Patents by Inventor Lin An

Lin An 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).

  • Cell structure of resistive non-volatile memory and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9209225
    Abstract: A cell structure of a non-volatile memory is provided. The cell structure includes a first metal layer, a first dielectric layer, a first material layer, a second material layer, a first transition layer, a second metal layer, a second dielectric layer, a third material layer, a fourth material layer, a second transition layer, and a third metal layer. The first dielectric layer has a first via, and the first metal layer is exposed through the first via. The first material layer and the second material layer are reacted with each other to form the first transition layer. The second dielectric layer has a second via, and the second metal layer is exposed through the second via. The third material layer and the fourth material layer are reacted with each other to form the second transition layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Inventor: Chrong-Jung Lin
  • Fin field effect transistor
    Patent number: 9209300
    Abstract: A fin field effect transistor including a first insulation region and a second insulation region over a top surface of a substrate. The first insulation region includes tapered top surfaces, and the second insulation region includes tapered top surfaces. The fin field effect transistor further includes a fin extending above the top surface between the first insulation region and the second insulation region. The fin includes a first portion having a top surface below the tapered top surfaces of the first insulation region. The fin includes a second portion having a top surface above the tapered top surfaces of the first insulation region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Ta Lin, Chu-Yun Fu, Shin-Yeh Huang, Shu-Tine Yang, Hung-Ming Chen
  • One-way drive strap wrench
    Patent number: 9205540
    Abstract: A one-way drive strap wrench has a handle, a threaded rod module mounted in the handle and a clamping module mounted in the handle. The clamping module has an asymmetric clamping block and a strap. The clamping block is mounted around a combining unit of the handle and has an accommodating trough accommodating a pushing segment of the threaded rod module, wherein the accommodating trough is wider than the pushing segment. The strap is circled around the clamping block to form a surrounded area. A crossing angle is formed between the axis of the handle and the blocking line and is smaller than 90 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Inventor: Chao-Ching Lin
  • Method and image processing device for adjusting stereo image
    Patent number: 9210400
    Abstract: A method and an image processing device for adjusting a stereo image are provided. The method includes: obtaining a disparity map between a first image and a second image; dividing the disparity map into layers which correspond to first layers of the first image and second layers of the second image; generating a first cost according to displacements of pixels of an ith first layer and an ith second layer; generating a second cost according to a difference between displacements of pixels of the ith first layer and a jth first layer, and a difference between displacements of pixels of the ith second layer and a jth second layer; executing an optimization algorithm at least according to the first cost and the second cost to obtain all the displacements; and adjusting the positions of the corresponding pixels according to the displacements. Therefore, a viewer may have a better viewing experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: Novatek Microelectronics Corp., National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Tung-Ying Lee, Ming-Hsuan Lin, Shang-Hong Lai, Ming-Feng Chiang
  • Localization system for mounting game in portable storage device on game console and method therefor
    Patent number: 9205323
    Abstract: A localization system for mounting a game, in a portable storage device, on a game console, includes a portable storage device and a game console. After the game console is connected with the portable storage device via an application-program menu in the game console, a target and game information in a header is searched for. Next, a step of checking if any cover information or setup-file information has correspondence to a correspondence code in the header, wherein in the case of YES, cover information or setup-file information are returned to the application-program menu and displayed on a screen. Next, a game can be performed to read a game file, including a game main program, in the portable storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Inventors: Pao-Chen Lin, Hung-Chun Tseng
  • Apparatus and method for driving display
    Patent number: 9208711
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving a display includes a shift register, a first latch unit, a second latch unit, a data comparison unit and a level select unit. The shift register generates multiple latch signals according to a sync signal. The first latch unit latches a data signal in response to the latch signals to obtain multiple first data corresponding to multiple channels. The second latch unit is coupled to the first latch unit and latches the first data of the channels as multiple second data in response to a latch data signal. The data comparison unit responds to the latch data signal to respectively compare the first data and the second data corresponding to the same channel to output multiple third data corresponding to the channels. The level select unit selects multiple voltage levels corresponding to the channels according to the third data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chien-Chia Shih, Feng-Ting Pai, Po-Chen Lin, Shih-Hung Huang
