Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with touch sensors. One or more shielding layers may be interposed between the display and the touch sensors. The shielding layers may include shielding structures such as a conductive mesh structure and/or a transparent conductive film. The shielding structures may be actively driven or passively biased. In the active driving scheme, one or more inverting circuits may receive a noise signal from a cathode layer in the display and/or from the shielding structures, invert the received noise signal, and drive the inverted noise signal back onto the shielding structures to prevent any noise from the display from negatively impacting the performance of the touch sensors. In the passive biasing scheme, the shielding structures may be biased to a power supply voltage.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a display device. The display device includes a display panel and a vibration generating module. The vibration generating module is attached to the display panel and includes a substrate, a circuit layer, and a plurality of vibrators. The circuit layer and the plurality of vibrators are disposed on the substrate, and the plurality of vibrators are electrically connected to the circuit layer.

Abstract: In some implementations, one or more semiconductor processing tools may form a metal cap on a metal gate. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may form one or more dielectric layers on the metal cap. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may form a recess to the metal cap within the one or more dielectric layers. The one or more semiconductor processing tools may perform a bottom-up deposition of metal material on the metal cap to form a metal plug within the recess and directly on the metal cap.

Abstract: The present invention provides a display device, which includes a frame having an accommodating cavity and a display module disposed in the accommodating cavity. The display module includes a first light source, an optical unit, an imaging unit arranged on a side of the optical unit facing away from the first light source, and a lens array arranged on a side of the imaging unit facing away from the first light source. Corresponding to a preset pattern, light emitted by the first light source passes through the optical unit, the imaging unit and the lens array to form a default floating image in a floating display area outside the accommodating cavity. In addition, the present invention also provides a non-contact key and an input device including the above display module.

Abstract: A method of forming a photoresist pattern includes forming a protective layer over a photoresist layer formed on a substrate. The protective layer and the photoresist layer are selectively exposed to actinic radiation. The photoresist layer is developed to form a pattern in the photoresist layer. The protective layer includes a polymer without a nitrogen-containing moiety, and a basic quencher, an organic acid, a photoacid generator, or a thermal acid generator.

Abstract: A method includes forming a pad layer. The pad layer includes a first portion over a first part of a semiconductor substrate, and a second portion over a second part of the semiconductor substrate. The first portion has a first thickness, and the second portion has a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The semiconductor substrate is then annealed to form a first oxide layer over the first part of the semiconductor substrate, and a second oxide layer over the second part of the semiconductor substrate. The pad layer, the first oxide layer, and the second oxide layer are removed. A semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown over and contacting the first part and the second part of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing biomarker for early detection of Alzheimer's Disease (AD), and particularly to a method that is able to enhance the accuracy of predicting AD from Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) patients using the Hippocampus magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) data. The providing MRI images containing the anatomical structure of Hippocampus biomarker and MMSE data as a training data set; training a processor using the training data set, and the training comprising acts of receiving MRI images and MMSE data as a testing data set from a target; and classifying the test data by the trained processor to include aggregating predictions.

Abstract: An embodiment resin composition for shielding electromagnetic waves, based on a total weight of the resin composition, includes 20 to 80 wt % of thermoplastic resin, 1 to 50 wt % of a conductive filler, and 0.1 to 30 wt % of an additive.

Abstract: A setting method of in-memory computing simulator includes: performing a plurality of test combinations by an in-memory computing device and recording a plurality of first estimation indices corresponding to the plurality of test combinations respectively, wherein each of the plurality of test combinations includes one of a plurality of neural network models and one of a plurality of datasets, executing a simulator according to the plurality of test combinations by a processing device and recording a plurality of second estimation indices corresponding to the plurality of test combinations respectively, wherein the simulator has a plurality of adjustable settings; calculating a correlation sum according to the plurality of first estimation indices and the plurality of second estimation indices by the processing device, and performing an optimal algorithm to search an optimal parameter in the setting space constructed by the plurality of settings so that the correlation sum is maximal.

Abstract: A transistor includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a semiconductor nanosheet, a gate electrode and source and drain electrodes. The semiconductor nanosheet is physically connected to the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The gate electrode wraps around the semiconductor nanosheet. The source and drain electrodes are disposed at opposite sides of the gate electrode. The first semiconductor layer surrounds the source electrode, the second semiconductor layer surrounds the drain electrode, and the semiconductor nanosheet is disposed between the source and drain electrodes.

Abstract: Disclosed are calibration techniques that can be implemented by a device that conducts biological tests. In certain embodiments, the device for testing a biological specimen includes a receiving mechanism to receive a carrier, a camera module arranged to capture imagery of the carrier, and a processor. Some examples of the processor can detect a calibration mode trigger. In calibration mode, the processor can divide the captured imagery into segments and selectively perform one or more calibration procedures for each segment. Then, the processor records a calibration result for each segment.

