Patents by Inventor Chih-An Lin

Chih-An Lin 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).

  • Publication number: 20240090226
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a plurality of memory cells stacked up along a first direction. Each of the memory cells include a memory stack, connecting lines, and insulating layers. The memory stack includes a first dielectric layer, a channel layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, a charge trapping layer disposed on the channel layer, a second dielectric layer disposed on the charge trapping layer, and a gate layer disposed in between the channel layer and the second dielectric layer. The connecting lines are extending along the first direction and covering side surfaces of the memory stack. The insulating layers are extending along the first direction, wherein the insulating layers are located aside the connecting lines and covering the side surfaces of the memory stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Chih Lai, Chung-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20240086312
    Abstract: The invention provides a memory searching device and method. The memory searching device includes a memory, a lookup command processing circuit, and a lookup result processing circuit. The lookup command processing circuit reorders an original order of lookup commands in an original lookup command string into a new order based on an accessing characteristic of the memory, and provides a reordered lookup command string to the memory. The lookup result processing circuit is coupled to the memory to receive a lookup result string, and coupled to the lookup command processing circuit to receive mapping information between the original order and the new order. The lookup result string includes lookup results corresponding to the lookup commands of the reordered lookup command string. The lookup result processing circuit restores an order of the lookup results to the original order based on the mapping information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: NEUCHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huang-Chih Kuo, Youn-Long Lin
  • Publication number: 20240090230
    Abstract: A memory array and an operation method of the memory array are provided. The memory array includes first and second ferroelectric memory devices formed along a gate electrode, a channel layer and a ferroelectric layer between the gate electrode and the channel layer. The ferroelectric memory devices include: a common source/drain electrode and two respective source/drain electrodes, separately in contact with a side of the channel layer opposite to the ferroelectric layer, wherein the common source/drain electrode is disposed between the respective source/drain electrodes; and first and second auxiliary gates, capacitively coupled to the channel layer, wherein the first auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and one of the respective source/drain electrodes, and the second auxiliary gate is located between the common source/drain electrode and the other respective source/drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Ling Lu, Chen-Jun Wu, Ya-Yun Cheng, Sheng-Chih Lai, Yi-Ching Liu, Yu-Ming Lin, Feng-Cheng Yang, Chung-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20240085774
    Abstract: Provided include a beam modulation apparatus for modulating an input light field and a projection system containing the apparatus. The input light field has a first light field and a second light field, having a difference of 90° in their polarization states. The apparatus includes a PBS prism, a first LCOS panel and a second LCOS panel. The first and the second LCOS panel are respectively over a side surface of the PBS prism opposing to an optical incident surface and an optical exit surface. Each LCOS panel comprises a plurality of pixels over a reflective surface thereof, with each pixel controllably switched on or off such that a polarity state of a light beam reflected by a portion of the reflective surface corresponding thereto is changed or remains unchanged. This beam modulation apparatus can be applied in a projection system, such as a laser TV projection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: BEIJING ASU TECH CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwang ZHANG, Teng CAO, Wei-chih LIN, Xianlu WANG, Zhigang LIU
  • Publication number: 20240088091
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a package structure includes: providing a first electrical element and a second electrical element on a surface of a first carrier, wherein the second electrical element is shifted with respect to the first electrical element; and moving the first electrical element along at least one direction substantially parallel with the surface of the first carrier until a first surface of the first electrical element is substantially aligned with a first surface of the second electrical element from a top view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Lin SHIH, Chih-Cheng LEE
  • Publication number: 20240087933
    Abstract: A wafer transporting method includes following operations. A plurality of wafers are received in a semiconductor container attached to a mobile vehicle. An air processing system is coupled to a wall of the semiconductor container. The air processing system includes an inlet valve, an outlet valve, a pump between the inlet valve and the outlet valve, and a desiccant coupled to the pump. The semiconductor container is moved. The pump of the air processing system is turned on to extract air from inside the semiconductor container into the air processing system through the inlet valve. Humidity of the air is reduced when the air passes through the desiccant of the air processing system. The air is returned back to the semiconductor container through the outlet valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: YOU-CHENG YEH, MAO-CHIH HUANG, YEN-CHING HUANG, YU HSUAN CHUANG, TAI-HSIANG LIN, JIAN-SHIAN LIN
  • Publication number: 20240088291
