Patents Assigned to National Yunlin University of Science and Technology
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Patent number: 8557688Abstract: A method for fabricating a P-type polycrystalline silicon-germanium structure comprises steps: forming an aluminum layer and an amorphous germanium layer on a P-type monocrystalline silicon substrate in sequence; annealing the P-type monocrystalline silicon substrate, the aluminum layer and the amorphous germanium layer at a temperature of 400-650° C.; and undertaking an aluminum-induced crystallization process in which germanium atoms of the amorphous germanium layer and silicon atoms of the P-type monocrystalline silicon substrate simultaneously pass through the aluminum layer and then the amorphous germanium layer being induced and converted into a P-type polycrystalline silicon-germanium layer between the P-type monocrystalline silicon substrate and the aluminum layer. The present invention is a simple, reliable and low-cost method to fabricate a P-type polycrystalline silicon-germanium layer on a P-type monocrystalline silicon substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jian-Yang Lin, Pai-Yu Chang
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Patent number: 8558540Abstract: In A method for measuring a dimensionless coupling constant of a magnetic structure includes the following steps. A step of applying an external vertical magnetic field is performed for enabling magnetic moments of a RE-TM (Rare Earth-Transition metal) alloy magnetic layer of the magnetic structure to be vertical and saturated. A step of measuring a compensation temperature is performed when the sum of the magnetization of the RE-TM alloy magnetic layer is zero. A step of applying an external parallel magnetic field to the RE-TM alloy magnetic layer is performed. A step of adjusting the temperature of the magnetic structure to the compensation temperature and measuring a hysteresis loop of the magnetic structure under the external parallel magnetic field is performed, wherein the inverse of the slope of hysteresis loop is a dimensionless coupling constant.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Te-Ho Wu, Lin-Hsiu Ye, Ying-Chuen Luo
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Patent number: 8553953Abstract: An endoscopic navigation method includes the steps of: receiving an image from an endoscopic navigation system; performing image classification to determined whether the image is usable; performing a first image process on the image to filter out dark areas of the image to produce a first processed image; performing a first determination procedure to identify the dark areas of the first processed image; producing a first result image for indicating lumen direction; performing a second image process to filter out fold curves of the image to produce a second processed image when there is no dark area in the image; performing a second determination procedure to identify the fold curves of the second processed image; producing a second result image for indicating lumen direction according to the fold curves; and outputting the first or the second result image to a display device to assist users in operating the photographic device.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Tsung-Chun Lee, Syu-Jyun Peng, Hsuan-Ting Chang, Hsiu-Po Wang
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Patent number: 8550640Abstract: An antiglare film with various inner and outer haze includes a transparent substrate, and an antiglare coating layer formed by coating an antiglare coating solution on the transparent substrate. The antiglare coating solution further includes a resin, resin-philic light-scattering particles and resin-phobic light-scattering particles. The resin-philic light-scattering particles and the resin-phobic light-scattering particles respectively have different functional groups on the surfaces thereof. The resin-philic light-scattering particles do not repel the resin and thus are distributed inside the antiglare coating layer. The resin-phobic light-scattering particles repel the resin and thus are distributed on the surface of the antiglare coating layer, so that the inner and outer haze of an antiglare film can be effectively controlled via adjusting the proportion of the resin-phobic to resin-philic light-scattering particles.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Bo-Tau Liu, Ya-Tsun Teng
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Publication number: 20130250483Abstract: An electrode including a substrate and a complex metal oxide film deposited on the surface of the substrate. The complex metal oxide film includes manganese oxide, cobalt oxide, and zinc oxide. A main component of the complex metal oxide film is manganese oxide. The stability of the electrode is enhanced by adding little amount of cobalt oxide and zinc oxide. Furthermore, a method relates to fabricate the electrode. The method utilizes a dry process, simpler one-step radio frequency magnetron sputtering to fabricate the electrode of the present invention. The process can reduce residual impurities in the electrode and then prevent the electrochemical capacitor and cell from explosion. Moreover, an electrochemical capacitor and a cell relates to of the above electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Chuen-Chang Lin, Jhang-Hao Jhan
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Patent number: 8542053Abstract: A high-linearity testing stimulus signal generator comprises a signal collection unit receiving an input current signal, a waveform conversion unit connecting with the signal collection unit, a first voltage-to-current conversion unit connecting with the waveform conversion unit, a delay unit connecting with the waveform conversion unit, a second voltage-to-current conversion unit connecting with the delay unit, a current comparison unit connecting respectively with the first voltage-to-current conversion unit and the second voltage-to-current conversion unit, an error calculation unit connecting with the current comparison unit, and a compensation unit connecting with the error calculation unit. The above-mentioned structure forms a feedback mechanism to perform compensation adjustment to promote the linearity of the output signals. Thus, the present invention can generate high-accuracy testing stimulus signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Chun-Wei Lin, Yi-Cang Wu
