Patents by Inventor Pierre Lin
Pierre Lin 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: 20240164203Abstract: Provided is an OLED having an anode, a cathode and an organic emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: Universal Display CorporationInventors: Chun LIN, Zhiqiang JI, Ting-Chih WANG, Pierre-Luc T. BOUDREAULT
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Patent number: 11961892Abstract: A semiconductor device and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, first and second source/drain (S/D) regions, a channel between the first and second S/D regions, a gate engaging the channel, and a contact feature connecting to the first S/D region. The contact feature includes first and second contact layers. The first contact layer has a conformal cross-sectional profile and is in contact with the first S/D region on at least two sides thereof. In embodiments, the first contact layer is in direct contact with three or four sides of the first S/D region so as to increase the contact area. The first contact layer includes one of a semiconductor-metal alloy, an III-V semiconductor, and germanium.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Carlos H. Diaz, Chung-Cheng Wu, Chia-Hao Chang, Chih-Hao Wang, Jean-Pierre Colinge, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Wai-Yi Lien, Ying-Keung Leung
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Publication number: 20240085705Abstract: An example a head-mounted display device includes a light projector and an eyepiece. The eyepiece is arranged to receive light from the light projector and direct the light to a user during use of the wearable display system. The eyepiece includes a waveguide having an edge positioned to receive light from the display light source module and couple the light into the waveguide. The waveguide includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The waveguide includes several different regions, each having different grating structures configured to diffract light according to different sets of grating vectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Dianmin LIN, Pierre ST. HILAIRE
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Patent number: 11929417Abstract: A semiconductor device and methods of forming the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, first and second source/drain (S/D) regions, a channel between the first and second S/D regions, a gate engaging the channel, and a contact feature connecting to the first S/D region. The contact feature includes first and second contact layers. The first contact layer has a conformal cross-sectional profile and is in contact with the first S/D region on at least two sides thereof. In embodiments, the first contact layer is in direct contact with three or four sides of the first S/D region so as to increase the contact area. The first contact layer includes one of a semiconductor-metal alloy, an III-V semiconductor, and germanium.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Carlos H. Diaz, Chung-Cheng Wu, Chia-Hao Chang, Chih-Hao Wang, Jean-Pierre Colinge, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Wai-Yi Lien, Ying-Keung Leung
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Publication number: 20230082164Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for printing a three-dimensional (3D) object. The methods may comprise providing, adjacent to a build surface, a film comprising a polymeric precursor. A sensor may be used to determine a profile of the film. The profile may be indicative of a quality of the film. If the profile meets a quality threshold, at least a portion of the film may be exposed to light to initiate formation of a polymeric material from the polymeric precursor, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Richard M. GREENE, Jonathan POMEROY, Pierre LIN, Carlo QUINONEZ
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Publication number: 20220305722Abstract: An apparatus for bottom-up fabrication of three dimensional objects, the apparatus comprising: a vat for a photosensitive polymer, the floor of the vat including a working surface arranged such that, in use, light incident on the working surface interacts with the photosensitive polymer at the working surface to fabricate a portion of the three dimensional object; a build platform capable of being inserted into the vat, the build platform having a planar surface; an elevator mechanism capable of adjusting the separation between the working surface of the vat and the planar surface of the build platform; and a rotation mechanism capable of varying the relative rotational position of the vat relative to the build platform, the relative rotation being about an axis which is normal to the working surface of the vat.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Arian Aghababaie, Pierre Lin
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Publication number: 20220176622Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for printing three-dimensional (3D) objects. A system for printing a 3D object may comprise a platform comprising an area configured to hold a mixture including a photoactive resin. The platform may comprise a first coupling unit. The system may comprise an optical source configured to provide light to the mixture for curing the photoactive resin in at least a portion of the mixture to print at least a portion of the 3D object. The system may comprise a build head configured to support the at least he portion of the 3D object during printing. The build head may comprise a second coupling unit that is configured to couple to the first coupling unit to provide an alignment of the area of the platform relative to a surface of the build head while printing the at least the portion of the 3D object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Pierre LIN, Daniel CHRISTIANSEN, Peter SCHMEHL, Tara Pratap EBSWORTH, Aldo SUSENO