Abstract: A display panel, comprising a first insulating structural layer, a first crack detection line, a second insulating structural layer and a second crack detection line which are sequentially arranged on a substrate, wherein the first crack detection line and the second crack detection line are both located in a peripheral area and are arranged around a display area, one end of the first crack detection line is configured to receive a detection signal, and the other end of the first crack detection line is configured to output a first output signal, and one end of the second crack detection line is configured to receive a detection signal and the other end of the second crack detection line is configured to output a second output signal.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated chip having an inter-layer dielectric (ILD) structure along a first surface of a substrate having a photodetector. An etch stop layer is over the ILD structure, and a reflector is surrounded by the etch stop layer and the ILD structure. The reflector has a curved surface facing the substrate at a location directly over the photodetector. The curved surface is coupled between a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the reflector. The reflector has larger thicknesses along the first sidewall and the second sidewall than at a center of the reflector between the first sidewall and the second sidewall.

Abstract: A solution for deteriorated non-volatile memory is shown. When a controller determines that raw data read from the non-volatile memory is undesirable data, the controller performs safety moving of valid data of an erasure unit that contains the raw data to safely move the valid data of the erasure unit, wherein the erasure unit is a high-risk block, and the raw data in the non-volatile memory is regarded as being in a deteriorated physical address. Prior to being moved in the safety moving, the raw data is changed so that it is different from the undesirable data. In an exemplary embodiment, the undesirable data is all-1's data or all-0's data.

Abstract: A system includes an acoustic lure and a sensor package disposed within an interior volume of an insect trapping container and a computing device in communication with the acoustic lure and the sensor package configured to instruct the acoustic lure to output an acoustic tone. The computer device is further configured to receive sensor data from the sensor package, the sensor data representative of insects within the interior volume. Responsive to receiving the sensor data, the computing device is configured to instruct an imaging device to capture image data representative of the insects within the interior volume or determine insect count data based on the sensor data. The computing device is configured to then transmit output data to a remote computing system, the output data including at least one of a first portion of the image data or a second portion of the insect count data.

Abstract: A vehicle device setting method including: capturing, by an image sensing unit, a first image frame; recognizing a user ID according to the first image frame; showing ID information of the recognized user ID on a screen or by a speaker; capturing a second image frame; generating a confirm signal when a first user expression is recognized by calculating an expression feature in the second image frame and comparing the recognized expression feature with stored expression data associated with a predetermined user expression to confirm whether the recognized user ID is correct or not according to the second image frame captured after the ID information is shown; controlling an electronic device according to the confirm signal; and entering a data update mode instructed by the user and updating setting information of the electronic device by current electronic device setting according to a saving signal generated by confirming a second user expression in a third image frame captured after the user ID is confirmed

Abstract: A floating image generation device is disclosed, which includes a light source, an image generation module, and a floating image generation unit. The image generation module is disposed above the light source and includes a shading unit and an image generation unit. The shading unit is capable of changing light transmissivity state. The image generation unit is disposed above the shading unit. The floating image generation unit is disposed above the image generation unit. The light source emits a light passing through the shading unit, the image generation unit, and the floating image generation unit to generate a first floating image when the shading unit is in a first light transmissivity state. The light source emits a light passing through the shading unit, the image generation unit, and the floating image generation unit to generate a second floating image when the shading unit is in a second light transmissivity state.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-state one-time programmable (MSOTP) memory circuit including a memory cell and a programming voltage driving circuit. The memory cell includes a MOS storage transistor, a first MOS access transistor and a second MOS access transistor electrically connected to store two bits of data. When the memory cell is in a writing state, the programming voltage driving circuit outputs a writing control potential to the gate of the MOS storage transistor, and when the memory cell is in a reading state, the programming voltage driving circuit outputs a reading control potential to the gate of the MOS storage transistor.

Abstract: A semiconductor package including a ring structure with one or more indents and a method of forming are provided. The semiconductor package may include a substrate, a first package component bonded to the substrate, wherein the first package component may include a first semiconductor die, a ring structure attached to the substrate, wherein the ring structure may encircle the first package component in a top view, and a lid structure attached to the ring structure. The ring structure may include a first segment, extending along a first edge of the substrate, and a second segment, extending along a second edge of the substrate. The first segment and the second segment may meet at a first corner of the ring structure, and a first indent of the ring structure may be disposed at the first corner of the ring structure.

Abstract: An optoelectronic package and a method for producing the optoelectronic package are provided. The optoelectronic package includes a carrier, a photonic device, a first encapsulant and a second encapsulant. The photonic device is disposed on the carrier. The first encapsulant covers the carrier and is disposed around the photonic device. The second encapsulant covers the first encapsulant and the photonic device. The first encapsulant has a topmost position and a bottommost position, and the topmost position is not higher than a surface of the photonic device.