Abstract: A motor driving device having a lock protection mode includes a rotation speed detecting unit, an operating unit, a driving unit, a floating point selecting unit, a BEMF detecting unit, a control unit, and a lock protection unit. The operating unit enters an operating mode after a motor is stably operated, and generates an operating signal having phases according to a commutation sequence, and the driving unit drives the motor. The BEMF detecting unit detects a BEMF of a first floating phase to generate a detection result. The control unit outputs a commutation signal to cause the driving unit to drive the motor. When the rotation speed detecting unit determines that a rotation speed of the motor exceeds a predetermined rotation speed, the rotation speed detecting unit outputs a switching signal to the lock protection unit to enter the lock protection mode.

Abstract: A method of medical image registration is to be implemented by a computer device, and includes steps of: obtaining an ultrasound target image corresponding to an area of interest in an ultrasound image; for each of multiple computed tomography (CT) images, obtaining a CT candidate image that corresponds to an area of interest in the CT image; for each of the CT candidate images, calculating a similarity between the CT candidate image and the ultrasound target image; making one of the CT candidate images that corresponds to the greatest similarity among the CT candidate images serve as a CT target image; and performing image registration on the ultrasound target image and the CT target image.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a gate, a first doped region and a second doped region. The gate is over the substrate. The first doped region and the second doped region are in the substrate. The first doped region and the second doped region are of a same conductivity type and separated by the gate. The length of the first doped region is greater than a length of the second doped region in a direction substantially perpendicular to a channel length defined between the first doped region and the second doped region.

Abstract: A touch display panel including first electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, and second electrodes extending in a second direction and arranged in the first direction; each first electrode includes first electrode blocks and first connecting electrodes arranged at intervals in the first direction; in the first electrode, two adjacent first electrode blocks are electrically connected by a first connecting electrode; each second electrode includes second electrode blocks and bridge structures arranged at intervals in the second direction; in each second electrode, two adjacent second electrode blocks are electrically connected by a bridge structure; the second electrode blocks are arranged in a different layer from the bridge structures; the bridge structures intersect the first connecting electrodes, and the dummy electrode is located between each second electrode block and the first connecting electrode adjacent thereto and intersects with the bridge structures.

Abstract: A motor starting device includes a starting unit, a driving unit, a floating point selecting unit, a back electromotive force (BEMF) detecting unit and a control unit. In a starting mode, the starting unit generates an initial starting signal having a plurality of phases according to a commutation sequence, the driving unit drives the motor with a first phase in the initial starting signal, the floating point selecting unit selects a floating phase of the motor that is not turned on according to the driving condition of the driving unit, the BEMF detecting unit detects whether the BEMF of the floating phase has a first voltage level or a second voltage level to generate a detection result, and the control unit outputs a phase changing signal to the driving unit according to the detection result.

Abstract: Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a ring-shaped drain region having an inner edge and an outer edge. A channel region surrounds the ring-shaped drain region. A source region surrounds the channel region. The channel region separates the drain region from the source region. A gate electrode is arranged over the channel region and is separated from the channel region by a gate dielectric. An inner edge of the gate electrode is proximate to the drain region. A resistor structure is arranged over and spaced apart from an upper surface of the substrate. The resistor structure has a first end and a second end which are connected by a curved or polygonal path of resistive material. The first end is coupled to the ring-shaped drain. The resistor has an outer perimeter that is surrounded by the inner edge of the ring-shaped drain region.

Abstract: Provided is an active power filter-based modular multilevel converter, relating to the field of power electronics. According to the converter, an active power filter circuit is provided between upper and lower arms of each phase in a modular multilevel converter. The active power filter circuit includes two switch power devices, two submodules, a capacitor, and an inductor. The upper and lower bridge-arms are connected in series by means of two submodules, the two switch power devices are connected in series and then connected in parallel to ends of intermediate submodules which are connected in series, and the capacitor and the inductor are connected in series and then connected in parallel to two ends of the switch power device connected to the lower bridge-arm. The defect of large capacitance of submodule in conventional modular multilevel topology is overcome.

Abstract: Compositions useful for the selective removal of titanium nitride and/or photoresist etch residue materials relative to metal conducting, e.g., cobalt, ruthenium and copper, and insulating materials from a microelectronic device having same thereon. The removal compositions contain at least one oxidant and one etchant, may contain various corrosion inhibitors to ensure selectivity.

Abstract: A method for controlling a touch system capable of reducing electromagnetic interference includes generating first frequency data, generating a first transmitting signal with a first frequency and a first alternating current shielding signal with the first frequency according to the first frequency data, transmitting the first transmitting signal to a first scan line of a plurality of scan lines of a touch panel, transmitting the first alternating current shielding signal to the plurality of scan lines exclusive of the first scan line, generating second frequency data, generating a second transmitting signal with a second frequency and a second alternating current shielding signal with the second frequency according to the second frequency data, transmitting the second transmitting signal to a second scan line of the plurality of scan lines, and transmitting the second alternating current shielding signal to the plurality of scan lines exclusive of the second scan line.

