Patents by Inventor Ching-Ju Lin

Ching-Ju 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).

  • Patent number: 11973425
    Abstract: A power converter includes a power stage circuit, a ramp generator circuit, and a control circuit. The power stage circuit generates an output signal according to an input signal and a control signal. The ramp generator circuit generates a ramp signal according to the control signal, the input signal, and the output signal. The control circuit generates the control signal according to the output signal, a reference signal, and the ramp signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chieh-Ju Tsai, Ching-Jan Chen, Zhen-Guo Ding, Zhe-Hui Lin, Wei-Ling Chen
  • Patent number: 11934027
    Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chih-Wei Weng, Chia-Che Wu, Chien-Yu Kao, Hsiao-Hsin Hu, He-Ling Chang, Chao-Hsi Wang, Chen-Hsien Fan, Che-Wei Chang, Mao-Gen Jian, Sung-Mao Tsai, Wei-Jhe Shen, Yung-Ping Yang, Sin-Hong Lin, Tzu-Yu Chang, Sin-Jhong Song, Shang-Yu Hsu, Meng-Ting Lin, Shih-Wei Hung, Yu-Huai Liao, Mao-Kuo Hsu, Hsueh-Ju Lu, Ching-Chieh Huang, Chih-Wen Chiang, Yu-Chiao Lo, Ying-Jen Wang, Shu-Shan Chen, Che-Hsiang Chiu
  • Patent number: 11677019
    Abstract: The present application provides an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) device with narrow mesa and a manufacture thereof. The device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; gate trench structures and emitter trench structures formed on front surface of the semiconductor substrate and alternately arranged along with horizontal direction; wherein the gate trench structures and the emitter trench structures are respectively set in pair along with the arrangement direction, and the pairs of the gate trench structures and the pairs of the emitter trench structures are set in alternate arrangement along with the arrangement direction; well regions formed between the emitter trench structures of one pair; emitter injection regions formed between the gate trench structures of one pair and between the emitter trench structures of one pair, respectively; and wherein, in the region between the emitter trench structures of the one pair, the emitter injection region is above the well region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SiEn (QingDao) Integrated Circuits Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Hwa Chi, Ching-Ju Lin, Ying-Tsung Wu, Conghui Liu, Longkang Yang, Huan Wang, Richard Ru-Gin Chang
  • Patent number: 11658760
    Abstract: A method for allocating wireless resources based on sensitivity to interference provides a base station controller which, within an area of overlap of adjacent wireless cells, determines a set of neighboring cell pairs from a plurality of cells. The base station controller sorts the set of neighboring cell pairs according to the number of inner-pair interfered user equipment devices of each neighboring cell pair where inner-pair interfered user equipment devices are user equipment devices located in coverage areas of the neighboring cell pair and allocates resource blocks for each neighboring cell pair sequentially based on the sorted set. An apparatus employing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HON LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Jung Fan, Chien-Jen Hwang, Ching-Ju Lin, Ping-Jung Hsieh, Ming-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 11522593
    Abstract: A method for selecting a beamforming technique, applied in an apparatus of a multi-cell network, provides optimization to maximize effective throughput of communication based on the multi-cell network, the optimization is modelled as a Markovian decision process, and a multi-agent reinforcement learning framework is built based on the multi-cell network. A multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithm is used to generate the optimization and obtain a current beamforming selection strategy of all base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HON LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Jung Fan, Chien-Jen Hwang, Ching-Ju Lin, Ping-Jung Hsieh, Tsung-Yen Chan
  • Patent number: 11503611
    Abstract: A method for allocating wireless resources for a number of user equipment in a wireless communication system is applied in an apparatus. The apparatus collects the traffic demands of all the user equipment and then selects a beam based on the traffic demands of all the user equipment in every time slot to make better utilization of resource blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HON LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ching-Ju Lin, Yu-Hsuan Liu, Chi-Mao Lee, Ping-Jung Hsieh, Tun-Yu Yu, Ming-Yu Lee
  • Publication number: 20220337332
    Abstract: A method for allocating wireless resources based on sensitivity to interference provides a base station controller which, within an area of overlap of adjacent wireless cells, determines a set of neighboring cell pairs from a plurality of cells. The base station controller sorts the set of neighboring cell pairs according to the number of inner-pair interfered user equipment devices of each neighboring cell pair where inner-pair interfered user equipment devices are user equipment devices located in coverage areas of the neighboring cell pair and allocates resource blocks for each neighboring cell pair sequentially based on the sorted set. An apparatus employing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: CHIA-JUNG FAN, CHIEN-JEN HWANG, CHING-JU LIN, PING-JUNG HSIEH, MING-YU LEE
