Patents by Inventor Kuo Yu

Kuo Yu 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).

  • Semiconductor device with low random telegraph signal noise
    Patent number: 10510835
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a source/drain diffusion area, and a first doped region. The source/drain diffusion area is defined between a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure. The source/drain diffusion area includes a source region, a drain region, and a device channel. The device channel is between the source region and the drain region. The first doped region is disposed along a first junction between the device channel and the first isolation structure in a direction from the source region to the drain region. The first doped region is separated from at least one of the source region and the drain region, and has a dopant concentration higher than that of the device channel. The semiconductor device of the present disclosure has low random telegraph signal noise and fewer defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Chou, Seiji Takahashi, Shang-Fu Yeh, Chih-Lin Lee, Chin Yin, Calvin Yi-Ping Chao
  • PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190371823
    Abstract: A photosensitive element and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The manufacturing method of the photosensitive element includes successively depositing a second conductive layer, a photosensitive material layer, and a first top electrode material layer on a substrate; forming a first patterned photoresist layer on the first top electrode material layer; patterning the first top electrode material layer by using the first patterned photoresist layer as a mask to form a first top electrode; removing the first patterned photoresist layer; patterning the photosensitive material layer by using the first top electrode as a mask to form a photosensitive layer; forming an insulation layer having an opening on the first top electrode; and forming a second top electrode on the insulation layer, and the second top electrode is electrically connected to the first top electrode via the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Chao Chang, Ruei-Pei Chen, Kuo-Yu Huang, Chao-Chien Chiu
  • COUNTER, COUNTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE SENSING
    Publication number: 20190373200
    Abstract: A counter, a counting method and an apparatus for image sensing are introduced in the present disclosure. The counter includes a plurality of dual phase clock generators and a plurality of column counters. Each of the plurality of dual phase clock generator receives a common clock signal and generates dual phase clock signals which comprise a first clock signal and a second clock signal according to the common clock signal. Each of the plurality of column counters is coupled to one of the plurality of dual phase clock generators to receive the first clock signal and the second clock signal, and is configured to output a counting value according to the first clock signal and the second clock signal. Each of the plurality of dual phase clock generators provides the first clock signal and the second clock signal to a group of the plurality of column counters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Fu Yeh, Kuo-Yu Chou, Calvin Yi-Ping Chao, Chih-Lin Lee, Chin Yin
  • DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20190339554
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate, at least one first transistor, and at least one second transistor. The substrate includes at least one reflective region and at least one transmissible region. The first transistor is configured on the substrate and located on the corresponding reflective region. Each of the first transistors includes a first active layer. The second transistor is configured on the substrate and located on the corresponding transmissible region. Each of the second transistors includes a second active layer. A material of the first active layer is different from a material of the second active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Ming-Yao CHEN, Kuo-Yu HUANG
  • OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190339487
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system is provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens. The first lens has a refractive power and the object side thereof may be convex. The second lens and the third lens have refractive power. The object side and the image side thereof may be aspheric. The fourth lens may have positive refractive power. The object side and the image side thereof are aspheric. At least one of sides of the fourth lens may have one inflection point. The four lenses have refractive power. When meeting some certain conditions, the optical image capturing system may have outstanding light-gathering ability and an adjustment ability about the optical path in order to elevate the image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: YEONG-MING CHANG, KUO-YU LIAO, CHIEN-HSUN LAI, YAO-WEI LIU
  • OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190339486
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system is provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens. The first lens has a refractive power and the object side thereof may be convex. The second lens and the third lens have refractive power. The object side and the image side of the foregoing lenses may be aspheric. The fourth lens may have positive refractive power. The object side and the image side thereof are aspheric. At least one of surfaces of the fourth lens may have one inflection point. The four lenses have refractive power. When meeting some certain conditions, the optical image capturing system may have outstanding light-gathering ability and an adjustment ability about the optical path in order to elevate the image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: YEONG-MING CHANG, KUO-YU LIAO, CHIEN-HSUN LAI, YAO-WEI LIU
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH LOW RANDOM TELEGRAPH SIGNAL NOISE
    Publication number: 20190333989
    Abstract: A semiconductor device comprises a source/drain diffusion area, and a first doped region. The source/drain diffusion area is defined between a first isolation structure and a second isolation structure. The source/drain diffusion area includes a source region, a drain region, and a device channel. The device channel is between the source region and the drain region. The first doped region is disposed along a first junction between the device channel and the first isolation structure in a direction from the source region to the drain region. The first doped region is separated from at least one of the source region and the drain region, and has a dopant concentration higher than that of the device channel. The semiconductor device of the present disclosure has low random telegraph signal noise and fewer defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: KUO-YU CHOU, SEIJI TAKAHASHI, SHANG-FU YEH, CHIH-LIN LEE, CHIN YIN, CALVIN YI-PING CHAO
  • System and method for generating reduced standard delay format files for gate level simulation
    Patent number: 10460059
    Abstract: A system and method for generating standard delay format (SDF) files is disclosed. For each timing closed hierarchical instance, timing arcs on internal register to register paths may be marked as zero delay arcs. If the zero delay causes a hold violation, an adjustment may be computed to fix the violation. If the adjustment does not cause a setup violation, the adjustment may be applied to the end point register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Akash Khandelwal, Pawan Kulshreshtha, Rajarshi Mukherjee, Chih-kuo Yu
  • Optical image capturing system
    Patent number: 10429623
    Abstract: A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Lai, Kuo-Yu Liao, Yao-Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Optical image capturing system
