Patents by Inventor Ching-Shan Lin
Ching-Shan 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).
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Publication number: 20240139262Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a complex probiotic composition and a method for improving exercise performance of a subject with low intrinsic aerobic exercise capacity. The complex probiotic composition, which includes Lactobacillus rhamnosus GKLC1, Bifidobacterium lactis GKK24 and Clostridium butyricum GKB7, administered to the subject with the low intrinsic aerobic exercise capacity in a continuation period, can effectively reduce serum lactic acid and serum urea nitrogen after aerobic exercise, reduce proportion of offal fat and/or increase liver and muscle glycogen contents, thereby being as an effective ingredient for preparation of various compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Chin-Chu CHEN, Yen-Lien CHEN, Shih-Wei LIN, Yen-Po CHEN, Ci-Sian WANG, Yu-Hsin HOU, Yang-Tzu SHIH, Ching-Wen LIN, Ya-Jyun CHEN, Jia-Lin JIANG, You-Shan TSAI, Zi-He WU
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Patent number: 11952676Abstract: A silicon carbide crystal includes a seed layer, a bulk layer and a stress buffering structure formed between the seed layer and the bulk layer. The seed layer, the bulk layer and the stress buffering structure are each formed with a dopant that cycles between high and low dopant concentration. The stress buffering structure includes a plurality of stacked buffer layers and a transition layer over the buffer layers. The buffer layer closest to the seed layer has the same variation trend of the dopant concentration as the buffer layer closest to the transition layer, and the dopant concentration of the transition layer is equal to the dopant concentration of the seed layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: GLOBALWAFERS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ching-Shan Lin, Jian-Hsin Lu, Chien-Cheng Liou, Man-Hsuan Lin
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Patent number: 11934027Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: 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
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Publication number: 20240011190Abstract: A silicon carbide crystal and a silicon carbide wafer, wherein a monocrystalline proportion of the silicon carbide crystal and the silicon carbide wafer is 100%, the resistivity thereof is in a range of 15 m?·cm to 20 m?·cm, and a deviation of an uniformity of the resistivity thereof is less than 0.4%.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Publication number: 20240011188Abstract: A method of growing the silicon carbide crystal includes the following steps. A raw material containing a carbon element and a silicon element, and a seed crystal located above the raw material are provided in a reactor. A growth process of the silicon carbide crystal is performed, wherein the growth process includes heating the reactor and the raw material to form silicon carbide crystal on the seed crystal. In the growth process, a ratio difference (?Tz/?Tx) between an axial temperature gradient (?Tz) and a radial temperature gradient (?Tx) of the silicon carbide crystal is adjusted so that the ratio difference is controlled in the range of 0.5 to 3 to form the silicon carbide crystal. The silicon carbide crystal formed by the above growth method can have a uniform resistivity distribution and excellent geometric performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Publication number: 20240011185Abstract: A crystal growing method for crystals include the following steps. A first crystal seed is provided, the first crystal seed has a first monocrystalline proportion and a first size. N times of crystal growth processes are performed on the first crystal seed, wherein each of the crystal growth process will increase the monocrystalline proportion, and the N times of crystal growth processes are performed until a second crystal having a monocrystalline proportion of 100% is reached, and wherein the N times includes more than 3 times of crystal growth processes. Each crystal growth process includes adjusting a ratio difference (?Tz/?Tx) between an axial temperature gradient (?Tz) and a radial temperature gradient (?Tx) of the crystal, so as to control the ratio difference within a range of 0.5 to 3 for forming the second crystal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Publication number: 20240011187Abstract: A crystal growth furnace system, including an external heating module, a furnace, a first driven device, a second driven device, and a control device, is provided. The furnace is movably disposed in the external heating module. The first driven device drives the furnace to move along an axis. The second driven device drives the furnace to rotate around the axis. The control device is electrically connected to the first driven device, the second driven device, and the external heating module.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ching-Shan Lin, Ye-Jun Wang, Chien-Cheng Liou
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Publication number: 20240011186Abstract: A crystal growth method, including providing a seed crystal in a crystal growth furnace, and forming a crystal on the seed crystal along a first direction after multiple time points, is provided. The crystal includes multiple sub-crystals stacked along the first direction, a corresponding one of the sub-crystals is formed at each of the time points, and the sub-crystals include multiple end surfaces away from the seed crystal, so that a difference value of maximum temperatures of any two of the end surfaces is less than or equal to 20 degrees. A wafer is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ching-Shan Lin, Ye-Jun Wang, Chien-Cheng Liou
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Patent number: 11859306Abstract: A manufacturing method of a silicon carbide ingot includes the following. A raw material containing carbon and silicon and a seed located above the raw material are provided in a reactor. A first surface of the seed faces the raw material. The reactor and the raw material are heated, where part of the raw material is vaporized and transferred to the first surface of the seed and a sidewall of the seed and forms a silicon carbide material on the seed, to form a growing body containing the seed and the silicon carbide material. The growing body grows along a radial direction of the seed, and the growing body grows along a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the seed. The reactor and the raw material are cooled to obtain a silicon carbide ingot. A diameter of the silicon carbide ingot is greater than a diameter of the seed.