Patents by Inventor Chien-Ming Lin

Chien-Ming Lin 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: 20120235987
    Abstract: A multi-dimensional touch display device includes a multi-dimensional display device and a touch sensing device. The multi-dimensional display device is used to provide stereoscopic images with different depths. The touch sensing device connected to the multi-dimensional display device has a plurality of sensing surfaces for determining a planar coordinate and a depth of a touch input point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lin, Ming-Ta Hsieh, Huang-Min Chen, Shang-Han Yu, Kuang-Hung Chien, Chi-Chung Tsai, Wen-Chih Tai
  • Publication number: 20120218224
    Abstract: A sensor structure of a touch panel and a method of determining a touch signal generated by the same are disclosed. The sensor structure includes a plurality of sensor lines disposed on a surface of a substrate, and a control circuit electrically connected to the sensor lines. Each of the sensor lines has a plurality of conductive pads and a conductive line electrically connected the conductive pads. The control circuit receives a touch signal from one of the sensor lines. The touch signal is resulting from a touch capacitance generated between a touch and one of the conductive pads of the sensor line. The control circuit calculates the position of the touch based on the touch capacitance. In addition, the touch capacitance generated by a conductive pad close to the control circuit is larger than the touch capacitance generated by another conductive pad further away from the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lin, Ming-Ta Hsieh, Chih-Chung Chen, Hsueh-Fang Yin, Chia-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 8203538
    Abstract: A sensor structure of a touch panel and a method of determining a touch signal generated by the same are disclosed. The sensor structure includes a plurality of sensor lines disposed on a surface of a substrate, and a control circuit electrically connected to the sensor lines. Each of the sensor lines has a plurality of conductive pads and a conductive line electrically connected the conductive pads. The control circuit receives a touch signal from one of the sensor lines. The touch signal is resulting from a touch capacitance generated between a touch and one of the conductive pads of the sensor line. The control circuit calculates the position of the touch based on the touch capacitance. In addition, the touch capacitance generated by a conductive pad close to the control circuit is larger than the touch capacitance generated by another conductive pad further away from the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lin, Ming-Ta Hsieh, Chih-Chung Chen, Hsueh-Fang Yin, Chia-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20120091319
    Abstract: A driving method for a photosensor array panel including a plurality of photosensor strips, a plurality of scan lines, at least a dummy photosensor strip, and at least a dummy scan line is provided. The photosensor strips are arranged side by side and located beside the dummy photosensor strip. The scan lines are electrically connected to the photosensor strips, and the dummy scan line is electrically connected to the dummy photosensor strip. The driving method includes the following steps. First, the photosensor strips are turned on in sequence through the scan lines. When none of the photosensor strips is turned on, the dummy photosensor strip will be turned on through the dummy scan line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Hsieh, Shian-Jun Chiou, Chien-Ming Lin, Chih-Chung Chen, Huai-An Li
  • Patent number: 8120593
    Abstract: A method of positioning a coordinate suitable for a touch panel includes following steps. When a touch event occurs, the touch panel generates a corresponding detection coordinate periodically until the touch event ends. When the touch event occurs, the detection coordinate generated by the touch panel is sequentially stored. The touch event is ignored until the number of coordinates generated by the touch panel is greater than or equal to N, and N is a positive integer. When the number of coordinates generated by the touch panel is greater than or equal to N, a touch coordinate corresponding to the touch event is generated according to the last generated N detection coordinates. The above-mentioned step of generating the touch coordinate is repeated according to a cycle of generating the detection coordinate by the touch panel so as to renew the touch coordinate until the touch event ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Hsieh, Chien-Ming Lin, Chih-Chung Chen, Hsueh-Fang Yin, Chia-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20110181525
    Abstract: A touch device includes a touch panel, a sensing unit, and an operation unit is provided. The sensing unit is coupled to the touch panel, for scanning a scan area of the touch panel to output a touch signal. The operation unit is coupled to the sensing unit, for determining the scan area according to the touch signal. When the touch signal corresponds to a first close path, the operation unit defines a close area formed by the first close path as the first sub touch area. When the first sub touch area is undefined, the operation unit chooses a whole touch area of the touch panel as the scan area. When the first sub touch area is defined, the operation chooses the first sub touch area as the scan area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Hsieh, Shian-Jun Chiou, Hsueh-Fang Yin, Chien-Ming Lin, Huai-An Li
  • Publication number: 20110165344
    Abstract: A surface antenna formation method to form an antenna on the surface of an antenna carrier economically by means of spraying a conducting paint into a patterned opening of a shield being covered on the antenna carrier and then employing a laser etching technique to remove burrs from the border of the antenna thus formed on the surface of the antenna carrier after removal of the shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel CHANG, Yu-Shu CHAO, Chien-Ming LIN, Tsung-Han LI
  • Publication number: 20100315347
