Patents by Inventor Cheng-An Hung

Cheng-An Hung has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240177055
    Abstract: A judging method for a module peeling time of a soft electronic fabric module is provided. The method includes: preselecting a plurality of module material combinations, the plurality of module material combinations respectively comprising a substrate material, a wire material and a packaging material; extracting the plurality of module material combinations to generate a plurality of module material combination parameters; generating a plurality of machine learning training data based on the plurality of module material combination parameters and a plurality of module pre-processing conditions; and training a machine learning model according to the plurality of machine learning training data to provide an optimized prediction model for judging a module peeling time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Cheng-Hung SAN, Hsin-Chung WU, Ming-Hong CHIUEH
  • Publication number: 20240175317
    Abstract: A blind lifting control module includes a transmitting wheel, an anti-backward unit and a driving unit disposed to a supporting unit. The transmitting wheel for connecting a blind reeled horizontal axle has a wheel ratchet portion meshable with a corresponding reel ratchet portion of a driving reel of the driving unit. The anti-backward unit has a torsion spring operable and deformable relative to the transmitting wheel. A pull cord is reeled on the driving reel and has a free end passing through a thrust member and a hindering member, and is pulled to shift the torsion spring to a released state to permit lowering of a blind. The thrust member is turned by pulling of the pull cord to thrust the driving reel to mesh with the transmitting wheel for lifting the blind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Cheng-Hung LEE, Lung-Yi CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20240178558
    Abstract: The present application discloses a beamforming antenna device and a method for operating a beamforming antenna device. The beamforming antenna device includes a plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of sub-arrays. The plurality of sub-arrays are coupled to the plurality of antenna elements. Each of the sub-arrays is coupled to its adjacent sub-arrays of the plurality of sub-arrays, and at least a portion of the plurality of sub-arrays form a sub-array chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: KUN-CHIEN HUNG, YU-JIU WANG, BOR-CHING SU, CHIEN CHENG WANG, CHIEN-TE LI
  • Publication number: 20240170053
    Abstract: A latch formed from a memory cell includes a clock input terminal configured to receive a clock signal, complementary first and second data terminals, and a latch circuit. The latch circuit has first and second inverters. The first inverter has an input terminal coupled to the first data terminal, and the second inverter has an input terminal coupled to the second data terminal. A first pass gate transistor is coupled between an output terminal of the second inverter and the first data terminal. A second pass gate transistor is coupled between an output terminal of the first inverter and the second data terminal. The first and second pass gate transistors each have a gate terminal coupled to the clock input terminal. The input terminal of the first inverter is not directly connected to the output terminal of the second inverter, and the input terminal of the second inverter is not directly connected to the output terminal of the first inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Hua-Hsin Yu, Cheng Hung Lee, Hung-Jen Liao, Hau-Tai Shieh
  • Patent number: 11990524
    Abstract: A method includes forming a dummy gate structure across a fin, in which the dummy gate structure has a dummy gate dielectric layer and a dummy gate electrode, forming gate spacers on sidewalls of the dummy gate structure, forming source/drain epitaxial structures on sides of the dummy gate structure, performing a first etch process to the dummy gate electrode such that a recessed dummy gate electrode remains over the fin, performing a second etch process to the gate spacers such that recessed gate spacers remain over the sidewalls of the dummy gate structure, removing the recessed dummy gate electrode and the dummy gate dielectric layer after the second etch process to form a recess between the recessed gate spacers, forming a gate structure overfilling the recess, and performing a third etch process to the gate structure such that a recessed gate structure remains between the recessed gate spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chien Lin, Hsi Chung Chen, Cheng-Hung Tsai, Chih-Hsuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20240163932
    Abstract: A multi-link operation (MLO) transmission method is provided. The MLO transmission method may be applied to an apparatus. The MLO transmission method may include the following steps. A plurality of station (STA) modules of the apparatus may each perform a respective backoff procedure. Each STA module may correspond to a different link. An MLO control circuit of the apparatus or a first STA module of the plurality of STA modules may determine whether to perform a synchronous transmission (TX) for a first STA module and at least one of other STA modules in response to a first backoff counter of the first STA module reaching 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Hao-Hua KANG, Chih-Chun KUO, Cheng-Ying WU, Yang-Hung PENG
  • Publication number: 20240157217
