Patents by Inventor An-Feng HUANG

An-Feng HUANG 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: 20250132197
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first conductive feature disposed in a top portion of the substrate, an etch stop layer formed of a metal oxide composite and disposed on a top surface of the substrate, and a second conductive feature disposed on and through the etch stop layer and in contact with the first conductive feature. The metal oxide composite contains a metal element represented by M, and a top surface of the etch stop layer includes an M—O—X group, O representing oxygen, and X representing an element other than hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Kai-Feng Cheng, Chi-Lin Teng, Hai-Ching Chen, Hsin-Yen Huang
  • Publication number: 20250129963
    Abstract: An indoor air cleaning system, including: plural gas detectors which are disposed in indoor and outdoor fields for detecting air pollution information and outputting through IoT; a circulation back-flow channel; a circulation filter device disposed in the circulation back-flow channel; an air conditioning device disposed in indoor field for temperature and humidity adjustment; and a cloud computing server device receiving the air pollution information through IoT to form a database of the air pollution information, and receiving the temperature and humidity information outputted from the air conditioning device. The cloud computing server device compares the database and the temperature and humidity information, and outputs a control command to enable the circulation filter device. Internal circulation directional airflows are generated in the indoor field, the air pollution is guided to pass through the circulation filter device multiple times, and the ZAPClean Room 1˜9 of indoor field is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Microjet Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan MOU, Chin-Chuan WU, Chi-Feng HUANG
  • Publication number: 20250131894
    Abstract: A circuit includes a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element and a fourth switching element. The first switching element has a first end and a second end. The second switching element has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the second switching element is coupled to the first end of the first switching element. The third switching element has a first end and a second end, wherein the second end of the third switching element is coupled to the second end of the second switching element. The fourth switching element has a first end coupled to the second end of the first switching element. The fourth switching element has a bottom gate and the second switching element has a top gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng HUANG, Akihiro IWATSU, Cheng-Min WU, Kuanfeng LEE
  • Patent number: 12280187
    Abstract: A breast pump includes a main body and a breast milk suctioning shield. The main body has an accommodation space. The breast milk suctioning shield is assembled in the accommodation space and detachably connected to the main body. A front end of the breast milk suctioning shield has a breast shielding portion, and a nipple passage extends from a rear end of a center portion of the breast shielding portion. One or more deformable members are assembled with an annular connection portion between the breast shielding portion and the nipple passage, and the deformable member is controlled to be inflated or deflated by a first air pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Ching-Sung Lin, Chih-Kai Chen, Wen-Yang Yang, Yung-Lung Han, Chi-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 12282789
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to using remote pods. An intermediary software is instantiated in a worker node virtual machine and is used to cause a pod virtual machine to be created, the pod virtual machine being remote from the worker node virtual machine. An overlay network is established between the intermediary software in the worker node virtual machine and a pod space in the pod virtual machine. The overlay network is used to cause containers to be created in the pod virtual machine, where the worker node virtual machine is configured to use the overlay network to manage communications with the pod virtual machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Qi Feng Huo, Xiaojing Liu, Dan Qing Huang, Lei Li, Da Li Liu, Yuan Yuan Wang, Yan Song Liu
  • Patent number: 12282227
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an array substrate. At least one of a pixel electrode and a common electrode in the array substrate has an electrode structure. The electrode structure includes: first and second electrode portions, and a conductive connection portion. The first electrode portion includes a first connection bar and first electrode bars. The second electrode portion includes a second connection bar and second electrode bars. No common line is provided in each of the sub-pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yifu Chen, Yingying Qu, Ting Dong, Jianhua Huang, Lingdan Bo, Feng Qu
  • Patent number: 12283505
    Abstract: A door device includes a door body and a substrate retaining assembly. The substrate retaining assembly is disposed on a side of the door body. The substrate retaining assembly includes a retaining body and a plurality of retaining members. The retaining members are disposed on the retaining body and arranged at intervals. Each of the retaining members includes two elastic arms and a clamping structure. The clamping structure includes a clamping body, a clamping groove, and at least one relief portion. The clamping body is connected between the two elastic arms. The clamping groove is located on the clamping body and is communicated with adjacent ends of the elastic arms. The relief portion and the clamping groove are communicated to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: GUDENG PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Chien Chiu, Chia-Ho Chuang, Kuo-Hua Lee, Jyun-Ming Lyu, Tzu Ang Chiang, Yi-Feng Huang, Tsung-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 12282792
