Patents by Inventor HSUAN-AN WEI

HSUAN-AN 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).

  • Patent number: 11366263
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a circuit board, a light-emitting unit, a light-reflecting plate, a light guide plate, and a light-shielding sheet. The light-emitting unit is disposed on the circuit board. The light-reflecting plate is disposed above the circuit board. The light guide plate is disposed above the light-reflecting plate and includes a single-key light guide area. The single-key light guide area includes an accommodating hole and a light-blocking structure. The accommodating hole runs through the single-key light guide area and accommodates the light-emitting unit. The light-blocking structure and the light-emitting unit are arranged in a direction. The light-shielding sheet is disposed above the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Yi-Cheng Chang, Shin Liu
  • Patent number: 11355436
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first dielectric layer is formed over a substrate, first recesses are formed in the first dielectric layer. Metal wirings extending is a first direction are formed in the first recesses. A mask layer is formed over the metal wirings and the first dielectric layer, which includes a first opening extending in the first direction and is located above a space between adjacent two metal wirings. A first groove corresponding to the first opening is formed between the adjacent two metal wirings by etching the first dielectric layer using the mask layer as an etching mask. A second dielectric layer is formed so that a first air gap is formed in the first groove. A width of the first opening in a perpendicular direction to the first direction is smaller than a space between the adjacent two metal wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Bey Wu, Dian-Hau Chen, Jye-Yen Cheng, Sheng-Hsuan Wei, Li-Yu Lee, TaiYang Wu
  • Publication number: 20220169956
    Abstract: Described herein is a non-aqueous composition including (a) an organic protic solvent, (b) ammonia, and (c) at least one additive of formulae I or II where R1 is H R2 is selected from H, C1 to C10 alkyl, C1 to C10 alkoxy, C6 to C10 aryl, and C6 to C10 aroxy, R3 is selected from R2, R4 is selected from C1 to C10 alkyl, C1 to C10 alkoxy, C6 to C10 aryl, and C6 to C10 aroxy, R10, R12 are independently selected from C1 to C10 alkyl and C1 to C10 alkoxy, m is 1, 2 or 3, and n is 0 or an integer from 1 to 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Chi Yueh Kao, Mei Chin Shen, Sheng Hsuan Wei, Daniel Loeffler, Andreas Klipp, Marcel Brill, Szilard Csihony, Frank Pirrung, Niklas Benjamin Heine
  • Publication number: 20220159824
    Abstract: A package carrier includes a circuit structure layer and a heat-conducting element. The circuit structure layer includes a notch portion. The heat-conducting element includes a first heat-conducting portion and a second heat-conducting portion vertically connected to the first heat-conducting portion. The notch portion exposes the first heat-conducting portion, and an outer surface of the second heat-conduction portion is aligned with a side surface of the circuit structure layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Unimicron Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Ming-Hao Wu, Hsuan-Wei Chen, Chi-Chun Po
  • Patent number: 11287898
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light-shielding sheet, a light guide plate under the light-shielding sheet, a reflective sheet under the light guide plate, a main circuit board under the reflective sheet, a light-emitting unit on the main circuit board, a flexible circuit board under the reflective sheet, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the flexible circuit board and the main circuit board. A protrusion of the reflective sheet protrudes into a through hole of the light guide plate. The light-emitting unit passes through an opening of the reflective sheet to be accommodated in a slot hole of the light guide plate. The light-emitting unit is configured to emit light to reach a light exit area of the light-shielding sheet through the light guide plate. The electrical connector is aligned with the through hole or further protrudes into the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Chicony Power Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Yi-Ching Wu
  • Publication number: 20220084761
    Abstract: A backlight module adapted to an illuminated keyboard is provided. The backlight module includes a light source assembly, a light guide film, and a reflective sheet. The light guide film has a top surface, a bottom surface, a through hole and a light-exit pattern. The light source assembly includes a light-emitting component configured to emit light toward the through hole. A size of the through hole is smaller than a size of the light-emitting component. The light-exit pattern is on the bottom surface and encloses the through hole. The reflective sheet is located above the through hole. A size of the reflective sheet is larger than or equal to the size of the through hole. A distance from the through hole to an outer edge of the light-exit pattern is greater than a distance from to the through hole to an outer edge of the reflective sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Hsuan-Wei Ho
  • Publication number: 20220087033
    Abstract: A circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes the following steps of providing a first conductive layer; providing an adhesive material and at least one conductive bump, in which the adhesive material is electrically conductive; adhering at least one conductive bump to a surface of the first conductive layer using the adhesive material; providing an insulation layer; disposing the insulation layer on the surface of the first conductive layer and at least one conductive bump; and disposing a second conductive layer on the insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ming-Hao WU, Hsuan-Wei CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220044889
