Patents by Inventor Chia-Wei Chen

Chia-Wei 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).

  • Patent number: 11978675
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a gate structure disposed over a channel region, and a source/drain region. The gate structure includes a gate dielectric layer over the channel region, a first work function adjustment layer, over the gate dielectric layer, a first shield layer over the first work function adjustment layer, a first barrier layer, and a metal gate electrode layer. The first work function adjustment layer is made up of n-type work function adjustment layer and includes aluminum. The first shield layer is made of at least one selected from the group consisting of metal, metal nitride, metal carbide, silicide, a layer containing one or more of F, Ga, In, Zr, Mn and Sn, and an aluminum containing layer having a lower aluminum concentration than the first work function adjustment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chandrashekhar Prakash Savant, Chia-Ming Tsai, Ming-Te Chen, Tien-Wei Yu
  • Publication number: 20240147665
    Abstract: A precooling device integrated with a cooling distribution unit and a server liquid cooling system are provided. The precooling device includes a liquid cooling row, an adapter assembly, and a cooling distribution unit. The adapter assembly includes a flow joining row and a flow distribution row. The cooling distribution unit supplies a refrigerant from an interior thereof, and includes an outlet and an inlet communicating with the interior. The outlet communicates with the flow distribution row of the adapter assembly to deliver the refrigerant for heat exchange. The refrigerant being performed the heat exchange returns to the liquid cooling row through the flow joining row of the adapter assembly for precooling, and then returns from the liquid cooling row to the cooling distribution unit through the inlet. The refrigerant is precooled before returning to the cooling distribution unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Chia-Wei CHEN, Kun-Chieh LIAO, Yueh-Ming LIU
  • Publication number: 20240147673
    Abstract: A cooling device for rack servers and cooling method for rack servers are provided. The cooling device for rack servers includes an environmental temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a coolant temperature sensor, an electronic valve, and a controller. The controller is configured to compute a dew point temperature according to an ambient temperature and an ambient humidity sensed by the environmental temperature sensor and the humidity sensor, compute a temperature difference between a outlet-liquid temperature of a coolant and the dew point temperature, and control an opening of the electronic valve according to the temperature difference to adjust a liquid flow of the coolant outputted, such that the outlet-liquid temperature dynamically changes following the adjustment of the liquid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Chia-Wei CHEN, Kun-Chieh LIAO, Yueh-Ming LIU
  • Publication number: 20240145403
    Abstract: An electronic package is provided, in which electronic elements and at least one packaging module including a semiconductor chip and a shielding structure covering the semiconductor chip are disposed on a carrier structure, an encapsulation layer encapsulates the electronic elements and the packaging module, and a shielding layer is formed on the encapsulation layer and in contact with the shielding structure. Therefore, the packaging module includes the semiconductor chip and the shielding structure and has a chip function and a shielding wall function simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien CHIU, Wen-Jung TSAI, Chih-Chiang HE, Ko-Wei CHANG, Chia-Yang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240145433
    Abstract: A package structure includes a first die and a second die embedded in a first molding material, a first redistribution structure over the first die and the second die, a second molding material over portions of the first die and the second die, wherein the second molding material is disposed between a first portion of the first redistribution structure and a second portion of the first redistribution structure, a first via extending through the second molding material, wherein the first via is electrically connected to the first die, a second via extending through the second molding material, wherein the second via is electrically connected to the second die and a silicon bridge electrically coupled to the first via and the second via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Yao Lin, Chia-Hsiang Lin, Chien-Sheng Chen, Kathy Wei Yan
  • Patent number: 11973095
    Abstract: A chip package including a substrate, a first conductive structure, and an electrical isolation structure is provided. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface), and includes a first opening and a second opening surrounding the first opening. The substrate includes a sensor device adjacent to the first surface. A first conductive structure includes a first conductive portion in the first opening of the substrate, and a second conductive portion over the second surface of the substrate. An electrical isolation structure includes a first isolation portion in the second opening of the substrate, and a second isolation portion extending from the first isolation portion and between the second surface of the substrate and the second conductive portion. The first isolation portion surrounds the first conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: XINTEC INC.
