Patents by Inventor Chia-Chin Hsu

Chia-Chin Hsu 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).

  • Automated material handling system and method
    Patent number: 7966090
    Abstract: An automated material handling system (AMHS) includes a plurality of first stockers for material storage and a plurality of second stockers for material storage, wherein the second stockers are smaller than the first stockers. A method of operating an AMHS, wherein the AMHS includes a plurality of first stockers for material storage and a plurality of second stockers for material storage and the second stockers are smaller than the first stockers, includes selecting one of the first stockers and the second stockers after a step of a process is performed with one or more pieces of material at a piece of processing equipment; unloading the one or more pieces of material from the piece of processing equipment; and transporting the one or more pieces of material to the selected one of the first stockers and the second stockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming Wang, Nain-Sung Lee, Chia-Chin Hsu
  • Automated material handling system and method
    Publication number: 20080228310
    Abstract: An automated material handling system (AMHS) includes a plurality of first stockers for material storage and a plurality of second stockers for material storage, wherein the second stockers are smaller than the first stockers. A method of operating an AMHS, wherein the AMHS includes a plurality of first stockers for material storage and a plurality of second stockers for material storage and the second stockers are smaller than the first stockers, includes selecting one of the first stockers and the second stockers after a step of a process is performed with one or more pieces of material at a piece of processing equipment; unloading the one or more pieces of material from the piece of processing equipment; and transporting the one or more pieces of material to the selected one of the first stockers and the second stockers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Ming Wang, Nain-Sung Lee, Chia-Chin HSU