Patents by Inventor Fang Liu

Fang Liu 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: 20250149335
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods are provided herein to form an extreme ultra-violet (EUV) photoresist pattern on a semiconductor substrate using a multilayer photoresist film stack. The disclosed embodiments begin by forming a multilayer photoresist film stack including a plurality of relatively thin photoresist film layers, each layer comprising a different photoresist material. After EUV exposure, the disclosed embodiments selectively develop the different photoresist layers in separate different development steps. In doing so, the process flows and methods disclosed herein increase the resist film thickness and improve development selectivity to avoid the photoresist damage and photoresist pattern collapse that often occurs during conventional EUV lithography processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Kandabara Tapily, Eric Chih-Fang Liu, Lior Huli
  • Publication number: 20250143060
    Abstract: A light-emitting device and a display apparatus. The light-emitting device extracts, by means of a light extraction member, light emitted from a side surface (a second light-emitting surface) of a semiconductor light source; the light from the side surface is collected to a top part to be emitted to a wavelength conversion member together with light from a first light-emitting surface; white light is emitted from a top part (a second abutting surface of the wavelength conversion member; and after passing through a light-transmitting layer, the white light is emitted from a top part of the light-transmitting layer that is in the thickness direction thereof and is provided with a light inhibition layer, and the white light from the top part is partially inhibited by the light inhibition layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Leimeng Sun, Kun Li, Fang Liu
  • Publication number: 20250138429
    Abstract: A method of endpoint detection includes performing a surface treatment on a wafer without plasma in a process chamber which includes an outlet configured to output an exhaust gas of the surface treatment. An exhaust plasma is generated from the exhaust gas in a plasma coupler. The exhaust plasma is analyzed to determine an endpoint of the surface treatment. A system includes a process chamber configured to receive a wafer and perform a surface treatment on the wafer without plasma. The process chamber includes an outlet configured to output an exhaust gas of the surface treatment. A plasma coupler is configured to receive the exhaust gas and generate an exhaust plasma therefrom. A detector is configured to receive and analyze the exhaust plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Qi WANG, Steven GRZESKOWIAK, Nicholas SMIESZEK, Blaze MESSER, Sergey VORONIN, Akiteru KO, Eric Chih-Fang LIU, Ashawaraya SHALINI, Da SONG
  • Patent number: 12288752
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first die and a through via. The through via is electrically connected to the first die. The through via includes a first conductive layer having a first width, a second conductive layer having a second width different from the first width and a first seed layer disposed aside an interface between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Nien-Fang Wu, Sung-Feng Yeh, Tzuan-Horng Liu, Chao-Wen Shih
  • Patent number: 12286765
    Abstract: A single-hole ultrasonic detection device for continuous integrity and a rock entry depth of a concrete diaphragm wall and a method using the same are provided. the single-hole ultrasonic detection device includes an apparatus host, an ultrasonic transducer and an ultrasonic signal feedback device, and the apparatus host is respectively connected to the ultrasonic transducer and the ultrasonic signal feedback device via a corresponding one of signal lines, the apparatus host includes an ultrasonic transmitter and an ultrasonic signal collector, the ultrasonic transmitter is configured to generate ultrasonic waves and the ultrasonic waves are transmitted via the ultrasonic transducer, the ultrasonic transducer is configured to collect and recover a reflected wave of the ultrasonic waves, convert signals of the reflected wave of the ultrasonic waves into electric signals, and send the electric signals back into the apparatus host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Jiangxi Academy of Water Science and Engineering
    Inventors: Jianglin Gao, Da Liu, Songtao Hu, Yan Li, Fang Chen, Hongyou Guo, Liang Sun, Jianqing Zhang
  • Patent number: 12287804
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing natural language-based data integration includes causing execution of a data integration application on a remote device via a network and causing surfacing of a GUI corresponding to the data integration application on a display of the remote device. The method includes receiving, via the GUI, a natural language input representing a data integration task, generating, via an LLM, a set of ordered activities corresponding to the data integration task represented by the natural language input, and selecting, via the LLM, one or more APIs for performing each activity within the set of ordered activities. The method also includes generating a data pipeline based on the set of ordered activities and the API(s) for performing each activity, as well as back-translating the data pipeline to a desired data format for execution by the data integration application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shaily Jignesh Fozdar, David Joseph Donahue, Fang Liu, Noelle Yanhui Li, Abhishek Narain, Irene Rogan Shaffer, Wee Hyong Tok, Ehimwenma Nosakhare, Vivek Gupta, Gust Verbruggen, Vu Minh Le, Jordan Joseph Henkel, Avrilia Floratou, Joyce Yu Cahoon, Richard Anarfi, Jason Wang, Daniel Muñoz Huerta, Yan Qiu
  • Publication number: 20250133543
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method performed by a network node in a communication system and the network node, which relates to a field of artificial intelligence. The method comprises: determining a first resource allocation pattern corresponding to at least one cell; obtaining a second resource allocation pattern corresponding to the at least one cell, by adjusting the first resource allocation pattern of the at least one cell based on information related to interference between cells. The method may be performed by an electronic apparatus and may be performed using an artificial intelligence model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Yue YUAN, Mingli WANG, Nan CAO, Fang XIE, Mei LIU, Jiankang WANG
