to the base. Each of the blades has a substantially linear blade edge, each blade edge lying within a blade-edge plane that is substantially perpendicular to the blades. The spacing between the blades is small enough to support said workpieces and large enough to permit the adhesive film to pass between the blades after being cut by said blade edges during a workpiece demounting operation. The plurality of blade edges thus provides a substantially planar blade-edge surface, in the blade-edge plane, for cutting the adhesive film and for supporting the workpieces while the adhesive film is pulled free from said workpieces.

Abstract: Demounting workpieces attached to an adhesive surface of an adhesive film with a workpiece demounting apparatus having a base and a plurality of substantially parallel blades mounted to the base. Each of the blades has a substantially linear blade edge, each blade edge lying within a blade-edge plane that is substantially perpendicular to the blades. The spacing between the blades is small enough to support said workpieces and large enough to permit the adhesive film to pass between the blades after being cut by said blade edges during a workpiece demounting operation. The plurality of blade edges thus provides a substantially planar blade-edge surface, in the blade-edge plane, for cutting the adhesive film and for supporting the workpieces while the adhesive film is pulled free from said workpieces.

Abstract: A reflector for flat panel display device is constructed having two sidewalls and a base wall defining with the sidewalls a receiving chamber having a substantially &pgr;-shaped cross section for holding a light source, the sidewalls and the base wall each having a reflecting surface adapted to reflect light from the light source installed in the reflector, the sidewalls each having a protruded flange (block) respectively disposed at an outer side for grounding with a grounding metal frame, the protruded flange (block) of each sidewall being not disposed with the respective sidewall on the same plane.

Abstract: A method of figuring an exposure energy. A required exposure energy is calculated according to a critical dimension (CD) of an exposing layer. A first CD deviation is obtained from a layer before the exposing layer. From the first CD deviation, a first energy compensation is calculated. Whether the deviation of photoresist sensitivity of two sequential batches is less than 1% is checked. If the deviation of photoresist sensitivity of two sequential batches is less than 1%, a sum of the required exposure energy and the first energy compensation is the exposure energy applied to the exposing layer. Otherwise, a second CD deviation is commutated according to the deviation of photoresist sensitivity of two sequential batches. A second energy compensation is then obtained from the second CD deviation, and a sum of the required exposure energy and the first/second energy compensation is the exposure energy applied to the exposing layer.

Abstract: A method of figuring an exposure energy. A required exposure energy is calculated according to a critical dimension (CD) of an exposing layer. A first CD deviation is obtained from a layer before the exposing layer. From the first CD deviation, a first energy compensation is calculated. Whether the deviation of photoresist sensitivity of two sequential batches is less than 1% is checked. If the deviation of photoresist sensitivity of two sequential batches is less than 1%, a sum of the required exposure energy and the first energy compensation is the exposure energy applied to the exposing layer. Otherwise, a second CD deviation is commutated according to the deviation of photoresist sensitivity of two sequential batches. A second energy compensation is then obtained from the second CD deviation, and a sum of the required exposure energy and the first/second energy compensation is the exposure energy applied to the exposing layer.

Abstract: An optical assembly includes a light source, a support member and a receptacle. The support member is made of plastic, forming a first junction surface. The light source is contained in the support member. The receptacle is made of metal or plastic forming a second junction surface. The receptacle is attached to the support member with the second junction surface positioned on the first junction surface. A resistance wire is positioned in the support member surrounding the aperture and proximate the first junction surface. Two terminals of the wire extend outside the support member for being coupled to an external power source. To assemble the optical assembly, the receptacle and the support member are mounted in an aligning apparatus which operates to adjust the relative position between the receptacle and the support member.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly for an electrical socket of the present invention comprises a heat sink and a latching member latching with a pair of lugs on the socket. The heat sink comprises a base plate and a plurality of fins projecting upward therefrom. A receiving channel is integrally formed between the fins in the base plate for receiving the latching member. A pair of positioning tabs depends downward from a bottom surface of the base plate to tightly engage in a slit between the electric socket and a CPU mounted thereon for positioning the heat sink assembly on the CPU and keeping it from moving along the CPU. The receiving channel and the fins extend in a first direction while the tabs extend in a second direction vertical to the first direction.