  • Patent number: 11438085
    Abstract: A method for allocating wireless resources based on sensitivity to interference provides a base station controller which, within an area of overlap of adjacent wireless cells, determines a set of neighboring cell pairs from a plurality of cells. The base station controller sorts the set of neighboring cell pairs according to the number of inner-pair interfered user equipment devices of each neighboring cell pair where inner-pair interfered user equipment devices are user equipment devices located in coverage areas of the neighboring cell pair and allocates resource blocks for each neighboring cell pair sequentially based on the sorted set. An apparatus employing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HON LIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Jung Fan, Chien-Jen Hwang, Ching-Ju Lin, Ping-Jung Hsieh, Ming-Yu Lee
  • Publication number: 20220238358
    Abstract: A chip-transferring module, and a device and a method for transferring and bonding chips are provided. The chip-transferring module includes a mounting main body, a light-transmitting member, a first gas guiding structure and a second gas guiding structure. The mounting main body has a first accommodating space and a second accommodating space. The light-transmitting member is disposed in the first accommodating space. The first gas guiding structure is disposed in the mounting main body and has a plurality of suction openings exposed out of the mounting main body. The second gas guiding structure is disposed in the mounting main body and has at least one intake opening communicating with the second accommodating space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: CHIEN-SHOU LIAO, SHAO-WEI HUANG, CHING-JU LIN
  • Publication number: 20220216084
    Abstract: A method for transferring electronic components. First, a transfer substrate is provided, which has a surface on which a plurality of cavities are formed, such that the carrier substrate to face the surface of the transfer substrate in a manner that a portion of the electronic components are arranged corresponding to at least a portion of the plurality of cavities on the transfer substrate, and then releasing and allowing the portion of electronic components that are arranged corresponding to the at least a portion of the plurality of cavities to fall into the cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: CHING-JU LIN
  • Publication number: 20220182166
    Abstract: A method for allocating wireless resources based on sensitivity to interference provides a base station controller which, within an area of overlap of adjacent wireless cells, determines a set of neighboring cell pairs from a plurality of cells. The base station controller sorts the set of neighboring cell pairs according to the number of inner-pair interfered user equipment devices of each neighboring cell pair where inner-pair interfered user equipment devices are user equipment devices located in coverage areas of the neighboring cell pair and allocates resource blocks for each neighboring cell pair sequentially based on the sorted set. An apparatus employing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: CHIA-JUNG FAN, CHIEN-JEN HWANG, CHING-JU LIN, PING-JUNG HSIEH, MING-YU LEE
  • Publication number: 20210391453
    Abstract: The present application provides an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) device with narrow mesa and a manufacture thereof. The device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; gate trench structures and emitter trench structures formed on front surface of the semiconductor substrate and alternately arranged along with horizontal direction; wherein the gate trench structures and the emitter trench structures are respectively set in pair along with the arrangement direction, and the pairs of the gate trench structures and the pairs of the emitter trench structures are set in alternate arrangement along with the arrangement direction; well regions formed between the emitter trench structures of one pair; emitter injection regions formed between the gate trench structures of one pair and between the emitter trench structures of one pair, respectively; and wherein, in the region between the emitter trench structures of the one pair, the emitter injection region is above the well region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: SiEn (QingDao) Integrated Circuits Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Hwa CHI, Ching-Ju LIN, Ying-Tsung WU, Conghui LIU, Longkang YANG, Huan WANG, Richard Ru-Gin CHANG
  • Publication number: 20210127400
    Abstract: A method for allocating wireless resources for a number of user equipment in a wireless communication system is applied in an apparatus. The apparatus collects the traffic demands of all the user equipment and then selects a beam based on the traffic demands of all the user equipment in every time slot to make better utilization of resource blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: CHING-JU LIN, YU-HSUAN LIU, CHI-MAO LEE, PING-JUNG HSIEH, TUN-YU YU, MING-YU LEE
  • Patent number: 10547435
