Patents by Inventor CHIH-YI CHAO

CHIH-YI CHAO 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).

  • Patent number: 11941338
    Abstract: Integrated circuits (IC) are provided. An IC includes a plurality of macros and a top channel. Each macro includes a macro boundary and a main pattern surrounded by the macro boundary. The top channel includes a plurality of first and second sub-channels. Each first sub-channel is arranged between a first macro and a second macro, and is formed by a plurality of first dummy boundary cells. Each second sub-channel is arranged between two of the second macros, and is formed by a plurality of second dummy boundary cells. The macro boundaries of the first macros are formed by the first dummy boundary cells, and the macro boundaries of the second macros are formed by the second dummy boundary cells. A first gate length of dummy patterns within the first dummy boundary cells is greater than a second gate length of dummy patterns within the second dummy boundary cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Yi Hu, Chih-Ming Chao, Chi-Yeh Yu
  • Publication number: 20240095439
    Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor devices having an interconnection pattern that includes a plurality of parallel conductors including a first conductor aligned with a first axis and a first dummy pattern aligned with a second axis on a first side of the first axis and offset from the first axis by an axis offset distance LAO in which the first dummy pattern includes N dummy conductors having a first dummy conductor length LDC with the dummy conductors being separated by a dummy conductor-to-dummy conductor spacing EED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Wei-Yi HU, Chih-Ming CHAO, Jung-Chou TSAI
  • Patent number: 8547466
    Abstract: An unlocking method of a touch screen and an electric device with camera function thereof are disclosed. A camera module is used for capturing a plurality of images. A touch screen shows an application function icon, a shooting mode icon, an activate area and a slide path connecting the icons and the activate area while the touch screen is locked. A processing module is electrically connected with the camera module and the touch screen. While detecting that the application function icon or the shooting mode icon is dragged to the activate area through the slide path, the processing module transmits an unlocking signal to the touch screen. The touch screen unlocks according to the unlocking signal and shows a screen of application function operation or a screen of camera function. Therefore, users would feel more convenient than before while using an electric device with camera function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Altek Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Yi Chao
  • Publication number: 20120069231
    Abstract: An unlocking method of a touch screen and an electric device with camera function thereof are disclosed. A camera module is used for capturing a plurality of images. A touch screen shows an application function icon, a shooting mode icon, an activate area and a slide path connecting the icons and the activate area while the touch screen is locked. A processing module is electrically connected with the camera module and the touch screen. While detecting that the application function icon or the shooting mode icon is dragged to the activate area through the slide path, the processing module transmits an unlocking signal to the touch screen. The touch screen unlocks according to the unlocking signal and shows a screen of application function operation or a screen of camera function. Therefore, users would feel more convenient than before while using an electric device with camera function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: ALTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: CHIH-YI CHAO