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Patent number: 8441649Abstract: A multi-beam interferometer displacement measuring system has a light source module, a resonator module and a detecting device. The light source module has an emitter and a polaroid sheet. The emitter emits a non-polarizing beam. The polaroid sheet receives and transforms the non-polarizing beam into a polarizing beam. The resonator module receives the polarizing beam and has a coated glass panel, a corner cube prism and a wave-delay plate. The coated glass panel receives and reflects the polarizing beam. The corner cube prism receives and reflects the polarizing beam to the coated glass panel to form a resonant cavity. The wave-delay plate is mounted between the coated glass panel and the corner cube prism to receive the polarizing beam. The detecting device faces the coated glass panel to receive the interferential stripes formed in the resonator module and has a polarizing beam splitter, two power detectors and a signal processor.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Yung-Cheng Wang, Lih-Horng Shyu, Chung-Ping Chang, Pi-Cheng Tung
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Patent number: 8435652Abstract: A magnetic stack structure is disclosed. The magnetic stack structure includes two metal layers and a free layer sandwiched by the two metal layers. The thickness of the free layer is 1-30 nm. The thickness of the metal layers are 0.1-20 nm respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Te-Ho Wu, Lin-Hsiu Ye, Ching-Ming Lee
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Patent number: 8422538Abstract: A channel estimation method for an OFDM relaying system, which is based on an EM algorithm and applied to an AF OFDM relaying system, wherein channels from a source node to a relaying system and from the relaying system to the destination node in a wireless communication system are respectively estimated at the destination node. The channel estimation method of the present invention comprises steps of: constructing a system model; setting an expectation function; performing maximization processing; and performing iteration. The method of the present invention respectively estimates the channels from the source node to the relaying system and from the relaying system to the destination node, whereby are optimally combined the signals of the direct path (source-to-destination) and the signals of the relay path (source-to-relay and relay-to-destination) at the destination node.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventor: Jeng-Shin Sheu
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Patent number: 8416869Abstract: In a peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction method for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system based on path finding, the method applied to the OFDM system uses an ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm and a PTS to reduce a PAPR value, and an area of a computing circuit. In a simulated result, the method can reduce the PAPR effectively, and can be executed by a lower level of complexity of the computation. To solve a large matrix of the PTS, an ant colony optimization algorithm is used for calculating phase rotation vectors of a better quality effectively to achieve the effects of improving the performance, overcoming the high level of complexity of the computing circuit, and reducing the large area of the computing circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jenn-Kaie Lain, Shih-Wei Shiu
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Patent number: 8401057Abstract: An OFDM-based relay-assisted channel estimation method enables a composite channel (source-relay-destination) to be disintegrated into a source-to-relay channel and a relay-to-destination channel and separately estimated at the destination node in a relay-assisted way. A relay-amble signal is added to a sub-frame when the relay node is forwarding the amplified signals from the source node. Through the relay-amble signal, the second channel estimation from the relay node to the destination node is performed to obtain a second channel coefficient, and then uses an ML (Maximum Likelihood Estimator) algorithm to estimate a first channel coefficient from the source node to the relay node. After having estimated the coefficients of the two channels, the optimum diversity combining is performed at the destination node to improve accuracy of received data.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jeng-Shin Sheu, Jenn-Kaie Lain
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Publication number: 20130051675Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-point image labeling method, which adopts an image labeling device to label an object pixel matrix containing image data and makes adjacent array elements with image data have an identical image label value. Next, the image labeling device provides a multi-point label window, which designates a non-zero temporary labeled value to store in the register according to the temporary labeled value of the adjacent array elements. Next, the image labeling device provides a label-equivalence window, which generates label-equivalence information according to the adjacent temporary labeled values. Next, an equivalent-substitution processing process is performed on the temporary labeled values according to the label-equivalence information to generate label-equivalence substitution information.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventor: National Yunlin University of Science and Tech
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Patent number: 8333876Abstract: An ion concentration measurement system is provided. The ion concentration measurement system has: at least an end system having a sensing unit for measuring the ion concentration of a test solution to generate at least a sensing signal; a control unit for controlling the acquisition of the sensing signal; a display unit for displaying the sensing signal in real time; and an end wireless transmission interface for transmitting the sensing signal wirelessly.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Chang-Chi Lee
