Patents by Inventor Ka-fai To

Ka-fai To 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: 20250074679
    Abstract: The present application provides a fully paper-made hook-shaped display card, said display card is made entirely of paper material, including a cardboard on the front and a plastic-free paper on the bottom; two V-grooves are opened near a top edge of the plastic-free paper, and a hook for hanging on a display rack is formed by the display card as a whole bent along the two V-grooves towards one side of the plastic-free paper in two folds. The display card of the present application can be recycled and is environmentally friendly. It also addresses the issue of insufficient strength when using cardboard to form the hook, which can result in inadequate hooking onto display racks or even breakage; additionally, it enhances the durability of the perforation marks used for attaching jewelry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventor: Ka Fai Kinsen Au
  • Publication number: 20240312978
    Abstract: A layout design methodology is provided for a device that includes two or more identical structures. Each device can have a first die, a second die stacked over the first die and a third die stacked over the second die. The second die can include a first through-silicon via (TSV) and a first circuit, and the third die can include a second TSV and a second circuit. The first TSV and the second TSV can be linearly coextensive. The first and second circuit can each be a logic circuit having a comparator and counter used to generate die identifiers. The counters of respective device die can be connected in series between the dice. Each die can be manufactured using the same masks but retain unique logical identifiers. A given die in a stack of dice can thereby be addressed by a single path in a same die layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fong-Yuan CHANG, Po-Hsiang HUANG, Chin-Chou LIU, Chin-Her CHIEN, Ka Fai CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240258717
    Abstract: A metasurface structure for an antenna. The metasurface structure includes multiple subwavelength units operable to manipulate or control amplitude, phase, polarization, frequency, and momentum of electromagnetic waves for radiation. The metasurface structure may be operably coupled with a waveguide to provide a metasurface antenna. The metasurface structure or the metasurface antenna may be operably coupled with a controller arranged to control it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Gengbo WU, Junyan DAI, Kam Man SHUM, Ka Fai CHAN, Chi Hou CHAN
  • Publication number: 20240255421
    Abstract: A spectroscopic measuring apparatus (100) being configured for measuring a spectral response of a sample (1), in particular a biological sample, comprises a fs laser source device (10) being arranged for an irradiation of the sample (1) with a sequence of probe light pulses (2) having a primary spectrum, a detector device (20) being arranged for a temporally and/or spectrally resolved detection of response light pulses (2?) having an altered spectrum and/or temporal structure and resulting from an interaction of the probe light pulses (2) with the sample (1), and a pulse modification device (30) comprising at least one quantum cascade laser (31 . . . 3N), wherein the pulse modification device (30) is configured to modify at least one of the probe light pulses (2) and the response light pulses (2?) by amplifying one or more spectral components of the at least one of the probe light pulses (2) and the response light pulses (2?) with the at least one quantum cascade laser (31 . . . 3N).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Weigel, Qu Shizhen, Ka Fai Mak, Ferenc Krausz
  • Patent number: 12046866
    Abstract: A multiple frequency comb source apparatus (100) for simultaneously creating a first laser pulse sequence representing a first frequency comb (1) and at least one further laser pulse sequence representing at least one further frequency comb (2), wherein at least two of the first and at least one further pulse sequences have different repetition frequencies, comprises a laser resonator device (10) comprising multiple resonator mirrors including first end mirrors EM1,OC1 providing a first laser resonator (11), a laser gain medium (21, 22) being arranged in the laser resonator device (10), and a pump device (30) being arranged for pumping the laser gain medium (21), wherein the laser resonator device (10) is configured for creating the first and at least one further laser pulse sequences by pumping and passively mode-locking the laser gain medium (21), the resonator mirrors of the laser resonator device (10) include further end mirrors EM2, OC2 providing at least one further laser resonator (12), the first laser
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e. V., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen
    Inventors: Oleg Pronin, Ferenc Krausz, Ka Fai Mak, Jonathan Brons, Maksim Iandulskii
  • Publication number: 20240222876
    Abstract: An antenna includes, at least, a metasurface structure assembly and a feed. The feed is coupled with the metasurface structure assembly and is operable to provide a first type of electromagnetic radiation with a first radiation property to the metasurface structure assembly. The metasurface structure assembly is operable to receive the first type of electromagnetic radiation from the feed and to convert the first type of electromagnetic radiation into a second type of electromagnetic radiation and then back to the first type of electromagnetic radiation with a second radiation property for radiation from the metasurface structure assembly. The first radiation property and the second radiation property are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Chenfeng Yang, Gengbo Wu, Ka Fai Chan, Chi Hou Chan
  • Patent number: 12027513
    Abstract: A layout design methodology is provided for a device that includes two or more identical structures. Each device can have a first die, a second die stacked over the first die and a third die stacked over the second die. The second die can include a first through-silicon via (TSV) and a first circuit, and the third die can include a second TSV and a second circuit. The first TSV and the second TSV can be linearly coextensive. The first and second circuit can each be a logic circuit having a comparator and counter used to generate die identifiers. The counters of respective device die can be connected in series between the dice. Each die can be manufactured using the same masks but retain unique logical identifiers. A given die in a stack of dice can thereby be addressed by a single path in a same die layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fong-Yuan Chang, Po-Hsiang Huang, Chin-Chou Liu, Chin-Her Chien, Ka Fai CHang
