Patents by Inventor Chun-An Lu

Chun-An Lu 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: 20200295009
    Abstract: This invention discloses a DRAM cell includes an asymmetric transistor coupled to a capacitor. The asymmetric transistor includes a drain region extending upward from an isolator region; a gate region extends upward from a gate dielectric or the isolator; a source region of asymmetric transistor extends upward from a first portion of an isolating layer. The upward extending directions of the drain region, the gate region, and the source region are perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an original silicon surface. Moreover, the capacitor is partially formed in a concave and the isolating layer is positioned in the concave. The capacitor extends upward from a second portion of the isolating layer. The upward extending directions of the upright portion of the capacitor electrode, the third portion of the insulating layer and the counter electrode are perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the original silicon surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: Chao-Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 10763375
    Abstract: An optical module includes an electronic assembly and an optical assembly. The electronic assembly includes a circuit board and a chip component. The optical assembly disposed on the electronic assembly includes a bracket and an optical component. The bracket surrounds the chip component and has at least two conductive layers separated from each other. The conductive layers are electrically connected to the electronic assembly. The optical assembly is disposed on the bracket and has at least one light-transmissive conductive layer which is electrically connected to the conductive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AZUREWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kung-An Lin, Chung-Che Yang, Ming-Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 10718707
    Abstract: A liquid crystal photoelectric apparatus includes a first and a second quartz glass substrates, an upper alignment layer disposed between the first and the second quartz glass substrates, a lower alignment layer disposed between the upper alignment layer and the second quartz glass substrate, a liquid crystal material disposed between the upper and the lower alignment layers, a first transparent conductive layer disposed between the upper alignment layer and the first quartz glass substrate and including at least one first main portion and first finger portions extending from the corresponding first main portion and a second transparent conductive layer second transparent conductive layer disposed between the lower alignment layer and the second quartz glass substrate and including a second main portion and second finger portions extending from the second main portion in an extension direction perpendicular to that of the first finger portions. An optical imaging processing system is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: National Tsing Hua University, Advanced Comm. Engineering Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ci-Ling Pan, Anup Kumar Sahoo, Chan-Shan Yang, Chun-Ling Yen, Yuan-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20200211771
    Abstract: A capacitor is provided. The capacitor includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer; and a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, wherein the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer are disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first dielectric layer includes a first dielectric powder and a first organic resin, and the second dielectric layer includes a second dielectric powder and a second organic resin. In particular, the weight ratio of the first dielectric powder to the first organic resin is greater than the weight ratio of the second dielectric powder to the second organic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chun-An LU, Ying-Jung CHIANG, Yuan-Ling TSAI
  • Patent number: 10692905
    Abstract: An optical module includes an electronic assembly and an optical component. The electronic assembly includes a chip component and a circuit board. The optical assembly disposed on the electronic assembly includes a bracket and an optical component. The bracket surrounds the chip component and has at least two conductive layers separated from each other. The conductive layers extend to the bottom of the bracket and are electrically connected to the electronic assembly. The optical assembly is disposed on the bracket and has at least one light-transmissive conductive layer which is electrically connected to the conductive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AZUREWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kung-An Lin, Chung-Che Yang, Ming-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20200185388
    Abstract: An unified IC system includes a base memory chip, a plurality of stacked memory chips, and a logic chip. The base memory chip includes a memory region and a bridge area, the memory region includes a plurality of memory cells, and the bridge area includes a plurality of memory input/output (I/O) pads and a plurality of third transistors. The plurality of stacked memory chips is positioned above the base memory chip. The logic chip includes a logic bridge area and a plurality of second transistors, the logic bridge includes a plurality of logic I/O pads, wherein the plurality of memory I/O pads are electrically coupled to the plurality of logic I/O pads, and a voltage level of an I/O signal of the third transistor is the same or substantially the same as a voltage level of an I/O signal of the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Chao-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20200185021
