Patents by Inventor Lin Fu

Lin Fu 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).

  • POLYURETHANE CMP PADS HAVING A HIGH MODULUS RATIO
    Publication number: 20170087688
    Abstract: A chemical-mechanical polishing pad comprising a polyurethane polishing layer having a high storage modulus at low temperatures and a low storage modulus at high temperatures is disclosed. For example, the disclosed pad embodiments may be fabricated from a thermoplastic polyurethane having a ratio of storage modulus at 25 degrees C. to storage modulus at 80 degrees C. of 50 or more. The thermoplastic polyurethane polishing layer may further optionally have a Shore D hardness of 70 or more, a tensile elongation of 320 percent or less, a storage modulus at 25 degrees C. of 1200 MPa or more, and/or a storage modulus at 80 degrees C. of 15 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Lin FU, Rachel Ma, Nathan Speer, Chen-Chih Tsai, Kathryn Bergman
  • PLASTICIZER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING PLASTICIZER COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20170088695
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a plasticizer composition, polymeric compositions containing the plasticizer composition, and conductors coated with the polymeric composition. The plasticizer composition includes a first plasticizer comprising epoxidized fatty acid alkyl esters and a second plasticizer comprising an epoxidized natural oil. The plasticizer composition, first plasticizer, and/or second plasticizer can undergo one or more color-reducing treatment processes, such as distillation, filtration, and/or peroxide treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Manish Mundra, Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar, Robert F. Eaton, Lin Fu, Robert M. Campbell, Bruce M. Bell
  • DETECTION OF IMPROPER VIEWING POSTURE
    Publication number: 20170068314
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide efficient and automatic systems and methods for regulating the viewing posture of a user. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to regulate the viewing posture of both juveniles and adults, by providing real-time data analysis of a viewing distance and viewing angle of a device, and generating feedback to a user related to their current viewing posture, while also providing increased supervision of the viewing posture of juvenile device users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Di Hu, Shi Kun Li, Ka Lin, Wei Zuo
  • DETECTION OF IMPROPER VIEWING POSTURE
    Publication number: 20170068313
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide efficient and automatic systems and methods for regulating the viewing posture of a user. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to regulate the viewing posture of both juveniles and adults, by providing real-time data analysis of a viewing distance and viewing angle of a device, and generating feedback to a user related to their current viewing posture, while also providing increased supervision of the viewing posture of juvenile device users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Di Hu, Shi Kun Li, Ka Lin, Wei Zuo
  • Composition for tungsten CMP
    Patent number: 9566686
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing composition for polishing a substrate having a tungsten layer includes a water based liquid carrier, a colloidal silica abrasive dispersed in the liquid carrier and having a permanent positive charge of at least 6 mV, an amine compound in solution in the liquid carrier, and an iron containing accelerator. A method for chemical mechanical polishing a substrate including a tungsten layer includes contacting the substrate with the above described polishing composition, moving the polishing composition relative to the substrate, and abrading the substrate to remove a portion of the tungsten from the substrate and thereby polish the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Grumbine, Jeffrey Dysard, Lin Fu, William Ward, Glenn Whitener
  • Tungsten chemical-mechanical polishing composition
    Patent number: 9567491
    Abstract: A chemical-mechanical polishing composition includes colloidal silica abrasive particles having a chemical compound incorporated therein. The chemical compound may include a nitrogen-containing compound such as an aminosilane or a phosphorus-containing compound. Methods for employing such compositions include applying the composition to a semiconductor substrate to remove at least a portion of a layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Steven Grumbine, Jeffrey Dysard, Tina Li
  • Copper barrier chemical-mechanical polishing composition
    Patent number: 9556363
    Abstract: A chemical-mechanical polishing composition includes colloidal silica abrasive particles having a chemical compound incorporated therein. The chemical compound may include a nitrogen-containing compound such as an aminosilane or a phosphorus-containing compound. Methods for employing such compositions include applying the composition to a semiconductor substrate to remove at least a portion of at least one of a copper, a copper barrier, and a dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Steven Grumbine, Jeffrey Dysard, Wei Weng, Lei Liu, Alexei Leonov