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a substrate, plural sensible conductive layers and plural first switch units. The substrate is provided with an upper surface, the sensible conductive layers are all configured on the upper surface and are arranged in columns and rows. The first switch units are configured on the substrate and are electrically connected with the sensible conductive layers. By the first switch units, same columns of the sensible conductive layers can conduct electrically with one another and same rows of the sensible conductive layers can conduct electrically with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Ta HSIEH, Chien-Ming LIN, Chia-Lin LIU, Chih-Chung CHEN, Hsueh-Fang YIN
  • Publication number: 20100309171
    Abstract: A method of scanning a touch panel is provided. The present method includes following steps. First, a scan area is defined according to the coordinates of a detected touch signal. Next, the scan area is scanned during a predetermined period to detect a next touch panel. After the predetermined period, a sensing range of the touch panel is scanned to re-define the scan area. Because the scan area is smaller than the sensing range of the touch panel, the time and power consumed by the scanning operation can be both reduced by detecting the touch signals within the scan area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Hsieh, Chien-Ming Lin, Chih-Chung Chen, Hsueh-Fang Yin, Chia-Lin Liu, Chi-Neng Mo
  • Publication number: 20100271317
    Abstract: A method of positioning a coordinate suitable for a touch panel includes following steps. When a touch event occurs, the touch panel generates a corresponding detection coordinate periodically until the touch event ends. When the touch event occurs, the detection coordinate generated by the touch panel is sequentially stored. The touch event is ignored until the number of coordinates generated by the touch panel is greater than or equal to N, and N is a positive integer. When the number of coordinates generated by the touch panel is greater than or equal to N, a touch coordinate corresponding to the touch event is generated according to the last generated N detection coordinates. The above-mentioned step of generating the touch coordinate is repeated according to a cycle of generating the detection coordinate by the touch panel so as to renew the touch coordinate until the touch event ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Hsieh, Chien-Ming Lin, Chih-Chung Chen, Hsueh-Fang Yin, Chia-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20100263944
    Abstract: A sensor structure of a touch panel and a method of determining a touch signal generated by the same are disclosed. The sensor structure includes a plurality of sensor lines disposed on a surface of a substrate, and a control circuit electrically connected to the sensor lines. Each of the sensor lines has a plurality of conductive pads and a conductive line electrically connected the conductive pads. The control circuit receives a touch signal from one of the sensor lines. The touch signal is resulting from a touch capacitance generated between a touch and one of the conductive pads of the sensor line. The control circuit calculates the position of the touch based on the touch capacitance. In addition, the touch capacitance generated by a conductive pad close to the control circuit is larger than the touch capacitance generated by another conductive pad further away from the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lin, Ming-Ta Hsieh, Chih-Chung Chen, Hsueh-Fang Yin, Chia-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20090166796
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit includes: performing ion implantation on a wafer to make a chip in the wafer have an original doping concentration; dividing the chip into a plurality of regions; and controlling at least one region of plurality of the regions to not have further ion implantation performed thereon, thereby making the region only have single ion implantation performed thereon utilize the original doping concentration as a doping concentration of N-wells or P-wells of transistors in the region. Additionally, the region corresponds to signal output circuits of the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Chi-Lu Yu, Rui-Huang Cheng, Chien-Ming Lin, Ruei-Hao Huang
  • Publication number: 20080216304
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing antenna by laser carving comprising the following steps: to attach metal material such as copper, silver etc. onto the base plate by a method of conductive coating by spraying; and then to trim the metal material to complete the shape of an antenna by laser carving. Thereby, the size and shape of the antenna are not limited, and the antenna can be manufactured on a non-planar base plate, thus the height of the entire antenna module can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Chien Ming Lin, Chuang Han Li, Daniel Chang, Yu-Shu Chao
  • Publication number: 20070254417
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a capacitor is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a capacitor and a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor. The MOS transistor is located in a MOS transistor region of the substrate, and the MOS transistor region has a first bottom diffusion region. The capacitor is located in a capacitor region of the substrate and consisted of a second bottom diffusion region located in the substrate, a first dielectric layer located over the second bottom diffusion region, a bottom conductive layer located over the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer located over the bottom conductive layer, and a top conductive layer located over the second dielectric layer. The first bottom diffusion region and the second bottom diffusion region are different conductive type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jung-Ching Chen, Chin-Hung Liu, Chien-Ming Lin, Ming-Tsung Tung
  • Patent number: 7256095
