Patents by Inventor Chi-Ming Chien
Chi-Ming Chien 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: 12243741Abstract: A method includes forming a conductive member over a first conductive line; forming a second conductive line over the conductive member; and removing a portion of the conductive member exposed by the second conductive line to form a conductive via. The formation of the second conductive line is implemented prior to the formation of the conductive via. A semiconductor structure includes a first conductive line having a first surface; a second conductive line disposed above the first conductive line and having a second surface overlapping the first surface; and a conductive via electrically connected to the first surface and the second surface. The conductive via includes a first end disposed within the first surface, a second end disposed within the second surface, and a cross-section between the first end and the second end, wherein at least two of interior angles of the cross-section are substantially unequal to 90°.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.Inventors: Johnny Chiahao Li, Shih-Ming Chang, Ken-Hsien Hsieh, Chi-Yu Lu, Yung-Chen Chien, Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Jerry Chang Jui Kao, Xiangdong Chen
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Patent number: 10442497Abstract: An easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system consisting of a microcontroller unit, a memory, a driver and a derailleur is disclosed. The memory has stored therein more than three position tables each containing the position information of the derailleur relative to the chainrings. The position information contained in one position table has a part or all different from the position information contained in every other position table. The position tables are arranged one after another in a proper order corresponding to one same chainring in such a manner that every two adjacent position tables are differed by a distance value corresponding to one same chainring. The microcontroller unit selects one position table, and drives the driver to shift the derailleur to the corresponding position according to the position information of the selected position table.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: AD-II Engineering Inc.Inventor: Chi-Ming Chien
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Publication number: 20180304966Abstract: An easy-adjustment bicycle gear-shifting system consisting of a microcontroller unit, a memory, a driver and a derailleur is disclosed. The memory has stored therein more than three position tables each containing the position information of the derailleur relative to the chainrings. The position information contained in one position table has a part or all different from the position information contained in every other position table. The position tables are arranged one after another in a proper order corresponding to one same chainring in such a manner that every two adjacent position tables are differed by a distance value corresponding to one same chainring. The microcontroller unit selects one position table, and drives the driver to shift the derailleur to the corresponding position according to the position information of the selected position table.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2017Publication date: October 25, 2018Inventor: Chi-Ming CHIEN
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Publication number: 20130019112Abstract: A power control module installed in the power supply device of a computer for power control is disclosed to include an electric switch member for switching on/off power supply conduction between the power supply device and the motherboard of the computer, and a sensor for sensing the power-on/off current signal of the motherboard of the computer and driving the electric switch member to switch off power supply conduction between the power supply device and the motherboard of the computer when the user switched off the computer after work.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: SEVENTEAM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chi-Ming Chien
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Publication number: 20130015706Abstract: An electric outlet power control device includes an electric outlet strip having female receptacles for providing electricity to a host computer and computer peripheral apparatuses, and a control module having a sensor for sensing the current signal of the host computer and an electric switch member controllable by the sensor to cut off power supply from all the female receptacles when the host computer is off.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2011Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: SEVENTEAM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chi-Ming Chien
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Patent number: 7965332Abstract: Device and method capable of dynamically displaying digital images by coordinate conversion on a virtual plane are provided. The device includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The display unit includes a screen. The storage unit stores a digital image. The processing unit establishes a virtual plane including a display region corresponding to the screen of the display unit, projects the digital image on the virtual plane to form an image region, and decides a moving trace of the image region on the virtual plane. When the image region and the display region overlap, the processing unit calculates the overlap and displays a corresponding part of the digital image by reading from the storage unit on a corresponding part of the screen.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2005Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Via Technologies Inc.Inventors: Sheng-Yu Chiu, Ming-Hua Wan, Tsung-Heng Chen, Chi-Ming Chien
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Patent number: 7330351Abstract: A mobile power adapter having an electric socket for power input, multiple adapter ports for power output, a power supply unit for converting input power supply into desired output power supply for output through the adapter ports, and a monitoring unit for monitoring the temperature inside the mobile power adapter and the operation status of the power supply unit on electric voltage, electric current, power consumption status and total wattage for enabling the monitoring data to be displayed on a display screen on the outside wall of a housing of the mobile power adapter.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Seventeam Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chi-Ming Chien
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Publication number: 20070242419Abstract: A mobile power adapter having an electric socket for power input, multiple adapter ports for power output, a power supply unit for converting input power supply into desired output power supply for output through the adapter ports, and a monitoring unit for monitoring the temperature inside the mobile power adapter and the operation status of the power supply unit on electric voltage, electric current, power consumption status and total wattage for enabling the monitoring data to be displayed on a display screen on the outside wall of a housing of the mobile power adapter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2006Publication date: October 18, 2007Applicant: SEVENTEAM ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Chi-Ming Chien
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Publication number: 20060232694Abstract: Device and method capable of dynamically displaying digital images by coordinate conversion on a virtual plane are provided. The device includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The display unit includes a screen. The storage unit stores a digital image. The processing unit establishes a virtual plane including a display region corresponding to the screen of the display unit, projects the digital image on the virtual plane to form an image region, and decides a moving trace of the image region on the virtual plane. When the image region and the display region overlap, the processing unit calculates the overlap and displays a corresponding part of the digital image by reading from the storage unit on a corresponding part of the screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2005Publication date: October 19, 2006Inventors: Sheng-Yu Chiu, Ming-Hua Wan, Tsung-Heng Chen, Chi-Ming Chien