Patents by Inventor He Lin

He Lin 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: 11321991
    Abstract: A system for providing a gaming trend display at a gaming table comprising a processing device, memory and a display device for displaying historical Baccarat game outcomes in one or more predefined formats stored in memory, the systems and methods comprising a data communication device for detecting a new game outcome, the processing device converting the new game outcome for display in the one or more predefined formats on the display device and responsive to updating the display device with the new game outcome, activating the display of an illustrative game outcome in the one or more predefined formats, wherein the illustrative game outcome has the display characteristics of being visually distinguishable from the historical game outcomes, and wherein the illustrative game outcome display is deactivated responsive to receiving a new game outcome detected by the data communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: He Lin
  • Patent number: 11309307
    Abstract: Provided is a method for inserting a pre-designed filler cell, as a replacement to a standard filler cell, including identifying at least one gap among a plurality of functional cells. In some embodiments, a pre-designed filler cell is inserted within the at least one gap. By way of example, the pre-designed filler cell includes a layout design having a pattern associated with a particular failure mode. In various embodiments, a layer is patterned on a semiconductor substrate such that the pattern of the layout design is transferred to the layer on the semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, the patterned layer is inspected using an electron beam (e-beam) inspection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tseng Chin Lo, Molly Chang, Ya-Wen Tseng, Chih-Ting Sun, Zi-Kuan Li, Bo-Sen Chang, Geng-He Lin
  • Patent number: 11271072
    Abstract: A trench capacitor includes a plurality of trenches in a semiconductor substrate. A first polysilicon layer is located within the plurality of trenches and over a top surface of the substrate. The first polysilicon layer is continuous between the plurality of trenches. The trench capacitor further includes a plurality of second polysilicon layers. Each of the second polysilicon layers fills a corresponding trench of the plurality of trenches. The second polysilicon layers each extend to a top surface of the first polysilicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jiao Jia, Zhipeng Feng, He Lin, Yunlong Liu, Manoj Jain
  • Publication number: 20210408306
    Abstract: A photo detector includes a superlattice with an undoped first semiconductor layer including undoped intrinsic semiconductor material, a doped second semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type on the first semiconductor layer, an undoped third semiconductor layer including undoped intrinsic semiconductor material on the second semiconductor layer, and a fourth semiconductor layer having a second opposite conductivity type on the third semiconductor layer, along with a first contact having the first conductivity type in the first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor layers, and a second contact having the second conductivity type and spaced apart from the first contact in the first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor layers. An optical shield on a second shielded portion of a top surface of the fourth semiconductor layer establishes electron and hole lakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: He Lin, Sameer Pendharkar
  • Patent number: 11158750
    Abstract: A photo detector includes a superlattice with an undoped first semiconductor layer including undoped intrinsic semiconductor material, a doped second semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type on the first semiconductor layer, an undoped third semiconductor layer including undoped intrinsic semiconductor material on the second semiconductor layer, and a fourth semiconductor layer having a second opposite conductivity type on the third semiconductor layer, along with a first contact having the first conductivity type in the first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor layers, and a second contact having the second conductivity type and spaced apart from the first contact in the first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor layers. An optical shield on a second shielded portion of a top surface of the fourth semiconductor layer establishes electron and hole lakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: He Lin, Sameer Pendharkar
  • Patent number: 11153120
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gateway controlling chip and a network packet processing method thereof. The gateway controlling chip is configured to: retrieve a network packet; determine that the network packet is an upstream IP tunneling network packet; determine a packet type of the upstream IP tunneling network packet; retrieve a packet operation list corresponding to the packet type, wherein the packet operation list records a plurality of packet operations; and perform the packet operations for processing the network packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Yin Su, Chen-He Lin
  • Patent number: 11032886