Abstract: An optical assembly includes a light source, a support member and a receptacle. The support member is made of plastic, forming a first junction surface. The light source is contained in the support member. The receptacle is made of metal or plastic forming a second junction surface. The receptacle is attached to the support member with the second junction surface positioned on the first junction surface. A resistance wire is positioned in the support member surrounding the aperture and proximate the first junction surface. Two terminals of the wire extend outside the support member for being coupled to an external power source. To assemble the optical assembly, the receptacle and the support member are mounted in an aligning apparatus which operates to adjust the relative position between the receptacle and the support member.

Abstract: The invention provides a graphic engine and a method that reduces the idle time of the graphic engine by validity test. The validity test is performed when the back buffer is full and the graphic engine continues to write a primitive into a front buffer. The validity test compares the maximum Y-coordinate of the primitive with the Y-coordinate of the current scan line. If the maximum Y-coordinate of the primitive is less than the Y-coordinate of the current scan line, the graphic engine keeps on executing the primitive processing procedure. On the other hand, if the maximum Y-coordinate of the primitive is greater than or equal to the Y-coordinate of the current scan line, the graphic engine halts the primitive processing procedure until the maximum Y-coordinate of the primitive is less than the Y-coordinate of the current scan line.

Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink (80) and an assembling device for securing the heat sink to a, chip (90) mounted on a printed circuit board (100). The heat sink has a pair of ears (82) each defining an aperture (84) therein. The assembling device includes a clip (70), a pair of sleeves (50) each defining a cavity (62) therethrough, and a pair of springs (60). Each sleeve extends through the aperture of a corresponding ear of the heat sink, and the springs are disposed respectively between the ears and an end of the sleeves. The clip has a pair of posts (66) for extending through the printed circuit board to engage with the corresponding cavities.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a fan, a heat sink, and a fixing device which attaches the fan to the heat sink. The heat sink has a plurality of fins. Four catches are respectively formed on four outermost fins, two on each of two longitudinal sides of the base. The fixing device has a base and four legs depending from respective corners of the base. A pair of protrusions depends from the base near respective lateral sides of the base. Four poles extend upwardly from the base near respective corners of the base. Each leg defines an aperture for engaging with the corresponding catch of the heat sink. The fan defines four through holes for respectively receiving the poles of the fixing device.

Abstract: A heat sink system assembled within a computer enclosure for dissipating heat away from a heat generating element comprises a fan duct, a heat pipe and a fan. The computer enclosure forms an opening. The fan duct is a square hollow shell attached to the computer enclosure, with a surface thereof coupled to the computer enclosure near the opening. A first hole is defined in the surface of the fan duct in communication with the opening, thereby communicating with an exterior of the computer enclosure. A second hole is defined in another surface of the fan duct in communication with an interior of the computer enclosure. The heat pipe includes a main body and two attaching portions at opposite ends thereof for being respectively attached to the heat generating element and the fan duct. The main body has a conductive material disposed therein. The fan is assembled within the first hole.

Abstract: A heat sink system assembled within a computer enclosure for dissipating heat away from a heat generating element includes a fan duct, a heat pipe and a fan. The computer enclosure forms an opening. The fan duct is a square hollow shell attached to the computer enclosure, with a surface thereof coupled to the computer enclosure. A first hole is defined in the surface of the fan duct in communication with the opening, thereby communicating with an exterior of the computer enclosure. A second hole is defined in another surface of the fan duct in communication with an interior of the computer enclosure. The heat pipe includes a main body and two attaching portions at opposite ends thereof for being respectively attached to the heat generating element and the fan duct. The main body has a conductive material disposed therein. The fan is assembled within the first hole.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a heat sink, a clip and a fastener. The heat sink includes a base and a plurality of fins extending upwardly from the base. A slot is defined between the fins. Grooves are defined on opposite sides of a particular row of the fins. The clip defines a spring portion received in the slot of the heat sink. The curved fastener forms a pair of projections with a gap defined therebetween extending inwardly from both ends of the fastener for engaging the corresponding grooves of the heat sink. A tab is defined on one side of the fastener for engagement with an edge of one of the fins.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly for an electrical socket of the present invention comprises a heat sink and a latching member latching with a pair of lugs on the socket. The heat sink comprises a base plate and a plurality of fins projecting upward therefrom. A receiving channel is integrally formed between the fins in the base plate for receiving the latching member. A pair of positioning tabs depends downward from a bottom surface of the base plate to tightly engage in a slit between the electric socket and a CPU mounted thereon for positioning the heat sink assembly on the CPU and keeping it from moving along the CPU. The receiving channel and the fins extend in a first direction while the tabs extend in a second direction vertical to the first direction.