    Abstract: A DRAM chip includes a DRAM cell and a first voltage source. The DRAM cell includes an access transistor, and one terminal of the access transistor is coupled to a word line. The first voltage source is selectively coupled to the access transistor via the word line, and generates a first voltage level higher than a sum of a threshold voltage of the access transistor and a voltage level of a signal ONE utilized in the DRAM chip. A whole access cycle includes an access operation period and a restore phase period. When the whole access cycle begins, the one terminal of the access transistor is initially applied by the first voltage level for a first portion of the access operation period and then applied by a second voltage level for a second portion of the access operation period. The second voltage level is lower than the first voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Chao-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20200185022
    Abstract: The invention relates to DRAM with sustainable storage architecture. The DRAM comprises a DRAM cell with an access transistor and a storage capacitor, and a word-line coupled to a gate terminal of the access transistor. During the period between the word-line being selected to turn on the access transistor and the word line being unselected to turn off the access transistor, either a first voltage level or a second voltage level is stored in the DRAM cell, wherein the first voltage level is higher than a voltage level of a signal ONE utilized in the DRAM, and the second voltage level is lower than a voltage level of a signal ZERO utilized in the DRAM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Chao-Chun Lu, Bor-Doou Rong, Chun Shiah
  • Publication number: 20200168736
    Abstract: A transistor structure includes a gate structure, a channel region, a drain region and a source region. The gate structure is positioned above a silicon surface of a first silicon material, the channel region is under the silicon surface, and the channel region includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The drain/source region is independent and not derived from the first silicon material, the drain region includes a first predetermined physical boundary directly connected to the first terminal of the channel region, and the source region includes a second predetermined physical boundary directly connected to the second terminal of the channel region. The drain/source region includes a lower portion below the silicon surface and the bottom of the lower portion of the drain/source region is confined to an isolator, and sidewalls of the drain/source region are confined to spacers except sidewalls of the lower portion of the drain/source region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Chao-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20200168610
    Abstract: The invention relates to a DRAM structure which comprise a capacitor set and at least a transistor. The capacitor set includes a first capacitor with a first electrode and a second capacitor with a second electrode, and a counter electrode is shared by the first and the second capacitors. The counter electrode is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to an extension direction of an active region of the transistor, or the counter electrode is not positioned above or below the first and second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Chao-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20200136627
    Abstract: A first clock signal is generated from a reference clock signal. A first frequency associated with the first clock signal is less than a reference clock frequency associated with the reference clock signal. The first clock signal is propagated towards a first component of an integrated circuit through a clock tree. A second clock signal having a second frequency is generated from the first clock signal at a terminal point of the clock tree. The second clock signal is provided to the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: PO CHUN LU, SHAO-YU WANG
  • Patent number: 10633264
    Abstract: A purifying device including a container, at least one cover, a sensing assembly and an ultraviolet source is provided. The container has a containing space, wherein the containing space is adapted to contain a liquid. The cover is adapted to be connected to the container to cover the containing space. The sensing assembly is disposed on the cover, wherein the sensing assembly is adapted to sense a usage state of the cover. The ultraviolet source is disposed on the cover and is adapted to generate an ultraviolet emitted to outside of the cover, wherein the ultraviolet source is turned on or turned off according the usage state of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Changhua Christian Hospital
    Inventors: Chen-Peng Hsu, Cheng-Da Shaw, Chien-Chun Lu, Yi-Keng Fu, Hung-Ming Wu
  • Publication number: 20200127563
    Abstract: A smart power supply system is provided. An input end connecting to a power supply provides power to a control module, so that the control module can receive an application voltage range from an electronic product, and then control a power module according to the application voltage range to make an output voltage value of an output end increased gradually according to the application voltage range from low to high. In the process that the output voltage value of the output end is increased gradually, the control module detects an input voltage value and an input current value and the output voltage value to calculate and store an input power correspondingly, and then control the power module according to the output voltage value, which corresponds to the minimum input power of the stored input powers to make the output voltage value of the output end be an optimum voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Wei-Chun LU, Ting-Ta YU
  • Patent number: 10608540
