Patents by Inventor Lin Hsu

Lin Hsu 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: 20200321297
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided, including a package component and a number of conductive connectors. The package component has a number of conductive features on a surface of the package component. The conductive connectors are formed on the conductive features of the package component. The conductive features include a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature contacting a first conductive connector and a second conductive connector, respectively. The size of the first conductive feature is smaller than the size of the second conductive feature, and the height of the first conductive connector on the first conductive feature is greater than the height of the second conductive connector on the second conductive feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Chih-Hao LIN, Chien-Kuo CHANG, Tzu-Kai LAN, Chung-Chih CHEN, Jr-Lin HSU
  • Patent number: 10763446
    Abstract: An organic thin film transistor includes a substrate, a source/drain layer that is located on the substrate and has a source region and a drain region, a first buffer layer that is located between the source region and the drain region, a semiconductor layer that is located on the source/drain layer and the first buffer layer, a gate insulating layer, and a gate electrode. The first buffer layer covers at least one portion of the source region and at least one portion of the drain region. The first buffer layer is located among the semiconductor layer, the source region, the drain region, and the substrate. The gate insulating layer covers the source/drain layer and the semiconductor layer. The gate electrode is located on the gate insulating layer, and a portion of the gate insulating layer is located between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Kuan-Yi Lin, Wen-Chung Tang, Po-Wei Chen, Yu-Lin Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200266297
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor is disposed on the substrate within a first region and includes a first gate electrode. The first gate electrode includes a first filter layer between and in contact with a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The second transistor is disposed on the substrate within a second region and includes a second gate electrode. The second gate electrode includes a second filter layer between and in contact with a third conductive layer and a fourth conductive layer. The first transistor and the second transistor have a same conductive type, a first threshold voltage of the first transistor is lower than a second threshold voltage of the second transistor, and a first thickness of the first filter layer is larger than a second thickness of the second filter layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chang Wei, Chia-Lin Hsu, Hsien-Ming Lee, Ji-Cheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20200259605
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for resource allocation in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of wireless communication comprises obtaining data to be transmitted in a wireless communication environment, determining channel conditions associated with a plurality of sub-channels which includes determining one or more sub-channels to transmit silent symbols according to the channel conditions associated with the plurality of sub-channels, scheduling the data to be transmitted according to the channel conditions associated with the plurality of sub-channels to form scheduled data for transmission, and transmitting the scheduled data to one or more receivers via the plurality of sub-channels. The method of determining channel conditions associated with the plurality of sub-channels comprises determining interference observed at each sub-channel in the plurality of sub-channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ching-Han Tsai, ChihWei FanChiang, I-Feng Lin, Sheng-Feng Wang, Hua-Lin Hsu
  • Patent number: 10725699
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes a processor and an instruction memory including a first memory, a second memory, a third memory and an instruction selector circuit. The first memory is configured to receive a first instruction address from the processor, the second memory is configured to receive the first instruction address from the processor and generate a control signal based on the received first instruction address, and the third memory is configured to receive the first instruction address from the processor. The instruction selector circuit is configured to selectively send an instruction from one of the first memory and the third memory based on the control signal to the processor, and to selectively enable and disable the third memory to reduce power consumption of the instruction memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Chi-Lin Hsu, Tai-Yuan Tseng, Yan Li, Hiroyuki Mizukoshi
  • Publication number: 20200232614
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) net light includes a plurality of electrical lines and a plurality of LEDs. Each of the plurality of LEDs is connected across two adjacent electrical lines without breaking the plurality of electrical lines. The plurality of LEDs connected to the same electrical line are mutually spaced, and the plurality of LEDs in the same row are respectively connected to two different electrical lines and are mutually spaced. In the LED net light, the plurality of LEDs are directly connected by plurality of the electrical lines, such that the plurality of LEDs serve as nodes to enable the plurality of electrical lines to stretch into a net structure. Accordingly, the invention does not use those supporting lines, but forms a net structure by having each of the plurality of LEDs be connected across two adjacent electrical lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventor: Wei-Lin HSU
  • Patent number: 10700030
