Patents by Inventor Kang Fu

Kang Fu 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: 20250106696
    Abstract: Various solutions for enhancing quality of service (QoS) based on environmental conservation in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may determine whether an eco-friendly condition associated with a data session is met. Also, the apparatus may determine to modify a QoS associated with the data session in an event that the eco-friendly condition associated with the data session is met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Chien-Sheng Yang, Chia-Lin Lai, Yuan-Chieh Lin, Yu-Hsin Lin, I-Kang Fu
  • Publication number: 20250105140
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a plurality of sacrificial stack portions on a semiconductor substrate, the sacrificial stack portions being spaced apart from each other; forming a metal material layer to cover the sacrificial stack portions, the metal material layer including a first metal and a second metal different from the first metal, the first metal having a reduction potential lower than that of the second metal; and annealing the metal material layer to form a self-forming barrier layer conformally covering the sacrificial stack portions, the self-forming barrier layer including a metal oxide, a metal silicide, or a combination thereof formed from the first metal by annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Kang FU, Hsien-Chang WU, Ming-Han LEE
  • Publication number: 20250096140
    Abstract: An interconnect structure, along with methods of forming such, are described. The structure includes a dielectric layer, a conductive feature disposed in the dielectric layer, and a conductive layer disposed over the dielectric layer, wherein the conductive layer includes a first portion and a second portion adjacent the first portion. The structure also includes a first barrier layer in contact with the first portion of the conductive layer, a second barrier layer in contact with the second portion of the conductive layer, and a dielectric material disposed between and in contact with the first and second barrier layers, wherein a bottom surface of the second barrier layer and a bottom surface of the dielectric material are substantially co-planar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsien-Chang WU, Shih-Kang FU, Shin-Yi YANG, Gary LIU, Ting-Ya LO, Ming-Han LEE
  • Publication number: 20250093820
    Abstract: A carbon fiber watch case includes a main body structure and a conductive structure. The main body structure has an inner surface and an outer surface. The conductive structure has a first contact on the inner surface and a second contact on the outer surface to electrically connect the inner surface and the outer surface of the carbon fiber watch case. The main body structure includes a braided body and a polymer body. The braided body includes a carbon fiber, and the braided body has a network-like structure. The polymer body at least fills a gap of the network-like structure of the braided body so that the braided body and the conductive structure form an integrated structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Bin Zhang, Mao Fan, Junjie Yang, Kang Fu, Pan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250088938
    Abstract: Various solutions for enhanced user equipment (UE) route selection policy (URSP) with green incentives for environmental conservation are described. An apparatus may receive information of an application associated with one or more eco-friendly requirements. Then, the apparatus may select a URSP rule from a list of URSP rules, and the selected URSP rule includes one or more descriptors matching the one or more eco-friendly requirements. Also, the apparatus may determine a data session for routing traffic of the application between the apparatus and a wireless network based on one or more parameters included in a route selection descriptor (RSD) of the selected URSP rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Chien-Sheng Yang, Yuan-Chieh Lin, Yu-Hsin Lin, Chia-Lin Lai, I-Kang Fu
  • Patent number: 12219650
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a first service network utilizing a first RAT or a second service network utilizing a second RAT. The controller sends an indicator of a connection release request to the first service network via the wireless transceiver in response to terminating a first communication service with the first service network or in response to leaving the first service network for the second service network. Also, the controller releases a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the first service network after sending the indicator of the connection release request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Huang-Fu, Chun-Fan Tsai, I-Kang Fu, Chin-Chia Chang
  • Patent number: 12205886
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor device that includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer over the substrate, and an interconnect layer over the first dielectric layer. The interconnect layer includes a plurality of metal lines and a second dielectric layer filling space between the plurality of metal lines. The plurality of metal lines includes a first metal line having a first bulk metal layer of a noble metal and a second metal line having a second bulk metal layer of a non-noble metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Kang Fu, Ming-Han Lee, Shau-Lin Shue
  • Publication number: 20250012942
