Patents by Inventor Chen-An Chen

Chen-An Chen 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: 20140063903
    Abstract: A resistive random access memory (RRAM), a controlling method for the RRAM, and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The RRAM includes a first electrode layer; a resistance switching layer disposed on the first electrode layer; a diffusion metal layer disposed on the resistance switching layer; and a second electrode layer disposed on the diffusion metal layer, wherein at least one extension electrode is disposed in the resistance switching layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ting-Chang CHANG, Min-Chen CHEN, Yong-En SYU, Kuan-Chang CHANG, Fu-Yen JIAN
  • Publication number: 20140061655
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a backside surface; integrated circuit features formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a polycrystalline silicon layer disposed on the backside surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Hsu, Chia-Chen Chen, Tzung-Chi Fu, Tzu-Wei Kao, Yu Chao Lin
  • Patent number: 8662005
    Abstract: A pointer gauge surface structure with an indication mark. A mark member is coupled on the surface of a pressure gauge or a micro-differential pressure gauge to display a critical value for a person to read with ease. A circumferential portion of a transparent casing is provided with a slide rail for engagement and slide of the mark member. The mark member has a C-shaped cross-section to provide a tightening function relative to the slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hwa Chi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 8661590
    Abstract: An air mattress including an inflatable compartment, strips, a connecting sheet and pillow strips is provided. The inflatable compartment includes a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall surrounding peripheries of the top wall and the bottom wall. The strips are air-pervious and disposed in the inflatable compartment, wherein the strips are connected between the bottom wall and the top wall and located in a lying portion of the top wall. The connecting sheet is air-pervious and disposed in the inflatable compartment and facing a pillow portion of the top wall, wherein the connecting sheet is connected between the side wall and the strips adjacent to the pillow portion. The pillow strips are air-pervious and disposed in the inflatable compartment, wherein the pillow strips are connected between the connecting sheet and the pillow portion of the top wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Apex Billion Int'l Inv. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuan-Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20140055408
    Abstract: An electronic button applied to a touch panel is disclosed in the present invention. The electronic button includes a switch and a transparent conductive structure. The switch is electrically connected to the touch panel for switching functions of the touch panel. The transparent conductive structure is electrically connected to the switch and disposed on a surface of the touch panel. The transparent conductive structure transmits a current, and a reference value of the current is varied when an external object contacts the transparent conductive structure, so as to drive the switch to power on and to power off the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Tien-Chia Liu, Hung-Ching Lai, Chun-Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20140055968
    Abstract: An electronic device is presented for electrical connection between a first pad contact of an integrated circuit component and a target contact positioned substantially in a first plane of a target platform. The electronic device includes a first surface substantially parallel to the first plane and a second surface below the first surface substantially parallel to the first plane. The first surface includes a first contact region configured to connect to the first pad contact when the electronic device is connected between the first pad contact and the target contact. The second surface includes a second contact region configured to connect to the target contact when the electronic device is connected between the first pad contact and the target contact. The electronic device further includes a multitude of electrically passive elements connected between the first and second contact regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Kong-Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20140054094
    Abstract: A cutting element is disclosed that includes a sleeve, a rotatable cutting element, and at least one retaining ring. The sleeve has a first inner diameter and a second inner diameter, wherein the second inner diameter is larger than the first inner diameter and located at a lower axial position than the first inner diameter. The rotatable cutting element has an axis of rotation extending therethrough, a cutting face, a body extending axially downward from the cutting face, wherein the body has a shaft that is disposed within the sleeve, and a circumferential groove formed around an outer surface of the shaft. The at least one retaining ring is disposed in the circumferential groove and extends at least around the entire circumference of the shaft, wherein the at least one retaining ring protrudes from the circumferential groove, thereby retaining the rotatable cutting element within the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuri Burhan, Jibin Shi, Chen Chen, Youhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 8660736
    Abstract: A method of navigating an autonomous mobile device to a base station is provided. In the method, when a detector detects a navigating signal sent out by the base station, the mobile device rotates in a first direction until the detector fails to detect the navigating signal, and a first time point is set at this time. Then, the mobile device rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction until the detector fails to detect the navigating signal, and a second time point is set at this time. Afterward, the mobile device rotates in the first direction by a time computed based on the first and second time points to make the detector face the base station, and then, moves toward a direction pointed by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Agait Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tien-Chen Chen, Kai-Sheng Lee, Peng-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 8656540
    Abstract: An air mattress includes an inflatable compartment, strips and decoration strips. The inflatable compartment includes a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall surrounding the peripheries of the top wall and the bottom wall. The strips are air pervious and disposed in the inflatable compartment. The strips are connected between the top wall and the bottom wall. The decoration strips surround the top wall and are connected between the top wall and the side wall, so that the side wall is formed into a first layer portion and a second layer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Apex Billion Int'l Inv. Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuan-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 8651043
    Abstract: An alarm mark structure of a micro-differential pressure gauge includes a transparent casing. The transparent casing has at least one recess thereon. The recess is located corresponding to the range of movement of a pointer or a scale plate. At least one mark member is provided on the transparent casing. The mark member has an engaging portion. The engaging portion is inserted in the recess, such that the mark member is coupled on the transparent casing. The user can place the mark member on the recess corresponding to the numerical value on the scale plate as desired to know whether the pointer is located within a safe area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hwa Chi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 8648913
