Patents by Inventor Dian Yang
Dian Yang 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).
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Publication number: 20240136291Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a workpiece having a redistribution layer disposed over and electrically coupled to an interconnect structure. In some embodiments, the method further includes patterning the redistribution layer to form a recess between and separating a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature of the redistribution layer, where corners of the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature are defined adjacent to and on either side of the recess. The method further includes depositing a first dielectric layer over the first conductive feature, the second conductive feature, and within the recess. The method further includes depositing a nitride layer over the first dielectric layer. In some examples, the method further includes removing portions of the nitride layer disposed over the corners of the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Hsiang-Ku SHEN, Chen-Chiu HUANG, Chia-Nan LIN, Man-Yun WU, Wen-Tzu CHEN, Sean YANG, Dian-Hao CHEN, Chi-Hao CHANG, Ching-Wei LIN, Wen-Ling CHANG
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Patent number: 11961880Abstract: A semiconductor device includes first and second metal-insulator-metal structures. The first metal-insulator-metal structure includes a first bottom conductor plate, a first portion of a first dielectric layer, a first middle conductor plate, a first portion of a second dielectric layer, and a first top conductor plate stacked up one over another. The second metal-insulator-metal structure includes a second bottom conductor plate, a second portion of the first dielectric layer, a second middle conductor plate, a second portion of the second dielectric layer, and a second top conductor plate stacked up one over another. In a cross-sectional view, the first bottom conductor plate is wider than the first middle conductor plate that is wider than the first top conductor plate, and the second bottom conductor plate is narrower than the second middle conductor plate that is narrower than the first top conductor plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yuan-Yang Hsiao, Hsiang-Ku Shen, Tsung-Chieh Hsiao, Ying-Yao Lai, Dian-Hau Chen
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Publication number: 20240119578Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a dynamic image quality video playing method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium. The method includes: receiving a switch command for a video information stream, the switch command being for switching a target video played in the video information stream; determining an image quality selection strategy based on the switch command, and video information of the target video corresponding to the switch command, the image quality selection strategy being for characterizing image quality levels when playing a video to be played in the video information stream in different network conditions; and determining a target image quality level based on the image quality selection strategy and a current network condition, and playing, based on the target image quality level, the video to be played in the video information stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Dian YANG, Shenglan HUANG
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Publication number: 20240088016Abstract: Semiconductor devices, integrated circuits and methods of forming the same are provided. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a metal-insulator-metal structure which includes a bottom conductor plate layer including a first opening and a second opening, a first dielectric layer over the bottom conductor plate layer, a middle conductor plate layer over the first dielectric layer and including a third opening, a first dummy plate disposed within the third opening, and a fourth opening, a second dielectric layer over the middle conductor plate layer, and a top conductor plate layer over the second dielectric layer and including a fifth opening, a second dummy plate disposed within the fifth opening, a sixth opening, and a third dummy plate disposed within the sixth opening. The first opening, the first dummy plate, and the second dummy plate are vertically aligned.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Yuan-Yang Hsiao, Hsiang-Ku Shen, Dian-Hau Chen
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Patent number: 11923405Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a first conductive feature disposed in the insulating layer, and a capacitor structure disposed on the insulating layer. The capacitor structure includes a first electrode, a first dielectric layer, a second electrode, a second dielectric layer, and a third electrode sequentially stacked. The semiconductor device also includes a first via connected to the first electrode and the third electrode, a second via connected to the second electrode, and a third via connected to the first conductive feature. A part of the first via is disposed in the insulating layer. A portion of the first conductive feature is directly under the capacitor structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTDInventors: Chih-Fan Huang, Hung-Chao Kao, Yuan-Yang Hsiao, Tsung-Chieh Hsiao, Hsiang-Ku Shen, Hui-Chi Chen, Dian-Hau Chen, Yen-Ming Chen
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Publication number: 20240063469Abstract: A battery pack includes an upper shell, a lower shell, a battery cell assembly, a circuit board and a first component. The lower shell is provided with a battery cavity, the battery cell assembly is disposed in the battery cavity, the circuit board is connected to the battery cell assembly, the circuit board is located between the upper shell and the lower shell, the first component is provided with a first through hole running through the first component, the first through hole is located between the circuit board and the battery cell assembly, and the first through hole communicates with external air.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: Dongguan Poweramp Technology LimitedInventors: Weipan XU, Xiaoping LIU, Fanggui PENG, Dian YANG
