Patents by Inventor Feng Wei

Feng Wei 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: 20240363560
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device vertically positioned above the first semiconductor device, and a ground shielded transmission path. The ground shielded transmission path couples the first semiconductor device to the second semiconductor device. The ground shielded transmission path includes a first signal path extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end. The first signal path includes a conductive material. A first insulating layer is disposed over the signal path longitudinally between the first end and the second end. The first insulating layer includes an electrically insulating material. A ground shielding layer is disposed over the insulating material longitudinally between the first end and the second end of the signal path. The ground shielding layer includes a conductive material coupled to ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Feng Wei KUO, Wen-Shiang LIAO, Chewn-Pu JOU, Huan-Neng CHEN, Lan-Chou CHO, William Wu SHEN
  • Publication number: 20240365619
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate, a transistor array layer, a first planarization layer, and a first electrode layer, where the plurality of sub-pixels include first color sub-pixels and second color sub-pixels adjacent to the first color sub-pixels in a first direction; for the first color sub-pixels and the second color sub-pixels adjacent in the first direction, first notches are disposed in sides, facing orthographical projections of anodes in the first color sub-pixels on the base substrate, of orthographical projections of edges of anodes in the second color sub-pixels on the base substrate; and the first notches are disposed facing centers of main parts of the second color sub-pixels. Each repeating unit includes at least one first color sub-pixel and at least one second color sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Lili DU, Hongjun ZHOU, Feng WEI, Qian MA
  • Publication number: 20240355769
    Abstract: A method and a system for verifying an integrated circuit stack having at least one silicon photonic device is introduced. A dummy layer and a dummy layer text are added to a terminal of at least one silicon photonic device of the integrated circuit. The method may perform a layout versus schematic check of the integrated circuit including the dummy layer and the dummy layer text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Wei Kuo, Hui-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 12124119
    Abstract: An optical modulator includes a carrier and a waveguide disposed on the carrier. The waveguide includes a first optical coupling region, a second optical coupling region, first regions, and second regions. The first optical coupling region is doped with first dopants. The second optical coupling region abuts the first optical coupling region and is doped with second dopants. The first dopants and the second dopants are of different conductivity type. The first regions are doped with the first dopants and are arrange adjacent to the first optical coupling region. The first regions have respective increasing doping concentrations as distances of the first regions increase from the first optical coupling region. The second regions are doped with the second dopants and are arranged adjacent to the second optical coupling region. The second regions have respective increasing doping concentrations as distances of the second regions increase from the second optical coupling region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Lan-Chou Cho, Chewn-Pu Jou, Feng-Wei Kuo, Huan-Neng Chen, Min-Hsiang Hsu
  • Publication number: 20240337528
    Abstract: A device includes a scattering structure and a collection structure. The scattering structure is arranged to concurrently scatter incident electromagnetic radiation along a first scattering axis and along a second scattering axis. The first scattering axis and the second scattering axis are non-orthogonal. The collection structure includes a first input port aligned with the first scattering axis and a second input port aligned with the second scattering axis. A method includes scattering electromagnetic radiation along a first scattering axis to create first scattered electromagnetic radiation and along a second scattering axis to create second scattered electromagnetic radiation. The first scattering axis and the second scattering axis are non-orthogonal. The first scattered electromagnetic radiation is detected to yield first detected radiation and the second scattered electromagnetic radiation is detected to yield second detected radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Chewn-Pu JOU, Feng Wei KUO, Huan-Neng CHEN, Lan-Chou CHO
  • Patent number: 12114544
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate, a transistor array layer, a first planarization layer, and a first electrode layer, wherein the plurality of sub-pixels include first color sub-pixels and second color sub-pixels adjacent to the first color sub-pixels in a first direction; for the first color sub-pixels and the second color sub-pixels adjacent in the first direction, first notches are disposed in sides, facing orthographical projections of anodes in the first color sub-pixels on the base substrate, of orthographical projections of edges of anodes in the second color sub-pixels on the base substrate; and the first notches are disposed facing centers of main parts of the second color sub-pixels. Each repeating unit includes at least one first color sub-pixel and at least one second color sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lili Du, Hongjun Zhou, Feng Wei, Qian Ma
