Abstract: An axial flux Halbach rotor comprise: a first magnet set and a second magnet set. Further comprises: a plurality of first magnets that are respective featured by their respective first magnetizing directions and are arranged interconnecting to each other by the use of a first connecting element while allowing any two neighboring first magnets to be spaced from each other by a first distance; and the second magnet set further comprises: a plurality of second magnets that are respectively featured by their respective second magnetizing directions and are arranged interconnecting to each other by the use of a second connecting element while allowing any two neighboring second magnets to be spaced from each other by a second distance. In addition, the first magnet set and the second magnet set are arranged inlaid into each other while allowing the plural first magnets and the plural second magnets to be dispose alternatively.

Abstract: A connector including a first connector body and a mode-converting unit is provided. The first connector body includes a dielectric base, a shell and a pin set. The shell and the dielectric base are fixed to each other. The pin set is disposed on the dielectric base. The mode-converting unit includes a substrate and a mode-converting structure. The substrate is fixed to the first connector body and has a circuit. The shell constitutes a waveguide tube and is electromagnetically coupled to the circuit through the mode-converting structure. A signal is transmitted from the shell to the circuit through the mode-converting structure, or transmitted from the circuit to the shell through the mode-converting structure and emitted outward, such that the connector can be regarded as an antenna. The signal is a millimeter-wave signal.

Abstract: A wound stator core disclosed is substantially formed from a spirally piled strip. In an embodiment, the strip with a specific length is formed with a first dentition and a second dentition, whereas the first dentition is featured by a first slot-number ratio and is composed of a first side and a plurality of first teeth in a manner that the plural first teeth are arranged as an array on the first side; which is also same to the second dentition while allowing the second slot-number ratio to be equal to the first slot-number ratio. In addition, each first tooth is formed with a first dental part at a free end thereof, while also each second tooth is formed with a second dental part at a free end thereof, and the first dental part of each first tooth is connected to the second dental part of its corresponding second tooth.

Abstract: A method includes performing a first sputtering to form a first metal film on a surface of a semiconductor region. The first sputtering is performed using a first ion energy. The method further includes performing a second sputtering to form a second metal film over and contacting the first metal film, wherein the first and the second metal films includes a same metal. The second sputtering is performed using a second ion energy lower than the first ion energy. An annealing is performed to react the first and the second metal films with the semiconductor region to form a metal silicide.

Abstract: An illumination device including a base, at least one LED light source and a diffusing element is provided. The base has a supporting plane. The LED light source disposed on the supporting plane has a light emitting surface substantially parallel to the supporting plane. The diffusing element disposed on the supporting plane to cover the at least one LED light source. The diffusing element includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion located above the at least one LED light source. The second portion connected between the first portion and the base. An optical characteristic of the first portion is different from that of the second portion so that a non-continuous boundary is defined between the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: A dielectric antenna includes at least one dielectric unit. Each dielectric unit is separated into a first region and a second region, and the second region could have a bending portion. A conductor covers a surface of the second region of the dielectric unit to form a waveguide structure. The waveguide structure has a first endpoint connected to the first region and a second endpoint serving as a signal feeding terminal for feeding or receiving signals.

Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure embedded in the substrate, a stressor embedded in the substrate, and a conductive plug over and electrically coupled with the stressor. A same-material region is sandwiched by the STI structure and an entire sidewall of the stressor, and the same-material region is a continuous portion of the substrate.

Abstract: A method for detecting an object and a touchable device are presented, which is capable of detecting an object having a fingerprint feature on an operation interface of the touchable device. An image sensor is used for acquiring acquiring an image on the operation interface, and the acquired image is converted into a signal denoted in a frequency domain by using a frequency conversion function. Signals at a medium-high frequency (MHF) signal region among the signals of the frequency domain are analyzed, so as to generate a first signal and a second signal according to a distribution of the signals of the frequency domain. The first signal indicates existence of the object on the operation interface, and the second signal indicates inexistence of the object on the operation interface.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a touch panel are disclosed herein, the apparatus includes an object detection module and an adjusting device. The object detection module can detect a position of at least one object contacting the touch panel. A position analyzer recognizes position of the object and the adjusting device can set the touch panel to a predetermined position according to the result recognized by the position analyzer.

