Abstract: A wireless communication device configured to operate with a first wireless communication protocol and a second wireless communication protocol and a method for performing coexistence control based on adaptive threshold adjustment in the wireless communication device are provided. The method may include: performing wireless communication operations with the first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol concurrently; comparing a current throughput with a throughput threshold; in response to the current throughput being less than the throughput threshold, comparing a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), in communication using the second wireless communication protocol, with a signal strength threshold to generate at least one comparison result; and selectively sending a null frame according to the at least one comparison result, in order to temporarily avoid communication using the second wireless communication protocol.

Abstract: A wireless communications device and a method for performing transmission and reception control of wireless communications device are provided. The method may include: utilizing a first communications control circuit to determine at least one indication regarding the first communications control circuit, for being sent to a second communications control circuit; utilizing the second communications control circuit to receive the at least one indication from the first communications control circuit, for indicating at least one behavior of the first communications control circuit; and utilizing the second communications control circuit to determine transmission power of the second communications control circuit at least according to whether multiple conditions (e.g.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an interconnect structure, and a conductive pad structure. The interconnect structure is over the substrate and includes a top metal layer. The conductive pad structure is over the interconnect structure and includes a lower barrier film, an upper barrier film, and an aluminum-containing layer. The lower barrier film is on the top metal layer. The upper barrier film is on the lower barrier film and has an amorphous structure. The aluminum-containing layer is on the upper barrier film. The lower barrier film and the upper barrier film are made of a same material, and a nitrogen atomic percentage of the upper barrier film is higher than a nitrogen atomic percentage of the lower barrier film.

Abstract: A power converter is provided. The power converter includes a switched-capacitor conversion circuit and an inductor buck circuit. The switched-capacitor conversion circuit receives an input voltage at an input terminal and performs a switching operation to convert the input voltage to an intermediate voltage. The inductor buck circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the switched-capacitor conversion circuit to receive the intermediate voltage and operates at a constant on-time to generate an output voltage at a conversion output terminal according to the intermediate voltage. The inductor buck circuit includes an inductor. In response to that a state of an inductor current used for charging the inductor corresponds to a predetermined condition, a switching action of the switching operation is enabled, so that the switched-capacitor conversion circuit is switched from a first turned-on state to a second turned-on state.

Abstract: An object location method to obtain location information of an object based on positioning light comprises: emitting a first positioning light, to scan a preset region where the object is located to obtain a characteristic value of each of multiple standard regions in the preset region, wherein the preset region comprises multiple standard regions; determining a basic region where the object is located according to the characteristic value of each standard region, wherein each of the standard region comprises multiple basic regions; and emitting a second positioning light to the basic regions where the object is located and to obtain coordinates of the object. An electronic device and a non-transitory storage medium are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a control method of an electronic device is disclosed, wherein the electronic device includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The control method includes the steps of: setting one of the first antenna and the second antenna as a default antenna; receiving a plurality of packets within an interval; for each of the plurality of packets, comparing a signal strength corresponding to the first antenna and a signal strength of the second antenna to generate a first comparison result; updating a first value or a second value according to the first comparison result; wcomparing the first value and the second value to generate a second comparison result when running out the interval; and selecting one of the first antenna and the second antenna to be the default antenna according to the second comparison result.

Abstract: Semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an interconnect structure, and a conductive pad structure. The interconnect structure is over the substrate and includes a top metal layer. The conductive pad structure is over the interconnect structure and includes a lower barrier film, an upper barrier film, and an aluminum-containing layer. The lower barrier film is on the top metal layer. The upper barrier film is on the lower barrier film and has an amorphous structure. The aluminum-containing layer is on the upper barrier film. The lower barrier film and the upper barrier film are made of a same material, and a nitrogen atomic percentage of the upper barrier film is higher than a nitrogen atomic percentage of the lower barrier film.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices are provided. The method includes forming an interconnect structure over a substrate. The method also includes forming a passivation layer over the interconnect structure. The method further includes forming an opening in the passivation layer to expose a portion of the interconnect structure. In addition, the method includes sequentially forming a lower barrier film, an upper barrier film, and an aluminum-containing layer in the opening. The lower barrier film and the upper barrier film are made of metal nitride, and the upper barrier film has a nitrogen atomic percentage that is higher than a nitrogen atomic percentage of the lower barrier film and has an amorphous structure.

Abstract: A moisture-response deforming fabric includes 40 parts by weight to 70 parts by weight of an ordinary yarn and 30 parts by weight to 60 parts by weight of a moisture-response stretching nylon yarn. A water-vapour permeability index (imt) of the moisture-response deforming fabric is greater than or equal to 0.35 under a measurement of the validation FTTS-FP-161.

Abstract: A disposable, fabrication-free, high-volume electroporation device may process cell samples of large volume without compromising transformation efficiency and cell viability, while precipitously reducing the entire processing time and effort. An embodiment includes at least two hollow, tubular conductive elements and an insulating structure, defining a channel, that fluidically couples the at least two conductive elements to define an electroporation flow path in the channel for flow-through electroporation. The high-volume electroporation device can be an alternative to cuvettes for typical volume electroporation, but can also be an indispensable tool to process large volume samples for applications, such as creation of modified sample libraries.