  • Publication number: 20240193765
    Abstract: In generating training and testing datasets for machine learning, manual annotation of a large volume of data is impractical and expensive. A machine-learning model for detecting carcinoma (CA) from a whole slide image (WSI) processes average cellular features of cells identified on the WSI. Each cellular feature is a descriptive statistic of the cells, advantageously allowing the training and testing datasets to be constructed without a costly annotation process of pixelwise labelling each cell on a WSI training sample. Apart from predicting a CA case or a non-CA case for the WSI, the machine-learning model is also usable to: identify a suspicious CA case for priority assessment if a non-CA case is predicted for the WSI; generate a tumor probability heatmap of the WSI for visualizing potential CA regions on the WSI to assist pathological assessment; and assess quality control of a triage system before implementation in clinical setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Ho Yin Martin YEUNG, Ngai Nick Alex WONG, Jung Sun YOO, Cheong Kin Ronald CHAN, Ka Fai TO
  • Patent number: 12009260
    Abstract: A method for forming an integrated circuit (IC) is provided. The method includes the following operations. A circuit layout including a first load region and a second load region is received. A full power network of the circuit layout is obtained. The full power network is transformed into a first power network according to the first load region. A first power simulation is performed upon the first power network. The full power network is transformed into a second power network according to the second load region. A second power simulation is performed upon the second power network. The IC is fabricated according to the circuit layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ka Fai Chang, Fong-Yuan Chang, Chin-Chou Liu, Yi-Kan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11999551
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a vacuumizing sealing tank including a body and a cover; the body having an accommodating cavity with an upward opening; and the cover detachably installed on top of the body, covering and sealing the opening of the accommodating cavity; wherein the cover is provided with a vacuumizing device and a deflating component, the vacuumizing device being an air bag vacuumizing device that compresses the air bag to exhaust air in the accommodating cavity to achieve a vacuum state, and the deflating component deflating the accommodating cavity. The vacuumizing device and the deflating component are provided. After a stuff to be stored is placed in the accommodating cavity and the cover is on, the accommodating cavity may be vacuumized through the vacuumizing device, so that the stuff to be stored may keep fresh for a long time in the vacuum state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventors: Zhenfei Luo, Chan Ka Fai Kenneth
  • Publication number: 20240106181
    Abstract: A laser system generates laser pulses having a determined carrier-envelope-offset, CEO. The laser system includes a Cr-doped II-VI based laser oscillator system having a resonator cavity, which emits laser pulses having a peak power of at least 0.75 MW. The laser system further includes a nonlinear optical element for spectrally broadening at least a part of the emitted laser pulses irradiated onto the nonlinear optical element to provide the laser pulses with octave-spanning spectral components, and a frequency-doubling element for generating second harmonic spectral components of at least a part of the octave-spanning spectral components. In addition, the laser system includes an f-2f-interferometry device for generating a beating signal of at least a part of the overlapping spectral components exiting the frequency-doubling element and interfering with each other at the f-2f-interferomtry device and for determining and/or controlling the CEO of the emitted laser pulses based on the beating signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ka Fai Mak, Ferenc Krausz, Philipp Steinleitner, Nathalie Lenke, Maciej Kowalczyk, Alexander Weigel
  • Publication number: 20240106184
    Abstract: A laser oscillator system includes a resonator cavity for confining an intra-cavity laser beam. The laser oscillator system further includes a Cr-doped II-VI gain medium arranged within the resonator cavity and an imaging unit forming part of the resonator cavity. The imaging unit is configured to decouple a spot size of the intra-cavity laser beam at the gain medium from an intra-cavity length of the resonator cavity. Moreover, the resonator cavity and the imaging unit are configured such that the laser oscillator system emits laser pulses at a repetition rate of 50 MHz or less. Further, a laser system and methods for generating light pulses having spectral components at a wavelength of at least 2 ?m are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ka Fai Mak, Ferenc Krausz, Philipp Steinleitner, Nathalie Lenke
  • Publication number: 20240065596
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting short-term stress of a subject person and generating alerts in an indoor environment are disclosed. The system may receive data on the subject person's heart rate, galvanic skin response, and accelerometer movement from a wearable device, and also capture image frames through a camera. After that, the system may perform bio-signal analysis in accordance with the heart rate and the galvanic skin response data, and perform skeletal motion analysis in accordance with the image frames. Based on bio-signal index and skin conductance index generated from the bin-signal analysis and skeletal motion analysis respectively, the system may perform data fusion to determine the short-term stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Chun Kit HUNG, Fu Tuen LEUNG, Ka Fai SUK, Kar-Wing Edward LOR
  • Patent number: 11909115
