Patents by Inventor Feng Bi

Feng Bi 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: 20260149530
    Abstract: Provided are a transmission method, a communication node, and a storage medium. The method includes: determining target start symbols in a slot within a resource pool, where the target start symbols include a first start symbol and a second start symbol; calculating an actual channel coding rate of a transport block (TB) in a case where the TB is transmitted starting from the second start symbol; and determining transmission at the second start symbol according to the actual channel coding rate and a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youxiong LU, Weimin XING, Feng BI, Ting MIAO
  • Patent number: 12601057
    Abstract: A method for processing a substrate comprises a) delivering a substrate to a pedestal of an electrostatic chuck (ESC) of a processing chamber; b) increasing a pressure in the processing chamber to a first predetermined pressure in a first predetermined pressure range; c) soaking the substrate at the first predetermined pressure for a first predetermined period without clamping the substrate; d) after the first predetermined period, ramping a clamping voltage supplied to the ESC to a first clamping voltage during a second predetermined period; e) after the second predetermined period, increasing the pressure in the processing chamber to a predetermined process pressure greater than the first predetermined pressure; and f) performing a treatment on the substrate at the predetermined process pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Feng Bi, Kapu Sirish Reddy, Niraj Rana, Ateeq Junaid Suria, Toshisato Ono
  • Publication number: 20260082376
    Abstract: Provided are a resource indication method, a first node, a second node, and a storage medium. The resource indication method is applied to the first node. The method includes determining first indication information of a physical transmission resource and second indication information of the physical transmission resource, where the first indication information includes subchannel information of a frequency domain of the physical transmission resource, and the second indication information includes other frequency domain indication information of the physical transmission resource other than the first indication information in the frequency domain; transmitting control information including the first indication information and the second indication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Jie CHEN, Youxiong LU, Ting MIAO, Haigang HE, Weimin XING, Feng BI
  • Publication number: 20260082375
    Abstract: Provided are an information transmission method, a resource determination method, a resource selection method, a device, and a storage medium. The information transmission method applied by a first communication entity includes: sending request information to a second communication entity, where the request information is used for requesting the second communication entity to determine a resource set; and sending assistance information for determining the resource set to the second communication entity, where the assistance information includes at least one resource mapping mode, and the resource mapping mode at least includes one of the following: first frequency domain units to which a resource is mapped or the number of first frequency domain units to which a resource is mapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Haigang HE, Youxiong LU, Weimin XING, Feng BI, Jie CHEN
  • Patent number: 12565701
    Abstract: An electrostatic chuck (ESC) undercoating system includes a memory and a controller. The memory stores an undercoat application. The controller configured to execute the undercoat application to: determine undercoat parameters; perform a full clean process to remove undercoat deposits in processing chamber of substrate processing system; and based on the undercoat parameters, perform one or more deposition processes to deposit one or more undercoat layers on the ESC to provide an overall undercoat layer having an overall thickness between 7-15 ?m, the one or more undercoat layers providing protection of the ESC during subsequent deposition processing of a substrate on the ESC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Tu Hong, Chunhai Ji, Pengyi Zhang, Niraj Rana, Feng Bi, Ming Li
  • Patent number: 12532276
    Abstract: A system and method for receiving timing information are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first node includes receiving, by a first node from a second node, one of (1) first information and second information, or (2) third information. The first information includes configuration information of at least one of indication information, timing mode, or time resource type. The method includes determining, by the first node, time difference information according to the one of (1) the first information and the second information, or (2) the third information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ting Miao, Weimin Xing, Feng Bi, Youxiong Lu, Wenhao Liu
  • Patent number: 12506650
    Abstract: Provided are a frequency domain resource determining method, a node and a storage medium, and the method includes the following: A first node acquires first carrier resource configuration information sent by a control node; the first node determines a first reference carrier of a cell of a distributed unit (DU) of the first node according to the first carrier resource configuration information; and the first node determines at least one frequency domain resource set of the cell of the DU of the first node based on the first reference carrier, where the first reference carrier includes a first starting resource block and N resource blocks starting from the first starting resource block, and N is configured in the first carrier resource configuration information or predefined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ting Miao, Weimin Xing, Feng Bi, Youxiong Lu
  • Publication number: 20250338299
    Abstract: The resource mapping method applied to a first communication node includes the following. A slot aggregation level, the number of first symbols and a first symbol position of sidelink communication are determined. A resource mapping manner for the sidelink communication using the second subcarrier spacing is determined according to the slot aggregation level, the number of first symbols and the first symbol position. The number of first symbols refers to the number of first symbols used for the sidelink communication in a first slot; the first symbol position is a start symbol position of the first symbols in the first slot; the first slot is a slot used for the sidelink communication corresponding to a first subcarrier spacing; the slot aggregation level is a mapping relationship between a slot of a second subcarrier spacing and a slot of the first subcarrier spacing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Youxiong LU, Weimin XING, Feng BI, Jie CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250338263
    Abstract: A resource block set (RB set) determination method includes: determining resource configuration information, where the resource configuration information includes at least one of the position of a reference resource block (RB) or the position of at least one carrier; determining a start frequency position according to the resource configuration information; and determining an RB set according to the start frequency position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ting MIAO, Feng BI, Weimin XING, Youxiong LU
  • Patent number: 12457140
