Patents Represented by Attorney J.C. Patents
  • Patent number: 8338235
    Abstract: A package process is provided. The package process includes: disposing a semiconductor substrate on a carrier, wherein the semiconductor substrate has plural contacts at a side facing the carrier; thinning the semiconductor substrate from a back side of the semiconductor substrate and then forming plural through silicon vias in the thinned semiconductor substrate; forming plural first pads on the semiconductor substrate, wherein the first pads respectively connected to the through silicon vias; bonding plural chips to the semiconductor substrate, wherein the chips are electrically connected to the corresponding pads; forming a molding compound on the semiconductor substrate to cover the chips and the first pads; separating the semiconductor substrate and the carrier and then forming plural solder balls on the semiconductor substrate; and sawing the molding compound and the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Meng-Jen Wang
  • Patent number: 8338960
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photomask is described. The graphic data of the photomask are provided, and than an optical proximity correction is performed to the graphic data. A process rule check is then performed to the graphic data with the optical proximity correction. When at least one failed pattern not passing the process rule check is found in the graphic data, a repair procedure is performed only to the failed pattern so that the failed pattern can pass the process rule check. The patterns of the photomask are then formed according to the corrected and repaired graphic data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ling-Chieh Lin, Chien-Fu Lee, I-Hsiung Huang
  • Patent number: 8338250
    Abstract: A memory device is described, including a substrate, data storage structures over the substrate, control gates over the data storage structures, and a dielectric layer between the data storage structures and the control gates, wherein each data storage structure includes a lower part and an upper part narrower than the lower part. A process for fabricating the memory device is also described, wherein formation of the data storage structures includes recessing portions of a data storage layer to form respective upper parts of the data storage structures and then dividing the recessed portions of the data storage layer to form respective lower parts of the data storage structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chu-Ming Ma, Tian-Shuan Luo
  • Patent number: 8336872
    Abstract: A paper feeding module including a first shaft, a first ring-shape structure, a paper picking roller and a paper feeding roller is provided. The first shaft has a first stopping block. The first ring-shape structure rotatably covers the first shaft and has a second stopping block and a third stopping block, wherein the first shaft drives the first ring-shape structure to rotate while the second stopping block is pushed by the first stopping block. The paper picking roller rotatably covers the first shaft and is located on the paper feeding path, and has a fourth stopping block, wherein the first ring-shape structure drives the paper picking roller to rotate while the fourth stopping block is pushed by the third stopping block. The paper feeding roller is disposed on the paper feeding path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Shi-Ze Liu
  • Patent number: 8334182
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a non-volatile memory is provided. The method comprises steps of providing a substrate. Thereafter, a plurality of first doped regions are formed in the substrate and then a plurality of trenches are formed in a portion of the first doped regions. A plurality of second doped regions are formed in a portion of the substrate under the bottoms of the trenches respectively. Then, a charge storage layer is formed conformal to a surface of the substrate and a conductive layer is formed over the substrate, wherein the conductive layer covers the charge storage layer and fills in the trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chao-I Wu
  • Patent number: 8333461
    Abstract: An ink cartridge for an inkjet printer is provided. The ink cartridge includes a light detection portion, a first triangular prism and a second triangular prism, made of transparent material and disposed on the light detection portion, for receiving, deflecting, or refracting light emitted by a light emitting element on the printer. Two surfaces of the second triangular prism contact ink in the ink cartridge. When the ink cartridge has ink contained therein and is installed into a printer, the light emitted by the light emitting element is totally reflected by the first triangular prism and refracted by the second triangular prism into the ink, and will not be received by a light receiving element on the printer. When the ink in the ink cartridge is exhausted, the light is totally reflected by the second triangular prism onto the first triangular prism, and then is reflected onto the light receiving element, and thus the printer detects that the ink is exhausted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Zhuhai Ninestar Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Qin, Xiuyuan Xu, Xiaotian Ma
  • Patent number: 8332576
