Abstract: A soft digital tablet is disclosed. The soft digital tablet comprises a soft case, an antenna board and a control circuit board. The antenna board and the control circuit board induct and process electromagnetic signal from a digital pen, and transmit the processed electromagnetic signal to a host via a transmission line.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a supporting structure for a stack capacitor in a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes the following steps. The first step is providing a multi-layer structure including an etching stop layer, a silicon oxide layer and a silicon nitride layer. The second step is etching the silicon nitride layer and the silicon oxide layer to form a plurality of filling recesses in the silicon oxide layer, in which each the filling recess has a lateral surface and a bottom surface. The third step is forming a protecting layer at each the lateral surface. The fourth step is etching the silicon oxide layer to expose the etching stop layer. The fifth step is removing the protecting layer on the each lateral surface, thereby forming the supporting structure.

Abstract: A method for improving alignment in a photolithography machine is provided. The method comprises identifying first empirical alignment data that has been determined from use of a target photomask within at least one non-target tool, and identifying second empirical alignment data that has been determined from use of a non-target photomask within a target tool. The method continues by identifying third empirical alignment data that has been determined from use of a non-target photomask within at least one non-target tool, and calculating from the first, second, and third empirical alignment data a predicted alignment data for the target photomask with the target tool. The method then proceeds by aligning the target photomask within the target tool using the predicted alignment data, exposing a pattern from the target photomask onto the wafer in the target tool, and further processing the exposed wafer.

Abstract: System and method for automated semiconductor manufacturing is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a system for automated semiconductor wafer manufacturing includes a smart overlay control (SOC) database having empirical alignment data related to overlay alignment, and a simulation module communicatively coupled to the SOC database, the simulation module determining a simulated overlay alignment of a wafer on the plurality of photolithography tools in a tool bank based on the empirical alignment data stored in the SOC database. The system also includes a dispatch module communicatively coupled to the SOC database and the simulation module, the dispatch module controlling the dispatch of a wafer to one of a plurality of photolithography tools in a tool bank based at least in part on the simulated overlay alignment.

Abstract: A linear motion guide device includes a slider slidably attached onto a guide rail, two end caps attached to two ends of the slider and each having a channel formed between two legs, two sealing members attached to the legs and located at two opposite side portions of the guide rail and each having a wiping member for engaging with the guide rail, and two further sealing members changeably attached to the legs and located farther away from the guide rail than the previous sealing members for making different sealing structures pr conditions with the guide rail, the end caps each include two anchoring slots formed in each leg for attaching the sealing members.

Abstract: A method for making positioning structures of a bicycle hub comprises the steps of: A. bicycle hub clamping step; B. bicycle hub press forming step; and C. bicycle hub loading step. By such arrangements, the positioning structures of the bicycle hub can be obtained by the quick press forming without affecting the structure strength.

Abstract: A self-lubricating assembly for a linear driving device comprises an oil applying subassembly, an oil transmitting subassembly and an oil container. The oil transmitting subassembly transmits lubricating oil from the oil container to the oil applying subassembly, and the oil applying subassembly is driven by the linear driving device to perform lubricating action automatically. The oil container is provided for storing lubricating oil to prolong lubricating time of the linear driving device.

Abstract: A keyboard illuminating device for a portable computer includes a battery module and an illuminating module. The battery module can supply power to the portable computer and includes a housing. The illuminating module is disposed on the battery module and is powered by the battery module to illuminate a keyboard of the portable computer. The illuminating module hides in the battery module when the keyboard illuminating device is in a first status, and the illuminating module protrudes from a surface of the battery module when the keyboard illuminating device is in a second status.

Abstract: A lubricating device for a linear guideway, used at either side of the slide block of a linear guideway, comprises: a housing, oil-containing member, magnets and metallic magnetic members. Using a magnetic force to push the oil-containing member against the rail, the magnetic force will not fatigue but will increase with the reduction in distance between the magnets and the metallic magnetic members, therefore, the oil-containing member can be kept in a good contact with the rolling passage of the rail, and the lubricating oil can be continuously transmitted from the oil-containing member to the surface of the rail, thus lubricating the linear guideway automatically without disassembling it.

Abstract: A linear motion guide device includes a slider slidably attached onto a guide rail, an end cap attached to each side of the slider, a cover band engaged onto the upper portion of the guide rail and having an end portion extended out of the end portion of the guide rail, and a block attached to the end portion of the guide rail and having an opening for receiving the end portion of the cover band, a wedge member is slidably engaged into the opening of the block and includes an inclined surface for slidably engaging with the inclined surface of the block and for securing the end portion of the cover band to the block when the wedge member is engaged into the opening of the block, a fastener may force the wedge member to secure the end portion of the cover band to the block.

