Patents by Inventor Sheng-Feng Lu

Sheng-Feng Lu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151323
    Abstract: A vacuum switching valve and a suction system having the same. The vacuum switching valve comprises: a valve body, comprising a first end and a second end, the second end being provided with an air inlet, an air outlet and a through hole; a valve element movably arranged in the valve body; a cylinder, the cylinder being connected to the first end and the valve element, the cylinder drives the valve element to move in the valve body, to close or open the air inlet; a stopper passing through the through hole, the stopper comprising a third end and a fourth end, the third end being connected to the valve element, the fourth end being located on the side of the through hole away from the valve element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: XUE-YANG LU, JIN-FENG ZHANG, HUO-ZHONG WU, HAO YANG, SHENG-RONG ZHANG, BEN WU, GUANG-KE SUO, XIAO-JIN ZHONG, NIAN LIU
  • Patent number: 9601424
    Abstract: A method of forming and testing an interposer includes forming vias in a semiconductor material of a wafer having a front side and a back side. The method further includes disposing an electrically conductive layer on the front side of the wafer such that the layer is electrically connected to the vias. The method also includes forming electrically conductive pads on the front side of the wafer, wherein each electrically conductive pad is electrically connected to the electrically conductive layer. The method further includes forming electrically conductive bumps on the back side of the wafer, wherein each electrically conductive bump is electrically connected to at least one via. The method also includes testing electrical connectivity from a first bump to a second bump of the electrically conductive bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Rahul Agarwal, Jens Oswald, Sheng Feng Lu, Soon Leng Tan, Jeffrey Lam
  • Publication number: 20160300788
    Abstract: A method of forming and testing an interposer includes forming vias in a semiconductor material of a wafer having a front side and a back side. The method further includes disposing an electrically conductive layer on the front side of the wafer such that the layer is electrically connected to the vias. The method also includes forming electrically conductive pads on the front side of the wafer, wherein each electrically conductive pad is electrically connected to the electrically conductive layer. The method further includes forming electrically conductive bumps on the back side of the wafer, wherein each electrically conductive bump is electrically connected to at least one via. The method also includes testing electrical connectivity from a first bump to a second bump of the electrically conductive bumps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Rahul Agarwal, Jens Oswald, Sheng Feng Lu, Soon Leng Tan, Jeffrey Lam
  • Patent number: 7915903
    Abstract: A chip test method is disclosed and includes: loading chips on a chip tray and fastening a cover plate on the chip tray; loading the chip tray with the cover plate in a chip test device; aligning a probe card of the chip test device with a test unit of the chip tray; testing chips in the chip tray; sorting the passed chips from the failed chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: VisEra Technologies Company Limited
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Yu-Kun Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20090302875
    Abstract: A chip test method is disclosed and includes: loading chips on a chip tray and fastening a cover plate on the chip tray; loading the chip tray with the cover plate in a chip test device; aligning a probe card of the chip test device with a test unit of the chip tray; testing chips in the chip tray; sorting the passed chips from the failed chips
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Yu-Kun Hsiao
  • Patent number: 7595631
    Abstract: A chip test system including a probe card, a chip tray and a cover plate fastened on the chip tray. The chip tray comprises a socket, a chip contact area, an extension contact area, and an alignment contact point. The socket loads the testing chip and is customized for the tested chip. The chip contact area has a plurality of chip contact points to electrically contact the chip. The extension contact area has a plurality of extension contact points corresponding to the chip contact points to direct test signals into the chip and direct feedback signals out of the chip. The alignment point provides an alignment location for the probe card during the chip test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Visera Technologies Company Limited
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Yu-Kun Hsiao
  • Patent number: 7589033
    Abstract: A wafer-level test module is disclosed to include a base layer having multiple first apertures spaced from one another at a pitch corresponding to the pitch of the image sensor chips of an integrated circuit wafer, a cover layer having second apertures respectively axially aimed at the first apertures, and an optical layer sandwiched between the base layer and the cover layer having multiple optical lenses of which the optical axes pass through the first apertures and the second apertures, so that when one image capturing device of the image sensor chips of an integrated circuit wafer is adjusted to the image plane of one of the optical lenses and the wafer-level test module is set in alignment with the integrated circuit wafer horizontally and vertically, then the effective test light can be simultaneously projected onto the image capturing devices of the respective image sensor chips through the wafer-level test module to achieve an effective wafer-level test on multiple image sensor chips of the integrated
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Visera Technologies, Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Wei-Hua Lee
  • Patent number: 7576551
    Abstract: A test board for wafer level semiconductor testing is disclosed. The test board comprises a plurality of wires and microelectronic devices; and a plurality of test sockets on an upper surface of the test board. Each test socket comprises: a base member configured for attachment to the test board with a first set of screws, wherein the base member has a central opening exposing a portion of the underlying test board; an anisotropic conductive film disposed within the central opening of the base member; a chip to be tested, disposed on the anisotropic conductive film within the central opening of the base member; and a cover member overlying the chip, attached to the base member with a second set of screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: VisEra Technologies Company Limited
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Shih-Ming Chen, Chien-Pang Lin, Ming-Hsun Sung
  • Publication number: 20090079461
