Patents by Inventor Chuan Lin

Chuan 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: 10366932
    Abstract: A method for performing a wet chemical process over a semiconductor wafer is provided. The method includes moving the semiconductor wafer into a chemical solution. The method further includes detecting the concentration of at least one substance in the chemical solution at a plurality of preset time points. The method also includes removing the semiconductor wafer from the chemical solution, when the concentration of the substance is maintained at a fixed approximate value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Chiang Lin, Chung-Chen Yu, Shih-Chuan Lin, Zhi-Xioung Hu, Chih-Hung Hsueh
  • Patent number: 10345956
    Abstract: A multichannel touch controller includes a signal receiving circuit having N electrode pins electrically connected to touch screen for receiving respective sensing signals, switching circuit having N switch sets each consisting of first switch and second switch respectively connected in parallel to the N electrode pins, microcontroller, and processing unit having N analog front-end circuits and analog-to-digital converters with N analog front-end circuits respectively electrically connected to the first switches, the 2nd analog front-end circuit and the N+1 analog front-end circuits respectively electrically connected to the second switches and the analog-to-digital converters respectively electrically connecting the analog front-end circuits to the microcontroller (MCU) to constitute N+1 channels for processing sensing signals so that when one channel fails, the microcontroller switches off the respective first switch and switches on the respective second switch so as to skip the failed channel until switchi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Po-Chuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20190206858
    Abstract: An ESD protection circuit assembly for use in a CMOS manufacturing process is disclosed to include an I/O circuit including a power I/O unit and a signal I/O unit, and an electrostatic discharge clamp circuit connected to the power I/O unit and including a P-type substrate, a series of low voltage P-type structures arranged on the P-type substrate, a plurality of low voltage N-type wells formed on the P-type substrate corresponding to the low voltage P-type structures and a first P-type heavily doped area and a second P-type heavily doped area formed in each low voltage N-type well. By using a series of low voltage P-type structures to provide high ESD tolerance, the ESD protection circuit assembly can be more effectively utilized in the same circuit layout area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Po-Chuan LIN, Shr-Hau SHIUE
  • Publication number: 20190206857
    Abstract: An ESD protection device structure compatible with CMOS process is disclosed. In the ESD protection device structure, a power source I/O unit or a signal I/O unit of an I/O circuit is electrically connected to an electrostatic discharge clamp circuit including multiple low-voltage PMOS structure are formed in the P-type substrate and connected in series. Source and gate on low voltage N-type well of first low-voltage PMOS structure are electrically connected to a high-voltage power terminal pad through a first power line, or electrically connected to a signal transmission terminal pad through a signal transmission line, and drain of final low-voltage PMOS structure is electrically connected to a high voltage ground terminal pad through second power line. The ESD protection device structure using the serially-connected low-voltage PMOS structures only, can use the circuit layout area more efficiently and provide high ESD tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: PO-CHUAN LIN, SHR-HAU SHIUE
  • Patent number: 10332867
    Abstract: An illumination assembly includes a substrate, a wiring structure, a reflecting layer and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The wiring structure is formed on a part of the substrate, and includes a catalyst layer covering the part of the substrate, and a conducting layer formed on the catalyst layer. The reflecting layer is formed on another part of the substrate that is exposed from the wiring structure. The light-emitting diodes are disposed on the wiring structure and are electrically connected to the wiring structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Green Point Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan Lin, Pen-Yi Liao, Hui-Ching Chuang, Chih-Hao Chen, Ai-Ling Lin
  • Publication number: 20190169504
    Abstract: A reactor has an inner surface accessible to the hydrocarbon and comprising a sintered product of at least one of cerium oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, zirconium oxide, boehmite and silicon dioxide, and a perovskite material of formula : AaBbCcDd03-?. 0<a<1.2, G?b?1.2, 0.9<a+b?1.2, O<c<1.2, 0?d?1.2, 0.9<c+d?1.2, ?0.5<?<0.5. A is selected from calcium, strontium, barium, and any combination thereof. B is selected from lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, and any combination thereof. C is selected from cerium, zirconium, antimony, praseodymium, titanium, chromium, manganese, ferrum, cobalt, nickel, gallium, tin, terbium and any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Yanfei Gu, Wenqing Peng, Shizhong Wang, Chuan Lin, Lawrence Bernard Kool, Zhaoping Wu, Qijia Fu, Zhigang Deng
  • Patent number: 10310657
    Abstract: The present invention provides a recording method of touch information timing. The method comprises receiving a first touch point information, determining whether the first touch point is the beginning point of a trace; and recording a first timing with respect to the receiving of the first touch point information if the first touch point is the beginning point of the trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: EGALAX_EMPIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Po-Chuan Lin, Shun-Lung Ho
  • Publication number: 20190157080
