Abstract: For a manual gearshift control of conventional vehicle transmission, a vehicle gearshift automatic control device including a first actuator module, a second actuator module and an electronic control unit, is provided in an add-on manner to retrofit the vehicle transmission with both automatic and manual gearshift functions. In an automatic gearshift mode, the electronic control unit executes the vehicle gearshift automatic control method and receives an automatic gearshift command to drive the first actuator module to push a shift lever to implement a lateral shift selection, or to drive the second actuator module to spin a park lever to implement a longitudinal gearshift. For vehicle security, whenever a vehicle gearshift automatic control device failure or a manual gearshift intervention is detected in the automatic gearshift mode, the electronic control unit shuts off the automatic gearshift mode and switches to a manual gearshift mode to perform the manual gearshift function.

Abstract: A data input device includes a first delay line, a second delay line, a detection circuit, and a processing circuit. The detection circuit is configured to detect whether a first output data output to a system circuit deviates from a first detection range and to generate a first deviation signal in response to that the detection circuit detects the first output data deviates from the first detection range. The processing circuit normally takes a first delayed data delayed by the first delay line as the first output data. In response to that the processing circuit receives that the first deviation signal representing the first delayed data deviates from the first detection range, the processing circuit takes a second delayed data delayed by the second delay line as the first output data after the second adjustable delay magnitude of the second delay line is adjusted.

Abstract: An acoustic device includes a first sound producing component and a back cavity structure. The first sound producing component has a first front side and a first back side, wherein the first sound producing component is a high frequency sound unit, and the first front side faces a sound propagating opening of the acoustic device. The back cavity structure is connected to the first back side of the first sound producing component. The first sound producing component produces a first acoustic wave from the first front side towards the sound propagating opening, and the first sound producing component produces a second acoustic wave from the first back side towards a back cavity of the back cavity structure. The back cavity structure is configured to flatten a peak or a dip of a frequency response of the first sound producing component.

Abstract: Microneedle arrays provided herein enable a minimally invasive platform for ocular drug delivery. Such a design and manufacture technique includes a conformable preformed interlocking mechanism configured about an elongated structure wherein the conformable preformed interlocking mechanism is arranged with a width that decreases in the needle tip direction and decreases in the base direction; and wherein each of the microneedles to include the conformable preformed interlocking mechanism is arranged to increase in area upon fluid tissue contact and decrease in area upon illumination with light.

Abstract: Systems and methods of mitigating Coulomb effect in a multi-beam apparatus are disclosed. The multi-beam apparatus may include a charged-particle source configured to generate a primary charged-particle beam along a primary optical axis, a first aperture array comprising a first plurality of apertures having shapes and configured to generate a plurality of primary beamlets derived from the primary charged-particle beam, a condenser lens comprising a plane adjustable along the primary optical axis, and a second aperture array comprising a second plurality of apertures configured to generate probing beamlets corresponding to the plurality of beamlets, wherein each of the plurality of probing beamlets comprises a portion of charged particles of a corresponding primary beamlet based on at least a position of the plane of the condenser lens and a characteristic of the second aperture array.

Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first deep well region, at least two second well regions, at least one isolation structure and an implantation region. The first deep well region is disposed in the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first deep well region has a first conductivity type. The second well regions are disposed on the first deep well region, wherein the second well regions have a second conductivity type. The isolation structure covers a portion of the first deep well region and surrounds at least a portion of the second well regions. The implantation region is located under a top surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the implantation region has a discontinuous portion, and the discontinuous portion partially overlaps the first deep well region.

Abstract: A data input device includes a first delay line, a second delay line, a detection circuit, and a processing circuit. The detection circuit is configured to detect whether a first output data output to a system circuit deviates from a first detection range and to generate a first deviation signal in response to that the detection circuit detects the first output data deviates from the first detection range. The processing circuit normally takes a first delayed data delayed by the first delay line as the first output data. In response to that the processing circuit receives that the first deviation signal representing the first delayed data deviates from the first detection range, the processing circuit takes a second delayed data delayed by the second delay line as the first output data after the second adjustable delay magnitude of the second delay line is adjusted.

Abstract: A multi-beam apparatus for multi-beam inspection with an improved source conversion unit providing more beamlets with high electric safety, mechanical availability and mechanical stabilization has been disclosed. The source-conversion unit comprises an image-forming element array having a plurality of image-forming elements, an aberration compensator array having a plurality of micro-compensators, and a pre-bending element array with a plurality of pre-bending micro-deflectors. In each of the arrays, adjacent elements are placed in different layers, and one element may comprise two or more sub-elements placed in different layers. The sub-elements of a micro-compensator may have different functions such as micro-lens and micro-stigmators.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a light-emitting device, including: providing a substrate structure including a top surface; forming a precursor layer on the top surface; removing a portion of the precursor layer and a portion of the substrate from the top surface to form a base portion and a plurality of protrusions regularly arranged on the base portion; forming a buffer layer on the base portion and the plurality protrusions; and forming a III-V compound cap layer on the buffer layer; wherein one of the plurality of protrusions comprises a first portion and a second portion formed on the first portion; wherein the first portion is integrated with the base portion and has a first material which is the same as that of the base portion; and wherein the buffer layer contacts side surfaces of the plurality of protrusions and a surface of the base portion.