    Abstract: A transistor includes an insulating layer, a source region, a drain region, a channel layer, a ferroelectric layer, and a gate electrode. The source region and the drain region are respectively disposed on and in physical contact with two opposite sidewalls of the insulating layer. A thickness of the source region, a thickness of the drain region, and a thickness of the insulating layer are substantially the same. The channel layer is disposed on the insulating layer, the source region, and the drain region. The ferroelectric layer is disposed over the channel layer. The gate electrode is disposed on the ferroelectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Chang Sun, Sheng-Chih Lai, Yu-Wei Jiang, Kuo-Chang Chiang, TsuChing Yang, Feng-Cheng Yang, Chung-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20240089514
    Abstract: A system for generating and providing a livestream includes a streaming-end assembly configured to generate a data stream, and a streaming server connected to the streaming-end assembly. In response to receipt of the data stream, the streaming server executing a processing software application processes the data stream to generate a plurality of streaming data chunks, and an index file that indicates an order of the plurality of streaming data chunks. The streaming server publishes the streaming data chunks and the index file to an InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) system, so as to enable a viewer-end device executing a web browser to communicate with the IPFS system to obtain the index file and the streaming data chunks from the IPFS system, and to play the streaming data chunks in the order indicated by the index file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Chih-Lin HUNG
  • Patent number: 11927209
    Abstract: A mounting seat is connected to a doorbell includes a mounting portion, an extendable portion, and a connecting portion. The mounting portion is connected to a mounting surface. The extendable portion is connected to the mounting portion. The extendable portion could be extended or retracted by exerting force. The extendable portion includes a first extendable section and a second extendable section. The connecting portion is connected between the extendable portion and the doorbell. When the first extendable section is extended or retracted relative to the mounting portion, the extendable portion drives the connecting portion and the doorbell to turn along a first axis. When the second extendable section is extended or retracted relative to the mounting portion, the extendable portion drives the connecting portion and the doorbell to turn along a second axis. The first axis is not parallel to the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Tzu-Chih Lin, Pei-Li Hu
  • Patent number: 11926266
    Abstract: An installing module includes a seat bracket, a plurality of lower gaskets, a device bracket and an upper gasket. The seat bracket includes a first locking plate and a second locking plate locked to each other. The first locking plate includes a first concave and the second locking plate includes a second concave corresponding to the first concave. The lower gaskets are respectively disposed on the first concave and the second concave. The lower gaskets face each other and jointly define a lower assembly hole and are disposed on a lower side of a head-support fixer of a car seat. The device bracket is locked to the seat bracket and an electronic device is pivotally coupled to the device bracket. The upper gasket is disposed between the device bracket and the head-support fixer, and the head-support fixer is clamped between the upper gasket and the lower gaskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Yeh, Chien-Chih Lin, Yi-Ming Chou, Chun-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 11929258
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure includes a first metal feature formed into a first dielectric layer, a second metal feature formed into a second dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer being disposed on said first dielectric layer, and a via connecting the first metal feature to the second metal feature, wherein a top portion of the via is offset from a bottom portion of the via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Ming Chang, Chih-Ming Lai, Ru-Gun Liu, Tsai-Sheng Gau, Chung-Ju Lee, Tien-I Bao, Shau-Lin Shue
  • Publication number: 20240076906
    Abstract: A rotation device includes a base seat, an axle unit and a lock unit. The axle unit extends into the base seat. The lock unit includes a lock plate that is sleeved on the axle unit, and a lock member that is disposed on the base seat. The lock plate is formed with a first lock groove. The lock member has a lock portion that is operable to move into the first lock groove. The lock plate is locked by the lock portion of the lock member when the lock portion moves into the first lock groove, so that the axle unit and the lock plate are not rotatable relative to the base seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Han LIN, Yung-Chih TSENG
  • Publication number: 20240081023
    Abstract: A working fluid recovery device includes an air moving unit, a water removal unit, a working fluid recovery unit, a condenser, and a working fluid collection tank. The air moving unit is configured to suck in a mixed gas including a non-condensable gas, a steam and a vapor phase of working fluid. The water removal unit is connected to the air moving unit, and configured to remove the steam. The working fluid recovery unit is connected to the water removal unit, and configured to recover the vapor phase of the working fluid and exhaust the non-condensable gas. The condenser is connected to the working fluid recovery unit, and configured to condense the vapor phase of the working fluid into a liquid phase of the working fluid. The working fluid collection tank is connected to the condenser, and configured to store the liquid phase of the working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Wei-Chih LIN, Ren-Chun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240079409
