Patents by Inventor Cheng Po Chen
Cheng Po 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).
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Publication number: 20240145581Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a fin structure having a channel region protruding from an isolation insulating layer disposed over a semiconductor substrate is formed, a cleaning operation is performed, and an epitaxial semiconductor layer is formed over the channel region. The cleaning operation and the forming the epitaxial semiconductor layer are performed in a same chamber without breaking vacuum.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Ya-Wen CHIU, Yi Che CHAN, Lun-Kuang TAN, Zheng-Yang PAN, Cheng-Po CHAU, Pin-Chu LIANG, Hung-Yao CHEN, De-Wei YU, Yi-Cheng LI
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Publication number: 20230020337Abstract: An electrical component and method for manufacturing the electrical component with a substrate a conductor stack having multiple layers and including at least one electrically conductive path. The conductor stack mounted to the substrate with a dielectric passivation stack encasing at least a portion of the conductor stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Reza Ghandi, David Richard Esler, David Mulford Shaddock, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Liang Yin
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Patent number: 11482449Abstract: An electrical component and method for manufacturing the electrical component with a substrate a conductor stack having multiple layers and including at least one electrically conductive path. The conductor stack mounted to the substrate with a dielectric passivation stack encasing at least a portion of the conductor stack.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Reza Ghandi, David Richard Esler, David Mulford Shaddock, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Liang Yin
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Patent number: 11410519Abstract: A system for generating hazard alerts is provided. The system includes a sensor unit including a plurality of sensors and a locating device and a hazard analyzing (HA) computing device configured to communicate with the sensor unit. The HA computing device includes a memory device and a processor configured to receive, from the plurality of sensors, a plurality of sensor measurements, receive, from the locating device, a plurality of sensor locations, determine, based on the received locations, a location of the sensor unit during each sensor measurement of the plurality of sensor measurements, compute, based on at least one of the plurality of sensor measurements and the determined locations, a plurality of sub-risk scores, compute a risk score based on the sub-risk scores, and determine that a first alert condition is present in response to the risk score being greater than a threshold risk score.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sm Shajedul Hasan, Lembit Salasoo, Cheng-Po Chen
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Patent number: 11398870Abstract: Systems and methods for optical data communication in high temperatures and harsh environments are provided herein. The embodiments utilize a combination of a short wavelength light source combined with a wide bandgap detector in order to transmit optical signals. An optical data communication system may include a light source connected to a light detector via an optical fiber. The light source and the light detector may also be physically adjacent to any dielectric gap that can be spanned without having an optical fiber intermediary.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Emad A. Andarawis
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Publication number: 20220157141Abstract: A system for generating hazard alerts is provided. The system includes a sensor unit including a plurality of sensors and a locating device and a hazard analyzing (HA) computing device configured to communicate with the sensor unit. The HA computing device includes a memory device and a processor configured to receive, from the plurality of sensors, a plurality of sensor measurements, receive, from the locating device, a plurality of sensor locations, determine, based on the received locations, a location of the sensor unit during each sensor measurement of the plurality of sensor measurements, compute, based on at least one of the plurality of sensor measurements and the determined locations, a plurality of sub-risk scores, compute a risk score based on the sub-risk scores, and determine that a first alert condition is present in response to the risk score being greater than a threshold risk score.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: SM Shajedul Hasan, Lembit Salasoo, Cheng-Po Chen
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Patent number: 11302170Abstract: A system for detecting and mapping hazards is provided. The system includes at least one sensor unit including a plurality of sensors and a locating device and a hazard mapping (HM) computing device. The HM computing device includes at least one processor configured to receive, from the plurality of sensors, a plurality of sensor measurements, receive, from the locating device, a plurality of sensor locations, determine, based on the sensor locations, a location of the sensor unit during each sensor measurement of the plurality of sensor measurements, identify, for each determined location, a first location identifier of a first plurality of location identifiers, compare each sensor measurement corresponding to the first location identifier to a reference sensor level of the identified first location identifier, and determine that an alert condition is present based on the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Lembit Salasoo, Cheng-Po Chen, S M Shajedul Hasan
