Patents by Inventor Fan Chang

Fan 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: 12009051
    Abstract: A method of storing an input data of a data set into a memory storage having bit cells. The method includes determining a bit value of a characterization bit in the input data. The method also includes writing each of remaining bits in the input data into one of the bit cells as a first state if the characterization bit has a first value, and writing each of remaining bits in the input data into the bit cells as a second state if the characterization bit has a second value that is complement to the first value. In the method, either reading the bit cell with the first state consumes less energy than reading the bit cell with the second state or the bit cell with the first state has less retention errors than the bit cell with the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Win-San Khwa, Jui-Jen Wu, Jen-Chieh Liu, Meng-Fan Chang
  • Patent number: 12009029
    Abstract: A system is provided. The system includes a multiply-and-accumulate circuit and a local generator. The multiply-and-accumulate circuit is coupled to a memory array and generates a multiply-and-accumulate signal indicating a computational output of the memory array. The local generator is coupled to the memory array and generates at least one reference signal at a node in response to one of a plurality of global signals that are generated according to a number of the computational output. The local generator is further configured to generate an output signal according to the signal and a summation of the at least one reference signal at the node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Der Chih, Meng-Fan Chang, May-Be Chen, Cheng-Xin Xue, Je-Syu Liu
  • Patent number: 12002539
    Abstract: A memory unit includes at least one memory cell and a computational cell. The at least one memory cell stores a weight. The at least one memory cell is controlled by a first word line and includes a local bit line transmitting the weight. The computational cell is connected to the at least one memory cell and receiving the weight via the local bit line. Each of an input bit line and an input bit line bar transmits a multi-bit input value. The computational cell is controlled by a second word line and an enable signal to generate a multi-bit output value on each of an output bit line and an output bit line bar according to the multi-bit input value multiplied by the weight. The computational cell is controlled by a first switching signal and a second switching signal for charge sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Meng-Fan Chang, Yen-Chi Chou, Jian-Wei Su
  • Publication number: 20240177757
    Abstract: A circuit includes a sense amplifier, a first clamping circuit, a second clamping circuit, and a feedback circuit. The first clamping circuit includes first clamping branches coupled in parallel between the sense amplifier and a memory array. The second clamping circuit includes second clamping branches coupled in parallel between the sense amplifier and a reference array. The feedback circuit is configured to selectively enable or disable one or more of the first clamping branches or one or more of the second clamping branches in response to an output data outputted by the sense amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Win-San KHWA, Jui-Jen WU, Jen-Chieh LIU, Meng-Fan CHANG
  • Patent number: 11996147
    Abstract: A memory includes a memory device, a reading device and a feedback device. The memory device stores a plurality of bits. The reading device includes first and second reading circuits coupled to the memory device. The second reading circuit is coupled to the first reading circuit at a first node. The first and second reading circuits cooperates with each other to generate a first voltage signal at the first node based on at least one first bit of the plurality of bits. The feedback device adjusts at least one of the first reading circuit or the second reading circuit based on the first voltage signal. The first and second reading circuits generate a second voltage signal, different from the first voltage signal, corresponding to the bits, after the at least one of the first reading circuit or the second reading circuit is adjusted by the feedback device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Meng-Fan Chang, Yen-Cheng Chiu
  • Patent number: 11990194
    Abstract: The disclosure introduces a shift register is configured to enter a low power mode by disabling a portion of flip-flops (FFs) that handles upper bits of input data. The shift register includes first FF(s), second FF(s) and gating circuit. The first flip-flop (FF), includes input terminal coupled to first portion of input data. The second FF includes input terminal coupled to second portion of input data, an output terminal, a clock terminal coupled to a clock signal, a power terminal coupled to a supply power. The second portion of the input data is subsequent to the first portion of the input data. The gating circuit is coupled to the output terminal of the first FF, and configured to disable the second FF for storing the second portion of a subsequent input data according to output data currently being stored in the first FF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Win-San Khwa, Yi-Lun Lu, Jui-Jen Wu, Meng-Fan Chang
  • Publication number: 20240163075
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a privacy computing method based on homomorphic encryption, which includes steps as follows. The ciphertext data is received, where the ciphertext data has a floating-point homomorphic encryption data structure, and the floating-point homomorphic encryption data structure of the ciphertext data includes the ciphertext mantissa, exponent parameter and gain parameter. The gain parameter sets the precision of the floating point corresponding to the ciphertext mantissa. The exponent parameter is adapted to multiplication or division. The artificial intelligence model performs operations on the ciphertext data to return the ciphertext result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Te KU, Chih-Fan HSU, Wei-Chao CHEN, Feng-Hao LIU, Ming-Ching CHANG
  • Patent number: 11983052
