Patents by Inventor Lin Cheng
Lin Cheng 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: 20230298913Abstract: A bonding apparatus for attaching an adhering pad to a base component includes a feeding and holding frame for feeding and holding the base component in a conveying route, a suspending carrier mounted above the conveying route, and a bonding device disposed on and movable with the suspending carrier. The bonding device has a feeding reel on which the tape assembly is disposed and from which the tape assembly is pulled and fed along a feeding route, and an attaching head which is disposed at said feeding route to divide the pulled section into an input side and an output side. When the attaching head is moved toward the input side, the adhering pad is removed from the carrier tape while attached to the base component.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Chun-Hung Tsai, An-Tien Wang, Kuan-Lin Cheng, Shih-Min Lee
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Patent number: 11756969Abstract: A method for fabricating an image sensor array having a first group of photodiodes for detecting light at visible wavelengths a second group of photodiodes for detecting light at infrared or near-infrared wavelengths, the method including growing a germanium-silicon layer on a semiconductor donor wafer; defining pixels of the image sensor array on the germanium-silicon layer; defining a first interconnect layer on the germanium-silicon layer, wherein the interconnect layer includes a plurality of interconnects coupled to the first group of photodiodes and the second group of photodiodes; defining integrated circuitry for controlling the pixels of the image sensor array on a semiconductor carrier wafer; defining a second interconnect layer on the semiconductor carrier wafer, wherein the second interconnect layer includes a plurality of interconnects coupled to the integrated circuitry; and bonding the first interconnect layer with the second interconnect layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Artilux, Inc.Inventors: Yun-Chung Na, Szu-Lin Cheng, Shu-Lu Chen, Han-Din Liu, Hui-Wen Chen, Che-Fu Liang
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Publication number: 20230280206Abstract: A photodetecting device is provided. The photodetecting device includes a silicon substrate, a germanium absorption region, and a plurality of microstructures. The silicon substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The germanium absorption region is formed proximal to the first surface of the silicon substrate, and the germanium absorption region is configured to absorb photons and to generate photo-carriers. The plurality of microstructures are formed over the second surface of the silicon substrate, and the plurality of microstructures are configured to direct an optical signal towards the germanium absorption region. A system including an optical transmitter and an optical receiver is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: YEN-CHENG LU, YUN-CHUNG NA, SHU-LU CHEN, CHIEN-YU CHEN, SZU-LIN CHENG, CHUNG-CHIH LIN, YU-HSUAN LIU
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Patent number: 11749696Abstract: An optical apparatus includes: a substrate having a first material; an absorption region having a second material different from the first material, the absorption region configured to absorb photons and to generate photo-carriers including electrons and holes in response to the absorbed photons; a first well region surrounding the absorption region and arranged between the absorption region and the substrate, the first well region being doped with a first polarity; and one or more switches each controlled by a respective control signal, the one or more switches each configured to collect at least a portion of the photo-carriers based on the respective control signal and to provide the portion of the photo-carriers to a respective readout circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Artilux, Inc.Inventors: Yun-Chung Na, Che-Fu Liang, Szu-Lin Cheng, Shu-Lu Chen, Kuan-Chen Chu, Chung-Chih Lin, Han-Din Liu
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Patent number: 11728890Abstract: A resource allocation method is provided for a non-orthogonal multiple access distribution of access network users communicatively coupled to a single transport medium. The method includes steps of allocating a first frequency and time domain resource to a first user and a second frequency and time domain resource to a second user of the access network users, obtaining channel information regarding a particular communication channel of the access network for which resources are allocated, grouping the first user with the second user based on an overlap of the first frequency and time domain resource with the second frequency and time domain resource, and assigning the first user to a different power allocation resource than the second user within the frequency and time domain overlap.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Lin Cheng, Luis Alberto Campos, Jing Wang, Zhensheng Jia
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Patent number: 11722432Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to apparatus, software and methods for managing multi-channel network traffic to alleviate congestion, improve service quality and make efficient use of channel capacity. The disclosed apparatus, software and methods alleviate congestion and improve service quality by minimizing variance within a channel and/or increase overall traffic flow by minimizing the variance between channels. One or both of these objectives can be accomplished using modern portfolio theory to optimize at least one network usage parameter based on the mean and variance of the parameter(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Bernardo Huberman, Lin Cheng, Luis Alberto Campos, Thomas Sandholm
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Patent number: 11722072Abstract: An inverter circuit control method and a device thereof are provided. In the control method, after determining a DC bus voltage and an output leakage current of a target inverter circuit, a modulation harmonic wave to be injected into a SPWM signal is adjusted according to the DC bus voltage or the output leakage current if it is determined according to the DC bus voltage that the target inverter circuit satisfies a preset modulation condition, such that total harmonic distortion of a current of the target inverter circuit is within a preset range. The DC bus voltage and the output leakage current of the target inverter circuit are used as references for adjusting the modulation harmonic wave, ensuring total harmonic distortion of the current of the target inverter circuit to be within a preset range.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.Inventors: Houlai Geng, Xing Li, Menglin Cao, Lin Cheng
