Patents by Inventor Kuo-Chung Chen

Kuo-Chung Chen 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: 11990488
    Abstract: A grid structure in a pixel array may be at least partially angled or tapered toward a top surface of the grid structure such that the width of the grid structure approaches a near-zero width near the top surface of the grid structure. This permits the spacing between color filter regions in between the grid structure to approach a near-zero spacing near the top surfaces of the color filter regions. The tight spacing of color filter regions provided by the angled or tapered grid structure provides a greater surface area and volume for incident light collection in the color filter regions. Moreover, the width of the grid structure may increase at least partially toward a bottom surface of the grid structure such that the wider dimension of the grid structure near the bottom surface of the grid structure provides optical crosstalk protection for the pixel sensors in the pixel array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Lin Chen, Ching-Chung Su, Chun-Hao Chou, Kuo-Cheng Lee
  • Publication number: 20240128151
    Abstract: A package structure includes a bonding substrate, an integrated circuit, and a heat sink metal. The integrated circuit includes an active region facing the bonding substrate. The heat sink metal is located between the bonding substrate and the active region of the integrated circuit. The heat sink metal is electrically insulated with the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Chun-Yen PENG, Kuo-Bin HONG, Shih-Chen CHEN, Hao-Chung KUO
  • Publication number: 20240110576
    Abstract: An impeller is provided, including a metal housing, a shaft, and a plastic member. The metal housing has a shaft mounting hole. The inner surface of the shaft mounting hole includes three or more contact points, and the contact points are closer to the shaft than other portions of the inner surface of the shaft mounting hole. The shaft passes through the shaft mounting hole and is affixed by the contact points. The metal housing divides the shaft into an upper section, a middle section, and a lower section. The plastic member passes through the shaft mounting hole and is in contact with the middle section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Wei-I LING, Chao-Fu YANG, Chih-Chung CHEN, Kuo-Tung HSU
  • Publication number: 20110311040
    Abstract: An improved voice transmitter-receiver, a plug of which has a clamping portion at a front end thereof, and a connecting socket is located on an electronic device. A mounting hole is located at an outer side of the connecting socket, thereby enabling the voice transmitter-receiver to use the plug to plug into the connecting socket of the electronic device and clamp into the mounting hole of the connecting socket by means of the clamping portion on the plug, thus connecting and fixedly locking the voice transmitter-receiver to the electronic device to prevent the plug of the voice transmitter-receiver from being inadvertently pulled out or coming away from the connecting socket of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung CHEN
  • Patent number: 7831058
    Abstract: A microphone positioning structure is connected to an audio output device, and is composed of a sound tube, an end of which is connected with the audio output device; an earplug part which is located at a tail end of the aforementioned sound tube; an ear-hook part, an end of which is connected with the aforementioned sound tube. An end of the sound tube is plugged into the audio output device such as a trumpet or a loudspeaker, the ear-hook part is hung on a user's auricle for positioning, and the earplug part is inserted into the user's ear. In addition, while listening, the ear-hook part is hung and fixed on the user's auricle; therefore, the earplug part will not be subjected to a force, and it will not be fallen off due to a force of gravity and a shaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: JDI Jing Deng Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 7713855
    Abstract: A method for forming a bit-line contact plug includes providing a substrate including a transistor which includes a gate structure and a source/drain at both sides of the gate structure; forming a conductive layer, a bit-line contact material layer and a hard mask layer; performing an etching process using the conductive layer as an etching stop layer to etch the bit-line contact material layer and the hard mask layer and forming the bit-line contact plug on the source/drain. A transistor structure includes a gate structure and a source/drain at both sides of the gate structure, a conductive layer covering part of the gate structure and connected to the source/drain, and a bit-line contact plug disposed on the conductive layer and directly connected to the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Nanya Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Chung Fang, Hong-Wen Lee, Kuo-Chung Chen, Jen-Jui Huang, Jing-Kae Liou
  • Publication number: 20100097854
    Abstract: A flash memory including a substrate having a recess, a buried bit line, a word line, a single side insulating layer, a floating gate, a tunneling dielectric layer, a control gate, and an inter-gate dielectric layer is provided. The buried bit line extends below the recess of the substrate along a first direction. The word line is on the substrate, and extends above the recess along a second direction. The single side insulating layer is on a first sidewall of the recess. The floating gate is on a second sidewall of the recess to be opposite to the single side insulating layer. The tunneling dielectric layer is sandwiched by the floating gate and the substrate to contact the buried bit line. The control gate fills the recess and contacts the word line. The inter-gate dielectric layer is sandwiched by the control gate and the floating gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jen-Jui Huang, Hung-Ming Tsai, Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20100032743
    Abstract: A dynamic random access memory (DRAM) structure has a stacked capacitor disposed above an upper source/drain region of a vertical transistor having a surrounding gate. The gates of each row of a memory array are electrically connected with a buried word line. Each of bit lines is disposed between two adjacent columns of transistors and electrically connected with lower source/drain regions through bit line contacts. The DRAM structure may have a unit cell size of 4F2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Jen-Jui Huang, Hung-Ming Tsai, Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20090124079
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a conductive plug includes the steps of providing a substrate having at least a gate structure thereon, a first dielectric layer covering a surface of the substrate, a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, and at least a metal line formed within the second dielectric layer; forming a hard mask plug on the second dielectric layer; forming a third dielectric layer covering the second dielectric layer and the hard mask plug; removing a portion of the third dielectric layer to expose the hard mask plug; removing the hard mask plug to form a plug hole; and forming the conductive plug within the plug hole to electrically connect with the gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Jen-Jui Huang, Chih-Ching Lin, Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20080303103
