Patents by Inventor Chen Feng
Chen Feng 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).
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Patent number: 12369387Abstract: Nanowire devices and fin devices are formed in a first region and a second region of a substrate. To form the devices, alternating layers of a first material and a second material are formed, inner spacers are formed adjacent to the layers of the first material, and then the layers of the first material are removed to form nanowires without removing the layers of the first material within the second region. Gate structures of gate dielectrics and gate electrodes are formed within the first region and the second region in order to form the nanowire devices in the first region and the fin devices in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chao-Ching Cheng, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Chen-Feng Hsu, Yu-Lin Yang, Tung Ying Lee, Chih Chieh Yeh
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Patent number: 12368378Abstract: In described examples, a boost converter includes an inductor, a voltage input, a current regulator, an intermediate node, a transistor, and a regulation circuit. The inductor has first and second terminals. The voltage input provides an input voltage, and is coupled to the first inductor terminal. The current regulator has current regulator input and output. The current regulator input is coupled to the second inductor terminal. The current regulator allows current to flow from the current regulator input to the current regulator output, and not vice versa. The intermediate node provides a node voltage. The transistor includes a source, a drain, and a gate. The drain is coupled to the current regulator output via the intermediate node. The regulation circuit includes a first regulation input coupled to receive the input voltage, a second regulation input coupled to the intermediate node, and a regulation output coupled to the gate.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Chen Feng, Jian Liang, Weicheng Zhang
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Patent number: 12361082Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a request through a web services API, the request comprising a query to query a database system, retrieving a set of weights that is specific to the web services, determining a factor score for each impact factor in a set of impact factors to provide a set of factor scores, providing a score total for the query based on the set of weights and the set of factor scores, returning a score response including the total score and at least one query suggestion, and receiving a modified request through the web services API, the modified request including the query modified to include at least a portion of the at least one query suggestion.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Xia Yu, Dabin Feng, Hui Li, Baolin He, Chen Feng
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Patent number: 12346749Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for adaptive application server request balancing. An example method includes receiving, from a load balancer, an application request for a first application at a first application server. In response to determining that a complexity value for the application request is greater than a complexity value threshold and that an occupancy value for the first application server is greater than an occupancy value threshold, the application request is provided to a global task queue that is accessible by the first application server and other application servers. A notification is received from a second application server of a completion of the application request by the second application server. A completion result of the completion of the application request by the second application server is retrieved from a global results queue and the completion result is provided to the first application in response to the application request.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: SAP SEInventors: Dabin Feng, Xia Yu, Chen Feng
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Publication number: 20250200310Abstract: A single piece light pipe is designed to provide dual-field, multi-color, multi-directional illumination. The light pipe is combined with a single PCB having a plurality of LEDS to create a compact illuminator that can selectively provide dark field and bright field with red, green, blue color, broad spectrum, or combination of any color in horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or combination of any direction. The single piece light pipe is compact in size and light in weight. The non-closed form option not only can further reduce the weight but also can allow arrange opening area clearance for: (1) visual aiming and alignment in application, especially for hand held application; (2) reducing illumination crosstalk to unwanted directions; and for (3) mechanical integration. The improvements allow the illuminator to read direct product marking (DPM) type of barcodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Inventors: Chen Feng, Jie Ren, Yunxin Ouyang
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Publication number: 20250183188Abstract: A manufacturing method includes providing a substrate including a circuit region and a peripheral region, wherein the peripheral region includes a plurality of test areas; performing a via-forming process on the first substrate, wherein the via-forming process includes forming a test cell in each test area; performing a test cell inspection step to the test cells and comparing the inspection result with inspection standard to obtain a comparison result; based on the comparison result, determining whether the parameters of the via-forming process need to be modified, or whether at least a through via or cavity of the substrate is qualified or needs to be reworked, or whether the substrate needs to be scrapped; and when the through via or cavity is determined to be qualified, forming a conductive layer in the through via or disposing an electronic unit in the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2024Publication date: June 5, 2025Applicant: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Kuang-Ming FAN, Chen-Feng LIN
