Patents by Inventor Jian Shen

Jian Shen 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: 20210005705
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a capacitor and a method for producing a capacitor. The capacitor includes: an electrode layer including a first electrode and a second electrode separated from each other; a laminated structure including n dielectric layer(s) and n+1 conductive layers, where the n dielectric layer(s) and the n+1 conductive layers form a structure that a conductive layer and a dielectric layer are adjacent to each other, and the laminated structure forms at least two columnar structures, and n is a positive integer; and an interconnection structure configured to electrically connect an odd-numbered conductive layer in the n+1 conductive layers to the first electrode and electrically connect an even-numbered conductive layer in the n+1 conductive layers to the second electrode. According to the technical solution of the embodiments of the present application, capacitance density of the capacitor could be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bin LU, Jian SHEN
  • Publication number: 20210005707
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a semiconductor substrate including at least one substrate trench group; at least one laminated structure, each laminated structure includes n conductive layers and m dielectric layers, the first conductive layer in the n conductive layers is disposed above the semiconductor substrate and in the substrate trench group, the i-th conductive layer in the n conductive layers is provided with the i-th conductive layer trench group, and the (i+l)th conductive layer in the n conductive layers is disposed above the i-th conductive layer and in the i-th conductive layer trench group, where m, n, and i are positive integers, and n?2, 1?i?n?1; a first external electrode connected to some conductive layers; and a second external electrode connected to other conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bin LU, Jian SHEN
  • Publication number: 20210005706
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure and a production method thereof so that a non-linear trench structure can be produced, which can increase a surface area of the trench structure without increasing an aspect ratio and maintaining the same footprint. The semiconductor structure includes: a substrate including an upper surface and a lower surface disposed opposite to each other; and at least one trench structure disposed in the substrate and formed downward from the upper surface, where the trench structure is projected on the upper surface to form a first pattern in a curved or broken line shape, and the first pattern includes n second patterns adjacent to each other, and in the n second patterns, odd-numbered second patterns are the same, and even-numbered second patterns are the same, where n is a positive integer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bin LU, Jian SHEN
  • Publication number: 20210005708
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a semiconductor substrate; a first insulating layer disposed under the substrate; a first trench group disposed in the substrate and the first insulating layer, the first trench group includes two first trenches which penetrate through the substrate downward from an upper surface of the substrate and enter the first insulating layer, and bottoms of the two first trenches are communicated to form a first cavity structure located in the first insulating layer; a laminated structure disposed above the substrate, in the first trench group, and in the first cavity structure, the laminated structure includes m insulating layers and n conductive layers forming a structure that each insulating layer electrically isolates each conductive layer from each other; a first electrode layer electrically connected to all odd-numbered conductive layers; and a second electrode layer electrically connected to all even-numbered conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bin LU, Jian SHEN
  • Publication number: 20210005393
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a substrate; a first trench entering the substrate downward from the upper surface of the substrate; a laminated structure provided in the first trench and including m dielectric layers and n conductive layers, the m dielectric layers and the n conductive layers forming a structure that a conductive layer and a dielectric layer are adjacent to each other, each dielectric layer of the m dielectric layers including at least one high-k insulating material with a relative dielectric constant k greater than a first threshold value, and each conductive layer of the n conductive layers including at least one high work function conductive material with a work function greater than a second threshold value, where m and n are positive integers; and a first electrode electrically connected to all odd-numbered conductive layers, and a second electrode electrically connected to all even-numbered conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bin LU, Jian SHEN
  • Publication number: 20210005381
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a first electrode and a second electrode respectively configured to connect an external circuit; at least one support, the a support is a pillar-shaped or wall-shaped structure; a laminated structure including multiple conductive layers and multiple dielectric layers for insulating the conductive layers; and an interconnection structure electrically connects the first electrode and the second electrode to the first conductive layer and second conductive layer of the conductive layers respectively, the second conductive layer is adjacent to the first conductive layer, and the first conductive layer and second conductive layer are separated by a dielectric layer of the multiple dielectric layers. The capacitor is formed using a laminated structure, which could obtain a great capacitance value in a case of a small device size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bin LU, Jian SHEN
  • Publication number: 20210005610