  • Publication number: 20250133873
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other, an active layer disposed on the first surface of the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer away from the first semiconductor layer, a mesa defined by a portion of the first semiconductor layer that is not covered by the active layer, and a recess extending through the second semiconductor layer into the first semiconductor layer. The recess, when being viewed from above the light-emitting device, is closer to a center of the first semiconductor layer than the mesa. A light-emitting apparatus including a circuit board and the light-emitting device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Qiuyan FANG, Kechuang LIN, Chenke HSU, Tung-Kai LIU
  • Publication number: 20250125243
    Abstract: A chip carrier structure is provided and defined with a chip carrier region and a wire bonding region, and the chip carrier structure includes: an insulating layer; a circuit layer formed on the insulating layer; a solder mask layer formed on the insulating layer and the circuit layer and having a plurality of openings in the wire bonding region; and a protective layer formed on a portion of the circuit layer exposed from the solder mask layer, where an area of the protective layer in each of the openings is less than 70000 ?m2. By reducing the areas of the circuit layer exposed from the openings and the protective layer exposed from the openings, the problem of delamination caused by poor bonding force between the materials of the protective layer and the circuit layer is greatly reduced, thereby improving the reliability and lifespan of the chip carrier structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Chung-Yen HUANG, Yu-Tung YAO, Jann-Tzung LIU, Shu-Yu KO, Hsiu-Fang CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20250114638
    Abstract: A radiotherapy system includes a neutron acceptor, an aerosolization device for aerosolizing the neutron acceptor, and an energy beam generator. A method for treating cancer, including: administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an aerosolized neutron acceptor; and irradiating the subject with neutrons. A method for diagnosing cancer, including: administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an aerosolized radioactive agent; and receiving an energy beam signal from the subject. A method for delivering a neutron receptor to a subject during radiation therapy, including aerosolizing the neutron receptor and administering to the subject an effective amount of the neutron receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Chi-Shuo Chen, Chun-Ting Lin, Fang-Hsin Chen, Chen-En Chiang, Jia-Jun Liu, Chih-Tung Liu, Jui-Hsun Chang, Jun-Chen Wu, Po-Chun Huang, Hui-Ling Lin, Ya-Fang Liu
  • Patent number: 12273271
    Abstract: A data transmission method, and a related apparatus, are provided. The method include: determining, by a first controller in available transit switches in a data center network, available transit switches respectively transiting m groups of data, where one available transit switch is configured to transit at least one group of the data, and a difference between quantities of groups of the data transited by any two available transit switches does not exceed a second threshold; and instructing, by the first controller, a destination network node to send routing information to the source network node, where the routing information includes an identifier of an available transit switch configured to transit a data group transmitted by the source network node to the destination network node. The foregoing solution can balance load of each transit switch in the data center network, improve a bandwidth resource utilization rate, and reduce a transmission delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fang Liu, Wing Shing Wong, Weijie Wu
  • Patent number: 12273578
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a display apparatus and a processing method. According to the method, a data stream from the external device in connection with the display apparatus is received; a device information frame in the data stream is obtained, where the device information frame is a data frame generated by the external device according to a basic transmission protocol between the external device and the display apparatus; marker bits in the device information frame are traversed; in response to the external device supporting the automatic control protocol, a play mode is switched according to usage scenario information added in the data stream; and in response to the external device not supporting the automatic control protocol, a play mode is switched according to a device type of the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pingguang Lu, Junning Chen, Yinghao He, Ruiji Zhang, Tingfu Xie, Hao Wang, Fang Liu, Yanli Wu
  • Publication number: 20250111958
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure is a control system for a heat supply apparatus of a nuclear power plant, comprising: a first-stage pressure measurement means configured for measuring a first-stage pressure of a turbine to obtain a first-stage pressure signal; a high-exhaust pressure measurement means configured for measuring an exhaust pressure of a turbine high-pressure cylinder to obtain an exhaust pressure signal; a steam extraction heating flow rate measurement means configured for measuring a steam extraction heating flow rate to obtain a steam extraction heating flow rate signal; a data acquisition module configured for acquiring and transmitting the measured first-stage pressure signal, the measured exhaust pressure signal and the measured steam extraction heating flow rate signal to a core operation processing module; the core operation processing module; and a the signal output module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicants: SHANDONG NUCLEAR POWER COMPANY LTD., STATE NUCLEAR ELECTRIC POWER PLANNING DESIGN & RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Fang WU, Fei LIU, Guobin XU, Bingzhuo ZHANG, Jianwei LI, Zhibin ZHU, Xiangyu WANG, Xiangyang CAI, Yongfeng ZHOU, Da SONG, Zhaokai XING, Hongjun XIE, Shanshan WANG, Jinfeng YANG, Xiang HUANG
