Patents by Inventor Sheng-Ta Lin

Sheng-Ta 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).

  • Publication number: 20240055371
    Abstract: Embodiments include a crack stopper structure surrounding an embedded integrated circuit die, and the formation thereof. The crack stopper structure may include multiple layers separated by a fill layer. The layers of the crack stopper may include multiple sublayers, some of the sublayers providing adhesion, hardness buffering, and material gradients for transitioning from one layer of the crack stopper structure to another layer of the crack stopper structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Der-Chyang Yeh, Kuo-Chiang Ting, Yu-Hsiung Wang, Chao-Wen Shih, Sung-Feng Yeh, Ta Hao Sung, Cheng-Wei Huang, Yen-Ping Wang, Chang-Wen Huang, Sheng-Ta Lin, Li-Cheng Hu, Gao-Long Wu
  • Patent number: 11880515
    Abstract: A touch pad structure including a carrier, a frame, a touch pad, a switch and four first springs is provided. The frame is disposed above the carrier. The touch pad is disposed on the frame, and the frame is located between the carrier and the touch pad. The switch is disposed on the touch pad and penetrates through the frame and thus faces the carrier. The first springs are distributed at a peripheral of the touch pad. Two opposite ends of each of the first springs respectively contact the carrier and the frame. Two longest connecting lines between the first springs are defined as a first connecting line and a second connecting line. The switch is seated on an intersection point of the first connecting line and the second connecting line. An electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Tsung-Ju Chiang
  • Patent number: 11847313
    Abstract: A touch method applied to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchpad and a screen, the touchpad has a plurality of operating functions. The touch method includes: receiving an input gesture through the touchpad; determining whether the input gesture matches with a preset gesture command or not; maintaining an original setting of the touchpad, in response to the input gesture does not match with the preset gesture command; dividing the touchpad into a non-dominant hand operating area and a dominant hand operating area in response to the input gesture matches with the preset gesture command, and after receiving a selecting command in the non-dominant hand operating area, selecting one of the operating functions according to the selecting command; and executing selected the operating function in the dominant hand operation area. An electronic device for executing the touch method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC
    Inventors: Jau-Yi Wu, Sheng-Ta Lin
  • Patent number: 11644905
    Abstract: A keyboard module, adapted to an electronic device, is provided. The keyboard module includes a bottom plate, a flexible circuit layer, a first key structure and a second key structure. The bottom plate includes a first area and a second area. The flexible circuit layer covers the first area and the second area. A first key structure is arranged at the position of the flexible circuit layer corresponding to the first area. A second key structure is arranged at the position of the flexible circuit layer corresponding to the second area. The height of the first key structure is greater than the height of the second key structure. An electronic device with the keyboard module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Jen Chung, Sheng-Ta Lin, Chin-Chung Lai
  • Patent number: 11630872
    Abstract: An internet data collection method includes steps of receiving a collecting instruction, the collecting instruction corresponds to target data that marked on a web page; retrieving a web address corresponding to the web page and the location information of the target data on the web page; and storing the web address and the location information as a tag to an operating end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Jau-Yi Wu, Sheng-Ta Lin
  • Publication number: 20220270944
    Abstract: Provided is a package structure and an antenna structure. The package structure includes a die; a first encapsulant, laterally encapsulating the die; a first redistribution structure, disposed on the first encapsulant and the die; a second encapsulant, disposed on the first redistribution structure; an antenna pattern, embedded in the second encapsulant and electrically connected to the first redistribution structure; and a dielectric layer, covering the antenna pattern, wherein an upper surface of the second encapsulant is exposed by the dielectric layer, and a laser mark is formed within the upper surface of the second encapsulant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Chun-Lin Lu, Kai-Chiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11362009
    Abstract: Provided is a package structure and a method of fabricating the same. The package structure includes a die; a first encapsulant, laterally encapsulating the die; a first redistribution structure, disposed on the first encapsulant and the die; a second encapsulant, disposed on the first redistribution structure; an antenna pattern, embedded in the second encapsulant and electrically connected to the first redistribution structure; and a dielectric layer, covering the antenna pattern, wherein an upper surface of the second encapsulant is exposed by the dielectric layer, and a laser mark is formed within the upper surface of the second encapsulant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Chun-Lin Lu, Kai-Chiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20220157677
    Abstract: Provided is a package structure and a method of fabricating the same. The package structure includes a die; a first encapsulant, laterally encapsulating the die; a first redistribution structure, disposed on the first encapsulant and the die; a second encapsulant, disposed on the first redistribution structure; an antenna pattern, embedded in the second encapsulant and electrically connected to the first redistribution structure; and a dielectric layer, covering the antenna pattern, wherein an upper surface of the second encapsulant is exposed by the dielectric layer, and a laser mark is formed within the upper surface of the second encapsulant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Chun-Lin Lu, Kai-Chiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11287755
