Patents by Inventor Ling Lin

Ling Lin 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).

  • CONTACT STRUCTURE AND SWITCH APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20200303146
    Abstract: The contact structure includes a first contact, a second contact, a first contact arm and a second contact arm. In an embodiment, the first contact arm includes at least two spring plates, arranged one on top of another and fixed at one end. The second contact is located on the second contact arm. The first contact is located on the spring plate, on a side of the first contact arm relatively closer to the second contact arm. The at least two spring plates, under a driving action, experience elastic deformation which causes the first contact and the second contact to come into contact with each other. The switch apparatus includes at least one driver and the contact structure of an embodiment. An embodiment of the present solution can reduce the number of contacts in a contact structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: De Qiang DENG, Ming LI, Yan Ling LIN
  • LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200295233
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first contact layer on the first semiconductor layer; a second contact layer on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first contact layer and the second contact layer comprise a metal material other than gold (Au) or copper (Cu); a first pad on the semiconductor stack; a second pad on the semiconductor stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing CHEN, Jia-Kuen WANG, Tzu-Yao TSENG, Bo-Jiun HU, Tsung-Hsun CHIANG, Wen-Hung CHUANG, Kuan-Yi LEE, Yu-Ling LIN, Chien-Fu SHEN, Tsun-Kai KO
  • PLASMA AEROSOL INHALATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THINNING THE SPUTUM
    Publication number: 20200268655
    Abstract: The present invention provides a plasma aerosol inhalation device and a method for thinning the sputum. Various radicals generated by plasma can be inhaled in an aerosol form and delivered to the respiratory system for desired efficacy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Chi-Shuo CHEN, Rong-Shing CHANG, Jong-Shinn WU, Yun-Chien CHENG, Hui-Ling LIN
  • USB input device with luminous function
    Patent number: 10757776
    Abstract: An input device includes a universal serial bus interface, a white light-emitting diode unit, a red light-emitting diode unit, a green light-emitting diode unit, a blue light-emitting diode unit and a driving part. The driving part receives electricity through the universal serial bus and drives at least one of the white light-emitting diode unit, the red light-emitting diode unit, the green light-emitting diode unit and the blue light-emitting diode unit to emit a light beam. Consequently, the light beam with a higher luminous intensity and a specified color is outputted from the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Ding-Hsiang Pan, Hui-Ling Lin, Chuan-Tai Hsiao, Chun-Han Huang
  • Semiconductor light-emitting device
    Patent number: 10749075
    Abstract: A semiconductor light-emitting device includes a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer; a plurality of first trenches penetrating the second semiconductor layer and the active layer to expose the first semiconductor layer; a second trench penetrating the second semiconductor layer and the active layer to expose the first semiconductor layer, wherein the second trench is disposed near an outmost edge of the active layer, and surrounds the active layer and the plurality of first trenches; a patterned metal layer formed on the second semiconductor layer and formed in one of the plurality of first trenches or the second trench; and a first pad portion and a second pad portion both formed on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connecting the second semiconductor layer and the first semiconductor layer respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing Chen, Jia-Kuen Wang, Tzu-Yao Tseng, Tsung-Hsun Chiang, Bo-Jiun Hu, Wen-Hung Chuang, Yu-Ling Lin
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200258788
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped structure on a substrate, a gate structure on the fin-shaped structure and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the gate structure, and a single diffusion break (SDB) structure in the ILD layer and the fin-shaped structure. Preferably, the SDB structure includes a bottom portion and a top portion on the bottom portion, in which the top portion and the bottom portion include different widths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Ching-Ling Lin, Wen-An Liang, Chen-Ming Huang
  • Compact Vertical Inductors Extending in Vertical Planes
    Publication number: 20200258672
    Abstract: A device includes a substrate, and a vertical inductor over the substrate. The vertical inductor includes a plurality of parts formed of metal, wherein each of the parts extends in one of a plurality of planes perpendicular to a major surface of the substrate. Metal lines interconnect neighboring ones of the plurality of parts of the vertical inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hsiao-Tsung Yen, Huan-Neng Chen, Yu-Ling Lin, Chin-Wei Kuo, Mei-Show Chen, Ho-Hsiang Chen, Min-Chie Jeng
  • Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 10741455
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped structure on a substrate, a single diffusion break (SDB) structure in the fin-shaped structure to divide the fin-shaped structure into a first portion and a second portion, and a gate structure on the SDB structure. Preferably, the SDB structure includes silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN), a concentration portion of oxygen in SiOCN is between 30% to 60%, and the gate structure includes a metal gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Fu-Jung Chuang, Ching-Ling Lin, Po-Jen Chuang, Yu-Ren Wang, Wen-An Liang, Chia-Ming Kuo, Guan-Wei Huang, Yuan-Yu Chung, I-Ming Tseng
  • Delay line circuit with calibration function and calibration method thereof
    Patent number: 10742203
    Abstract: A delay line circuit with a calibration function, includes N delay modules and a calibration module. The N delay modules are serially coupled to each other. The calibration module generates a calibration start signal and a calibration stop signal according to a calibration signal and a clock signal, and the calibration start signal is outputted to the N delay modules, so that the N delay modules output N delay signals according to N control signals and the calibration start signal. The calibration module calibrates the N control signals according to the N delay signals and the calibration stop signal, so that the N delay modules generate N calibrated delay signals according to the N calibrated control signals and the clock signal. A generation time instant of the calibration stop signal is later than a generation time instant of the calibration start signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wei-Ling Lin
  • LENS
    Publication number: 20200249379
    Abstract: A lens including a filter, an aperture stop, and a lens set sequentially arranged along a first direction is provided. The filter includes a central region and a peripheral region. The central region has a first light transmission band for a wavelength range of a visible light and a second light transmission band for a wavelength range of an infrared light. The peripheral region surrounds the central region. The peripheral region has a third light transmission band for the wavelength range of the infrared light and is substantially opaque to the visible light, and an area of one portion of the central region surrounded by the peripheral region is tapered toward the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Rays Optics Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Cheng Lee, Chen-Yi Tsai, Shin-Jen Wang, Kuo-Hsiang Hung, Chih-Ling Lin, Meng-Wei Lin, Yu-Chia Lu
  • IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE AND COMPUTING DEVICE WITH SAME
    Publication number: 20200234678
    Abstract: An image displaying device includes a grating plate, a light source module, plural image regions and a support structure. The grating plate and the light source module are supported by the support structure. The plural image regions are arranged between the light source module and the plural lenses. After each of the plural light beams passes through the corresponding image region, the light beam is guided by the grating plate and outputted. Consequently, the image changed with the user's viewpoint and/or the three-dimensional image can be shown on the mouse device. An input device and a computing device with the image displaying device are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Hui-Ling Lin, Yu-Zeng Yang
  • SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200227572
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a floating substrate; and a capacitor grounded and connected to the floating substrate. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor structure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hsiao-Tsung YEN, YU-LING LIN, CHIN-WEI KUO, HO-HSIANG CHEN, CHEWN-PU JOU, MIN-CHIE JENG
  • Filter and capacitor using redistribution layer and micro bump layer
    Patent number: 10714441
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes a die. An electrically conductive layer comprises a redistribution layer (RDL) in the die, or a micro-bump layer above the die, or both. The micro bump layer comprises at least one micro-bump line. A filter comprises the electrically conductive layer. A capacitor comprises an electrode formed in the electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Tsung Yen, Jhe-Ching Lu, Yu-Ling Lin, Chin-Wei Kuo, Min-Chie Jeng
  • Method to enhance operation efficiency of water turbines and to reduce cavitation of components thereof
    Patent number: 10697423
    Abstract: A method to dispose at least one air guiding tube between a penstock and a water turbine installed on a dam to form negative pressure at an outlet of the air guiding device by the water kinetic energy produced from high speed of water flow to take in external air for pressurizing, so as to produce a plurality of pressured air bubbles mixed into the water. The water with pressured air bubbles would be decompressed when flowing to an exit of the penstock and has their volumes increased, so as to enhance the water kinetic energy for driving the water turbine more efficiently; meanwhile the method can prevent from production of cavities and further avoid damages of the components of the water turbine from cavitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventor: Zuei-Ling Lin
  • FLUID DISPENSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200189899
    Abstract: A fluid dispensing device includes a housing unit, a storage unit and a discharge module that are disposed within the housing unit. A weighing module includes weighing sensors. Each weighing sensor has an attachment portion attached to a bottom wall of the housing unit, and an abutment portion disposed below the bottom wall oppositely to the attachment portion. A control module controls the discharge module to dispense predetermined amount of fluid outside of the housing unit. The control module is able to determine whether a weight of fluid in the storage unit is smaller than a predetermined value according to a weight of the housing unit measured by the weighing sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventor: Shu-Ling Lin
  • Light-emitting device
    Patent number: 10680138
    Abstract: A light-emitting device comprises a semiconductor stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first pad on the semiconductor stack; a second pad on the semiconductor stack, wherein the first pad and the second pad are separated from each other with a distance, which define a region between the first pad and the second pad on the semiconductor stack; and multiple vias penetrating the active layer to expose the first semiconductor layer, wherein the first pad and the second pad are formed on regions other than the multiple vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Hsing Chen, Jia-Kuen Wang, Tzu-Yao Tseng, Bo-Jiun Hu, Tsung-Hsun Chiang, Wen-Hung Chuang, Kuan-Yi Lee, Yu-Ling Lin, Chien-Fu Shen, Tsun-Kai Ko
  • Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 10679903
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a fin-shaped structure on a substrate; forming a first gate structure and a second gate structure on the fin-shaped structure and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) layer around the first gate structure and the second gate structure; transforming the first gate structure and the second gate structure into a first metal gate and a second metal gate; forming a hard mask on the first metal gate and the second metal gate; removing part of the hard mask, the second metal gate, and part of the fin-shaped structure to form a trench; and forming a dielectric layer into the trench to form a single diffusion break (SDB) structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Ling Lin, Wen-An Liang, Chen-Ming Huang
  • DELAY LINE CIRCUIT WITH CALIBRATION FUNCTION AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200177171
    Abstract: A delay line circuit with a calibration function, includes N delay modules and a calibration module. The N delay modules are serially coupled to each other. The calibration module generates a calibration start signal and a calibration stop signal according to a calibration signal and a clock signal, and the calibration start signal is outputted to the N delay modules, so that the N delay modules output N delay signals according to N control signals and the calibration start signal. The calibration module calibrates the N control signals according to the N delay signals and the calibration stop signal, so that the N delay modules generate N calibrated delay signals according to the N calibrated control signals and the clock signal. A generation time instant of the calibration stop signal is later than a generation time instant of the calibration start signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventor: Wei-Ling LIN
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200176331
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a fin-shaped structure on a substrate, a single diffusion break (SDB) structure in the fin-shaped structure to divide the fin-shaped structure into a first portion and a second portion, and a gate structure on the SDB structure. Preferably, the SDB structure includes silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN), a concentration portion of oxygen in SiOCN is between 30% to 60%, and the gate structure includes a metal gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Fu-Jung Chuang, Ching-Ling Lin, Po-Jen Chuang, Yu-Ren Wang, Wen-An Liang, Chia-Ming Kuo, Guan-Wei Huang, Yuan-Yu Chung, I-Ming Tseng
  • Smart conference speaker
    Patent number: D896779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Ling Lin