Patents by Inventor Min Lin

Min 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).

  • Patent number: 8280081
    Abstract: An electrode connection structure of a speaker unit is provided. The speaker unit includes at least one electrode layer, which is made of a conductive material, or made of a non-conductive material with a conductive layer formed on a surface thereof. The electrode connection structure includes a conductive electrode and an adhesive material. The conductive electrode is used for providing power supply signals for the speaker unit to generate sounds. The adhesive material adheres the conductive electrode in parallel with a surface of the electrode layer. The adhesive material has adhesive characteristics, so as to electrically connect the conductive electrode and the electrode layer, in which the adhesive material is adhered to a side of the surface of the electrode layer closely adjacent to the conductive electrode with a certain area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lin, Chang-Ho Liou, Yu-Wei Huang, Ming-Daw Chen, Rong-Shen Lee
  • Patent number: 8272898
    Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a substrate (1) connected to PHY side and an electrical connector (3) mounted on the substrate (1), a transformer (5) and a common mode filter (7). The electrical connector (3) is used to mate with a cable assembly and so forms a Cable side. The transformer (5) further includes a first wire (51) having two opposite ends electrically connected to the PHY side and a second wire (53) having two opposite ends. The common mode filter (7) has a third wire (73) and a fourth wire (75) that are physically separated from and electrically connected to opposite ends of the second wire (53).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: John Chow, Li-Chun Wu, Chao-Tung Huang, Chih-Min Lin, Jie Zhang, Yong-Chun Xu
  • Patent number: 8270178
    Abstract: An active device array substrate has at least one patterned conductive layer. The patterned conductive layer includes a copper layer. A cross-section of the copper layer which is parallel to a normal line direction of the copper layer includes a first trapezoid and a second trapezoid stacked on the first trapezoid. A base angle of the first trapezoid and a base angle of the second trapezoid are acute angles, and a difference between the base angle of the first trapezoid and the base angle of the second trapezoid is from about 5° to about 30°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Lin Chen, Chih-Yuan Lin, Yu-Min Lin, Chun-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 8267551
    Abstract: An LED road light has a heat sink embedded with an LED module, a base and a light pole holder assembly. The base, the heat sink and the light pole holder assembly are assembled by slidably and respectively mounting ribs into slots. Accordingly, the contact area of such engagement is relatively larger than that using screws, thereby enhancing combined strength and extending the life duration of the LED road light. Besides, the engagement mechanism using ribs and slots also provide workers a convenient and time-saving assembling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Chiu-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 8270833
    Abstract: A passive optical network (PON) system supporting wireless communication includes an optical line terminal (OLT) configured on a central office, an optical distribution network (ODN), and a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) respectively configured on user ends. The ODN is connected to the OLT and the ONUs in a one-to-many manner. The OLT sends a downstream optical signal to the ODN, and receives an upstream optical signal. The ODN circularly guides the optical signal to each ONU. Each ONU receives and reflects the downstream optical signal, processes the received downstream optical signal, receives and processes the upstream optical signal, carries an electrical signal to be uploaded into the upstream optical signal, and carries data received by a remote antenna into the upstream optical signal. Through the above architecture, the PON system supports wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lin, Po-Lung Tien, Maria C. Yuang
  • Publication number: 20120228618
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) structure is provided. The TFT comprises a gate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a dielectric layer, and a channel layer. By overlapping the area between the first electrode and the gate, the TFT structure acquires a parasitic capacitor that is unaffected by manufacture deviations. Therefore, the TFT needs no compensation capacitor, thereby, increasing the aperture ratio of the TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lin, Feng-Yuan Gan
  • Publication number: 20120217633
    Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a plurality of metallization layers comprising a topmost metallization layer. The topmost metallization layer has two metal features having a thickness T1 and being separated by a gap. A composite passivation layer comprises a HDP CVD oxide layer under a nitride layer. The composite passivation layer is disposed over the metal features and partially fills the gap. The composite passivation layer has a thickness T2 about 20% to 50% of the thickness T1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jen-Hao LIU, Chyi-Tsong NI, Hsiao-Yin LIN, Chung-Min LIN
