Patents by Inventor Chih-An Chen

Chih-An 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: 12224481
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package includes a substrate and an antenna module. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The antenna module is disposed on the first surface of the substrate with a gap. The antenna module has a support and an antenna layer. The support has a first surface facing away from the substrate and a second surface facing the substrate. The antenna layer is disposed on the first surface of the support. The antenna layer has a first antenna pattern and a first dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Lin Ho, Chih-Cheng Lee, Chun Chen Chen, Yuanhao Yu
  • Patent number: 12220550
    Abstract: Provided is a device for transdermal delivery of drugs. The device includes a separable substrate and is loaded with dual drugs based on an interpenetrating polymer network hydrogel. Also provided are methods of making and using the transdermal delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: BUDDHIST TZU CHI MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yu-Shuan Chen, Hsieh-Chih Tsai, Chang-Yi Lee, Haile Fentahun Darge, Shinn-Zong Lin, Tzyy-Wen Chiou, Chia-Yu Chang
  • Patent number: 12224038
    Abstract: A memory device and an intelligent operation method thereof are provided. The memory device includes a memory array, a signal generating circuit, an environment detecting circuit and an artificial intelligence (AI) circuit. The signal generating circuit is configured to generate an inputting signal. The environment detecting circuit is configured to detect at least one environment information. The AI circuit is connected among the memory array, the signal generating circuit and the environment detecting circuit. The AI circuit at least receives the inputting signal from the signal generating circuit, receives the environment information from the environment detecting circuit, receives a first performance information from the memory array, receives a second performance information from the AI circuit and outputs an ideal signal to the memory array according to the inputting signal, the environment information, the first performance information and the second performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuan-Chih Chen, Chia-Hong Lee, Ming-Hsiu Lee
  • Patent number: 12221483
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fusion protein and the nucleic acid encoding sequence thereof, and uses of the same. The fusion protein of the present disclosure achieves the effect of treating cancer, immunoregulation and activating immune cells through various efficacy experiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
    Inventors: Der-Yang Cho, Shao-Chih Chiu, Shi-Wei Huang, Chih-Ming Pan, Mei-Chih Chen, Yu-Chuan Lin, Yeh Chen, Yi-Wen Chen, Ming-You Shie, Kai-Wen Kan
  • Patent number: 12225161
    Abstract: An example electronic device includes a network communication interface to connect to a conference server, a central control device communication interface to connect to a local central control device, a microphone and a processor. The processor is to receive audio at the microphone and send the audio to the local central control device and to the conference server. The processor is to send the audio to the local central control device such that it is received by a nearby electronic device before the audio is received from the conference server by the nearby electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: He-Di Liu, Ting Fong Wang, Hsin-Chih Lin, Xin-Chang Chen, Yao Cheng Yang
  • Publication number: 20250047020
    Abstract: A power connector and a power terminal assembly are disclosed in this application. The power connector includes an insulating body and at least one pair of power terminal assemblies. In the pair of power terminal assemblies, each power terminal assembly includes a first power terminal and a second power terminal that form a stacked structure to ensure high current transmission. A first airflow passage is formed between a first fixed plate of the first power terminal and a second fixed plate of the second power terminal. A second airflow passage is formed between a first conductive sheet of the first power terminal and a second conductive sheet of the second power terminal. The second airflow passage is connected to the first airflow passage. The power terminal assembly of the present application can achieve the better balance between high current transmission and low temperature rise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventor: Hsin Chih CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250048704
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of metal portions, a plurality of nanosheet structures, and a plurality of isolation structures. The metal portions are disposed on the semiconductor substrate and are spaced apart from each other. The nanosheet structures are surrounded by the metal portions such that the nanosheet structures are spaced apart from each other. The isolation structures are disposed on the semiconductor substrate such that two adjacent ones of the metal portions are isolated from each other by a corresponding one of the isolation structures. Each of the isolation structures includes a first dielectric layer and an air gap surrounded by the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Chih CHEN, Fu-Hsiang SU, Shih-Hsun CHANG, Chia-Hao KUO, Chih-Ting YEH
  • Publication number: 20250048452
