Patents by Inventor Hui Chen

Hui Chen 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).

  • CELL HAVING STACKED PICK-UP REGION
    Publication number: 20230154842
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a p-type active zone located in an n-type well, an n-type active zone located in a p-type well, an n-type pick-up region located in the n-type well, and a p-type pick-up region located in the p-type well. The integrated circuit also includes a first power rail and a second power rail extending in a first direction, and a first conductive segment and a second conductive segment extending in a second direction. The first power rail, the p-type active zone, the n-type active zone, and the second power rail are arranged along the second direction separating from each other. The first conductive segment connects the n-type pick-up region with the first power rail, and the second conductive segment connects the p-type pick-up region with the second power rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Chung-Hui CHEN, Hao-Chieh CHAN
  • SILICIDE-SANDWICHED SOURCE/DRAIN REGION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME
    Publication number: 20230154991
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming an active region having a first portion which is doped. The method further includes forming a first silicide layer over and electrically coupled to the first portion of the active region. The method further includes forming a second silicide layer under and electrically coupled to the first portion of the active region. The method further includes forming a first metal-to-drain/source (MD) contact structure over and electrically coupled to the first silicide layer. The method further includes forming a first via-to-MD (VD) structure over and electrically coupled to the MD contact structure. The method further includes forming a buried via-to-source/drain (BVD) structure under and electrically coupled to the second silicide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Chung-Hui CHEN, Tung-Tsun CHEN, Jui-Cheng HUANG
  • WATER SUPPLY DEVICE AND TUBE CONNECTOR STRUCTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230152049
    Abstract: A water supply device (10) and a tube connector structure (2) thereof, which are used for an electronic device (100) having a water inlet (101) and a water outlet (102), are disclosed. The tube connector structure (2) includes a connecting plate (21) and two tube connector plugs (22) passing through and fixed to the connecting plate (21). One of the tube connector plugs (22) is connected with the water inlet (101), and the other one of the tube connector plugs (22) is connected with the water outlet (102). Therefore, advantages of rapid connection and disconnection between the water supply device (10) and the tube connector structure (2) and saving time and labor in assembling may be accomplished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Chih-Hsien CHEN, Yu-Cheng SHIH, Pon-Chung CHIEN, Chieh-Hui CHEN, Ying-Fu CHOU
  • Management method for cutting tool of machine tool
    Patent number: 11650573
    Abstract: A management method for a cutting tool of a machine tool is provided. A user host imports a graphical data of a workpiece and a cutting tool database into CAM, and a user may select cutting tools to establish a complete machining process. T codes are replaced with electronic tags. Before executing a machine code comprising the electronic tags, the machine tool re-scans the cutting tools assembled at a tool turret and updates cutting tool arrangement information to ensure that the tool turret is equipped with the cutting tools used in the machining process. When the machine tool stores the electronic tags, a ready message is displayed for reminding an operator. When the electronic tags are not stored, the current storage location of a cutting tool lacked in the machining process or a warning message is displayed at the operation interface for reminding the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chao-Chuang Mai, Chin-Hui Chen, Chi-Hsiang Lin, Zi-Chiao Lin
  • DISCHARGE CIRCUIT, BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, BATTERY, PROTECTION METHOD, AND ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20230139265
    Abstract: A discharge circuit includes a first branch configured to be connected to a protected unit and a second branch connected in parallel to the first branch. The first branch includes a first overvoltage protection device configured to passively discharge a surge voltage. The second branch includes a second overvoltage protection device and a control switch connected in series. The control switch is configured to be connected to a control unit, and to be opened or closed based on a control signal of the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hui CHEN, Yanhui FU, Le CHU, Maobo GUO
  • Liquid-assisted air cooling design with parallel cold plates and serial pumps
    Patent number: 11640190
    Abstract: An information handling system includes two or more heat-generating devices and a liquid-assisted air cooling (LAAC) assembly to cool at least some of the devices. The LAAC assembly includes a radiator, first and second pumps connected in series with the radiator. The LAAC assembly further includes first and second cold plates enclosing first and second CPUs or another suitable heat generating device. The first and second cold plates are connected in parallel between an inlet of the first pump and an outlet of the second pump. In this configuration, the serial connected pumps in combination with the parallel connected cold plates provide 1+1 pump redundancy while delivering cold coolant from the radiator outlet to both heat generating devices such that neither heat cold plate receives pre-heated coolant from the other cold plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Weidong Zuo, Gemma Hui Chen, Xiaoliang Zhou, Mingming Zhang, Jie Yang
  • Backup power supply for electronic system and operation method thereof
    Patent number: 11637443
    Abstract: An operation method for a backup power supply of an electronic system is provided. The backup power supply includes a fuse. The operation method includes: estimating a reading voltage error and a resistance of the fuse; reading a real-time battery discharging current; reading and calculating a voltage difference between two terminals of the fuse; and determining whether to send a fuse replacement message to the electronic system according to the voltage difference between the two terminals of the fuse, the reading voltage error, the resistance of the fuse and the real-time battery discharging current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Shang-Hui Chen
  • Use of steam for pre-heating of CMP components
    Patent number: 11633833
    Abstract: A method of temperature control for a chemical mechanical polishing system includes directing a gas that includes steam from an orifice onto the component in the polishing system while the component is spaced away from a polishing pad of the polishing system to raise a temperature of the component to an elevated temperature, and before the component returns to an ambient temperature, moving the component into contact with the polishing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Haosheng Wu, Jianshe Tang, Hari Soundararajan, Shou-Sung Chang, Paul D. Butterfield, Hui Chen, Chih Chung Chou, Alexander John Fisher
  • Landing tracking control method and system based on lightweight twin network and unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 11634227