  • Publication number: 20120218117
    Abstract: A quantification indicating circuit includes an indicating lamp set, a converting circuit, and an indicating lamp control circuit. The indicating lamp set has a plurality of indicating lamps. The converting circuit has a plurality of predetermined threshold values which are compared with a numerical signal of a circuit board to generate a comparison result. The comparison result is converted to be outputs of a plurality of control bits. The indicating lamp control circuit is coupled between the indicating lamp set and the converting circuit and is used for controlling the number of the indicating lamps which are brightened according to the outputs of the control bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Bing-Min Lin, Chao-Chung Wu, Chin-Fu Ho
  • Patent number: 8253475
    Abstract: A fuse detecting apparatus includes a detector, a calibrator and a logical operating unit. The detector includes a detecting switch module and a detecting latch. The detecting switch module generates an initial detecting result according to first and second control signals and a status of the fuse. The detecting latch stores a voltage level of the initial detecting result or maintains its originally stored voltage level according to the initial detecting result for generating a pre-calibrating detecting signal. The calibrator includes a calibrating switch module and a calibrating latch. The calibrating switch module generates a calibrating result according to the first and second control signals. The calibrating latch stores the calibrating result and generates a calibrating signal accordingly. The logical operating unit generates a calibrated detecting signal according to the pre-calibrating detecting signal and the calibrating signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Che-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20120211631
    Abstract: A holder is for supporting a portable electronic device, including a foldable layer, a supporting assembly attached to the layer. When the holder is unfolded, the supporting assembly can be maintained in a two-dimensional structure. When the holder is folded, the supporting assembly forms a three-dimensional structure that will not collapse under a weight of the portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Houng LU, Hsin-Yung YANG, Ching-Min LIN, Tzu-Cheng YU
  • Publication number: 20120211613
    Abstract: A foldable holder includes a foldable cover, a supporting assembly attached to the cover. When the holder is unfolded, the supporting assembly is maintained in a substantially planar form. When the holder is folded, the supporting assembly form a three-dimensional structure that will not collapse under a weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsin-Yung YANG, Li-Houng LU, Ching-Min LIN, Tzu-Cheng YU
  • Publication number: 20120206650
    Abstract: A method for synchronized playback of wireless audio and video is applicable to a playback system. The method for synchronized playback includes steps of receiving and processing multimedia data by the playback system, in which the multimedia data includes video data and audio data; wirelessly transmitting the audio data to a loudspeaker and meanwhile holding the video data for a threshold time; and finishing the transmission of the audio data when the threshold time is reached, so that the video data and the corresponding audio data are synchronously played. The method for synchronized playback can control the delay caused by the wireless audio transmission, thus achieving the objective of synchronously playing the audio and video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: AMTRAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Kao-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 8244707
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing supplemental video content for third party websites is disclosed. In one embodiment, coded instructions are transmitted from a content enhancement server to a host server, for incorporation into the webpage source code. The host server is controlled by a first entity and the content enhancement server is controlled by a second entity commercially distinct from the first entity. Keywords are generated by execution of the coded instructions in the webpage received in the client computer from the host server, and the keywords are sent to a content enhancement server, which generates supplemental substantive video content information for transmission to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hulu LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Cheng-min Lin, Bradley J. Suter
  • Patent number: 8243966
    Abstract: An assembly structure of flat speaker including at least two speaker units and one connecting structure is provided. Each speaker unit includes a first electrode, a vibrating film, and a second electrode. The connecting structure includes two conductive layers, and a first insulating layer. A first conductive layer is connected the first electrode through a contact area, and each has a first length and a third length parallel to the contact area. A second conductive layer is connected the second electrode through a contact area, and each has a second length and a fourth, a fifth length parallel to the contact area. The third length is less than or equal to a sum of the first lengths of the speaker units. A sum of the third, the fourth, and the fifth length is less than or equal to a sum of the first and second lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Min Lin, Chang-Ho Liou, Yu-Wei Huang, Ming-Daw Chen, Rong-Shen Lee