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate having a first fin structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a first source/drain structure over the first fin structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a first dielectric layer over the first source/drain structure and the substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a first conductive contact structure in the first dielectric layer and over the first source/drain structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer and the first conductive contact structure. The semiconductor device structure includes a first conductive via structure passing through the second dielectric layer and connected to the first conductive contact structure. A first width direction of the first conductive contact structure is substantially parallel to a second width direction of the first conductive via structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jyun-De WU, Te-Chih HSIUNG, Yi-Chun CHANG, Yi-Chen WANG, Yuan-Tien TU, Peng WANG, Huan-Just LIN
  • Publication number: 20240076939
    Abstract: A rotation device includes a base seat, an axle unit, a lower rotating module and an upper rotating module. The axle unit includes an upper axle and a lower axle. The lower rotating module includes a lock unit, and an outer barrel that is disposed in the base seat and that is penetrated by the lower axle. The lock unit includes a lock plate that is sleeved on the lower axle, and a lock member that is mounted to the base seat. The lock plate is formed with a first lock groove. The lock member has a lock portion that is operable to move into the first lock groove. The upper rotating module is disposed in the base seat and is co-rotatably sleeved on the upper axle. The upper rotating module is able to be driven by the upper axle to rotate relative to the lower rotating module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Han LIN, Yung-Chih TSENG
  • Publication number: 20240076921
    Abstract: A rotation device includes a base seat, an axle unit and a restoring unit. The axle unit includes an upper axle that extends into the base seat. The restoring unit permits the upper axle to extend therein. The restoring unit is for restoring the upper axle to its original position after the upper axle is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Han LIN, Yung-Chih TSENG
  • Patent number: 11920778
    Abstract: A ventilation fan includes a housing having an opening, a grille structure positioned to cover the opening, a fan module provided in the housing and a function module. The grille structure includes a base defining an outlet, and a grille support spaced apart from the base and connected by the connecting columns A radial inlet is formed between the base and the grille support is in communication with the outlet. The base includes a holder having a holding opening axially downward and faced away from the housing. The function module is disposed within the holder through the holding opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsiang Huang, Yen-Lin Chen, Chih-Hua Lin
  • Patent number: 11925030
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a metal-ferroelectric-metal-insulator-semiconductor (MFMIS) memory device, as well as a method for forming the MFMIS memory device. According to some embodiments of the MFMIS memory device, a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region are vertically stacked. An internal gate electrode and a semiconductor channel overlie the first source/drain region and underlie the second source/drain region. The semiconductor channel extends from the first source/drain region to the second source/drain region, and the internal gate electrode is electrically floating. A gate dielectric layer is between and borders the internal gate electrode and the semiconductor channel. A control gate electrode is on an opposite side of the internal gate electrode as the semiconductor channel and is uncovered by the second source/drain region. A ferroelectric layer is between and borders the control gate electrode and the internal gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Chih Lai, Chung-Te Lin
  • Publication number: 20240073559
    Abstract: Electrical Phase Detection Auto Focus. In one embodiment, an image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns of a pixel array disposed in a semiconductor material. Each pixel includes a plurality of photodiodes configured to receive incoming light through an illuminated surface of the semiconductor material. The plurality of pixels includes at least one autofocusing phase detection (PDAF) pixel having: a first subpixel without a light shielding, and a second subpixel without the light shielding. Autofocusing of the image sensor is at least in part determined based on different electrical outputs of the first subpixel and the second sub pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Young Woo Jung, Chih-Wei Hsiung, Vincent Venezia, Zhiqiang Lin, Sang Joo Lee
  • Publication number: 20240065765
    Abstract: A method of orthopedic treatment includes steps of: by using a computer aided design (CAD) tool based on profile data that is related to a to-be-treated part of a bone of a patient, obtaining a model of a preliminary instrument that substantially fits the to-be-treated part; by using the CAD tool, obtaining a model of a patient specific instrument (PSI) based on the model of the preliminary instrument; producing the PSI based on the model of the PSI, the PSI being adjustable; performing medical operation on the to-be-treated part, and then attaching the PSI to the to-be-treated part; after attaching the PSI to the to-be-treated part, adjusting the PSI such that the PSI is adapted to real conditions of the to-be-treated part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Alvin Chao-Yu CHEN, Yi-Sheng CHAN, Chi-Pin HSU, Shang-Chih LIN, Chin-Ju WU, Jeng-Ywan JENG