    Abstract: An illuminated keyboard comprises a first keycap group, a second keycap group, and a backlight module. Each keycap group includes plural keycaps. The backlight module comprises a first light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit, a first resistor, a second resistor, a light guide plate, and a circuit board. The light-emitting elements in the first and second light-emitting units are electrically connected to each other in parallel. The first resistor is electrically connected to the first light-emitting unit in series, and the second resistor is electrically connected to the second light-emitting unit in series. The light guide plate is configured with plural through holes, and the circuit board is disposed under the light guide plate. A first total light-emitting area of the first keycap group is not equal to a second total light-emitting area of the second keycap group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: HSUAN-WEI HO, TSUNG-HSUN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220026994
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light-shielding sheet, a light guide plate under the light-shielding sheet, a reflective sheet under the light guide plate, a main circuit board under the reflective sheet, a light-emitting unit on the main circuit board, a flexible circuit board under the reflective sheet, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the flexible circuit board and the main circuit board. A protrusion of the reflective sheet protrudes into a through hole of the light guide plate. The light-emitting unit passes through an opening of the reflective sheet to be accommodated in a slot hole of the light guide plate. The light-emitting unit is configured to emit light to reach a light exit area of the light-shielding sheet through the light guide plate. The electrical connector is aligned with the through hole or further protrudes into the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei HO, Yi-Ching WU
  • Publication number: 20220002148
    Abstract: A surface monitoring device is for monitoring a contact surface of a detected object. The surface monitoring device and the detected object are disposed on a substrate. The surface monitoring device includes a resonant mechanical part, having a contact tip adjacent to the contact surface by a preset gap in a static state. A driving circuit, applying an AC input signal to drive the resonant mechanical part to cause the contact tip to vibrate with respect to the contact surface at a plurality of sampling frequencies. The contact tip substantially hits the contact surface in a tapping bandwidth within the sampling frequencies. An analysis circuit to analyze a ratio of an output voltage to an input voltage of the input signal and determine the tapping bandwidth, wherein the ratio in the tapping bandwidth is jumping to a flatten phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Wei-Chang Li, Chun-Pu Tsai, Hsuan-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11216091
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a light emitting touchpad device including a circuit board, a plurality of sensing elements, a light guiding plate, a plurality of first spacing blocks, and a plurality of second spacing blocks. The sensing elements are disposed on the circuit board. Each of the first spacing blocks and each of the second spacing blocks are respectively disposed on a bottom surface and a top surface of the light guiding plate, and are all located in a nil-light spot area of the light guiding plate. A spacing distance between two adjacent first spacing blocks is a third length. A spacing distance between two adjacent second spacing blocks is a fifth length. A position of any one of the second spacing blocks corresponds to a position between two of the first spacing blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Yueh-Heng Lee
  • Patent number: 11217405
    Abstract: A backlight module is adapted to an illuminated keyboard. The backlight module includes a light source assembly and a light guide film. The light guide film has a top surface, a bottom surface, a through hole, a light-incident pattern and a light-exit pattern. The light source assembly includes a light-emitting component configured to emit light toward the through hole. A size of the through hole is smaller than a size of the light-emitting component. The light-incident pattern is located on at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface. The light-exit pattern is located on the bottom surface. A distance from the through hole to the light-exit pattern is greater than a distance from the through hole to the light-incident pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsuan-Wei Ho
  • Patent number: 11180719
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a non-aqueous composition comprising an organic solvent and at least one particular siloxane-type additive for treating substrates comprising patterns having line-space dimensions of 50 nm or below and aspect ratios of 4 or more as well as a method for manufacturing integrated circuit devices, optical devices, micromachines and mechanical precision devices, the said method comprising the steps of (1) providing a substrate having patterned material layers having line-space dimensions of 50 nm, aspect ratios of greater or equal 4, or a combination thereof, (2) contacting the substrate at least once with a non-aqueous composition, and (3) removing the non-aqueous composition from the contact with the substrate, wherein the non-aqueous composition comprising an organic solvent and at least one of such siloxane-type additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Daniel Loeffler, Mei Chin Shen, Sheng Hsuan Wei, Frank Pirrung, Lothar Engelbrecht, Yeni Burk, Andreas Klipp, Marcel Brill, Szilard Csihony
  • Patent number: 11182006
    Abstract: An illuminated touch panel includes a backlight assembly and a cover plate. The backlight assembly includes a light guide plate, and an outer stop. The light guide plate includes a plurality of bar portions and a connecting portion. The plurality of bar portions are separated from each other and arranged side by side. Each of the bar portions includes a pattern dot region, a connecting end and a light entrance end. There is a narrow slot between any two adjacent bar portions. The long axis direction of each of the extending dot regions of the connecting portion is substantially parallel to the length direction of each of the narrow slots. The plurality of light blocking bars of the outer stop are arranged side by side and fitted with the plurality of narrow slots. The cover plate includes a plurality of window regions corresponding to the plurality of pattern dot regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Ting-Wei Chang