  • Halogen-free propylene-based insulation and conductor coated with same
    Patent number: 9530537
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a halogen-free composition and conductors coated with the halogen-free composition. The halogen-free composition includes (A) from 70 wt % to 85 wt % of a polymeric component and (B) from 30 wt % to 15 wt % of a halogen-free flame retardant. The polymeric component (A) includes (i) a propylene homopolymer or a mini-random copolymer with greater than 40% crystallinity and (ii) an ethylene/a-olefin copolymer. The halogen-free composition has a density less than 1.15 g/cc. The halogen-free composition also has a scrape abrasion resistance of greater than or equal to 350 cycles as measured in accordance with ISO 6722.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Caroline H. Laufer, Lin Fu, Thomas S. Lin, Matthew T. Bishop, Hamed Lakrout
  • ELECTRIC POWER PEAK-SHAVING AND COMBINED HEAT AND POWER WASTE HEAT RECOVERY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160370122
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric peaking combined heat and power (CHP) waste heat recovery device and an operating method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Yi Jiang, Yanfing Wu, Jian Sun, Shigang Zhang, Xiling Zhao, Chenglei Xiao, Weiwei Yang, Daoke Tang, Xin Qi
  • Ethylene propylene-diene interpolymer composition
    Patent number: 9518137
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a composition and articles containing the composition. The composition includes an ethylene-propylene-diene interpolymer (EPDM) having a rheology ratio greater than 33. The EPDM also has a molecular weight distribution greater than 3.0. The composition has a dissipation factor less than or equal to 0.01 radians as measured in accordance with ASTM D 150 (130° C., 60 Hz).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Brian W. Walther, Susan M. Song, Paul J. Caronia, Lin Fu
  • Accelerated iterative reconstruction
    Patent number: 9508163
    Abstract: A framework for an iterative reconstruction algorithm is described which combines two or more of an ordered subset method, a preconditioner method, and a nested loop method. In one type of implementation a nested loop (NL) structure is employed where the inner loop sub-problems are solved using ordered subset (OS) methods. The inner loop may be solved using OS and a preconditioner method. In other implementations, the inner loop problems are created by augmented Lagrangian methods and then solved using OS method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Zhou Yu, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Debashish Pal, Lin Fu, Charles A. Bouman, Jeffrey Allen Fessler, Hung Nien
  • Ordered subsets with momentum for X-ray CT image reconstruction
    Patent number: 9489752
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for image reconstruction are presented. Measured data corresponding to a subject is received. A preliminary image update in a particular iteration is determined based on one or more image variables computed using at least a subset of the measured data in the particular iteration. Additionally, at least one momentum term is determined based on the one or more image variables computed in the particular iteration and/or one or more further image variables computed in one or more iterations preceding the particular iteration. Further, a subsequent image update is determined using the preliminary image update and the momentum term. The preliminary image update and/or the subsequent image update are iteratively computed for a plurality of iterations until one or more termination criteria are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donghwan Kim, Sathish Ramani, Jeffrey A. Fessler, Lin Fu, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man
  • INTELLIGENT INTERACTIVE SCREEN CAPTURE
    Publication number: 20160283073
    Abstract: In an approach for creating a screen capture, a computer selects at least a portion of visual output on a computing device, wherein the selected visual output includes one or more instances of application software. The computer identifies metadata associated with the one or more instances of application software in the selected visual output. The computer creates a screen capture file that includes the selected visual output and the identified metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Di Hu, Shi Kun Li, Ka Lin
  • INTELLIGENT INTERACTIVE SCREEN CAPTURE
    Publication number: 20160283083
    Abstract: In an approach for creating a screen capture, a computer selects at least a portion of visual output on a computing device, wherein the selected visual output includes one or more instances of application software. The computer identifies metadata associated with the one or more instances of application software in the selected visual output. The computer creates a screen capture file that includes the selected visual output and the identified metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Di Hu, Shi Kun Li, Ka Lin
  • Iterative reconstruction in image formation
    Patent number: 9406154