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Patent number: 11722340Abstract: A method for comparing communication links in a communication network includes (a) obtaining first raw equalizer coefficients in a frequency domain, the first raw equalizer coefficients corresponding to a first communication link, (b) obtaining second raw equalizer coefficients in the frequency domain, the second raw equalizer coefficients corresponding to a second communication link, (c) removing time delay from the first raw equalizer coefficients to generate first corrected equalizer coefficients, (d) removing time delay from the second raw equalizer coefficients to generate second corrected equalizer coefficients, and (e) comparing the first corrected equalizer coefficients to the second corrected equalizer coefficients to determine a relationship between the first and second communication links.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Holtzman Williams, Luis Alberto Campos, Lin Cheng
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Patent number: 11715743Abstract: A display panel, a crack detection method and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a signal wiring disposed over the substrate, and a test wiring insulated from the signal wiring and disposed on a side of the signal wiring facing away from the substrate. An orthographic projection of the test wiring on the substrate overlaps an orthographic projection of the signal wiring on the substrate. The display panel also includes a first test terminal disposed over the substrate and electrically connected with an end of the test wiring, and a second test terminal disposed over the substrate and electrically connected with another end of the test wiring.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCHInventors: Zi Xu, Lin Cheng, Xinzhao Liu
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Publication number: 20230228881Abstract: A photo-detecting apparatus is provided. The photo-detecting apparatus includes: a substrate made by a first material or a first material-composite; an absorption layer made by a second material or a second material-composite, the absorption layer being supported by the substrate and the absorption layer including: a first surface; a second surface arranged between the first surface and the substrate; and a channel region having a dopant profile with a peak dopant concentration equal to or more than 1×1015 cm?3, wherein a distance between the first surface and a location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration is less than a distance between the second surface and the location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration, and wherein the distance between the first surface and the location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration is not less than 30 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Szu-Lin Cheng, Chien-Yu Chen, Shu-Lu Chen, Yun-Chung Na, Ming-Jay Yang, Han-Din Liu, Che-Fu Liang, Jung-Chin Chiang, Yen-Cheng Lu, Yen-Ju Lin
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Publication number: 20230215902Abstract: A circuit, including: a photodetector including a first readout terminal and a second readout terminal different than the first readout terminal; a first readout circuit coupled with the first readout terminal and configured to output a first readout voltage; a second readout circuit coupled with the second readout terminal and configured to output a second readout voltage; and a common-mode analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including: a first input terminal coupled with a first voltage source; a second input terminal coupled with a common-mode generator, the common-mode generator configured to receive the first readout voltage and the second readout voltage, and to generate a common-mode voltage between the first and second readout voltages; and a first output terminal configured to output a first output signal corresponding to a magnitude of a current generated by the photodetector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Yun-Chung Na, Che-Fu Liang, Shu-Lu Chen, Szu-Lin Cheng, Han-Din Liu, Chien-Lung Chen, Yuan-Fu Lyu, Chieh-Ting Lin, Bo-Jiun Chen, Hui-Wen Chen, Shu-Wei Chu, Chung-Chih Lin, Kuan-Chen Chu
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Patent number: 11693498Abstract: A touch display panel includes a substrate including display region and non-display region; light-emitting elements disposed in the display region; encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer that are stacked; touch layer disposed on a side of the at least one inorganic layer facing away from the light-emitting elements; plurality of touch wires extending to the non-display region along first direction; and step region including first region with at least one wall and second region with plurality of touch terminals, where at least part of the touch terminals are electrically connected to the touch wires in one-to-one manner, the second region includes at least one blocking column which extends along second direction and configured to prevent the at least one inorganic layer disposed between the touch layer and the substrate and in the encapsulation layer from extending to the touch terminals.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCHInventors: Lin Cheng, Yingying Wu, Peng Zhang, Xinzhao Liu
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Patent number: 11686614Abstract: A photodetecting device is provided. The photodetecting device includes a first photodetecting component including a substrate having a first absorption region configured to absorb photons having a first peak wavelength and to generate first photo-carriers, and a second photodetecting component including a second absorption region configured to absorb photons having a second peak wavelength different from the first peak wavelength and to generate second photo-carriers. The first photodetecting component further includes two first readout circuits and two first control circuits for the first photo-carriers and electrically coupled to the first absorption region.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: ARTILUX, INC.Inventors: Yen-Cheng Lu, Yun-Chung Na, Shu-Lu Chen, Chien-Yu Chen, Szu-Lin Cheng, Chung-Chih Lin, Yu-Hsuan Liu