  • Electrolytic copper foil
    Patent number: 9209485
    Abstract: An electrolytic copper foil, which is particularly suitable for the application of a lithium ion secondary battery, has a shiny side and a matte side with a roughness of less than 2 ?m. Based on the total sum of the texture coefficients of a (111) surface, a (200) surface, a (220) surface and a (311) surface of the electrolytic copper foil, the sum of the texture coefficients of the (220) surface and the (311) surface of the electrolytic copper foil is greater than 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PETROCHEMICAL CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kuei-Sen Cheng, Chyen-Fu Lin, Jui-Chang Chou, Chih-Sheng Lu
  • Dummy Structure for Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate
    Publication number: 20150348872
    Abstract: Apparatus, and methods of manufacture thereof, in which metal is deposited into openings, thus forming a plurality of metal pads, a plurality of through-silicon-vias (TSVs), a plurality of metal lines, a plurality of first dummy structures, and a plurality of second dummy structures. Ones of the plurality of first dummy structures each have a first width that is at least about three times greater than a second width of each of the plurality of metal lines, and ones of the plurality of second dummy structures each have a third width that is at least about five times greater than the second width of each of the plurality of metal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Ching Kuo, Yi-Hsiu Chen, Jun-Lin Yeh, Yung-Chi Lin, Li-Han Hsu, Wei-Cheng Wu, Ku-Feng Yang, Wen-Chih Chiou
  • METHOD FOR TREATING CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS INFECTION
    Publication number: 20150342911
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for the treatment of an infection with, or disease caused by, Chikungunya virus in a subject. The method includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of suramin as the active agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: National Defensive Medical Center, Chung Yuan Christian University
    Inventors: Szu-Cheng Kuo, Tzong-Yuan Wu, Chang-Chi Lin, Yu-Ming Wang, Ying-Ju Chen
  • STRUCTURE AND FORMATION METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH METAL GATE
    Publication number: 20150348965
    Abstract: A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a gate stack over the semiconductor substrate. The gate stack includes a work function layer and a metal filling over the work function layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a dielectric structure over the semiconductor substrate and adjacent to the gate stack. The dielectric structure is in direct contact with the work function layer and the metal filling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Che-Cheng CHANG, Tung-Wen CHENG, Mu-Tsang LIN
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150348845
    Abstract: Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: providing a workpiece having a recess and a dielectric layer lining the recess; forming a conductive structure within the recess, wherein the conductive structure partially fills the recess; and recessing the dielectric layer, wherein, after the recessing, a top surface of the recessed dielectric layer is disposed within the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Chao Lin, Ming-Ching Chang, Chao-Cheng Chen
  • SHINGLED SOLAR CELL MODULE
    Publication number: 20150349171
    Abstract: A high efficiency configuration for a solar cell module comprises solar cells arranged in a shingled manner to form super cells, which may be arranged to efficiently use the area of the solar module, reduce series resistance, and increase module efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Ratson MORAD, Gilad ALMOGY, Itai SUEZ, Jean HUMMEL, Nathan BECKETT, Yafu LIN, Dan MAYDAN, John GANNON
  • ULTRASOUND-ASSISTING QUENCHING PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150344984
    Abstract: An ultrasound-assisting quenching process includes: S1) connect the workpiece with the ultrasonic unit tightly; S2) heat the workpiece to the quenching temperature and then hold for a period of time; S3) start the ultrasonic unit, then the ultrasound energy can be injected into the workpiece directly; and S4) put the workpiece into the coolant quickly to make the workpiece to be quenched. The device for this process mainly includes the ultrasonic unit and a heating unit. This invention inputs the ultrasound energy into the workpiece during the quenching process. Under the action of the ultrasound, the grain size of the workpiece after quenching process will be much smaller compared with the conventional quenching process. Therefore, the ultrasound-assisting quenching process can improve the strength and plasticity of the material, and extend the life of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Lin HUA, Yanxiong LIU, Xiaowen WANG, Zhou WANG, Wuhao ZHUANG
  • METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR KID MODE
    Publication number: 20150350215
