Abstract: A bill acceptor used in a money exchanging machine includes a bill box for collecting bills, and a bill receiving and verification unit, which has a bill slot for insertion of bills, a first bill passage extending from the bill slot, a second bill passage corresponding to the bill box, a conveyor for carrying each inserted bill from the bill slot through the first bill passage to the second bill passage, a camshaft and cross linkage mechanism movable to force each inserted bill from the second bill passage into the inside of the bill box, and a sensor. The sensor is formed of an optical emitter, an optical receiver and a reflecting device and turns on an indicator light when the bill box is empty or turns off the indicator light when the bill box has bills stored therein.

Abstract: A method of making a silicon rubber product with an adhesive layer on a back thereof includes the steps of: providing silicon rubber in a cavity of a mold, and then providing a solid adhesive film on the silicon rubber. After that, the mold is treated by hot molding to mold the silicon rubber and combine the silicon rubber and the adhesive film together. After hot molding treatment, it will get a silicon rubber product with an adhesive layer on a back thereof.

Abstract: A bill stacker detection apparatus comprises a base body, a stacker and a sensor. The sensor has a light emitting element and a light receiving element. When the stacker is moved to a position near the sensor, apertures of a protruding structure on the stacker is covered. The light receiving element is unable to receive a light beam emitted by the light emitting element. If bills fill with the stacker, a bill supporting plate then pushes a sliding block. The aperture is staggered by the sliding block. The light receiving element then receives the light beam to detect whether the stacker is disposed on the base or filled with bills.

Abstract: The information processing system containing four types of devices: a registration server, one or more information servers, one or more agent servers, and two or more collaborating devices that may be located on their respective private networks. The information servers are the sources of public information and publish their public information to the collaborating devices via the agent servers by the agent-based communication mechanism. For the collaborating devices, they can either play the role of a master control device or a federated device to the master control device. The master control device communicates with one or more its federated devices in order to gather private or confidential information via point-to-point communications.

Abstract: An ultrawideband (UWB) frequency-tracking method and related device are provided. The method includes the following steps: (a) using an initial frequency seed to automatically track and compensate the clock signal of the USB peripheral device; (b) determining whether the automatic tracking and compensating of the clock signal is successful, for example, within a pre-defined duration; (c) if not successful in step (b), setting a new frequency seed; (d) setting the USB peripheral device off-line; and (e) reconnecting the USB peripheral device and using the new frequency seed to perform the tracking and compensating of the clock signal. The setting off-line step is to disable the pull-up resistor of the D+ signal or the pull-up resistor of the D? signal of the USB peripheral device so that the USB peripheral device becomes off-line.

Abstract: A wire bonder suitable for wire bonding a chip disposed on a carrier and bonding pads of the carrier is provided. The wire bonder includes a stage, a heater plate, a compression plate, a pair of clamping bases, a pair of extended blocks and a capillary. The heater plate is disposed on the stage. The compression plate arranged above the heater plate is able to move upward or downward for compressing the carrier. The clamping bases are arranged at two opposite sides of the compression plate, wherein the length of the compression plate does not match with the distance between the clamping bases. A pair of extended blocks is connected to a pair of clamping bases at one end, respectively, and connected to the compression plate at the other. The capillary is arranged above the compression plate for forming the bonding wires electrically connecting the chip and the carrier.

Abstract: A time display device, which is a strip-like member to be wrapped around user's body or other object, includes a flexible circuit board and a flexible case receiving the flexible circuit board therein. The flexible circuit board is provided with a controller and a plurality of hour light emitting devices and minute light emitting devices to indicate hour and minute and two light emitting devices to indicate a.m. and p.m. The case is provided with windows associated with the light emitting devices respectively. The controller controls the predetermined light emitting devices lighting to indicate time.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for auto-tracking and compensating a clock frequency are disclosed. The method is suitable for being applied in USB controllers.

Abstract: An article stabilizing system adapted to stabilize an article relative to a substrate upon which it is disposed. The stabilizing system generally includes a substrate engaging means capable of increasing the coefficient of friction between the article and its substrate. In a preferred embodiment, the engaging means comprises a plurality of droplets displaying an intermediate adhesive profile that permits both association of the article with its substrate for stability, and facile removability of the article from the substrate.

Abstract: A system for multi-project wafer service is provided. The system contains integrator and designer interfaces, an account managing device, a mask tooling information processor, a mask database checking device, and a mask tooling information convertor. The integrator and the designer interfaces provide first and second users with access to the multi-project wafer service. The account managing device manages identification information and corresponding access authority. The mask tooling information processor provides a predefined form to the designer interface, receives the form containing the mask tooling information, and presents the completed form to the integrator interface. The mask database checking device compares the mask tooling information to preset data. The mask tooling information convertor converts the mask tooling information into mask tape-out information.

Abstract: A controller for filtering sub-channels of DVB is provided, including a media access control (MAC) unit, at least a data compression unit and at least a physical interface circuit. The MAC unit includes a plurality of registers. The MAC unit is connected to the DVB packets through a bus, and the registers provide storage for the program identification of at least one DVB sub-channel packet so that the MAC unit can determine whether to discard or output the DVB packet based on the program identification. The data compression unit is connected to MAC unit for being controlled to determine whether the packet should be compressed before output. The physical interface circuit is connected to the MAC unit and the data compression unit for outputting the compressed or uncompressed packets.