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Patent number: 8331260Abstract: A symbol detection method for an MIMO system based on path finding, which is a novel nonlinear signal detection algorithm called the MACO (Modified Ant Colony Optimization) algorithm in the present invention. The MACO algorithm is improved from the conventional ant colony optimization algorithm and applied to an MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) system. The MIMO system increases the utility efficiency of spectrum but computational complexity of signal detection in the receiving terminals is suffered. The present invention simulates the foraging behavior of ants and pheromone to achieve superior performance and low computational complexity in signal detection of an MIMO system.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jenn-Kaie Lain, Jyun-Yu Chen, Po-Hui Yang
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Publication number: 20120292004Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: an inlet header tube including opposite first and second ends and an inner space formed between the first and second ends; an outlet header tube parallel to the inlet header tube; a plurality of heat exchange tubes transversely extending between and fluidly connected to the inlet and outlet header tubes, each of the heat exchange tubes having a connecting end connected to the inlet header tube; and a baffle tube inserted into the inner space of the inlet header tube. The baffle tube has an open end proximate to the first end, a closed end proximate to the second end, and a plurality of orifices disposed between the open and closed ends to fluidly intercommunicate the inner space of the inlet header tube and the baffle tube. Each of the orifices is disposed in alignment with the connecting end of one of the heat exchange tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2011Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Ing-Youn Chen, Jhong-Syuan Tsai, Chi-Chuan Wang
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Patent number: 8301577Abstract: An intelligent monitoring system aims to perform object surveillance and tracking, and can quickly build accurate and reliable background data in a complex image condition to achieve desired monitoring result. Based on a dynamic background and a temporary static object and user's requirements, monitoring objects in a background module can be added or deleted to match the actual background information. The whole background data can be tracked according to characteristics of a targeted object set by users, and post-processing can be done for the tracked object, such as zooming, identifying, capturing, surveillance of behaviors, and the like. Thus whether a special attention is needed for a dynamic or static object can be notified. And an alert can be issued to relevant people for timely handling.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Ming-Hwa Sheu, Wen-Kai Tsai, Yuan-Chang Chu, Chia-Huan Chen, Ssu-Ying Chen
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Patent number: 8269230Abstract: A multilayer-doped OLED structure comprises a substrate, an anode layer, a hole transport layer, a multilayer-doped organic light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer and a metallic cathode layer. The multilayer-doped organic light emitting layer functions as a lighting source. The multilayer-doped organic light emitting layer is fabricated by a plurality of film deposition and doping processes. Thereby, the multilayer-doped organic light emitting layer has better quantum effect to improve luminous efficiency and illumination of OLED.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jian-Yang Lin, Pei-Wei Hung
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Patent number: 8148756Abstract: A separative extended gate field effect transistor based uric acid sensing device is provided, including: a substrate; a conductive layer including a silver paste layer on the substrate and a graphite-based paste layer on the silver paste layer; a conductive wire extended from the conductive layer; a titanium dioxide layer on the conductive layer; and a uric acid enzyme sensing film on the titanium dioxide layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Chih-Yu Lin, Wei-Chuan Chen, Cheng-Wei Chen
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Patent number: 8133750Abstract: The invention provides a method for forming an extended gate field effect transistor (EGFET) based sensor, including: (a) providing a substrate; (b) forming a sensing film including titanium dioxide, ruthenium doped titanium dioxide or ruthenium oxide on the substrate; and (c) forming a conductive wire extended from the sensing film for external contact.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Cheng-Wei Chen, Yu-Huei Jiang
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Patent number: 8134357Abstract: The invention provides a multi-electrode measuring system including a front end device which is a sensing device including a multi-electrode sensing device having a plurality of electrodes; a multi-channel fixture coupled to the multi-electrode sensing device; and a reference electrode. A back-end device as a virtual instrumentation is an electronic device including a read out circuit device coupled to the multi-channel fixture and the reference electrode for receiving each original signal from each electrode of the multi-electrode sensing device and the reference electrode determining a sample solution; a data acquisition device coupled to the read out circuit device for digitizing each original signal to form a digital signal and for array sampling; and a signal processing device coupled to the data acquisition device for processing each signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2010Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: National Yunlin University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Jung-Chuan Chou, Wei-Chuan Chen, Cheng-Wei Chen, Chien-Cheng Chen