    Abstract: A smart power supply system is provided. An input end connecting to a power supply provides power to a control module, so that the control module can receive an application voltage range from an electronic product, and then control a power module according to the application voltage range to make an output voltage value of an output end increased gradually according to the application voltage range from low to high. In the process that the output voltage value of the output end is increased gradually, the control module detects an input voltage value and an input current value and the output voltage value to calculate and store an input power correspondingly, and then control the power module according to the output voltage value, which corresponds to the minimum input power of the stored input powers to make the output voltage value of the output end be an optimum voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Moxa Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Chun Lu, Ting-Ta Yu
  • Publication number: 20200075952
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a complexed iodine-based electrolyte, a redox flow battery comprising the complexed iodine-based electrolyte, and a method for producing the redox flow battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Guoming WENG, Yi-Chun LU, Zengyue WANG, Simon Long Yin TAM
  • Publication number: 20200064256
    Abstract: A liquid crystal photoelectric apparatus includes a first and a second quartz glass substrates, an upper alignment layer disposed between the first and the second quartz glass substrates, a lower alignment layer disposed between the upper alignment layer and the second quartz glass substrate, a liquid crystal material disposed between the upper and the lower alignment layers, a first transparent conductive layer disposed between the upper alignment layer and the first quartz glass substrate and including at least one first main portion and first finger portions extending from the corresponding first main portion and a second transparent conductive layer second transparent conductive layer disposed between the lower alignment layer and the second quartz glass substrate and including a second main portion and second finger portions extending from the second main portion in an extension direction perpendicular to that of the first finger portions. An optical imaging processing system is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: National Tsing Hua University, Advanced Comm. Engineering Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ci-Ling Pan, Anup Kumar Sahoo, Chan-Shan Yang, Chun-Ling Yen, Yuan-Chun Lu
  • Publication number: 20200057339
    Abstract: A light source apparatus including a light-emitting module and a control unit is provided. The light-emitting module is configured to provide a light. The control unit is configured to make the light switched between a first light and a second light so that at least one of a blue-light hazard and a circadian stimulus value of the light is changed. A wavelength of a blue light main peak in a spectrum of the first light is different from a wavelength of a blue light main peak in a spectrum of the second light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: Industrial Technology Research Institute, LRU TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Tzung-Te Chen, Chia-Fen Hsieh, Tung-Yun Liu, Shih-Yi Wen, Chien-Chun Lu, Hsin-Yun Tsai
  • Publication number: 20200058435
    Abstract: An inductor structure with height limit, which comprises: a conductor formed in a bent shape, and is set with a plurality of bending-portions, wherein a first connecting-pin and a second connecting-pin are respectively set at two ends of the conductor; a first magnetic core set with a first combining-surface, wherein the first combining-surface forms a concave groove to accommodate the conductor; and a second magnetic core set with a second combining-surface, wherein the second combining-surface forms a second concave groove to accommodate the conductor; wherein the second combining-surface is combined on the first combining-surface; wherein the conductor is sheathed and set between the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core, and is set with the first connecting-pin and the second connecting-pin exposedly. Therefore, the present invention can increase the magnetic (coupling) route length under the height limit to produce an effect of increasing the inductance value and current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hsiu-Fa Yeh, Pin-Yu Chen, Hang-Chun Lu, Ya-Wen Yang, Chien-Chin Chang, Yu-Ting Hsu, Hung-Chih Liang, Shih-Kai Huang, Yen-Chun Wu
  • Publication number: 20200052362
    Abstract: An antenna array module is provided, which includes a circuit layer, an antenna dielectric layer, a metal plate and a chip. The circuit layer includes a signal line, a ground layer and a first dielectric material; the ground layer includes a coupling slot, and the signal line is connected to the chip. The antenna dielectric layer is disposed on the circuit layer and the antenna dielectric layer includes a second dielectric material; the thermal conductivity coefficient of the second dielectric material is lower than the thermal conductivity coefficient of the first dielectric material. The metal plate is disposed on the antenna dielectric layer; the signal line is coupled to the metal plate via the coupling slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: JIUN-JANG YU, CHUN-AN LU, HONG-CHING LIN
  • Publication number: 20200024515
    Abstract: This invention pertains to slurries, methods and systems that can be used in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) of tungsten containing semiconductor device. Using the CMP slurries with additives to counter lowering of pH by tungsten polishing byproducts and maintain pH 4 or higher, the erosion of dense metal (such as tungsten) structures can be greatly diminished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Chun Lu, Xiaobo Shi, Dnyanesh Chandrakant Tamboli, Reinaldo Mario Machado, Mark Leonard O'Neill, Matthias Stender