National Chi Nan University

Chung Yuan Christian University

National Science Council

Naitonal Chi Nan University

Tai-Ping Sun

Jung-Chuan Chou

Shen-Kan Hsiung

Chia-Hung Wang

Yi-Chuan Lu

Chung-We Pan

Wen-Yaw Chung

Hsiu-Li Shieh

Tak-Shing Ching

Nien-Hsuan Chou

Hung-Kwei Liao

Ming-Sheng Yang

Tse-Hsin Chen

Stephen S K Hsiung

Yuan-Lung Chin

Chin-Shuen Hung

Ming-Chiao Shieh

Li-Te Yin

Jing-Sheng Chiang

Chia-Ming Liu

Li-Wen Mao

Gin-Chou Yang

Lei Zhen Ce

Tzu-Lun Hung

Chung-Lin Wu

Yao-Syun Wang

Heng-Yu Yan

Shen-Kan Hsung

Chung-Wei Pan

Kun-Shuan Huang

Jun-Jie Feng

Jia-Hao Li

Chu-Neng Tsai

I-Tin Liu

Huei-Jyun Lin

Hung-Wei Mao

Chih-Wei Lai

Chung-Yuan Chen

Wen Yaw Chung

Jia-Yu Chen

Wei-Shun Cheng

Tsung-Shuo Kao

Wei-Cheng Yeh

Yung-Hsin Lu

Mei-Ling Cheng

A readout device includes a plurality of detecting circuits arranged in rows and columns to form a detecting array, and an output module. Each of the detecting circuits includes two transistors for generating a detection signal associated with impedance at a target site. Through selection of the rows and the columns of the detecting circuits, the output module outputs an output voltage signal having a magnitude positively correlated with magnitude of a selected one of the detection signals received from the detecting circuits.

Readout device, dual-function readout device, and detecting circuit thereof

A dual-switching sensing device includes two sensor modules and a dual-function switching circuit with an operational amplifier and two integrator modules. Each of the integrator modules includes a transistor, an integrator capacitor and a switching unit. Through control of the switching unit, each of the integrator modules may operate in different modes, so that the dual-switching sensing device may be used to sense different targets.

Dual-switching sensing device, and dual-function switching circuit thereof

A measurement device is for use with a current-type sensor unit, which, when applied with a driving voltage, is capable of reacting with a target substance for generating a sensor current that corresponds to a concentration level of the target substance, and includes: a driving unit operable to generate the driving voltage that includes alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) components; and a processing unit for receiving the sensor current from the current-type sensor unit, and operable to determine the concentration level of the target substance according to a peak-to-peak value of the sensor current received by the processing unit.

Measurement device

A light emitting system includes: a voltage detecting unit connected across a solid-state light emitting component for detecting a forward voltage thereof and generating a detection voltage having a magnitude dependent on the forward voltage; a current control unit connected to the light emitting component for controlling, according to a compensation voltage, flow of an operating current, which has a magnitude dependent on the compensation voltage, therethrough; and a compensation voltage module connected to the voltage detecting unit and the current control unit, disposed to receive a reference voltage, and configured to generate the compensation voltage, which varies according to the forward voltage, for provision to the current control unit according to the detection voltage, an operating voltage having a magnitude dependent on the operating current, and the reference voltage.

Light emitting system with light emitting power stabilization

An impedance analyzer includes: a control voltage generating unit for generating a control voltage that has a predetermined amplitude value; a measuring unit operable to provide an output current, which has an amplitude value corresponding to that of the control voltage, for flowing through first and second body portions of a biological target, and to generate a measurement voltage that has an amplitude value corresponding to a difference between voltages at the first and second body portions attributed to flow of the output current therethrough; and a calculating module operable to determine an electrical impedance between the first and second body portions according to a predetermined adjustment value and the amplitude value of the measurement voltage.

Impedance analyzer

An illumination system includes: a signal receiver device configured to, in response to a coupling signal, generate a receiver-side signal frame including a control code portion based on control information of the coupling signal; a code extracting unit operable to extract the control code portion from the receiver-side signal frame; and a current providing unit operable to provide a driving current through a light emitting component according to the control code portion extracted from the code extracting unit. The driving current has a magnitude dependent on the extracted control code portion.