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a nitride semiconductor layer, and a buffer stack layer between the substrate and the nitride semiconductor layer. The buffer stack layer includes a plurality of metal nitride multilayers repeatedly stacked, wherein each of the metal nitride multilayers consists of a first, a second, and a third metal nitride thin films in sequence, or consists of the first, the third, the second, and the third metal nitride thin films in sequence. The aluminum concentration of the first metal nitride thin film is higher than that of the third metal nitride thin film, and the aluminum concentration of the third metal nitride thin film is higher than that of the second metal nitride thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: ELITE ADVANCED LASER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kun-Chuan Lin, Jin-Hsiang Liu, Yu-Lin Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20190148513
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes following steps. The substrate has a dummy region and a memory cell region. A plurality of first stack structures are formed over the substrate in the memory cell region. At least one second stack structure is formed over the substrate in the dummy region. A conductive layer is formed over the substrate to cover the first stack structures and the at least one second stack structure. A planarization process is performed on the conductive layer to expose top surfaces of the first stack structures and the at least one second stack structure. The conductive layer is patterned to form an erase gate between adjacent two first stack structures, and to form first and second select gates outside the adjacent two first stack structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Chuan Lin, Chiang-Ming Chuang, Shang-Yen Wu
  • Publication number: 20190138354
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for scheduling jobs with idle resources. When the computational units of computers are idle, according to the variation of idle time, appropriate jobs may be allocated to the computational units. Then the unscheduled jobs may be completed by using idle time segments. Thereby, the utilization rate of computation resources and the completion rate of jobs may be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: CHIA-CHEN KUO, I-CHEN WU, LUNG-PIN CHEN, CHUAN-LIN LAI, YEN-LING CHANG, CHENG-LUN TSAI, CHIANG-HSIANG LIEN
  • Patent number: 10285128
    Abstract: A method for waking up devices in batches where the method includes generating, by a coordinator, a wake-up broadcast frame, where the wake-up broadcast frame includes a wake-up indication field, which instructs multiple devices in a low-rate wireless personal area network (LR-WPAN) to keep in a running state, and sending, by the coordinator, the wake-up broadcast frame at a time interval T2 within duration T1. Hence, the coordinator can wake up some devices directionally using the wake-up indication field in the wake-up broadcast frame. Therefore, resource utilization and wake-up efficiency of the coordinator are improved such that channel utilization and performance of the LR-WPAN are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gaofeng Xu, Zhilong Yang, Chuan Lin
  • Patent number: 10265485
    Abstract: A medication concentration detecting device includes a medicine container, a three-way pipe, a light emitting member, a first light receiver and a processor. The medicine container has a chamber configured for accommodating nebulized medicine. The three-way pipe has a passageway connected to the chamber for the nebulized medicine to flow along the passageway. The light emitting member is disposed on the three-way pipe and configured for emitting a light beam toward the passageway. The first light receiver is disposed on the three-way pipe and configured for receiving the light beam and outputting a luminous flux signal. The processor is connected to the first light receiver and configured for calculating a luminous flux reference value according to the luminous flux signal. The luminous flux reference value is used for determining whether outputs a low nebulized medicine concentration warning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yio-Wha Shau, Ma-Li Wang, Tzu-Wen Tsai, Tian-Yuan Chen, Hsin-Hsiang Lo, Chun-Chuan Lin, Shih-Bin Luo
  • Patent number: 10238237
    Abstract: A toaster has a housing has an operation cavity and a heating cavity. One side of the housing has a first opening, at least one second opening is disposed at the bottom of the housing, the operation cavity is connected to the heating cavity; a longitudinal groove with same number with the second opening, the longitudinal groove is disposed inside the housing, the longitudinal groove is extended upwards from the second opening; at least one transparent movable baffle, which is sliding and connected to the longitudinal groove from the bottom of the housing from down to up, part of the side surface of the movable baffle is exposed to the first opening; and at least one positioning mechanism, which is fastened to the housing and positioned or supported the movable baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Tsann Kuen (Zhanzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenwei Chen, Wangji Tong, Shangqian Gao, Yen Tung Lee, Yu-Chuan Lin
  • Publication number: 20190086038
    Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus such as a lighting apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one LED (or OLED) module, configured to generate a visible light such as white light, and at least one component such as optical component comprising a compound consisting essentially of the elements neodymium (Nd) and fluorine (F), and optionally including one or more other elements. The lighting apparatus is configured to provide a desired light spectrum by filtering the generated visible light using the compound. The at least one component can comprise a NdFxOy compound with values of x and y determining a content ratio F/O, which may be adjusted during manufacturing of the NdFxOy compound to provide desired output light parameters of the apparatus including at least a desired output light spectrum realized by filtering the generated visible light using the NdFxOy compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin Jeffrey BENNER, Thomas J. BOYLE, Dengke CAI, Thomas CLYNNE, William Erwin COHEN, Jean-Patrick DUCROUX, Jianmin HE, Jon Bennett JANSMA, Chuan LIN, Juliana P. REISMAN, Alok Mani SRIVASTAVA, Benjamin James WARD, Zhiyong WANG, William Robert WRIGHT, Qing YI