    Abstract: A landing tracking control method comprises the following contents: a tracking model training stage and an unmanned aerial vehicle real-time tracking stage. The landing tracking control method extracts a network Snet by using a lightweight feature and makes modification, so that an extraction speed of the feature is increased to better meet a real-time requirement. Weight allocation on the importance of channel information is carried out to differentiate effective features more purposefully and utilize the features, so that the tracking precision is improved. In order to improve a training effect of the network, a loss function of an RPN network is optimized, a regression precision of a target frame is measured by using CIOU, and meanwhile, calculation of classified loss function is adjusted according to CIOU, and a relation between a regression network and classification network is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Renquan Lu, Yong Xu, Hongxia Rao, Chang Liu, Hui Chen, Yongmin Luo, Hui Peng
  • SILICON CARBIDE POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20230117590
    Abstract: A silicon carbide power semiconductor device is provided, including a substrate, a drift region, a body region, a source region, a base region, a shielding region, a JFET region, a gate structure, an insulating layer, and a source metal layer. The source contacting window has first edges within second edges of the body region corresponding to the first edges, and the source metal layer abuts only a part of the source region. The area of the silicon carbide power semiconductor device of the present disclosure is thus reduced. Therefore, the ratio of the channel length to the area of the silicon carbide power semiconductor device and the ratio of the area of the JFET region to the area of the silicon carbide power semiconductor device are increased, whereby the specific on-resistance of the silicon carbide power semiconductor device is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hangzhou Silicon-Magic Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao Yang, Hui Chen
  • Method for quantitative measurement of catechol estrogen bound protein in blood sample
    Patent number: 11630114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for quantitative measurement of catechol estrogen bound protein in blood sample. By detecting adduction levels of binding sites of the catechol estrogen on the protein in blood sample, the catechol estrogen bound protein in the blood sample can be detected quantitatively and a limit of quantitation can be decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shu-Hui Chen, Yu-Shan Huang, Hung-Hsiang Jen, Yu-Min Lin
  • Ultrasound based air-writing system and method
    Patent number: 11630518
    Abstract: A method for motion tracking and text recognition, the method including a step of generating ultrasound waves with a transmitter; a step of receiving the ultrasound waves at a receiver, the receiver including sensors that record the ultrasound waves; a step of estimating with a processor, angle-of-arrival information for the ultrasound waves; a step of associating the angle-of-arrival information with a gesture; a step of extracting features from the gesture; and a step of classifying the gesture as a specific text character based on the extracted features by comparing the extracted features with known text characters stored in one or more templates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hui Chen, Tarig Ballal Khidir Ahmed, Tareq Yousef Al-Naffouri
  • Steam cleaning of CMP components
    Patent number: 11628478
    Abstract: A method of cleaning for a chemical mechanical polishing system includes directing a gas that includes steam from an orifice onto a component in the polishing system while the component is spaced away from a polishing pad of the polishing system to clean the component, and moving the component into contact with the polishing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Haosheng Wu, Jianshe Tang, Hari Soundararajan, Shou-Sung Chang, Hui Chen, Chih Chung Chou, Alexander John Fisher, Paul D. Butterfield
  • Riding lawn mower with connecting device
    Patent number: 11627702
    Abstract: A riding lawn mower includes a frame, a mowing device mounted to the bottom of the frame, a functional unit attached to the front of the frame, and a motor group together with a power supply mounted to the frame. The riding lawn mower also comprises a connecting device connecting the frame and the functional unit. The connecting device comprises a first connector attached on the front of the frame, a second connector attached to the functional unit, and a third connector adapted for fixedly connecting the first connector and the second connector, the first connector and the second connector respectively defining through-holes thereon, the third connector extending through the through-holes of the first and the second connectors to fixedly connect the first and the second connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Globe (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Qunli Wei, Dongdong Shi, Linchong Wu, Jiafu Xue, Hui Chen
  • SUBSTRATE SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20230114751
    Abstract: A substrate support assembly and processing chamber having the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a substrate support assembly is provided that includes a body. The body has a center, an outer perimeter connecting a substrate support surface and a backside surface. The body additionally has a pocket disposed on the substrate support surface at the center and a lip disposed between the pocket and the outer perimeter. A layer is formed in the pocket of the substrate support surface. A plurality of discreet islands are disposed in the layer, wherein the discreet islands are disposed about a center line extending perpendicular from the substrate support surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Zhepeng CONG, Nyi Oo MYO, Hui CHEN, Huy D. NGUYEN, Shaofeng CHEN, Xinning LUAN, Kirk Allen FISHER, Aimee S. ERHARDT, Shawn Joseph BONHAM, Philip Michael AMOS, James M. AMOS
  • Antibodies to R-spondin 3
    Patent number: 11623951
    Abstract: Isolated antibodies that bind specifically to R-spondin 3 (RSPO3) are described. Also described herein are compositions containing the antibodies and methods of using the antibodies to treat cancer and detect RSPO3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: National Health Research Institutes
    Inventors: Tsu-An Hsu, Hui-Chen Hung, Teng-Yuan Chang, Chuan Shih
  • BATTERY MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230103870
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cores, a plurality of metal sheets, a circuit board and a solder. The metal sheets are electrically connected to the battery cores. Each of the metal sheets includes a metal bump, and the metal bump has an upper surface. The circuit board is disposed on the metal sheets and has a plurality of openings. The openings respectively expose the metal bump of each of the metal sheets. The metal bump divides each of the openings into a first cavity and a second cavity. The solder covers the upper surface of the metal bump of each of the metal sheets and each of the openings. The solder fills the first cavity, and there is an air gap in the second cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Shang-Hui Chen
  • Faucet
    Patent number: D983329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Inventor: Hui Chen
  • Spout
    Patent number: D983937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Hui Chen
  • Faucet
    Patent number: D983938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Hui Chen