Patents by Inventor HSIU-CHUAN SHIH

HSIU-CHUAN SHIH 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: 9905277
    Abstract: A memory system comprises a memory controller and a memory device having one or more memory ranks and multiple memory electrically connected to the one or more memory ranks. The memory controller includes at least one analysis module and at least one switching determination module. The analysis module analyzes states of multiple memory control commands corresponding to a particular memory rank to generate a control parameter. The switching determination module determines whether at least one switching command is sent according to the control parameter, a current operation mode of the particular memory rank, and an operation state of the particular memory rank. When the memory device receives a first switching command of the at least one command, the particular rank and at least one part of the memory internal circuits are switched from the normal voltage operation mode to the low voltage operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Pei-Wen Luo, Hsiu-Chuan Shih, Chi-Kang Chen, Ding-Ming Kwai, Cheng-Wen Wu
  • Publication number: 20170003908
    Abstract: A memory system comprises a memory controller and a memory device having one or more memory ranks and multiple memory electrically connected to the one or more memory ranks. The memory controller includes at least one analysis module and at least one switching determination module. The analysis module analyzes states of multiple memory control commands corresponding to a particular memory rank to generate a control parameter. The switching determination module determines whether at least one switching command is sent according to the control parameter, a current operation mode of the particular memory rank, and an operation state of the particular memory rank. When the memory device receives a first switching command of the at least one command, the particular rank and at least one part of the memory internal circuits are switched from the normal voltage operation mode to the low voltage operation mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Pei-Wen LUO, Hsiu-Chuan SHIH, Chi-Kang CHEN, Ding-Ming KWAI, Cheng-Wen WU
  • Patent number: 8742839
    Abstract: This invention discloses a double Through Silicon Via (TSV) structure, including a first die unit, a first signal path, a second signal path, a receiving unit and a second die unit. The first and the second signal paths respectively include a driving unit and a TSV unit. Each driving unit includes a first end, a second end and a third end. The invention divides the signal paths of the conventional double TSV into two different signal paths by two driving units and the receiving unit having OR gate or NOR gate, to avoid generating the problem of signal degradation from the TSV unit with short defect. The invention further disposes a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a first exchange unit, a second exchange unit, a first VDD keeper and a second VDD keeper, to avoid generating the problems of open defect and leakage current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Hsiu-Chuan Shih, Cheng-Wen Wu
  • Publication number: 20140062586
    Abstract: This invention discloses a double Through Silicon Via (TSV) structure, including a first die unit, a first signal path, a second signal path, a receiving unit and a second die unit. The first and the second signal paths respectively include a driving unit and a TSV unit. Each driving unit includes a first end, a second end and a third end. The invention divides the signal paths of the conventional double TSV into two different signal paths by two driving units and the receiving unit having OR gate or NOR gate, to avoid generating the problem of signal degradation from the TSV unit with short defect. The invention further disposes a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a first exchange unit, a second exchange unit, a first VDD keeper and a second VDD keeper, to avoid generating the problems of open defect and leakage current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: HSIU-CHUAN SHIH, CHENG-WEN WU