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and a terminal device for processing an application in a kid mode, and the disclosure belongs to the field of Internet technology. The method includes receiving a list of allowed functions or a list of prohibited functions of a target application from a first terminal device, determining allowed functions in the target application according to the list of allowed functions or the list of prohibited functions, and displaying the allowed functions in a kid mode of the target application. Therefore, according to the present disclosure, normal usage of applications is not affected in the kid mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Dalong Shi, Kun Ma, Jinbin Lin
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT AND DETECTION OF CANCERS
    Publication number: 20150344551
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical composition comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to SSEA-4 are disclosed herein, as well as methods of use thereof. Methods of use include, without limitation, cancer therapies and diagnostics. The antibodies of the disclosure can bind to certain cancer cell surfaces. Exemplary targets of the antibodies disclosed herein can include carcinomas, such as those in brain, lung, breast, mouse, esophagus, stomach, liver, bile duct, pancreas, colon, kidney, cervix, ovary, and/or prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Chi-Huey Wong, Tsui-Ling Hsu, Yi-Wei Lou, Chih-Wei Lin, Shih-Chi Yeh, Chung-Yi Wu, Han-Chung Wu
  • SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS WITH SMALL SCALE STRUCTURES FOR LIQUID COOLING
    Publication number: 20150348868
    Abstract: A semiconductor assembly for use with forced liquid and gas cooling. A relatively rigid nano-structure (for example, array of elongated nanowires) extends from an interior surface of a cap toward a top surface of a semiconductor chip, but, because of the rigidness and structural integrity of the nano-structure built into the cap, and of the cap itself, the nano-structure is reliably spaced apart from the top surface of the chip, which helps allow for appropriate cooling fluid flows. The cap piece and nano-structures built into the cap may be made of silicon or silicon compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Wei Lin, Son V. Nguyen, Spyridon Skordas, Tuan A. Vo
  • PROCESSING TIME SERIES
    Publication number: 20150347537
    Abstract: A method for processing a time series includes dividing, with a processing device, the time series into a plurality of windows by time; extracting at least one group of similar subsequences from a current window among the plurality of windows; and updating a candidate list on the basis of comparison between similar subsequences in each group of the at least one group with k characteristic subsequences in the candidate list; wherein the k characteristic subsequences are k characteristic subsequences with a greatest number of occurrences in at least processed parts of the time series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: XIAO YAN CHEN, YAO LIANG CHEN, SHENG HUANG, KAI LIU, WEI LU, LIN HAO XU, XIAO MIN XU
  • ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20150346573
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes a cathodic material in an activated state; and an anodic material in an activated state; wherein: the cathodic material is a viologen covalently attached to, or confined within, a first polymer matrix, the first polymer matrix is configured to prevent or minimize substantial diffusion of the cathodic material in the activated state; and the anodic material is a phenazine, a phenothiazine, a triphenodithiazine, a carbazole, a indolocarbazole, a biscarbazole, or a ferrocene covalently attached to, or confined within, a second polymer matrix, the second polymer matrix is configured to prevent or minimize substantial diffusion of the anodic material in the activated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: David A. Theiste, Leroy C. Kloeppner, Sue Franz, Punam Giri, Rongguang Lin
  • POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150344619
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polymer composite material and preparation method thereof. The polymer composite material includes a polyol and a phase changed cross-linking polymer. The phase changed cross-linking polymer has at least one ionic group, a hydrogen bond is formed between the ionic group and the hydroxyl group of the polyol, the polyol is encapsulated and dispersed within the phase changed cross-linking polymer, and a weight percentage of the polyol is 20-60%, a weight percentage of the phase changed cross-linking polymer is 40-80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Chi-Shu Wei, Yen-Hsi Lin, Pei-Fen Yang, Cheng-Chu Lin
  • Treatment Systems for Vitreous Floaters
    Publication number: 20150342782
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a system and method are provided for using a computer-controlled, laser system to perform a partial vitrectomy of the vitreous humor in an eye. Operationally, an optical channel is first defined through the vitreous humor. Vitreous and suspended deposits (floaters) in the optical channel are then ablated and in some cases removed (e.g. aspirated) from the optical channel. In some instances, a clear liquid can be introduced into the optical channel to replace the ablated matter, and to thereby establish unhindered transparency in the optical channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Strathspey Crown Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: David Haydn Mordaunt, Andrew Brian Merkur, David Tat-Chi Lin