Abstract: A cord assembly includes a conductive cord, a terminal component, and a base. The terminal component includes a crimping portion and an elastic piece structure. The crimping portion is crimped to an end of the conductive cord. The elastic piece structure includes a first extending portion and a second extending portion. The first extending portion is connected to the crimping portion and extends away from the end of the conductive cord. The second extending portion is connected to an end of the first extending portion away from the crimping portion, and is folded relative to the first extending portion. The base has an engaging slot. The first extending portion is engaged in the engaging slot. The second extending portion protrudes outside the engaging slot.

Abstract: Provided is a bipolar electrode probe, which includes a conductive needle, an insulation layer, a conductive sleeve, and an insulation sleeve. The conductive needle has a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The insulation layer covers the conductive needle and has a first opening. The conductive sleeve covers the insulation layer and has a second opening. The insulation sleeve covers the conductive sleeve. When the bipolar electrode probe is turned on, a longitudinal electric field is formed from a front end of the conductive needle to the conductive sleeve along the longitudinal direction. A transverse electric field is formed from the conductive needle to the conductive sleeve via the first opening and the second opening along the transverse direction.

Abstract: Provided is a bipolar electrode probe, which includes a conductive needle, an insulation layer, a conductive sleeve, and an insulation sleeve. The conductive needle has a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The insulation layer covers the conductive needle and has a first opening. The conductive sleeve covers the insulation layer and has a second opening. The insulation sleeve covers the conductive sleeve. When the bipolar electrode probe is turned on, a longitudinal electric field is formed from a front end of the conductive needle to the conductive sleeve along the longitudinal direction. A transverse electric field is formed from the conductive needle to the conductive sleeve via the first opening and the second opening along the transverse direction.

Abstract: A receiver and a common-mode voltage calibration method thereof are provided. The receiver includes sensing circuits, a phase comparator, and a self-calibration circuit. The phase comparator compares phase relationships of the latch results at the output terminals of the sensing circuits during a testing period to produce a phase comparison result. During the testing period, the self-calibration circuit provides the same differential signal to the input terminals of these sensing circuits, and sets common-mode levels at the input terminals of these sensing circuits to be different from one another. The self-calibration circuit determines a calibrated common-mode level based on the phase comparison result. The self-calibration circuit sets the common-mode levels at the input terminals of these sensing circuits to be equal to the calibrated common-mode level during a normal operation period.

Abstract: A lampshade assembly includes a shade and a mounting seat. The shade is hollow and has an open end and a mounting end. The mounting end of the shade has an outer peripheral wall provided with a locking portion. The mounting seat has a plurality of claws movably locked onto and connected with the locking portion of the shade to mount the shade onto the mounting seat. Thus, when the mounting end of the shade is pushed toward the mounting seat, each of the claws of the mounting seat is pressed and locked into the locking portion of the shade to mount the shade onto the mounting seat.

Abstract: A phase-locked loop (PLL) with novel phase detection mechanism is provided, including a phase frequency detector (PFD), a controller, a digital-to-analog (D2A) module, and a voltage-controlled oscillator/current-controlled oscillator (VCO/ICO), wherein PFD has a reference signal input and an input from the output signal of the VCO/ICO and is connected to the controller, the controller is then further connected to the D2A module, the D2A module converts the control signal from the controller into an analog voltage to control the frequency and phase of VCO/ICO. It is worth noting that the PFD of the present invention has a novel phase detection mechanism so that the phase detection can be accomplished by observing signal level transitions of the reference signal input and a delayed reference signal with respect to the output signal of the VCO/ICO without edge alignment. In addition, the novel phase detection mechanism also allows flexible reference signal input.

Abstract: A phase-locked loop (PLL) with novel phase detection mechanism is provided, including a phase frequency detector (PFD), a controller, a digital-to-analog (D2A) module, and a voltage-controlled oscillator/current-controlled oscillator (VCO/ICO), wherein PFD has a reference signal input and an input from output signal of the VCO/ICO and is connected to the controller, the controller is then further connected to D2A module, D2A module converts the control signal from the controller into an analog voltage to control the frequency and phase of VCO/ICO. It is worth noting that the PFD of the present invention has a novel phase detection mechanism so that the phase detection does not rely on edge alignment. In addition, the novel phase detection mechanism also allows flexible reference signal input, as opposed to the aforementioned fixed external source, such as, a crystal.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating multi-phase clock signals with a ring oscillator is provided, including a first stage phase-blender module and a second stage phase-blender module. The first stage phase-blender module further includes a plurality of differential OP phase-blender circuits. Each differential blender circuit has two signal inputs, and an output signal whose phase is an interpolation of the two input signals. The second stage phase blender module includes a plurality of inverter phase-blender circuits. Each inverter phase-blender circuit receives two output signals from the first stage phase-blender module as inputs, and outputs a clock signal with the interpolated phase of the two output signals of the first stage phase-blender module.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating multi-phase clock signals with a ring oscillator is provided, including a first stage phase-blender module and a second stage phase-blender module. The first stage phase-blender module further includes a plurality of differential OP phase-blender circuits. Each differential blender circuit has two signal inputs, and an output signal whose phase is an interpolation of the two input signal. The second stage phase blender module includes a plurality of inverter phase-blender circuits. Each inverter phase-blender circuit receives two output signals from the first stage phase-blender module as inputs, and outputs a clock signal with the interpolated phase of the two output signals of the first stage phase-blender module.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device to increase the effective concentration of a doped region. A first dopant is implanted into a substrate. A second dopant is implanted into the substrate. The first dopant has a lower diffusion coefficient, a higher energy gap, and a higher atomic mass than those of the second dopant.