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Patent number: 11280814Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, voltage sensing techniques using a voltage sensing device are employed to identify sources of electromagnetic radiation and provide warnings to a user about high levels of electromagnetic radiation. By way of example, the voltage sensing device may be a wearable device and may provide auditory, visual, and tactile alerts to a user.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: GENERAL ELECTIC COMPANYInventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Cheng-Po Chen, Emad Andarawis Andarawis
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Publication number: 20220037201Abstract: An electrical component and method for manufacturing the electrical component with a substrate a conductor stack having multiple layers and including at least one electrically conductive path. The conductor stack mounted to the substrate with a dielectric passivation stack encasing at least a portion of the conductor stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Reza Ghandi, David Richard Esler, David Mulford Shaddock, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Liang Yin
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Publication number: 20210318362Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, voltage sensing techniques using a voltage sensing device are employed to identify sources of electromagnetic radiation and provide warnings to a user about high levels of electromagnetic radiation. By way of example, the voltage sensing device may be a wearable device and may provide auditory, visual, and tactile alerts to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Cheng-Po Chen, Emad Andarawis Andarawis
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Publication number: 20210288722Abstract: Systems and methods for optical data communication in high temperatures and harsh environments are provided herein. The embodiments utilize a combination of a short wavelength light source combined with a wide bandgap detector in order to transmit optical signals. An optical data communication system may include a light source connected to a light detector via an optical fiber. The light source and the light detector may also be physically adjacent to any dielectric gap that can be spanned without having an optical fiber intermediary.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Emad A. Andarawis
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Patent number: 10816458Abstract: A gas analysis system includes spectroscopy assembly coupled to a vehicle. The spectroscopy assembly includes a plurality of emitters configured to emit a plurality of light beams toward a target surface. Each light beam of the plurality of light beams comprises a predetermined wavelength. The spectroscopy assembly includes a collection optic configured to receive a plurality of reflected light beams reflected from the target surface. Additionally, the spectroscopy assembly includes a detector configured to receive the plurality of reflected light beams from the collection optic and to detect a spectral intensity of the plurality of reflected light beams. Further, the spectroscopy assembly includes a controller configured to receive a light beam signal from the detector indicative of the spectral intensity of the plurality of reflected light beams. The controller is configured to detect a target fluid based on the light beam signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ansas Matthias Kasten, William Albert Challener, Jason Harris Karp, Cheng-Po Chen
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Patent number: 10798282Abstract: A device for detecting proximity to an active alternating current (AC) voltage source is provided. The device includes a housing, at least one antenna configured to generate a signal in response to exposure to electromagnetic radiation, signal processing circuitry configured to process the signal generated by the at least one antenna, a microprocessor configured to determine, from the processed signal, whether the alert device is proximate to the active AC voltage source, a communication device configured to generate a signal in response to a determination that the alert device is proximate the active AC voltage source, and an interference reduction device configured to discharge an accumulated charge on the alert device to reduce electromagnetic interference from sources other than the active AC voltage source.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: GE GLOBAL SOURCING LLCInventors: Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Glen William Brooksby, Christopher Gushee, Jeffrey Mayton, Cheng-Po Chen, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Wyatt Smith, Jose Luis R. Virgen, Daniel L. Olson
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Patent number: 10739318Abstract: A detection system includes a first sensor configured to send a first ultrasonic pulse toward an object in a blowout prevention system. The first ultrasonic pulse has a first parameter. The detection system also includes a second sensor spaced from the first sensor and configured to send a second ultrasonic pulse toward the object. The second ultrasonic pulse has a second parameter that is different from the first parameter of the first ultrasonic pulse. The first parameter and the second parameter are one of an amplitude, a frequency, a duration, an emission time, and an excitation code. The second sensor is further configured to receive the first ultrasonic pulse after the first ultrasonic pulse interacts with the object. The detection system is configured to determine that the first ultrasonic pulse received by the second sensor was sent by the first sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Dayu Huang, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Edward James Nieters, Cheng-Po Chen, Marco Guerriero