  • Patent number: 8244132
    Abstract: A pre-compensation method for delays caused by optical fiber chromatic dispersion, a multi-sub-carrier signal generator applying the method, and a transmitter applying the signal generator are applicable to an optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system. The pre-compensation method includes receiving a plurality of pre-compensation values, in which the pre-compensation values correspond to sub-carriers; and transmitting the sub-carriers after delaying the sub-carriers by time of the corresponding pre-compensation values. The delay time between the sub-carriers is estimated at a receiver end and a pre-compensation value of the transmitter is set according to the delay time. The transmitter delays the pre-compensation values respectively when transmitting the respective sub-carriers. Therefore, the respective sub-carriers are able to reach a receiver at nearly the same time, thereby achieving a purpose of pre-compensating for the delays caused by optical fiber chromatic dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Yu-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 8238501
    Abstract: A burst-mode clock and data recovery circuit using phase selecting technology is provided. In the data recovery circuit, a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit is used for providing a plurality of fixed clock signals, each of which has a clock phase. An oversampling phase selecting circuit is coupled to the phase-locked loop circuit and used for detecting a data edge of a received data signal by using the clock signals and selects a clock phase to be locked according to the location of the data edge. A delay-locked loop (DLL) circuit is coupled to the phase-locked loop circuit and the oversampling phase selecting circuit, and used for comparing the data phase of the data signal with the clock phase of the selected clock signal, so as to delay the data phase of the data signal by a delay time until the data phase is locked as the clock phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ching Yuan Yang, Jung-Mao Lin, Yu-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 8237520
    Abstract: A capacitor device is provided. The capacitor device includes at least one capacitor. The capacitor device also includes a first capacitor and a first filter coupling the first capacitor and a conductive region, wherein the first capacitor has a first resonance frequency and the first filter is configured to operate at a first frequency band covering the first resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Huey-Ru Chang, Min-Lin Lee, Jiin-Shing Perng, Sheng-Che Hung, Shinn-Juh Lai
  • Patent number: 8233795
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for medium access control (MAC) in an optical packet-switched network. The MAC apparatus may comprise a bandwidth allocation module and an MAC processor. The bandwidth allocation module determines a data transmission limit based on a probabilistic quota plus credit mechanism for each node of the network, dynamically informs all downstream nodes of unused quota and allows the downstream nodes to use remaining bandwidths of the upstream node. Through a control message carried by a control channel, the MAC processor determines uploading, downloading and data erasing for a plurality of data channels, and updates the corresponding contents in the control message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shi-Wei Lee, Yu-Min Lin, Maria C. Yuang, I-Fen Chao, Bird C. Lo
  • Publication number: 20120191378
    Abstract: This invention discloses an apparatus capable of controlling, tracking and measuring the tightening torque and the locking force and a method thereof. The device comprises a control device, a transducing device, and a sensing device. The transducing device comprises a second connector and a first signal transmitter. The control device communicates with the transducing device through a second signal transmitter and the first signal transmitter wiredly or wirelessly. The sensing device comprises a first connector and a sensor, and electrically connects to the transducing device through the second connector and the first connector. The sensing device senses the torque applied to a fastener to transmit real-time sensing data to the control device. The control device compares the real-time sensing data with a setting value so as to measure, control or track the locking force or tightening torque applied to the fastener in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hsiu-Feng Chu, Che-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 8227894
    Abstract: A stepwise capacitor structure includes at least one stepwise conductive layer. The stepwise capacitor represents a feature of multiple capacitors. When currents flow through the stepwise capacitor, different current paths are presented in between an upper conductor and a bottom conductor of the stepwise capacitor in response to different current frequency; different inductor is induced in each path and decoupled by a stepwise capacitor structure as disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Min-Lin Lee, Shih-Hsien Wu, Shinn-Juh Lai, Shur-Fen Liu