    Abstract: Provided are a symbol reservation, inquiry, and notification methods, a first node, a second node and a medium. The method includes determining a first element set, and sending request information, where the request information is used for requesting to reserve or not reserve a guard symbol at a transition in a case where a second unit of the first node performs transmission or reception on elements in the first element set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wenhao Liu, Youxiong Lu, Ting Miao, Weimin Xing, Feng Bi
  • Publication number: 20250308885
    Abstract: Provided herein are examples of methods and related apparatus for depositing an ashable hardmask (AHM) on a substrate using a process gas including hydrocarbons and halide-containing species and pulsed low frequency (LF) power. Halide-containing species may decrease the hydrogen content of the AHM, and a plasma using pulsed LF power may improve mechanical properties of the AHM. Also provided herein are examples of annealed hardmasks and examples of processes for annealing hardmasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Defu LIANG, Ming LI, Xin MENG, Hu KANG, Joseph Lindsey WOMACK, Jing LI, Gongcheng YAO, Tu HONG, Chunhai JI, Feng BI, Niraj RANA
  • Patent number: 12407399
    Abstract: Provided are an uplink control receiving method, an uplink control sending method, a base station, a user equipment, and a storage medium. The method includes: specifying a beam direction used for sending an uplink control in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in which the uplink control is located in a transmission unit, and receiving the uplink control according to the specified beam direction used by the uplink control; wherein the specifying the beam direction used for sending the uplink control in the OFDM symbol in which the uplink control is located in the transmission unit comprises: using by default all or at least one of beam directions used for transmitting uplink data in a previous transmission unit as the beam direction used for transmitting the uplink control, wherein the previous transmission unit refers to a transmission unit before the transmission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Gou, Feng Bi, Peng Hao
  • Publication number: 20250274921
    Abstract: Methods and devices for indicating a resource location include a base station sending resource location information to a user equipment (UE). The resource location information at least indicates a frequency-domain location of a first resource according to a frequency domain offset from the first resource to a boundary location of a second resource in a frequency domain, and a bandwidth of the second resource. The second resource can include a synchronization signal (SS) block and the first resource can include a common control resource set. A frequency-domain location of the second resource can be indicated by a frequency domain offset from the second to a reference point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ting MIAO, Feng BI, Peng HAO, Xing LIU
  • Patent number: 12382412
    Abstract: A system and method for receiving timing configuration information are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method performed by a first node includes receiving, by the first node, timing configuration information, the timing configuration information comprises at least one of a timing advance parameter (NTA), a timing advance offset (NTA,offset), NTA granularity indication information, time difference information at a second node, a timing adjustment parameter (?Tq). The method includes determining, by the first node, at least one of UL Tx timing or DL Tx timing based on the timing configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ting Miao, Weimin Xing, Feng Bi, Youxiong Lu, Wenhao Liu
  • Publication number: 20250220690
    Abstract: Proposed are an information transmission method and apparatus, and a storage medium and an electronic apparatus. The information transmission method includes: receiving a first Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) or Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH), and sending beam feedback information in response to the first PSCCH or PSSCH, wherein the beam feedback information is carried on at least one of: a Physical Sidelink Feedback Channel (PSFCH) resource corresponding to the first PSSCH; and at least one of following pieces of information of a sent second PSCCH or PSSCH: first-stage Sidelink Control Information (SCI-1) information, a Media Access Control-Control Element (MAC CE), and second-stage Sidelink Control Information (SCI-2) information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Ting MIAO, Jie CHEN, Youxiong LU, Weimin XING, Haigang HE, Feng BI
  • Publication number: 20250212134
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power determination method, including: a first communication node determines power information according to at least one of signaling information and an agreed rule, where the power information includes at least one of: first-type power information associated with a first-type channel or signal, second-type power information associated with a second-type channel or signal, or third-type power information associated with the first-type channel or signal; where an acquisition parameter of the first-type power information comprises the second-type power information, and an acquisition parameter of the third-type power information do not comprise the second-type power information; and where the first-type channel or signal is a channel or a signal between the first communication node and a second communication node, and the second-type channel or signal is a channel or a signal between the first communication node and one or more third communication nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Shujuan ZHANG, Feng BI, Chuangxin JIANG, Xing LIU, Ke YAO, Jie CHEN, Lin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250211402
    Abstract: Provided are a method for determining a structure of time unit, a communication device and a storage medium. In this method, a symbol allocation parameter of a carrier is determined; and a structure of the time unit of the carrier is determined according to the symbol allocation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Feng BI, Youxiong LU, Weimin XING, Yuzhou HU, Ting MIAO, Haigang HE, Jie CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250203642
    Abstract: Provided are a resource coexistence method and an apparatus. The resource coexistence method includes: determining, by a first node, an LTE V2X or NR V2X time-frequency resource to be used in a reporting manner or an autonomous manner. In this embodiment of the present disclosure, the first node determines the LTE V2X or NR V2X time-frequency resource to be used through the reporting manner or the autonomous manner, thereby avoiding a resource conflict or interference caused by the coexistence of LTE V2X and NR V2X resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Feng BI, Youxiong LU, Weimin XING, Ting MIAO
  • Patent number: 12328699
    Abstract: Provided are a timing difference determination method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The timing difference determination method includes: determining a timing parameter based on at least one of the following parameters: a parameter related to the timing parameter, a parameter related to a timing advance, or a parameter related to a physical resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Feng Bi, Ting Miao, Weimin Xing, Youxiong Lu, Wenhao Liu
  • Publication number: 20250184965
    Abstract: Provided are a transmission method, a user equipment, a management entity, and a storage medium. The method includes the following: To-be-transmitted information is determined, where the to-be-transmitted information indicates that a management entity selects a resource for the user equipment; and the to-be-transmitted information is transmitted to the management entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Ting MIAO, Weimin XING, Youxiong LU, Feng BI, Haigang HE, Jie CHEN, Yuzhou HU