Patents Assigned to National Taiwan University
  • Publication number: 20240233330
    Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound image detection system and a method thereof based on artificial intelligence (AI) automatic labeling of anatomical structures, including: a receiving module, an image recognition module having an object detection model, an image processing module and a display module, wherein the image recognition module utilizes the object detection model to perform object detection on the image to be recognized, which is received by the receiving module, and then obtains a plurality of object recognition images with object detection results. Then, the image processing module detects missed anatomical structures according to the object detection results of the plurality of object recognition images, thereby outputting an object detection image. Additionally, the display module displays the object detection image. Therefore, the anatomical structures in the ultrasound image can be automatically and instantly recognized by AI so as to provide accurate judgment basis for medical personnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wen-Shiang CHEN, Chung-Ping CHEN, Hsin-Yuan CHU
  • Patent number: 12029509
    Abstract: An endodontic robotic surgical system is provided. The endodontic robotic surgical system includes a robot arm and an endodontic robotic surgical assembly electrically connected to the robot arm. The endodontic robotic surgical assembly includes a multiple-axis force sensing device, a treatment assembly and an assistive device. The treatment assembly includes a housing, a drawstring-positioning structure disposed on the housing, a plurality of drawstrings connected to the drawstring-positioning structure, and an endodontic surgical element fitted to the housing. The drawstring-positioning structure is electrically connected to the multiple-axis force sensing device. The assistive device is adapted to be put on a tooth structure in a human oral cavity. The drawstrings are connected to different points on the assistive device. An endodontic robotic surgical assembly is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Chen, Yi-Chan Li, Hao-Fang Cheng
  • Patent number: 12033850
    Abstract: A device includes a conductive feature, a first dielectric layer, a via, an etch stop layer, a second dielectric layer, and a conductive line. The first dielectric layer is above the conductive feature. The via is in the first dielectric layer and above the conductive feature. The etch stop layer is above the first dielectric layer. A side surface of the etch stop layer is coterminous with a sidewall of the via. The second dielectric layer is above the etch stop layer. The conductive line is in the second dielectric layer and over the via. The conductive line is in contact with the side surface of the etch stop layer and a top surface of the etch stop layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chun-Yi Chou, Po-Hsien Cheng, Tse-An Chen, Miin-Jang Chen
  • Publication number: 20240212139
    Abstract: An automatic calculation method of gray-to-white-matter ratio for head computed tomography of patients with cardiac arrest is disclosed and includes an image registration step, a K-means segmentation step, a segmentation refinement step and a GWR calculation step. Measure the gray-white-matter ratio through brain computed tomography early after cardiac arrest to automatically identify the corpus callosum, caudate nucleus, putamen, and posterior branch of the internal brain cyst. It is a 3D three-dimensional structure rather than a manually selected flat circular area to evaluate the effectiveness of predicting neurological prognosis at discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Chien-Hua HUANG, Chien-Yu CHI, Liang-Wei WANG, Yu-Jen SU, Weichung WANG, Hsin-Han TSAI, Cheyu HSU
  • Publication number: 20240212732
    Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes a physical unclonable function (PUF) cell array. The PUF cell array includes multiple bit cells, and generates a PUF response output, in response to a challenge input, based on a data state of one bit cell in the bit cells. Each of the bit cells stores a bit data and includes a transistor having a control terminal coupled to a word line and a first terminal coupled to a source line, a first memory cell having a first terminal coupled to a first data line and a second terminal coupled to a second terminal of the transistor, and a second memory cell having a first terminal coupled to a second data line, different from the first data line, and a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first memory cell at the second terminal of the transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chia-Che CHUNG, Chia-Jung TSEN, Ya-Jui TSOU, Chee-Wee LIU
  • Publication number: 20240208806
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip with embedded microfluidic channels includes a semiconductor substrate, a circuit structure layer, a first microfluidic channel and a micro via hole. The circuit structure layer includes a first metal layer, a first insulation layer and a second metal layer sequentially disposed on a substrate surface of the semiconductor substrate along a stacking direction. A plurality of first bridge patterns penetrates the first insulation layer, and are each electrically connected to the first metal layer and/or the second metal layer. The first microfluidic channel and the micro via hole are embedded in the circuit structure layer. In the stacking direction, a first height of the first microfluidic channel is equal to a first thickness of the first metal layer. In any direction parallel to the substrate surface, a hole width of the micro via hole is equal to a pattern width of each of the first bridge patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Jun-Chau Chien, Wei-Yang Weng
