Patents by Inventor Chih Chung Chang

Chih Chung Chang 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: 10089239
    Abstract: Provided are methods, systems, and apparatus for managing and controlling memory caches, in particular, system level caches outside of those closest to the CPU. The processes and representative hardware structures that implement the processes are designed to allow for detailed control over the behavior of such system level caches. Caching policies are developed based on policy identifiers, where a policy identifier corresponds to a collection of parameters that control the behavior of a set of cache management structures. For a given cache, one policy identifier is stored in each line of the cache.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Allan D. Knies, Shinye Shiu, Chih-Chung Chang, Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Malyugin, Santhosh Rao
  • Patent number: 9847296
    Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer barrier comprises forming a conductive line over a substrate, depositing a dielectric layer over the conductive line, forming a plug opening in the dielectric layer, forming a multilayer barrier through a plurality of deposition processes and corresponding plasma treatment processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chung Chang, Jung-Chih Tsao, Chun Che Lin, Yu-Ming Huang, Tain-Shang Chang, Jian-Shin Tsai
  • Publication number: 20170341201
    Abstract: An embodiment retainer ring includes an outer ring encircling an opening and an inner ring attached to the outer ring. The inner ring is disposed between the opening and the outer ring. The inner ring includes a softer material than the outer ring and a plurality of voids within the softer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Chun-Wei Hsu, Chi-Jen Liu, Liang-Guang Chen, Chih-Chung Chang, Cheng-Chun Chang, Hsin-Kai Chen, Yi-Sheng Lin, Shi-Ya Hsu, Tsung-Ju Lin, Yi-Sheng Ma
  • Publication number: 20170228322
    Abstract: This document describes profiling cache replacement. Profiling cache replacement is a technique for managing data migration between a main memory and a cache memory to improve overall system performance. Unlike conventional cache replacement techniques, profiling cache replacement employs a profiler to maintain counters that count memory requests for access to not only the pages maintained in the cache memory, but also the pages maintained in the main memory. Based on the information collected by the profiler (e.g., about memory access requests), a mover moves pages between the main and cache memories. By way of example, the mover can swap highly-requested pages of the main memory, such as a most-requested page of the main memory, with little-requested pages of the cache memory, such as a least-requested page of the cache memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 9591554
    Abstract: This document describes management capabilities for a wireless docking experience. A wireless dock is configured to connect to multiple peripheral devices, such as a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse. Mobile devices can connect to the wireless dock, via a short-range wireless connection, to utilize the multiple peripheral devices. When deployed with other wireless docks, the wireless dock can be configured to provide management information with a broadcast signal that is usable by the mobile devices to manage the wireless connection to, and experience with, the wireless dock. The management information can include one or more of a do-not-automatically-connect indicator, an in-use indicator, an Internet-available indicator, or a group identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Baron, Chih-Chung Chang, Eliot John Flannery, Gianluigi Nusca, Vineet Venugopal
  • Publication number: 20170051536
    Abstract: A fire escape door lock device includes a lock mechanism attached to a door panel and having a dead bolt for selectively locking the door panel to a door frame, a control device is disposed in the door panel and electrically connected to the lock mechanism, a switch is electrically connected to the control device, and a press bar device is attached to the door panel and coupled to the switch for selectively actuating the switch when the press bar device is depressed toward the door panel, and for selectively releasing the lock mechanism with the control device, and arranged for allowing the emergency fire escape door lock device to be selectively actuated or operated either inside or outside the fire escape door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Chih Chung CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170009487
    Abstract: A door lock device includes a receiver mechanism includes a housing having a chamber for engaging with a casing which has a compartment for engaging with a deadbolt of a lock mechanism, a fastener secures the casing to the housing at a selected position after the casing has been adjusted relative to the housing, a block is engaged in the housing, and a fastener is engaged with the block for securing the block to the housing at a selected position after the block has been adjusted relative to the housing, such that the casing and the block are adjustable relative to the housing to any selected position for fitting and engaging with various kinds of door lock devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Chih Chung CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160350232
