Patents by Inventor John Lin

John 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).

  • Publication number: 20130032922
    Abstract: An integrated circuit containing a voltage divider having an upper resistor of unsilicided gate material over field oxide around a central opening and a drift layer under the upper resistor, an input terminal coupled to an input node of the upper resistor adjacent to the central opening in the field oxide and coupled to the drift layer through the central opening, a sense terminal coupled to a sense node on the upper resistor opposite from the input node, a lower resistor with a sense node coupled to the sense terminal and a reference node, and a reference terminal coupled to the reference node. A process of forming the integrated circuit containing the voltage divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hideaki Kawahara, Marie Denison, Sameer Pendharkar, Philip L. Hower, John Lin, Robert A. Neidorff
  • Publication number: 20130032863
    Abstract: An integrated circuit containing a gate controlled voltage divider having an upper resistor on field oxide in series with a transistor switch in series with a lower resistor. A resistor drift layer is disposed under the upper resistor, and the transistor switch includes a switch drift layer adjacent to the resistor drift layer, separated by a region which prevents breakdown between the drift layers. The switch drift layer provides an extended drain or collector for the transistor switch. A sense terminal of the voltage divider is coupled to a source or emitter node of the transistor and to the lower resistor. An input terminal is coupled to the upper resistor and the resistor drift layer. A process of forming the integrated circuit containing the gate controlled voltage divider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hideaki Kawahara, Marie Denison, Sameer Pendharkar, Philip L. Hower, John Lin, Robert A. Neidorff
  • Patent number: 8348483
    Abstract: A portable illumination device includes a base part, a cover, and an illumination unit, wherein the cover is pivotably connected to an end of the base part by a first pivot unit on the cover. The cover includes an opening and the illumination unit is accommodated in the opening. The illumination unit has a board and multiple illumination members on the board. The board is pivotable relative to the cover by a second pivot unit connected therebetween. The second pivot unit is connected to a third pivot unit which allows the illumination unit to be rotated when in use. The base part, the cover and the illumination unit can be folded to a compact body for convenience of carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Hang-John Lin
  • Publication number: 20120281421
    Abstract: A portable illumination device includes a base part, a cover, and an illumination unit, wherein the cover is pivotably connected to an end of the base part by a first pivot unit on the cover. The cover includes an opening and the illumination unit is accommodated in the opening. The illumination unit has a board and multiple illumination members on the board. The board is pivotable relative to the cover by a second pivot unit connected therebetween. The second pivot unit is connected to a third pivot unit which allows the illumination unit to be rotated when in use. The base part, the cover and the illumination unit can be folded to a compact body for convenience of carried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: HANG-JOHN LIN
  • Patent number: 8274131
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a first transistor device (130) on or in a semiconductor substrate (115) and a second transistor device (132) on or in the substrate. The device further comprises an insulating trench (200) located between the first transistor device and the second transistor device. At least one upper corner (610) of the insulating trench is a rounded corner in a lateral plane (620) of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Sameer P. Pendharkar, John Lin, Philip L. Hower, Steven L. Merchant
  • Patent number: 8169990
    Abstract: A wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit includes a WLAN interface, an input buffer, an input buffer controller, and a processor. The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit may also include an output buffer, an output buffer controller, a transcoder, and/or an audio Coder-Decoder (CODEC). The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit is installed in a WLAN device that services voice communications. The input buffer receives packetized audio data from the WLAN interface. When the input buffer satisfies a buffer vacancy threshold, the processor and the input buffer controller cooperatively operate to fill at least a portion of the input buffer with packetized audio data. The processor copies packetized audio data from the input buffer and fills the input buffer with the copied packetized audio data to maintain an audio pattern in the input buffer. The input buffer controller fills the input buffer when the processor is available and after copying/filling is no longer effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sherman Lee, Vivian Chou, Charles T. Aragones, John Lin
  • Publication number: 20120098062
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an extended drain MOS transistor with parallel alternating active gap drift regions and field gap drift regions. The extended drain MOS transistor includes a gate having field plates over the field gap drift regions. The extended drain MOS transistor may be formed in a symmetric nested configuration. A process for forming an integrated circuit containing an extended drain MOS transistor provides parallel alternating active gap drift regions and field gap drift regions with a gate having field plates over the field gap drift regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sameer P. Pendharkar, John Lin