    Patent number: 10429624
    Abstract: The invention discloses a three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lenses are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Ability Opto-Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Lai, Kuo-Yu Liao, Yao-Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • Conditional correlated multiple sampling single slope analog-to-digital converter, and associated image sensor system and method
    Patent number: 10382052
    Abstract: A conditional correlated multiple sampling (CCMS) single slope (SS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The CCMS SS ADC includes a comparator, arranged to compare an analog signal with a ramp signal and generate a comparison result; and a CCMS control circuit, arranged to determine a swing of the ramp signal according to a magnitude of the analog signal. An image sensor system using the CCMS SS ADC and a method of CCMS SS analog-to-digital conversion are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Shang-Fu Yeh, Kuo-Yu Chou
  • OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190243104
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system is provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. At least one lens among the first lens to the fifth lens has positive refractive power. The sixth lens may have negative refractive power and an object side and an image side thereof are aspherical wherein at least one surface of the sixth lens has an inflection point. The optical image capturing system has six lenses with refractive power. When meeting some certain conditions, the optical image capturing system may have outstanding light-gathering ability and an adjustment ability about the optical path in order to elevate the image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: YEONG-MING CHANG, KUO-YU LIAO, CHIEN-HSUN LAI, YAO-WEI LIU
  • OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190243103
    Abstract: An optical image capturing system is provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. At least one lens among the first lens to the fifth lens has positive refractive power. The sixth lens may have negative refractive power and an object side and an image side thereof are aspherical wherein at least one surface of the sixth lens has an inflection point. The optical image capturing system has six lenses with refractive power. When meeting some certain conditions, the optical image capturing system may have outstanding light-gathering ability and an adjustment ability about the optical path in order to elevate the image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: YEONG-MING CHANG, KUO-YU LIAO, CHIEN-HSUN LAI, YAO-WEI LIU
  • Integrated bootstrap high-voltage driver chip and technological structure thereof
    Patent number: 10340906
    Abstract: Parasitic high-voltage diodes implemented by integration technology in a high-voltage level shift circuit are used for charging a bootstrap capacitor CB, wherein a power supply end of the high voltage level shift circuit is a high-side floating power supply VB, and a reference ground is a floating voltage PGD that is controlled by a bootstrap control circuit. A first parasitic diode DB1 and a second parasitic diode DB2 are provided between the VB and the PGD. The bootstrap control circuit is controlled by a high-side signal and a low-side signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY-WUXI INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Weifeng Sun, Yunwu Zhang, Kuo Yu, Jing Zhu, Shen Xu, Qinsong Qian, Siyang Liu, Shengli Lu, Longxing Shi
  • ON-CHIP BALUN TRANSFORMER
    Publication number: 20190180916
    Abstract: An on-chip balun transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding is provided. The primary winding includes at least one parallel coil and a plurality of first serial semi-turn coils connected to the at least one parallel coil. The secondary winding, magnetically coupled to the primary winding, includes a plurality of second serial semi-turn coils connected to each other. At least one of the second serial semi-turn coils is located within the at least one parallel coil. The primary winding and the secondary winding are coplanar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu TSENG, Shih-Chieh CHIEN
  • System and method for high-speed down-sampled CMOS image sensor readout
    Patent number: 10277849
    Abstract: A system and method of routing multiple pixels from a single column in a CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) image sensors (CIS) to a plurality of column analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) is disclosed. The CIS includes an array of pixel elements having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A plurality of column-out signal paths is coupled to each of the plurality of columns of the array of pixel elements. A column routing matrix is coupled to each plurality of column-out signal paths for each of the plurality of columns. A plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are coupled to the column routing matrix. The column routing matrix is configured to route at least one column-out signal path to each of the plurality of ADCs during a down-sampling read operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Calvin Yi-Ping Chao, Chin-Hao Chang, Kuo-Yu Chou, Shang-Fu Yeh, Chih-Lin Lee, Chiao-Yi Huang
  • CONDITIONAL CORRELATED MULTIPLE SAMPLING SINGLE SLOPE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER, AND ASSOCIATED IMAGE SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190123754
    Abstract: A conditional correlated multiple sampling (CCMS) single slope (SS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is provided. The CCMS SS ADC includes a comparator, arranged to compare an analog signal with a ramp signal and generate a comparison result; and a CCMS control circuit, arranged to determine a swing of the ramp signal according to a magnitude of the analog signal. An image sensor system using the CCMS SS ADC and a method of CCMS SS analog-to-digital conversion are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: SHANG-FU YEH, KUO-YU CHOU
  • Sampling device and method for reducing noise
    Patent number: 10270992
    Abstract: A device includes a current source and sampling units. Each of the sampling units includes a transistor and a capacitor electrically coupled to a gate of the transistor. The sampling units are sequentially activated such that the capacitor samples a voltage of a column line of a pixel array and are activated together such that the transistor is turned on according to the sampled voltage of the capacitor, to drain a current from the current source through an output node to generate an output voltage thereat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shang-Fu Yeh, Chih-Lin Lee, Chin Yin, Kuo-Yu Chou
  • Optical image capturing system
    Patent number: 10241299
    Abstract: A four-piece optical lens for capturing image and a four-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens with refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; and a fourth lens with positive refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the four lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: ABILITY OPTO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Jui Liao, Hung-Wen Lee, Ying Jung Chen, Bo Guang Jhang, Kuo-Yu Liao, Yao Wei Liu, Yeong-Ming Chang
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190088640
    Abstract: Circuits and methods for protecting a device are provided. A first device to be protected includes a gate dielectric of a first thickness. A second device includes a gate dielectric of a second thickness that is less than the first thickness. A gate is shared by the first device and the second device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Kuo-Yu Chou, Shang-Fu Yeh, Yi-Ping Chao, Chih-Lin Lee