  • Publication number: 20240329304
    Abstract: An optical attenuating structure is provided. The optical attenuating structure includes a substrate, a waveguide, doping regions, an optical attenuating member, and a dielectric layer. The waveguide is extended over the substrate. The doping regions are disposed over the substrate, and include a first doping region, a second doping region opposite to the first doping region and separated from the first doping region by the waveguide, a first electrode extended over the substrate and in the first doping region, and a second electrode extended over the substrate and in the second doping region. The first optical attenuating member is coupled with the waveguide and disposed between the waveguide and the first electrode. The dielectric layer is disposed over the substrate and covers the waveguide, the doping regions and the first optical attenuating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: HUAN-NENG CHEN, FENG-WEI KUO, MIN-HSIANG HSU, LAN-CHOU CHO, CHEWN-PU JOU, WEN-SHIANG LIAO
  • Publication number: 20240333655
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method by a routing component includes receiving a packet to be forwarded to a neighboring routing component, the packet being predicted to be further forwarded to a plurality of destinations from the neighboring routing component, storing the packet to a FIFO queue, determining to transmit the packet to the neighboring routing component for one or more destinations by using an arbiter associated with a transmission port connected to the neighboring routing component, determining that the plurality of destinations comprise one or more remaining destinations in addition to the one or more destinations, reading without popping the packet from the FIFO queue, and transmitting the packet to the neighboring routing component through the transmission port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Linda Cheng, Feng Wei
  • Patent number: 12105324
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses for optical coupling and a system for communication. In one embodiment, an apparatus for optical coupling having an optical coupling region is disclosed. The apparatus for optical coupling includes a substrate and a core layer disposed on the substrate. The core layer includes a plurality of holes located in the optical coupling region. An effective refractive index of the core layer gradually decrease from a first end of the optical coupling region to a second end of the optical coupling region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Wei Kuo, Chewn-Pu Jou
  • Patent number: 12095711
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes first through fourth devices positioned over one or more substrates, a first radio frequency interconnect (RFI) including a first transmitter included in the first device, a first receiver included in the second device, and a first guided transmission medium coupled to each of the first transmitter and the first receiver, a second RFI including a second transmitter included in the first device, a second receiver included in the third device, and a second guided transmission medium coupled to each of the second transmitter and the second receiver, and a third RFI including a third transmitter included in the first device, a third receiver included in the fourth device, and the second guided transmission medium coupled to each of the third transmitter and the third receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Huan-Neng Chen, William Wu Shen, Chewn-Pu Jou, Feng Wei Kuo, Lan-Chou Cho, Tze-Chiang Huang, Jack Liu, Yun-Han Lee
  • Patent number: 12089530
    Abstract: A walking power control system for wolfberry picking, including a frame, a turntable, rotating rods, first gears, second gear, gear racks, supporting rods, hydraulic motors, a front traveling wheel, a left traveling wheel and a right traveling wheel. Hydraulic motors rotate to drives three traveling wheels to rotate, thereby driving the frame to move, when it is necessary to turn, a turntable is rotated, the turntable rotates to drive two first gears to rotate, and the two first gears rotate to drive the supporting rods to rotate, thereby driving the left traveling wheel and the right traveling wheel to rotate, so that the traveling direction of the frame is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Wolfberry Scientific Institute, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and forestry Sciences, Ningxia Keqi Modern Agricultural Machinery Technology Service Co. LTD
    Inventors: Zhigang Shi, Ru Wan, Tinghui Ma, Guoli Dai, Libin Yang, Xiao Wang, Youlong Cao, Wei An, Xiyan Zhang, Yunxiang Li, Xueqin Jiang, Ken Qin, Jianhua Zhao, Xiuying Wang, Jian Zhang, Feng Wei, Xinlin Sha, Lina Zhou, Jie Lu, Danqing Zhao
  • Patent number: 12078845
    Abstract: An optical coupler is provided. The optical coupler includes: a first optical structure, and a second optical structure disposed over the first optical structure. The first optical structure includes: a first substrate, a first cladding layer disposed on the first substrate, and a first waveguide disposed on the first cladding layer. The first waveguide includes a first coupling portion, and the first coupling portion including a first taper part. The second optical structure includes: a second substrate, a dielectric layer disposed on the second substrate; and a second waveguide disposed on the dielectric layer. The second waveguide includes a second coupling portion, and the second coupling portion including a second taper part. The second taper part is disposed on and optically coupled with the first taper part, and a taper direction of the first taper part is the same as a taper direction of the second taper part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Wei Kuo, Chewn-Pu Jou, Cheng-Tse Tang, Hung-Yi Kuo
