Abstract: In some examples, a device can include a first antenna having a first wireless connection with a first computing device, a second antenna having a second wireless connection with a second computing device, and a controller to determine a signal strength of the first wireless connection and a signal strength of the second wireless connection, designate, in response to the signal strength of the first wireless connection being greater than a threshold signal strength, the first wireless connection as an active connection and the second wireless connection as a standby connection, and cause the peripheral device to communicate with the first computing device via the active connection of the first antenna while maintaining the second wireless connection to the second computing device via the second antenna, where the second wireless connection remains as the standby connection.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a novel positive electrode active material for lithium-ion battery. The positive electrode active material is expressed by the following formula: Li1.2NixMn0.8-x-yZnyO2, wherein x and y satisfy 0<x?0.8 and 0<y?0.1. In addition, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing the positive electrode active material. The present invention further provides a lithium-ion battery which uses said positive electrode active material.

Abstract: An electronic device including a bracket and an antenna is provided. The bracket includes first, second, third, and fourth surfaces. The antenna includes a radiator. The radiator includes first, second, third, and fourth portions. The first portion is located on the first surface and includes connected first and second sections. The second portion is located on the second surface and includes third, fourth, fifth, and sixth sections. The third section, the fourth section, and the fifth sections are bent and connected to form a U shape. The third portion is located on the third surface and is connected to the second section and the fourth section. The fourth portion is located on the fourth surface and is connected to the fifth section, the sixth section, and the third portion. The radiator is adapted to resonate at a low frequency band and a first high frequency band.

Abstract: Disclosed is an input/output circuit for a physical unclonable function generator circuit. In one embodiment, a physical unclonable function (PUF) generator includes: a PUF cell array comprising a plurality of bit cells configured in a plurality of columns and at least one row, and at least one input/output (I/O) circuit each coupled to at least two neighboring columns of the PUF cell array, wherein the at least one I/O circuit each comprises a sense amplifier (SA) with no cross-coupled pair of transistors, wherein the SA comprises two cross-coupled inverters with no access transistor and a SA enable transistor, and wherein the at least one I/O circuit each is configured to access and determine logical states of at least two bit cells in the at least two neighboring columns; and based on the determined logical states of the plurality of bit cells, to generate a PUF signature.

Abstract: According to one example, a semiconductor device includes a substrate and a fin stack that includes a plurality of nanostructures, a gate device surrounding each of the nanostructures, and inner spacers along the gate device and between the nanostructures. A width of the inner spacers differs between different layers of the fin stack.

Abstract: A method includes forming a first sealing layer at a first edge region of a first wafer; and bonding the first wafer to a second wafer to form a wafer stack. At a time after the bonding, the first sealing layer is between the first edge region of the first wafer and a second edge region of the second wafer, with the first edge region and the second edge region comprising bevels. An edge trimming process is then performed on the wafer stack. After the edge trimming process, the second edge region of the second wafer is at least partially removed, and a portion of the first sealing layer is left as a part of the wafer stack. An interconnect structure is formed as a part of the second wafer. The interconnect structure includes redistribution lines electrically connected to integrated circuit devices in the second wafer.

Abstract: In some examples, a device can include an antenna to emit waves in a radiation pattern having a first beamwidth, a directional radiation control device located in a path of the waves, where the directional radiation control device is to receive the waves from the antenna and is shaped to cause the waves to be directed in a different radiation pattern having a second beamwidth that is larger than the first beamwidth.

Abstract: A package structure including a semiconductor die, a redistribution circuit structure and an electronic device is provided. The semiconductor die is laterally encapsulated by an insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure is disposed on the semiconductor die and the insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure includes a colored dielectric layer, inter-dielectric layers and redistribution conductive layers embedded in the inter-dielectric layers. The electronic device is disposed over the colored dielectric layer and electrically connected to the redistribution circuit structure.

Abstract: A photodetector includes a first semiconductor layer, an absorption structure, a second semiconductor layer, and a barrier structure. The absorption structure is located on the first semiconductor layer, and having a first conduction band, a first valence band, and a first band gap. The second semiconductor layer is located on the absorption structure, and having a second conduction band, a second valence band, and a second band gap. The barrier structure is located between the absorption structure and the second semiconductor layer, and having a third conduction band, a third valence band, and a third band gap. The third conduction band is greater than the second conduction band or the third valence band is less than the second valence band.

Abstract: A polyimide is provided, which contains at least one repeating unit selected from a group consisting of the following general formulas, M, N, and O: X is a residue derived from TCA represented by formula I. Y1 is a residue derived from a diamine with a cardo structure. Y2 is a residue derived from a diamine with the structure of a benzene ring, biphenyl, phenylbenzimidazole or phenylbenzoxazole. Y3 is a residue derived from a diamine with an ether or an ester group.

