Patents by Inventor Ming Han Liu

Ming Han Liu 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: 11961770
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a processing tool. The tool includes a housing enclosing a processing chamber, and an input/output port configured to pass a wafer through the housing into and out of the processing chamber. A back-side macro-inspection system is arranged within the processing chamber and is configured to image a back side of the wafer. A front-side macro-inspection system is arranged within the processing chamber and is configured to image a front side of the wafer according to a first image resolution. A front-side micro-inspection system is arranged within the processing chamber and is configured to image the front side of the wafer according to a second image resolution which is higher than the first image resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Han Lin, Chien-Fa Lee, Hsu-Shui Liu, Jiun-Rong Pai, Sheng-Hsiang Chuang, Surendra Kumar Soni, Shou-Wen Kuo, Wu-An Weng, Gary Tsai, Chien-Ko Liao, Ya Hsun Hsueh, Becky Liao, Ethan Yu, Ming-Chi Tsai, Kuo-Yi Liu
  • Publication number: 20240071776
    Abstract: A chip packaging structure and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The chip package structure includes a conductive substrate, a dam and a metal shielding layer. The conductive substrate includes a substrate, vias and electrodes. The substrate has first and second board surfaces opposite to each other. The vias penetrate through the first board surface and the second board surface, and a part of the vias is disposed in a first die-bonding region on which a chip is to be arranged. The electrodes extend from the first board surface to the second board surface through the vias. The dam is formed on the first board surface to surround the first die-bonding region, and the dam has a height higher than that of the chip. The metal shielding layer covers the dam and a part of the first board surface that do not overlap with the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: DEI-CHENG LIU, CHIA-SHUAI CHANG, MING-YEN PAN, JIAN-YU SHIH, JHIH-WEI LAI, SHIH-HAN WU
  • Patent number: 9966996
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a power line communication adapter capable of being freely assembled by accessories thereof, which includes an anti-noise device having a first male plug for receiving a power line communication signal from a power outlet, a first female socket for connecting the first male plug with an electrical equipment through a filter module, and a first adapting port connected to the first male plug, such that noise generated by the electrical equipment device can be filtered by the filter module without interfering the power line communication signal; and a power line communication device having a power line communication module along with a second adapting port connected thereto such that, when the first and second adapting ports are connected with each other, the power line communication device and the anti-noise device are combined into an anti-noise adapter for receiving and transmitting the power line communication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun-Hao Huang, Chih-Jung Jeng, Tsan-Sen Chen, Ming-Han Liu, Wei-Chung Hsu
  • Patent number: 9671764
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a control system including a sensing device capable of periodically driving a corresponding operation device based on a trigger policy, wherein the sensing device and the operation device have the same trigger policy stored therein. The control system is characterized in that the trigger policy at least includes a trigger code, a time data (such as “after 15 minutes”) and an operation data (such as “turn on a lamp”). When the sensing device detects a sensing signal, the sensing device generates and transmits a trigger instruction to the operation device. When the operation device determines that a trigger code carried in the trigger instruction matches with a second identification code stored therein, the operation device calculates an expiration time of the time data based on the current time, and then executes an action corresponding to the operation data at the expiration time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiu-Ju Cheng, Ming-Han Liu
  • Patent number: 9628322
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a network synchronization system, wherein a first network apparatus is connected to a physical line, stores a first profile at least including a Service Set Identifier (SSID), a pre-shared key and a channel, and can connect to the Internet according to the first profile and send out a detection message, and at least one second network apparatus is also connected to the physical line and can automatically generate a request message according to the detection message. When receiving the request message, the first network apparatus sends out the first profile in reply. Based on the first profile, the second network apparatus adds a second profile including the same SSID and pre-shared key but a different channel to itself, and then makes a seamless connection with the Internet through the physical line and the first network apparatus according to the second profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Han Liu, Stephanie Hung, Hsiu-Ju Cheng
  • Patent number: 9596000
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for selecting the optimal central controller in a power line network, which is applicable to the power line network including at least one terminal device, at least one network device and a plurality of controllers. The controllers are respectively installed with a central controller evaluation and selection software and connected to the terminal device and/or network device, and can communicate with one other through power line. The method is performed by a central controller, that is determined by negotiation between the controllers, via the software and includes the steps of detecting and calculating the connected states of the controllers in the power line network; selecting the optimal controller according to the connected states, assigning the optimal controller as new central controller, and notifying the new central controller to the other controllers, so as to optimize the performance of the power line network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun-Hao Huang, Wei-Chung Hsu, Ming-Han Liu
  • Patent number: 9378530
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a smart socket, which includes a timing unit for obtaining current time; a power receiving/output unit for receiving electricity from an external power supply or outputting electricity to a power storage device; an electricity quantity monitoring unit for detecting power value of electricity received from the power receiving/output unit; a home appliance power supply unit and an electricity selling power supply unit for transmitting electricity to an electronic device and an electricity purchaser circuit, respectively; a switching unit connected to the electricity quantity monitoring unit, home appliance power supply unit and electricity selling power supply unit, and being set with a home appliance mode, a power storage mode and an electricity selling mode; and a processing unit connected to the timing unit, electricity quantity monitoring unit and switching unit for switching mode of the switching unit according to the current time and power value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Han Liu, Wei-Chung Hsu, Jun-Hao Huang, Jia-Jun Chen