Abstract: A device for estimating breast implant volume is provided, which may include an input interface and a processing circuit. A numerical value may be inputted in to the input interface. The processing circuit may calculate the estimation value of breast implant volume according to a linear model and the numerical value. The processing circuit may multiply the numerical value by a coefficient to generate a product, and add a constant to the product to generate the estimation value of breast implant volume, wherein the numerical value may be a breast sample weight or a breast size.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an epitaxial substrate. The epitaxial substrate includes a substrate. A strain relaxed layer covers and contacts the substrate. A III-V compound stacked layer covers and contacts the strain relaxed layer. The III-V compound stacked layer is a multilayer epitaxial structure formed by aluminum nitride, aluminum gallium nitride or a combination of aluminum nitride and aluminum gallium nitride.

Abstract: A speaker device is installed in an electronic device, and the speaker device includes a speaker module and a first loop tube. The speaker module has a casing and a speaker unit. The casing has a main sound cavity and a sound outlet. The speaker unit is disposed in the casing, and the speaker unit includes a diaphragm, which is communicated with the sound outlet. The first loop tube has a first end and a second end, and the first end is connected to the casing. The length of the first loop tube is at least 10 mm, and the inner diameter of the first loop tube is at least 2 mm.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes forming a first fin and a second fin within an insulation material over a substrate, the first fin and the second fin includes different materials, the insulation material being interposed between the first fin and the second fin, the first fin having a first width and the second fin having a second width; forming a first capping layer over the first fin; and forming a second capping layer over the second fin, the first capping layer having a first thickness, the second capping layer having a second thickness different from the first thickness.

Abstract: In various examples, calibration techniques for interior depth sensors and image sensors for in-cabin monitoring systems and applications are provided. An intermediary coordinate system may be generated using calibration targets distributed within an interior space to reference 3D positions of features detected by both depth-perception and optical image sensors. Rotation-translation transforms may be determined to compute a first transform (H1) between the depth-perception sensor's 3D coordinate system and the 3D intermediary coordinate system, and a second transform (H2) between the optical image sensor's 2D coordinate system and the intermediary coordinate system. A third transform (H3) between the depth-perception sensor's 3D coordinate system and the optical image sensor's 2D coordinate system can be computed as a function of H1 and H2. The calibration targets may comprise a structural substrate that includes one or more fiducial point markers and one or more motion targets.

Abstract: In some examples, a controller of a wearable device causes display by the wearable device of a test image, and adjusts a color property of the displayed test image. In response to an input provided by a user responsive to the displayed test image as the color property is adjusted, the controller determines a distribution of color wavelengths for an eye of the user, and detects a color vision deficiency of the user based on the determined distribution of color wavelengths. The controller provides control information to control a display device of the wearable device to compensate for the color vision deficiency.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a stack of semiconductor nanosheets, a dielectric wall, and a gate structure. The substrate includes a nanosheet mesa, and the stack of semiconductor nanosheets is disposed on the nanosheet mesa. The dielectric wall crosses through the nanosheet mesa and the stack of semiconductor nanosheets. The gate structure wraps the stack of semiconductor nanosheets and crosses over the dielectric wall, wherein a top of the dielectric wall has a recess.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention overcome the shortcomings of prior technologies by infusing nanocellulose in a fibrillated form to enhance the properties of cellulose pulp. These properties may include, for example, the mechanical and barrier properties, i.e., tensile strength, liquid, and gas impermeability such as oxygen, carbon dioxide, and oil, can be improved substantially. Another embodiment of the invention further provide a fibrillated cellulose composite material that include a blend of fibrillated cellulose and polymers to create improved properties over cellulose-based materials. The composite material further may be generally free of chemical additives to enhance the above properties.

Abstract: A shower head structure and a plasma processing apparatus are provided. The shower head structure includes a plate body with a first zone and a second zone on a first surface. A plurality of first through holes are in the first zone, each of the first through holes having a diameter uniform with others of the first through holes. A plurality of second through holes are in the second zone. The first zone is in connection with the second zone, and the diameter of each of the first through holes is greater than a diameter of each of the second through holes. A plasma processing apparatus includes the shower head structure is also provided.

Abstract: A method may include forming a mask layer on top of a first dielectric layer formed on a first source/drain and a second source/drain, and creating an opening in the mask layer and the first dielectric layer that exposes portions of the first source/drain and the second source/drain. The method may include filling the opening with a metal layer that covers the exposed portions of the first source/drain and the second source/drain, and forming a gap in the metal layer to create a first metal contact and a second metal contact. The first metal contact may electrically couple to the first source/drain and the second metal contact may electrically couple to the second source/drain. The gap may separate the first metal contact from the second metal contact by less than nineteen nanometers.

Abstract: A power conversion apparatus and an energy storage system, including a power conversion circuit, a first power terminal, a second power terminal, and a third power terminal. The power conversion circuit includes a first positive end, a first negative end, a second positive end, a second negative end, and at least one power device. The first negative end and the second negative end have a same potential. The power conversion circuit is configured to convert a first voltage input by a first device into a second voltage and output the second voltage to a second device. The first power terminal is connected to the first positive end, the first negative end or the second negative end is connected to the second power terminal, and the third power terminal is connected to the second positive end.