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel lens antenna with a 3D near-field focus-steering capability that operates at gigahertz and terahertz frequencies. The novel antenna includes a pair of discrete dielectric lenses fed by a stationary horn source. In-plane synchronous counter-rotation and co-rotation of the lens pair steers its near-field focus radially and azimuthally, respectively, while linear translation of the upper lens moves the focal point longitudinally. The steering focus beam enables fast imaging. In imaging applications, the radiated beam from the novel lens antenna focused in the target area can reduce undesired interference from neighboring structures and increase the system dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Chi Hou Chan, Ka Fai Chan, Gengbo Wu
  • Patent number: 11875769
    Abstract: A baby monitor system with white noise filtering comprises a camera unit and a monitor unit, wherein the camera unit is predefined soothing sounds and play at least one of the predefined soothing sounds for baby; the camera unit records the mixture sound of baby, ambient noises and white noises and transforms the mixture sound to sound features, wherein the white noises at least include the soothing sounds and stationary noise; the recorded sound features are compared to local audio features of the predefined soothing sounds; if there are matching features between the recorded sound features and the local audio features, removing the matching features from the recorded sound features; the stationary noise features are extracted and removed from the recorded sound features; the camera unit outputs the recorded mixture sound without the white noise to the monitor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Kelvin Ka Fai Chan
  • Publication number: 20230361104
    Abstract: A layout design methodology is provided for a device that includes two or more identical structures. Each device can have a first die, a second die stacked over the first die and a third die stacked over the second die. The second die can include a first through-silicon via (TSV) and a first circuit, and the third die can include a second TSV and a second circuit. The first TSV and the second TSV can be linearly coextensive. The first and second circuit can each be a logic circuit having a comparator and counter used to generate die identifiers. The counters of respective device die can be connected in series between the dice. Each die can be manufactured using the same masks but retain unique logical identifiers. A given die in a stack of dice can thereby be addressed by a single path in a same die layout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fong-Yuan CHANG, Po-Hsiang HUANG, Chin-Chou LIU, Chin-Her CHIEN, Ka Fai CHANG
  • Patent number: 11804120
    Abstract: A monitor system with dual audio or multiple audio feature for simultaneously monitoring one or more target subjects is disclosed. The monitor system includes a plurality of camera devices and a base station. The plurality of camera devices is arranged to capture video data and sound data of the one or more target subjects independently and simultaneously. The base station is configured to receive the video data and the sound data from the plurality of camera devices, and present the video data and the sound data uninterruptedly. The base station comprises a display panel partitioned into a plurality of regions for displaying multiple views simultaneously using a split-screen technique. The base station outputs an audio signal by combining the sound data from the plurality of camera devices into a single audio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Merit Zone Limited
    Inventors: Kelvin Ka Fai Chan, Hon Hung Leung, Hon Kuen Chan, Zhi Qiang Gan, Tse Yim Lau
  • Patent number: 11788333
    Abstract: The application provides a hinge structure comprising a first connecting piece provided with a slot and a second connecting piece provided with a rotating shaft. An inner wall of the slot is provided with a limiting slot and an outer surface of the rotating shaft is convex to form a clipping strip; the clipping strip is inserted into the limiting slot to limit a relative rotation angle between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece. The present application also provides a packaging box comprising the above hinge structure. The hinge structure and the packing box are provided with a limiting slot in the slot and a clipping strip on the rotating shaft. Through the cooperation between the clipping strip and the limiting slot, the relative rotation angle between the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece is fixed and the reliability of the hinge structure is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Nationalpak Limited
    Inventor: Ka Fai Kinsen Au
  • Patent number: 11756951
    Abstract: A layout design methodology is provided for a device that includes two or more identical structures. Each device can have a first die, a second die stacked over the first die and a third die stacked over the second die. The second die can include a first through-silicon via (TSV) and a first circuit, and the third die can include a second TSV and a second circuit. The first TSV and the second TSV can be linearly coextensive. The first and second circuit can each be a logic circuit having a comparator and counter used to generate die identifiers. The counters of respective device die can be connected in series between the dice. Each die can be manufactured using the same masks but retain unique logical identifiers. A given die in a stack of dice can thereby be addressed by a single path in a same die layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fong-yuan Chang, Po-Hsiang Huang, Chin-Chou Liu, Chin-Her Chien, Ka Fai Chang
  • Patent number: 11694973
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method, and more particularly to a semiconductor interposer device. The semiconductor interposer device includes a substrate and a first metallization layer formed on the substrate. A first dielectric layer is formed on the first metallization layer and a second metallization layer is formed on the substrate. A first conducting line is formed in the first metallization layer and second and third conducting lines are formed in the second metallization layer. A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is formed in the first dielectric layer and over the first conducting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Yu Lee, Chin-Chou Liu, Cheng-Hung Yeh, Fong-Yuan Chang, Po-Hsiang Huang, Yi-Kan Cheng, Ka Fai Chang