Patents Assigned to National Sun Yat-Sen University
  • Patent number: 9287501
    Abstract: A resistive random access memory includes an oxygen-poor layer disposed on a first electrode layer and formed by indium tin oxide, indium oxide, tin dioxide, or zinc oxide. An insulating layer is disposed on the oxygen-poor layer and is formed by silicon dioxide or hafnium oxide. A second electrode layer is disposed on the insulating layer. A method for producing a resistive random access memory includes preparing a first electrode layer. An oxygen-poor layer is then formed on the first electrode layer. The oxygen-poor layer is formed by indium tin oxide, indium oxide, tin dioxide, or zinc oxide. Next, an insulating layer is formed on the oxygen-poor layer. The insulating layer formed by silicon dioxide or hafnium oxide. A second electrode layer is then formed on the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ting-Chang Chang, Kuan-Chang Chang, Tsung-Ming Tsai, Chih-Hung Pan
  • Patent number: 9281411
    Abstract: A thin film transistor is disclosed in the present invention, including a substrate, a gate, an insulating layer, a source, a drain and an active layer. The gate is arranged on the substrate. The insulating layer is arranged on the gate. The source and the drain are arranged on the insulating layer. The active layer is arranged between the source and the drain, and is formed by a bottom layer, an intermediate layer and a top layer stacked together on the insulating layer. The conductivity of the intermediate layer is higher than that of the bottom layer, and the conductivity of the bottom layer is higher than that of the top layer. As such, the disadvantage of low carrier mobility as commonly seen in the conventional thin film transistor is overcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ting-Chang Chang, Ming-Yen Tsai, Tian-Yu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9276548
    Abstract: Provided are a stacked LC resonator and a band pass filter using the same. The stacked LC resonator includes a flat metal base layer; a plurality of spiral inductors disposed layer by layer, corresponding to the flat metal base layer; and a plurality of dielectric layers, formed between the spiral inductors, and between the flat metal base layer and the spiral inductor corresponding to the flat metal base layer. The band pass filter includes two resonators with symmetrical structures, wherein the spiral inductors of the two resonators are disposed corresponding to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Chien-Hsun Chen, Chien-Hsiang Huang, Sung-Mao Wu
  • Patent number: 9238620
    Abstract: The invention relates to uses of the sulfur-containing compound in inhibiting activities of a factor related to cancer metastasis and/or growth. Preferably, the invention relates to uses of the sulfur-containing compound in inhibiting lung cancer metastasis and/or growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chieh-Hsi Wu, Jyh-Horng Sheu, Chih-Yi Chen, Yi-Chung Chien, Shuo-Chueh Chen, Chun-Hsu Pan, Chiung-Yao Huang
  • Patent number: 9209472
    Abstract: A polymer of sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s (PAEs) and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A main structure of the PAEs has a first side formed by multi-phenyl glycol monomer and a second side formed by multi-phenyl dihalo monomer with an electron-withdrawing group. The glycol monomer and the dihalo monomer are reacted with each other by a nucleophilic displacement reaction, so as to form the main structure of the PAEs. A film made of the PAEs has a better size stability under a high water uptake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: National Sun Yat-sen University
    Inventors: Wen-yao Huang, Chun-Che Lee, Hsu-feng Lee, Steven Holdcroft
  • Patent number: 9147808
    Abstract: An III-nitride quantum well structure includes a GaN base, an InGaN layer and an InGaN covering layer. The GaN base includes a GaN buffering layer, a GaN post extending from the GaN buffering layer, and a GaN pyramid gradually expanding from the GaN post to form a mounting surface. The InGaN layer includes first and second coupling faces. The first coupling face is coupled with the mounting surface. The GaN covering layer includes first and second coupling faces. The first coupling face of the GaN covering layer is coupled with the second coupling face of the InGaN layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: I-Kai Lo, Yu-Chi Hsu, Cheng-Hung Shih, Wen-Yuan Pang, Ming-Chi Chou
  • Patent number: 9146212
    Abstract: A thread-based microfluidic guiding system is provided and includes a substrate, two fiber threads arranged on the substrate in a cross manner. The two fiber threads are used as physical guiding pathways to guide a sample fluid and a buffer fluid, respectively. The two fiber threads have capillary action, so that the sample fluid, the buffer fluid or a mixture fluid thereof can flow along fiber surfaces of the two fiber threads, which can be pre-treated by plasma. The thread-based microfluidic guiding system of the present invention is different from recessed microfluidic channel structures, and can simplify system structure, lower manufacture cost, accelerate detection operation and enhance detection sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Che-hsin Lin, Yi-chi Wei, Lung-min Fu, Yu-An Yang
  • Patent number: 9118362
    Abstract: A system for selecting a transmission mode under the multi-input multi-output (MIMO) architecture based on a scheduling number and a method thereof are provided. A modulation coding of the spatial diversity (SD) mode and the spatial multiplexing (SM) mode according to channel state information sent from client ends is determined, respectively. The SD mode or the SM mode is selected in accordance with a scheduling number of using the SD mode and a scheduling number of using the SM mode, respectively. The transmission mode is selected based on the spectrum utilization and the scheduling rate, which achieves improving the spectrum utilization on the premise of the scheduling rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiang Chen, Jenq Neng Hwang, Hsuan Jung Su, Chung Nan Lee