    Abstract: A method for fabricating metal-oxide-semiconductor devices is provided. The method includes forming a gate dielectric layer on a substrate; depositing a polysilicon layer on the gate dielectric layer; forming a resist mask on the polysilicon layer; etching the polysilicon layer not masked by the resist mask, thereby forming a gate electrode; etching a thickness of the gate dielectric layer not covered by the gate electrode; stripping the resist mask; forming a salicide block resist mask covering the gate electrode and a portions of the remaining gate dielectric layer; etching away the remaining gate dielectric layer not covered by the salicide block resist mask, thereby exposing the substrate and forming a salicide block lug portions on two opposite sides of the gate electrode; and making a metal layer react with the substrate, thereby forming a salicide layer that is kept a distance “d” away from the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lin, Ming-Tsung Tung, Chin-Hung Liu
  • Patent number: 7244975
    Abstract: A high-voltage device structure includes a high-voltage device disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor includes an active region and an isolation region, and the high-voltage device is disposed in the active region. The high-voltage device structure includes a source diffusion region of a first conductive type, a drain region of the first conductive type, and a gate longer than the source diffusion region and the drain diffusion region so as to form spare regions on both sides of the gate. The isolation region is outside the active region and surrounds the active region. In the isolation region, an isolation ion implantation region of a second conductive type and an extended ion implantation region are disposed to prevent parasitic current from being generating between the source diffusion region and the drain diffusion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Anchor Chen, Chih-Hung Lin, Hwi-Huang Chen, Jih-Wei Liou, Chin-Hung Liu, Ming-Tsung Tung, Chien-Ming Lin, Jung-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20070141776
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a capacitor is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a capacitor and a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) transistor. The MOS transistor is located in a MOS transistor region of the substrate, and the MOS transistor region has a first bottom diffusion region. The capacitor is located in a capacitor region of the substrate and consisted of a second bottom diffusion region located in the substrate, a first dielectric layer located over the second bottom diffusion region, a bottom conductive layer located over the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer located over the bottom conductive layer, and a top conductive layer located over the second dielectric layer. The first bottom diffusion region and the second bottom diffusion region are different conductive type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Jung-Ching Chen, Chin-Hung Liu, Chien-Ming Lin, Ming-Tsung Tung
  • Publication number: 20070018258
    Abstract: A high-voltage device structure includes a high-voltage device disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor includes an active region and an isolation region, and the high-voltage device is disposed in the active region. The high-voltage device structure includes a source diffusion region of a first conductive type, a drain region of the first conductive type, and a gate longer than the source diffusion region and the drain diffusion region so as to form spare regions on both sides of the gate. The isolation region is outside the active region and surrounds the active region. In the isolation region, an isolation ion implantation region of a second conductive type and an extended ion implantation region are disposed to prevent parasitic current from being generating between the source diffusion region and the drain diffusion region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Anchor Chen, Chih-Hung Lin, Hwi-Huang Chen, Jih-Wei Liou, Chin-Hung Liu, Ming-Tsung Tung, Chien-Ming Lin, Jung-Ching CHEN
  • Publication number: 20060292803
    Abstract: A method for fabricating metal-oxide-semiconductor devices is provided. The method includes forming a gate dielectric layer on a substrate; depositing a polysilicon layer on the gate dielectric layer; forming a resist mask on the polysilicon layer; etching the polysilicon layer not masked by the resist mask, thereby forming a gate electrode; etching a thickness of the gate dielectric layer not covered by the gate electrode; stripping the resist mask; forming a salicide block resist mask covering the gate electrode and a portions of the remaining gate dielectric layer; etching away the remaining gate dielectric layer not covered by the salicide block resist mask, thereby exposing the substrate and forming a salicide block lug portions on two opposite sides of the gate electrode; and making a metal layer react with the substrate, thereby forming a salicide layer that is kept a distance “d” away from the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lin, Ming-Tsung Tung, Chin-Hung Liu
  • Publication number: 20060270162
    Abstract: A method for fabricating metal-oxide-semiconductor devices is provided. The method includes forming a gate dielectric layer on a substrate; depositing a polysilicon layer on the gate dielectric layer; forming a resist mask on the polysilicon layer; etching the polysilicon layer not masked by the resist mask, thereby forming a gate electrode; etching a thickness of the gate dielectric layer not covered by the gate electrode; stripping the resist mask; forming a salicide block resist mask covering the gate electrode and a portions of the remaining gate dielectric layer; etching away the remaining gate dielectric layer not covered by the salicide block resist mask, thereby exposing the substrate and forming a salicide block lug portions on two opposite sides of the gate electrode; and making a metal layer react with the substrate, thereby forming a salicide layer that is kept a distance “d” away from the gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lin, Ming-Tsung Tung, Chin-Hung Liu