    Abstract: The use of the channelized preconditioners in iterative reconstruction is disclosed. In certain embodiments, different channels correspond to different frequency sub-bands and the output of the different channels can be combined to update an image estimate used in the iterative reconstruction process. While individual channels may be relatively simple, the combined channels can represent complex spatial variant operations. The use of channelized preconditioners allows empirical adjustment of individual channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Madison Gray McGaffin, Zhou Yu, Jean-Baptiste Thibault, Sathish Ramani, Jeffrey Allen Fessler, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard De Man, Debashish Pal
  • Plasticizer for low temperature unwind with weight retention during heat aging
    Patent number: 9403965
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a plasticizer, polymeric compositions containing the plasticizer, and conductors coated with the polymeric composition. The plasticizer includes (i) an epoxidized fatty acid methyl ester, (ii) an epoxidized natural oil, and (iii) an epoxidized tallate ester. Polymeric compositions containing a polymeric resin and the plasticizer exhibit a weight loss less than 50 mg/cm2 after exposure to 100° C. for seven days. Conductors coated with the polymeric composition (containing the plasticizer) pass the low temperature unwind test of UL719 and exhibit a weight loss less than 50 mg/cm2 after exposure to 100° C. for seven days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Caroline H. Laufer, Robert F. Eaton, Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar, Manish Mundra, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Lin Fu
  • Driving method for display panel
    Patent number: 9400566
    Abstract: A driving method for a display panel is provided. The display panel includes at least a first common signal line, at least a second common signal line and a plurality of pixels arranged as a pixel array. The pixel array includes a first pixel row and a second pixel row electrically connected to the first common signal line and the second common signal line, respectively. The driving method includes steps of: generating a first AC common signal; generating a second AC common signal, wherein the first AC common signal and the second AC common signal are inverse to each other; and providing the first and second AC common signal to the first and second pixel rows through the first and second common signal lines, respectively, by way of N-frame switch, wherein N is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Chun Hsu, Yu-Hsin Ting, Wei-Chih Lee, Chung-Lin Fu, Nan-Ying Lin
  • METHOD FOR TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION
    Publication number: 20160210762
    Abstract: The present approaches relate to frequency-split iterative reconstruction approaches. In some embodiment, such approaches provide for the combination of the low frequency components of an analytical reconstruction (e.g., a filtered back projection) and the high frequency components of an iterative reconstruction. In certain embodiments, frequency-split iterative reconstruction is used for generating region of interest images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Lin Fu, Bruno Kristiaan Bernard DeMan, Jed Douglas Pack
  • SHIFT REGISTER
    Publication number: 20160189798
    Abstract: A shift register includes shift register units, in which at least one shift register unit is coupled to a forestage shift register unit and a post-stage shift register unit, where the at least one shift register unit includes a signal input circuit, a signal output circuit, a pull down circuit and a switching circuit. The signal input circuit electrically coupled to the forestage shift register unit can receive a logic signal from the forestage shift register. The signal output circuit is electrically coupled to the signal input circuit via a control signal terminal and is electrically coupled to the post-stage shift register unit. The signal output circuit can receive a first clock signal. The pull down circuit is electrically coupled to or electrically isolated from the control signal terminal through the switching circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Pei-Hua CHEN, Yu-Hsin Ting, Chung-Lin Fu, Tsao-Wen Lu, Nan-Ying Lin, Wei-Chun Hsu
  • Double sided single drive gate driver with reduced dark spots
    Patent number: 9361844
    Abstract: A gate driver includes a plurality of shift registers and a plurality of cutting units. Each of the shift registers is configured for outputting a shift register signal according to a clock signal of the each of the shift register sequentially. Each of the shift register signals has a working period and the two working periods of the two adjacent shift register signals overlap each other. Each of the cutting units is coupled to a respective one of the shift registers. The cutting unit corresponding to the Nth shift register is configured for cutting a part of the working period from the shift register signal of the Nth shift register to generate a gate driving signal according to the clock signal of the (N?1)th or (N+1)th shift register, such that working periods of the gate driving signals are staggered. N is a positive integer larger than two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chun Hsu, Yu-Hsin Ting, Chung-Lin Fu