  • Patent number: 12013513
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for generating an abrupt autofocusing beam, comprising a light source module, a metasurface phase modulating element, and a focus lens, wherein the light source module generates an incident light beam, the metasurface modulating element has a first optical receiving surface for receiving the incident light beam, and an optical emitting surface having a plurality of dielectric nano-structures formed thereon for modulating the incident light beam into a diffracted light beam wherein the plurality of nano-structures respectively corresponding to optical-phase mask patterns, and the focus lens is arranged at a side of the optical receiving surface for performing optical Fourier transform of the diffracted light beam obtained from the metasurface phase modulating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yuan Luo, Din Ping Tsai, Pan-Chyr Yang
  • Patent number: 12009054
    Abstract: A computing-in-memory circuitry includes multiple digital-to-analog converters, multiple computing arrays, and multiple charge processing networks. The digital-to-analog converters convert external data into input data and the digital-to-analog converters are connected in series with a corresponding plurality of output capacitor pairs. The computing arrays receive the input data from both ends and execute a computation to output a first computing value. The charge processing networks receive and accumulate the first computing values over a predetermined time interval through switching pairs in series with the output capacitor pairs. The charge processing networks evenly distribute charges of the first computing value to selected output capacitor pairs and compare voltage differences between two ends of the output capacitor pairs to output a second computing value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Ying-Tuan Hsu, Tsung-Te Liu, Tzi-Dar Chiueh
  • Patent number: 12007394
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of prognosis of thyroid cancer including obtaining an exosome from a subject who had received a therapy of thyroid cancer such as thyroidectomy, and detecting whether thyroglobulin is present in the exosome. Moreover, the present disclosure provides the use of urinary exosomal thyroglobulin in being a non-invasive, reproducible, convenient, serial, and accurate follow-up marker for patient with thyroid cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20240185105
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a pair of depletion gates, an accumulation gate, and a conductive resonator. The depletion gates are spaced apart from each other. The accumulation gate is over the depletion gates. The conductive resonator is over the depletion gates and the accumulation gate. The conductive resonator includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion and the second portion are on opposite sides of the accumulation gate. The third portion interconnects the first and second portions of the conductive resonator and across the depletion gates. A bottom surface of the first portion of the conductive resonator is lower than a bottom surface of the accumulation gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiun-Yun LI, Shih-Yuan CHEN, Yao-Chun CHANG, Ian HUANG, Chiung-Yu CHEN
  • Patent number: 11998564
    Abstract: The present invention is a cardioplegic solution that demonstrates better stability in pH, particulate matter formation and osmolality but at the same time demonstrates superior ability to preserve heart functions than currently available cardioplegic solutions. The cardioplegic solution comprises potassium (K+), magnesium (Mg2+), sodium (Na+), chloride (Cl?), gluconate, acetate, sulfate (SO42?), THAM and mannitol dissolved in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Yih-Sharng Chen, Li-Jiuan Shen, Mei-Hsin Lin, Heng-Wen Chou
  • Publication number: 20240178844
    Abstract: A method is provided, including: applying a magnetic field according to a two-qubit gate operation performed with a quantum device; transmitting a voltage signal to a gate structure, arranged above first and second quantum dots in the quantum device, to generate a coupling signal that includes a first sine squared wave; and performing, by the magnetic field and the coupling signal, the two-qubit gate operation to the first and second qubits in the first and second quantum dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hsi-Sheng GOAN, Chia-Hsien HUANG
  • Patent number: 11996451
    Abstract: Techniques in accordance with embodiments described herein are directed to semiconductor devices including a layer of aluminum nitride AlN or aluminum gallium nitride AlGaN as a ferroelectric layer and a method of making a thin film of AlN/AlGaN that possesses ferroelectric properties. In a ferroelectric transistor, a thin film of AlN/AlGaN that exhibits ferroelectric properties is formed between a gate electrode and a second semiconductor layer, e.g., of GaN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Miin-Jang Chen, Tzong-Lin Jay Shieh, Bo-Ting Lin
  • Publication number: 20240170059
    Abstract: A method of operating a memory cell includes the following steps. A first plurality of bias operations is performed to the memory cell using a first voltage, wherein the memory cell comprises a variable resistance pattern, and the first voltage of each cycle of the first plurality of bias operations has a same first polarity. The memory cell is determined whether reaches a fatigue threshold. After the determination determines that the memory cell reaches the fatigue threshold, a second plurality of bias operations is performed to the memory cell using a second voltage, wherein the second voltage of each cycle of the second plurality of bias operations has a same second polarity, and the second polarity is opposite to the first polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, National Taiwan Normal University