  • Publication number: 20250111013
    Abstract: Provided are an information generation method and apparatus, and an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Xiaoming GAO, Qin LIU, Huihong LI, Fang CHEN, Shidi LIU, Yi YAN, Cong MAI, Jinming ZENG, Yunzhi LIU, Wenhao TAN, Guangwen CAI, Huiying DENG, Xiaoming XU, Yunbin SU, Xueming JIANG, Liyou ZHANG, Mingyi GUO, Jiechao LIAO, Xuehao LI
  • Patent number: 12265326
    Abstract: An additional non-photoresist layer may be formed on patterned photoresist layers. The additional layer may be preferentially formed on the tops of the photoresist layer versus the sidewalls of the photoresist layer. In addition, the additional layer may be preferential formed on the tops of the photoresist layer versus exposed surfaces of layers underlying the photoresist layer. In this manner, the patterned structures formed by the photoresist layer are less likely to have line opens due to photoresist height variability or the relative thinness of the photoresist height used. Further, the formation of the additional layer may be through a cyclic deposition/trim process. The trim step of the cyclic process may also serve as a descum step that helps reduce line bridging and scumming. In one embodiment, the additional non-photoresist layer may be an organic polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Angélique D. Raley, Eric Chih-Fang Liu, Nihar Mohanty
  • Publication number: 20250101515
    Abstract: The application belongs to the technical field of sex identification of Apostichopus japonicus, and particularly relates to a molecular marker for sex identification of Apostichopus japonicus and use thereof. The molecular marker, C77185, has a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1. The molecular marker for sex identification of Apostichopus japonicus provided by this application may realize accurate sex identification of Apostichopus japonicus from different geographical populations, which is characteristic of practicability, accuracy, high efficiency and the like, and may be used in the actual production process. The molecular marker may be further used for in vivo sex identification in related research of the Apostichopus japonicus, thereby conducting experimental research on a specific sex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Lina SUN, Chunxi JIANG, Hongyuan ZHAO, Shilin LIU, Wei CUI, Shuai XU, Fang SU, Hongsheng YANG
  • Patent number: 12258082
    Abstract: A leg assembly for a legged robot includes first through three motors, first through second legs, and a transmission component. The first motor is coupled to the second motor to drive the second motor to rotate, and a rotation axis of the first motor is substantially orthogonal to a rotation axis of the second motor. The second motor is coupled to the third motor to drive the third motor to rotate, and a rotation axis of the third motor substantially coincides with the rotation axis of the second motor. The third motor is arranged at a first end of the first leg, the second leg is pivotably coupled to a second end of the first leg, and the transmission component is coupled to an output shaft of the third motor and the second leg to drive the second leg to rotate relative to the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Robot Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiyang Liu, Wenping Guo, Xiaomao Wei, Fang Zhi, Shuang Li
  • Publication number: 20250092572
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a gallium nitride (GaN) single-crystal substrate with an edge metal mask technology. The method includes: preparing a metal mask ring on a composite epitaxial substrate, epitaxially growing a GaN single-crystal sacrificial layer in a confined manner, performing separation with interlayer decoupling of single-crystal graphene through an in-situ temperature gradient method to obtain a self-supporting GaN single-crystal sacrificial layer, epitaxially growing a GaN single-crystal thick film in a diameter expanded manner, and performing chemico-mechanical trimming on the GaN single-crystal thick film to obtain a stress-free self-supporting GaN single-crystal substrate. The metal mask ring is compatible with the GaN single-crystal preparation process (hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE)), and efficiently catalyzes decomposition reaction of the nitrogen source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Xinqiang WANG, Fang LIU, Qiang LIU, Yucheng GUO, Tao WANG, Jiejun WU, Bo SHEN, Guoyi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250098277
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor devices includes forming an opening. The method includes forming a blanket layer along vertical sidewalls of the opening. The method includes etching through the first recess through a first source/drain structure of the first semiconductor channel. The method includes filling the first recess with a dielectric material. The method includes removing the blanket layer between the dielectric material and the sidewall, to define a second and third recess opposite the dielectric material. The method includes etching the surface of the semiconductor device to define a fourth recess above a second source/drain structure of the first semiconductor channel. The method includes extending the third and fourth recesses through the first and second source/drain structures of the first semiconductor channel, to a first and second source/drain structure of the second semiconductor channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Eric Chih-Fang LIU
  • Publication number: 20250082279
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of medical data processing, and discloses an iNPH prediction method based on a visual Oddball paradigm, comprising: performing the same visual Oddball paradigm experiments on a target population before and after the target population undergoes LTT, and obtaining an electroencephalography (EEG) signal data; Pre-processing the EEG signal data, and obtaining an event-related potential feature, the event-related potential feature being a P300 amplitude feature; Based on the event-related potential feature, the iNPH prediction model is trained to obtain the iNPH prediction model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dong MING, Xiuyun LIU, Zihua ZHANG, Huijie YU, Congying HAO, Kai YU, Xiaoyi WANG, Fang GUO, Zaiyu GUO, Yan XING, Yulin SUN