    Abstract: The present invention provides a semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same. The method includes the steps of providing a substrate, forming a mask layer with an opening on the substrate, locally oxidizing the substrate to form an oxide layer within the opening, removing the oxide layer, such that a partial surface of the substrate becomes a curve surface, forming a sacrificial layer on the curve surface, forming a first doped region in the substrate and under the hard mask layer, forming a gate stack within the opening, removing the hard mask layer, forming a spacer on a sidewall of the gate stack, and forming a second doped region in the substrate and under the spacer. The second doped region has a dopant concentration is larger than that of the first doped region. Therefore, the oxide layer increases the surface area of the substrate so as to increase the channel length. Thus, the leakage between the source region and the drain region can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo Chung CHEN, Jen-Jui HUANG, Hong Wen LEE
  • Publication number: 20080268640
    Abstract: A method for forming a bit-line contact plug includes providing a substrate including a transistor which includes a gate structure and a source/drain at both sides of the gate structure; forming a conductive layer, a bit-line contact material layer and a hard mask layer; performing an etching process using the conductive layer as an etching stop layer to etch the bit-line contact material layer and the hard mask layer and forming the bit-line contact plug on the source/drain. A transistor structure includes a gate structure and a source/drain at both sides of the gate structure, a conductive layer covering part of the gate structure and connected to the source/drain, and a bit-line contact plug disposed on the conductive layer and directly connected to the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Yu-Chung Fang, Hong-Wen Lee, Kuo-Chung Chen, Jen-Jui Huang, Jing-Kae Liou
  • Publication number: 20080148682
    Abstract: An antivibration uniform-strength connector including two mating connection plates and a bolt. The connection plates are made of steel material having tensile strength proximate to that of steel reinforcements. The connection plates are made in accordance with the specifications of the steel reinforcements. Each connection plate has a central hole and two lateral extension sections. Each extension section has an opposite contact face. Contact recesses are formed on the contact faces and spaced from the central hole by equal or unequal distances. With steel reinforcements respectively held in the contact recesses, the bolt is tightened in the central hole of one connection plate to fasten the connection plates and fix the steel reinforcements in a double-cross or parallel pattern. The antivibration uniform-strength connector is applicable to the major steel reinforcements of a beam, a column, a bridge, a bridgeboard, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20080013776
    Abstract: A microphone positioning structure is connected to an audio output device, and is composed of a sound tube, an end of which is connected with the audio output device; an earplug part which is located at a tail end of the aforementioned sound tube; an ear-hook part, an end of which is connected with the aforementioned sound tube. An end of the sound tube is plugged into the audio output device such as a trumpet or a loudspeaker, the ear-hook part is hung on a user's auricle for positioning, and the earplug part is inserted into the user's ear. In addition, while listening, the ear-hook part is hung and fixed on the user's auricle; therefore, the earplug part will not be subjected to a force, and it will not be fallen off due to a force of gravity and a shaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20070263896
    Abstract: A sheathing-type earphone structure is composed of a seat, an end of which is extended with an ear-loop being parallel connected to the other end of which, and which is opened with a through-hole; an earphone body, which is formed integrally, and is correspondingly sheathed in the aforementioned seat, an end of which is extended with a leading wire being transfixed out of the aforementioned through-hole and being connected to a sound source. Accordingly, when a user sheaths the earphone on ears for listening, if the leading wire is carelessly pulled, the seat will become a buffer due to that the through-hole of seat provides for the transfixing of leading wire of earphone body, thereby preventing the leading wire from being broken at a connection position of the earphone, by excessively pulling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 7231056
    Abstract: An adjustable ear-hook earphone with a microphone is disclosed. The apparatus includes an ear hook, a main body and a microphone, wherein the main body have a limiting part and an adjusting post sleeved in a sleeve of the ear hook, thereby the main body are adjustable and moveable in a specific angle ranged from 0 to 210 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: JDI Jing Deng Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 7218897
    Abstract: An extended microphone for a radio communication equipment is disclosed. The extended microphone includes a microphone body; an adapter for connecting the extended microphone with the radio communication equipment; a GPS module disposed on the microphone body for providing a positioning message; and a display module disposed on the microphone body and connected with the GPS module for receiving the positioning message and displaying the positioning message thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Jdi Jing Deng Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20060160580
    Abstract: An extended microphone with a lighting device applied in a radio communication equipment is disclosed. The extended microphone for a radio communication equipment includes a microphone body; an adapter for connecting said extended microphone with said radio communication equipment; an extended line connected between said microphone body and said adapter; and a lighting module disposed on said microphone body for providing a light source while said extended microphone is connected with said radio communication equipment via said adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20060135088
    Abstract: An extended microphone for a radio communication equipment is disclosed. The extended microphone includes a microphone body; an adapter for connecting the extended microphone with the radio communication equipment; a GPS module disposed on the microphone body for providing a positioning message; and a display module disposed on the microphone body and connected with the GPS module for receiving the positioning message and displaying the positioning message thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 6993370
    Abstract: A back clip fixture of a receiver and transmitter device assembled by a back clip and a receiver and transmitter device is characterized that a concave slot is respectively disposed at positions opposite two sides of the detachment seat for facilitating the mounting and dismounting of a joint seat piece; more especially, the lower positioning piece has a slot location for fitly assembling an upper positioning piece; furthermore, the upper positioning piece has a notch disposed thereby providing a larger space for a resilient piece to separate from a positioning slot so as to increase the detachment effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Jdi Jing Deng Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20050185814
    Abstract: An adjustable ear-hook earphone with a microphone is disclosed. The apparatus includes an ear hook, a main body and a microphone, wherein the main body have a limiting part and an adjusting post sleeved in a sleeve of the ear hook, thereby the main body are adjustable and moveable in a specific angle ranged from 0 to 210 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventor: Kuo-Chung Chen