    Inventors: Kuei-Wei Chen, Chia-Ming Cheng, Chia-Sheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20240132923
    Abstract: Provided is a recombinant microorganism including at least two genes for producing itaconic acid and its derived monomers, and the at least two genes are located on the same expression vector. The at least two genes include one encoding cis-aconitic acid decarboxylase and the other one encoding aconitase, and the genome of the recombinant microorganism includes a gene encoding the molecular chaperone protein GroELS. Also provided is a method for producing itaconic acid by using the microorganism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: I-Son NG, Jo-Shu CHANG, Chuan-Chieh HSIANG, Yeong-Chang CHEN, Yu-Chiao LIU, Chia-Wei TSAI
  • Patent number: 11966241
    Abstract: A circuit includes a voltage divider circuit configured to generate a feedback voltage according to an output voltage, an operational amplifier configured to output a driving signal according to the feedback voltage and a reference voltage and a pass gate circuit including multiple current paths. The current paths are controlled by the driving signal and connected in parallel between the voltage divider circuit and a power reference node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Huan-Neng Chen, Yen-Lin Liu, Chia-Wei Hsu, Jo-Yu Wu, Chang-Fen Hu, Shao-Yu Li, Bo-Ting Chen
  • Publication number: 20240125771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reaction platform, which comprises: a machine body with a bottom plate for placing non-porous substrates; and a coater module configured on the top of the machine body and capable of maintaining a preset of a predetermined height for moving along the surface of non-porous substrate, wherein the coater module has one or more slits, and a target liquid can be directly injected or sucking in from the outside of the coater module through the slit, and spreading the target liquid onto a surface of the non-porous substrate while moving along the non-porous substrate; wherein the surface of the non-porous substrate has a target to be coated. The reaction platform of the present invention can not only save time, labor and cost, but also have accurate and reproducible experimental results, showing better results than traditional methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: An-Bang Wang, Shih-Yu Chen, Tung-Hung Su, Chia-Chi Chu, Chia-Chien Yen, Yu-Wei Chiang
  • Publication number: 20240119559
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an image enlarging apparatus having deep learning mechanism. A deep learning circuit includes an image downsizing circuit, an image characteristic analyzing circuit, a weighting reallocating circuit and an image upsizing circuit. The image downsizing circuit downsizes an input image to generate a downsized image. The image characteristic analyzing circuit analyzes the downsized image according to image characteristics to generate categorized images. The weighting reallocating circuit performs weighting reallocating on the categorized images according to image weighting parameters corresponding to the image characteristics to generate weighting reallocated images. The image upsizing circuit upsizes the weighting reallocated images to generate adjusted images. A concatenating circuit concatenates the input image and the adjusted images to generate concatenated images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: CHON-HOU SIO, CHIA-WEI YU, KANG-YU LIU, YEN-YING CHEN
  • Patent number: 11957018
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate having display and non-display areas; a first conductive layer including first and second sub-conductive lines; a second conductive layer including third and fourth sub-conductive lines, wherein, in the display area, the first sub-conductive line and the third sub-conductive lines cross from a top view; and a third conductive layer including third conductive lines and corresponding to the non-display area; wherein, corresponding to the non-display area, a portion of a projection of the one of the third conductive lines is overlapped with a portion of a projection of the second sub-conductive line on the substrate, and another portion of the projection of the one of the third conductive lines is overlapped with a portion of a projection of the fourth sub-conductive line on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui-Min Huang, Li-Wei Sung, Cheng-Tso Chen, Chia-Min Yeh
  • Patent number: 11955397
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a compound semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and a stack of dielectric layers. The channel layer is disposed on the substrate. The barrier layer is disposed on the channel layer. The compound semiconductor layer is disposed on the barrier layer. The gate electrode is disposed on the compound semiconductor layer. The stack of dielectric layers is disposed on the gate electrode. The stack of dielectric layers includes layers having different etching rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Shin-Cheng Lin, Cheng-Wei Chou, Ting-En Hsieh, Yi-Han Huang, Kwang-Ming Lin, Yung-Fong Lin, Cheng-Tao Chou, Chi-Fu Lee, Chia-Lin Chen, Shu-Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 11955154
    Abstract: A sense amplifier circuit includes a sense amplifier, a switch and a temperature compensation circuit. The temperature compensation circuit provides a control signal having a positive temperature coefficient, based on which the switch provides reference impedance for temperature compensation. The sense amplifier includes a first input end coupled to a target bit and a second input end coupled to the switch. The sense amplifier outputs a sense amplifier signal based on the reference impedance and the impedance of the target bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tung Huang, Jen-Yu Wang, Po-Chun Yang, Yi-Ting Wu, Yung-Ching Hsieh, Jian-Jhong Chen, Chia-Wei Lee
  • Publication number: 20240113113
