Abstract: A switching power converter is provided that cycles a power switch during a group pulse mode of operation to produce a train of pulses within a group period responsive to a control voltage being within a group mode control voltage range. Depending upon the control voltage, the number of pulses in each train of pulses is varied to provide a linear power delivery to the load.

Abstract: A seat cushion includes a cushion body, a weight measuring unit coupled to the cushion body, a tilt adjusting unit, a storage unit storing pre-established mapping data, and a controlling unit. The weight measuring unit measures, when a user is sitting on the cushion body, weight of the user applied to the cushion body so as to generate a result of weight measurement. The controlling unit is connected to the weight measuring unit, the tilt adjusting unit and the storage unit, and controls, when the seat cushion is operated in an automatic mode, the tilt adjusting unit to adjust a seat angle of the cushion body with respect to a horizontal reference plane based on the result of weight measurement, a height value and the mapping data.

Abstract: A printing method for biochip fabrication is implemented by a printing apparatus including a platform for supporting a substrate, a pipet module, and a control module. The method includes: moving the platform in sequence to multiple positions associated with multiple to-be-printed points on the platform; moving the pipet module reciprocatively toward and away from the platform during each movement of the platform; discharging, by the pipet module, solution sample onto the respective one of the to-be-printed points to form a bio-sensing spot to form a biochip; and determining, by the control module, whether to execute a supplementary printing procedure for the biochip based on whether each bio-sensing spot satisfies a predetermined criterion.

Abstract: A roll-off parameter determining module disposed at a receiving terminal is provided. The receiving terminal receives first roll-off information of a first frame and second roll-off information of a second frame. The first frame is adjacent to the second frame. The module for determining a roll-off parameter includes: a register unit; a first determining unit, determining whether one of the first roll-off information and the second roll-off information includes a first data type, and generating a first roll-off parameter indicator; a second determining unit, determining whether one of the first roll-off information and the second roll-off information includes a second data type and outputting a second roll-off parameter indicator; and a look-up table (LUT) unit, looking up an LUT according to the first roll-off parameter indicator and a second roll-off parameter indicator to output a roll-off parameter.

Abstract: A bracket device is configured to mount a slide rail to a post. The bracket device includes a bracket, a hook, a locking element and an extension element. The bracket has a first engagement part. The hook is connected to the bracket and located at a close position relative to the bracket. The locking element is operatively engaged with the first engagement part of the bracket for abutting against the hook to hold the hook at the close position. The extension element is connected to the locking element. Wherein, when the locking element is operatively disengaged from the bracket, the locking element no longer abuts against the hook, and the hook is no longer held at the close position relative to the bracket.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a blocking structure and a locking member. The second rail is movable relative to the first rail. The blocking structure is mounted to the first rail. The locking member is movably mounted to the second rail and configured to abut against the blocking structure, in order to prevent the second rail from being moved relative to the first rail from a retracted position along an opening direction.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a mounting member, a third rail, a fourth rail and an engaging member. The mounting member includes a first part, a second part and a third part. The first part and the second part are connected to the third part and respectively extended along different directions. The third rail is connected to the first part of the mounting member, and the third rail is movable relative to the first rail. The fourth rail is connected to the second part of the mounting member, and the second rail is movable relative to the fourth rail. The engaging member is movably mounted to the mounting member. The engaging member is configured to allow the mounting member to be synchronously moved with the second rail along a predetermined direction.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a mounting member. The mounting member is arranged with a third rail and a fourth rail. Wherein, the third rail is movable relative to the first rail, and the second rail is movable relative to the fourth rail.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a mounting member, a third rail and a fourth rail. The mounting member includes a first part, a second part and a third part. The first and second parts are connected to the third parts and are respectively extended along different directions. The mounting member has a first side and a second side. The third rail is connected to the first part of the mounting member and located at the first side of the mounting member. The third rail is movable relative to the first rail. The fourth rail is connected to the second part of the mounting member and located at the second side of the mounting member. The second rail is movable relative to the fourth rail.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail and a third rail. The second rail is movably mounted between the first rail and the third rail. The second rail and the third rail are movable relative to the first rail. The second rail and the third rail are detachable from the first rail.