    Abstract: System and method are described for copying and pasting files and folders between a client and a virtual desktop via clipboard redirection. A virtual desktop session can be established by the client on the virtual desktop. The user can copy a file or folder to the virtual desktop clipboard and a path corresponding to the file or folder can be stored in the virtual desktop clipboard in a path list. When the user ungrabs the agent or switches focus out of the virtual desktop to the client, the path list can be transferred to the client device and set into the client clipboard. Subsequently, a request can be received in the client device to paste the copied file or folder to a target location in the client device. In response to the request, the client device can retrieve the contents of the copied file or folder from the agent and the contents can be placed in the target location to complete the paste operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Omnissa, LLC
    Inventors: Qi Sun, Feng Yan, Li Huang, Bo Liu, Kun Shi
  • Patent number: 12278265
    Abstract: A method for fabricating minimal fin length includes the steps of first forming a fin-shaped structure extending along a first direction on a substrate, forming a first single-diffusion break (SDB) trench and a second SDB trench extending along a second direction to divide the fin-shaped structure into a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, and then performing a fin-cut process to remove the first portion and the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chien-Heng Liu, Chia-Wei Huang, Hsin-Jen Yu, Yung-Feng Cheng, Ming-Jui Chen
  • Patent number: 12276020
    Abstract: The invention provides a semiconductor cleaning step, which comprises the following steps: providing a chamber with a bottom surface and a sidewall, the chamber contains a heater on the bottom surface, performing a first deposition step to leave a residual layer on the sidewall of the chamber, performing a carbon deposition step to form a carbon layer on at least the surface of the heater, and performing a plasma cleaning step to simultaneously remove the residual layer on the sidewall of the chamber and the carbon layer on the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: United Semiconductor (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: William Zheng, Shih-Feng Su, Chih-Chien Huang, Wen Yi Tan, Ji He Huang
  • Patent number: 12279460
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device including the following components is provided. A first transistor includes a first gate, a first N-type source region, and an N-type drain region. A second transistor includes a second gate, a second N-type source region, and the N-type drain region. The N-type drain region is located between the first gate and the second gate. An N-type drift region is located in a P-type substrate between the first gate and the second gate and is located directly below a portion of the first gate and directly below a portion of the second gate. The N-type drain region is located in the N-type drift region. A P-type barrier region is located in the P-type substrate below the N-type drift region. The P-type barrier region has an overlapping portion overlapping the N-type drift region. There is at least one first opening in the overlapping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Hui Chen, Chih-Feng Lin, Chiu-Tsung Huang, Hsiang-Hung Chang
  • Patent number: 12274815
    Abstract: A method of preventing and handling indoor air pollution is disclosed and includes: providing a portable gas detection device and plural gas exchangers allowed to inhale outdoor gas, purify and filter the inhaled gas, and introduce the inhaled gas into the indoor space, wherein an air pollutant in the gas within the indoor space is exported out to the outdoor for exchanging; disposing 1˜50 gas exchangers within the indoor space, wherein the gas exchangers have an exported airflow rate of 200˜1600 CADR, and the indoor space has a volume of 247.5˜1650 m3; and remotely controlling the gas exchangers to enable filtration, purification and gas exchange by the portable gas detection device when the portable gas detection device detects an air pollutant in the indoor space, to reduce the air pollutant in the indoor space to a safe detection value within 10 minutes, and achieve a clean, safe and breathable condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Ching-Sung Lin, Chin-Chuan Wu, Chi-Feng Huang, Yung-Lung Han, Tsung-I Lin, Chin-Wen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20250118402
    Abstract: A generation method and generation apparatus of a medical report are provided. In the method, the writing style is analyzed from multiple historical texts, where the writing style includes multiple common words in the historical text and the contextual relationships that connect those common words; the medical data is converted into draft text that conforms to the template text, where the template text is a report that conforms to a preset style; and by using the draft text and writing style as input data of the language model, an output report that conforms to the writing style is generated, where the language model selects sentences that conform to the writing style.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Wistron Medical Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Han Chun Kuo, Shih Feng Huang, Chih Yi Chien, Chun Chun Tsai, Shao Wei Wu, Yu Fen Lin