    Abstract: A capacitor includes: a semiconductor substrate; at least one trench provided in the semiconductor substrate and formed downward from an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate; a first conductive layer provided above the semiconductor substrate and in the trench; a first insulating layer provided between the substrate and the first conductive layer to isolate the first conductive layer from the substrate; a second conductive layer provided above the r substrate and in the trench, the second conductive layer including a first and a second conductive region that are independent from each other, the first conductive region being electrically connected to the substrate, and the second conductive region being electrically connected to the first conductive layer; and a second insulating layer provided between the first and the second conductive layer to isolate the first conductive region from the first conductive layer and isolate the second conductive region from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Bin LU, Jian SHEN
  • Patent number: 10885965
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a memcapacitor, a programming method for a memcapacitor and a capacitive random access memory. The memcapacitor includes: a source electrode made of a metal material; a first dielectric layer disposed at an outer side of the source electrode in a horizontal direction; a programming electrode disposed at an outer side of the first dielectric layer in the horizontal direction; a second dielectric layer disposed at an upper surface of the source electrode and an upper surface of the first dielectric layer; and a reading electrode disposed at an upper surface of the second dielectric layer, where the reading electrode, the second dielectric layer and the source electrode form a capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guofeng Yao, Jian Shen
  • Publication number: 20200410947
    Abstract: A display device driving method is provided, which is applicable to a display device including pixel circuits coupled with a first node point, a source driving circuit for providing a data signal, and a reading circuit. The display device driving method includes operations: coupling the first node point with the source driving circuit or the reading circuit; supplying first control signals to the pixel circuits, where the first control signals sequentially provide a first impulse so that the pixel circuits sequentially receive the data signal from the first node point; supplying second control signals to optical sensing circuits, where the second control signals sequentially provide a second impulse so that the optical sensing circuits sequentially output a sensing signal to the first node point; amplifying the sensing signals and outputting the amplified sensing signals by the reading circuit, where durations of the first impulses the second impulses are not overlapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Chia-Che HUNG, Mao-Hsun CHENG, Jian-Shen YU
  • Publication number: 20200387695
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an interactive method and apparatus based on user action information, and an electronic device. The method includes: judging whether a collected first image includes face information of N users authenticated by a terminal, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; recognizing action information of the N users in the first image, if the first image includes the face information of the N users authenticated by the terminal; determining, according to preset action information and the action information of the N users, a target user in the N users, where action information of the target user in the first image is the same as the preset action information; and displaying content bound with the target user according to the action information of the target user in the first image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: YUNNING Li, Jian Shen
  • Patent number: 10859293
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of cryogenic cooling. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a mechanical vibration-isolated, liquid helium consumption-free cryogenic cooling device. The system according to some embodiments of the present disclosure comprises: a closed-cycle cryogenic cooling system, a helium heat exchange gas cooling and vibration isolation interface system, a cryogenic throttle valve cooling system, and a temperature feedback control system. The closed-cycle cooling system includes a cold head, a compressor, and a helium pipeline. The cryogenic throttle valve cooling system is thermally coupled to a low-temperature end of the cooling and vibration isolation interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUDAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shiwei Wu, Shengyu Zhou, Shuai Zhang, Di Huang, Lifeng Yin, Chunlei Gao, Jian Shen
  • Patent number: 10810957
    Abstract: A display device driving method, applicable to a display device including a pixel circuit coupled with a first node point, a source driving circuit for providing a data signal, and a reading circuit, including following operations: coupling the first node point with the source driving circuit or the reading circuit; supplying a first control signal to the pixel circuit, wherein the first control signal is for enabling the pixel circuit to receive the data signal from the first node point; supplying a second control signal to an optical sensing circuit, wherein the second control signal is for enabling the optical sensing circuit to output a sensing signal to the reading circuit through the first node point; utilizing the reading circuit to amplify the sensing signal and output the amplified sensing signal, wherein duration of the second impulse overlaps with duration of the first impulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Che Hung, Mao-Hsun Cheng, Jian-Shen Yu
  • Patent number: 10810402
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification apparatus, a method for fabricating a cover and a terminal device are provided. A plurality of optical channels are arranged in the body of the cover, such that the light reflected by an object to be identified is as much as possible linearly transmitted to the photosensitive region in the image identification chip and the intensity of the light received by the image identification chip is maximized. This is favorable to form a clear image, and thus the precision of fingerprint identification of the fingerprint identification apparatus is improved. In addition, in the fingerprint identification apparatus, under the condition of satisfying the signal penetration rate, the cover may be as thick as possible, to further enhance the strength and reliability of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baoquan Wu, Jian Shen, Wei Long