    Abstract: Various schemes pertaining to coordinated time-division multiple-access (C-TDMA) protocols, transmission opportunity (TXOP) sharing modes for time allocation, and exchange of parameters in multi-access point (multi-AP) systems are described. An apparatus (e.g., a sharing access point (AP)) acquires a TXOP. The apparatus also triggers one or more shared APs to participate in C-TDMA communications with respectively associated stations (STAs) within the TXOP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Samat Shabdanov, Po-Chun Fang, Cheng-Chien Su, James Chih-Shi Yee, Chien-Fang Hsu, You-Wei Chen, Chung-Ta Ku, Weisung Tsao, Po-Yuen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20250046996
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a feeding radiation element, a connection radiation element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a first shorting radiation element, a second shorting radiation element, and a carrier element. The feeding radiation element has a feeding point. The connection radiation element is coupled to the feeding radiation element. The first radiation element is coupled to the connection radiation element. The second radiation element is coupled to the connection radiation element. The second radiation element and the first radiation element substantially extend in opposite directions. The feeding radiation element and the connection radiation element are coupled through the first shorting radiation element to a first grounding point. The second shorting radiation element is adjacent to the second radiation element. The connection radiation element and the first radiation element are coupled through the second shorting radiation element to a second grounding point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Guan-Ren SU, Ying-Hsuan CHEN, Hsieh-Chih LIN
  • Publication number: 20250044857
    Abstract: A chipset holds a first hardware semaphore to indicate that a processing subsystem is powered off. This first hardware semaphore coordinates power states between a driver and the processing subsystem. The chipset releases the first hardware semaphore when the processing subsystem is powered on. This release allows the driver to operate on a hardware component associated with the processing subsystem. The chipset attempts to acquire the first hardware semaphore by the processing subsystem before powering off. The chipset powers off the processing subsystem upon successfully acquiring the first hardware semaphore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Fu-Shing Ju, Chien-Chih Tseng, Ju-Hung Teng, SHOW-HONG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250044643
    Abstract: A display device is provided, and includes a substrate and a first light shielding layer disposed on the substrate and defining a plurality of first openings. The display device includes a first light filter layer disposed in one of the first openings and a plurality of light-emitting diodes disposed on the substrate. The display device includes a second light shielding layer disposed between the substrate and the first light shielding layer, and having a plurality of second openings. The at least part of the light-emitting diodes are disposed in the second openings respectively. The display device also includes a spacer element disposed between the first light shielding layer and the second light shielding layer, wherein from a cross-section view, a shape of the spacer element is arc-shaped, and a shape of the second light shielding layer is arc-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yi-An CHEN, Kuan-Hung KUO, Tsau-Hua HSIEH, Ming-I CHAO, Shu-Ming KUO, Chin-Lung TING, Chih-Yung HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20250046734
    Abstract: A package includes a first package component; a second package component bonded to the first package component by a first plurality of solder connectors; and a first plurality of spacer connectors extending from the first package component to the second package component. A diameter of a spacer connector the first plurality of spacer connectors is larger than a height of a solder connector of the first plurality of solder connectors, and the first plurality of spacer connectors comprises a different material than the first plurality of solder connectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Wei-Hung Lin, Chi-Chun Hsieh, Ming-Hua Lo, Chung-Chih Chen, Hsin-Hsien Wu
  • Publication number: 20250047201
    Abstract: A power converter is coupled between a power source and multiple loads, and the power converter includes a first switch module. The switch module includes an inductor, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch. The first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch are configured to be turned on or turned off so that the inductor is stored energy or released energy to converter the power source into multiple voltages to the multiple loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Hung-Chieh LIN, Yi-Ping HSIEH, Hsin-Chih CHEN, Hung-Yu HUANG
  • Publication number: 20250040914
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for controlling the operation of a focused ultrasound blood-brain barrier opening (FUS-BBBO) device using an individualized closed-loop feedback control method are disclosed. Devices, systems, and methods for performing transcranial cavitation localization using a time difference of arrival method combined with signal processing using differential cavitation are also disclosed. Methods for performing a liquid biopsy to diagnose a brain disorder using a FUS-BBBO method to enhance the release of biomarkers from the brain into CSF and blood are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Hong CHEN, Zhongtao HU, Lu XU, Christopher PACIA, Chih-Yen CHIEN, Eric LEUTHARDT