    Abstract: A configuration and measurement method for performing a full-duplex communication and a base station (BS) using the same is disclosed. In an embodiment, a base station selects a transmitting user equipment (UE) among one or more transmitting UEs and a receiving UE among one or more receiving UEs to form a transmit-receive (TX-RX) UE pair of one or more TX-RX UE pairs for performing the full-duplex communication, based on a first channel strength between the BS and the transmitting UE, a second channel strength between the BS and the receiving UE, and a third channel strength the transmitting UE and the receiving UE. And the BS transmits an informing message of the one or more TX-RX UE pairs for triggering the channel measurement and the information fed back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kai-Cheng Hsu, Hung-Yu Wei, Ching-Ju Lin
  • Publication number: 20180262104
    Abstract: An energy management apparatus is provided. The energy management apparatus includes an input configured to receive an input voltage from an energy harvester, a first output coupled to device load circuit, a second output coupled to an energy storage device, and a converter circuit. The converter circuit includes an inductor. The converter circuit is coupled between the input, the first output, and the second output. The converter circuit is configured to use the inductor for generating a load current at the first output and generating a charging current at the second output. The converter circuit is configured to operate in a direct feeding mode to generate the load current from the energy harvester in order to provide a regulated output voltage to the device load circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Chao-Jen HUANG, Ching-Ju LIN, Su-Hwan KIM
  • Patent number: 10044491
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a base station (BS) receives one or more first data transmitting from at least one of one or more transmitting user equipments (UEs). The BS transmits a message including assistance parameters for performing a full-duplex data transmission, to at least one of one or more receiving UEs, wherein the parameters are associated with information of reducing an interference from the at least one of the transmitting UEs. And, the BS transmits one or more second data including the one or more first data to the at least one of the receiving UEs. Wherein, the receiving UEs and the transmitting UEs respectively include at least one of: one or more half-duplex UEs, one or more full-duplex UEs, or any combination of two or more of the half-duplex UEs and the full-duplex UEs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kai-Cheng Hsu, Hung-Yu Wei, Ching-Ju Lin
  • Patent number: 9991715
    Abstract: A maximum power point tracking method is provided. The method includes the following steps. Perform a power conversion operation by a converter according to a duty cycle signal so as to convert an input power supplied by an energy harvester into an output power, wherein the converter includes an inductor, and a current flowing through the inductor increases in an energy-storing duration and decreases in an energy-releasing duration. Obtain a length of the energy-releasing duration. Adjust the duty cycle signal according to the length of the energy-releasing duration so as to track a maximum power point of the input power or the output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Chao-Jen Huang, Ching-Ju Lin, Su-Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20170264382
    Abstract: A configuration and measurement method for performing a full-duplex communication and a base station (BS) using the same is disclosed. In an embodiment, a base station selects a transmitting user equipment (UE) among one or more transmitting UEs and a receiving UE among one or more receiving UEs to form a transmit-receive (TX-RX) UE pair of one or more TX-RX UE pairs for performing the full-duplex communication, based on a first channel strength between the BS and the transmitting UE, a second channel strength between the BS and the receiving UE, and a third channel strength between the transmitting UE and the receiving UE. And the BS transmits an informing message of the one or more TX-RX UE pairs for triggering the channel measurement and the information fed back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kai-Cheng HSU, Hung-Yu WEI, Ching-Ju LIN
  • Publication number: 20170264418
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a base station (BS) receives one or more first data transmitting from at least one of one or more transmitting user equipments (UEs). The BS transmits a message including assistance parameters for performing a full-duplex data transmission, to at least one of one or more receiving UEs, wherein the parameters are associated with information of reducing an interference from the at least one of the transmitting UEs. And, the BS transmits one or more second data including the one or more first data to the at least one of the receiving UEs. Wherein, the receiving UEs and the transmitting UEs respectively include at least one of: one or more half-duplex UEs, one or more full-duplex UEs, or any combination of two or more of the half-duplex UEs and the full-duplex UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kai-Cheng HSU, Hung-Yu WEI, Ching-Ju LIN
  • Patent number: 9225402
    Abstract: A number of techniques, which may be used together, provide distributed coordination of multiple stations so that concurrent transmissions and increased throughput are achieved on a shared radio medium. Each of the techniques provides a separate innovation that can be used alone or in combination with one or more of the other techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Shyamnath Gollakota, Dina Katabi, Ching-Ju Lin