    Abstract: System and techniques to fire a first source array at a first time of a first shot timing distribution comprising first time values according to a firing schedule and fire a second source array at a second time of a second shot timing distribution comprising second time values subsequent to firing the first source array and prior to another firing of the first source array according to the firing schedule. Additionally, at least a portion of the second shot timing distribution overlaps with the first shot timing distribution or the at least a portion of the second shot timing distribution is separated from the first shot timing distribution by less than a predetermined period of time and the first time and the second time of the firing schedule are separated by at least the predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventors: John Theodore ETGEN, Kang FU
  • Patent number: 12174329
    Abstract: System and techniques to position a first source array at a fixed first inline distance from a vessel, position a second source array at a fixed second inline distance from a vessel, wherein the fixed second horizontal inline distance differs from the fixed first horizontal distance, generating a spatial coding, fire the first source array, and fire the second source array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
    Inventor: Kang Fu
  • Publication number: 20240378295
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a data authentication device. The data authentication device may include a main memory, a backup memory, a platform control hub (PCH) and an embedded controller (EC). The main memory may be configured to store data. The backup memory may be configured to back up the data stored in the main memory. The PCH is coupled to the main memory and generates a write command to write a first data image to the main memory, wherein the first data image comprises updated data and a digital signature. The EC is coupled to the main memory, the backup memory and the PCH and obtains the first data image from the PCH. When the EC detects a write command, the EC may perform an authentication for the updated data based on the first data image or a second data image corresponding to the first data image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Ming-Hung WU, Hao-Yang CHANG, Chih-Hung HUANG, Kang-Fu CHIU
  • Publication number: 20240335012
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a braided watch band includes a braided band. The braided band includes a first braided band branch and a second braided band branch arranged in a thickness direction. The braided band further includes a first binding yarn and a second binding yarn. The first braided band branch and the second braided band branch to form a separate section and joint sections. In the joint sections, the first binding yarn and the second binding yarn form an orthogonally locking structure. In the separate section, the first binding yarn passes through one of the first braided band branch or the second braided band branch, and the second binding yarn passes through the other of the first braided band branch or the second braided band branch. Portions of the first braided band branch and the second braided band branch at the separate section form a loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Jiawei Chen, Kang Fu, Junjie Yang, Shenglan Yuan, Tianyu Cheng, Yanjie Chen
  • Patent number: 12063069
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for light detection, illumination and communication. The apparatus may include: a detector, including a light source, and configured to receive a first visible light signal carrying first password information from the outside in response to the light source being in an off state, and receive a second visible light signal carrying second password information from the outside in response to the light source being in an on state; a processor, configured to determine whether the first password information matches an enable password, and control the light source to be turned on in response to determining that the first password information matches the enable password; and the processor is further configured to determine whether the second password information matches a disable password, and control the light source to be turned off in response to determining that the second password information matches the disable password.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU LIANGXIN OPTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongjin Wang, Kang Fu
  • Publication number: 20240121685
    Abstract: A method of reducing gray energy consumption and achieving optimal gray energy saving for carbon neutralization is proposed. In a cellular network, each cell or BS (group of cells) has renewable (green) and non-renewable (gray, on-grid power) energy sources. The renewable (green) energy is highly variable and unpredictable, while non-renewable (gray, on-grid power) is stable but is not renewable and thus has more carbon impact. Each cell or BS (group of cells) services is associated UEs when it is on. In one novel aspect, a cell or BS (group of cells) that consumes more non-renewable energy can give some or all of its served UEs to another cell or BS (group of cells) that consumes less non-renewable energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Chien-Sheng Yang, I-Kang Fu, YUAN-CHIEH LIN, Chia-Lin Lai, Yu-Hsin Lin, Yun-Hsuan Chang
  • Publication number: 20240098507