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Publication number: 20250157080Abstract: A navigation system includes one or more processing circuits configured to process vision data of a space, generate, based on the vision data, a map of the space, receive a query image of the space, compare a feature of the query image with one or more features of the vision data to generate a comparison between the query image and the vision data, determine, based on the comparison between the query image and the vision data, a location and a direction associated with the query image within the space, associate the location and the direction associated with the query image with a position and an orientation within the map, and compute, based on the position and the orientation within the map, a path through the space to a destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: NEW YORK UNIVERSITYInventors: John-Ross Rizzo, Chen Feng, Anbang Yang, Diwei Sheng
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Patent number: 12302765Abstract: A memory device includes a substrate, a transistor disposed over the substrate, an interconnect structure disposed over and electrically connected to the transistor, and a memory stack disposed between two adjacent metallization layers of the interconnect structure. The memory stack includes a bottom electrode disposed over the substrate and electrically connected to a bit line, a memory layer disposed over the bottom electrode, a selector layer disposed over the memory layer, and a top electrode disposed over the selector layer and electrically connected to a word line. Besides, at least one moisture-resistant layer is provided adjacent to and in physical contact with the selector layer, and the at least one moisture-resistant layer includes an amorphous material.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2024Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Chen-Feng Hsu, Chien-Min Lee, Tung-Ying Lee, Cheng-Hsien Wu, Hengyuan Lee, Xinyu Bao
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Publication number: 20250150437Abstract: According to some embodiments, methods and systems may provide request governance in a multi-tenancy cloud computing environment of an enterprise. A default cluster and a quarantine cluster may each execute application servers, and an automated quarantine enterprise configuration may store automatically managed tenant identifiers. An automated quarantine manager may automatically determine which tenant identifiers are stored in the automated quarantine enterprise configuration (e.g., based on a dynamic sliding time window). The automated quarantine manager may receive a tenant request from a client and arrange for the received tenant request to be executed by an application server in either the default cluster or the quarantine cluster in accordance with an associated tenant identifier in the automated quarantine enterprise configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2023Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Kun LIU, Xia YU, Shuna YE, Chen FENG, Xiansheng SUN
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Publication number: 20250139179Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving a request through a web services API, the request comprising a query to query a database system, retrieving a set of weights that is specific to the web services, determining a factor score for each impact factor in a set of impact factors to provide a set of factor scores, providing a score total for the query based on the set of weights and the set of factor scores, returning a score response including the total score and at least one query suggestion, and receiving a modified request through the web services API, the modified request including the query modified to include at least a portion of the at least one query suggestion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Xia Yu, Dabin Feng, Hui Li, Baolin He, Chen Feng
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Publication number: 20250127583Abstract: A micromanipulator comprising: a first frame portion defining an axial direction extending from a first proximal end to a first distal end; a second frame portion; a tool holder coupled to the second frame portion; a first connecting portion coupling the second frame portion and the first frame portion at the first distal end in resilient pivotable coupling; and a second connecting portion coupling the second frame portion and the first frame portion at the first proximal end in resilient pivotable coupling. The first frame portion, the second frame portion, the first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion form a flexural frame. The flexural frame is resiliently biased to a first frame state in which the tool holder is in a retracted position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Wei Tech ANG, Chao ZHOU, Chen FENG, Kwang Yong LIM, Zuping JIANG, Yuan YUAN
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Patent number: 12265879Abstract: A single piece light pipe is designed to provide dual-field, multi-color, multi-directional illumination. The light pipe is combined with a single PCB having a plurality of LEDs to create a compact illuminator that can selectively provide dark field and bright field with red, green, blue color, broad spectrum, or combination of any color in horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or combination of any direction. The single piece light pipe is compact in size and light in weight. The non-closed form option not only can further reduce the weight but also can allow arrange opening area clearance for: (1) visual aiming and alignment in application, especially for hand held application; (2) reducing illumination crosstalk to unwanted directions; and for (3) mechanical integration. The improvements allow the illuminator to read direct product marking (DPM) type of barcodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.Inventors: Chen Feng, Jie Ren, Yunxin Ouyang
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Publication number: 20250105735Abstract: A circuit includes a comparator circuit having a first input, a second input, a first output and a second output. The circuit also includes the first input configured to receive an input voltage of a power supply circuit and the second input configured to receive an output voltage of the power supply circuit. Additionally, the circuit includes the first output to provide the larger of the input voltage or the output voltage and the second output to provide a logic low signal responsive to the input voltage being less than the output voltage, and to provide a logic high signal responsive to the input voltage being greater than or equal to the output voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Jian LIANG, Yao LU, Chen FENG