    Abstract: The invention provides a light-emitting diode (LED) driver and a driving method thereof. The LED driver includes a brightness code calculation circuit, a driving current generation circuit and a control circuit. The brightness code calculation circuit is configured to to receive a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal and perform a calculation operation comprising calculating a duty cycle of the PWM signal with respect to a period of the PWM signal and generating a brightness code according to the duty cycle of the PWM signal. The driving current generation circuit is configured to generate a driving current according to the brightness code. The control circuit is configured to detect a plurality of brightness codes generated by the brightness code calculation circuit repeatedly performing the calculation operation and determine whether or not to adjust an execution frequency of the calculation operation of the brightness code calculation circuit according to the brightness codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tuo-Kuang Chen, Hsiang-Yi Chiu, Chiun-He Lin, Yao-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20210144027
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gateway controlling chip and a network packet processing method thereof. The gateway controlling chip is configured to: retrieve a network packet; determine that the network packet is an upstream IP tunneling network packet; determine a packet type of the upstream IP tunneling network packet; retrieve a packet operation list corresponding to the packet type, wherein the packet operation list records a plurality of packet operations; and perform the packet operations for processing the network packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: TSUNG-YIN SU, CHEN-HE LIN
  • Patent number: 10939264
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with cloud computing for mobile client devices are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a cloud server may include one or more processors, and a mobile computing operating system to host execution of an application. The cloud server may also include a cloud application server to interact with a cloud application client of a mobile client device to provide audio and video streams to the mobile client device, and to receive touch, key and sensor events from the mobile client device, to enable the application to be executed for the mobile client device. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bin Zhu, Yi Yang, He Lin, Yuming Li, Zuo Wang, Zhouyi Xie
  • Patent number: 10921891
    Abstract: Systems and methods for authentication code entry in touch-sensitive screen enabled devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for entering authentication value data to a data entry device that comprises at least one computer processor and a touch-sensitive screen may include: (1) the touch-sensitive screen sensing a control touch on the touch-sensitive screen; (2) the touch-sensitive screen sensing a release of the control touch from the touch-sensitive screen; (3) the at least one computer processor determining a number of first touches sensed by the touch-sensitive screen in a period between the sensing of the control touch and the sensing of the release of the control touch; and (4) the at least one computer processor using the number of first touches to represent a value in an authentication code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Lin, Chan He Lin
  • Publication number: 20210037625
    Abstract: The invention provides a light-emitting diode (LED) driver and a driving method thereof. The LED driver includes a brightness code calculation circuit, a driving current generation circuit and a control circuit. The brightness code calculation circuit is configured to to receive a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal and perform a calculation operation comprising calculating a duty cycle of the PWM signal with respect to a period of the PWM signal and generating a brightness code according to the duty cycle of the PWM signal. The driving current generation circuit is configured to generate a driving current according to the brightness code. The control circuit is configured to detect a plurality of brightness codes generated by the brightness code calculation circuit repeatedly performing the calculation operation and determine whether or not to adjust an execution frequency of the calculation operation of the brightness code calculation circuit according to the brightness codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tuo-Kuang Chen, Hsiang-Yi Chiu, Chiun-He Lin, Yao-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20210005763
    Abstract: A photo detector includes a superlattice with an undoped first semiconductor layer including undoped intrinsic semiconductor material, a doped second semiconductor layer having a first conductivity type on the first semiconductor layer, an undoped third semiconductor layer including undoped intrinsic semiconductor material on the second semiconductor layer, and a fourth semiconductor layer having a second opposite conductivity type on the third semiconductor layer, along with a first contact having the first conductivity type in the first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor layers, and a second contact having the second conductivity type and spaced apart from the first contact in the first, second, third, and fourth semiconductor layers. An optical shield on a second shielded portion of a top surface of the fourth semiconductor layer establishes electron and hole lakes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: He Lin, Sameer Pendharkar
  • Publication number: 20200331364
    Abstract: An automotive seat rail includes a rail and an engaging structure. The engaging structure includes a fixing frame, an engaging member and an elastic member. The fixing frame includes a fixing portion and an abutting portion fixed to and abutting an inner rail respectively. The engaging member includes an engaging section, a base section, and a stress section sequentially coupled to each other and bent with respect to each other. The base section is pivotally coupled to the fixing frame, and the engaging section is engaged between the inner and outer rails. When the stress section is controlled by an external force, the engaging section is driven to release the engagement between the inner rail and the outer rail, so as to ensure the accurate action of the engaging structure and allow the engaging member to have better structural strength, smoother control, and more accurate engagement and disengagement effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Chung-Chiang HSI, Yu-Ching LEE, Jie GAO, Jin-Zhou XIE, Xing-He LIN
