Patents by Inventor Che-Min Lin

Che-Min Lin 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: 20120044346
    Abstract: An apparatus inspects internal defects of substrate, the substrate having an upper surface and a plurality of side surfaces connected with the upper surface. The apparatus includes at least one light source arranged on one of the side surfaces of the substrate and emitting a light beam on the corresponding side surface and into the substrate, the incident angle of the light beam is limited to a first predetermined angle within a range allowing the light beam to transmit in a total internal reflection manner in the substrate; an image capturing module arranged above the substrate to capture the image of the upper surface of the substrate, a light shield mask arranged between the image capturing module and the substrate and shielding an edge portion of the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Yen-Chun CHOU, Cheng-Kai Chen, Jen-Ming Chang, Yu-Hsi Lee, Che-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20110109336
    Abstract: In a positioning method and apparatus capable of preventing a solar battery panel from suffer damage during inspection, the method includes steps of providing a transport platen, a set of positioning device, a first probe row and a second probe row; transporting the solar battery panel to an inspecting region by the transport platen; moving the positioning devices to position the solar battery panel step by step; the first probe row pressing an electrode line on one surface of the solar battery panel; the second probe row pressing an electrode line on the other surface of the solar battery panel, thereby electrically connecting the first probe row and the second probe row. In this way, the solar battery panel can be inspected accurately without suffering damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Yu-Hsing LIN, Jin-Po Tsa, Che-Min Lin, Po-Wen Peng
  • Publication number: 20110106468
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a location-adjusting inspecting apparatus and method for a solar battery panel inspecting system. The inspecting apparatus includes an image-fetching device and a set of rotatable probe devices. A transport platen of the inspecting system transports a solar battery panel to an inspecting region. The image-fetching device fetches an image of electrode lines on the battery panel, and calculates an offset data by comparing the fetched image with a correct data representing the position and angle of electrode lines. Finally, the probe devices are controlled to generate a corrective rotation based on the calculated offset data. In this way, when pressing the solar battery panel, the probes of the probe devices can be aligned with and contact the electrode lines of the solar battery panel correctly, thereby increasing the accuracy in the inspection of the solar battery panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Cheng-Kai Chen, Lung-Chang Ho, Che-Min Lin, Yin-Yuan Chang
  • Publication number: 20110018463
    Abstract: A passive current balance driving apparatus including first and second drivers is provided. The first driver includes a first balance-capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first terminal of an AC signal source and a second terminal providing a first balance AC-voltage; and a first rectification unit rectifying the first balance AC-voltage to output a first DC-voltage to drive a first LED string with multi-LEDs connected in series. The second driver includes a second balance-capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first terminal of the AC signal source and a second terminal providing a second balance AC-voltage; and a second rectification unit rectifying the second balance AC-voltage to output a second DC-voltage to drive a second LED string with multi-LEDs connected in series. The capacitive reactances of these two balance-capacitors are the same and respectively greater than the total internal resistances of the first and second LED strings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Che-Min Lin, Yi-Chun Yeh
  • Patent number: 7724165
    Abstract: An audio codec and a BIST method adapted for the audio codec are provided. The BIST method includes the following steps. A first channel digital-to-analog converter (DAC) of the audio codec converts a test signal into an analog signal. A first channel analog-to-digital converter (ADC) of the audio codec converts the analog signal into a digital signal. Use a second channel DAC of the audio codec and a second channel ADC of the audio codec to calculate the magnitudes of a plurality of spectral components of the DFT of the digital signal. Determine whether the audio codec passes the test according to the magnitudes of the spectral components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Faraday Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Che-Min Lin, Chiao-Min Chen, Kuo-Hsiung Wu
  • Publication number: 20100017691
    Abstract: An audio codec and a BIST method adapted for the audio codec are provided. The BIST method includes the following steps. A first channel digital-to-analog converter (DAC) of the audio codec converts a test signal into an analog signal. A first channel analog-to-digital converter (ADC) of the audio codec converts the analog signal into a digital signal. Use a second channel DAC of the audio codec and a second channel ADC of the audio codec to calculate the magnitudes of a plurality of spectral components of the DFT of the digital signal. Determine whether the audio codec passes the test according to the magnitudes of the spectral components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Che-Min Lin, Chiao-Min Chen, Kuo-Hsiung Wu