    Abstract: Methods of cutting gate structures, and structures formed, are described. In an embodiment, a structure includes first and second gate structures over an active area, and a gate cut-fill structure. The first and second gate structures extend parallel. The active area includes a source/drain region disposed laterally between the first and second gate structures. The gate cut-fill structure has first and second primary portions and an intermediate portion. The first and second primary portions abut the first and second gate structures, respectively. The intermediate portion extends laterally between the first and second primary portions. First and second widths of the first and second primary portions along longitudinal midlines of the first and second gate structures, respectively, are each greater than a third width of the intermediate portion midway between the first and second gate structures and parallel to the longitudinal midline of the first gate structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Hung, Chia-Jen Chen, Ming-Ching Chang, Shu-Yuan Ku, Yi-Hsuan Hsiao, I-Wei Yang
  • Publication number: 20240113429
    Abstract: An electronic device including a bracket and an antenna is provided. The bracket includes first, second, third, and fourth surfaces. The antenna includes a radiator. The radiator includes first, second, third, and fourth portions. The first portion is located on the first surface and includes connected first and second sections. The second portion is located on the second surface and includes third, fourth, fifth, and sixth sections. The third section, the fourth section, and the fifth sections are bent and connected to form a U shape. The third portion is located on the third surface and is connected to the second section and the fourth section. The fourth portion is located on the fourth surface and is connected to the fifth section, the sixth section, and the third portion. The radiator is adapted to resonate at a low frequency band and a first high frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chao-Hsu Wu, Sheng-Chin Hsu, Chia-Hung Chen, Chih-Wei Liao, Hau Yuen Tan, Hao-Hsiang Yang, Shih-Keng Huang
  • Publication number: 20240107250
    Abstract: A method for performing audio enhancement with aid of timing control includes: utilizing a UE to determine a first predetermined synchronization delay and notify a first earphone of the first predetermined synchronization delay, wherein a first DSP circuit in the first earphone is arranged to determine a synchronization point according to a first time point of a first event and the first predetermined synchronization delay for the first earphone; utilizing the UE to determine a second predetermined synchronization delay and notify a second earphone of the second predetermined synchronization delay, wherein a second DSP circuit in the second earphone is arranged to determine the synchronization point according to a second time point of a second event and the second predetermined synchronization delay for the second earphone; and utilizing the UE to receive first uplink audio data from the first earphone and receive second uplink audio data from the second earphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Hsi-Hsien Chen, Yili Wang, Chia-Wei Tao, Sheng-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 11942563
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a chip package includes patterning a wafer to form a scribe trench, in which a light-transmissive function layer below the wafer is in the scribe trench, the light-transmissive function layer is between the wafer and a carrier, and a first included angle is formed between an outer wall surface and a surface of the wafer facing the light-transmissive function layer; cutting the light-transmissive function layer and the carrier along the scribe trench to form a chip package that includes a chip, the light-transmissive function layer, and the carrier; and patterning the chip to form an opening, in which the light-transmissive function layer is in the opening, a second included angle is formed between an inner wall surface of the chip and a surface of the chip facing the light-transmissive function layer, and is different from the first included angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: XINTEC INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Sheng Lin, Hui-Hsien Wu, Jian-Hong Chen, Tsang-Yu Liu, Kuei-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11937574
    Abstract: An interactive device for animals is provided that includes a main body, a driving module and a first rotating member. The main body includes an accommodating groove, an opening, and a communicating channel. The driving module is disposed on the main body. The first rotating member is rotatably disposed in the main body and separates the communicating channel and the accommodating groove. When the driving module drives the first rotating member to rotate in a first rotating direction, the first rotating member drives at least one object disposed in the accommodating groove to enter the communicating channel and leave the main body through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TOMOFUN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Yen Chang, Min-Wei Chen, Yo-Chen Victor Chang
  • Publication number: 20240096781
    Abstract: A package structure including a semiconductor die, a redistribution circuit structure and an electronic device is provided. The semiconductor die is laterally encapsulated by an insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure is disposed on the semiconductor die and the insulating encapsulation. The redistribution circuit structure includes a colored dielectric layer, inter-dielectric layers and redistribution conductive layers embedded in the inter-dielectric layers. The electronic device is disposed over the colored dielectric layer and electrically connected to the redistribution circuit structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Ti Lu, Hao-Yi Tsai, Chia-Hung Liu, Yu-Hsiang Hu, Hsiu-Jen Lin, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chih-Hao Chang, Bo-Jiun Lin, Shih-Wei Chen, Hung-Chun Cho, Pei-Rong Ni, Hsin-Wei Huang, Zheng-Gang Tsai, Tai-You Liu, Po-Chang Shih, Yu-Ting Huang
  • Patent number: D1020435
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BROGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Kuang Chiu, Chia-Wei Yeh, Juei-Tsung Chen