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Patent number: 11351735Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for printing a three-dimensional (3D) object. The methods may comprise providing, adjacent to a build surface, a film comprising a polymeric precursor. A sensor may be used to determine a profile of the film. The profile may be indicative of a quality of the film. If the profile meets a quality threshold, at least a portion of the film may be exposed to light to initiate formation of a polymeric material from the polymeric precursor, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Holo, Inc.Inventors: Richard M. Greene, Jonathan Pomeroy, Pierre Lin, Carlo Quinonez
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Publication number: 20210387420Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and systems for printing a three-dimensional (3D) object. The methods may comprise providing, adjacent to a build surface, a film comprising a polymeric precursor. A sensor may be used to determine a profile of the film. The profile may be indicative of a quality of the film. If the profile meets a quality threshold, at least a portion of the film may be exposed to light to initiate formation of a polymeric material from the polymeric precursor, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Richard M. GREENE, Jonathan POMEROY, Pierre LIN, Carlo QUINONEZ
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Patent number: 11161301Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise an open platform configured to hold a film of a viscous liquid comprising a photoactive resin. The open platform may comprise a print window. The system may comprise a deposition head comprising a nozzle in fluid communication with a source of the viscous liquid. The deposition head may be configured to move across the platform and deposit the film over the print window. The system may use multiple viscous liquids. The system may comprise an optical source that provides light through the print window for curing at least a portion of the film of the viscous liquid. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to direct movement of the deposition head and projection of the light, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: HOLO, INC.Inventors: Pierre Lin, Jonathan Pomeroy, Arian Aghababaie, Brian Adzima
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Patent number: 10935891Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and apparatuses relating to hardware configurations for performing multi-wavelength three dimensional (3D) printing using photoinhibition. In at least one aspect, a system for 3D printing comprises a reservoir capable of holding a liquid including a photoactive resin, a build head that undergoes relative motion within the reservoir during 3D printing of a 3D object on the build head, a light projection device that projects a photoinitiation light beam at a first wavelength into a build area within the liquid, and a plurality of light sources arranged with respect to the light projection device and the reservoir that project a plurality of photoinhibiting light beams into the build area at a second wavelength. Each of the plurality of photoinhibition light beams may be projected at a peak intensity in a different respective position in the build area.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Holo, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Lin, Arian Aghababaie, Richard Greene, Brian Adzima, Jonathan Pomeroy
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Patent number: 10882251Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise an open platform configured to hold a film of a viscous liquid comprising a photoactive resin. The open platform may comprise a print window. The system may comprise a deposition head comprising a nozzle in fluid communication with a source of the viscous liquid. The deposition head may be configured to move across the platform and deposit the film over the print window. The system may use multiple viscous liquids. The system may comprise an optical source that provides light through the print window for curing at least a portion of the film of the viscous liquid. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to direct movement of the deposition head and projection of the light, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Holo, Inc.Inventors: Pierre Lin, Jonathan Pomeroy, Arian Aghababaie, Brian Adzima
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Publication number: 20200031044Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise an open platform configured to hold a film of a viscous liquid comprising a photoactive resin. The open platform may comprise a print window. The system may comprise a deposition head comprising a nozzle in fluid communication with a source of the viscous liquid. The deposition head may be configured to move across the platform and deposit the film over the print window. The system may use multiple viscous liquids. The system may comprise an optical source that provides light through the print window for curing at least a portion of the film of the viscous liquid. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to direct movement of the deposition head and projection of the light, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Pierre LIN, Jonathan POMEROY, Arian AGHABABAIE, Brian ADZIMA
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Patent number: 10524739Abstract: The invention concerns an electronic display system, associated with ultrasound imaging equipment capable of for capturing a medium image, said system comprising a first monitor to display an ultrasound image captured by the ultrasound imaging equipment and image processing means. The system comprises a second touch-screen monitor, means to duplicate the ultrasound image, means to send this duplicate to the second monitor on which at least part thereof is displayed, means to display at least one graphical element which, by means screen tactility, is used to perform at least one processing operation on the ultrasound image, means for instant application of all processing operations performed using the second monitor to the duplicate ultrasound image displayed on the second monitor, and means for instant or deferred application to the ultrasound image displayed on the first monitor of the processing operations performed on the duplicate ultrasound image via the second monitor.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Super Sonic ImagineInventors: Pascal Roncalez, Pierre-Lin Laneyrie
