Patents by Inventor Andrew C. Chang

Andrew C. Chang 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: 20250105877
    Abstract: An electronic device may transmit a self-identification message indicating its capabilities as a wireless power transmitter to nearby devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jinqian Yu, Sherjeel Shehzad, Gordon Y Scott, Ho Cheung Chung, Nan Liu, Selestino L Rodan, Andrew C Chang, William R Walitsch
  • Publication number: 20250096105
    Abstract: A package substrate is provided, in which dielectric layers are formed on a core board, and a wiring layer is embedded in at least one of the dielectric layers, so that the wiring layer has better copper adhesion to prevent delamination problems. A method of fabricating the package substrate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Min-Yao CHEN, Yin-Ju CHEN, Sung-Kun LIN, Jiun-Hua CHIUE, Andrew C. CHANG, Chung-Hsier YANG, Zhen-Hu CHANG
  • Publication number: 20250096104
    Abstract: A package substrate is provided, in which conductive pillars are formed on a circuit layer of a core board body, and an insulating layer encapsulates the conductive pillars in such a manner that the conductive pillars are exposed from a surface of the insulating layer for use as external contacts. Hence, there is no need to fabricate a wiring layer on the insulating layer. Consequently, a thickness of the package substrate is smaller to meet the requirements of thinning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Min-Yao CHEN, Yin-Ju CHEN, Andrew C. CHANG
  • Patent number: 12251061
    Abstract: A method of operating a mobile cleaning robot can include navigating the mobile cleaning robot within an environment. Whether a movement condition is satisfied can be determined and a mopping pad tray can be moved relative to a body of the mobile cleaning robot between a cleaning position and a stored position in response to receipt of a command to move the mopping pad tray when the movement condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Clements, Varun Malhotra, Landon Unninayar, Brian Cleve Benson, Jr., Andrew Graziani, Shiwei Wang, Thomas C. Chang, Dan Wivagg
  • Publication number: 20250087572
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic package, in which an external connection structure is formed on a first side of a circuit structure, at least one circuit assembly electrically connected to the circuit structure and at least one electronic element electrically connected to the circuit structure are disposed on a second side of the circuit structure, and the circuit assembly and the electronic element are encapsulated by a cladding layer. The coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs) of the circuit assembly and the cladding layer are both greater than the CTE of the circuit structure, and the CTE of the circuit structure is greater than the CTE of the external connection structure, so as to prevent the difference in CTEs between the first side and the second side of the circuit structure from being significantly changed, thereby preventing the electronic package from warpage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Yin-Ju CHEN, Min-Yao CHEN, Sung-Kun LIN, Andrew C. CHANG
  • Publication number: 20250087567
    Abstract: A package substrate is provided, in which a thinner second dielectric layer is formed on one side of a circuit structure including a first dielectric layer, so as to prevent large stress difference between two opposite sides of the circuit structure, thereby preventing the package substrate from warpage problems. A method of fabricating the package substrate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Jiun-Hua CHIUE, Yin-Ju CHEN, Yi-Wen LIU, Min-Yao CHEN, Andrew C. CHANG
  • Patent number: 12222794
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing near field communications during a low power express mode of an electronic device are provided that may make credentials of a near field communication (“NFC”) component appropriately secure and appropriately accessible while also limiting the power consumption of the NFC component and of other components of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Gordon Y. Scott, Andrew C. Chang, Scott A. Williams
  • Publication number: 20250022723
    Abstract: An electronic package is provided, in which a cover layer is embedded in a circuit structure to form a groove, and an electronic element is disposed on the cover layer in the groove. A cladding layer encapsulates the electronic element, and an external connection structure is disposed on the circuit structure and the cladding layer. Therefore, the electronic element is embedded in the groove, such that a thickness of the electronic package can be greatly reduced to meet the requirement of thinning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: AaltoSemi Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Yao Chen, Yin-Ju Chen, Sung-Kun Lin, Andrew C. Chang
  • Publication number: 20250014989
    Abstract: A package substrate is provided, in which the package substrate is fabricated by using a thin core board body with a thickness of at most 20 micrometers, such that the package substrate can meet the requirement of thinning and avoid reliability problems. A method of fabricating the package substrate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: AaltoSemi Inc.
    Inventors: Jiun-Hua CHIUE, Yin-Ju CHEN, Min-Yao CHEN, Andrew C. CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240282590
    Abstract: A package substrate is provided, in which a first circuit structure and a second circuit structure with the same specification are formed on opposite sides of a core board body, respectively, and a wiring structure of another specification is formed on the first circuit structure. In addition, the number of wiring layers of the second circuit structure is greater than the number of wiring layers of the first circuit structure to form an asymmetric package substrate. Therefore, by configuration of the wiring structure, the problem of warpage caused by uneven stress can be prevented from occurring to the package substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: AaltoSemi Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Yao Chen, Andrew C. Chang
  • Publication number: 20240282683
    Abstract: A package substrate is provided, in which a second dielectric layer with a smaller CTE and a third dielectric layer with a larger CTE are formed on two opposite sides of a wiring structure including a first dielectric layer, respectively, so as to avoid too large a difference in CTE of the wiring structure between two sides thereof, thereby preventing warpage from occurring to the package substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: AaltoSemi Inc.