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Publication number: 20250102444Abstract: An example apparatus, method, and computer program product for detecting a change (e.g., deformation) in a surface using optical fibers are provided. The example apparatus may include an optical fiber having a first end and a second end, wherein the optical fiber is positioned in a two-dimensional pattern on a surface. An illumination source is positioned at a first end of the optical fiber and is configured to emit a light output into the first end of the optical fiber. A first optical receiver is also positioned at the first end of the optical fiber, configured to receive reflected light. The apparatus may include a second optical receiver configured to receive transmitted light at the second end of the optical fiber. A change in the surface is detected based at least in part on the reflected light and the transmitted light.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Chen FENG, Moin SHAFAI, Suresh VENKATARAYALU
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Publication number: 20250058315Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems associated with a sample testing device are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Chen Feng, Suresh Venkatarayalu, Moin Shafai, Sean Kearney
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Patent number: 12206326Abstract: A circuit includes a control circuit having a first control circuit input, a second control circuit input, a first control circuit output, and a second control circuit output, and a first transistor having a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal, the control terminal coupled to the first control circuit output, the first current terminal coupled to the first control circuit input and to a second transistor, and the second current terminal adapted to be coupled to the second transistor, a logic circuit having a first logic input, a second logic input, and a logic output, the first logic input coupled to the second control circuit output and a switch having a first switch terminal, a second switch terminal, and a switch control terminal, the switch control terminal coupled to the logic output and the first switch terminal coupled to the second current terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Jian Liang, Yao Lu, Chen Feng
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Publication number: 20250022334Abstract: In order to handle a central bank digital currency, a cash handling apparatus includes: a cash depositing port for depositing cash; a cash recognition circuit that recognizes a kind and authenticity of the cash; a cash storage that stores the cash; a digital cash depositing unit for depositing digital cash being a central bank digital currency for which one piece of data is issued per predetermined unit amount; and a digital cash storage that stores the digital cash. The cash handling apparatus accepts depositing of at least one of cash and digital cash. In a cash depositing process, cash deposited from the cash depositing port is recognized by the cash recognition circuit and stored in the cash storage. In a digital cash depositing process, data of digital cash inputted from the digital cash depositing port is stored in the digital cash storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Kisho YANASE, Shuang GAO, Zi Chen FENG
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Patent number: 12197034Abstract: An example bi-directional closed loop multi-focus-position lens apparatus comprises a barrel lens assembly moveable along a longitudinal axis and comprising top and bottom magnetic elements, top and bottom coil elements, a magnetic field sensor, a temperature sensor, a processor, and a non-transitory memory storing predetermined calibration data. The lens apparatus applies current to the coil elements to move the lens assembly toward a desired focus position, captures a magnetic field and temperature within the lens apparatus, compares the captured magnetic field and the captured temperature to the calibration data to determine a current position of the lens assembly, determines if the current position is the desired focus position, and, if the current position is not the desired focus position, adjusts the coil current to move the lens assembly from the current position toward the desired focus position.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.Inventors: Chen Feng, Eric Youngblood, Tao Xian
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Patent number: 12200375Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for improved projecting of aimer illumination utilizing an off-axis aimer alignment. Some embodiments reduce the negative impact of light reflectivity on components of an apparatus from an aimer illumination while simultaneously enhancing the intensity level of the aimer illumination at greater ranges from a target object. One example embodiment includes an integrated molded off-axis aimer lens including a light focusing lens having an input face and an output face, an axis redirecting lens having an angled front surface, where the axis redirecting lens is oriented along a first axis, where the axis redirecting lens is aligned with the output face of the light focusing lens, and an aimer light source aligned with the input face of the light focusing lens, where the aimer light source is oriented along a second axis that differs from the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.Inventors: Chen Feng, Tao Xian, Eric A. Youngblood
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Patent number: 12196672Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems associated with a sample testing device are provided. For example, an example sample testing device may include a substrate layer defining a bottom surface of the sample testing device, as well as a waveguide disposed on the substrate layer and includes at least one reference channel and at least one sample channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.Inventors: Suresh Venkatarayalu, Moin Shafai, Chen Feng, Jennifer Burnett, Giorgio Carlo Isella, Robert Timothy Kester, Benjamin P. Heppner, James A. Lopac, Lisa M. Lust, Mary Katherine Salit, Matthew Wade Puckett, William McGraw