Patents by Inventor Chen An

Chen An 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).

  • TFT switch and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9761729
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor (TFT) switch includes a gate, a drain, a source, a semiconductor layer, and a fourth electrode. The drain is connected to a first signal. The gate is connected to a control signal to control the switch on or off. The source outputs the first signal when the switch turns on. The fourth electrode and the gate are respectively located at two sides of the semiconductor layer. The fourth electrode is conductive and is selectively coupled to different voltage levels, thereby reducing leakage current in a channel to improve switch characteristic when the switch turns off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peng Du, Cheng-hung Chen
  • Stress memorization technique for strain coupling enhancement in bulk finFET device
    Patent number: 9761717
    Abstract: A method for forming strained fins includes etching trenches in a bulk substrate to form fins, filling the trenches with a dielectric fill and recessing the dielectric fill into the trenches to form shallow trench isolation regions. The fins are etched above the shallow trench isolation regions to form a staircase fin structure with narrow top portions of the fins. Gate structures are formed over the top portions of the fins. Raised source ad drain regions are epitaxially grown on opposite sides of the gate structure. A pre-morphization implant is performed to generate defects in the substrate to couple strain into the top portions of the fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kangguo Cheng, Juntao Li, Chun-Chen Yeh
  • Method for machining metallic member using lathing and scraping
    Patent number: 9757824
    Abstract: A method for machining a metallic member to provide a finished appearance uses a lathe and a scraping process. A metallic member comprising a top portion and a peripheral sidewall is provided, the metallic member is positioned on the worktable. The worktable is rotated with the metallic member, the lathe tool moved backwards and forwards to machine the top portion of the rotary metallic member circumferentially. The lathe tool is moved by the moving device along a predetermined path relative to the worktable to machine curved surfaces of the top portion of the metallic member. The scraping cutter is moved to contact the peripheral sidewall of the metallic member. The scraping cutter is moved along a predetermined path, and the scraping cutter is fed the metallic member to achieve the required shape and finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: FU DING ELECTRONICAL TECHNOLOGY (JIASHAN) CO.,LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Lu Yang, Tian-En Zhang, Wei-Chuan Zhang, Jian-Shi Jia, Yang-Mao Peng, Jian Qu, Feng-Hua Chen, Zhen-Guang Xu, Jing-Shuang Sui, Da-Qing Zhuang, Jie Li, Yi Liu, Jian-Min Yu
  • Multi-fiber ferrule with a lens plate
    Patent number: 9759870
    Abstract: An optical fiber assembly includes a ferrule body with a plurality of optical fibers and an end of each optical fiber positioned adjacent the front face of the ferrule body. A beam-expanding element is positioned adjacent the front face of the ferrule body including a lens array aligned with the optical fibers. The lens array is spaced from the optical fibers by a predetermined distance to form a gap with an index-matched medium within the gap. A method of manufacturing the optical fiber assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Wenzong Chen, Dean Richardson, Malcolm H. Hodge, Thomas Coughlin
  • Touch identification device on the basis of doppler effect, touch identification method on the basis of doppler effect and touch screen
    Patent number: 9760202
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch identification device on the basis of Doppler effect, a touch identification method on the basis of Doppler effect and a touch screen, wherein the touch identification device comprises: a first transceiving module used for transmitting a first detection wave along a first direction and receiving a first feedback wave formed from the first detection wave after being reflected by a touch body; a second transceiving module used for transmitting a second detection wave along a second direction and receiving a second feedback wave formed from the second detection wave after being reflected by the touch body; and a calculation module used for calculating a moving speed and a moving direction of the touch body at the touch point according to the first detection wave, the first feedback wave, the second detection wave and the second feedback wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanshun Chen, Hong Wang, Yaohui Li, Qiushi Xu
  • Roadside assistance service provider assignment system
    Patent number: 9760846
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a computer-implemented method and system for the assignment of roadside assistance service providers such as tow trucks to distressed vehicles/drivers requiring roadside assistance. The methods and systems may include a roadside assistance service provider system with a collection module, an assignment module, and a feedback module. The collection module collects roadside assistance service provider information and historical statistics from real-world information and stores the information in a database that may then be analyzed using particular rules and formulas. The assignment module assigns particular roadside assistance service providers to particular distressed vehicles/drivers based on one or more characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier, Jason Balabas, Tao Chen, Christopher J. Lieggi, Robert A. Spinneweber