Abstract: The beamforming calibration system includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a computing device. The transmitter includes multiple transmitting antennas. The computing device provides multiple phase sets to the transmitter. When the computing device provides a first phase set among the phase sets to the transmitter: the transmitter uses the first phase set to set phases of the transmitting antennas, the receiver receives wireless transmission signal from the transmitting antennas to obtain a first radiation pattern corresponding to the first phase set, and the computing device is configured to compare the first radiation pattern with a predetermined pattern to calculate a pattern similarity score corresponding to the first phase set. The computing device selects a calibration phase set among the phase sets according to the pattern similarity score of each phase set, and provides the calibration phase set to the transmitter to calibrate beamforming.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an OFDM receiver with a low-resolution ADC and an electronic device thereof. According to one of the exemplary embodiments, the OFDM receiver may include not limited to: an ADC module which receives a transmission signal of a channel in an analog format and digitizes the transmission signal into a digital format to generate a quantized transmission signal; an error compensating and estimating module which is coupled to the ADC module, receives the quantized transmission signal and a feedback signal which is a first estimated time-domain transmission signal to generate an estimated error signal according to a turbo iterative updating technique; and a signal estimating module which is coupled to the error compensating and estimating module, receives the estimated error signal and a channel attenuation coefficient of the channel to generate an estimated transmission signal.

Abstract: A phase recovery device includes a phase recovery module and a residual phase recovery module. The phase recovery module performs a first-stage phase recovery on a received signal to generate a first phase recovered signal. The residual phase recovery module performs a second-stage phase recovery on the first phase-recovered signal to generate a second phase recovered signal.

Abstract: A decoding circuit applied to a multimedia apparatus is provided. The decoding circuit is for decoding encoded data to generate system information, and includes multiple processing circuits and a determination circuit. The multiple processing circuits individually process the encoded data to generate multiple processed signals, and respectively correspond to multiple bit combinations of a part of the system information. The determination circuit determines the system information according to the multiple processed signals.

Abstract: The beamforming calibration system includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a computing device. The transmitter includes multiple transmitting antennas. The computing device provides multiple phase sets to the transmitter. When the computing device provides a first phase set among the phase sets to the transmitter: the transmitter uses the first phase set to set phases of the transmitting antennas, the receiver receives wireless transmission signal from the transmitting antennas to obtain a first radiation pattern corresponding to the first phase set, and the computing device is configured to compare the first radiation pattern with a predetermined pattern to calculate a pattern similarity score corresponding to the first phase set. The computing device selects a calibration phase set among the phase sets according to the pattern similarity score of each phase set, and provides the calibration phase set to the transmitter to calibrate beamforming.

Abstract: A slide rail assembly is configured to be detachably mounted to a first post and a second post by a first bracket and a bracket device. The bracket device includes a second bracket, a hook, and a locking element. The hook is connected to the second bracket. The locking element is operatively engaged with the second bracket for abutting against the hook in order to hold the hook at a close position relative to the second post. When the first bracket is detached from the first post, and the locking element is operatively disengaged from the second bracket, the locking element no longer abuts against the hook.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system is configured to interface with a dual frequency ultrasound transducer having one or more low frequency ultrasound arrays and one or more high frequency ultrasound arrays. The imaging system produces driving pulses for both the high frequency ultrasound array and the low frequency ultrasound imaging array. Analog echo signals are processed to produce a low frequency ultrasound image and a high frequency ultrasound image that are simultaneously displayed. Tissue shown in the high frequency ultrasound image is a portion of the tissue shown in the low frequency ultrasound image.

Abstract: A signal processing apparatus includes an oscillation circuit, an interpolation circuit, a matching filter, a high-pass filter and a timing recovery circuit. The oscillation circuit generates a clock signal. The interpolation circuit performs interpolation on an input signal according to the clock signal to generate an interpolation sample result. The matching filter demodulates the interpolation sample result to generate an output signal. The high-pass filter performs high-pass filtering on the interpolation sample result to generate a filtered result. The timing recovery circuit receives the filtered result, and performs timing recovery according to the filtered result.

Abstract: An ultrasound imaging system is configured to interface with a dual frequency ultrasound transducer having one or more low frequency ultrasound arrays and one or more high frequency ultrasound arrays. The imaging system produces driving pulses for both the high frequency ultrasound array and the low frequency ultrasound imaging array. Analog echo signals are processed to produce a low frequency ultrasound image and a high frequency ultrasound image that are simultaneously displayed. Tissue shown in the high frequency ultrasound image is a portion of the tissue shown in the low frequency ultrasound image.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a first substrate comprising a first conductive element exposed at a surface of the first substrate; forming a patterned photoresist layer atop the first conductive element, whereby the patterned photoresist layer provides openings exposing the first conductive element; forming a first metal layer in the openings and directly atop the first conductive element; forming a first insulator layer over the first metal layer and the first substrate; and polishing the first metal layer and the first insulator layer, resulting in a first interface surface over the first substrate wherein the first interface surface includes part of the first metal layer and the first insulator layer.