  • Publication number: 20120089907
    Abstract: A single word and multi-word term integrating system and a method thereof are disclosed, wherein a user uses an input unit to continuously input pinying codes for the system to find combinations of the pinying codes to provide word candidates for the user to choose, wherein the word candidates can be combined into a phrase or a sentence; when the inputted pinying codes are too long or incomplete, there might be a false prediction of a word or a sentence due to an incorrect combination of pinying codes; consequently, the system forcibly determines the pinying codes to be regarded as a single word and does not combine them with the follow-up pinying codes; then the system uses a full sentence prediction result display unit for the user to choose a correct word, thereby improving prediction accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventor: John LIN
  • Publication number: 20120023448
    Abstract: A relational service system for generating an input method is disclosed; the system uses an input unit to provide phonetic symbol and symbol input for a user, transmits an input string by the user to a temporary storing unit for display and selection, and then transmits the selected input string back to the input unit. When the input string is in the temporary storing unit, a analysis unit breaks the input string to obtain one or more words and analyzes the word to find a keyword, then a decision unit uses the keyword to search in a database to determine if there's an associated word or phrase related to the word, if so, then a prompting unit is enabled to use a relational information display unit to display related information in a tree structure, and finally a service unit uses an associated word or phrase selected by the user to initiate a remote service, such as ordering food, restaurant reservation, or booking movie tickets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: John LIN
  • Publication number: 20110275210
    Abstract: An electronic device has a plurality of trenches formed in a semiconductor layer. A vertical drift region is located between and adjacent the trenches. An electrode is located within each trench, the electrode having a gate electrode section and a field plate section. A graded field plate dielectric having increased thickness at greater depth is located between the field plate section and the vertical drift region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Marie Denison, Sameer Pendharkar, Philip L. Hower, John Lin
  • Patent number: 8045685
    Abstract: A remote monitoring and directing system including at least one video camera at the first-aid side to observe the situation of casualty and the operation on the casualty is provided. At least one microphone is disposed at the first-aid side for communicating with the first-aid personnel and directing a clinical operation. At least one medical instrument standard interface is disposed at the first-aid side for transmitting the electrocardiogram or other physiological information. At least one video/audio and data server is disposed at the monitoring side for managing information integration. A plurality of authorized computer systems is set up for conferring with and directing the first-aid station or the ambulance via the Internet, so as to give a direction. A wireless or cable connection is used for the conference between the first-aid side and the monitoring side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: John Lin, Kuo-Hung Chan, Wen-Chen Chang, Shih-Yang Kou, Tzeng-Yow Lin, Wai-Mau Choi, Hsueh-Hai Hu
  • Publication number: 20110228754
    Abstract: A wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit includes a WLAN interface, an input buffer, an input buffer controller, and a processor. The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit may also include an output buffer, an output buffer controller, a transcoder, and/or an audio Coder-Decoder (CODEC). The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit is installed in a WLAN device that services voice communications. The input buffer receives packetized audio data from the WLAN interface. When the input buffer satisfies a buffer vacancy threshold, the processor and the input buffer controller cooperatively operate to fill at least a portion of the input buffer with packetized audio data. The processor copies packetized audio data from the input buffer and fills the input buffer with the copied packetized audio data to maintain an audio pattern in the input buffer. The input buffer controller fills the input buffer when the processor is available and after copying/filling is no longer effective.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sherman Lee, Vivian Chou, Charles Aragones, John Lin
  • Patent number: 7974578
    Abstract: A baseband controller includes a microsequencer with special hardware resources circuitry and a configuration that supports real-time micronetwork functionality for an upper limit of slave devices. The microsequencer includes a correlator that may also be used as an accumulator, wherein the topology provides that the correlator can communicate with an arithmetic logic unit that correspondingly enables the correlator to act as an accumulator. The microsequencer also includes a plurality of clocks and timers for facilitating micronetwork timing functionality, and at registers for temporarily storing computational data, where each of the storage registers have different sizes for accommodating different-sized packets of computational data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: John Lin