  • Application service aggregation and management
    Patent number: 9760952
    Abstract: A method and system for aggregating services is provided. The method includes receiving and processing a service request. The service request is submitted to a service catalog and dispatched to a data integration and API module. The service request is transmitted to a management module and processed with respect to a plurality of service providers. Inter process communications associated with the service request are managed. Additionally, an account associated with the service request and the plurality of service providers is managed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jianwen Chen, Margarete Donovang-Kuhlisch, Robert J. Faferko, Ya Xiao Liu, Yan Pang
  • Calibration method and calibration circuit
    Patent number: 9762336
    Abstract: Disclosed are a calibration method and a calibration circuit. The calibration method and the calibration circuit effectively calibrate the mismatches between the first signal path and the second signal path of a receiver by calibrating a plurality of tap coefficients of a finite impulse response filter configured in the second signal path and optimizing the tap coefficients. The calibration and optimization for the tap coefficients of the finite impulse response filter is according to differences between the electrical characteristics the analog-to-digital convertor and the LPF in the first signal path and differences between the analog-to-digital convertor and the LPF in the second signal path. These differences are obtained when the data reception has not yet started by the receiver (that is, when the receiver is working in a training mode).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: ALI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yue-Yong Chen
  • Circuit and method of electrically decoupling nodes
    Patent number: 9762052
    Abstract: A device includes a first power node, a second power node, a first input node, a second input node, a protected circuit, and a switch circuit. The protected circuit is coupled between the first power node and the second power node, and the protected circuit is further coupled with the second input node. The switch circuit is coupled with the first power node, the second power node, the first input node, and the second input node. The switch circuit is configured to electrically decouple the first input node and the second input node after (a) the first power node is floating or electrically coupled to the second power node and (b) a voltage level at the first input node is greater than a voltage level at the second power node by a predetermined voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Chu, Kuo-Ji Chen
  • Backside illuminated (BSI) image sensor with a reflector
    Patent number: 9761623
    Abstract: A backside illuminated (BSI) image sensor with a reflector is provided. A pixel sensor is arranged on a lower side of a semiconductor substrate, and comprises a photodetector arranged within the semiconductor substrate. An interconnect structure is arranged under the semiconductor substrate and the pixel sensor, and comprises an interconnect layer and a contact via extending from the interconnect layer to the pixel sensor. The reflector is arranged under the photodetector, between the interconnect layer and the photodetector, and is configured to reflect incident radiation towards the photodetector. A method for manufacturing the BSI image sensor is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yueh-Chuan Lee, Chia-Chan Chen
  • Large matrix VCSEL termination without channel laser crosstalk
    Patent number: 9759882
    Abstract: A termination ferrule includes a ferrule body and a ferrule plate. The ferrule body includes multiple bores arranged to align with a pattern of lasers in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) array. Each of the multiple bores includes an entry diameter sized for an optical fiber with a protective coating and an exit diameter sized for a portion of the optical fiber without the protective coating. The ferrule plate includes multiple holes arranged to align with the pattern of lasers in the VCSEL array. Each of the multiple holes includes a hole diameter sized to receive the portion of the optical fiber without the protective coating. The ferrule plate is secured between the VCSEL array and the ferrule body, and the ferrule plate includes a thickness sufficient to create a gap between each laser in the VCSEL array and the corresponding optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: David Z. Chen
  • Cosmetic container
    Patent number: 9757751
    Abstract: A cosmetic container has a driving assembly, a vessel, and a shell assembly. The vessel is mounted in the driving assembly. The shell assembly is mounted around a second rotating tube of the driving assembly and the vessel. The shell assembly has a first tube, a second tube, and a top seat. The first tube is coactively mounted around an outer surface of the second rotating tube and has at least one notch formed in an outer surface of the first tube. The second tube is coactively mounted around the first tube and has at least one connecting protrusion inserted into the at least one notch of the first tube. The top seat is coactively mounted on the first tube. The cosmetic container is convenient to assemble and prevents dust accumulation on the assembling structure of the cosmetic container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventor: Sin-Hsiung Chen
  • Power supply device for robot vacuum cleaners