  • Publication number: 20150214900
    Abstract: A dual feedback low noise amplifier includes a negative-feedback capacitive mutual-coupled common-gate amplifier of parallel-input parallel-output (PIPO) composed of a first transistor, a second transistor, a first coupling capacitor and a second coupling capacitor and a positive-feedback common-gate amplifier of parallel-input parallel-output (PIPO) composed of the first transistor, the second transistor, a first transformer and a second transformer. By means of dual feedback, the transconductance gain of the dual feedback low noise amplifier is increased, and the noise figure of the dual feedback low noise amplifier is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Rong-Fu Ye, Jian-Ming Wu
  • Publication number: 20150207499
    Abstract: A frequency shift-keying reader circuit includes a band-pass filter, a low noise amplifier, a first balun, an injection-lock divide-by-2 frequency divider, a sub-harmonic mixer and a low-pass filter. The band-pass filter performs a filtering procedure to a radio frequency signal, wherein the filtered radio-frequency signal is received by the low noise amplifier to provide an injection signal, and the injection signal is received by the first balun to generate a first differential signal and a second differential signal. The injection signal is received by the injection-lock divide-by-2 frequency divider to provide a first oscillation signal and a second oscillation signal, wherein the first differential signal, the second differential signal, the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal are received by the sub-harmonic mixer for performing a mixing procedure and thereafter generating an output signal, the low-pass filter performs a filtering procedure to the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Rong-Fu Ye, Jian-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 9088272
    Abstract: A frequency shift-keying reader circuit includes a band-pass filter, a low noise amplifier, a first balun, an injection-lock divide-by-2 frequency divider, a sub-harmonic mixer and a low-pass filter. The band-pass filter performs a filtering procedure to a radio frequency signal, wherein the filtered radio-frequency signal is received by the low noise amplifier to provide an injection signal, and the injection signal is received by the first balun to generate a first differential signal and a second differential signal. The injection signal is received by the injection-lock divide-by-2 frequency divider to provide a first oscillation signal and a second oscillation signal, wherein the first differential signal, the second differential signal, the first oscillation signal and the second oscillation signal are received by the sub-harmonic mixer for performing a mixing procedure and thereafter generating an output signal, the low-pass filter performs a filtering procedure to the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Rong-Fu Ye, Jian-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 9079793
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical fiber includes melting an end of a crystal material and drawing the molten end of the crystal material to form a crystal filament. Conductive paint is coated on two surface sections of the crystal filament to form internal positive and negative electrodes not electrically connected to each other. The crystal filament is placed into a heat resistant tube that is heated until an outer layer of the crystal filament melts and adheres to an inner periphery of the heat resistant tube, with a center of the crystal filament remaining as a solid core. Conductive paint is adhered to two ends of the crystal filament to form external positive and negative electrodes electrically connected to the internal positive and negative electrodes, respectively. The optical fiber thus formed can serve as a photoelectric optical fiber for transmission of current signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jau-Sheng Wang, Yung-Hsin Tseng
  • Patent number: 9077077
    Abstract: A mobile communication device for operating in LTE and WWAN bands is provided in the invention. The mobile communication device includes a system circuit board and an antenna. The system circuit board includes a system ground plane. The antenna includes: an antenna substrate, substantially parallel to the system ground plane; a first radiation element, disposed on the antenna substrate; a second radiation element, disposed on the antenna substrate; an antenna ground plane, disposed on the antenna substrate, and coupled to the system ground plane; and a transmission line, disposed on the antenna substrate, coupled to the first and second radiation elements, and having a feed point. The mobile communication device is further configured to accommodate a data transmission component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: MEDIATEK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD., NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kin-Lu Wong, Ting-Wei Kang, Shih-Wei Hsieh, Wei Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9059519
