Abstract: An asymmetric high-k dielectric for reduced gate induced drain leakage in high-k MOSFETs and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes performing an implant process on a high-k dielectric sidewall of a gate structure. The method further includes performing an oxygen annealing process to grow an oxide region on a drain side of the gate structure, while inhibiting oxide growth on a source side of the gate structure adjacent to a source region.

Abstract: A writing method for SSD (SSD) is disclosed. When processing a write data request from an internal of the SSD, whether both the source physical address and the destination physical address of the write data are in a healthy state is checked; the destination physical address corresponding to the logical address of the write data is registered to the flash transmit layer (FTL); the write data stored in the source is directly written to the destination physical address to accelerate the write speed.

Abstract: A driving device used in a paper separation mechanism includes an internal gear, an external gear sheathed around the internal gear, a shell of which an inner front face protrudes backward to form a hollow cylinder which the internal gear is sheathed around, an elastic element restrained between a front end of the internal gear and the inner front face of the shell, and a driving member rotatably on the rear of the shell. The driving device utilizes the cooperation of a guide block of the internal gear and a guide groove of spiral shape of the hollow cylinder, the cooperation of a locking arm of the shell and an outer ratchet of the external gear, the cooperation of a slope of the external gear and pushing blocks of the driving member to make a clockwise rotation angle of the driving member be greater than a counterclockwise rotation angle.

Abstract: A fixed-focus lens including a first lens group, a second lens group and an aperture stop is provided. The first lens group has a positive refractive power, and includes a first lens, a second lens and a third lens arranged in sequence from a magnified side to a reduced side. The second lens group has a positive refractive power, and includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens arranged in sequence from the magnified side to the reduced side. A product of a refractive power and a slope of a refractive index changing with a temperature change of any one lens of the second lens group is P×(dn/dt), and a sum of P×(dn/dt) of the lenses of the second lens group is less than 0. The aperture stop is disposed between the first lens group and the second lens group.

Abstract: A variable length instruction processor system and method is provided. Before a processor core executes an instruction, the system and method applied in a processor field convert the instruction into micro-operation(s) and the micro-operation(s) can be filled into a cache system that can be directly accessed by a processor core, reducing the depth of a pipeline and improving efficiency of the pipeline.

Abstract: An interconnect apparatus and a method of forming the interconnect apparatus is provided. Two substrates, such as wafers, dies, or a wafer and a die, are bonded together. A first mask is used to form a first opening extending partially to an interconnect formed on the first wafer. A dielectric liner is formed, and then another etch process is performed using the same mask. The etch process continues to expose interconnects formed on the first substrate and the second substrate. The opening is filled with a conductive material to form a conductive plug.

Abstract: A positioning system comprises a sweeper and a positioning device arranged on a ceiling. The sweeper has a lighting component for emitting light. The positioning device at least has a height measuring unit and a plurality of light-sensitive units. The positioning device measures a vertical distance between the positioning device and a floor through the height measuring unit. The positioning device receives the light emitted from the emitting light of the sweeper through the light-sensitive units, and calculates an oblique distance between the positioning device and the sweeper based on different strengths of the light respectively received from each of the plurality of light-sensitive units. Therefore, the positioning device can calculates a parallel distance between the positioning device and the sweeper based on the vertical distance and the oblique distance, and further determines a related position of the sweeper opposite to the positioning device.

Abstract: A heat pipe is disclosed in the present invention. The heat pipe includes a first pipe and at least a second pipe. The first pipe is formed with an enclosed space. The second pipe is disposed in the enclosed space. There is no wick structure disposed between the first pipe and the second pipe.

Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a first substrate, a first barrier layer disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate, a second barrier layer disposed on the second substrate, an display medium disposed between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer, and a metal enclosing wall connecting the first substrate to the second substrate and surrounding the display medium. The metal enclosing wall includes a first metal layer having a first opening and connected to the first substrate, a second metal layer connected to the second substrate, and a third metal layer formed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer.

Abstract: A frequency-variable hand rubbed-type motor speed reduction clutch apparatus, and a washing machine. The clutch apparatus includes: an input shaft (5) connected to a motor rotor (1); a dehydration shaft (18); and a clutch apparatus housing (8) in which the input shaft (5) and the dehydration shaft (18) are mounted. A braking wheel (12) and a braking belt (15) fitted to the braking wheel (12) are disposed on the dehydration shaft (18). A dehydration shaft sleeve (20) rotating together with the input shaft (5) is mounted on the input shaft (5). A clutch shaft sleeve (3) sliding up and down, and engaging with or separated from the dehydration shaft sleeve (20) is mounted on the dehydration shaft (18). The braking belt (15) and the clutch shaft sleeve (3) are separately connected to a traction motor (11) by means of a control apparatus.