  • Patent number: 10194860
    Abstract: A virtual image display system adapted for venipuncture applications is provided. The virtual image display system includes at least one infrared light source, at least one image sensing module, and at least one virtual image display module. The at least one infrared light source is configured to emit at least one infrared light to a tissue having a vein. The at least one image sensing module is configured to receive the infrared light from the tissue so as to sense an image of the vein. The at least one virtual image display module is disposed in front of at least one eye of a user. The at least one virtual image display module includes an image display unit configured to show an image of the vein to the at least one eye of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chy-Lin Wang, Kuo-Tung Tiao, Tian-Yuan Chen, Lung-Pin Chung, Chun-Chuan Lin, Jyh-Chern Chen, Chi-Shen Chang, Ching-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 10193041
    Abstract: A light emitting diode comprises a light emitting diode chip and a packaging layer. The light emitting diode chip comprises a N-semiconductor layer, a light active layer, and a P-semiconductor layer arranged from a bottom to a top in that sequence, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first electrode is formed on the P-semiconductor layer. The second electrode is formed on the N-semiconductor layer. The packaging layer covers the light emitting diode chip, and exposes the N-semiconductor layer, the first electrode, and the second electrode. The packaging layer has a through hole separated from a periphery of the light emitting diode chip. A conductive substrate fills the through hole. A first conductive layer is electrically connected to the first electrode and the conductive substrate. The disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing a light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC
    Inventors: Shih-Chuan Lin, Tsung-Han Chiang, Chun-Yao Lin, Chao-Ming Huang, Hsiu-Ling Hung, Tzu-Chien Hung
  • Publication number: 20190015126
    Abstract: A rotary shaver for tissue resection includes an elongated outer tubular member, an elongated inner cutting member disposed in and operatively rotatable relative to the outer tubular member for cutting a tissue, and an elongated jaw member disposed in the outer tubular member to surround the inner cutting member and operatively turnable to cooperate with an outer distal portion of the outer tubular member so as to clamp and electrocauterize the tissue for creating hemostasis during a surgical procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan LIN, Pei-His CHOU
  • Publication number: 20190018538
    Abstract: A touch screen controller includes a driving circuit adapted for transmitting a high working voltage signal to the touch screen for enabling the touch screen to couple the high working voltage signal and to further generate a low working voltage signal, and a sensing circuit adapted for receiving the low working voltage signal from the touch screen for matching with the high working voltage signal to determine the variation in signal voltage between the high working voltage signal and the low working voltage signal and to further recognize a touch on the touch screen. The voltage level of the high working voltage signal provided by the driving circuit is five times over the voltage level of the low working voltage signal so that the sensing circuit can get the best signal-to-noise ratio, achieving optimal performance in touch control recognition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventor: Po-Chuan LIN
  • Publication number: 20190006330
    Abstract: An illumination assembly includes a substrate, a wiring structure, a reflecting layer and a plurality of light-emitting diodes. The wiring structure is formed on a part of the substrate, and includes a catalyst layer covering the part of the substrate, and a conducting layer formed on the catalyst layer. The reflecting layer is formed on another part of the substrate that is exposed from the wiring structure. The light-emitting diodes are disposed on the wiring structure and are electrically connected to the wiring structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: TAIWAN GREEN POINT ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan LIN, Pen-Yi LIAO, Hui-Ching CHUANG, Chih-Hao CHEN, Ai-Ling LIN
  • Publication number: 20180343980
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring the quality of a surface treatment applied to an article in a manufacturing process are provided. A surface treatment may be applied to at least a portion of an article. A thermal profile of the article may be obtained and used to determine temperature indications of different regions of the article to which the surface treatment has been applied. A standard model of the article may be obtained that includes model regions having model temperature ranges. The temperature indications of the article can be compared with the model temperature ranges to determine if any temperature indications are outside of a corresponding model temperature range. The article may be a shoe part. The surface treatments may include the application of heat, plasma, dye, paint, primer, and/or the application of other materials, substances, and/or processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Dragan Jurkovic, Chun-Wei Huang, Jen-Chuan Lin, Shih-Yuan Wu, Chih-Chun Chai, Ming-Ji Lee, Chien-Liang Yeh