Patents by Inventor An Tu

An Tu 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).

  • Patent number: 10155369
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for debonding a pair of bonded substrates. In the method, a debonding apparatus is provided comprising a wafer chuck, a flex wafer assembly, and a set of separating blades. The pair of bonded substrates is placed upon the wafer chuck so that a first substrate of the bonded substrate pair is in contact with a chuck top surface. The flex wafer assembly is placed above the bonded substrate pair so that its first surface is in contact with an upper surface of a second substrate of the bonded substrate pair. A pair of separating blades having different thicknesses is inserted between the first and second substrates from edges of the pair of bonded substrates diametrically opposite to each other while the second substrate is concurrently pulled upward until the flex wafer assembly flexes the second substrate from the first substrate. By providing unbalanced initial torques on opposite sides of the bonded substrate pair, edge defects and wafer breakage are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Chen Tsao, Kuo Liang Lu, Ru-Liang Lee, Sheng-Hsiang Chuang, Yu-Hung Cheng, Yeur-Luen Tu, Cheng-Kang Hu
  • Patent number: 10155756
    Abstract: Disclosed in the disclosure are a pyrazolo [1,5-a] pyrideine compound with structural features as shown in formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer or prodrug molecule thereof and a use thereof. Such compounds have a good in vitro antituberculosis activity, and the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of the compounds is lower than 0.1 ?g/mL and partially achieves 0.01 ?g/mL, and have a very strong inhibiting effect on clinically selected multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) strains. In an in vivo experiment, the pyrazolo[1,5-a] pyrideine compounds of the present disclosure can effectively scavenge the infectious dose of H37Ra in a mouse body at 20 mg/kg/d does, thereby being a new type of antituberculosis compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Guangzhou Eggbio Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoyun Lu, Jian Tang, Ke Ding, Tianyu Zhang, Xiantao Zhang, Zhengchao Tu, Tian Wu, Junting Wan, Yuanyuan Cao, Shengjiang He
  • Patent number: 10157943
    Abstract: Trenched-bonding-dam devices and corresponding methods of manufacture are provided. A trenched-bonding-dam device includes a bonding dam structure positioned upon a top surface of a substrate. The bonding dam structure has a bottom surface attached to a top surface of the substrate, an inner dam surrounded by an outer dam, and a trench between the inner and outer dams. The device may further include an optics system including a lens and an adhesive positioned within a bonding region between a bottom surface of the optics system and a top surface of at least one of the inner and outer dams. The trench may be dimensioned to receive a portion of the excess adhesive flowing laterally out of the bonding region during bonding of the substrate to the optics system, laterally confining the excess adhesive and reducing lateral bleeding of the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Teng-Sheng Chen, Chih-Hung Tu, Kuei-Cheng Liang, Chia-Yang Chang
  • Patent number: 10157946
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is operated for sensing incident light and includes a substrate, a device layer, a semiconductor layer and a color filter layer. The device layer is disposed on the substrate and includes light-sensing regions. The semiconductor layer overlies the device layer and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface is adjacent to the device layer. The semiconductor layer includes microstructures on the second surface. The color filter layer is disposed on the second surface of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Nan Tu, Yu-Lung Yeh, Hsing-Chih Lin, Chien-Chang Huang, Shih-Shiung Chen
  • Patent number: 10156783
    Abstract: A system and method for repairing a photolithographic mask is provided. An embodiment comprises forming a shielding layer over an absorbance layer on a substrate. Once the shielding layer is in place, the absorbance layer may be repaired using, e.g., an e-beam process to initiate a reaction to repair a defect in the absorbance layer, with the shielding layer being used to shield the remainder of the absorbance layer from undesirable etching during the repair process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactuing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Tu, Chun-Lang Chen, Jong-Yuh Chang, Boming Hsu, Tran-Hui Shen
  • Patent number: 10154736
    Abstract: A portable device for controlling an external electrical adjustable apparatus is provided. The portable device comprises a case, a signal transmitter connected to the electrical adjustable apparatus, a tilt sensor sensing a tilted angle, a memory storing a threshold angle and a processor. The processor determines that the electrical adjustable apparatus has collision when receiving a controlling signal used to control the electrical adjustable apparatus and the tilted angle is not less than the threshold angle, and sends a stopping signal to the electrical adjustable apparatus via the signal transmitter for making the electrical adjustable apparatus stop raising/lowering when determining that the electrical adjustable apparatus has collision. This present disclosed example can effectively prevent article placing on the carrying structure from falling and prevent the electrical adjustable apparatus or the obstacle from being damaged by continual stretching/shortening after collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: TIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Jye Lin, Chung-Yi Chen, Chang-Lin Tu, Chi-Hung Chan
  • Patent number: 10157976