  • Publication number: 20250120113
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and method of manufacture are provided which help to support contacts while material is removed to form air gaps. In embodiments a contact is formed with an enlarged base to help support overlying portions of the contact. In other embodiments a scaffold material may also be placed prior to the formation of the air gaps in order to provide additional support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Ching-Feng Fu, Guan-Ren Wang, Yun-Min Chang, Yu-Lien Huang
  • Publication number: 20250120323
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of interlayer dielectric layers, a memory cell, and a first capping layer. The memory cell is embedded in the interlayer dielectric layers, the first capping layer covers the memory cell and surrounds the sidewalls of the memory cell, the first capping layer includes a hydrogen absorbing material, and the hydrogen absorbing material prevents hydrogen gas from entering the memory cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Nien-Yu Tai, Kuo-Feng Huang, Yi-Jen HUANG, Yu-Jen WANG, HARRY-HAKLAY CHUANG
  • Patent number: 12272886
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a differential-line, a first metal and a second metal. The differential-line includes a first line and a second line. The first metal and second metal are coupled to the first line and second line respectively. The first metal and second metal have different shapes and/or different sizes. The first metal and second metal form symmetric or asymmetric dipole. The first metal and second metal can be disposed on the same plane or different planes, can be electrically insulated and can have a first slot and a second slot respectively. The antenna device can further include a base coupled to the first line and second line. The base can be a daughter board having a front-end module or not. The IC package in daughter board can have different sizes. The daughter board can be offset by different distances and can be coupled to a mother board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: IWAVENOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chong-Yi Liou, Wei-Ting Tsai, Jin-Feng Neo, Zheng-An Peng, Tsu-Yu Lo, Zhi-Yao Hong, Tso-An Shang, Je-Yao Chang, Chien-Bang Chen, Shih-Ping Huang, Shau-Gang Mao
  • Patent number: 12272731
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit device. A transistor structure is disposed over a substrate and includes a pair of source/drain regions and a gate electrode between the pair of source/drain regions. A lower inter-layer dielectric (ILD) layer is disposed over the pair of source/drain regions and surrounds the gate electrode. The gate electrode is recessed from top of the lower ILD layer. A gate capping layer is disposed on the gate electrode. The gate capping layer has a top surface aligned or coplanar with that of the lower ILD layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Lien Huang, Ching-Feng Fu, Huan-Just Lin
  • Patent number: 12269405
    Abstract: A multiple detection system is applied to a vehicle and includes a contact-type detection module adapted to generate a contact-type detection datum, a contactless-type detection module adapted to generate a contactless-type detection datum, and an operation processor electrically connected with the contact-type detection module and the contactless-type detection module in a wire manner or in a wireless manner. The operation processor sets at least one of the contact-type detection datum and the contactless-type detection datum according to an environmental status of the vehicle to be a main detection result of the multiple detection system, and further sets the other detection datum to be an auxiliary detection result of the multiple detection system, for acquiring a passenger feature inside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Han-Lin Chiang, Shih-Feng Chen, Yen-Min Chang, Ning Shyu, Chih-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 12272754
    Abstract: A thin film transistor, a manufacturing method thereof, a display substrate, and a display device are provided. The thin film transistor includes: a substrate, an active layer, a gate, a source and a drain. The active layer is arranged on the substrate and formed as a grid, including silicon nanowires extending along a first direction, the active layer includes source and drain regions oppositely arranged along the first direction, and a channel region located therebetween. The gate is arranged on the substrate, and an orthographic projection of the gate onto the substrate overlaps with orthographic projections for silicon nanowires in the channel region onto the substrate. The source and drain are arranged on the substrate, the source contacts silicon nanowires in the source region, and the drain contacts silicon nanowires in the drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiayu He, Ce Ning, Zhengliang Li, Hehe Hu, Jie Huang, Nianqi Yao, Zhi Wang, Feng Guan
  • Patent number: 12264134
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of an IDO enzyme: (I). Also disclosed herein are uses of the compounds in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising these compounds. Further disclosed herein are uses of the compositions in the potential treatment or prevention of an IDO-associated disease or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Dane Clausen, Ping Chen, Xavier Fradera, Liangqin Guo, Yongxin Han, Shuwen He, Xianhai Huang, Joseph Kozlowski, Guoqing Li, Theodore A. Martinot, Alexander Pasternak, Andreas Verras, Li Xiao, Feng Ye, Wensheng Yu, Rui Zhang