Abstract: A power converter is provided. The power converter includes a switched-capacitor conversion circuit and an inductor buck circuit. The switched-capacitor conversion circuit receives an input voltage at an input terminal and performs a switching operation to convert the input voltage to an intermediate voltage. The inductor buck circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the switched-capacitor conversion circuit to receive the intermediate voltage and operates at a constant on-time to generate an output voltage at a conversion output terminal according to the intermediate voltage. The inductor buck circuit includes an inductor. In response to that a state of an inductor current used for charging the inductor corresponds to a predetermined condition, a switching action of the switching operation is enabled, so that the switched-capacitor conversion circuit is switched from a first turned-on state to a second turned-on state.

Abstract: A wireless communication method of a wireless device is provided, wherein the wireless communication method comprises the steps of: building links with a plurality of electronic devices, respectively; and simultaneously using a time division multiplex mode and a frequency division multiplex mode to communicate with the plurality of electronic devices.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices are provided. The method includes forming an interconnect structure over a substrate. The method also includes forming a passivation layer over the interconnect structure. The method further includes forming an opening in the passivation layer to expose a portion of the interconnect structure. In addition, the method includes sequentially forming a lower barrier film, an upper barrier film, and an aluminum-containing layer in the opening. The lower barrier film and the upper barrier film are made of metal nitride, and the upper barrier film has a nitrogen atomic percentage that is higher than a nitrogen atomic percentage of the lower barrier film and has an amorphous structure.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices are provided. The method includes providing a substrate and forming an interconnect structure on the substrate. The interconnect structure includes a top metal layer. The method also includes forming a first barrier film on the top metal layer using a first deposition process with a first level of power, and forming a second barrier film on the first barrier film using a second deposition process with a second level of power that is lower than the first level of power. The method further includes forming an aluminum-containing layer on the second barrier film. In addition, the method includes patterning the first barrier film, the second barrier film and the aluminum-containing layer to form a conductive pad structure.

Abstract: An electroporation assembly for interfacing with a liquid handling system includes at least two electrically conductive layer components and a channel layer component. The channel layer component is configured to be removably disposed between the electrically conductive layer components. The electrically conductive layer components and the channel layer component define a plurality of parallel electroporation flow paths in an assembled state. An electroporation system includes an electroporation assembly and a cell collection unit. The electroporation assembly is configured to direct a flow of a cell sample to the cell collection unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless module applied to a wireless device, wherein the wireless module comprises a receiver, a transmitter and a control circuit. The receiver is configured to receive a receiving signal from an electronic device external to the wireless device, the transmitter is configured to transmit a transmitting signal, and the control circuit is configured to control a gain of the receiver and controlling a gain of the transmitter. In the operations of the wireless module, the controller refers to transmitter time information and a gain of a transmitter within another wireless module to determine an upper limit of the gain of the receiver, and/or the controller refers to receiver time information and a gain of a receiver within the another wireless module to determine an upper limit of the gain of the transmitter.

Abstract: A modified polyamide is provided, which has a structure of formula (1), in which a+c is 3-8, b is 8-40, m is 3-11, n is 2-16, x is 100-220, and y is 1-6. A method of preparing a modified polyamide is also provided, which includes copolymerizing C4-C12 lactam, C4-C18 linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, polyetherdiamine, and diethylenetriamine (DETA), in which the lactam is 80 to 95 parts by weight, and the linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid is 1 to 4 parts by weight, and the polyetherdiamine is 4 to 16 parts by weight, and the diethylenetriamine is 0.2 to 0.6 parts by weight.

Abstract: A power converter is provided. The power converter includes a switched-capacitor conversion circuit and an inductor buck circuit. The switched-capacitor conversion circuit receives an input voltage and operates according to a first operation frequency to convert the input voltage to an intermediate voltage. The inductor buck circuit is coupled to the switched-capacitor conversion circuit in series. The inductor buck circuit receives the intermediate voltage and operates on a second operation frequency to generate an output voltage at a conversion output terminal according to the intermediate voltage. The first operation frequency is determined according to the second operation frequency.

Abstract: A power converter includes a switched-capacitor conversion circuit and an inductor buck circuit. The switched-capacitor conversion circuit receives an input voltage, and is operated, according to the first switching frequency, to convert the input voltage into an intermediate voltage. The inductor buck circuit and the switched-capacitor conversion circuit are connected in series. The inductor buck circuit receives the intermediate voltage, and generates an output voltage on a conversion output terminal thereof according to the intermediate voltage. The minimum value of the first switching frequency is determined by the intermediate voltage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wireless communication method of a wireless device, wherein the wireless communication method comprises: dynamically controlling/adjusting channels used by the first wireless module by increasing or decreasing a guard band between communications of the first wireless module and the second wireless module.