Abstract: An electronic device and keyboard thereof. The electronic device comprises a body and a keyboard. The body has a recess. The keyboard comprises a base and a securing mechanism. The securing mechanism comprises a track and a sliding member. The track is disposed on the base. The sliding member selectively moves relative to the track between a first position and a second position. When the sliding member is in the first position, an extending part of the sliding member engages with the recess. When the sliding member is in the second position, the extending part separates from the recess.

Abstract: A method for a establishing wireless distribution system link between two access points includes the steps of: providing an input module for each access point; receiving a first input to enter a master mode by an input module of a first access point, and transmitting a broadcast frame by the first access point; receiving a second input to enter a slave mode by an input module of a second access point, and scanning the broadcast frame by the second access point; transmitting a request frame from the second access point to the first access point; and transmitting an acknowledgement frame from the first access point to the second access point. An access point relating to the method is also provided.

Abstract: A method for forming an anti-reflection coating (ARC) with no hole over an overlay mark is described, which applies a fluid material of the ARC onto a substrate and then conducts at least two curing steps to convert the fluid material into the ARC. Such a bottom anti-reflection coating with no hole over the overlay mark can improve accuracy of the overlay measurement of lithography, thereby improving the alignment accuracy of the lithography process.

Abstract: An anti-electrostatic discharge substrate adapted to eliminate electrostatic charges generated from friction between a carrier and the anti-electrostatic discharge substrate is provided. The anti-electrostatic discharge substrate includes a substrate having a front surface and a back surface; and a conductive layer on the back surface, wherein the electrostatic charges accumulated on the carrier are eliminated through the conductive layer when the substrate is in contact with the carrier.

Abstract: A thin film transistor including a gate, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and a source/drain is provided. The gate is disposed over a substrate, wherein the gate comprises at least one molybdenum-niobium alloy nitride layer. The gate insulating layer is formed over the substrate to cover the gate. The semiconductor layer is disposed over the gate insulating layer above the gate. The source/drain is disposed over the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A thin film transistor including a gate, a gate insulating layer, a semiconductor layer and a soruce/drain is provided. The gate is disposed over a substrate, wherein the gate comprises at least one layer of aluminum-yttrium alloy nitride. The gate insulating layer is formed over the substrate to cover the gate. The semiconductor layer is disposed over the gate insulating layer above the gate. The source/drain is disposed over the semiconductor layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and its manufacturing method are disclosed. The nitrogen flow is gradually changed to form a semiconductor device with a gate or a source/drain having a nitrified gradient layer structure. Different extents of nitrification inside the nitrified gradient layer structure provide protection and buffering to prevent the undercut after etching due to different materials in the multilayer structure or the interface effect.

Abstract: A heat-pipe engine structure applicable to heat-exchange system. The heat-pipe engine structure includes a metal mesh laminate composed of more than two metal meshes which are tightly laminated with each other to form numerous meshes several times the unlaminated meshes of any original metal mesh. An upper metal film and a lower metal film are respectively bonded to upper and lower faces of the metal mesh laminate. The peripheries of the metal films are sealed to form a housing enclosing the metal mesh laminate. The meshes of the metal mesh laminate form a first nature vapor chamber. A liquid ingress and a vapor egress are formed on the periphery of the housing in different positions for externally connecting with a circulating loop to form a loop heat-pipe for one-way circulation of incoming liquid and outgoing vapor.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a thin film transistor (TFT) is described. A MoNb gate is formed on a substrate, and an insulating layer is formed on the substrate covering the gate. A channel layer is formed on the insulating layer above the gate, and a source/drain is formed on the channel layer to constitute a TFT. Since the gate is constituted of a MoNb layer, the contact resistance thereof can be reduced.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a thin film transistor (TFT) is described. A MoNb gate is formed on a substrate, and an insulating layer is formed on the substrate covering the gate. A channel layer is formed on the insulating layer above the gate, and a source/drain is formed on the channel layer to constitute a TFT. Since the gate is constituted of a MoNb layer, the contact resistance thereof can be reduced.

Abstract: A headphone includes two earphones attached to a headband by flexible adjusting bands for properly positioning and orienting the earphones with respect to ears of a wearer. Each earphone has a casing inside which a front-position speaker, a rear-position speaker, a middle-position speaker between the front-position and rear-position speakers and a lower-position speaker below the front-position, rear-position and middle-position speakers are arranged. The headband forms a casing inside which two top-position speakers are mounted, respectively associated with the earphones. The speakers are arranged to generate a multi-channel surrounding sound. The headphone also forms a chamber inside which a fan is fixed for generation of airflow to remove heat from the wearer.

Abstract: The invention is a flow guiding structure that is applied in a heat transfer apparatus which has no any driving power and it is a structure of subsystem to guide the flow direction of a fluid and it is also belonged to a passive and brought along system that can not be applied independently. The structure is comprised of at least one metal network and a working fluid. Through the symmetrical inlet and outlet for the flow paths of the fluid, the structure is connected and applied to the main system that is so-called a heat exchanging system, such as: any refrigeration, air-conditioning system, and looping heat pipe referred in the invention.