    Abstract: A golf teaching method and a golf teaching system are provided. The golf teaching method includes: configuring image capturing devices and golf simulator to capture swing images and corresponding simulator data records, when a user performs a golf swing; configuring an expert model that includes expert motion information and corresponding correction suggestion information; configuring a computing device to perform an analysis process on the swing images and the simulator data records to divide the golf swing into user motions according to stages and obtaining records of user motion information corresponding to the plurality of stages, and to compare the user motion information with the corresponding expert motion information in each stage through the expert model, and to provide the corresponding correction suggestion information according to a comparison result; and configuring a user interface to provide the correction suggestion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: CHENG-HUNG TSAI, CHIA-YU JIH, CHIH-CHUNG CHIEN, LI-LIN LU, SHAO-JUN TAN, WEN-FU LAI
  • Publication number: 20240162071
    Abstract: A multiple die container load port may include a housing with an opening, and an elevator to accommodate a plurality of different sized die containers. The multiple die container load port may include a stage supported by the housing and moveable within the opening of the housing by the elevator. The stage may include one or more positioning mechanisms to facilitate positioning of the plurality of different sized die containers on the stage, and may include different portions movable by the elevator to accommodate the plurality of different sized die containers. The multiple die container load port may include a position sensor to identify one of the plurality of different sized die containers positioned on the stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Chih-Hung HUANG, Cheng-Lung WU, Yi-Fam SHIU, Yu-Chen CHEN, Yang-Ann CHU, Jiun-Rong PAI
  • Publication number: 20240162064
    Abstract: A die sorter tool may include a first conveyor, and a first lane to receive, from one or more load ports and via the first conveyor, a carrier with a set of dies. The die sorter tool may include a die flip module to receive the carrier from the first lane, manipulate one or more dies of the set of dies by changing orientations of the one or more dies, and return the one or more dies to the carrier after manipulating the one or more dies and without changing positions of the one or more dies within the carrier. The die sorter tool may include a second conveyor, and a second lane to receive, via the second conveyor, the carrier from the die flip module, and provide, via the first conveyor, the carrier to the one or more load ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Chih-Hung HUANG, Cheng-Lung WU, Zheng-Lin HE, Yang-Ann CHU, Jiun-Rong PAI, Hsuan LEE
  • Publication number: 20240163947
    Abstract: A method for multi-link operation (MLO) is provided. The method for MLO may be applied to an apparatus. The method for MLO may include the following steps. A multi-chip controller of the apparatus may assign different data to a plurality of chips of the apparatus, wherein each chip corresponds to one link of multi-links. Each chip may determine whether transmission of the assigned data has failed. A first chip of the chips may transmit the assigned data to an access point (AP) in response to the first chip determining that the transmission of the assigned data has not failed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Cheng-Ying WU, Wei-Wen LIN, Shu-Min CHENG, Hui-Ping TSENG, Chi-Han HUANG, Chih-Chun KUO, Yang-Hung PENG, Hao-Hua KANG
  • Publication number: 20240161822
    Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of memory cells; a word line, connected to one of the plurality of memory cells, that is configured to provide a first WL pulse having a rising edge and a falling edge that define a pulse width of the first WL pulse; a first tracking WL, formed adjacent to the memory cells, that is configured to provide, via being physically or operatively coupled to a bit line (BL) configured to write a logic state to the memory cell, a second WL pulse having a rising edge with a decreased slope; and a first tracking BL, configured to emulate the BL, that is coupled to the first tracking WL such that the pulse width of the first WL pulse is increased based on the decreased slope of the rising edge of the second WL pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-jer Hsieh, Yu-Hao Hsu, Zhi-Hao Chang, Cheng Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 11982866
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, a driving assembly and a stopping assembly. The fixed assembly has a main axis. The movable assembly is configured to connect an optical element, and the movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The stopping assembly is configured to limit the movement of the movable assembly relative to the fixed assembly within a range of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Liang-Ting Ho, Chen-Er Hsu, Yi-Liang Chan, Fu-Lai Tseng, Fu-Yuan Wu, Chen-Chi Kuo, Ying-Jen Wang, Wei-Han Hsia, Yi-Hsin Tseng, Wen-Chang Lin, Chun-Chia Liao, Shou-Jen Liu, Chao-Chun Chang, Yi-Chieh Lin, Shang-Yu Hsu, Yu-Huai Liao, Shih-Wei Hung, Sin-Hong Lin, Kun-Shih Lin, Yu-Cheng Lin, Wen-Yen Huang, Wei-Jhe Shen, Chih-Shiang Wu, Sin-Jhong Song, Che-Hsiang Chiu, Sheng-Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 11984323
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) system including a capacitive deionization module (CDM) for removing ions from a solution and a method for using the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a planarization unit for planarizing a wafer; a cleaning unit for cleaning the wafer; a wafer transportation unit for transporting the wafer between the planarization unit and the cleaning unit; and a capacitive deionization module for removing ions from a solution used in at least one of the planarization unit or the cleaning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Chien Hou, Yu-Ting Yen, Cheng-Yu Kuo, Chih Hung Chen, William Weilun Hong, Kei-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11984419