  • Patent number: 12218165
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a plurality of pixel sensors disposed in the substrate, a sensor isolation feature disposed in the substrate defining an active region, and a dielectric layer between the sensor isolation feature and the substrate, wherein the sensor isolation feature comprises a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Feng Kao, Dun-Nian Yaung, Jen-Cheng Liu, Hsing-Chih Lin, Che-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 12213762
    Abstract: A sole data collection device and a sole data collection method are disclosed. The sole data collection device includes an image capture module, a temperature detection module and a monofilament testing module. The sole data collection device is used for collecting the sole data of a user, and the sole data is transmitted to a cloud server. The sole data collection device and the sole data collection method are not only convenient for a user to collect sole data at home at any time, but also allow the user's caregiver and/or relevant medical care personnel to extract the sole data from the cloud server to screen the user's plantar condition, so as to solve the problem that it is time-consuming and costly to go to a medical institution for relevant examinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Chang Gung University
    Inventors: Ting-Ting Yeh, Miao-Yu Liao, Chia-Chih Chang, Yu-Syuan Chen, I-Feng Hsu
  • Patent number: 12219123
    Abstract: A method for rendering data of a three-dimensional image adapted to an eye position and a display system are provided. The method is used to render the three-dimensional image to be displayed in a three-dimensional space. In the method, a three-dimensional image data used to describe the three-dimensional image is obtained. The eye position of a user is detected. The ray-tracing information between the eye position and each lens unit of a multi-optical element module forms a region of visibility (RoV) that may cover a portion of the three-dimensional image in the three-dimensional space. When coordinating the physical characteristics of a display panel and the multi-optical element module, a plurality of elemental images can be obtained. The elemental images form an integral image that records the three-dimensional image data adapted to the eye position, and the integral image is used to reconstruct the three-dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LIXEL INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang Yang, Chih-Hung Ting, Kai-Chieh Chang, Hsin-You Hou, Chih-Wei Shih, Wei-An Chen, Kuan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12218106
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a 3D integrated circuit (IC) stack that includes a first IC die bonded to a second IC die. The first IC die includes a first semiconductor substrate, a first interconnect structure arranged on a frontside of the first semiconductor substrate, and a first bonding structure arranged over the first interconnect structure. The second IC die includes a second semiconductor substrate, a second interconnect structure arranged on a frontside of the second semiconductor substrate, and a second bonding structure arranged on a backside of the second semiconductor substrate. The first bonding structure faces the second bonding structure. Further, the 3D IC stack includes a first backside contact that extends from the second bonding structure to the backside of the second semiconductor substrate and is thermally coupled to at least one of the first or second interconnect structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Feng Kao, Dun-Nian Yaung, Hsing-Chih Lin, Jen-Cheng Liu, Yi-Shin Chu, Ping-Tzu Chen, Che-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 12218022
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first passivation layer, forming a metal pad over the first passivation layer, forming a planarization layer having a planar top surface over the metal pad, and patterning the planarization layer to form a first opening. A top surface of the metal pad is revealed through the first opening. The method further includes forming a polymer layer extending into the first opening, and patterning the polymer layer to form a second opening. The top surface of the metal pad is revealed through the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiu Chen, Wen-Chih Chiou, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 12217991
    Abstract: A portable robotic semiconductor pod loader may detect, with at least one sensor, receipt of a semiconductor pod on a load port of the portable robotic semiconductor pod loader. The at least one sensor is supported by the load port. The portable robotic semiconductor pod loader may cause a robot, of the portable robotic semiconductor pod loader, to align with the semiconductor pod provided on the load port. The portable robotic semiconductor pod loader may cause the robot to attach to the semiconductor pod, and may cause the robot to provide the semiconductor pod from the load port to a staging area of a semiconductor processing tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Kuo Chang, Cheng-Lung Wu, Ting-Yau Shiu, Wei-Chen Lee, Yang-Ann Chu, Jiun-Rong Pai