Abstract: A fin field device structure and method for forming the same are provided. The FinFET device structure includes a substrate and a fin structure extending from the substrate. The FinFET device structure also includes an isolation structure formed on the substrate. The fin structure has a top portion and a bottom portion, and the bottom portion is embedded in the isolation structure. The FinFET device structure further includes a protection layer formed on the top portion of the fin structure. An interface is between the protection layer and the top portion of the fin structure, and the interface has a roughness in a range from about 0.1 nm to about 2.0 nm.

Abstract: Provided herein is a droplet actuator including (a) first and second substrates separated by a droplet-operations gap, the first and second substrates including respective hydrophobic surfaces that face the droplet-operations gap; (b) a plurality of electrodes coupled to at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrodes arranged along the droplet-operations gap to control movement of a droplet along the hydrophobic surfaces within the droplet-operations gap; and (c) a hydrophilic or variegated-hydrophilic surface exposed to the droplet-operations gap, the hydrophilic or variegated-hydrophilic surface being positioned to contact the droplet when the droplet is at a select position within the droplet-operations gap.

Abstract: A computer stick docking system and a power management method thereof are provided. The computer stick docking system includes a docking station and a computer stick device. The docking station is configured to receive a display device and a computer stick device, including a docking battery and a docking HDMI interface circuit. The computer stick device includes a computer-stick controller and a computer-stick HDMI interface circuit. The computer-stick controller is configured to load an operating system. The computer-stick HDMI interface circuit, coupled to the computer-stick controller, is configured to request battery power information of the docking battery from the docking station after it is powered on and the computer-stick HDMI interface circuit is connected to the docking station.

Abstract: A classifying method adapted to an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The classifying method includes following steps: according to frequency counts of executing plural application programs in the electronic apparatus, correspondingly creating plural data folders in at least one storage device; and classifying data in the at least one storage device into at least one of the data folders according to contents of the data.

Abstract: An assistant wireless UE positioning method and device is provided, and relates to the field of wireless communication. The device includes: a request sending component configured to, when first UE to which it belongs does not have a positioning capability, initiate an assistant positioning request to at least one piece of second UE which has finished positioning near the first UE, and store sending time of the assistant positioning request; a response receiving component, configured to receive assistant positioning information in response to the assistant positioning request by the second UE, and store receiving time of the assistant positioning information; and a positioning calculation component configured to determine a spatial position by virtue of the assistant positioning information, the receiving information and the sending time of the assistant positioning request.

Abstract: The present inventive concepts provide metal etchant compositions and methods of fabricating a semiconductor device using the same. The metal etchant composition includes an organic peroxide in a range of about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt %, an organic acid in a range of about 0.1 wt % to about 70 wt %, and an alcohol-based solvent in a range of about 10 wt % to about 99.8 wt %. The metal etchant composition may be used in an anhydrous system.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to systems and methods for quantifying an analyte extracted from a sample. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods that involve introducing a solvent into a capillary, introducing the capillary into a vessel including a sample such that a portion of the sample is introduced into the capillary, moving the sample and the solvent within the capillary to induce circulation within the sample and the solvent, thereby causing the analyte to be extracted from the sample and into the solvent, analyzing the analyte that has been extracted from the sample, and quantifying the analyte. In certain embodiments, the quantifying step is performed without knowledge of a volume of the sample and/or solvent.

Abstract: A method includes followings operations. A substrate including a first surface and a second surface is provided. The substrate and a transparent film are heated to attach the transparent film on the first surface. A first coefficient of a thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch is between the substrate and the transparent film. The substrate and the transparent film are cooled. A polymeric material is disposed on the second surface. A second CTE mismatch is between the substrate and the polymeric material. The second CTE mismatch is counteracted by the first CTE mismatch.

Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) packaging structure including a metal pad, an electric static discharge (ESD) protection element and an LED chip is provided. The metal pad has a first pad portion having a first top surface with a first concave configured thereon and a second pad portion having a second top surface with a second concave configured thereon. The ESD protection element has two first electrode portions respectively configured in the first concave and the second concave. The LED chip is located above the ESD protection element and has two second electrode portions respectively configured on the first top surface and the second top surface. A frame and a light emitting device having the frame that both include the above LED packaging structure are described herein. A light emitting device having an omni-directional light emitting effect is also described and includes the above LED packaging structure.

Abstract: An asymmetric high-k dielectric for reduced gate induced drain leakage in high-k MOSFETs and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes performing an implant process on a high-k dielectric sidewall of a gate structure. The method further includes performing an oxygen annealing process to grow an oxide region on a drain side of the gate structure, while inhibiting oxide growth on a source side of the gate structure adjacent to a source region.