    Abstract: Package structures and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The package structure includes a first bump structure formed over a first substrate. The first bump structure includes a first pillar layer formed over the first substrate and a first barrier layer formed over the first pillar layer. In addition, the first barrier layer has a first protruding portion laterally extending outside a first edge of the first pillar layer. The package structure further includes a second bump structure bonded to the first bump structure through a solder joint. In addition, the second bump structure includes a second pillar layer formed over a second substrate and a second barrier layer formed over the second pillar layer. The first protruding portion of the first barrier layer is spaced apart from the solder joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Hung Chen, Yu-Nu Hsu, Chun-Chen Liu, Heng-Chi Huang, Chien-Chen Li, Shih-Yen Chen, Cheng-Nan Hsieh, Kuo-Chio Liu, Chen-Shien Chen, Chin-Yu Ku, Te-Hsun Pang, Yuan-Feng Wu, Sen-Chi Chiang
  • Patent number: 11984465
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a CMOS image sensor having a multiple deep trench isolation (MDTI) structure, and an associated method of formation. In some embodiments, the image sensor comprises a boundary deep trench isolation (BDTI) structure disposed at boundary regions of a pixel region surrounding a photodiode. The BDTI structure has a ring shape from a top view and two columns surrounding the photodiode with the first depth from a cross-sectional view. A multiple deep trench isolation (MDTI) structure is disposed at inner regions of the pixel region overlying the photodiode, the MDTI structure extending from the back-side of the substrate to a second depth within the substrate smaller than the first depth. The MDTI structure has three columns with the second depth between the two columns of the BDTI structure from the cross-sectional view. The MDTI structure is a continuous integral unit having a ring shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Chuang Wu, Ching-Chun Wang, Dun-Nian Yaung, Feng-Chi Hung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Yen-Ting Chiang, Chun-Yuan Chen, Shen-Hui Hong
  • Publication number: 20240150906
    Abstract: An electrolytic cell includes a cation exchange membrane, a cathode compartment, and an anode compartment. The cathode compartment includes a gas diffusion electrode and a flow channel element, in which the flow channel element is between the cation exchange membrane and the gas diffusion electrode, and has a plurality of flow channels arranged in parallel with each other. The anode compartment includes an anode mesh, in which the cation exchange membrane is between the anode mesh and the flow channel element. A distance between the anode mesh and the gas diffusion electrode is substantially equal to the sum of a first thickness of the cation exchange membrane and a second thickness of the flow channel element. The novel electrolytic cell can combine with a chloralkali electrolytic cell to deal with gaseous CO2 and produce products, e.g., synthesis gas, for other purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hao-Ming CHEN, Tai-Lung CHEN, Wan-Tun HUNG, Yu-Cheng CHEN, Kuo-Ming HUANG, Fu-Da YEN, Che-Jui LIAO
  • Publication number: 20240154016
    Abstract: A device includes a first nanostructure; a second nanostructure over the first nanostructure; a first high-k gate dielectric disposed around the first nanostructure; a second high-k gate dielectric being disposed around the second nanostructure; and a gate electrode over the first high-k gate dielectric and the second high-k gate dielectric. A portion of the gate electrode between the first nanostructure and the second nanostructure comprises a first portion of a p-type work function metal filling an area between the first high-k gate dielectric and the second high-k gate dielectric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hsin-Yi Lee, Ji-Cheng Chen, Cheng-Lung Hung, Chi On Chui
  • Publication number: 20240153979
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an image sensor structure includes forming an isolation structure in a substrate to divide the substrate into a first region and a second region, forming a first light sensing region in the first region and a second light sensing region in the second region, forming a first gate structure over the first light sensing region and a second gate structure over the second light sensing region, forming gate spacers on sidewalls of the first and second gate structures, and depositing a blocking layer on sidewalls of the gate spacers. The blocking layer has an opening positioned between the first and second gate structures. A source/drain structure is formed directly under the opening in the blocking layer. The method also includes forming an interlayer dielectric layer over the first and second gate structures and the blocking layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Long CHEN, Wen-I HSU, Feng-Chi HUNG, Jen-Cheng LIU, Dun-Nian YAUNG
  • Publication number: 20240153558
    Abstract: A memory device includes a main array comprising main memory cells; a redundancy array comprising redundancy memory cells; and write circuitry configured to perform a first programming operation on a main memory cell, to detect whether a current of the main memory cell exceeds a predefined current threshold during the first programming operation, and to disable a second programming operation for a redundancy memory cell if the current of the main memory cell exceeds the predefined current threshold during the first programming operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Der Chih, Chung-Cheng Chou, Chun-Yun Wu, Chen-Ming Hung
  • Patent number: 11978678
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a light-emitting element, a light conversion layer, and a color filter layer. The light-emitting element is disposed on the first substrate. The light conversion layer is disposed on the light-emitting element. In addition, the color filter layer is overlapped the light-emitting element and the light conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tung-Kai Liu, Tsau-Hua Hsieh, Wei-Cheng Chu, Chun-Hsien Lin, Chandra Lius, Ting-Kai Hung, Kuan-Feng Lee, Ming-Chang Lin, Tzu-Min Yan, Hui-Chieh Wang