Abstract: An automatic feedback adjustment device for a digital antenna includes a digital antenna unit, a trafficator, a tuner, a demodulator, an antenna direction driver unit, a secondary controller, and a primary controller. The digital antenna unit is a digital video/broadcasting antenna system. The trafficator is connected to the digital antenna unit to retrieve direction data associated with the actual elevation angle and direction. The tuner is connected to the digital antenna unit and the demodulator is connected to the tuner in order to receive and convert a transmission signal from a transmission terminal into the video data and a received-signal quality signal. The antenna direction driver unit is connected to the digital antenna unit in order to drive adjustment of direction and elevation angle of the antenna.

Abstract: A bill acceptor used in a money exchanging machine is disclosed to include a bill box for collecting bills, and a bill receiving and verification unit, which has a bill slot for receiving bills, a first bill passage extending from the bill slot, a second bill passage extending from one end of the first bill passage remote from the bill slot, a conveyer for carrying each inserted bill from the bill slot through the first bill passage to the second bill passage and then pushing the bill into the bill box, and a sensor for detecting the presence of a bill in the bill box.

Abstract: A chip structure with solder bumps and the method for producing the same are disclosed. The chip structure with solder bumps includes a chip, a plurality of pads arranged on one surface of the chip, a protection layer formed on the surface of the chip and exposing the pads, a first photo-imaginable dielectric layer covered on the protection layer, a plurality of UBMs arranged on the pads, and extends over the first photo-imaginable dielectric layer respectively, a second photo-imaginable dielectric layer covered on the UBMs and the first photo-imaginable dielectric layer, and a plurality of conductive bumps relative to the pads and disposed on the UBMs respectively. Each UBM has a heat-dissipation portion extending to the edge of the surface of the chip. The second photo-imaginable dielectric layer reveals the heat-dissipation portions respectively.

Abstract: A method of removing a metal silicide layer on a gate electrode in a semiconductor manufacturing process is disclosed, in which the gate electrode, a metal silicide layer, a spacer, a silicon nitride cap layer, and a dielectric layer have been formed. The method includes performing a chemical mechanical polishing process to polish the dielectric layer using the silicon nitride cap layer as a polishing stop layer to expose the silicon nitride cap layer over the gate electrode; removing the exposed silicon nitride cap layer to expose the metal silicide layer; and performing a first etching process to remove the metal silicide layer on the gate electrode.

Abstract: An exemplary method for generating a BOM file is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: extracting data on components of a circuit design diagram of a motherboard, and storing the data in an spreadsheet as a non-standardized original BOM file; determining whether the data meet requirements corresponding to designing standards of the motherboard by checking the data of the non-standardized original BOM file; classifying the data into lists according to predefined manufacturing procedures; and automatically generating a standardized BOM file according to the corresponding lists. A related system is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is a simultaneous bidding platform facilitate loan transactions process between borrowers and lenders. Matching module of the bidding and matching platform automatically match higher preferred interest-rate borrower bid sheet with lower preferred yield-rate lender bid sheet. The module generates bidding and matching loan borrowers' results, actual loan amount, actual interest-rate borrowers liable; and results of different lenders in various investment risk levels, actual invested amount and respective investment yield-rate per their risk levels. After matching results generated, all matched bidders perform their obligations according to the terms stipulated in the pre-signed bidding agreements as borrowers and lenders. The single matched borrowing bidder owes the matched loan amount and performs bidding obligation to all matched multiple lending bidders proportionally.

Abstract: A detachable coin sorting mechanism and coin acceptor arrangement is disclosed to include a coin acceptor having a coin acceptor module for verifying the authenticity of each inserted coin and a track assembly for the mounting of the rail unit of a coin sorting mechanism to sort coins inserted into the coin acceptor. The track assembly has a positioning space, two sliding grooves at two sides of the positioning space, and a retaining notch at the front side of the positioning space between the sliding grooves. The rail unit of coin sorting mechanism has a locating block protruded from the top, two rails protruded from the locating block at two sides and respectively coupled to the sliding grooves of the coin acceptor, a hook plate protruded from the locating block and hooked on the retaining notch of the track assembly.

Abstract: A method of making a silicon rubber product on a back thereof includes the steps of: providing RTV silicon rubber in a cavity of a mold, and then heating the RTV silicon rubber for vulcanization. The vulcanized is coated with primer to help it coupled with another silicon rubber. After that, HTV silicon rubber is put in the mold, and then hot molding process is applied on the mold to integrate the silicon rubbers as a single unit. The silicon rubber product made by the method of the present invention has no problem of “bleeding”. Furthermore, the silicon rubber product may be fabricated with fine pattern and multi-stage pattern.

Abstract: A system is provided for extracting material changes in different design diagrams of a motherboard. The system includes: an extracting module for extracting a first raw BOM from a first circuit design diagram of the motherboard, and for extracting a second raw BOM from a second circuit design diagram of the motherboard, wherein the second circuit design diagram is partially identical to the first circuit design diagram; a converting module for converting the first raw BOM to a first standard BOM, and for converting the second raw BOM to a second standard BOM; a integrity checking module for determining whether data in the two standard BOMs are error free; and an comparing module for comparing the two standard BOMs to extract material changes. A related method is also disclosed.