    Abstract: A data reading method suitable for a flash memory storage system having a flash memory is provided, wherein the flash memory is substantially divided into a plurality of blocks and these blocks are grouped into at least a data area and a spare area. The data reading method includes: respectively determining whether the blocks in the data area are frequently read blocks; allocating a buffer storage area corresponding to the frequently read block and copying data stored in the frequently read block to the buffer storage area; and reading the data from the buffer storage area corresponding to the frequently read block when the data stored in the frequently read block is to be read. As described above, data loss caused by read disturb can be effectively prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Phison Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chien-Hua Chu, Wei-Chen Teo
  • Patent number: 8330178
    Abstract: A light emitted diode (LED) package structure and an LED package process are provided. The LED package structure comprises a carrier, a spacer, at least one LED chip, a junction coating, a plurality of phosphor particles, and an encapsulant. The spacer is disposed on the carrier and provided with a reflective layer covering a top surface of the spacer. The LED chip is disposed on the reflective layer and electrically connected to the carrier. The junction coating is disposed over the spacer and covers the LED chip. The phosphor particles are distributed within the junction coating. The encapsulant is disposed on the carrier and encapsulates the LED chip, the spacer and the junction coating. Uniform light output and high illuminating efficiency can be obtained by the phosphor particles uniformly distributed in the junction coating. The junction coating is formed by package level dispensing process to reduce the fabrication cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyunsoo Jeong, Seongoo Lee, Ryungshik Park, Hyunil Lee
  • Patent number: 8330516
    Abstract: A start circuit adapted to start a reference circuit including a plurality of bias nodes is provided. The start circuit includes a current source, a current mirror, a load device, and a control device. The current source determines whether or not to generate an internal current according to a plurality of bias voltages on a part of the bias nodes. The current mirror duplicates the internal current to produce a mirrored current. The load device adjusts a control voltage according to the mirrored current. The control device determines whether or not to generate a start voltage according to the control voltage, and transmits the start voltage to one of the part of the bias nodes, so as to break the reference circuit away from a zero-current state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Wei-Kai Tseng
  • Patent number: 8331774
    Abstract: A fan controlling circuit is provided. The fan controlling circuit includes an integral unit, an operational amplifier, a PMOS transistor, and an NMOS transistor. The integral unit transforms pulse width modulation (PWM) signals to voltages, and transmits the voltages to positive and negative input terminals of the operational amplifier. The PMOS transistor is coupled between a first PWM signal and an output terminal, and a gate of the PMOS transistor is coupled to an output of the operational amplifier. The NMOS transistor is coupled between a second PWM signal and the output terminal, and a gate of the NMOS transistor is coupled to the output of the operational amplifier. The fan controlling circuit may be formed by discrete elements and use a same voltage source as fans, so that the design cost and complexity are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Tin-Chen Ko, Po-Hsueh Huang
  • Patent number: 8323877
    Abstract: A patterning method and a method for fabricating a dual damascene opening are described, wherein the patterning method includes following steps. An organic layer, a silicon-containing mask layer and a patterned photoresist layer are formed on a material layer in sequence. The silicon-containing mask layer is removed using the patterned photoresist layer as a mask. A reactive gas is used for conducting an etching step so as to remove the organic layer with the silicon-containing mask layer as a mask, wherein the reactive gas contains no oxygen species. The material layer is removed using the organic layer as a mask, so that an opening is formed in the material layer. The organic layer is then removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ming-Da Hsieh, Yu-Tsung Lai, Jiunn-Hsiung Liao
  • Patent number: 8323750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a UV irradiation assisted method of surface modification, which comprises: introducing a functional group L onto the surface of a polymer material P through the photochemical reaction of a photosensitive group X under UV irradiation, wherein the photosensitive group X comprises at least one xanthone unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Beijing Wanhexinyuan BioTechnology Co., Ltd., Beijing University of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Wantai Yang, Zhenhua Huang, Yanhe Tong, Lei Shao
  • Patent number: 8325304
