Abstract: A stereo display including a display panel and a light shieldable element is provided. The display panel has at least two sub-pixel regions. Each sub-pixel region is configured with at least a first pixel electrode to define a first sub-region. The light shieldable element is disposed in front of the sub-pixel regions. Each first pixel electrode has a first shieldable region shielded by the light shieldable element and a first non-shielding region exposed by the light shieldable element. The first shieldable region is closer to the scan line than the first non-shielding region. A horizontal direction is defined as a connection line of two eyes of a user watching the stereo display. A total length A of each sub-pixel region and a length B of the first shieldable region in a predetermined direction intersected to the horizontal direction comply with a relationship that (B/A)×100% is substantially from 1.61% to 47.9%.

Abstract: A clock driver control scheme for a resonant clock distribution network provides robust operation by controlling a pulse width of the output of clock driver circuits that drive the resonant clock distribution network so that changes are sequenced. The clock driver control circuit controls the clock driver circuits in the corresponding sector according to a selected operating mode via a plurality of control signals provided to corresponding clock driver circuits. The pulse widths differ for at least some of the sectors during operation of digital circuits within the integrated circuit having clock inputs coupled to the resonant clock distribution network. The different pulse widths may be a transient difference that is imposed in response to a mode or frequency change of the global clock that provides an input to the clock driver circuits.

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes: a first spine formed on a first conductive layer of the integrated circuit, the spine runs in a first direction; a first plurality of ribs formed on a second conductive layer of the integrated circuit, the first plurality of ribs run parallel to one another in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction and overlap respective portions of the first spine; a first plurality of interlayer vias formed between the first and second conductive layers, each of the plurality of interlayer vias electrically couple respective ones of the first plurality of ribs to the first spine at the respective portions of overlap; and a plurality of signal lines formed on the second conductive layer and running parallel to one another in the second direction.

Abstract: A display panel including a first substrate, a pixel array disposed on the first substrate, a first alignment layer covering the pixel array, a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate, a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate and a display medium disposed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer is provided. The first alignment layer has first alignment particles. A number of the first alignment particles each having an area ranged from 250 nm2 to 1000 nm2 occupies 40% or less of a total number of the first alignment particles in a unit area. The second alignment layer has second alignment particles. A number of the second alignment particles each having the area ranged from 250 nm2 to 1000 nm2 occupies 40% or less of a total number of the second particles in the unit area.

Abstract: A fan serial connection structure includes a series fan assembly and a connection member assembly. The series fan assembly includes a first fan frame and a second fan frame serially connected with the first fan frame. The connection member assembly includes a first connection member and a second connection member. The first connection member has a first locating section and two first side sections respectively connected with two ends of the first locating section. The second connection member has a second locating section and two second side sections respectively connected with two ends of the second locating section. The first and second locating sections are respectively assembled and connected with two opposite sides of the series fan assembly in the serial connection position. The first and second side sections are respectively assembled and connected with two other opposite sides of the series fan assembly in the serial connection position.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory has an array of non-volatile memory cells. Each of the non-volatile memory cells includes a coupling device formed on a first well, a read device, a floating gate device formed on a second well and coupled to the coupling device, a program device formed on the second well, and an erase device formed on a third well and coupled to the first floating gate device. The read device, the program device, and the erase device are formed on separate wells so as to separate the cycling counts of a read operation, a program operation and an erase operation of the non-volatile memory cell.

Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a plurality of power or ground rails for an integrated circuit, the plurality of power or ground rails vertically separated on a plane, a plurality of functional cells between the plurality of power rails or between the plurality of ground rails or both, and a jumper connection between the vertically separated power rails or ground rails, the jumper connection within a vertically aligned gap among the plurality of functional cells. A method of mitigating IR drop and electromigration affects in an integrated circuit includes forming a plurality of power rails or ground rails, each of the power rails or ground rails on separate vertical levels of a plane of an integrated circuit layout and connecting with a jumper connection at least two power rails or two ground rails, the jumper connection within a vertically aligned gap among cells of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: An integrated capacitance sensing module includes a silicon substrate, a first and a second and a third interlayer dielectric layers, plural conducting layers, a shielding layer, a lower and a upper sensing electrode layers, a protective coating layer. An embedded memory and a sensing circuit are constructed in the silicon substrate. The first interlayer dielectric layer covers the silicon substrate. The plural conducting layers are formed over the first interlayer dielectric layer. The shielding layer is formed over the plural conducting layers. The second interlayer dielectric layer covers the shielding layer. The lower sensing electrode layer is formed over the second interlayer dielectric layer. The third interlayer dielectric layer is formed over the lower sensing electrode layer. The upper sensing electrode layer is formed over the third interlayer dielectric layer. The protective coating layer covers the upper sensing electrode layer.

Abstract: An electronic control apparatus including motion sensors is integrated in a portable electronic device to responsively control a media content stored in the portable electronic device, in response to motion sensor signals to flip, zoom, displace images/pages of the media content displayed on a display field of a display thereof. Accordingly, a responsive control method includes the steps of: presetting a first threshold angle; sensing an first rotation angle of the portable electronic device to send out a first rotation sensing signal as a rotation of a yaw, pitch or roll of a portable electronic device detected by a sensing module including motion sensors; and receiving the first rotation sensing signal to calculate and determine whether the first rotation angle is greater than the first threshold angle to responsively control a media content stored in an electronic control apparatus be flipped, zoomed or displaced when the first rotation angle is greater than the first threshold angle.

Abstract: A display panel includes a driver, X data lines, Y scan lines, and X*Y pixels. The driver is configured to receive display data with X*Y resolution. The X data lines are electrically connected to the driver and configured to receive a plurality of pixel voltages. The X*Y pixels are electrically connected to the data lines and the scan lines. When each gray level of a first color display data set is identical and lower than a first threshold value, the pixel voltages of the plurality of first color subpixels are not identical.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit having a via rail that prevents reliability concerns such as electro-migration. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit has a first plurality of conductive contacts arranged over a semiconductor substrate. A first metal interconnect wire is arranged over the first plurality of conductive contacts, and a second metal interconnect wire is arranged over the first metal interconnect wire. A via rail is arranged over the first metal interconnect wire and electrically couples the first metal interconnect wire and the second metal interconnect wire. The via rail has a length that continuously extends over two or more of the plurality of conductive contacts. The length of via rail provides for an increased cross-sectional area both between the first metal interconnect wire and the second metal interconnect wire and along a length of the via rail, thereby mitigating electro-migration within the integrated circuit.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a plurality of first input waveforms having a same first input transition characteristic and different first tail characteristics are obtained. A first cell is characterized using the plurality of first input waveforms to create a plurality of corresponding first entries associated with the first input transition characteristic in a library. A design layout is generated based on performing circuit simulation using at least one entry of the plurality of first entries. An integrated circuit (IC) chip is manufactured using the design layout.

Abstract: The invention relates to compressed data transmission in wireless data communication. Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network. A disclosed method for transporting residue of vehicle position data via a wireless network, includes the steps of: receiving data for updating residue encoding schema from a monitoring server; constructing a residue encoding schema based on the data, thereby producing a constructed residue encoding schema; and storing the constructed residue encoding schema such that the constructed residue encoding schema will become the current residue encoding schema; where: the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that each residue of the constructed residue encoding schema corresponds to a code; and the constructed residue encoding schema is constructed such that a residue having a relatively high probability of occurrence corresponds to a code of relatively short length.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory has an array of non-volatile memory cells. Each of the non-volatile memory cells includes a coupling device formed on a first well, a read device, a floating gate device formed on a second well and coupled to the coupling device, a program device formed on the second well, and an erase device formed on a third well and coupled to the first floating gate device. The read device, the program device, and the erase device are formed on separate wells so as to separate the cycling counts of a read operation, a program operation and an erase operation of the non-volatile memory cell.