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Patent number: 11821105Abstract: The disclosure provides a silicon carbide seed crystal and a method of manufacturing a silicon carbide ingot. The silicon carbide seed crystal has a silicon surface and a carbon surface opposite to the silicon surface. A difference D between a basal plane dislocation density BPD1 of the silicon surface and a basal plane dislocation density BPD2 of the carbon surface satisfies the following formula (1), a local thickness variation (LTV) of the silicon carbide seed crystal is 2.5 ?m or less, and a stacking fault (SF) density of the silicon carbide seed crystal is 10 EA/cm2 or less: D=(BPD1?BPD2)/BPD1?25%??(1).Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Patent number: 11788204Abstract: A silicon carbide wafer is provided, wherein within a range area of 5 mm from an edge of the silicon carbide wafer, there are no low angle grain boundaries formed by clustering of basal plane dislocation defects, and the silicon carbide wafer has a bowing of less than 15 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Patent number: 11781241Abstract: A silicon carbide seed crystal and method of manufacturing the same, and method of manufacturing silicon carbide ingot are provided. The silicon carbide seed crystal has a silicon surface and a carbon surface opposite to the silicon surface. A difference D between a basal plane dislocation density BPD1 of the silicon surface BPD1 and a basal plane dislocation density BPD2 of the carbon surface satisfies the following formula (1): D=(BPD1?BPD2)/BPD1?25%??(1).Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Publication number: 20230067197Abstract: The disclosure provides a silicon carbide seed crystal and a method of manufacturing a silicon carbide ingot. The silicon carbide seed crystal has a silicon surface and a carbon surface opposite to the silicon surface. A difference D between a basal plane dislocation density BPD1 of the silicon surface and a basal plane dislocation density BPD2 of the carbon surface satisfies the following formula (1), a local thickness variation (LTV) of the silicon carbide seed crystal is 2.5 ?m or less, and a stacking fault (SF) density of the silicon carbide seed crystal is 10 EA/cm2 or less: D=(BPD1?BPD2)/BPD1?25%??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Publication number: 20230002929Abstract: A silicon carbide crystal includes a seed layer, a bulk layer, and a stress buffering structure formed between the seed layer and the bulk layer. The seed layer, the bulk layer, and the stress buffering structure are each formed with a dopant that cycles between high and low dopant concentration. The stress buffering structure includes a plurality of stacked buffer layers and a transition layer over the buffer layers. The buffer layer closest to the seed layer has the same variation trend of the dopant concentration as the buffer layer closest to the transition layer, and the dopant concentration of the transition layer is equal to the dopant concentration of the seed layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: CHING-SHAN LIN, JIAN-HSIN LU, CHIEN-CHENG LIOU, MAN-HSUAN LIN
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Publication number: 20220403546Abstract: A method of manufacturing silicon carbide seed crystal and method of manufacturing silicon carbide ingot are provided. The silicon carbide seed crystal has a silicon surface and a carbon surface opposite to the silicon surface. A difference D between a basal plane dislocation density BPD1 of the silicon surface BPD1 and a basal plane dislocation density BPD2 of the carbon surface satisfies the following formula (1): D=(BPD1?BPD2)/BPD1?25%??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Publication number: 20220049374Abstract: A silicon carbide wafer is provided, wherein within a range area of 5 mm from an edge of the silicon carbide wafer, there are no low angle grain boundaries formed by clustering of basal plane dislocation defects, and the silicon carbide wafer has a bowing of less than 15 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Publication number: 20220049372Abstract: A manufacturing method of a silicon carbide ingot includes the following. A raw material containing carbon and silicon and a seed located above the raw material are provided in a reactor. A first surface of the seed faces the raw material. The reactor and the raw material are heated, where part of the raw material is vaporized and transferred to the first surface of the seed and a sidewall of the seed and forms a silicon carbide material on the seed, to form a growing body containing the seed and the silicon carbide material. The growing body grows along a radial direction of the seed, and the growing body grows along a direction perpendicular to the first surface of the seed. The reactor and the raw material are cooled to obtain a silicon carbide ingot. A diameter of the silicon carbide ingot is greater than a diameter of the seed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Publication number: 20220025549Abstract: A silicon carbide wafer and a method of fabricating the same are provided. In the silicon carbide wafer, a ratio (V:N) of a vanadium concentration to a nitrogen concentration is in a range of 2:1 to 10:1, and a portion of the silicon carbide wafer having a resistivity greater than 1012 ?·cm accounts for more than 85% of an entire wafer area of the silicon carbide wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ching-Shan Lin, Chien-Cheng Liou, Jian-Hsin Lu
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Publication number: 20220025547Abstract: A manufacturing method of a silicon carbide wafer includes the following. A raw material containing carbon and silicon and a seed located above the raw material are provided in a reactor. A nitrogen content in the reactor is reduced, which includes the following. An argon gas is passed into the reactor, where a flow rate of passing the argon gas into the reactor is 1,000 sccm to 5,000 sccm, and a time of passing the argon gas into the reactor is 2 hours to 48 hours. The reactor and the raw material are heated to form a silicon carbide material on the seed. The reactor and the raw material are cooled to obtain a silicon carbide ingot. The silicon carbide ingot is cut to obtain a plurality of silicon carbide wafers. A semiconductor structure is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin
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Publication number: 20220025542Abstract: The disclosure provides a silicon carbide seed crystal and a method of manufacturing a silicon carbide ingot. The silicon carbide seed crystal has a silicon surface and a carbon surface opposite to the silicon surface. A difference D between a basal plane dislocation density BPD1 of the silicon surface and a basal plane dislocation density BPD2 of the carbon surface satisfies the following formula (1), a local thickness variation (LTV) of the silicon carbide seed crystal is 2.5 ?m or less, and a stacking fault (SF) density of the silicon carbide seed crystal is 10 EA/cm2 or less: D=(BPD1?BPD2)/BPD1?25%??(1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ching-Shan Lin