Abstract: Methods, systems, kits and compositions are described for quality control and quantitation of nucleic acid libraries of double stranded nucleic acid libraries prior to massively parallel sequencing. Electrophoretic separation within a channel using a detectably labeled single stranded sizing ladder may be used to define the molecular weight range and amount of the double stranded nucleic acids.

Abstract: A voltage conversion apparatus is provided. A leakage inductance energy recovery circuit is coupled to a primary side auxiliary winding and a control circuit, and recovers leakage inductance energy of a transformer circuit to supply an operating power to the control circuit. Before a main switch is turned on the next time, leakage inductance energy recovered previously is used to lower a cross-voltage of the main switch, so that transient loss of conduction of the main switch is eliminated or reduced, and circuit efficiency is improved.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a semiconductor package including a bottom chip package having a first side and a second side opposing the first side, and a top antenna package mounted on the first side of the bottom chip package. The bottom chip package further includes a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip may include a RFIC chip. The top antenna package has at least one radiative antenna element.

Abstract: The invention provides a LED luminaire comprising a frame shape formed of straight arms (12, 20) which each carry an LED arrangement (18, 26), and connections (30) which provide mechanical connection between the support arms (12, 20) and electrical connection between the LED arrangements (18, 26) of those arms (12, 20). The frame shape has a central opening (25) which assists cooling by convection and it can be manufactured using a low cost extrusion process.

Abstract: An intelligent air-drying system and method are provided. The intelligent air-drying system includes an air-drying device and an application program. The air-drying device includes a device body, a sensing unit, a heater, and a processing unit. The device body has a water-absorbing material for absorbing moisture in the air. The sensing unit is disposed on the device body to detect the humidity of the environment where the air-drying device is located. The heater is disposed on the device body to heat the water-absorbing material. The processing unit is coupled to the sensing unit and the heater, and the processing unit executes the application program. The startup timing of the heater is dynamically predicted based on the daily humidity change measured by the sensing unit, and the heater is started before the water-absorbing material reaches saturation to ensure the water-absorbing and dehumidifying capabilities of the water-absorbing material.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for repeated transmission. In one novel aspect, the RV sequence is selected from a predefined set of RV sequences for the repeated transmission. In one embodiment, the one or more RV values in the selected RV sequence are repeatedly used for the repeated transmission, by applying each RV value one by one to one block of repetitions cyclically, wherein the number of repetition in the block is determined by the repetition number and the length of the RV sequence. In another embodiment, the one or more RV values in the selected RV sequence are repeatedly used for the repeated transmission, by applying each RV value one by one to one repetition cyclically. In one embodiment, the RV value and the scrambling sequences are the same for the repetition blocks and a symbol level combination is applied.

Abstract: A high-voltage semiconductor device structure is provided. The high-voltage semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a source ring in the semiconductor substrate, and a drain region in the semiconductor substrate. The high-voltage semiconductor device structure also includes a doped ring surrounding sides and a bottom of the source ring and a well region surrounding sides and bottoms of the drain region and the doped ring. The well region has a conductivity type opposite to that of the doped ring. The high-voltage semiconductor device structure further includes a conductor electrically connected to the drain region and extending over and across a periphery of the well region. In addition, the high-voltage semiconductor device structure includes a shielding element ring between the conductor and the semiconductor substrate. The shielding element ring extends over and across the periphery of the well region.

Abstract: Provided is a word line structure including a substrate, a stack structure, and a metal silicide structure. The stack structure is disposed on the substrate. The metal silicide structure is disposed on the stack structure. The metal silicide structure includes a first metal element, a second metal element, and a silicon element. The first metal element is different from the second metal element, and concentrations of the first metal element and the second metal element gradually decrease along a direction from a top surface of the metal silicide structure to the substrate.

Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a display panel and a flexible printed wiring substrate. The display panel is provided with a binding structure. The binding structure includes a plurality of first connection terminals arranged along a width direction of the display panel; and a flexible printed wiring substrate is electrically connected to the bonding structure of the display panel. Each of the first connection terminals is obliquely disposed along a lateral edge of the width direction of the display panel, and adjacent lateral edges of two of the adjacent first connection terminals along the width direction of the display panel are parallel to each other.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area. A peripheral circuit is disposed in the peripheral area. The peripheral circuit comprises at least one bonding pad made of a metal layer. A plurality of touch sensing electrodes is disposed in the display area. The plurality of touch sensing electrodes is made of a metal nanowire layer, a film layer disposed on the metal nanowire layer, and a negative-type photosensitive layer disposed on the film layer. The plurality of touch sensing electrodes is electrically connected to the peripheral circuit.

Abstract: Direct current-direct current (DC-DC) converters including buck converters are described. These DC-DC converters may be configured to reduce oscillations that would otherwise arise in the output reference voltage due to ringing effects without significantly lengthening the duration of the transient period. These DC converters may leverage a feedback voltage generated by sensing the current flowing through the inductor of the buck converter. The feedback voltage may compared to a threshold, and the signal resulting from the comparison may be used to vary the reference voltage. The DC-DC converter may be operated in a “partial reset mode,” in which the voltage generated by sensing the inductor's current is reduced to a value greater than zero in response to the feedback voltage reaching the threshold. Reducing the sense voltage in this manner may reduce the duration of the transient period.