    Abstract: A stage of pipeline analog to digital converter (ADC) includes a multiplying digital to analog converter (MDAC) and a sub-analog to digital converter (sub-ADC). The sub-ADC includes a comparator and a random offset controller. The comparator is coupled to compare a first analog signal received by the stage with a reference signal. The random offset controller is coupled to the comparator to apply a random offset to an input of the comparator to randomly distribute errors by the sub-ADC in a digital output of the pipeline ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Liping Deng, Tie Jun Dai, Bi Yuan, Chien-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 8646657
    Abstract: An electric caulking gun has a body and an actuating assembly. The body has a pushing shaft, a motor, a gearbox, a transmission device, a circuit board and a switch. The gearbox has a sun gear with multiple mounting slots. The actuating assembly is mounted in the body, is connected to the switch and engages the sun gear and has a connecting arm, a linking arm, an actuating element, an oscillating arm and a pressing button. The connecting arm is pivotally connected to the switch. The linking arm is connected to the connecting arm. The actuating element is mounted in the body, selectively engages one of the mounting slots and has a wedge mount and an engaging block. The oscillating arm is connected to the body and is connected to the connecting arm. The pressing button is movably mounted in the body and is connected to the oscillating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Techway Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hua Hsu, Cheng-Yuan Lin, Chen-Chen Cheng, Rui-Heng Lin
  • Publication number: 20140038598
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of performing a small cell detection, a small cell base station using the same method, and a mobile electronic device using the same method. The method and the device would perform functions including a user equipment (UE) detecting a discovery signal from a small cell base station (BS) over a schedulable resource in a Macro cell frequency, the user equipment transmitting a detection report to a Macro cell BS in response to detecting the discovery signal, the UE receiving a measurement command to measure a small cell BS in the small cell frequency, and generating and transmitting the measurement report after measuring the small cell BS in the small cell frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Fang-Ching Ren, Hung-Chen Chen, Wei-Chen Pao
  • Publication number: 20140034605
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a patterning process for an oxide film, including: covering a barrier layer composition on a substrate to form a patterned barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer composition includes an inorganic component and an organic binder with a weight ratio of 50-98:2-50; forming an oxide film on the patterned barrier layer and the substrate, wherein a thickness ratio (D1/D2) of the barrier layer (D1) to the oxide film (D2) is about 5-2000; and lifting off the barrier layer and the oxide film thereon, while leaving portions of the oxide film on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Chin-Ching LIN, Yu-Chun CHEN, En-Kuang WANG, Mei-Ching CHIANG, Yi-Chen CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140029317
    Abstract: A non-contact transformer assembly comprises an iron core having a pole with a length longer than the total height of the transmitting coil and the receiving coil to improve the induced voltage and magnetic field of the receiving coil and achieve the high effect of flux conversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: PHIHONG TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Chen CHEN, Po-Ching YU, Wei-Chun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140028106
    Abstract: A wireless transformer system comprises a primary side of AC/DC converter with power factor correction and a secondary side of a half bridge resonant DC/DC converter to power a device wirelessly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Chun-Chen CHEN, Po- Ching Yu, Wei-Chun Chang
  • Publication number: 20140021768
    Abstract: An inflatable sofa including a first inflatable sheath, a second inflatable sheath, a hose, an injection valve, a leaking valve and a pump is provided. The first inflatable sheath has a first pressure, and the second inflatable sheath disposed in the first inflatable sheath has a second pressure, in which the second pressure is less than the first pressure. The hose is connected between the pump and the second inflatable sheath, and the injection valve is disposed on the second inflatable sheath and located in the first inflatable sheath. The leaking valve is disposed on the first inflatable sheath and used to leak gas within the first inflatable sheath to outside of the inflatable sofa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: APEX BILLION INT'L INV. LTD.
    Inventor: Yuan-Chen Chen
  • Publication number: 20140011671
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube-metal particle composite includes: carbon nanotubes, polymer layer, and metal particles. The polymer layer is coated on a surface of the carbon nanotubes and defines a number of uniformly distributed pores. the metal particles are located in the pores. A catalyst including the carbon nanotube-metal particle composite is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: JIAN-WEI GUO, XIAO-LIN XIE, CHENG WANG, XIANG-MING HE, WEN-JUAN WEI, CHEN-CHEN ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20140011112
    Abstract: A membrane electrode includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a proton exchange membrane sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode includes a first gas diffusion layer and a first catalyst layer. The second electrode includes a second gas diffusion layer and a second catalyst layer. The first catalyst layer or the second catalyst layer includes a carbon nanotube-metal particle composite including carbon nanotubes, polymer layer, and metal particles. The polymer layer is coated on a surface of the carbon nanotubes and defines a plurality of pores uniformly distributed; the metal particles are located in the pores. A fuel cell including the membrane electrode is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: JIAN-WEI GUO, XIAO-LIN XIE, CHENG WANG, XIANG-MING HE, WEN-JUAN WEI, CHEN-CHEN ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20140011669
    Abstract: A method for making a carbon nanotube-metal particle composite is provided. Carbon nanotubes, polymer monomers, a first solution containing metal ions, and a second solution containing carboxylic acid radical ions are provided. The carbon nanotubes and the polymer monomers are mixed in a solvent to form a first mixture. The polymer monomers are adsorbed on the carbon nanotubes. A second mixture is formed by mixing the first mixture, the first solution, and the second solution. The polymer monomers, the first solution, and the second solution react with each other to form a coordination complex mixture containing the metal ions. The coordination complex mixture is adsorbed on the surface of the carbon nanotubes. A reducing agent is added into the second mixture to reduce the metal ions of the coordination complex mixture to metal particles, simultaneously, the polymer monomers are polymerize to in situ form the carbon nanotube-metal particle composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: JIAN-WEI GUO, XIAO-LIN XIE, CHENG WANG, XIANG-MING HE, WEN-JUAN WEI, CHEN-CHEN ZHAO