Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting participant reactions within a virtual working environment.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. A method according to the present disclosure includes forming a first wafer including a plurality of electronic integrated circuits (EICs), forming a second wafer including a plurality of photonic integrated circuits (PICs), bonding the first wafer to the second wafer to form a first stacked wafer. The bonding of the first wafer to the second wafer includes vertically aligning each of the plurality of the EICs with one of the plurality of the PICs.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing a room preview within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide for virtual conferencing between plural participants within a first room of plural rooms, the plural rooms being included within a virtual space for virtual conferencing; and for each of the plural participants, provide a first audio channel associated with audio output of the first room, provide display of a room preview element within the first room, the room preview element corresponding to a live preview of a second room of the plural rooms, and provide a second audio channel associated with audio output of the second room.

Abstract: A horizontally oriented calibration jig for a wafer gripper arm of an ion implanter is disclosed. The calibration jig is mounted within the process chamber of the ion implanter. The calibration jig includes a mounting plate that spans a diameter of the wafer gripper arm, a support stand passing through the mounting plate, and a calibration plate at a bottom end of the support stand. The perimeter of the calibration plate includes a plurality of notches. The calibration plate is rotated. If any finger of the wafer gripper arm falls into a notch, the rotating calibration plate stops. The finger is then adjusted until it does not fall into a notch.

Abstract: A booting method is provided, applied to a computer system. The computer system includes a transmission interface, a power key, and a trigger element. The transmission interface includes a transmission specification and is electrically connected to a graphics card, and the power key is used for driving the computer system to perform a booting procedure. The booting method includes: detecting, in the booting procedure, whether the trigger element is triggered or not; and lowering the transmission specification and restarting the computer system when the trigger element is triggered. A computer system adopting the booting method is further provided.

Abstract: A power detection circuit is provided. The protection circuit is coupled to a pad and includes a trigger circuit and a discharge circuit. The trigger circuit includes a first transistor of a first conductivity type and a second transistor, also of the first conductivity type, which are coupled in series between the pad and a ground terminal. The trigger circuit detects whether a transient even occurs on the pad. The discharge circuit is coupled between the bonding pad and the ground terminal and controlled by the trigger circuit. In response to the transient event occurring on the bonding pad, the trigger circuit generates a trigger voltage to trigger the discharge circuit to provide a discharge path between the pad and the ground terminal.

Abstract: A semiconductor layout including a semiconductor layer and a dummy layer is provided. The semiconductor layer includes a layout pattern. The dummy layer includes a dummy pattern. A check circuit calculates the layout pattern and the dummy pattern to generate a calculated value. The check circuit compares the calculated value to the predetermined value to determine whether the layout pattern has been modified.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing bot participants for virtual conferencing.

Abstract: A write request directed to the non-volatile memory device is received. A stripe associated with an address specified by the write request is present in the volatile memory device is determined. The volatile memory device includes a plurality of stripes, each stripe of the plurality of stripes having a plurality of managed units. The write request on a managed unit of the stripe in the volatile memory device is performed. The stripe in the volatile memory device is evicted to a stripe in the non-volatile memory device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a self-driven water collecting surface having a superhydrophilic-superhydrophobic structure, and a method for preparing the same, belonged to the technical field of water harvesting and superhydrophobic surfaces. The water collecting surface is a superhydrophobic surface with the distributed superhydrophilic region. The superhydrophilic region is a venation channel network structure consisting of hierarchical superhydrophilic channels. In the method, a pulsed laser is firstly adopted to form periodically distributed peak-pit microstructures and nanostructures, which is then modified with a low-surface-energy substance. Then, the low-surface-energy substance layer is removed by a pulsed laser again according to a venation channel network pattern. The laser scanned region is superhydrophilic, while the other regions are superhydrophobic. So that, the self-driven water collecting surface with the superhydrophobic-superhydrophilic structure is obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ambient light sensing method and an ambient light sensor. The ambient light sensing method comprises a light sensing device sensing the light passing through an optical filter and giving an optical signal value, and an operational unit receiving the optical signal value and calculating an ambient light illuminance value according to the optical signal value. Accordingly, the ambient light sensing method and the ambient light sensor according to the present invention can give the ambient light illuminance value with more accuracy and ensure low influence of opaque ink on ambient light sensing.