Abstract: A clock driver control scheme for a resonant clock distribution network provides robust operation by controlling a pulse width of the output of clock driver circuits that drive the resonant clock distribution network so that changes are sequenced. The clock driver control circuit controls the clock driver circuits in the corresponding sector according to a selected operating mode via a plurality of control signals provided to corresponding clock driver circuits. The pulse widths differ for at least some of the sectors during operation of digital circuits within the integrated circuit having clock inputs coupled to the resonant clock distribution network. The different pulse widths may be a transient difference that is imposed in response to a mode or frequency change of the global clock that provides an input to the clock driver circuits.

Abstract: A pulse-drive resonant clock with on-the fly mode changing provides robust operation in a resonant clock distribution network, in particular for processor circuits having a dynamically-varied operating frequency. The clock drivers for the resonant clock distribution network include a pulse width control circuit having selectable operating modes corresponding to multiple clocking modes of the resonant clock distribution network. The pulse width control circuit includes a delay line that has a selectable delay length to provide pulse enable signals that control the pulse widths of the clock drivers in a sector of the resonant clock distribution network. The delay line responds to a mode control signal so that at least one pulse width of the output is changed from a first pulse width to a second pulse width without generating half-cycles with a pulse width narrower than the first or second pulse width.

Abstract: A method of checking joule heating of an integrated circuit design, the method includes dividing the integrated circuit design into a plurality of windows, determining a power index of each window, adjusting the specification current value associated with each of the corresponding windows, and generating a current violation report, by a processor, of the integrated circuit. Each window includes one or more circuit elements. Each circuit element is associated with a corresponding current value. Each window is associated with a corresponding specification current value. Each power index is associated with a corresponding window. An amount of adjustment of the specification current value is a function of the power index of each corresponding window. The current violation report includes one or more entries. Each entry is associated with at least a corresponding window and one or more corresponding current values which exceed the corresponding adjusted specification current value.

Abstract: A pulse-drive resonant clock with on-the fly mode changing provides robust operation in a resonant clock distribution network, in particular for processor circuits having a dynamically-varied operating frequency. The clock drivers for the resonant clock distribution network include a pulse width control circuit having selectable operating modes corresponding to multiple clocking modes of the resonant clock distribution network. The pulse width control circuit includes a delay line that has a selectable delay length to provide pulse enable signals that control the pulse widths of the clock drivers in a sector of the resonant clock distribution network. The delay line responds to a mode control signal so that at least one pulse width of the output is changed from a first pulse width to a second pulse width without generating half-cycles with a pulse width narrower than the first or second pulse width.

Abstract: An array structure of a single-poly nonvolatile memory includes a first MTP section, a first OTP section and a ROM section. The first MTP section includes a plurality of MTP cells, the first OTP section includes a plurality of OTP cells and the first ROM section includes a plurality of ROM cells. The first MTP is connected to a first word line, a first source line, a first erase line and a plurality of bit lines. The first OTP section is connected to a second word line, a second source line and the plurality of bit lines shared with the first MTP section. The first ROM section is connected to a third word line, a third source line and the plurality of bit lines shared with the first MTP section.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for classifying spoken content in a teleconference for a follower of the teleconference is disclosed. The method comprises: detecting a topic to which the spoken content belongs; determining a (overall) correlation degree between the follower and the spoken content at least according to a correlation degree between the follower and the topic; and classifying the spoken content according to the (overall) correlation degree between the follower and the spoken content. With the method and the apparatus, the correlation degree between the spoken content in the teleconference and the follower of the teleconference can be determined automatically, and the spoken content can be classified according to the correlation degree, so that the follower can selectively pay attention to some spoken contents during the teleconference, which reduces a burden of the follower and improves conference efficiency.