Patents by Inventor Heng Li
Heng Li 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: 20240102854Abstract: A sensor package includes a substrate, a light sensor disposed on the substrate, at least one optical filter disposed on the light sensor, and an optical functional layer that is light-permeable, is disposed on the substrate, covers the light sensor and the optical filter, and includes multiple light-scattering particles. The light sensor has a light receiving region, and receives light through the light receiving region. The optical filter covers the light receiving region. When the light passes through the optical filter within an incident angle range and is received by the light receiving region, the light sensor responds to a wavelength range of the light, and a response spectrum is obtained. Within the incident angle range, an absolute value of an offset measured at a crest of a waveform of the response spectrum is less than or equal to 10 nm. An electronic device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: RUI-TAO ZHENG, HENG-CHANG CHEN, GUANG-LI SONG, WUI-PIN LEE, SIN-HENG LIM
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Patent number: 11942556Abstract: A device includes a first channel layer, a second channel layer, a gate structure, a source/drain epitaxial structure, and a source/drain contact. The first channel layer and the second channel layer are arranged above the first channel layer in a spaced apart manner over a substrate. The gate structure surrounds the first and second channel layers. The source/drain epitaxial structure is connected to the first and second channel layers. The source/drain contact is connected to the source/drain epitaxial structure. The second channel layer is closer to the source/drain contact than the first channel layer is to the source/drain contact, and the first channel layer is thicker than the second channel layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yu-Ru Lin, Shu-Han Chen, Yi-Shao Li, Chun-Heng Chen, Chi On Chui
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Publication number: 20240092746Abstract: Provided herein are opioid receptor modulators and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Julio Cesar MEDINA, Alok NERURKAR, Corinne SADLOWSKI, Frederick SEIDL, Heng CHENG, Jason DUQUETTE, John LEE, Martin HOLAN, Pingyu DING, Xiaodong WANG, Tien WIDJAJA, Thomas NGUYEN, Ulhas BHATT, Yihong LI, Zhi-liang WEI
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Publication number: 20240089156Abstract: This application provides a short-range wireless communication method and a related device. The method includes: generating a transmission frame. The transmission frame includes a frame header and a data domain, phase shift keying modulation is used for the frame header, and quadrature amplitude modulation or phase shift keying modulation is used for the data domain. The method includes sending the transmission frame. In this application, the phase shift keying modulation is used for the frame header of the transmission frame, and the phase shift keying modulation or the quadrature amplitude modulation with a same bandwidth is used for the data domain.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Heng ZHANG, Kai FU, Zhiping LI, Zhan YU
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Publication number: 20240079476Abstract: A method of forming a backside power connection is provided. The method includes forming a plurality of sacrificial contact plugs and a plurality of sacrificial fill regions on a substrate, and forming a source/drain over a first sacrificial contact plug. The method further includes forming a replacement metal gate structure over a first sacrificial fill region, and forming an electrical contact to each of the replacement metal gate structure and the source/drain. The method further includes inverting the plurality of sacrificial contact plugs, source/drain, replacement metal gate structure, and substrate. The method further includes removing the first sacrificial contact plug and the first sacrificial fill region, and forming a first conductive contact to the source/drain and a second conductive contact to the replacement metal gate structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Tao Li, Ruilong Xie, Heng Wu, Julien Frougier
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Patent number: 11923434Abstract: A method is presented for forming a vertical transport field effect transistor (VTFET). The method includes forming a plurality of fins over a substrate, depositing a sacrificial material adjacent the plurality of fins, forming self-aligned spacers adjacent the plurality of fins, removing the sacrificial material to define openings under the self-aligned spacers, filling the openings with bottom spacers, depositing an interlayer dielectric (ILD) after patterning, laterally etching the substrate such that bottom surfaces of the plurality of fins are exposed, the lateral etching defining cavities within the substrate, and filling the cavities with an epitaxial material such that epitaxial regions are defined each having a symmetric tapered shape under a twin-fin structure. The single fin device can be formed through additional patterning and bottom epi under the single fin device that has an asymmetric tapered shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Tao Li, Ruilong Xie, Sung Dae Suk, Heng Wu
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Patent number: 11923436Abstract: The present disclosure describes a semiconductor structure and a method for forming the same. The method can include forming a fin structure over a substrate. The fin structure can include a channel layer and a buffer layer between the channel layer and the substrate. The method can further include forming a recess structure in the channel layer. The recess structure can include a bottom surface over the buffer layer. The method can further include forming a first epitaxial layer over the bottom surface of the recess structure. The first epitaxial layer can include a first atomic concentration of germanium. The method can further include forming a second epitaxial layer over the first epitaxial layer. The second epitaxial layer can include a second atomic concentration of germanium greater than the first atomic concentration of germanium.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chen-Heng Li, Yi-Jing Li, Chia-Der Chang