Abstract: A bicycle hub comprises a hub shell each end of which is formed with a receiving portion. The outer surface of the rub shell is clamped by a positioning machine, and the inner surface of each receiving portion is axially pressed to form at least three positioning structures. The positioning structures are formed by the following steps: A. bicycle hub clamping step; B. bicycle hub press forming step; and C. bicycle hub loading step. By such arrangements, the positioning structures of the bicycle hub can be obtained by the quick press forming without affecting the structure strength.

Abstract: A self-lubricating assembly for a linear driving device comprises an oil applying subassembly, an oil transmitting subassembly and an oil container. The oil transmitting subassembly transmits lubricating oil from the oil container to the oil applying subassembly, and the oil applying subassembly is driven by the linear driving device to perform lubricating action automatically. The oil container is provided for storing lubricating oil to prolong lubricating time of the linear driving device.

Abstract: A lubricating device for a linear guideway, used at either side of the slide block of a linear guideway, comprises: a housing, oil-containing member, magnets and metallic magnetic members. Using a magnetic force to push the oil-containing member against the rail, the magnetic force will not fatigue but will increase with the reduction in distance between the magnets and the metallic magnetic members, therefore, the oil-containing member can be kept in a good contact with the rolling passage of the rail, and the lubricating oil can be continuously transmitted from the oil-containing member to the surface of the rail, thus lubricating the linear guideway automatically without disassembling it.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a TV image conversion device for turning a computer on or off by means of a multimedia remote control. The TV image conversion device is electrically coupled to a computer enabling a user to operate a computer on-off switch on the multimedia remote control to turn the computer on or off wirelessly rather than walk to a computer to either turn the computer on or off by pressing an on/off switch on the computer. By utilizing this, the above drawback of incapable of turning a computer on or off by means of a remote control as experienced by the prior art can be overcome.

Abstract: A linear guideway with quick release oil tanks comprises: a rail, a slide block disposed on the rail, connectors and an oil tank disposed at an ends of the slide block. The oil tanks is “II”-shaped and includes a base portion and two extension portions, a distance between the two extension portions is larger than a maximum width of the rail, and a maximum width of the base portion of the oil tanks is shorter than a distance between an upper surface of the rail and a top surface of the slide block. The connectors each have a connecting portion and an engaging portion, and is axially defined with a through hole, and the oil tanks are defined with an oil outlet for engaging with the engaging portion of the connectors.

Abstract: A lid to selectively plug or unplug a discharge mouth of a developer container mounted to an image forming apparatus for replenishing a developer. In one embodiment of the present invention, the lid includes a body having a bottom portion and a sidewall portion defining an opening, wherein the bottom portion has an inner surface and an outer surface, and the sidewall portion has an inner surface and an outer surface. The lid additionally includes a lug having a first end and a second end defining a body portion, wherein the lug is engaged with the body at a position at the sidewall portion such that the second end of the lug and the first surface of the bottom portion define a gap g therebetween and the body portion of the lug facing away from the developer container when the lid plugs the discharge mouth.

Abstract: A lid to selectively plug or unplug a discharge mouth of a developer container mounted to an image forming apparatus for replenishing a developer. In one embodiment of the present invention, the lid includes a body having a bottom portion and a sidewall portion defining an opening, wherein the bottom portion has an inner surface and an outer surface, and the sidewall portion has an inner surface and an outer surface. The lid additionally includes a lug having a first end and a second end defining a body portion, wherein the lug is engaged with the body at a position at the sidewall portion such that the second end of the lug and the first surface of the bottom portion define a gap g therebetween and the body portion of the lug facing away from the developer container when the lid plugs the discharge mouth.

Abstract: An active photodiode CMOS image sensor comprising a light-sensitive photodiode region, a transistor and a cover layer. The light-sensitive region is formed in a substrate body and the transistor is formed above the substrate body. The source region of the transistor is connected to the light-sensitive region. The cover layer is formed above the light-sensitive photodiode region using a method similar to method used to form the gate dielectric layer.

Abstract: A magic folding game includes a plurality of different folders each in the form of a combination of two right polygons having a joining line in the middle, in which the joining line is a side of both the polygons. From each side of the joining line, lateral edges are extended symmetrically and, the inclined angle between the joining line and each of the lateral edges is the internal angle of the pentagons, the extension of each of the lateral edges passing through the center of a pentagon to form a junction. Assembly of a plurality of folders can form a spheroid through interlacing of their respective connection arcs in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction such that a lateral edge of one folder is aligned with the joining line of another folder.