  • Patent number: 7953057
    Abstract: A wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit includes a WLAN interface, an input buffer, an input buffer controller, and a processor. The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit may also include an output buffer, an output buffer controller, a transcoder, and/or an audio Coder-Decoder (CODEC). The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit is installed in a WLAN device that services voice communications. The input buffer receives packetized audio data from the WLAN interface. When the input buffer satisfies a buffer vacancy threshold, the processor and the input buffer controller cooperatively operate to fill at least a portion of the input buffer with packetized audio data. The processor copies packetized audio data from the input buffer and fills the input buffer with the copied packetized audio data to maintain an audio pattern in the input buffer. The input buffer controller fills the input buffer when the processor is available and after copying/filling is no longer effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sherman Lee, Vivian Chou, Charles Aragones, John Lin
  • Publication number: 20110073955
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a first transistor device (130) on or in a semiconductor substrate (115) and a second transistor device (132) on or in the substrate. The device further comprises an insulating trench (200) located between the first transistor device and the second transistor device. At least one upper corner (610) of the insulating trench is a rounded corner in a lateral plane (620) of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sameer P. Pendharkar, John Lin, Philip L. Hower, Steven L. Merchant
  • Patent number: 7910417
    Abstract: A Junction Field Effect Transistor (JFET) can be fabricated with a well region that include a channel region having an average dopant concentration substantially less the average doping concentration of the remaining portions of the well region. The lower average doping concentration of channel region compared to the remaining portions of the well region reduces the pinch-off voltage of the JFET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Philip L. Hower, David A. Walch, John Lin, Steven L. Merchant
  • Patent number: 7846789
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprising a first transistor device on or in a semiconductor substrate and a second transistor device on or in the substrate. The device further comprises an insulating trench located between the first transistor device and the second transistor device. At least one upper corner of the insulating trench is a rounded corner in a lateral plane of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Sameer P. Pendharkar, John Lin, Philip L. Hower, Steven L. Merchant
  • Publication number: 20100264486
    Abstract: An electronic device has a plurality of trenches formed in a semiconducting layer. A vertical drift region is located between and adjacent the trenches. An electrode is located within each trench, the electrode having a gate electrode section and a field plate section. A graded field plate dielectric is located between the field plate section and the vertical drift region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Marie Denison, Sameer Pendharkar, Philip L. Hower, John Lin
  • Patent number: 7756100
    Abstract: A baseband controller system creates and maintains a schedule of synchronized events and reviews the schedule as a part of determining whether to initiate a transmission of a non-synchronous event (one that is not time sensitive, for example, e-mail). One aspect of the present invention is to create a system and method that avoids a possibility of collision between synchronized and non-synchronized communication events. A synchronized event is a scheduled transmission of time sensitive data such as what is often known as continuous bit rate data. Examples include video and voice wherein a collision (inability to transmit the continuous bit rate data) may result in degradation of signal quality at the receiving end. The inventive system and method evaluate the schedule of synchronized events in relation to the present time and determine whether a non-synchronized event may be transmitted without the likelihood of a collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: John Lin, Paris Chen
  • Patent number: RE42498
    Abstract: A wide image scanner which can scan the image of a large scale original using only a regular image sensor is provided. The invention includes a sliding shaft, an image reading device, a number of paper width sensors, a paper edge sensor, and a control module. Whenever the paper edge sensor detects the presence of an end edge of the original, it will send a vertical control signal to the control module to control the rotation direction of the rollers. On the other hand, the paper width sensors detect the width of the original and send the horizontal control signals to the control module. From the horizontal control signals, the control module can determine the number of horizontal displacement positions and control the horizontal displacement each time for the image reading device after the paper edge sensor detects the end edge of the original. The procedure continues until the image reading device has been moved to the final displacement position predetermined by the horizontal control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Transpacific Opties LLC
    Inventors: Ming-Chung Tang, John Lin