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu HSIANG, Min-Hung LEE
  • Publication number: 20240165233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing localized fat deposits in a subject in need thereof in need thereof by topically treating the subject with rare-earth element doped calcium carbonate particles in combination with low-intensity ultrasound. The rare-earth element doped calcium carbonate particles have good biocompatibility and can increase reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and produce carbon dioxide (CO2) and calcium ions (Ca2+) in the region of administration under the ultrasonic irradiation. The method of the present invention is effective in inducing adipocyte necrosis, inhibiting adipogenesis, and decreasing body weight and useful for body sculpture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: National Health Research Institutes, National United University, National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Feng-Huei LIN, Gin-Shin CHEN, Ping-Yu SHIH, Ching-Yun CHEN, Li-Ze LIN, Che-Yung KUAN, Zhi-Yu CHEN, I-Hsuan YANG
  • Patent number: 11986285
    Abstract: A disease diagnosing method and a disease diagnosing system are provided in the disclosure. The disease diagnosing method includes: obtaining continuous images of a body skin and generating a time domain signal according to an average pixel value of a region of interest in each frame of the continuous images; transforming the time domain signal to a frequency domain signal and combining the time domain signal and the frequency domain signal to a time frequency signal; retrieving multiple first features of a first high dimensional space of the time frequency signal to obtain multiple second features of a second high dimensional space; and use the second features as feature vectors to map to a high dimension feature space, and classifying the second features as one of the multiple categories of a disease corresponding to the region of interest in the body skin according to a hyperplane of the high dimension feature space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Hao-Ming Hsiao, Hsien-Li Kao, Mao-Shin Lin, Chung-Yuan Hsu
  • Publication number: 20240153992
    Abstract: A device includes a first channel structure, a second channel structure, and a gate structure. The first channel structure connects a first source region and a first drain region, and includes alternating stacking first semiconductor layers and second semiconductor layers. The second semiconductor layers have a width smaller than a width of the first semiconductor layers. The second channel structure connects a second source region and a second drain region. The second channel structure includes alternating stacking third semiconductor layers and fourth semiconductor layers. The fourth semiconductor layers have a width smaller than a width of the third semiconductor layers. The gate structure wraps around the first and second channel structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hung-Yu YE, Yu-Shiang HUANG, Chien-Te TU, Chee-Wee LIU
  • Patent number: 11974506
    Abstract: A spin-orbit torque device is disclosed, which includes: a magnetic layer; and a non-magnetic layer adjacent to the magnetic layer and comprising a spin-Hall material, wherein the spin-Hall material comprises NixCu1-x alloy, and x is in a range from 0.4 to 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Po-Hsun Wu, Ssu-Yen Huang, Chia-Ling Chien, Danru Qu
  • Patent number: 11967351
    Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes a physical unclonable function (PUF) cell array. The PUF cell array includes multiple bit cells, and generates a PUF response output, in response to a challenge input, based on a data state of one bit cell in the bit cells. Each of the bit cells stores a bit data and includes a transistor having a control terminal coupled to a word line and a first terminal coupled to a source line, a first memory cell having a first terminal coupled to a first data line and a second terminal coupled to a second terminal of the transistor, and a second memory cell having a first terminal coupled to a second data line, different from the first data line, and a second terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first memory cell at the second terminal of the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chia-Che Chung, Chia-Jung Tsen, Ya-Jui Tsou, Chee-Wee Liu
  • Patent number: 11964428
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bottom plate of a resin tank for three-dimensional printing, which is manufactured through the following steps: substrate surface roughening step: treating the upper surface of a transparent substrate by using a plasma, or disposing a composite film on the upper surface of the transparent substrate to form a non-smooth surface structure having pores; substrate surface modification step: sequentially performing an activation treatment and a fluorination treatment on the upper surface of the transparent substrate; and stabilizer filling step: applying a stabilizer to the upper surface of the transparent substrate to fill the stabilizer penetrates into the pores on the upper surface of the transparent substrate. The low surface energy film reduces the adhesion of the hardened photosensitive material, and the stabilizer maintains the structure of the low surface energy film, so that the resin tank bottom plate has both oleophobic and hydrophobic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jeng-Ywan Jeng, Ming-Hua Ho, Ping-Hsun Tsai