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Patent number: 10704981Abstract: A scanning system for producing a path averaged concentration map of a leaking plume is provided. The system includes a tunable light source capable of tuning its wavelength over the absorption band of the specimen of interest, a lightweight mirror to scan the light, a lightweight collection optic, an array of detectors to measure reflected light, one or more processors configured to align the scanning with the detected signal and analyze the signal to produce a path averaged concentration map of the leaking plume, the one or more processors configured to use an analytical model of plume dynamics to compare the detected concentration map and calculate leak location and rate, and a flying platform that can fly in a control flight path.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Niloy Choudhury, Cheng-Po Chen, Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo
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Publication number: 20200182779Abstract: A gas analysis system includes spectroscopy assembly coupled to a vehicle. The spectroscopy assembly includes a plurality of emitters configured to emit a plurality of light beams toward a target surface. Each light beam of the plurality of light beams comprises a predetermined wavelength. The spectroscopy assembly includes a collection optic configured to receive a plurality of reflected light beams reflected from the target surface. Additionally, the spectroscopy assembly includes a detector configured to receive the plurality of reflected light beams from the collection optic and to detect a spectral intensity of the plurality of reflected light beams. Further, the spectroscopy assembly includes a controller configured to receive a light beam signal from the detector indicative of the spectral intensity of the plurality of reflected light beams. The controller is configured to detect a target fluid based on the light beam signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Ansas Matthias Kasten, William Albert Challener, Jason Harris Karp, Cheng-Po Chen
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Patent number: 10527784Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward designs and methods improving optical sensing, wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) telecommunication transceivers, WDM add/drops, and spectrometer techniques that may benefit from a stable wavelength reference. The disclosed designs and methods are useful in the manufacture of a stable wavelength reference that may compensate for temperature variations.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Glen Peter Koste, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Cheng-Po Chen
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Patent number: 10488174Abstract: A voltage detection device for detecting proximity to an active alternating current (AC) voltage source is provided. The device includes a housing, at least one antenna configured to generate a signal in response to exposure to electromagnetic radiation, signal processing circuitry configured to process the signal generated by the at least one antenna, a processing device embedded in the housing and communicatively coupled to the signal processing circuitry, the processing device configured to determine, from the processed signal, whether the voltage detection device is proximate to the active AC voltage source, and an electronic switch embedded in the housing and one of included within the processing device and communicatively coupled to the processing device, the electronic switch configured to reduce an impact of interference on detection of the active AC voltage source.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Christopher Bruce Gushee, Jose Luis Virgen, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Glen William Brooksby, Jeffrey Ross Mayton, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Wyatt Beale Smith, Daniel Leroy Olson
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Publication number: 20190277617Abstract: A voltage detection device for detecting proximity to an active alternating current (AC) voltage source is provided. The device includes a housing, at least one antenna configured to generate a signal in response to exposure to electromagnetic radiation, signal processing circuitry configured to process the signal generated by the at least one antenna, a processing device embedded in the housing and communicatively coupled to the signal processing circuitry, the processing device configured to determine, from the processed signal, whether the voltage detection device is proximate to the active AC voltage source, and an electronic switch embedded in the housing and one of included within the processing device and communicatively coupled to the processing device, the electronic switch configured to reduce an impact of interference on detection of the active AC voltage source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2018Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Cheng-Po Chen, Christopher Bruce Gushee, Jose Luis Virgen, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Glen William Brooksby, Jeffrey Ross Mayton, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Wyatt Beale Smith, Daniel Leroy Olson
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Publication number: 20190149715Abstract: A device for detecting proximity to an active alternating current (AC) voltage source is provided. The device includes a housing, at least one antenna configured to generate a signal in response to exposure to electromagnetic radiation, signal processing circuitry configured to process the signal generated by the at least one antenna, a microprocessor configured to determine, from the processed signal, whether the alert device is proximate to the active AC voltage source, a communication device configured to generate a signal in response to a determination that the alert device is proximate the active AC voltage source, and an interference reduction device configured to discharge an accumulated charge on the alert device to reduce electromagnetic interference from sources other than the active AC voltage source.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Mark Bradshaw Kraeling, Glenn Robert Shaffer, Emad Andarawis Andarawis, Glen William Brooksby, Christopher Gushee, Jeffrey Mayton, Cheng-Po Chen, Nancy Cecelia Stoffel, Wyatt Smith, Jose Luis R. Virgen, Daniel L. Olson