Abstract:
A method of manufacturing through-silicon-via (TSV) and a TSV structure are provided. The TSV structure includes a silicon substrate, an annular capacitor, a conductive through-via, a layer of low-k material, and a bump. The annular capacitor is within the silicon substrate and constituted of a first conductive layer, a capacitor dielectric layer, and a second conductive layer from the inside to the outside. The conductive through-via is disposed in the silicon substrate surrounded by the annular capacitor, and the layer of low-k material is between the annular capacitor and the conductive through-via. The bump is in touch with the conductive through-via for bonding other chip.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a plasma display panel and a method for making the same. The method comprises steps of: A first substrate is provided. Elongated electrodes are formed on the first substrate. An overcoat layer is formed on the elongated electrodes and the first substrate. Then, by means of screen print, a shaping layer of grid-mesh-shaped barrier rib is formed on the overcoat layer. Screen print is applied again to form a plurality of bumps on the shaping layer of grid-mesh-shaped barrier rib; A second substrate is also provided. The second substrate extends paralleled with the first substrate so as to define a discharge space between the first substrate and the second substrate after combining the two substrates. Bumps are provided between the first stripe rib areas and the second stripe rib areas so as to define passages to let air can flow in the discharge space. By the mentioned processes, bumps are provided between the first stripe rib areas and the second stripe rib areas so as to define passages for drawing air. The process is simple and easy for precise alignment.
Abstract:
A display module includes a transparent substrate, a black matrix layer, several light-shielding elements and a phase retardation film. The transparent substrate includes left-eye pixel regions and right-eye pixel regions for respectively displaying left-eye images and right-eye images. Each left-eye pixel region is adjacent to each right-eye pixel region. The black matrix layer is disposed on one side of the transparent substrate and corresponds to each boundary between the left-eye and right-eye pixel regions. The light-shielding elements are disposed on the other side of the transparent substrate and respectively correspond to the boundaries between the left-eye and right-eye pixel regions. The phase retardation film is disposed on the other side of the transparent substrate, and has first-phase retardation regions and second-phase retardation regions with difference phases. Positions of the first-phase and second-phase retardation regions respectively correspond to those of the left-eye and right-eye pixel regions.
Abstract:
A resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of repeated sets of layers is provided. Each of the sets of layers includes a resistance-changing layer, a barrier layer, and an ionic exchange layer between the resistance-changing layer and the barrier layer, wherein a thickness of each of the resistance-changing layer, the barrier layer and the ionic exchange layer exceeds a Fermi wavelength, and the thickness each of the resistance-changing layer and ionic exchange layer are less than an electron mean free path. Further, a RRAM module including the aforesaid RRAM cell and a switch is also provided.
Abstract:
A resistance memory cell including a variable resistance layer is provided. The variable resistance layer includes at least one dominant resistance layer and at least one auxiliary resistance layer. The dominant resistance layer(s) and the auxiliary resistance layer(s) in totality form a closed ion exchange system, the exchanged ions are comparably mobile in each of the dominant resistance layer(s) and the auxiliary resistance layer(s), and the maximum resistance of the at least one dominant resistance layer is higher than that of the at least one auxiliary resistance layer.
Abstract:
A memory cell includes a memory element, a current-limiting element electrically coupled to the memory element, and a high-selection-ratio element electrically coupled to the current-limiting element. The memory element is configured to store data as a resistance state. The current-limiting element is a voltage-controlled resistor (VCR) having a resistance that decreases when a voltage applied thereto increases. The high-selection-ratio element has a first resistance that is small when a voltage applied to the memory cell is approximately equal to a selection voltage of the memory cell, and has a second resistance that is substantially larger than the first resistance when the voltage applied to the memory cell is approximately equal to one-half of the selection voltage.
Abstract:
A signal processing system including a DAC, a comparing unit, and a control unit is provided. The DAC receives a digital input and generates an output voltage. The comparing unit receives the output voltage and compares the output voltage with a reference voltage to output an output value. The control unit receives the output value and accordingly generates the digital input in a manner of value mapping through firmware or software to calibrate the DAC. Furthermore, a self-calibration digital-to-analog converting method is also provided.
Abstract:
A control method for at least one memory cell is disclosed. The memory cell includes a transistor and a resistor. The resistor is connected to the transistor between a first node and a second node. In a programming mode, the memory cell is programmed. The step of programming the memory cell includes providing a first controlling voltage to a gate of the transistor, providing a first setting voltage to the first node, and providing a second setting voltage to the second node. When it is determined that the memory cell has been successfully programmed, a specific action is executed.
Abstract:
An injection-locked frequency dividing apparatus including a frequency multiplier, a first linear mixer, a second linear mixer, and an oscillator is disclosed. The frequency multiplier receives a frequency signal and generates a multiple-frequency signal accordingly. The first and the second linear mixer both receive the multiple-frequency signal and respectively receive a first input signal and a second input signal, wherein the phases of the first and the second input signal are complementary. The first and the second linear mixer respectively mix the multiple-frequency signal with the first and the second input signal to respectively generate a first mixed signal and a second mixed signal. The oscillator generates the frequency signal. The oscillator further receives the first and the second mixed signal and generates a first output signal and a second output signal accordingly, wherein the phases of the first and the second output signal are complementary.
Abstract:
An actuator for providing functions of one-way actuation and shiftless rotation includes a main body, two rolling elements, and a recovery apparatus, in which an accommodating space is arranged in the main body and has two frictional faces corresponding to each other with a tapered distance between them. Initially, two rolling elements are arranged at one side of the accommodating space of a wider spacing distance and then make a rolling contact with two frictional faces respectively to be displaced toward a narrower side of the accommodating space through the recovery apparatus, so that an aforementioned one-way actuator is thus constructed.