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Patent number: 11686852Abstract: A communication system, includes a satellite receiver in operable communication with a central server, a cellular node configured to operate within a proximity of the satellite receiver, and at least one mobile communication device configured to communicate (i) with the cellular node, (ii) within the proximity of the satellite receiver, and (iii) using a transmission signal capable of causing interference to the satellite receiver. The satellite receiver is configured to detect a repeating portion of the transmission signal and determine a potential for interference from the at least one mobile communication device based on the detected repeating portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Belal Hamzeh, Peter Paul Smyth, Lin Cheng, Jim O'Connor, Eric Winkelman, Thomas H. Williams, Steve Arendt
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Publication number: 20230182134Abstract: The present invention discloses a kind of centrifugal detection channel, including: a first chamber, at least one inlet channel, at least one buffer valve, at least one outlet channel, and a second chamber. Specifically, at least one inlet channel is connected to the first chamber. At least one buffer valve is connected to the inlet channel, including: a valve body and a transient chamber. At least one outlet channel is connected to the buffer valve. At least one second chamber is connected to the outlet channel. In addition, the detection devices and the detection methods comprising the centrifugal detection channel have also been proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: YI-XIANG ZHAO, BO YU, YUAN-TING CHENG, CHIH-HSIN SHIH, SHI-XIAO ZHANG, LIN CHENG
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Patent number: 11650253Abstract: Disclosed is a state estimation method for a power battery formation process based on convex space filtering, belonging to the technical field of power battery manufacturing. The method performs state estimation on a time delay system by a filtering method, and an iterative replacement method is provided for converting the state quantity at a time k to the state quantity at a time k?h and subsequent items, so as to combine time delay items, thereby avoiding the problem that the dimension is increased when a state matrix A and a state matrix Ah of a time-delay state quantity are subsequently combined into a new state matrix, and reducing the computation complexity and computation time in subsequent computations. Moreover, the estimation accuracy is also improved to a certain extent because of the cancellation of the same items in the iterative replacement.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Jiangnan UniversityInventors: Ziyun Wang, Yan Wang, Nanjiang Li, Zhicheng Ji, Yacong Zhan, Yuqian Chen, Zimeng Zhang, Lin Cheng, Weijie Shi, Yinquan Yu, Leiting Huo
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Patent number: 11644887Abstract: System and methods may include receiving a request for assigning resources to a first application associated with a first entity, the first application having a plurality of levels of performance each corresponding to a different power consumption; and determining a particular level of performance of the first application to run on the resource under a first constraint that a sum of a power consumption of the first application running at the particular level of performance and power consumptions of one or more other resources running other applications associated with the first entity is less than or equal to a power budget associated with the first entity.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding LimitedInventors: Jun Song, Lin Cheng, Yijun Lu, Youquan Feng, Zhiyang Tang
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Patent number: 11641759Abstract: Disclosed are a manufacturing method of a display panel, a display panel and a display device. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: providing a base substrate; forming a planarization layer on a side of the base substrate; forming a first film layer on a side of the planarization layer facing away from the base substrate; forming an anode via penetrating through the first film layer and the planarization layer; forming an anode layer on a side of the first film layer facing away from the base substrate; patterning the anode layer to form a first opening on the anode layer; and after patterning the anode layer, patterning the first film layer to form a second opening on the first film layer. A material of the first film layer includes a non-metallic material.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCHInventors: Zi Xu, Xinzhao Liu, Lin Cheng
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Patent number: 11637142Abstract: A circuit, including: a photodetector including a first readout terminal and a second readout terminal different than the first readout terminal; a first readout circuit coupled with the first readout terminal and configured to output a first readout voltage; a second readout circuit coupled with the second readout terminal and configured to output a second readout voltage; and a common-mode analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including: a first input terminal coupled with a first voltage source; a second input terminal coupled with a common-mode generator, the common-mode generator configured to receive the first readout voltage and the second readout voltage, and to generate a common-mode voltage between the first and second readout voltages; and a first output terminal configured to output a first output signal corresponding to a magnitude of a current generated by the photodetector.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Artilux, Inc.Inventors: Yun-Chung Na, Che-Fu Liang, Shu-Lu Chen, Szu-Lin Cheng, Han-Din Liu, Chien-Lung Chen, Yuan-Fu Lyu, Chieh-Ting Lin, Bo-Jiun Chen, Hui-Wen Chen, Shu-Wei Chu, Chung-Chih Lin, Kuan-Chen Chu
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Patent number: 11630212Abstract: A photo-detecting apparatus is provided. The photo-detecting apparatus includes: a substrate made by a first material or a first material-composite; an absorption layer made by a second material or a second material-composite, the absorption layer being supported by the substrate and the absorption layer including: a first surface; a second surface arranged between the first surface and the substrate; and a channel region having a dopant profile with a peak dopant concentration equal to or more than 1×1015 cm?3, wherein a distance between the first surface and a location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration is less than a distance between the second surface and the location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration, and wherein the distance between the first surface and the location of the channel region having the peak dopant concentration is not less than 30 nm.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Artilux, Inc.Inventors: Szu-Lin Cheng, Chien-Yu Chen, Shu-Lu Chen, Yun-Chung Na, Ming-Jay Yang, Han-Din Liu, Che-Fu Liang, Jung-Chin Chiang, Yen-Cheng Lu, Yen-Ju Lin