Abstract: In an aspect of the disclosure, a method and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus is a register array including first and second flip-flop latch arrays. The first flip-flop latch array includes a first set of master latches, a first set of slave latches coupled to the first set of master latches, and a first address port. The second flip-flop latch array includes a second set of master latches, a second set of slave latches coupled to the second set of master latches, and a second address port. The register array includes an address counter, coupled to the first flip-flop latch array and the second flip-flop latch array. The address counter is shared by the first flip-flop latch array and the second flip-flop latch array and configured to address, in parallel in a test mode, the first flip-flop latch array through the first address port and the second flip-flop latch array through the second address port.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a voltage level shifter includes a first p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor having a gate configured to receive an input signal in a first power domain, and a second PMOS transistor, wherein the first and second PMOS transistors are coupled in series between a supply voltage of a second power domain and a node. The voltage level shifter also includes an inverter having an input coupled to the node and an output coupled to a gate of the second PMOS transistor, and a first n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor having a gate configured to receive the input signal in the first power domain, wherein the first NMOS transistor is coupled between the node and a ground.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a voltage level shifter includes a first NOR gate having a first input configured to receive a first input signal in a first power domain, a second input configured to receive an enable signal in a second power domain, a third input, and an output. The voltage level shifter also includes a second NOR gate having a first input configured to receive a second input signal in the first power domain, a second input configured to receive the enable signal in the second power domain, a third input coupled to the output of the first NOR gate, and an output coupled to the third input of the first NOR gate. The first and second NOR gates are powered by a supply voltage of the second power domain.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a voltage level shifter includes a first NOR gate having a first input configured to receive a first input signal in a first power domain, a second input configured to receive an enable signal in a second power domain, a third input, and an output. The voltage level shifter also includes a second NOR gate having a first input configured to receive a second input signal in the first power domain, a second input configured to receive the enable signal in the second power domain, a third input coupled to the output of the first NOR gate, and an output coupled to the third input of the first NOR gate. The first and second NOR gates are powered by a supply voltage of the second power domain.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a dye-sensitized solar cell is provided. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes a photo electrode including (a) mixing a TiO2 powder, a Zn-containing compound and an alkaline aqueous solution to form a mixture and performing a thermal process on the mixture to form a Zn-doped TiO2 powder; (b) mixing a binder solution with the Zn-doped TiO2 powder to form a paste; (c) coating the paste on a first electrode, and the paste is sintered to form a Zn-doped TiO2 porous layer, wherein the Zn-doped TiO2 porous layer and the first electrode construct a photo electrode; (d) disposing a second electrode opposite to the photo electrode after a dye is absorbed by the Zn-doped TiO2 porous layer; and (e) disposing an electrolyte between the photo electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a dye-sensitized solar cell is provided. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes a photo electrode including (a) mixing a TiO2 powder, a Zn-containing compound and an alkaline aqueous solution to form a mixture and performing a thermal process on the mixture to form a Zn-doped TiO2 powder; (b) mixing a binder solution with the Zn-doped TiO2 powder to form a paste; (c) coating the paste on a first electrode, and the paste is sintered to form a Zn-doped TiO2 porous layer, wherein the Zn-doped TiO2 porous layer and the first electrode construct a photo electrode; (d) disposing a second electrode opposite to the photo electrode after a dye is absorbed by the Zn-doped TiO2 porous layer; and (e) disposing an electrolyte between the photo electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), comprising: a substrate having a first electrode formed thereon; a plurality of nanoparticles adsorbed with dye, overlying the first electrode; a solid electrolyte containing metal quantum dots completely covering the nanoparticles and fully filling the space between the nanoparticles; and a second electrode overlying the solid electrolyte. The present invention further provides a method for forming the dye-sensitized solar cell.

Abstract: A dye-sensitized solar cell and method for fabricating the same are provided. The dye-sensitized solar cell includes a photo electrode including a first electrode and a Zn-doped TiO2 porous layer disposed on the first electrode, wherein the Zn-doped TiO2 porous layer absorbs a dye. A second electrode is disposed opposite to the photo electrode, wherein the Zn-doped TiO2 porous layer is disposed between the first and second electrodes. An electrolyte is disposed between the photo electrode and the second electrode.

Abstract: A digital camera includes: a battery installation part connectable to either an AC adapter or a battery; a mechanical shutter and a diaphragm; and a controller for supplying, to the mechanical shutter and the diaphragm, power from the AC adapter or battery that is connected to the battery installation part. The controller monitors a voltage output through the battery installation part during the power supply to the mechanical shutter and the diaphragm, and determines whether or not the AC adapter is connected to the battery installation part in accordance with the behavior of the monitored voltage changes.

Abstract: A method of filtering junk messages has the steps of generating an implicit code, adding the implicit code to an message to be sent to an addressee, sending the message with the implicit code and a sender's address to the addressee from a sender, and determining whether the implicit code in the message matches a local reference code corresponding to a sender being recorded in an addressee's contact list. The message is correctly received in a normal message box if the implicit code matches the local reference code, otherwise the message is blocked.

Abstract: This invention is a type of ozone generator module whose circuit board is contained in a small shell-shaped box, which is connected to an external power supply through wires extending from the body of the box. The interior of this insulated box is covered in a layer of resin that surrounds and insulates (electric and heat) the circuit board. This allows the components necessary in the production of the ozone gas (such as the electrode pins and electrode board needed for point diffusion, or the ultraviolet light tube or ceramic parts necessary for ozone generation by the ultraviolet light method) to produce and diffuse ozone gas outside the body of the box. This allows the ozone generator to meet the requirements for its downscaling and modulation, and allows the broadening of its application range.

Abstract: The invention provides a flexible electro-heating apparatus and fabrication thereof The electro-heating apparatus, according to the invention, includes a fabric-type heating device, at least one pair of terminals, and a power supply. The heating device is formed by at least M first yarns which each first yarn substantially consists of first textile fibers and metal fibers or metallic fibers. N first yarns of the M first yarns are woven through the heating device from a first side of the heating device to a second side of the beating device. Each pair of terminals is respectively and oppositely disposed on the first side and the second side of the heating device.

Abstract: A system of the present invention includes a relational database management system (RDBMS), having an object-based, interactive visual-programming language providing programming by "visual inheritance." A user places screen objects (e.g., boxes, screen buttons, table objects, and the like) on an on-screen window or "form," visually attaches selected "properties" and "methods" to the screen objects, and then establishes an containership-based event model that dictates how and when these properties and methods will be invoked. An object inherits (derives) properties and methods from other (parent) objects via its visual containership. In this manner, the task of creating and maintaining application programs is greatly simplified.

Abstract: Relational database management system (RDBMS) with an object-based, interactive visual-programming language provides programming by "visual inheritance." A user places screen objects (e.g., boxes, screen buttons, table objects, and the like) on an on-screen window or "form," visually attaches selected "properties" and "methods" to the screen objects, and then establishes an containership-based event model that dictates how and when these properties and methods will be invoked. An object inherits or derives properties and methods from other (parent) objects via its visual containership. The creation and maintenance of application programs is greatly simplified.