    Abstract: Provided are methods, systems, and apparatus for managing and controlling memory caches, in particular, system level caches outside of those closest to the CPU. The processes and representative hardware structures that implement the processes are designed to allow for detailed control over the behavior of such system level caches. Caching policies are developed based on policy identifiers, where a policy identifier corresponds to a collection of parameters that control the behavior of a set of cache management structures. For a given cache, one policy identifier is stored in each line of the cache.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Allan D. KNIES, Shinye SHIU, Chih-Chung CHANG, Vyacheslav Vladimirovich MALYUGIN, Santhosh RAO
  • Patent number: 9337421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phase-change memory device structure and the materials used. The structure comprises a substrate, a single or multiple sandwich-memory-unit(s), a first electrode, and a second electrode. The sandwich-memory-unit contains an upper barrier layer, a lower barrier layer, and a memory layer therebetween. The thickness of the memory-layer is less than 30 nm. The present invention provides a phase-change memory device with a high Tc and a low volume changing rate during phase-change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsung-Shune Chin, Chih-Chung Chang, Yung-Ching Chu
  • Publication number: 20160112942
    Abstract: In embodiments of access point assisted roaming, a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, tablet computer, or other portable device is implemented for wireless connection with access points, such as Wi-Fi access points. An access point controller can receive a request for a neighbor report from the mobile device, and also obtain a travel direction of the mobile device. The access point controller is implemented to determine access points that are each configured for a wireless connection with a communication system of the mobile device, where a wireless connection with an access point is based in part on a detected signal strength of an access point. The access point controller can then generate the neighbor report that lists one or more of the access points in order of connection likelihood and based on the travel direction of the mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Chih-Chung Chang, Yatharth Gupta
  • Publication number: 20160073435
    Abstract: This document describes management capabilities for a wireless docking experience. A wireless dock is configured to connect to multiple peripheral devices, such as a monitor, a keyboard, and a mouse. Mobile devices can connect to the wireless dock, via a short-range wireless connection, to utilize the multiple peripheral devices. When deployed with other wireless docks, the wireless dock can be configured to provide management information with a broadcast signal that is usable by the mobile devices to manage the wireless connection to, and experience with, the wireless dock. The management information can include one or more of a do-not-automatically-connect indicator, an in-use indicator, an Internet-available indicator, or a group identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Baron, Chih-Chung Chang, Eliot John Flannery, Gianluigi Nusca, Vineet Venugopal
  • Patent number: 9224691
    Abstract: Semiconductor contact structures extend through a dielectric material and provide contact to multiple different subjacent materials including a silicide material and a non-silicide material such as doped silicon. The contact structures includes a lower composite layer formed using a multi-step ionized metal plasma (IMP) deposition operation. A lower IMP film is formed at a high AC bias power followed by the formation of an upper IMP film at a lower AC bias power. The composite layer may be formed of titanium. A further layer is formed as a liner over the composite layer and the liner layer may advantageously be formed using CVD and may be TiN. A conductive plug material such as tungsten or copper fills the contact openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Chang, Chih-Chung Chang, Kei-Wei Chen, Ying-Lang Wang
  • Publication number: 20150308167
    Abstract: An exit lock assembly is provided. The exit lock assembly comprises a base, two doorstops, two first links, two second links, two solenoid valves and a cover. The base and the cover are combined to form a receiving space to receive the two doorstops, the two first links, the two second links and the two solenoid valves. The doorstops are closed in an initial position when the solenoid valves are not energized. When the solenoid valves are energized, two plugs of the two solenoid valves move along the direction opposite a central area and drive two fifth ends of the two second links, two fourth ends of the two second links thus get away from the third ends of the first links, and the second end of the doorstop moves down and makes the doorstops in an open status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: GIANNI INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventor: Chih-Chung CHANG
  • Publication number: 20150235954