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Publication number: 20220223922Abstract: A jelly-roll battery cell includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator, and includes a central region enclosed by the first electrode plate, the second electrode plate, and the separator, and has a thickness direction. The first electrode plate includes: a first current collector, where the first current collector includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the first surface is closer to the central region than the second surface; a first section; and a second section, where a first tab is disposed on the first surface in the second section. The second electrode plate includes a second tab whose first side is on the second electrode plate. The first end, the first tab, and the second tab do not overlap in a thickness direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Ningde Amperex Technology LimitedInventors: Dian Yang, Congfei Yan
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Patent number: 11014230Abstract: A shear force actuator is described, including: two substantially parallel first structural components disposed along a first axis; a plurality of substantially parallel second structural components disposed between and bridging the two first structural components; a plurality of joint sections each joining the second structural component with the first structural components at an oblique angle of between 0 and 90 degrees to define a plurality of cells, each capable of being connected with a fluid inflation or deflation source; an elastic surface covering the remaining surfaces of the cells in a fluid-tight manner, wherein at least one of the joint section, the first structural components, and the second structural components is elastic so that cell collapses upon removal of fluid from the cell to generate a linear force along the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Dian Yang, George M. Whitesides
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Publication number: 20200238509Abstract: A shear force actuator is described, including: two substantially parallel first structural components disposed along a first axis; a plurality of substantially parallel second structural components disposed between and bridging the two first structural components; a plurality of joint sections each joining the second structural component with the first structural components at an oblique angle of between 0 and 90 degrees to define a plurality of cells, each capable of being connected with a fluid inflation or deflation source; an elastic surface covering the remaining surfaces of the cells in a fluid-tight manner, wherein at least one of the joint section, the first structural components, and the second structural components is elastic so that cell collapses upon removal of fluid from the cell to generate a linear force along the first axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2016Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Dian YANG, George M. WHITESIDES
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Patent number: 10584724Abstract: A soft actuator is described, including: a rotation center having a center of mass; a plurality of bucklable, elastic structural components each comprising a wall defining an axis along its longest dimension, the wall connected to the rotation center in a way that the axis is offset from the center of mass in a predetermined direction; and a plurality of cells each disposed between two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components and configured for connection with a fluid inflation or deflation source; wherein upon the deflation of the cell, the bucklable, elastic structural components are configured to buckle in the predetermined direction. A soft actuating device including a plurality of the soft actuators and methods of actuation using the soft actuator or soft actuating device disclosed herein are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Dian Yang, George M. Whitesides
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Patent number: 10576643Abstract: A soft robotic device with one or more sensors is described. The sensor may be embedded in the soft body of the soft robotic device, attached to the soft body of the soft robotic device, or otherwise linked to the soft body of the soft robotic device.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Joshua Aaron Lessing, George M. Whitesides, Ramses V. Martinez, Dian Yang, Bobak Mosadegh, Kevin C. Galloway, Firat Güder, Alok Suryavamsee Tayi
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Patent number: 10385886Abstract: A soft buckling linear actuator is described, including: a plurality of substantially parallel bucklable, elastic structural components each having its longest dimension along a first axis; and a plurality of secondary structural components each disposed between and bridging two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components; wherein every two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components and the secondary structural components in-between define a layer comprising a plurality of cells each capable of being connected with a fluid inflation or deflation source; the secondary structural components from two adjacent layers are not aligned along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and the secondary structural components are configured not to buckle, the bucklable, elastic structural components are configured to buckle along the second axis to generate a linear force, upon the inflation or deflation of the cells. Methods of actuation using the same are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Dian Yang, George M. Whitesides
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Publication number: 20180298925Abstract: A soft actuator is described, including: a rotation center having a center of mass; a plurality of bucklable, elastic structural components each comprising a wall defining an axis along its longest dimension, the wall connected to the rotation center in a way that the axis is offset from the center of mass in a predetermined direction; and a plurality of cells each disposed between two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components and configured for connection with a fluid inflation or deflation source; wherein upon the deflation of the cell, the bucklable, elastic structural components are configured to buckle in the predetermined direction. A soft actuating device including a plurality of the soft actuators and methods of actuation using the soft actuator or soft actuating device disclosed herein are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Dian YANG, George M. WHITESIDES