  • Publication number: 20210358841
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first interlayer dielectric layer disposed over a substrate, metal wirings, a second interlayer dielectric layer disposed over the first interlayer dielectric layer and the metal wirings, a first air gap and a second air gap. The metal wirings are embedded in the first interlayer dielectric layer, and arranged with a first space or a second space between the metal wirings. The second space has a greater length than the first space. The first air gap is formed by the second interlayer dielectric layer and formed in a first area sandwiched by adjacent two metal wirings arranged with the first space. The second air gap is formed by the second interlayer dielectric layer and formed in a second area sandwiched by adjacent two metal wirings arranged with the second space therebetween. No adjacent two metal wirings are arranged with a space smaller than the first space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Bey WU, Dian-Hau CHEN, Jye-Yen CHENG, Sheng-Hsuan WEI, Li-Yu LEE, Tai-Yang WU
  • Patent number: 11175757
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a light emitting touch pad device including a circuit board, a plurality of sensing elements, a light guiding plate, a light emitting component, and a plurality of first spacing blocks. The sensing elements are disposed on the circuit board, and a distance between geometric centers of two adjacent sensing elements is a first length. The light guiding plate is disposed above the circuit board, and includes at least one light spot area and at least one nil-light spot area. The light emitting component emits light toward the light guiding plate. The first spacing blocks are disposed on the light guiding plate, and are located in the nil-light spot area. A distance between geometric centers of two adjacent first spacing blocks is a second length, and a spacing distance between two adjacent first spacing blocks is a third length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Yueh-Heng Lee
  • Patent number: 11163106
    Abstract: A multilayer opto-electronic module includes a circuit board, a first light-emitting assembly, a second light-emitting assembly and a contact sheet. The first light-emitting assembly includes a first light guide sheet, a first light-shielding structure, and a first light-emitting element assembly. The second light-emitting assembly includes a second light guide sheet, a second light-shielding structure, and a second light-emitting element assembly. The second light-shielding structure has a second opening. The second opening corresponds to a first micro structure and a second micro structure. The contact sheet is above the second light-shielding structure. The contact sheet has a top transparent area. The top transparent area corresponds to the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Yueh-Heng Lee
  • Patent number: 11144131
    Abstract: An illuminated module includes a light source assembly, a light guide plate, a filter, and a light-shielding sheet. The light source assembly includes a light-emitting component, the light-emitting component being configured to emit light. The light guide plate is on a traveling route of the light, and has a surface and a microstructure. The filter is located on the surface, and has a first area and a second area, the first area and the second area corresponding to the microstructure, where the first area has a first filter characteristic, the second area has a second filter characteristic, and the first filter characteristic is different from the second filter characteristic. The light-shielding sheet is located on the other side of the light guide plate opposite to the filter, and has a transparent opening corresponding to the microstructure. In addition, an illuminated keyboard is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Yi-Cheng Chang
  • Patent number: 11127341
    Abstract: A light emitting module including a circuit carrier and a plurality of light emitting devices is provided. The circuit carrier includes a first circuit layer, a second circuit layer, a dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive vias. The first circuit layer and the second circuit layer are located at two opposite sides of the dielectric layer. The conductive vias pass through the dielectric layer and two opposite end portions of each of the conductive vias are respectively connected to the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer. The light emitting devices are electrically bonded to the first circuit layer. Moreover, the light emitting devices are disposed in a device disposing area of the circuit carrier and the conductive vias are arranged outside the device disposing area. A display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: PlayNitride Inc.
    Inventors: Yun-Li Li, Tzu-Yang Lin, Yu-Hung Lai, Po-Jen Su, Hsuan-Wei Mai
  • Patent number: 11119590
    Abstract: An opto-electronic module includes a circuit board, a light-emitting assembly, a contact sheet, a light shielding structure, and an outer block. The circuit board has a surface and a groove on the surface. The light-emitting assembly includes a light guide plate and a light-emitting element set. The contact sheet is above the light guide plate. The light shielding structure is above the light guide plate or below the contact sheet. The light shielding structure has an opening. The opening corresponds to a microstructure. The outer block is at an outer periphery of the light guide plate, there is a gap between the outer block and the light guide plate, and the outer block is between the contact sheet and the circuit board. One end of the groove is in communication with the gap, and the other end of the groove is in communication with the environment outside the opto-electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Wei Ho, Yueh-Heng Lee