    Abstract: A display device and a bezel thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel and a bezel. The display panel has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface includes at least one pixel pad section, and the second surface includes at least one circuit pad section. The bezel includes a first surface connecting portion, a second surface connecting portion and at least one conductive wire. The edge of the display panel having the pixel pad section and the circuit pad section is accommodated between the first surface connecting portion and the second surface connecting portion. Each conductive wire has a first end and a second end. The first end is disposed on the first surface connecting portion and the second end is disposed on the second surface connecting portion. The part of the first connecting portion having the first end corresponds to the pixel pad section, and the part of the second connecting portion having the second end corresponds to the circuit pad section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Fan Chen, Che-Chia Chang, Shang-Jie Wu, Yu-Chieh Kuo, Yi-Jung Chen, Yu-Hsun Chiu, Mei-Yi Li, He-Yi Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240152327
    Abstract: A computing circuit is provided. The computing circuit is disposed in a memory device and electrically coupled to a memory cell of the memory device. The computing circuit includes a weight decoder, a multiplier, an adder tree, and an accumulator. The weight decoder is configured to obtain a compressed weight from the memory cell and generate a decoded weight based on the compressed weight. The multiplier is configured to generate a partial-product by multiplying an input signal with the decoded weight. The adder tree is configured to generate a partial-sum by performing an addition operation based on the partial-product. The accumulator is configured to generate an accumulated sum by performing an accumulation operation based on the partial-sum and output an output signal based on the accumulated sum. The accumulated sum is left shifted based on a shift signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Win-San Khwa, Chuan-Jia Jhang, Yi-Lun Lu, Jui-Jen Wu, Meng-Fan Chang
  • Publication number: 20240152326
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory array, a multiply-accumulate (MAC) circuit and an encoder-decoder circuit. The MAC circuit performs a MAC operation on an encoded weight data stored in the memory array and an input data to generate a partial MAC result. An encoder of the encoder-decoder circuit is configured to encode m weight bits among n weight bits of weight data according to an encryption key to generate the encoded weight data, wherein m and n are positive integers, and m is less than n. A decoder of the encoder-decoder circuit is configured to detect an error in the partial MAC result according to the encryption key to generate a decoded partial MAC result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Win-San Khwa, Meng-Fan Chang, Jui-Jen Wu, Chuan-Jia Jhang
  • Publication number: 20240152321
    Abstract: A floating point pre-alignment structure for computing-in-memory applications includes a time domain exponent computing block and an input mantissa pre-align block. The time domain exponent computing block is configured to compute a plurality of original input exponents and a plurality of original weight exponents to generate a plurality of flags. Each of the flags is determined by adding one of the original input exponents and one of the original weight exponents. The input mantissa pre-align block is configured to receive a plurality of original input mantissas and shift the original input mantissas according to the flags to generate a plurality of weighted input mantissas, and sparsity of the weighted input mantissas is greater than sparsity of the original input mantissas. Each of the flags has a negative correlation with a sum of the one of the original input exponents and the one of the original weight exponents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Meng-Fan CHANG, Ping-Chun WU, Jin-Sheng REN, Li-Yang HONG, Ho-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240147606
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first substrate structure, multiple electronic elements and a second substrate structure. The first substrate structure includes a first substrate. The electronic elements are disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate structure is coupled to the first substrate structure. The second substrate structure includes a second substrate, a protection circuit, a driving circuit and a bonding pad. The protection circuit is disposed on the second substrate. The driving circuit is disposed on the second substrate and configured to drive at least a part of the electronic elements. The bonding pad is disposed on the second substrate. The protection circuit is respectively coupled to the bonding pad and the driving circuit. The electronic device may reduce the damage caused by electrostatic discharge or reduce the impact of the bonding process of the bonding pad on signal conduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Mu-Fan Chang, Yi-Hua Hsu, Hung-Sheng Liao, Min-Hsin Lo, Ming-Chun Tseng, Ker-Yih Kao
  • Patent number: 11967357
    Abstract: A memory unit with time domain edge delay accumulation for computing-in-memory applications is controlled by a first word line and a second word line. The memory unit includes at least one memory cell, at least one edge-delay cell multiplexor and at least one edge-delay cell. The at least one edge-delay cell includes a weight reader and a driver. The weight reader is configured to receive a weight and a multi-bit analog input voltage and generate a multi-bit voltage according to the weight and the multi-bit analog input voltage. The driver is connected to the weight reader and configured to receive an edge-input signal. The driver is configured to generate an edge-output signal having a delay time according to the edge-input signal and the multi-bit voltage. The delay time of the edge-output signal is positively correlated with the multi-bit analog input voltage multiplied by the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Meng-Fan Chang, Ping-Chun Wu, Li-Yang Hong, Jin-Sheng Ren, Jian-Wei Su
