Abstract:
A capacitance difference detecting method, comprising: (a) utilizing a voltage control unit to cooperate with a first capacitor to be detected and a second capacitor to be detected to generate a first voltage and a second voltage; and (b) computing a capacitance difference between the first capacitor to be detected and the second capacitor to be detected according to the first voltage, the second voltage and a parameter of the voltage control unit.
Abstract:
In one aspect of the present invention, a photovoltaic panel includes a substrate, a reflective layer formed on the substrate, a first conductive layer formed on the reflective layer, an active layer formed on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer formed on the active layer. The reflective layer has an index of refraction and a thickness such that the reflectance spectrum of the photovoltaic device for light incident on the substrate has a maximum in a selected wavelength range in the visible spectrum.
Abstract:
A photo detector is disclosed. The photo detector has a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer covered on the semiconductor layer, an interlayer dielectric layer covered on the insulating layer, and two electrodes formed on a portion of the interlayer dielectric layer. The semiconductor layer has a first doping region, a second doping region, and an intrinsic region located between the first doping region and the second doping region. The interlayer dielectric layer has at least three holes to expose a portion of the insulating layer, a portion of the first doping region, and the second doping region. The electrodes are connected to the first doping region and the second doping region through two of the holes.
Abstract:
A touch detecting device for a capacitive touch sensor that includes a plurality of sensing units aligned along a predetermined direction, includes a differential detecting module and a processing module. The differential detecting module is configured to detect a capacitance variation between each two adjacent ones of the sensing units so as to generate a sequence of capacitance variations. The processing module is configured to determine a number of transitions corresponding to a number of touched areas on the capacitive touch sensor, where the number of transitions is one or greater. Each of the transitions represents a change from one of a set of the capacitance variations that is positive to one of a succeeding set of the capacitance variations that is negative. A touch detecting method is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A photo detector is disclosed. The photo detector has a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, an insulating layer covered on the semiconductor layer, an interlayer dielectric layer covered on the insulating layer, and two electrodes formed on a portion of the interlayer dielectric layer. The semiconductor layer has a first doping region, a second doping region, and an intrinsic region located between the first doping region and the second doping region. The interlayer dielectric layer has at least three holes to expose a portion of the insulating layer, a portion of the first doping region, and the second doping region. The electrodes are connected to the first doping region and the second doping region through two of the holes.
Abstract:
One aspect of the present invention relates to a photovoltaic cell. In one embodiment, the photovoltaic cell includes a first conductive layer, an N-doped semiconductor layer formed on the first conductive layer, a first silicon layer formed on the N-doped semiconductor layer, a nanocrystalline silicon (nc-Si) layer formed on a first silicon layer, a second silicon layer formed on the nc-Si layer, a P-doped semiconductor layer on the second silicon layer, and a second conductive layer formed on the P-doped semiconductor layer, where one of the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer is formed of amorphous silicon, and the other of the first silicon layer and the second silicon layer formed of polycrystalline silicon.
Abstract:
A method of inspecting the grain size of a polysilicon film. A substrate covered by an amorphous silicon layer is provided. Next, the amorphous silicon layer is annealed by a laser beam with a predetermined laser energy density to transfer it to a polysilicon layer. Thereafter, the polysilicon layer is measured by a spectrometer under a predetermined photon energy range to achieve an optical parameter. Finally, the optical parameter is quantized to achieve a determining index, thereby monitoring the grain size of the polysilicon layer.
Abstract:
A method of forming an optical sensor includes the following steps. A substrate is provided, and a read-out device is formed on the substrate. a first electrode electrically connected to the read-out device is formed on the substrate. a photosensitive silicon-rich dielectric layer is formed on the first electrode, wherein the photosensitive silicon-rich dielectric layer comprises a plurality of nanocrystalline silicon crystals. A second electrode is formed on the photosensitive silicon-rich dielectric layer.
Abstract:
An optical reflective touch panel and pixels and a system thereof are provided. Each pixel of the optical reflective touch panel includes a display circuit and a sensing circuit. The display circuit controls the display of the pixel. The sensing circuit is coupled to the display circuit for sensing a sensitization state of the pixel during a turned-on period and a turned-off period of a backlight module and outputting a digital signal to notify an optical reflective touch panel system that whether the pixel is touched or not.
Abstract:
An optical sensor includes a silicon-rich dielectric photosensitive device and a read-out device. The silicon-rich dielectric photosensitive device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photosensitive silicon-rich dielectric layer disposed therebetween. The photosensitive silicon-rich dielectric layer includes a plurality of nanocrystalline silicon crystals therein. The read-out device is electrically connected to the first electrode of the silicon-rich dielectric photosensitive device for reading out opto-electronic signals transmitted from the photo-sensitive silicon-rich dielectric layer.