    Abstract: A semiconductor package is provided, including a package substrate, a package component, and a number of conductive connectors. The package component has a number of conductive features on a first surface of the package component facing the package substrate. The conductive connectors electrically connect the conductive features of the package component to the package substrate. The conductive features include a first conductive feature and a second conductive feature contacting a first conductive connector and a second conductive connector, respectively. The size of the first conductive feature is smaller than the size of the second conductive feature, and the height of the first conductive connector on the first conductive feature is greater than the height of the second conductive connector on the second conductive feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Lin, Chien-Kuo Chang, Tzu-Kai Lan, Chung-Chih Chen, Jr-Lin Hsu
  • Patent number: 10700297
    Abstract: An organic thin film transistor includes a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, a gate insulator, and a gate electrode. A horizontal portion and a vertical portion of the semiconductor layer are respectively located on a top surface and an end surface of the drain electrode, and the drain electrode protrudes from the horizontal portion in a first direction. The source electrode is disposed along a surface of the semiconductor layer. The source electrode has an extending portion that extends in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The gate insulator is disposed along a top surface and two side surfaces of a stacked structure defined by the drain electrode, the semiconductor layer, and the source electrode. The gate electrode is located on the gate insulator, and a portion of the gate insulator is between the stacked structure and the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Po-Wei Chen, Wen-Chung Tang, Yu-Lin Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200173969
    Abstract: A method for detecting a gas sample includes the following steps of: providing a carbon aerogel sleeve; introducing a gas sample to the carbon aerogel sleeve, and then sequentially extracting, concentrating, activating, and re-concentrating the gas sample adsorbed by the carbon aerogel and detecting a concentration of the re-concentrated gas sample by a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS); and extracting the carbon aerogel for several hours with reflux in a dichloromethane solvent and a n-hexane solvent several times per hour to remove the residual gas sample, and then drying the extracted carbon aerogel for reuse, wherein the dichloromethane solvent and the n-hexane solvent are at a volume ratio of 0.001-1000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Hao-Lin Hsu, Chung-Yih Kuo, Jean-Hong Chen
  • Patent number: 10673583
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for resource allocation in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of wireless communication comprises obtaining data to be transmitted over a plurality of sub-channels in a wireless communication environment, determining channel conditions associated with the plurality of sub-channels, scheduling the data to be transmitted according to the channel conditions associated with the plurality of sub-channels to form scheduled data for transmission, and transmitting the scheduled data to one or more receivers via the plurality of sub-channels. The method of determining channel conditions associated with the plurality of sub-channels comprises determining interference observed at each sub-channel in the plurality of sub-channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Ubiquiti Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Han Tsai, ChihWei Fanchiang, I-Feng Lin, Sheng-Feng Wang, Hua-Lin Hsu
  • Patent number: 10660003
    Abstract: A method performed by an MEC orchestrator includes: acquiring MEC computation-related information and User Equipment (UE) mobility-related information from an MEC system including a plurality of MEC entities, performing a classification procedure, based on the MEC computation-related information and the UE mobility-related information, to determine a behavior type of a UE, wherein the behavior type indicates whether to trigger a handover (HO) in the MEC system and whether to trigger a Virtual Machine (VM) migration in the MEC system, and providing an instruction table in response to the behavior type, wherein the instruction table including routing information for routing MEC traffic among one or more of the plurality of MEC entities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Wei, Yung-Lin Hsu, Ching-Chun Chou
  • Publication number: 20200150169
    Abstract: A detection device for measuring an antenna is disclosed, wherein the detection device is provided with a probe seat made of a reflected wave absorbent material; a front end of the probe seat is provided with an extending front arm for connecting to a probe; and a rear end of the probe seat is provided with a connector, of which one end is for connecting to a detection instrument and the other end is electrically connected to the probe through the front arm, thereby when measuring an antenna, the probe seat can absorb reflected waves from the antenna to measure the quality of the antenna pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ting Yuan LEE, Miao-Lin Hsu, Tsung-Hsin Liu, Yi-Ting Lin
  • Publication number: 20200150168
    Abstract: A detection device for measuring an antenna is disclosed, wherein it is provided with a probe seat made of a metal material; a front end of the probe seat is provided with an extending front arm for connecting to a probe; and a rear end of the probe seat is provided with a connector, of which one end is for connecting to a detection instrument and the other end is electrically connected to the probe through the front arm; the detection device is characterized in that an outer surface of the probe seat is covered by a wave absorbent material capable of absorbing reflected waves, thereby when measuring an antenna, the probe seat can absorb reflected waves from the antenna to measure the quality of the antenna pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ting Yuan LEE, Miao-Lin HSU, Tsung-Hsin LIU, Yi-Ting LIN
  • Patent number: 10644153