Illumination system, and driving device and signal transmitter device thereof

A readout device is adapted for dual-band sensing, and includes an amplifier, two direct injection (DI) readout circuits to be respectively connected to two sensors, and a switching module. Through operation of the switching module, one of the DI readout circuits can be electrically connected to the amplifier, and cooperate with the other DI readout circuit to achieve a dual-band sensing feature.

Switchable readout device

A capacitive transimpedance amplifier for a detector unit capable of generating first and second detection currents comprises: a read-out circuit including an integration capacitor coupled between an input node connected to the detector unit, and a common node between first and second transistors connected in series, and a sampling and holding unit coupled between the first common node and an output node for sampling and holding a voltage at the first common node; and a switch unit connected to control ends of the first and second transistors and the input node, and operable between a first state, where the first detection current is read out, and a second state, where the second detection current is read out.

Dual-mode capacitive transimpedance amplifier, and read-out device incorporating the same

A light emitting system includes a light emitting device having a forward voltage, and an optical power control device. The optical power control device includes a control signal module and a current controller. The control signal module generates a control signal according to the forward voltage, and the current controller permits flow of a driving current through the light emitting device according to the control signal.

Light emitting system, optical power control device, and control signal module

A dimming device includes: a constant current generator for generating a current to a main LED unit; a state generator for generating a state counting output having a counting value that is equal to one of continuous values respectively associated with different light-mixing states of a secondary LED unit; and an RGB modulation circuit operable to generate, based on the state counting output, multiple PWM signals with the same PWM cycle for driving respectively R, G, and B LEDs of the secondary LED unit such that the secondary LED unit is sequentially operated in the light-mixing states. The secondary LED unit emits a mixed light with an individual color in each of the different light-mixing states to compensate lighting of the main LED unit.

Dimming device

An optical power stabilizing device is adapted to stabilize optical power of a light emitting device having a forward voltage, and includes a current generating circuit that generates a pulse-wave driving current to drive light emission of the light emitting device, an optical-type feedback circuit that outputs a first feedback voltage according to detected optical power of the light emitting device, an electrical-type feedback circuit that outputs a second feedback voltage according to the forward voltage, and a pulse wave generating circuit that generates a pulse-wave signal to control the current generating circuit according to one of the first feedback voltage and the second feedback voltage.

Optical power stabilizing device

A light power compensation circuit includes a current source to be electrically coupled to a temperature-detecting light-emitting device and providing a working current for the temperature-detecting light-emitting device, a detector unit operable to detect a forward bias voltage across the temperature-detecting light-emitting device and providing a detector voltage proportional to the forward bias voltage, a compensation voltage converting module converting the detector voltage into a compensation voltage which has a negative relation to change in the detector voltage, and a driving module converting the compensation voltage into a driving current which is proportional to the compensation voltage and which drives operation of a controlled light-emitting device.

Light power compensation device, light power compensation circuit, and detecting module

A light emitting system includes: first, second, and reference light emitting components having first, second, and reference forward voltages when driven under constant current, respectively; an instrumentation amplifier for generating a temperature detection voltage with a magnitude dependent on the reference forward voltage of the reference light emitting component; first and second compensation voltage modules each generating a respective one of first and second compensation voltages based at least on the temperature detection voltage; and first and second power control modules providing first and second driving currents through the first and second light emitting components according to the first and second compensation voltages and the first and second forward voltages, respectively.

Light emitting system capable of color temperature stabilization

A light-emitting system includes first and second solid-state light-emitting components, a current source providing a constant current through the second solid-state light-emitting component, a first instrumentation amplifier detecting a second forward voltage across the second solid-state light-emitting component so as to generate a first detection voltage having a magnitude dependent on the second forward voltage, a compensation voltage module operable to generate a compensation voltage having a magnitude related to the second forward voltage according to the first detection voltage and two reference voltages, and a power control module detecting a first forward voltage across the first solid-state light-emitting component and providing a driving current therethrough that is dependent on the compensation voltage and the first forward voltage and that varies according to ambient temperature.

Light-emitting system having a luminous flux control device

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