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Patent number: 11915017Abstract: Disclosed are a method for switching a theme of an application and an electronic device, which belong to the field of electronic technologies. The electronic device receives a theme switching request for a first application in the electronic device. The theme switching request includes an indication for a target theme. In response to the theme switching request, the electronic device switches a theme of the first application to the target theme, and switches a theme of a second application having an association relationship with the first application in the electronic device to the target theme.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Heng Liu, Yingjie Li, Liping Lei
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Patent number: 11910432Abstract: A method for Scheduling Request (SR) resource prioritization for Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) includes a User Equipment (UE) receiving a first SR configuration from a Base Station (BS), receiving a second SR configuration from the BS, triggering a first SR procedure for a BFR procedure based on the first SR configuration, triggering a second SR procedure for a Buffer Status Report (BSR) procedure based on the second SR configuration, in a case that the first SR procedure and the second SR procedure are triggered and not cancelled and the first SR resource overlaps the second SR resource in the time domain, prioritizing the first SR resource over the second SR resource, and transmitting an SR on the first SR resource after prioritizing the first SR resource over the second SR resource.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Hannibal IP LLCInventors: Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Heng-Li Chin, Chie-Ming Chou
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Patent number: 11899321Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels defined by a light shielding matrix, and an array substrate and an opposing substrate arranged to be spaced apart from each other. The opposing substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of spacers, wherein the spacers are on a side of the first substrate close to the array substrate and being within a light shielding area of the light shielding matrix. The array substrate includes a second substrate and a plurality of protrusion structures, wherein the protrusion structures are on a side of the second substrate close to the opposing substrate, and being within the light shielding area of the light shielding matrix.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: Hefei BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Liangliang Jiang, Heng Li, Lei Guo, Ke Dai, Yanping Liao, Seungmin Lee
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Publication number: 20240019927Abstract: An object detection method is suitable for a virtual reality system. The object detection method includes a plurality of first cameras of a head-mounted display (HMD) to capture a plurality of first frames. A plurality of second frames are captured through a plurality of second cameras in a tracker, wherein, the object detector searches for the object position in the first frames and the second frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: HTC CorporationInventors: Jyun-Jhong LIN, Chun-Kai HUANG, Heng-Li HSIEH, Yun-Jung CHANG
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Patent number: 11871407Abstract: A method for a UE performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process for a deprioritized uplink (UL) grant is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, a first UL grant scheduling a first UL transmission on a first UL resource and a second UL grant scheduling a second UL transmission on a second UL resource, the second UL resource at least partially overlapping the first UL resource in a time domain, determining the first UL grant as a prioritized UL grant, determining the second UL grant as a deprioritized UL grant, performing the first UL transmission scheduled by the prioritized UL grant, receiving a third UL grant scheduling a retransmission on a third UL resource, the retransmission corresponding to the second UL transmission scheduled by the deprioritized UL grant and flushing a HARQ buffer of a HARQ process for the second UL transmission in response to receiving the third UL grant.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Chia-Hung Wei, Heng-Li Chin
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Patent number: 11859599Abstract: A vacuum arc thruster with multi-layer insulation includes a housing, an anode unit and a cathode unit spaced apart from each other in the housing, and an insulator disposed between the anode unit and the cathode unit. The insulator includes a plurality of fuel layers and a plurality of insulating layers. Each insulating layer is located between every two adjacent fuel layers. Accordingly, a multiple-layer design is formed by arranging the fuel layers and the insulating layers which are made of different materials in an alternating manner, thereby attaining the maximum field emission effect, increasing the stability and efficacy of operating the vacuum arc thruster, and prolonging the service life of the thruster.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: National Cheng Kung UniversityInventors: Yueh-Heng Li, Hsun-Chen Hsieh, Ping-Han Huang, Wei-Cheng Lo
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Patent number: 11863373Abstract: A method, performed by a User Equipment (UE), for a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) procedure includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a BFR configuration for a serving cell of the BS, wherein the BFR configuration includes a threshold for a Beam Failure Instance (BFI) counter associated with the serving cell, and the threshold is associated with a beamFailureInstanceMaxCount information element (IE); incrementing a value of the BFI counter based on a Beam Failure Detection (BFD); triggering the BFR procedure for the serving cell when the value of the BFI counter is equal to or higher than the threshold; performing Band Width Part (BWP) switching for the serving cell when receiving a reconfiguration indication from the BS, wherein the reconfiguration indication includes a BWP index; and setting the value of the BFI counter to zero when performing the BWP switching.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Chia-Hung Wei, Heng-Li Chin, Chie-Ming Chou