    Abstract: A fin field effect transistor (FinFET) is provided. The FinFET includes a substrate, a gate stack, and a filter layer, and strain layers. The substrate has a semiconductor fin. The gate stack is disposed across the semiconductor fin. The gate stack includes a gate dielectric layer, a work function layer and a metal filling layer. The gate dielectric layer is disposed on the semiconductor fin. The work function layer is disposed on the gate dielectric layer. The metal filling layer is over the work function layer. The filter layer is disposed between the work function layer and the metal filling layer to prevent or decrease penetration of diffusion atoms. The strain layers are beside the gate stack. A material of the filter layer is different from a material of the work function layer and a material of the metal filling layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chang Wei, Chia-Lin Hsu, Hsien-Ming Lee, Ji-Cheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20200135470
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and a method for a ion implantation (IMP) process. The system includes an ion implanter configured to scan an ion beam over a target for a range of angles, a tilting mechanism configured to support and tilt the target, an ion-collecting device configured to collect a distribution and a number of ejected ions from the ion beam scan over the target, and a control unit configured to adjust a tilt angle based on a correction angle determined based on the distribution and number of ejected ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Jung HUANG, Li-Hsin CHU, Po-Feng TSAI, Henry PENG, Kuang Huan HSU, Tsung Wei CHEN, Yung-Lin HSU
  • Patent number: 10618534
    Abstract: A monitor vehicle for a rail system includes a wheeled trolley, an overhead vehicle, a supporting structure, and a first sensor. The wheeled trolley is above a rail of the rail system, is operable to move over the rail, and has a bottom surface. The overhead vehicle body is suspended by the wheeled trolley and below the rail. The supporting structure connects the wheeled trolley and the overhead vehicle body. The first sensor is on the bottom surface of the wheeled trolley and is configured to detect a first parameter of the rail of the rail system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Hung Chien, Jen-Ti Wang, Fu-Hsien Li, Chih-Hung Liu, Yung-Lin Hsu
  • Patent number: 10622075
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory system comprises a memory structure and a control circuit connected to the memory structure. The control circuit includes a programmable and reprogrammable hybrid microcontroller having a state machine and one or more processors. The state machine is configured to generate a first set of execution signals in response to a request to perform memory operations on non-volatile memory cells in the memory system. The first set of execution signals have a format configured to interface with one or more circuits coupled to the non-volatile memory cells. The hybrid microcontroller has an interface that translates the first set of execution signals to instruction identifiers. The one or more processors execute instructions identified by the instruction identifiers to generate a second set of execution signals. The second set of execution signals are provided to the one or more circuits to perform the memory operations on the non-volatile memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Chi-Lin Hsu
  • Patent number: 10609170
    Abstract: The illustrative embodiment of the present invention provides a platform that enables a content developer to distribute uniform content to multiple types of requesting mobile devices. By authoring content in a generic markup language and using the technologies included in the Mobile Content Framework (MCF), the content developer is able to provide content to multiple types devices without providing different versions of the content. The content may be authored originally in the generic markup language or translated from other languages into the generic markup language by the MCF. The MCF exploits the capabilities and accommodates the limitations of different types of wireless devices by converting generic markup language content to device-specific content. The MCF interacts with device registries holding records of the device attributes in order to provide the device-specific content. The MCF handles these issues for current mobile devices while also being extensible for future mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ACK Ventures Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Harris, Harry Kargman, Dan Jethanamest, Thomas Leroux, Corey Tripp, Peter Delucia, Lin Hsu, Lee Boyle, Dan Liu, George Yi, Rocio Katsanis, Evan Herbst
  • Patent number: 10606163
    Abstract: A projection screen configured to be projected with multi-angle images includes a base membrane and a coating layer. The base membrane includes a body layer and a plurality of toothed portions connected with the body layer. A profile of each of the toothed portions includes at least one first plane and at least one second plane, where the first plane and the second plane each has a reflection angle different from each other, for providing multi-angle images of projection. The coating layer includes a reflection layer and a light-absorbing layer, where the reflection layer is disposed on the profile of each of the toothed portions; whereas the light-absorbing layer is disposed on the reflection layer, such that, as viewed from a projection position, the coating layer is disposed behind the base membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: ELITE SCREENS MATERIAL LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Chen Ku, Rong-Lin Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200098641
    Abstract: A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming a gate dielectric layer on a substrate; forming a barrier layer over the gate dielectric layer; treating the barrier layer to roughen an outer surface of the barrier layer, resulting in a treated barrier layer; and forming a metal layer over the treated barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yen-Ting Chen, Chia-Lin Hsu