    Patent number: 9757003
    Abstract: A power supply device for a rotary distance detection device of a robot vacuum cleaner includes a base having a control board which is electrically connected to a power supply so as to control the base to move. The control board has bearings and a distance-detection circuit board on the bearings. The distance-detection circuit board is electrically connected to the control board and the power supply via the bearings so that the robot vacuum cleaner is able to work continuously without worry of replacement of batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Precaster Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nen-Tsua Li, Chen-Yu Liao
  • Polymerase chain reaction-based method and primer set for detecting epidermal growth factor receptor mutation
    Patent number: 9758818
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method for detecting an insertion/deletion variant, as compared with a reference sequence, in a selected region of a target gene in a sample. The target gene has a template strand and a coding strand complementary to the template strand. The method uses a primer set that includes a blocking primer, and a forward primer. The blocking primer and the forward primer are partially overlapping and have different melting temperatures, and the 3?-end of the blocking primer is modified to prevent the extension of the blocking primer during the PCR. Accordingly, under specific PCR conditions, the presence of the PCR product is indicative of the presence of an insertion/deletion mutation in the selected region, and the absence of the PCR product is indicative of the absence of an insertion/deletion mutation in the selected region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jr-Kai Huang, Chi-Kuan Chen, Tao-Yeuan Wang
  • M.2 interface memory device and M.2 interface connection seat insertedly provided thereof
    Patent number: 9761996
    Abstract: The invention provides a M.2 interface memory device and a M.2 interface connection seat insertedly provided thereof. The M.2 interface memory device comprises a M.2 interface card and a housing provided with at least one guide groove. The M.2 interface connection seat is disposed on a circuit board, and comprises two arms and a base comprising a M.2 interface slot. At least one arm is provided with a guide rail. An opening direction of the M.2 interface slot is horizontal to a surface of the circuit board. When the M.2 interface card is inserted into the M.2 interface slot in a horizontal direction, the M.2 interface memory device will be fixed within the M.2 interface connection seat by embedding between the guide groove and the guide rail. Thus, M.2 interface memory devices of a variety of specification lengths are able to be inserted into the M.2 interface connection seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: INNODISK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen-Huan Lin, Hsiao-Yu Wang
  • Probabilistic recommendation of an item
    Patent number: 9760802
    Abstract: A clustering and recommendation machine determines that an item is included in a cluster of items. The machine accesses item data descriptive of the item. The machine accesses a vector that represents the cluster and calculates the likelihood that the item is included in the cluster, based on the item variable and the probability parameter. The machine determines that the item is included in the cluster, based on the likelihood. The machine also recommends an item to a potential buyer. The machine accesses behavior data that represents a first event type pertinent to a first cluster of items. The machine calculates a probability that a second event type pertaining to a second cluster of items will co-occur with the first event type. The machine identifies an item from the second cluster to be recommended and presents a recommendation of the item to the potential buyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Ye Chen, John Canny
  • Wireless receiving system and associated signal processing method
    Patent number: 9763113
    Abstract: A wireless receiving system includes a packet searching module and a memory module. The packet searching module performs packet searching that includes adopting at least one parameter. The memory module stores the at least one parameter corresponding to a packet as a set of reference parameters. At a predetermined time point, the packet searching module again performs packet searching according to the set of reference parameters stored in the memory module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Teng-Han Tsai, Xiao-Peng Chen, Tai-Lai Tung
  • Buried channel semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9761584
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming one or more fins extending in a first direction over a substrate. The one or more fins include a first region along the first direction and second regions on both sides of the first region along the first direction. A dopant is implanted in the first region of the fins but not in the second regions. A gate structure overlies the first region of the fins and source/drains are formed on the second regions of the fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Chung Chen, Chi-Feng Huang, Victor Chiang Liang, Fu-Huan Tsai, Hsieh-Hung Hsieh, Tzu-Jin Yeh, Han-Min Tsai, Hong-Lin Chu
  • Steam plate
    Patent number: D796899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Inventor: Hsien-Chen Chen
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D797222
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Karsten Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Serrano, Xiaojian Chen, Calvin Wang, David Higdon