Abstract: A MICRO-LOOP HEAT PIPE, under the condition of no additional acting-force, removes the waste heat from the devices needed heat-dissipation to the well heat-dissipating circumstance by flexible contact. The MICRO-LOOP HEAT PIPE comprising: at least a flexible metal film, which forms a closed space in which fluid may circulate, and has a heat-absorbing zone and a heat-dissipating zone that both are connected by flow path; at least a wick structure by metal net, which is a flexible structure arranged in the heat-absorbing zone, and in which the transferred-into heat may be conducted uniformly; and a working fluid, may be filled into the flexible metal film, absorbs heat in the heat-absorbing zone, vaporizes into gas state, and generates a pressure source that may make the working fluid circulate inside the flexible metal film; the gasified working fluid may be cooled (or heat-dissipated) in the heat-dissipating zone and changed back to liquid state.

Abstract: A device for allowing a user to pick up a telephone handset without using his or her hands is disclosed. The device includes a control unit having a control circuit arranged inside a casing. The control circuit is connected between a telephone and a handset of the telephone. A first activation key is provided on the control unit for allowing signal received by the telephone to be passed to the handset so as to allow the user to answer a phone call by hand picking up the handset. The control unit has a signal receiving/transmitting device which is coupled, via electromagnetic waves, to a counterpart receiving/transmitting device arranged in a headset. A second activation key is formed on the headset whereby the user may actuate the second activation key for allowing signals received by the telephone to be passed to the headset.

Abstract: An auxiliary apparatus comprises a rotating base, a base and a buckling piece with a long arc strip shape. The rotating base is pivoted on a bottom of the base. The bottom surface of the rotating base is adhered on a case of a mobile phone via a twin adhesive. One end of the buckling piece is connected to the base, and another end is buckled on a head of a human being via the arc shape of the buckling piece. The auxiliary apparatus makes the mobile phone firmly fixed aside of an ear of the human being without handholding.

Abstract: A device for allowing a user to pick up a telephone handset without using his or her hands is disclosed. The device includes a control unit having a control circuit arranged inside a casing. The control circuit is connected between a telephone and a handset of the telephone. A first activation key is provided on the control unit for allowing signal received by the telephone to be passed to the handset so as to allow the user to answer a phone call by hand picking up the handset. The control unit has a signal receiving/transmitting device which is coupled, via electromagnetic waves, to a counterpart receiving/transmitting device arranged in a headset. A second activation key is formed on the headset whereby the user may actuate the second activation key for allowing signals received by the telephone to be passed to the headset.

Abstract: A horizontal-type silicon-nitride furnace (HOSINF) having two tubes is provided. The HOSINF includes an outer tube and an inner tube. One end of the outer tube is coupled to a pump. The other end of the outer tube can be well sealed by a door through a flange. The inner tube is located inside the outer tube. The inner tube has a closed end and an opened end, in which the opened end is near to the door, and the closed end is near to the pump. The inner tube includes a first gas inlet and a second gas inlet. Desired reaction gases are flushed into the inner tube from the first inlet and the second inlet. The inner tube surrounds a paddle carrying several wafers, on which a silicon nitride layer is to be formed. The paddle is mounted on the door. A heater is located on a side periphery of the outer tube.

Abstract: An improved parallel-serial multiplier and accumulator for multiplying a digital multiplicand and a multiplier resulting in a product that is added to an accumulator input. The parallel-serial multiplier and accumulator includes a parallel-serial multiplier and a digit serial adder. The parallel-serial multiplier includes a recoder for receiving the digital multiplier and outputting an ordered sequence of recoded words, a partial product generator for generating partial products that are dependent upon the digital multiplicand and upon each of the ordered sequence of recoded words, and an adder for adding the partial products to provide the product. The adder outputs a digit serial word that contains the least significant bits of an intermediate sum of the partial products as the partial products are being added. The digit serial adder includes a carry save adder that receives the product and the accumulator input to produce the output sum.

Abstract: A modified least mean squares adaptive filter method and apparatus is disclosed. The filter coefficients used to perform the FIR multiplications in a least mean squares adaptive filter are time dependent upon a time index. Each tap of the FIR section utilizes a coefficient at a different time index. This allows an implementation in hardware that is modular and easy for implementation in VLSI technologies. In addition, an improve multiplier and accumulator is disclosed for use in implementing the improved least squares adaptive filter.

Abstract: The invention disclosed an efficient apparatus for solving the problem of unstable growth rate of oxide occurred when the procedure of wet oxidation is processed first and immediately followed by a procedure of dry oxidation. The invention involves in implementing as many insulating sleeves as required for wrapping around inlet pipes of a horizontal driven field oxidation tube to prevent water vapor from remaining in the inlet pipes so as to stabilize the growth rate of oxide.