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Publication number: 20180031010Abstract: A soft buckling linear actuator is described, including: a plurality of substantially parallel bucklable, elastic structural components each having its longest dimension along a first axis; and a plurality of secondary structural components each disposed between and bridging two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components; wherein every two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components and the secondary structural components in-between define a layer comprising a plurality of cells each capable of being connected with a fluid inflation or deflation source; the secondary structural components from two adjacent layers are not aligned along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and the secondary structural components are configured not to buckle, the bucklable, elastic structural components are configured to buckle along the second axis to generate a linear force, upon the inflation or deflation of the cells. Methods of actuation using the same are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Dian YANG, George M. WHITESIDES
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Patent number: 9850922Abstract: A soft actuator is described, including: a rotation center having a center of mass; a plurality of bucklable, elastic structural components each comprising a wall defining an axis along its longest dimension, the wall connected to the rotation center in a way that the axis is offset from the center of mass in a predetermined direction; and a plurality of cells each disposed between two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components and configured for connection with a fluid inflation or deflation source; wherein upon the deflation of the cell, the bucklable, elastic structural components are configured to buckle in the predetermined direction. A soft actuating device including a plurality of the soft actuators and methods of actuation using the soft actuator or soft actuating device disclosed herein are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Dian Yang, George M. Whitesides
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Patent number: 9790968Abstract: A soft buckling linear actuator is described, including: a plurality of substantially parallel bucklable, elastic structural components each having its longest dimension along a first axis; and a plurality of secondary structural components each disposed between and bridging two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components; wherein every two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components and the secondary structural components in-between define a layer comprising a plurality of cells each capable of being connected with a fluid inflation or deflation source; the secondary structural components from two adjacent layers are not aligned along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and the secondary structural components are configured not to buckle, the bucklable, elastic structural components are configured to buckle along the second axis to generate a linear force, upon the inflation or deflation of the cells. Methods of actuation using the same are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInventors: Dian Yang, George M. Whitesides
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Publication number: 20170239821Abstract: A soft robotic device with one or more sensors is described. The sensor may be embedded in the soft body of the soft robotic device, attached to the soft body of the soft robotic device, or otherwise linked to the soft body of the soft robotic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Joshua Aaron LESSING, George M. WHITESIDES, Ramses V. MARTINEZ, Dian YANG, Bobak MOSADEGH, Kevin C. GALLOWAY, Firat GÜDER, Alok Suryavamsee TAYI
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Publication number: 20160017899Abstract: A soft buckling linear actuator is described, including: a plurality of substantially parallel bucklable, elastic structural components each having its longest dimension along a first axis; and a plurality of secondary structural components each disposed between and bridging two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components; wherein every two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components and the secondary structural components in-between define a layer comprising a plurality of cells each capable of being connected with a fluid inflation or deflation source; the secondary structural components from two adjacent layers are not aligned along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and the secondary structural components are configured not to buckle, the bucklable, elastic structural components are configured to buckle along the second axis to generate a linear force, upon the inflation or deflation of the cells. Methods of actuation using the same are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Dian YANG, George M. WHITESIDES
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Publication number: 20150337873Abstract: A soft actuator is described, including: a rotation center having a center of mass; a plurality of bucklable, elastic structural components each comprising a wall defining an axis along its longest dimension, the wall connected to the rotation center in a way that the axis is offset from the center of mass in a predetermined direction; and a plurality of cells each disposed between two adjacent bucklable, elastic structural components and configured for connection with a fluid inflation or deflation source; wherein upon the deflation of the cell, the bucklable, elastic structural components are configured to buckle in the predetermined direction. A soft actuating device including a plurality of the soft actuators and methods of actuation using the soft actuator or soft actuating device disclosed herein are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: November 26, 2015Inventors: Dian YANG, George M. WHITESIDES
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Publication number: 20040015800Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing design verification is described. In one embodiment, a method for performing design verification includes specifying at least one object that represents at least one signal as a symbol in a design using a first command and instructing a symbolic simulator with the first command to treat the at least one object as a symbol.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2003Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventors: John Xiaoxiong Zhong, Dian Yang, Zheng Zhou, Ting Wang