  • Publication number: 20160124398
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a control system including a sensing device capable of periodically driving a corresponding operation device based on a trigger policy, wherein the sensing device and the operation device have the same trigger policy stored therein. The control system is characterized in that the trigger policy at least includes a trigger code, a time data (such as “after 15 minutes”) and an operation data (such as “turn on a lamp”). When the sensing device detects a sensing signal, the sensing device generates and transmits a trigger instruction to the operation device. When the operation device determines that a trigger code carried in the trigger instruction matches with a second identification code stored therein, the operation device calculates an expiration time of the time data based on the current time, and then executes an action corresponding to the operation data at the expiration time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsiu-Ju CHENG, Ming-Han LIU
  • Publication number: 20160099977
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method enabling a first electronic device to execute steps of: connecting to a cloud server; establishing connection with a second electronic device to obtain a second device parameter stored in the second electronic device; transmitting a first device parameter stored therein and the second device parameter to the cloud server; receiving and storing a token generated by the cloud server, wherein the token is associated with management data stored in the cloud server when the cloud server determines that the first and second device parameters correspond to the management data; and transmitting the token to the second electronic device; such that the first and second electronic devices are stored with the same token, and the cloud server transmits a control instruction to the first and second electronic devices according to the tokens when the second electronic device is connected to the cloud server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: D-Link Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiu-Ju CHENG, Ming-Han LIU
  • Patent number: 9281867
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a PLC device, which includes a power receiving port connected to a power supply for receiving a power signal and a network signal carried by the power signal; a filtering unit having a first end connected to the power receiving port; a power output port connected to a second end of the filtering unit and a load, respectively, for supplying the power signal to the load while the filtering unit filters out noise generated in the power signal by the load; a switching unit having two connecting ends connecting to the first and second ends, respectively, and a control end switchable between the two connecting ends; and a processing unit connected to the control end and including a bridge module for receiving and then transmitting the network signal to a network apparatus, and a detection module for detecting the level of the noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun-Hao Huang, Wei-Chung Hsu, Ming-Han Liu
  • Patent number: 9231659
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a PLC device having noise detecting and filtering functions, which includes a power receiving port having one end connected to a power supply unit for receiving a power signal and a network signal; a noise filtering circuit having one end connected to the other end of the power receiving port for filtering noise of the power signal passing therethrough; a power output port connected between the other end of the noise filtering circuit and a load; a noise detecting circuit having two ends connected to a line between the first filtering unit and power receiving port and a line between the first filtering unit and power output port, respectively; and a processing unit connected to a line between the first filtering unit and power receiving port for receiving the network signal from the noise detecting circuit and transmitting the same to a network apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ming-Han Liu, Wei-Chung Hsu, Jun-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 9107141
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a selection method for rapidly obtaining hotspot information, which is applicable to a wireless communication system including at least one mobile terminal device capable of performing a site survey and transmitting a probe request, a plurality of wireless hotspot devices each capable of receiving the probe request, reading a terminal identifier in the probe request and sending the terminal identifier out, and a server of a telecommunication company capable of receiving the terminal identifier. After receiving the terminal identifier, the server compares the terminal identifier against user data in a user database and then sends a text message to the mobile terminal device when determining that the terminal identifier is already registered in the user database, wherein the text message includes SSID and password of a wireless hotspot device to which the mobile terminal device can currently choose to connect for interconnecting the Internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jui-Wen Lai, Ming-Han Liu
  • Publication number: 20150212532
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a control system, which includes a plurality of switch devices each electrically connected between an electrical appliance and a power supply unit for turning on or off the electrical appliance, and a processing server respectively connected to the switch devices and capable of turning the switch device into a turned-on or turn-off state at a predetermined time according to a time schedule stored therein. In addition, the processing server can generate an exception time data when determining an exceptional condition (e.g., a specific event took place, a user did not leave home on time, or the user turned on the electrical appliance on his or her own initiative) occurs, and then change the state of each switch device preferentially according to the exception time data, so as to adjust the time schedule in a timely manner upon determining the occurrences of different exceptional conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: D-LINK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chung HSU, Ming-Han LIU, Jun-Hao HUANG, Jia-Jun CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150130275