    Abstract: A system-on-chip (SOC) device comprises a first capacitor in a first region, a second capacitor in a second region, and may further comprise a third capacitor in a third region, and any additional number of capacitors in additional regions. The capacitors may be of different shapes and sizes. A region may comprise more than one capacitor. Each capacitor in a region has a top electrode, a bottom electrode, and a capacitor insulator. The top electrodes of all the capacitors are formed in a common process, while the bottom electrodes of all the capacitors are formed in a common process. The capacitor insulator may have different number of sub-layers, formed with different materials or different thickness. The capacitors may be formed in an inter-layer dielectric layer or in an inter-metal dielectric layer. The regions may be a mixed signal region, an analog region, a radio frequency region, a dynamic random access memory region, and so forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chi Tu, Wen-Chuan Chiang, Chen-Jong Wang
  • Patent number: 10158070
    Abstract: A memory cell and method including a first electrode formed through a first opening in a first dielectric layer, a resistive layer formed on the first electrode, a spacing layer formed on the resistive layer, a second electrode formed on the resistive layer, and a second dielectric layer formed on the second electrode, the second dielectric layer including a second opening. The first dielectric layer formed on a substrate including a first metal layer. The first electrode and the resistive layer collectively include a first lip region that extends a first distance beyond the first opening. The second electrode and the second dielectric layer collectively include a second lip region that extends a second distance beyond the first opening. The spacing layer extends from the second distance to the first distance. The second electrode is coupled to a second metal layer using a via that extends through the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Yang Chang, Hsia-Wei Chen, Chin-Chieh Yang, Kuo-Chi Tu, Wen-Ting Chu, Yu-Wen Liao
  • Patent number: 10156731
    Abstract: The present invention provides a partial random laser illumination device having a random phase and amplitude component, comprising: a gain medium, a pump source, a highly reflective mirror, and a random phase and amplitude component. The pump source excites electrons in the gain medium from a low energy level to a high energy level. The highly reflective mirror is passed through by an amplified laser beam emitted by the gain medium. The random phase and amplitude component is disposed between the gain medium and the highly reflective mirror, and is passed through by the amplified laser beam emitted by the gain medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Tu, Hoang-Yan Lin
  • Patent number: 10158072
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an inter-metal dielectric layer, a memory cell, a transistor and a dielectric layer. The memory cell includes a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) structure over a top surface of the inter-metal dielectric layer. The transistor underlies the inter-metal dielectric layer. The dielectric layer extends over the transistor and along the top surface of the inter-metal dielectric layer. The dielectric layer is separated from the MIM structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jen-Sheng Yang, Wen-Ting Chu, Chih-Yang Chang, Chin-Chieh Yang, Kuo-Chi Tu, Sheng-Hung Shih, Yu-Wen Liao, Hsia-Wei Chen, I-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 10156924
    Abstract: The embodiments of the invention provide a metal grid, a touch screen, a display device and a manufacture method of touch screen, and refer to display technology field. The invention can improve the phenomenon of moiré fringe when the line width of the metal wire is relatively large. The metal grid comprises multiple repeat units, the metal wires in the repeat unit form at least two different kinds of basic patterns, and the repeat unit is pieced together by one or more of the at least two different kinds of basic patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Xie, Ming Hu, Zhizhong Tu, Ming Zhang, Qingpu Wang, Kefeng Li
  • Publication number: 20180357559
    Abstract: In an example, a machine learning algorithm is used to train an entity risk evaluation model to output an entity risk score based on transaction data in a computer network. Entity risk scores for various entities may be stored in a database, and retrieved and displayed upon user interaction with one or more reports involving corresponding entities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Tu Truong, Fuming Wu, Julio Navas, Ajain Kuzhimattathil, Hanxiang Chen, Nazanin Zaker Habibabadi, Omar Rahman, Han Li
  • Publication number: 20180356196
    Abstract: A method for rotating a toggle link upon an acceleration event greater than a predetermined threshold. The method including: biasing a toggle link against a stop when the acceleration event is less than the predetermined threshold, a position of the toggle link against the stop being on a first side of a singular position of the toggle link; biasing the toggle link towards an opposite direction from the stop when the toggle link is positioned on a second side of the singular position; and moving the toggle link from the first side of the singular position to the second side of the singular position when the base structure undergoes an acceleration event greater than a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S Rastegar, Jacques Fischer, Qing Tu
  • Publication number: 20180354600