Abstract: A supercontinuum generation system comprises a noise-like pulse fiber laser structure, an amplification unit and a broadening medium. The noise-like pulse fiber laser structure generates at lease one noise-like pulse of the wavelength less than 1300 nm. The amplification unit includes a gain fiber with which the noise-like pulse is coupled. The broadening medium is coupled with the gain fiber. A supercontinuum is generated when the noise-like pulse is amplified by the amplification unit and broadened in spectrum by the broadening medium.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a binary CAM cell. The binary CAM cell includes a storage circuit, a first discharging circuit, and a second discharging circuit. The storage circuit is configured to provide a first stored bit and a second stored bit, which are complimentary bits of each other. The first discharging circuit is configured to either discharge or not discharge a match line according to the first stored bit provided by the storage circuit and a first searched bit provided by a first search line. The first discharging circuit includes a first PMOS transistor. The second discharging circuit is configured to either discharge or not discharge the match line according to the second stored bit provided by the storage circuit and a second searched bit provided by a second search line. The second discharging circuit includes a second PMOS transistor.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a solar cell includes the following steps, providing a substrate, which includes a first conductivity type semi-conductor layer and a second conductivity type semi-conductor layer. The conductivity type of the first conductivity type semi-conductor layer is opposite to the conductivity type of the second conductivity type semi-conductor layer. A graphene oxide layer is formed on the substrate and the graphene oxide layer contacts with the second conductivity type semi-conductor layer. A first electrode and a second electrode are formed on the substrate. The first electrode contacts with the first conductivity type semi-conductor layer, and the second electrode contacts with the second conductivity type semi-conductor layer.

Abstract: A fiber laser having a ring resonance path comprises a pump light source, a Yb-doped optical fiber and a light modulation unit. The pump light source emits a pump light. The Yb-doped optical fiber is coupled with the pump light. The light modulation unit includes a grating pair, a diaphragm and two reflective elements. The grating pair is coupled with the pump light. The diaphragm includes an aperture. The light transmitted by the grating pair partially passes through the aperture and reaches one of the reflective elements to become a reflective light, and the reflective light passes through the aperture and is transmitted through the grating pair and the other reflective element to be coupled back with the ring resonance path.

Abstract: A fiber laser having a ring resonance path comprises a pump light source, a Yb-doped optical fiber and a light modulation unit. The pump light source emits a pump light. The Yb-doped optical fiber is coupled with the pump light. The light modulation unit includes a grating pair, a diaphragm and two reflective elements. The grating pair is coupled with the pump light. The diaphragm includes an aperture. The light transmitted by the grating pair partially passes through the aperture and reaches one of the reflective elements to become a reflective light, and the reflective light passes through the aperture and is transmitted through the grating pair and the other reflective element to be coupled back with the ring resonance path.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite with the first surface. The first conductive layer is located on the first surface and includes a plurality of first conductive films located apart from each other. The second conductive layer is located on the second surface and includes a carbon nanotube layer structure. A resistivity of the carbon nanotube layer structure along the first direction is larger than a resistivity of the carbon nanotube layer structure along a second direction perpendicular with the first direction.

Abstract: A mover and stator assembly of an electric machine includes at least one stator and at least one rotor. Each stator includes multiple magnetic components each including a first surface and a salient portion protruding from the first surface. The rotor includes multiple second magnetic components each including a second surface and a groove located on the second surface. The first surfaces face the second surfaces, and the width of each salient portion is less than that of each groove.

Abstract: A stand mechanism includes a shell for connection with an electronic device and having an outer surface and a bottom end connected to the outer surface, and a supporting leg including a connecting end surface, a supporting end portion opposite to the connecting end surface, and opposite first and second surfaces extending between the connecting end surface and the supporting end portion. A fixing unit interconnects the shell and the supporting leg. The supporting leg is selectively secured to the shell at a first or second position, where the first or second surface faces the bottom end. The outer surface is inclined with respect to the flat surface at a first or second angle when the supporting leg is at the first or second position.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a coil array for parallel magnetic resonance imaging data acquisition, comprising: a plurality of coil elements, wherein each of the coil elements is formed by a loop of wire, wherein the plurality of coil elements are arranged such that the coil elements are covering the imaged sample and uniformly distributed over a plane comprising the encoding directions not in parallel with the frequency encoding directions, which are the directions of the static magnetic field variation generated by a plurality of gradient coils of a magnetic resonance imaging system during magnetic resonance data sampling.