  • Patent number: 11963300
    Abstract: A panel device including a substrate, a conductor pad, a turning wire, and a circuit board is provided. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface connected to the first surface while a normal direction of the second surface is different from a normal direction of the first surface. The conductor pad is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The turning wire is disposed on the substrate and extends from the first surface to the second surface. The turning wire includes a wiring layer in contact with the conductor pad and a wire covering layer covering the wiring layer. The circuit board is bonded to and electrically connected to the wire covering layer. A manufacturing method of a panel device is also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Yueh Hou, Hao-An Chuang, Fan-Yu Chen, Hsi-Hung Chen, Yun Cheng, Wen-Chang Hsieh, Chih-Wen Lu
  • Publication number: 20240119976
    Abstract: A data serializer, a latch data device using the same and a controlling method thereof are provided. The data serializer includes at least one data buffer and a de-skew buffer. The data buffer at least receives an inputting data and a controlling signal. An outputting signal and a complementary outputting signal, which is complementary to the outputting signal, are formed when the controlling signal is at a predetermined level. The de-skew buffer receives the complementary outputting signal to accelerate or slow down forming the outputting signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Su-Chueh LO, Yi-Fan CHANG
  • Patent number: 11955688
    Abstract: Aspects described herein include devices, wireless communication apparatuses, methods, and associated operations for heatsinks integrating millimeter wave and non-millimeter wave operation. In some aspects, an apparatus comprising a millimeter wave (mmW) module is provided. The apparatus includes at least one mmW antenna and at least one mmW signal node configured to communicate a data signal in association with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes mixing circuitry configured to convert between the data signal and a mmW signal for communications associated with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes a heatsink comprising a non-mmW antenna and a non-mmW feed point coupled to the non-mmW antenna. The non-mmW feed point is configured to provide a signal path to the non-mmW antenna for a non-mmW signal. The heatsink is mechanically coupled to the mmW module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Cheng-Fan Wei, Chao-Kuei Chang, Yi-Hsiang Kung
  • Patent number: 11946733
    Abstract: An image rendering device and an image rendering method are disclosed. For the elements of the image rendering device, a first sensor and a second sensor are configured to sense a target object in a two-dimensional (2D) mode and three-dimensional (3D) mode to generate a first surface-color-signal, a first 3D-depth-signal, a second surface-color-signal and a second 3D-depth-signal respectively. An IR projector is configured to generate an IR-dot-pattern. A processor is configured to control the IR projector to project the IR-dot-pattern on the target object in the 3D mode, and configured to process the first surface-color-signal, the second surface-color-signal, the first 3D-depth-signal and the second 3D-depth-signal to obtain a color 3D model of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: EYS3D MICROELECTRONICS CO.
    Inventors: Kuan-Cheng Chung, Tsung-Yi Huang, Shi-Fan Chang
  • Publication number: 20240106112
    Abstract: An antenna module is disposed to an electronic device includes a fixed member, a rotating component, a reflector, a director, and an antenna unit. The electronic device includes a first body and a second body. The first body has a first surface and a second surface. The fixed member is disposed to the first body fixedly. The rotating component is connected to the fixed member rotatably. The reflector and the director are disposed to the rotating component. The antenna unit is disposed to the first body and between the reflector and the director. When the first body and the second body rotate relative to each other, the reflector is located between the antenna unit and one of the first surface and the second surface, and the director is located between the antenna unit and another one of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Jo-Fan Chang, Yu Chen, Jhih-Ning Cheng, Yu-Hsun Huang
  • Patent number: 11942185
    Abstract: An Input/Output (I/O) circuit for a memory device is provided. The I/O circuit includes a charge integration circuit coupled to a bitline of the memory device. The charge integration circuit provides a sensing voltage based on a decrease of a voltage on the bitline. A comparator is coupled to the charge integration circuit. The comparator compares the sensing voltage with a reference voltage and provides an output voltage based on the comparison. A time-to-digital converter coupled to the comparator. The time-to-digital convertor converts a time associated with the output voltage to a digital value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Je-Min Hung, Win-San Khwa, Meng-Fan Chang
  • Patent number: 11942178
    Abstract: A circuit includes a reference voltage node, first and second data lines, a sense amplifier, first and second switching devices coupled between the first and second data lines and first and second input terminals of the sense amplifier, third and fourth switching devices coupled between the first and second data lined and first and second nodes, fifth and sixth switching devices coupled between the first and second nodes and the reference voltage node, and first and second capacitive devices coupled between the first and second nodes and second and first input terminals. Each of the first through fourth switching devices is switched on and each of the fifth and sixth switching devices is switched off in a first operational mode, and each of the first through fourth switching devices is switched off and each of the fifth and sixth switching devices is switched on in a second operational mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jui-Jen Wu, Win-San Khwa, Jen-Chieh Liu, Meng-Fan Chang