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a smart socket, which includes a timing unit for obtaining current time; a power receiving/output unit for receiving electricity from an external power supply or outputting electricity to a power storage device; an electricity quantity monitoring unit for detecting power value of electricity received from the power receiving/output unit; a home appliance power supply unit and an electricity selling power supply unit for transmitting electricity to an electronic device and an electricity purchaser circuit, respectively; a switching unit connected to the electricity quantity monitoring unit, home appliance power supply unit and electricity selling power supply unit, and being set with a home appliance mode, a power storage mode and an electricity selling mode; and a processing unit connected to the timing unit, electricity quantity monitoring unit and switching unit for switching mode of the switching unit according to the current time and power value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: D-Link Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Han LIU, Wei-Chung HSU, Jun-Hao HUANG, Jia-Jun CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150124890
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a power line communication adapter capable of being freely assembled by accessories thereof, which includes an anti-noise device having a first male plug for receiving a power line communication signal from a power outlet, a first female socket for connecting the first male plug with an electrical equipment through a filter module, and a first adapting port connected to the first male plug, such that noise generated by the electrical equipment device can be filtered by the filter module without interfering the power line communication signal; and a power line communication device having a power line communication module along with a second adapting port connected thereto such that, when the first and second adapting ports are connected with each other, the power line communication device and the anti-noise device are combined into an anti-noise adapter for receiving and transmitting the power line communication signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Jun-Hao HUANG, Chih-Jung JENG, Tsan-Sen CHEN, Ming-Han LIU, Wei-Chung HSU
  • Publication number: 20150124889
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a PLC device having noise detecting and filtering functions, which includes a power receiving port having one end connected to a power supply unit for receiving a power signal and a network signal; a noise filtering circuit having one end connected to the other end of the power receiving port for filtering noise of the power signal passing therethrough; a power output port connected between the other end of the noise filtering circuit and a load; a noise detecting circuit having two ends connected to a line between the first filtering unit and power receiving port and a line between the first filtering unit and power output port, respectively; and a processing unit connected to a line between the first filtering unit and power receiving port for receiving the network signal from the noise detecting circuit and transmitting the same to a network apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: D-Link Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Han LIU, Wei-Chung HSU, Jun-Hao HUANG
  • Publication number: 20150055505
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a selection method for rapidly obtaining hotspot information, which is applicable to a wireless communication system including at least one mobile terminal device capable of performing a site survey and transmitting a probe request, a plurality of wireless hotspot devices each capable of receiving the probe request, reading a terminal identifier in the probe request and sending the terminal identifier out, and a server of a telecommunication company capable of receiving the terminal identifier. After receiving the terminal identifier, the server compares the terminal identifier against user data in a user database and then sends a text message to the mobile terminal device when determining that the terminal identifier is already registered in the user database, wherein the text message includes SSID and password of a wireless hotspot device to which the mobile terminal device can currently choose to connect for interconnecting the Internet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: D-Link Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Wen LAI, Ming-Han LIU
  • Publication number: 20140358313
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for selecting the optimal central controller in a power line network, which is applicable to the power line network including at least one terminal device, at least one network device and a plurality of controllers. The controllers are respectively installed with a central controller evaluation and selection software and connected to the terminal device and/or network device, and can communicate with one other through power line. The method is performed by a central controller, that is determined by negotiation between the controllers, via the software and includes the steps of detecting and calculating the connected states of the controllers in the power line network; selecting the optimal controller according to the connected states, assigning the optimal controller as new central controller, and notifying the new central controller to the other controllers, so as to optimize the performance of the power line network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: D-Link Corporation
    Inventors: Jun-Hao HUANG, Wei-Chung HSU, Ming-Han LIU
  • Publication number: 20140328417
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a PLC device, which includes a power receiving port connected to a power supply for receiving a power signal and a network signal carried by the power signal; a filtering unit having a first end connected to the power receiving port; a power output port connected to a second end of the filtering unit and a load, respectively, for supplying the power signal to the load while the filtering unit filters out noise generated in the power signal by the load; a switching unit having two connecting ends connecting to the first and second ends, respectively, and a control end switchable between the two connecting ends; and a processing unit connected to the control end and including a bridge module for receiving and then transmitting the network signal to a network apparatus, and a detection module for detecting the level of the noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Jun-Hao HUANG, Wei-Chung HSU, Ming-Han LIU
  • Patent number: 8879531
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a mobile router, which can connect with a network transmission device capable of wired or wireless networking (e.g., a modem provided by a network service provider, a wireless LAN access point, or a mobile communication access point) in a corresponding one of at least three network connection modes based on a wired Ethernet, a wireless Local Area Network and a wireless Wide Area Network, so as to transmit a network packet from a terminal device (e.g., a desktop computer, a laptop computer, or a mobile phone) to the Internet or vice versa through the network transmission device. The mobile router can automatically detect an applicable network connection mode and automatically apply network connection settings stored in a corresponding profile. If no such corresponding profile exists, the mobile router can automatically store the network connection settings manually input by the user as a profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: D-Link Corporation
    Inventors: Hsiu-Ju Cheng, Ming-Han Liu