  • Patent number: 12074125
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device vertically positioned above the first semiconductor device, and a ground shielded transmission path. The ground shielded transmission path couples the first semiconductor device to the second semiconductor device. The ground shielded transmission path includes a first signal path extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end. The first signal path includes a conductive material. A first insulating layer is disposed over the signal path longitudinally between the first end and the second end. The first insulating layer includes an electrically insulating material. A ground shielding layer is disposed over the insulating material longitudinally between the first end and the second end of the signal path. The ground shielding layer includes a conductive material coupled to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Wei Kuo, Wen-Shiang Liao, Chewn-Pu Jou, Huan-Neng Chen, Lan-Chou Cho, William Wu Shen
  • Publication number: 20240280765
    Abstract: A package structure comprises photonic dies and an interposer structure. Each photonic die includes a dielectric layer and a first grating coupler embedded in the dielectric layer. The interposer structure is disposed below the photonic dies. The interposer structure includes an oxide layer and a second grating coupler embedded in the oxide layer. The photonic dies are optically coupled through the first grating couplers of the photonic dies and the second grating coupler of the interposer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Wei KUO, Chewn-Pu Jou, Hsing-Kuo Hsia, Chih-Wei TSENG
  • Patent number: 12066658
    Abstract: An integrated optical device includes a substrate, a waveguide structure and a grating structure. The substrate has a waveguide region and a grating region adjacent to each other. The waveguide structure is disposed on the substrate in the waveguide region. The grating structure is disposed on the substrate in the grating region. In some embodiments, the grating structure includes grating bars and grating intervals arranged alternately, and widths of the grating bars of the grating structure are varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Wei Kuo, Wen-Shiang Liao
  • Patent number: 12066662
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses for optical coupling and a system for communication. In one embodiment, an apparatus for optical coupling including a substrate and a grating coupler is disclosed. The grating coupler is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of coupling gratings arranged along a first direction, wherein effective refractive indices of the plurality of coupling gratings gradually decrease along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Wei Kuo, Wen-Shiang Liao, Robert Bogdan Staszewski, Jianglin Du
  • Patent number: 12068269
    Abstract: A method and a system for verifying an integrated circuit stack having a silicon photonic (SIPH) device is introduced. A single first dummy layer is added to at least one terminal of the SIPH device in a first layout of the first integrated circuit, wherein a shape of the single first dummy layer added to the at least one terminal of the SIPH device maps a shape of the at least one terminal of the SIPH device. A first layout versus schematic (LVS) check is performed on the first integrated circuit based on the single first dummy layer added to the at least one terminal of the SIPH device to verify a connection of the SIPH device in the first integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Wei Kuo, Hui-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 12062629
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for an integrated chip. An integrated chip includes a package substrate including a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers, each second layer being disposed between a respective adjacent pair of the first layers. A transceiver unit is disposed above the package substrate. A waveguide unit including a plurality of waveguides having top and bottom walls formed in the first layers of the package substrate and sidewalls formed in the second layers of the package substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
    Inventors: Huan-Neng Chen, Chewn-Pu Jou, Feng Wei Kuo, Lan-Chou Cho, Wen-Shiang Liao, Yanghyo Kim
  • Publication number: 20240266296
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package integrates a photonic die (oDie) and an electronic die (eDie). More specifically, the integrated circuit package may include a plurality of redistribution layers communicatively coupled to at least one of the oDie and/or the eDie, where molded material at least partially surrounds the at least one of the oDie and/or the eDie.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Feng Wei Kuo, Chewn-Pu Jou, Shuo-Mao Chen
  • Patent number: 12052535
    Abstract: A passive sounding device integrated into a flat panel display includes a glass diaphragm having a first surface for forming a light-emitting array of the flat-panel display thereon, a suspension edge, and a frame, wherein the glass diaphragm is tightly sealed with the frame through the suspension edge to form an airtight space in the frame, and the glass diaphragm vibrates and emits sound in response to the pressure of the sound waves generated by an active sounding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Glass Acoustic Innovations Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao-Sheng Chou, Hsiao-Yi Lin, Yi-Feng Wei