    Abstract: A test board for wafer level semiconductor testing is disclosed. The test board comprises a plurality of wires and microelectronic devices; and a plurality of test sockets on an upper surface of the test board. Each test socket comprises: a base member configured for attachment to the test board with a first set of screws, wherein the base member has a central opening exposing a portion of the underlying test board; an anisotropic conductive film disposed within the central opening of the base member; a chip to be tested, disposed on the anisotropic conductive film within the central opening of the base member; and a cover member overlying the chip, attached to the base member with a second set of screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Shih-Ming Chen, Chien-Pang Lin, Ming-Hsun Sung
  • Publication number: 20090032681
    Abstract: A detector for detecting an image sensor is provided. The image sensor is electrically connected to a wafer via a contacting pad. The detector includes a parallel light source, a pin and a diffuser. The parallel light source radiates a parallel light. The pin is electrically connected to the contacting pad. The diffuser is disposed between the parallel light source and the pin. The parallel light from the parallel light source passes through the diffuser and then reaches the image sensor on the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Choy-Shin Cheong, Shih-Ming Chen, Li-Ming Chin, Shih-Hua Hsu
  • Publication number: 20080280382
    Abstract: A wafer-level test module is disclosed to include a base layer having multiple first apertures spaced from one another at a pitch corresponding to the pitch of the image sensor chips of an integrated circuit wafer, a cover layer having second apertures respectively axially aimed at the first apertures, and an optical layer sandwiched between the base layer and the cover layer having multiple optical lenses of which the optical axes pass through the first apertures and the second apertures, so that when one image capturing device of the image sensor chips of an integrated circuit wafer is adjusted to the image plane of one of the optical lenses and the wafer-level test module is set in alignment with the integrated circuit wafer horizontally and vertically, then the effective test light can be simultaneously projected onto the image capturing devices of the respective image sensor chips through the wafer-level test module to achieve an effective wafer-level test on multiple image sensor chips of the integrated
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES, COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Wei-Hua Lee
  • Patent number: 7414423
    Abstract: A wafer-level test module is disclosed to include a base layer having multiple first apertures spaced from one another at a pitch corresponding to the pitch of the image sensor chips of an integrated circuit wafer, a cover layer having second apertures respectively axially aimed at the first apertures, and an optical layer sandwiched between the base layer and the cover layer having multiple optical lenses of which the optical axes pass through the first apertures and the second apertures, so that when one image capturing device of the image sensor chips of an integrated circuit wafer is adjusted to the image plane of one of the optical lenses and the wafer-level test module is set in alignment with the integrated circuit wafer horizontally and vertically, then the effective test light can be simultaneously projected onto the image capturing devices of the respective image sensor chips through the wafer-level test module to achieve an effective wafer-level test on multiple image sensor chips of the integrated
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Visera Technologies, Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Wei-Hua Lee
  • Publication number: 20080169831
    Abstract: A chip test system including a probe card, a chip tray and a cover plate fastened on the chip tray. The chip tray comprises a socket, a chip contact area, an extension contact area, and an alignment contact point. The socket loads the testing chip and is customized for the tested chip. The chip contact area has a plurality of chip contact points to electrically contact the chip. The extension contact area has a plurality of extension contact points corresponding to the chip contact points to direct test signals into the chip and direct feedback signals out of the chip. The alignment point provides an alignment location for the probe card during the chip test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Yu-Kun Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20080136434
    Abstract: A wafer-level test module is disclosed to include a base layer having multiple first apertures spaced from one another at a pitch corresponding to the pitch of the image sensor chips of an integrated circuit wafer, a cover layer having second apertures respectively axially aimed at the first apertures, and an optical layer sandwiched between the base layer and the cover layer having multiple optical lenses of which the optical axes pass through the first apertures and the second apertures, so that when one image capturing device of the image sensor chips of an integrated circuit wafer is adjusted to the image plane of one of the optical lenses and the wafer-level test module is set in alignment with the integrated circuit wafer horizontally and vertically, then the effective test light can be simultaneously projected onto the image capturing devices of the respective image sensor chips through the wafer-level test module to achieve an effective wafer-level test on multiple image sensor chips of the integrated
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES, COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Lu, Wei-Hua Lee
  • Publication number: 20080122469
    Abstract: A probe card for testing an image-sensing chip includes a circuit board having a first surface, a second surface, and an opening cut through the first and second surfaces for the passing of a test light, a guide member, and probes. The guide member is mounted on the second surface of the circuit board and provided with through holes. The probes each have a first end respectively electrically connected to the circuit board adjacent to the opening and a second end respectively inserted through the through holes of the guide member to the outside of the guide member for electrically connecting contacts of an image-sensing chip to be tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES, COMPANY LTD.
    Inventor: Sheng-Feng Lu
  • Publication number: 20070151896
    Abstract: A packing member for packing a wafer container in a carton for transportation includes a rectangular frame which has a receiving space, at least one recess disposed at an outer side thereof opposite to the receiving space, and retaining portions respectively projecting from an inner side of the rectangular frame into the receiving space, and support elements respectively protruding over the top and bottom surfaces of the rectangular frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: VISERA TECHNOLOGIES, COMPANY LTD.
    Inventor: Sheng-Feng Lu