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Patent number: 11862842Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel, multiple antenna electrodes, a dummy electrode, and multiple feed lines. The display panel has a display area. The antenna electrodes are disposed on the display panel and overlap the display area. The dummy electrode is disposed around the antenna electrodes and overlaps the display area. The dummy electrode is electrically separated from the antenna electrodes, and has multiple dummy wire segments whose extension directions intersect each other. The dummy wire segments have multiple breaks. The feed lines are respectively electrically connected to the antenna electrodes. An antenna module is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chen-Yi Chang, Chao-Wei Yeh, Yu-Ling Yeh, Pei-Heng Li, Chao-Yang Chou, Hsi-Tseng Chou
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Publication number: 20230421482Abstract: A method and a system for forming a device network is provided. The method comprises providing a plurality of network devices and a plurality of gateways in a physical environment, collecting position data of the plurality of gateways, selecting a network device out of the plurality of network devices, and selecting a first gateway based on the position data. The method further comprises connecting the network device to the first gateway, if the total number of the network devices connected to the first gateway does not exceed a predefined maximum number of network devices per gateway, and selecting a second gateway based on the position data and connecting the network device to the second gateway, if the total number of the network devices connected to the first gateway exceeds the predefined maximum number of network devices per gateway.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Wuqiang LIAO, Yafen ZHANG, HENG LI, Dengpan LIU
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Publication number: 20230379092Abstract: A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for interpreting downlink control information (DCI) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message; receiving DCI; determining a configuration status of a first information element (IE) in the RRC message; and interpreting the DCI by considering a field size of a downlink feedback information (DFI) flag included in the DCI to be associated with the configuration status of the first IE in the RRC message. In addition, a UE using the method is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: HENG-LI CHIN, CHIA-HUNG WEI, HAI-HAN WANG
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Publication number: 20230339565Abstract: A steering linkage assembly includes a support member; a connecting portion rotatably arranged on the support member and connected to an external steering member; a first steering linkage; a first ball head rod provided with one end connected to a ball head at a first end of the first steering linkage and the other end connected to the support member; a second steering linkage; and a steering rotating shaft mounted at a first end of the second steering linkage and rotatably connected to the support member. A rotating centerline of the steering rotating shaft is not parallel to that of the connecting portion. An included angle is formed between a connecting line of ball head centers of the first and second ball head rods and a connecting line of a rotating center of the steering rotating shaft and a ball head center of the third ball head rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: ZHEJIANG OKAI VEHICLE CO., LTD.Inventors: Songxian DU, Jiangtao LU, Wei TANG, Heng LI
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Patent number: 11800523Abstract: A user equipment and a method for configuring Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources are provided. The method includes receiving a first bandwidth part (BWP) configuration associated with a first uplink (UL) BWP, the first BWP configuration including a PUCCH configuration list with a first PUCCH configuration and a second PUCCH configuration, the first PUCCH configuration indicating a first set of PUCCH resource identifiers (IDs), the second PUCCH configuration indicating a second set of PUCCH resource IDs; and receiving a second BWP configuration associated with a second UL BWP, the second BWP configuration including a third PUCCH configuration, the third PUCCH configuration indicating a third set of PUCCH resource IDs. The first set of PUCCH resource IDs and the second set of PUCCH resource IDs share no common PUCCH resource ID.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Wan-Chen Lin, Hai-Han Wang, Heng-Li Chin
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Patent number: 11791888Abstract: A method and a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving serving-cell-configurations of a first serving cell and a second serving cell; receiving a Beam Failure Recovery (BFR) configuration including a configuration list that includes at least one configuration, the BFR configuration being used for at least the first serving cell, the at least one configuration indicating an identifier value of a Downlink Reference Signal (DL RS); performing a measurement by measuring at least one DL RS indicated by the configuration list, the measurement being associated with a measurement metric; selecting one configuration included in the configuration list after detecting beam failure in the first serving cell, the measurement metric of a DL RS indicated by the selected one configuration being greater than a threshold; transmitting a Medium Access Control-Control Element (MAC-CE) including at least one bitmap.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: FG Innovation Company LimitedInventors: Jia-Hong Liou, Heng-Li Chin