    Abstract: Solutions pertaining to spectrum sharing between a terrestrial network (TN) and a non-terrestrial network (NTN) with interference control are proposed. An apparatus implemented in a UE communicates with a non-terrestrial (NT) network node of the NTN by resource sharing with the TN. There is a requirement on either or both of a directive gain and a directive emission power with respect to a network node of the TN such that interference between TN downlink (DL) transmissions and NTN uplink (UL) transmissions is less than a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Abdelkader MEDLES, I-Kang FU, Shiang-Jiun LIN, Gilles CHARBIT
  • Patent number: 11907155
    Abstract: A bus system is provided. A plurality of slave devices are electrically connected to a master device through an enhanced serial peripheral interface (eSPI) bus. Each slave device has an alert handshake pin. The alert handshake pins of the slave devices are electrically connected together via an alert handshake control line. In a first phase of a plurality of phases in each assignment period of an assignment stage after a synchronization stage, the first slave device is configured to control the alert handshake control line to a second voltage level via the alert handshake pin. In the phases of each of the assignment periods except for the first phase, a first slave device of the slave devices is configured to control the alert handshake control line to communicate with the slave devices via the alert handshake pin. The first phase corresponds to a first slave device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kang-Fu Chiu, Chih-Hung Huang, Hao-Yang Chang
  • Publication number: 20240049273
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for radio resource allocation for a terrestrial network (TN) cell. In the method, the TN cell is determined to be outside a coverage of a first non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell. In response to the TN cell being outside the coverage of the first NTN cell, a radio resource is allocated to the TN cell based on a radio resource of the first NTN cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: MEDIATEK INC., National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Hao-Wei LEE, I-Kang FU, Chun-Chia CHEN, Chen-I LIAO, Hung-Yu WEI
  • Publication number: 20240049212
    Abstract: A method for performing radio resource allocation in a TN-NTN mixed system is provided. The system includes a satellite that covers an NTN cell, and a plurality of TN base stations (TN BSs) within a coverage of the satellite. The NTN cell serves a plurality of NTN user equipments (NTN UEs). The method includes dividing the plurality of NTN UEs into X NTN UE groups; partitioning a radio resource into M parts, where M?X; dividing the plurality of TN BSs into M TN BS groups; deciding radio resource allocation regarding the plurality of NTN UEs, by allocating an i-th part of the radio resource to an i-th NTN UE group, where i=1, 2, . . . , X; and deciding radio resource allocation regarding the plurality of TN BSs, by allocating a sum of a j-th to an M-th parts of the radio resource to a j-th TN BS group, where j=1, 2, . . . , M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: MEDIATEK INC., National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Hao-Wei LEE, I-Kang FU, Chun-Chia CHEN, Chen-I LIAO, Hung-Yu WEI
  • Publication number: 20240039625
    Abstract: Solutions pertaining to spectrum sharing in coordination between a non-terrestrial network (NTN) and a terrestrial network (TN) are proposed. An apparatus implemented in a UE measures a signal strength of each of one or more TN cells and one or more NTN cells. The apparatus reports a result of the measuring to a TN. The apparatus also receives an indication from the TN configuring and activating a bandwidth part (BWP) that separates transmission by a base station of the TN from NTN downlink (DL) transmissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Abdelkader MEDLES, Gilles CHARBIT, Mehmet KUNT, Pradeep JOSE, I-Kang FU, Abhishek ROY
  • Patent number: 11880332
    Abstract: A bus system is provided. A plurality of slave devices are electrically connected to a master device through an enhanced serial peripheral interface (eSPI) bus. The slave devices are electrically connected together via a control line. A first slave device is configured to provide a first clock signal to each second slave device via the control line, so that a second clock signal of each second slave device is synchronized with the first clock signal. After the second clock signals are synchronized with the first clock signal, each second slave device is configured to adjust a phase of the second clock signal in a clock phase shift stage, so that each second clock signal has a phase difference with the first clock signal. The phase differences between the second clock signals of the second slave devices and the first clock signal are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kang-Fu Chiu, Chih-Hung Huang, Hao-Yang Chang
  • Publication number: 20240022913
    Abstract: Solutions pertaining to configuration of spectrum sharing between a terrestrial network (TN) and a non-terrestrial network (NTN) are proposed. An apparatus implemented in a UE communicates with a non-terrestrial (NT) network node of the NTN by resource sharing with the TN. The resource sharing involves resource sharing with pairing of uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) transmissions of the NTN and the TN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Abdelkader MEDLES, Shiang-Jiun LIN, Gilles CHARBIT, I-Kang FU