    Abstract: A method for forming a multilayer barrier comprises forming a conductive line over a substrate, depositing a dielectric layer over the conductive line, forming a plug opening in the dielectric layer, forming a multilayer barrier through a plurality of deposition processes and corresponding plasma treatment processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chung Chang, Jung-Chih Tsao, Chun Che, Yu-Ming Huang, Tain-Shang Chang, Jian-Shin Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150087144
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor substrate and forming a structure over the semiconductor substrate. The structure includes a sacrificial dielectric on the semiconductor substrate and a dummy gate over the sacrificial dielectric. The method further includes removing the dummy gate and the sacrificial dielectric from the structure thereby forming a trench. The method further includes filling a metal layer into the trench and covering over a top surface of an inter layer dielectric (ILD). The method also includes performing a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) to expose the top surface of the ILD and heating the top surface of the ILD. Moreover, the method includes forming an etch stop layer on the top surface of the ILD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: CHI-JEN LIU, CHIH-CHUNG CHANG, LI-CHIEH WU, SHICH-CHANG SUEN, LIANG-GUANG CHEN
  • Patent number: 8833814
    Abstract: A lock device includes a tongue engaged in a housing, an anchoring device slidably disposed in the housing and movable with a moving device, the includes two sides each having a latch socket and an anchoring member, when one side of the anchoring device is directed toward the tongue, the lock device is locked when the moving device is turned off, and the lock device is locked when the moving device is turned on and when the other side of the anchoring device is directed toward the tongue, such that the electric lock device is adjustable and operatable when the electromagnetic mechanism of the moving device is either switched on or switched off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Gianni Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Chih Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 8826037
    Abstract: Methods of preventing private information, which is hidden within data of a private domain reserved by an application program, from being easily accessed by a CPU and other devices, both where the data of the private domain is decrypted and the access to said data are restricted are disclosed, where the mentioned other devices do not include a decryption module utilized in the methods. Therefore, as long as agreements related to encryptions and decryptions are made in advance between the application program and the decryption module, private information can be well protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: CyberLink Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 8759928
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing cross-talk in complementary metal oxide semiconductor back side illuminated image sensors is provided. An embodiment comprises forming a grid around the pixel regions on an opposite side of the substrate than metallization layers. The grid may be formed of a material such as tungsten with a (110)-rich crystalline orientation. This orientation helps prevents defects that can occur during patterning of the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh Chang, Jian-Shin Tsai, Chih-Chang Huang, Ing-Ju Lee, Chi-Cheng Hung, Jun-Nan Nian, Chih-Chung Chang
  • Publication number: 20130320541
    Abstract: Semiconductor contact structures extend through a dielectric material and provide contact to multiple different subjacent materials including a silicide material and a non-silicide material such as doped silicon. The contact structures includes a lower composite layer formed using a multi-step ionized metal plasma (IMP) deposition operation. A lower IMP film is formed at a high AC bias power followed by the formation of an upper IMP film at a lower AC bias power. The composite layer may be formed of titanium. A further layer is formed as a liner over the composite layer and the liner layer may advantageously be formed using CVD and may be TiN. A conductive plug material such as tungsten or copper fills the contact openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Chieh CHANG, Chih-Chung CHANG, Kei-Wei CHEN, Ying-Lang WANG
  • Publication number: 20130292631
    Abstract: The invention discloses a phase-change memory device structure and the materials used. The structure includes a substrate; a single or multiple sandwich-memory-unit(s); a first and a second electrode electrically connecting to the first and the second sides of the sandwich-memory-units and a dielectric layer used as the insulator required by the memory device. The sandwich-memory-unit composes of a memory-layer, thinner than 30 nm, sandwiched between an upper and a lower barrier-layers. The barrier-layer is either an electrical conductor in case of vertical memory-cells or an electrical insulator in case of parallel memory-cells. The sandwich-memory-unit is characteristic of increased crystallization temperature of at least 50° C. as the thickness of the memory-layer is reduced from 15 to 5 nm; and the volume change of the memory-layer is less than 3% during phase change. The thickness and memory-material in each sandwich-memory-unit can be different in the multiple sandwich-memory-units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsung-Shune Chin, Chih-Chung Chang, Yung-Ching Chu