    Abstract: A multi-input and multi-output antenna device is disclosed. The MIMO antenna device comprises two antennas symmetrically disposed on a substrate. Each antenna comprises a T-shaped feeding unit, a radiation unit and a ground unit. The T-shaped feeding unit and the radiation unit are disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The T-shaped feeding unit forms a strip portion and a top portion. The radiation unit has first and second ends. The radiation unit extends from the first end to the second end to form a rectangular region and a spacing. The first end extends parallel to the top portion. The ground unit is disposed along two sides of the strip portion and electrically coupled to the second end. The two strip portions of the two T-shaped feeding units are parallel to and aligned with each other. The two ground units are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ken-Huang Lin, Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Tzu-Chun Tang
  • Patent number: 9049080
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an injection-locked RF receiver having trifilar transformer splitter. The injection-locked RF receiver includes a trifilar transformer splitter, an injection-locked oscillator and a phase detector. The trifilar transformer splitter includes a primary winding, a secondary winding and a tertiary winding. RF input signal is input to the primary winding. The secondary winding outputs a first differential signal to the injection-locked oscillator. The tertiary winding outputs a second differential signal to the phase detector. Using the trifilar transformer splitter of the invention, the frequency-shift keying demodulation with high sensitivity is achieved, and the number of amplifier can be reduced so as to lower the power consumption of the injection-locked RF receiver and reduce the complexity of the involved system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tzyy-Sheng Horng, Rong-Fu Ye, Jian-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 9018336
    Abstract: A polymer of sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s (PAEs) and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A main structure of the PAEs has a first side formed by multi-phenyl glycol monomer and a second side formed by multi-phenyl dihalo monomer with an electron-withdrawing group. The glycol monomer and the dihalo monomer are reacted with each other by a nucleophilic displacement reaction, so as to form the main structure of the PAEs. A film made of the PAEs has a better size stability under a high water uptake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: National Sun Yat-sen University
    Inventors: Wen-yao Huang, Chun-Che Lee, Hsu-feng Lee, Steven Holdcroft
  • Publication number: 20150113228
    Abstract: A processor capable of storing trace data is disclosed. The processor includes a core adapted to execute programs, as well as a cache memory electrically connected to the core. The cache memory includes a core way and a trace way. The core way is adapted to store data that is required when the core executes the programs. The trace way is adapted to store data that is generated during debugging operations of the core. A control method of the processor is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: ING-JER HUANG, CHUN-HUNG LAI
  • Publication number: 20150102272
    Abstract: A silver compound having a silver complex structure composed of silver ion, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato, and diethylenetriamine is disclosed. A silver ink is prepared by the silver compound applied for inkjet printing of a flexible substrate. A method for inkjet printing of the flexible substrate comprises the steps of pre-heating the flexible substrate to the temperature of 60° C., inkjet printing the flexible substrate with the silver ink thereon, and heating the flexible substrate under a low temperature to form a thin film of silver conductive pattern thereon. The silver conductive pattern has excellent electrical conductivity and a resistance value proximate to that of a general silver slug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: National Sun Yat-sen University
    Inventors: Teng-yuan DONG, Chen-Ni Chen
  • Patent number: 8987407
    Abstract: A fuel cell catalyst layer having sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The manufacturing method includes steps of: providing at least one type of sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s; mixing the sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s with a catalyst composition to prepare a catalyst slurry; and coating the catalyst slurry to form a film which is dried to be an electrode catalyst layer, in which the weight ratio of the sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s is 5-50 wt %. The sulfonated poly(arylene ether)s in the electrode catalyst layer can provide good thermal stability, glass transition temperature, chemical resistance, mechanical properties, water impermeability, low proton transmission loss, and a relatively simple process to shorten the manufacturing time and lower the cost thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: National Sun Yat-sen University
    Inventors: Wen-yao Huang, Chun-Che Lee, Hsu-feng Lee, Steven Holdcroft
  • Patent number: 8983402
    Abstract: A transceiver with wake up detection includes a primary control unit, a transmission unit and a receiving unit, the transmission unit comprises a first logic set, a second logic set, a third logic set, a first loop, and a second loop. The first loop outputs a first differential signal, and the second loop outputs a second differential signal. The receiving unit comprises a wake up detection circuit having a first comparator, a second comparator and a fourth logic set. When the first comparator and the second comparator receive a first predetermined level of the first differential signal and a second predetermined level of the second differential signal, the fourth logic set outputs an idle state signal and a data signal to the primary control unit to make an operation mode of the transceiver switched from a low power mode to a normal mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: National Sun Yat-Sen University
    Inventors: Chua-Chin Wang, Chih-Lin Chen, Jie-Jyun Li, Gang-Neng Sung, Tai-Hao Yeh, Chun-Ying Juan, Zong-You Hou