  • Publication number: 20200303366
    Abstract: Provided is a method for inserting a pre-designed filler cell, as a replacement to a standard filler cell, including identifying at least one gap among a plurality of functional cells. In some embodiments, a pre-designed filler cell is inserted within the at least one gap. By way of example, the pre-designed filler cell includes a layout design having a pattern associated with a particular failure mode. In various embodiments, a layer is patterned on a semiconductor substrate such that the pattern of the layout design is transferred to the layer on the semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, the patterned layer is inspected using an electron beam (e-beam) inspection process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Tseng Chin LO, Molly CHANG, Ya-Wen TSENG, Chih-Ting SUN, Zi-Kuan LI, Bo-Sen CHANG, Geng-He LIN
  • Publication number: 20200282870
    Abstract: An electric drive mechanism of a seat rail includes a front frame, a rear frame, a gear assembly, a lead screw and a bumper. The front frame and rear frame are separated from each other and fixed to an outer rail of a slide rail; the lead screw is spanned across the front frame and rear frame; the gear assembly driven by a driving device is fixed to an inner rail of the slide rail and engaged with the lead screw; the bumper is installed at the rear frame provide a buffering effect between the gear assembly and the rear frame, so as to prevent the production of abnormal sounds caused by colliding the gear assembly with the rear frame directly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Chung-Chiang HSI, Yu-Ching LEE, Jie GAO, Jin-Zhou XIE, Xing-He LIN
  • Publication number: 20200250935
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing wagering games associated with Baccarat, including modified versions of Baccarat described herein, which are configured for receiving and determining the outcome of the wager for the associated game based on the satisfaction of at least one of the following: the banker hand score being four; the banker hand score being six and having three playing cards in the banker hand; and the banker hand score and player hand score both being six and both the player hand and banker hand having three playing cards; and the banker hand score being eight and both the banker hand and the player hand having three playing cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: He Lin
  • Patent number: 10720490
    Abstract: A trench capacitor includes at least one epitaxial semiconductor surface layer on a semiconductor substrate having a doping level that is less than a doping level of the semiconductor substrate. A plurality of trenches are formed through at least one half of a thickness of the epitaxial semiconductor surface layer. The epitaxial semiconductor surface layer is thicker than a depth of the plurality of trenches. At least one capacitor dielectric layer lines a surface of the trenches. At least one trench fill layer on the dielectric layer fills the trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: He Lin, Jiao Jia, Yunlong Liu, Manoj Jain
  • Patent number: 10692822
    Abstract: In some examples, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) device includes a substrate layer, a transition layer positioned on the substrate layer, a plurality of superlattice layers on the transition layer and including at least two doped superlattice layers. The ESD device further includes a plurality of doped contact structures extending from the transition layer to a surface of an outermost layer of the plurality of superlattice layers, where a first of the plurality of doped contact structures comprises an anode and a second of the plurality of doped contact structures comprises a cathode, where the plurality of doped contact structures are to generate a zero capacitance ESD device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: He Lin
  • Patent number: 10679980
    Abstract: Provided is a method for inserting a pre-designed filler cell, as a replacement to a standard filler cell, including identifying at least one gap among a plurality of functional cells. In some embodiments, a pre-designed filler cell is inserted within the at least one gap. By way of example, the pre-designed filler cell includes a layout design having a pattern associated with a particular failure mode. In various embodiments, a layer is patterned on a semiconductor substrate such that the pattern of the layout design is transferred to the layer on the semiconductor substrate. Thereafter, the patterned layer is inspected using an electron beam (e-beam) inspection process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tseng Chin Lo, Molly Chang, Ya-Wen Tseng, Chih-Ting Sun, Zi-Kuan Li, Bo-Sen Chang, Geng-He Lin
  • Publication number: 20200161415
    Abstract: A trench capacitor includes a plurality of trenches in a semiconductor substrate. A first polysilicon layer is located within the plurality of trenches and over a top surface of the substrate. The first polysilicon layer is continuous between the plurality of trenches. The trench capacitor further includes a plurality of second polysilicon layers. Each of the second polysilicon layers fills a corresponding trench of the plurality of trenches. The second polysilicon layers each extend to a top surface of the first polysilicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: JIAO JIA, ZHIPENG FENG, HE LIN, YUNLONG LIU, MANOJ JAIN