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Patent number: 10464259Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise an open platform configured to hold a film of a viscous liquid comprising a photoactive resin. The open platform may comprise a print window. The system may comprise a deposition head comprising a nozzle in fluid communication with a source of the viscous liquid. The deposition head may be configured to move across the platform and deposit the film over the print window. The system may use multiple viscous liquids. The system may comprise an optical source that provides light through the print window for curing at least a portion of the film of the viscous liquid. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to direct movement of the deposition head and projection of the light, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: HOLO, INC.Inventors: Pierre Lin, Jonathan Pomeroy, Arian Aghababaie, Brian Adzima
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Patent number: 10421233Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise an open platform configured to hold a film of a viscous liquid comprising a photoactive resin. The open platform may comprise a print window. The system may comprise a deposition head comprising a nozzle in fluid communication with a source of the viscous liquid. The deposition head may be configured to move across the platform and deposit the film over the print window. The system may use multiple viscous liquids. The system may comprise an optical source that provides light through the print window for curing at least a portion of the film of the viscous liquid. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to direct movement of the deposition head and projection of the light, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: HOLO, INC.Inventors: Pierre Lin, Jonathan Pomeroy, Arian Aghababaie, Brian Adzima
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Patent number: 10150280Abstract: An apparatus for bottom-up fabrication of three dimensional objects, the apparatus comprising: a vat for a photosensitive polymer, the floor of the vat including a working surface arranged such that, in use, light incident on the working surface interacts with the photosensitive polymer at the working surface to fabricate a portion of the three dimensional object; a build platform capable of being inserted into the vat, the build platform having a planar surface; an elevator mechanism capable of adjusting the separation between the working surface of the vat and the planar surface of the build platform; and a rotation mechanism capable of varying the relative rotational position of the vat relative to the build platform, the relative rotation being about an axis which is normal to the working surface of the vat.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: HOLO, INC.Inventors: Arian Aghababaie, Pierre Lin
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Publication number: 20180348646Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and apparatuses relating to hardware configurations for performing multi-wavelength three dimensional (3D) printing using photoinhibition. In at least one aspect, a system for 3D printing comprises a reservoir capable of holding a liquid including a photoactive resin, a build head that undergoes relative motion within the reservoir during 3D printing of a 3D object on the build head, a light projection device that projects a photoinitiation light beam at a first wavelength into a build area within the liquid, and a plurality of light sources arranged with respect to the light projection device and the reservoir that project a plurality of photoinhibiting light beams into the build area at a second wavelength. Each of the plurality of photoinhibition light beams may be projected at a peak intensity in a different respective position in the build area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Inventors: Pierre Lin, Arian AGHABABAIE, Richard GREENE, Brian ADZIMA, Jonathan POMEROY
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Publication number: 20180333912Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise an open platform configured to hold a film of a viscous liquid comprising a photoactive resin. The open platform may comprise a print window. The system may comprise a deposition head comprising a nozzle in fluid communication with a source of the viscous liquid. The deposition head may be configured to move across the platform and deposit the film over the print window. The system may use multiple viscous liquids. The system may comprise an optical source that provides light through the print window for curing at least a portion of the film of the viscous liquid. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to direct movement of the deposition head and projection of the light, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Pierre Lin, Jonathan Pomeroy, Arian Aghababaie, Brian Adzima
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Publication number: 20180333911Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise an open platform configured to hold a film of a viscous liquid comprising a photoactive resin. The open platform may comprise a print window. The system may comprise a deposition head comprising a nozzle in fluid communication with a source of the viscous liquid. The deposition head may be configured to move across the platform and deposit the film over the print window. The system may use multiple viscous liquids. The system may comprise an optical source that provides light through the print window for curing at least a portion of the film of the viscous liquid. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to direct movement of the deposition head and projection of the light, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Pierre LIN, Jonathan POMEROY, Arian AGHABABAIE, Brian ADZIMA