    Abstract: An application of distilled water, a generation system and a facility utilizing distilled water as ballast water of a vessel, a vessel including the generation system and an operation method thereof are disclosed. The vessel includes a ship body and a generation system which includes a pumping device, a distilled water generator and a ballast water tank. The operation method includes pumping water by the pumping device from a sailing area of the vessel; distillation of the water pumped by the pumping device with the distilled water generator to form distilled water, and supplying the distilled water to the ballast water tank as the ballast water so as to adjust a draft and stability of the ship body. The facility includes a distilled water storage device adapted to store distilled water which could be applied to a ballast water tank of a vessel as ballast water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: KUN-TU LU
  • Publication number: 20180354915
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing an anti-heart-failure medicine LCZ696. The preparing method comprises the following step (formula (I)): in an organic solvent, a Sacubitril dicyclohexylamine salt reacts with valsartan under the effect of a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution, and the anti-heart-failure medicine LCZ696 is obtained. The preparing method of the present invention is simple in process and omits the procedures of ion exchange from a sodium salt to a calcium salt and hydrochloric acid dissociation in an existing production process, residues of calcium ions are avoided, and the production efficiency is effectively improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Guorong ZHU, Yongjun TU, Wenlong XIE, Zhen WANG, Shaojun XU
  • Publication number: 20180353241
    Abstract: A system for estimating post-virtual stenting fractional flow reserve (FFR) capable of: receiving geometrical parameters of a blood vessel segment, the geometrical parameters comprising first, second and third geometrical parameters; with a proximal end as a reference point, deriving a reference lumen diameter function and calculating a pre-virtual stenting percent diameter stenosis based on the above geometrical parameters and the distance from position along the segment to the reference point; receiving a virtual stenting location; calculating a geometrical parameter of a virtual lumen of the post virtually-stented segment, deriving a post-virtual stenting geometrical parameter difference function and calculating a percent diameter stenosis based on the third geometrical parameter, the virtual stenting location and the reference lumen diameter function; taking derivative difference functions of the post-virtual stenting geometrical parameter difference function in multiple scales; and obtaining FFR based on
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Shengxian TU, Miao CHU, Bo XU, Bing LIU, Yazhu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20180357207
    Abstract: Symbol recognition techniques may be applied to documents comprising various forms of content. Documents including both text and mathematical expressions may be problematic, as applying a recognizer that does not match the content may produce anomalous results. Instead, a parser may evaluate the document to classify respective regions as one of a text region or a mathematics region, based on the characteristics of each type of content. The recognizer corresponding to the content of each region may be applied to produce a composite document comprising both recognized text expressions and recognized mathematical expressions. Additional functionality may be presented based on the recognized content; e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Sheng Yi, Nikola Nikolic, Xiao Tu, Ivan Stojiljkovic, Jelena Mojasevic
  • Publication number: 20180359475
    Abstract: A digital media encoder/decoder uses a flexible quantization technique that provides the ability to vary quantization along various dimensions of the encoded digital media data, including spatial, frequency sub bands and color channels. The codec utilizes a signaling scheme to signal various permutations of flexible quantization combinations efficiently for primary usage scenarios. When a choice of quantizer is available, the codec efficiently encodes the current quantizer by defining a subset of quantizers and indexes the current quantizer from the set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chengjie Tu, Sridhar Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 10151967
    Abstract: In embodiments, a roll axis assembly may include a camera mounting plate to mount with a camera such that an optical axis of the camera is approximately parallel with the camera mounting plate and coincident with a first axis of the apparatus. The roll axis assembly may further include a roll motor coupled with the camera mounting plate, the roll motor to rotate the camera mounting plate around the first axis. The apparatus may further include a pan/tilt axis assembly coupled with the roll axis assembly, the pan/tilt axis assembly to rotate the camera mounting plate around a second axis of the apparatus that is perpendicular to the first axis of the apparatus and also perpendicular to the camera mounting plate. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Letus Corporation
    Inventor: Hien Tu Le
  • Patent number: 10152913
    Abstract: An anti-interference display panel includes a source driving chip, a switching signal line, a multiplexer, and an anti-interference signal line. The source driving chip is configured to generate a data signal. The switching signal line is configured to transmit a switching signal. The multiplexer is configured to receive the data signal and the switching signal, and is configured to output the data signal according to the switching signal. The anti-interference signal line is configured to transmit an anti-interference signal. An equivalent resistor and an equivalent capacitor are formed on the anti-interference signal line, and resistance of the equivalent resistor is approximate to resistance of a load resistor coupled to the switching signal line, and capacitance of the equivalent capacitor is approximate to capacitance of a load capacitor coupled to the switching signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Cheng Lin, Ming-Hsien Lee, Kai-Wei Hong, Chun-Da Tu, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Chun-Feng Lin