    Abstract: A lithography system and a cleaning method thereof are provided. The lithography system includes a light source generator. The light source generator includes a collector, a droplet generator and a droplet catcher. The droplet generator and the droplet catcher are facing each other, and disposed at a region surrounding the collector. The cleaning method includes: shifting the droplet generator out of the light source generator via a port of the light source generator; inserting a shove assembly into the light source generator via the port; using a borescope attached to the shovel assembly to identify a location of a deposit formed by droplets generated by the droplet generator; using the shovel assembly to remove and collect the deposit; and withdrawing the shovel assembly along with the borescope from the light source generator via the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Li-Jui Chen, Shang-Chieh Chien
  • Publication number: 20220083152
    Abstract: A keyboard module, adapted to an electronic device, is provided. The keyboard module includes a bottom plate, a flexible circuit layer, a first key structure and a second key structure. The bottom plate includes a first area and a second area. The flexible circuit layer covers the first area and the second area. A first key structure is arranged at the position of the flexible circuit layer corresponding to the first area. A second key structure is arranged at the position of the flexible circuit layer corresponding to the second area. The height of the first key structure is greater than the height of the second key structure. An electronic device with the keyboard module is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Chung-Jen CHUNG, Sheng-Ta LIN, Chin-Chung LAI
  • Publication number: 20220066630
    Abstract: A touch method applied to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touchpad and a screen, the touchpad has a plurality of operating functions. The touch method includes: receiving an input gesture through the touchpad; determining whether the input gesture matches with a preset gesture command or not; maintaining an original setting of the touchpad, in response to the input gesture does not match with the preset gesture command; dividing the touchpad into a non-dominant hand operating area and a dominant hand operating area in response to the input gesture matches with the preset gesture command, and after receiving a selecting command in the non-dominant hand operating area, selecting one of the operating functions according to the selecting command; and executing selected the operating function in the dominant hand operation area. An electronic device for executing the touch method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jau-Yi WU, Sheng-Ta LIN
  • Publication number: 20220050537
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a body and a touch pad. The body includes a surface. The touch pad is disposed on the surface. The touch pad includes a flat region and a first declined region. The first declined region extends from the flat region to an edge of the surface, and the first declined region is inclined downward from the flat region with a first inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jau-Yi WU, Sheng-Ta LIN
  • Publication number: 20210373759
    Abstract: A touch operation method, applied to a touch device, and the touch device includes a touchpad. The touchpad includes a plurality of operation modes and is adapted for placing an external trigger member. The touch operation method includes: detecting a placement location or a coverage area of the external trigger member on the touchpad; defining an operable area on the touchpad according to the placement location or the coverage area; determining the target operation mode corresponding to the external trigger member among the operation modes; and executing the target operation mode in the operable area. A touch device is also provided to execute the touch operation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jau-Yi WU, Sheng-Ta LIN
  • Publication number: 20210349951
    Abstract: An internet data collection method includes steps of receiving a collecting instruction, the collecting instruction corresponds to target data that marked on a web page; retrieving a web address corresponding to the web page and the location information of the target data on the web page; and storing the web address and the location information as a tag to an operating end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jau-Yi WU, Sheng-Ta LIN
  • Patent number: 11071191
    Abstract: An extreme ultraviolet radiation source is provided, including a vessel and a gas scrubber. The vessel has a gas inlet from which a cleaning gas is supplied into the vessel and a gas outlet from which the cleaning gas exits the vessel. The gas scrubber is disposed within the vessel, arranged such that the cleaning gas leaves the vessel through the gas outlet after flowing through the gas scrubber. The gas scrubber has a number of gas passages to allow the cleaning gas to flow through, and the sizes of the gas passages vary according to the distance between each of the gas passages and the gas outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chi Yang, Sheng-Ta Lin, Shang-Chieh Chien, Li-Jui Chen, Po-Chung Cheng
  • Patent number: 11054934
    Abstract: An electronic device including a touch input unit, a display unit, and a control unit is provided. The touch input unit includes a first default input function. The display unit is configured to display a default interface or a first interface. The first interface is corresponding to the first default input function. The control unit is electrically connected to the touch input unit and the display unit for controlling the display unit to be switched from the default interface to the first interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Chih-Wen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20210191284
    Abstract: A lithography system and a cleaning method thereof are provided. The lithography system includes a light source generator. The light source generator includes a collector, a droplet generator and a droplet catcher. The droplet generator and the droplet catcher are facing each other, and disposed at a region surrounding the collector. The cleaning method includes: shifting the droplet generator out of the light source generator via a port of the light source generator; inserting a shove assembly into the light source generator via the port; using a borescope attached to the shovel assembly to identify a location of a deposit formed by droplets generated by the droplet generator; using the shovel assembly to remove and collect the deposit; and withdrawing the shovel assembly along with the borescope from the light source generator via the port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Li-Jui Chen, Shang-Chieh Chien
  • Patent number: D947206
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Chih-Wen Hsieh
  • Patent number: D951243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Ta Lin, Chih-Wen Hsieh
  • Patent number: D956081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Chieh Cheng, Chia-Fan Hou, Sheng-Ta Lin, Ya-Ting Chen, Chun-Tsai Yeh, Yi-Ou Wang, Chien-Chih Tseng