Abstract: A data driver for an electrophoretic display (EPD) includes multiple driver sub-circuits. Each of the driver sub-circuits includes first and second latches, first and second capacitors, a multiplexer and a comparator. The first and second latches respectively provide updated latch image data and current latch image data in response to original image data. When the updated and current latch image data correspond to different levels, the comparator controls the multiplexer in a first period to selectively couple one of the first and second capacitors to a driver end, so as to recycle charges at pixels, and controls the multiplexer in a second period to selectively couple the other of the first and second capacitors to the driver end to pre-charge the pixels with the charges.

Abstract: A method for mapping an input grayscale into an output luminance includes selecting a first reference grayscale, a first reference luminance, a second reference grayscale and a second reference luminance according to an input grayscale, generating a middle reference grayscale and a middle luminance, replacing a value of the first or second reference grayscale by a value of the middle reference grayscale, and replacing a value of the first or second reference luminance by a value of the middle luminance according to the middle reference grayscale and the input grayscale, and generating an output luminance by computing a linear transformation equation.

Abstract: A method for mapping an input grayscale into an output luminance includes selecting a first reference grayscale, a first reference luminance, a second reference grayscale and a second reference luminance according to an input grayscale, generating a middle reference grayscale and a middle luminance, replacing a value of the first or second reference grayscale by a value of the middle reference grayscale, and replacing a value of the first or second reference luminance by a value of the middle luminance according to the middle reference grayscale and the input grayscale, and generating an output luminance by computing a linear transformation equation.

Abstract: A driving method for touch panel includes providing a plurality of driving signals with a first voltage level to a plurality of sensing electrodes of a touch panel; receiving a plurality of sensing signals corresponding to the plurality of driving signals with the first voltage level from the plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch panel; obtaining a second voltage level according to the plurality of sensing signals, the second voltage level being different from the first voltage level; and providing a plurality of driving signals with the second voltage level to the plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch panel.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving a display includes a shift register, a first latch unit, a second latch unit, a data comparison unit and a level select unit. The shift register generates multiple latch signals according to a sync signal. The first latch unit latches a data signal in response to the latch signals to obtain multiple first data corresponding to multiple channels. The second latch unit is coupled to the first latch unit and latches the first data of the channels as multiple second data in response to a latch data signal. The data comparison unit responds to the latch data signal to respectively compare the first data and the second data corresponding to the same channel to output multiple third data corresponding to the channels. The level select unit selects multiple voltage levels corresponding to the channels according to the third data.

Abstract: A driving method for touch panel includes providing a plurality of driving signals with a first voltage level to a plurality of sensing electrodes of a touch panel; receiving a plurality of sensing signals corresponding to the plurality of driving signals with the first voltage level from the plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch panel; obtaining a second voltage level according to the plurality of sensing signals, the second voltage level being different from the first voltage level; and providing a plurality of driving signals with the second voltage level to the plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch panel.

Abstract: A method of driving touch display includes a switching circuit driving each block of N blocks of a touch panel to display a corresponding image according to a driving signal generated by a liquid crystal driving unit during a first predetermined time within each horizontal synchronization signal period corresponding to the block between two vertical synchronization signals of the touch panel; the switching circuit executing touch scanning on M blocks of the N blocks only corresponding to the block according to touch scanning signals generated by a touch control unit during a second predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period; and the touch control unit receiving and processing a touch scanning result corresponding to each block of the M blocks through the switching circuit during a third predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period, where N and M are integers, and M is smaller than N.

Abstract: A driving method of a touch system includes a liquid crystal panel driving circuit driving each block of a plurality of blocks of a liquid crystal panel to display an image in turn according to a first control signal during a frame time; a touch sensing circuit capturing a current panel noise base line of a touch block of a touch panel non-corresponding to the block according to a second control signal during the block displaying the image; the touch sensing circuit updating a previous panel noise base line of the touch block during a previous frame time according to the current panel noise base line; the touch sensing circuit executing touch sensing on the touch block to generate touch raw data according to a third control signal; and the touch sensing circuit generating touch data according to the touch raw data and the current panel noise base line.

Abstract: A capacitive touch panel comprises a touch detection array having rows of first direction detection units and columns of second direction detection units, shared scan lines, independent scan lines and a driver control module. The first direction detection units are divided into a first group and a second group of rows arranged in an alternating manner. Each shared scan line is connected to one row of the first direction detection units in the first group and one column of the second direction detection units. Each independent scan line is connected to one row of the first direction detection units or one column of the second direction detection units that is not connected to the shared scan lines. The driver control module is connected to the shared scan lines and the independent scan lines to perform scanning processes to detect a touch input. A touch detection method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of driving touch display includes a switching circuit driving each block of N blocks of a touch panel to display a corresponding image according to a driving signal generated by a liquid crystal driving unit during a first predetermined time within each horizontal synchronization signal period corresponding to the block between two vertical synchronization signals of the touch panel; the switching circuit executing touch scanning on M blocks of the N blocks only corresponding to the block according to touch scanning signals generated by a touch control unit during a second predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period; and the touch control unit receiving and processing a touch scanning result corresponding to each block of the M blocks through the switching circuit during a third predetermined time within the horizontal synchronization signal period, where N and M are integers, and M is smaller than N.