Abstract: A method for preparing a low migration plasticizer of di-2-ethylhexyl terephthalate is provided. The method includes a step of adding a short chain alcohol component having 4 to 6 carbon atoms and a long chain alcohol component having 9 to 13 carbon atoms in an esterification reaction between terephthalic acid and 2-ethylhexanol, so as to obtain a modified di-2-ethylhexyl terephthalate including residues derived from the short chain alcohol component and the long chain alcohol component. The esterification reaction is carried out under a temperature from 30° C. to 225° C. and a pressure from 80 mbar to 1033 mbar.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a transceiver apparatus having self-calibration mechanism that includes a signal transmission path, a signal receiving path, a path switching circuit, a transceiver circuit and a self-calibration circuit. The path switching circuit includes a switch to switch a connection relation among an antenna, the signal transmission path and the signal receiving path. The transceiver circuit is coupled to the signal transmission path and the signal receiving path. The self-calibration circuit controls the transceiver circuit to transmit a transmission signal through the signal transmission path to the path switching circuit and receives a leakage signal generated according to the transmission signal through the signal receiving path, so as to perform a self-calibration process on the transceiver circuit based on the transmission signal and the leakage signal. The leakage signal has a leakage signal strength larger than a predetermined level.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for providing bot participants for virtual conferencing.

Abstract: A method for accelerating an oxidation rate of food comprises the following steps: providing a food; sensing an oxidation state of the food by a sensing unit; generating a sensing signal by the sensing unit; retrieving a digital signal of a spectrum waveform from a database according to the sensing signal; and transmitting a millimeter-wave analog signal to the food according to the digital signal of the spectrum waveform, where the millimeter-wave analog signal comprises first frequency signals and second frequency signals, and the first frequency signals and the second frequency signals are alternately arranged, and the first and second frequency signals comprise sinusoidal waveforms.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device is disclosed, comprising: a photodiode array including a plurality of first photodiodes, each first photodiode including a respective n+ region and a respective n-well region; a guide array disposed over the photodiode array, the guide array including a plurality of guide members separated from one another by a layer of light-blocking material, the guide members being aligned with the n+ regions of the first photodiodes, such that each guide member is disposed over a different respective n+ region, and the layer of light-blocking material being aligned with the n-well regions of the first photodiodes; and a filter array disposed over the guide array, the filter array including a plurality of bandpass filters, each bandpass filter being aligned with a different one of the plurality of guide members, each bandpass filter having a different transmission band.

Abstract: A placement method for integrated circuit design is provided. Each net is considered as a soft module. The net will receive a larger penalty if it covers more routing congested regions. Therefore, it is easier to move the nets away from routing congested regions. In addition, to relieve local congestion, a novel inflation method is proposed to expand the area of a cluster according to its internal connectivity intensity and routing congestion occupied by the cluster. Accordingly, it can get better routability and wirelength.

Abstract: Optical sensors and their making methods are described herein. In some embodiments, a described sensing apparatus includes: an image sensor; a collimator above the image sensor, wherein the collimator includes an array of apertures; and an optical filtering layer above the collimator, wherein the optical filtering layer is configured to filter a portion of light to be transmitted into the array of apertures.

Abstract: An event trigger master coupled to a first peripheral device and including an event receiving interface, a storage element, a state machine, and a master interface is provided. The event receiving interface is configured to receive an event request. The storage element includes a command queue to store a set command. The state machine performs the set command to access the first peripheral device or a second peripheral device in response to the event request being triggered. The master interface is coupled to the state machine, the first peripheral device, and the second peripheral device. The state machine accesses the first or second peripheral device via the master interface.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for mixing participant audio from multiple rooms within a virtual conferencing system. The program and method provide, in association with designing a first room for virtual conferencing, display of a user interface for mixing participant audio from one or more second rooms into an audio channel for the first room; receive indication of user input via the user interface, the user input corresponding to settings for mixing the participant audio from the one or more second rooms; and provide, based on the settings and in association with virtual conferencing within the first room, for mixing the participant audio from one or more second rooms with respect to the audio channel for the first room.