  • Patent number: 10805239
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method that receives a request for information regarding a path between endpoints of a logical network. The method provides, for display, a visualization of the path including (i) a set of logical network components between the endpoints and (ii) a set of physical network components that implement the logical network components. The physical network components and the logical network components are aligned in the display. In some embodiments, the method receives data regarding a packet tracing operation between the endpoints. The method generates a display including (i) a visualization of the path between the endpoints of the logical network and (ii) a representation of the received data regarding the packet tracing operation, with the packet tracing operation data is visually linked to the components of the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: NICIRA, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Nhu, Brighton Vino Jegarajan, Jian Shen Sik, Venkata Ranganath Babu Golla, Shivraj Shahajirao Sonawane
  • Publication number: 20200303460
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a 1T1R resistive random access memory and a manufacturing method thereof, and a device. The 1T1R resistive random access memory includes: a memory cell array composed of multiple 1T1R resistive random access memory cells, each 1T1R resistive random access memory cell including a transistor and a resistance switching device (30). The transistor includes a channel layer (201), a gate layer (204) insulated from the channel layer (201), and a drain layer (203) and a source layer (202) disposed on the channel layer (201), and the drain layer (203) and the source layer (202) are vertically distributed on the channel layer (201). The resistance change device (30) is disposed near the drain layer (203). The disclosure reduces the area of a transistor, thereby significantly improving the memory density of the resistive random access memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: GUOFENG YAO, Jian Shen
  • Publication number: 20200301291
    Abstract: A system for estimating front side overlay on a sample based on shape data is disclosed. The system includes a characterization sub-system and a controller. The controller includes one or more processors configured to: generate a vacuum hole map of a vacuum chuck; generate a vacuum force distribution across a sample based on the generated vacuum hole map of the vacuum chuck; determine shape data of the sample based on the vacuum force distribution and an identified relationship between backside surface roughness and vacuum force of the vacuum chuck; and convert the shape data of the sample to an overlay value of a frontside surface of the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jian Shen, Ningqi Zhu, John McCormack, Yanfei Sun
  • Publication number: 20200293740
    Abstract: Provided are an optical image capturing unit, an optical image capturing system and an electronic device. The optical image capturing unit 20 includes: an optical converging device 21; a diaphragm 22 disposed on a back focal plane 212 of the optical converging device 21, where the diaphragm 22 is provided with a window 220; and a photosensing unit 23 disposed under the diaphragm 22, where the optical converging device 21 is configured to converge an optical signal 28 within a specific incident angle range to the window 220, and the optical signal is transmitted to the photosensing unit 23 via the window 220.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Guofeng YAO, Jian SHEN
  • Patent number: 10740277
    Abstract: A method and system for embedded personalized communication have been disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises providing software code to be embedded in a webpage. The webpage is loaded including the software code. A configuration file is fetched from a configuration server in response to the software code. A first instant messaging user interface is rendered on the webpage. A request is sent to a web-based instant messaging server, the request initiating an instant messaging session with a second instant messaging user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Elaine Wherry, Sandy Jen, Seth Sternberg, Jian Shen
  • Patent number: 10688670
    Abstract: A palm-type mechanical gripper with variable-position and rotatable fingers and a dual-drive crank-slider parallel mechanism is provided with a crank-slider mechanism on the left side, which is an active driving structure and is driven by two stepping motors to respectively generate angular displacement of cranks and to change lengths of connecting rods, and a crank-slider mechanism on the right side, which is a driven mechanism and is driven at a constant speed by a pair of gears. The mechanical gripper is provided with three plate spring fingers, wherein two fingers are respectively installed on the connecting rods on left and right sides, and under the cooperative effect of the two stepping motors, the eccentricities of the cranks, the positions and angles of the two fingers respectively on the two connecting rods and the position of the other fixed finger can be changed through manual adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun Zhang, Chenyang Fan, Jian Shen
  • Patent number: 10688668
    Abstract: A palm-type mechanical gripper with variable-position and rotatable fingers and a crank-rocker-slider parallel mechanism adopts crank-rocker-slider mechanisms and three identical flexible plate spring fingers, wherein one finger is fixed, and the other two fingers can rotate and move to achieve translational motions and are respectively and symmetrically installed on connecting rods or rockers on left and right sides. The crank-rocker-slider mechanism on the left side is an active driving structure and is driven by two stepping motors to respectively generate angular displacement of cranks and linear movement of sliders. The crank-rocker-slider mechanism on the right side is a driven mechanism and is driven at a constant speed by a pair of gears. The eccentricities of the cranks, the positions and angles of the two fingers respectively on the two connecting rods or rockers and the position of the other fixed finger can be changed through manual adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jun Zhang, Jian Shen, Bin Lv