    Inventors: Yin-Ju CHEN, Shi-Wei LV, Min-Yao CHEN, Andrew C. CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240243048
    Abstract: An electronic package is provided, in which one of insulating layers inside a package substrate is made of an Ajinomoto build-up film (ABF) material to facilitate the production of circuit structures using a redistribution layer (RDL) process, so that a circuit layer can meet the needs of high-density fine lines/fine spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew C. Chang, Min-Yao Chen, Yin-Ju Chen
  • Publication number: 20240213137
    Abstract: A package substrate is provided, in which a first circuit structure is formed on a core board body, and a second circuit structure is formed on the first circuit structure. A second insulating layer of the second circuit structure is made of an ABF material that is different from a material forming a first insulating layer of the first circuit structure, so that a second circuit layer with fine lines/spaces can be formed by the ABF material of the second insulating layer to achieve a purpose of multi-layer fine lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew C. Chang, Min-Yao Chen, Yin-Ju Chen
  • Publication number: 20240096721
    Abstract: An electronic package of which the manufacturing method is to dispose an electronic element on a circuit portion, encapsulate the electronic element with an Ajinomoto build-up film (ABF) used as an encapsulating layer, form a wiring layer on the encapsulating layer, and form a conductive via in the encapsulating layer. Therefore, the wiring layer can be well bonded onto the encapsulating layer as the ABF material is used as the encapsulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Chien-Kuang LAI, Andrew C. CHANG, Min-Yao CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240096776
    Abstract: A package substrate is provided and includes a core board body and a first circuit structure and a second circuit structure disposed on opposite sides of the core board body, where the number of wiring layers of the second circuit structure is different from the number of wiring layers of the first circuit structure, so that the package substrate is asymmetrical. The first circuit structure and the second circuit structure are designed according to the thickness and coefficient of thermal expansion of the first dielectric layer of the first circuit structure and the second dielectric layer of the second circuit structure, so as to prevent the problem of warping from occurring to the package substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew C. CHANG, Min-Yao CHEN, Sung-Kun LIN
  • Publication number: 20240021438
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a package substrate is provided, the manufacturing method includes forming a first circuit layer on a first metal layer; forming a dielectric layer on the first metal layer and the first circuit layer; forming a second metal layer on the dielectric layer; forming a plurality of conductive blind vias in the dielectric layer and forming a second circuit layer on the second metal layer, where the plurality of conductive blind vias are electrically connected to the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer; and removing the first metal layer and a portion of the second metal layer simultaneously. Therefore, in the manufacturing method, the first metal layer and the second metal layer can be removed by one etching process, such that the time for manufacturing the package substrate can be greatly reduced to increase production quantity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew C. CHANG, Min-Yao CHEN, Sung-Kun LIN
  • Publication number: 20230298986
    Abstract: A package substrate and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method includes encapsulating a circuit layer and a conductive pillar on the circuit layer with an insulating layer, and then forming a groove in the insulating layer corresponding to the conductive pillar, so as to form a routing layer in the groove, so there is no need for drilling to make blind vias. Therefore, the alignment problem of conventional circuits and conductive blind vias can be avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Min-Yao CHEN, Sung-Kun LIN, Andrew C. CHANG
  • Publication number: 20230290744
    Abstract: An electronic package is provided, including a package substrate in which a circuit layer and a surface treatment layer are embedded in an insulating portion, and the surface treatment layer is coupled to a top surface of the circuit layer, but is not formed on a side surface of the circuit layer. Therefore, the circuit layer can maintain the original predetermined line spacing so that it is beneficial to be designed with fine line spacing/line width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Min-Yao CHEN, Andrew C. CHANG
  • Publication number: 20230282556
    Abstract: A substrate structure is provided, in which an insulator encapsulates a conductive pillar that is a single solid pillar body, and at least one wiring layer electrically connected to the conductive pillar is arranged on the insulator. Therefore, the conductive pillar is designed as a single solid pillar body to meet the requirements of thin lines, fine spacing and high-density contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Min-Yao CHEN, Pei-Ching LI, Andrew C. CHANG
  • Patent number: 11693467
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to reducing a power consumption of an electronic device while maintaining some functionality of the electronic device while the electronic device is in a low power mode. The device may be in the low power mode due to a battery level being below a threshold. If the battery level is below the threshold, the electronic device may enter the low power mode. However, before entering the low power mode, some functionality of an application processor may be transferred to a communication controller. Once the functionality is transferred, the application processor may be disabled to reduce power consumption while maintaining functionality of the application processor. The electronic device may also utilize various communication protocols to communicate with a peripheral device. Even though the electronic device may be in the low power mode, the communication controller may be used to cause the peripheral device to perform various actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Langford M. Wasada, Arun Unkn, Andrew C. Chang, Sriram Hariharan, Robert W. Brumley, Raman S. Thiara