    Abstract: A first substrate and a second substrate are provided. An alignment process is performed on a surface of the first substrate and a surface of the second substrate respectively. A liquid crystal mixture is prepared, where the liquid crystal mixture includes a liquid crystal molecule and a liquid crystal monomer having a functional group of diacrylates, and the liquid crystal monomer having the functional group of diacrylates occupies 0.01-2 wt % of the liquid crystal mixture. The first substrate and the second substrate are assembled, and the liquid crystal mixture is filled therebetween. A polymerization curing process is performed such that the liquid crystal monomer having the functional group of diacrylates is polymerized to respectively form a liquid crystal polymer film on the aligned surfaces of the first and second substrates. The method enhances anchoring energy and reduces problems of V-T shift, surface gliding, and residual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Taiwan TFT LCD Association, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., AU Optronics Corporation, Hannstar Display Corporation, Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation, Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Cho-Ying Lin, Ding-Jen Chen, Hui-Min Lin, Yang-Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 8325002
    Abstract: A variety of power inductor structures are obtained by arranging a magnetic material block between a plurality of wires and a plurality of bond fingers or bond finger pairs. The power inductor structure can provide high inductance and high currents and at the same time afford smaller sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Sungmook Lim, Yunjae Chong, Sungmo Kang
  • Patent number: 8319137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum switch tube, which includes a first contact and a second contact disposed on conductive rods respectively. The two contacts are disposed facing each other. The two contacts are cylinders and include conductive members and magnetic members to form contact bodies. The cross section shape of the magnetic members is divided by a neutrality line into two unequal regions. The magnetic member of the first contact and the conductive member of the second contact are disposed corresponding to each other. The conductive member of the first contact and the magnetic member of the second contact are disposed corresponding to each other. The two vacuum switch contacts are anti-symmetrically disposed, such that a rotating magnetic field having rotating lines of magnetic force is formed, so that re-ignition possibility during voltage breaking is effectively reduced, and an arc voltage is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Beijing Orient Vacuum Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianchang Ren
  • Patent number: 8321053
    Abstract: A flexible two-wheeled self-balancing robot system and its motion control method include a main controller 1, a motion controller 2, an assistant controller 3, two servo drivers 4, sensors, input/output devices, two DC motors 5 and a power supply system; a camera is installed on truck's top board 11, a tilt-meter and a gyro are installed both in truck 6 and chassis 8. Truck 6 and chassis 8 are connected with an elastic joint in which is installed a two-arm torsion spring and a cylindrical spring; the main controller 1 is connected to the motion controller 2, the assistant controller 3 and input/output devices. The user commands received by the main controller 1 are immediate commands or stored commands; through main controller 1 running the motion behavior decision algorithm, the motion controller 2 running the motion balancing control algorithm, and the servo drives 4 controlling the torques of the motors 5, locomotion on plane and remote control of the robot can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Beijing University of Technology
    Inventors: Xiaogang Ruan, Xinyuan Li, Honggui Han, Jianwei Zhao, Naigong Yu, Hongge Ren, Jianxian Cai
  • Patent number: 8319915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal on silicon imager. The imager includes a backplane substrate, a reflective polarization electrode array, a planar liquid crystal cell, a transparent conductive film and a transparent plate. The reflective polarization electrode array is placed onto the backplane substrate, consists of a plurality of reflective polarization electrodes, and a pattern of each of the reflective polarization electrodes is configured in a planar arrangement having regularly spaced and electrically isolated gaps in parallel to each other. The planar liquid crystal cell is placed above the reflective polarization electrode array. The transparent conductive film is placed above the planar liquid crystal cell. The transparent plate is placed on the transparent conductive film and facing incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Shanghai Lexvu Opto Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Herb He Huang
  • Patent number: 8317068
    Abstract: The bicycle carrier rack includes a main frame, a swaying frame and an adjustment device. The main frame stands vertically, combined with the swaying frame by the adjustment device. Fixed at the bottom portion of the main frame is a positioning rack to connect with a vehicle or a trailer. Two positioning holes are bored in the main frame. The swaying frame is combined with the main frame by the adjustment device, having a positioning member and a positioning projection employed to primarily position with positioning holes of the main frame. The adjustment device has a shell, and a movable element installed in the shell to co-work with the positioning member of the swaying frame. With a starting element to control the movable element, the adjustment device can work to alter the combined status of the main frame and the swaying frame, enabling the bicycle carrier rack unfolded or folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hern Juei Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Shu Huang
  • Patent number: D671232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Yoshinobu, Toshiya Tanaka, Cherry Kou
  • Patent number: D671234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Junichiro Yamamoto, Shigeru Motoki