Patents by Inventor Ming Tan

Ming Tan 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: 11515224
    Abstract: A package includes a device die, an encapsulant encapsulating the device die therein, a first plurality of through-vias penetrating through the encapsulant, a second plurality of through-vias penetrating through the encapsulant, and redistribution lines over and electrically coupling to the first plurality of through-vias. The first plurality of through-vias include an array. The second plurality of through-vias are outside of the first array, and the second plurality of through-vias are larger than the first plurality of through-vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Jui Kuo, Tai-Min Chang, Hui-Jung Tsai, De-Yuan Lu, Ming-Tan Lee
  • Publication number: 20220367177
    Abstract: A single layer process is utilized to reduce swing effect interference and reflection during imaging of a photoresist. An anti-reflective additive is added to a photoresist, wherein the anti-reflective additive has a dye portion and a reactive portion. Upon dispensing the reactive portion will react with underlying structures to form an anti-reflective coating between the underlying structure and a remainder of the photoresist. During imaging, the anti-reflective coating will either absorb the energy, preventing it from being reflected, or else modify the optical path of reflection, thereby helping to reduce interference caused by the reflected energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Hung-Jui Kuo, Hsing-Chieh Lee, Ming-Tan Lee
  • Publication number: 20220359260
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing a wafer includes a chuck, at least one O-ring disposed on the chuck, a vacuum system connected to the chuck, such that the vacuum system comprises a plurality of vacuum holes through the chuck connected to one or more vacuum pumps, and a controller configured to control the height of the at least one O-ring relative to the top surface of the chuck. The controller is connected to pressure sensors capable of detecting a vacuum. The at least one O-ring may include a plurality of O-rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Ming-Tan Lee, Hung-Jui Kuo
  • Publication number: 20220336307
    Abstract: A package includes a device die, an encapsulant encapsulating the device die therein, a first plurality of through-vias penetrating through the encapsulant, a second plurality of through-vias penetrating through the encapsulant, and redistribution lines over and electrically coupling to the first plurality of through-vias. The first plurality of through-vias include an array. The second plurality of through-vias are outside of the first array, and the second plurality of through-vias are larger than the first plurality of through-vias.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hung-Jui Kuo, Tai-Min Chang, Hui-Jung Tsai, De-Yuan Lu, Ming-Tan Lee
  • Patent number: 11462622
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a memory cell may include a substrate of a first conductivity type, the substrate having first and second regions of a second conductivity type spaced apart and defining a channel region therebetween. The memory cell may further include a word line arranged over a portion of the channel region nearer to the first region, an erase gate arranged over the second region, a floating gate arranged over another portion of the channel region nearer to the second region and between the word line and the erase gate, and a coupling gate arranged over a top end of the floating gate. The floating gate includes the top end, a bottom end, a first side extending from the top end to the bottom end and facing the erase gate, and a second side extending from the top end to the bottom end and facing the word line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kian Ming Tan, Khee Yong Lim, Kiok Boone Elgin Quek
  • Patent number: 11459781
    Abstract: An above ground frame pool is disclosed including a frame assembly and a liner supported by the frame assembly. The frame assembly includes a plurality of horizontal pipes, a plurality of vertical pipes, and a plurality of T-shaped joints. The joints may lack mechanical fasteners with adjacent pipes or corresponding apertures. The joints may be one-piece or multi-piece structures. Such joints may be water-resistant and convenient to manufacture, assemble, disassemble, and store.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Intex Marketing Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Xiong Huang, Ai Ming Tan, Yaw Yuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 11443117
    Abstract: A system includes a memory having instructions therein and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive a natural language question; determine, from a chat log comprising a plurality of chat session logs, a set of chat session logs most relevant to the natural language question; determine a respective plurality of non-overlapping text spans most relevant to the natural language question within each of a respective plurality of conceptual pseudo-documents; determine a conceptual pseudo-document most relevant to the natural language question; extract a question-answer pair most relevant to the natural language question from the most relevant pseudo-document; and convey the most relevant question-answer pair to a user. Each one of the conceptual pseudo-documents corresponds to a respective one of the most relevant chat session logs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yang Yu, Ming Tan, Shasha Lin, Saloni Potdar
  • Patent number: 11436528
    Abstract: A method includes determining, based on an input data sample, a set of probabilities. Each probability of the set of probabilities is associated with a respective label of a set of labels. A particular probability associated with a particular label indicates an estimated likelihood that the input data sample is associated with the particular label. The method includes modifying the set of probabilities based on a set of adjustment factors to generate a modified set of probabilities. The set of adjustment factors is based on a first relative frequency distribution and a second relative frequency distribution. The first relative frequency distribution indicates for each label of the set of labels, a frequency of occurrence of the label among training data. The second relative frequency distribution indicates for each label of the set of labels, a frequency of occurrence of the label among post-training data provided to the trained classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Haoyu Wang, Ming Tan, Dakuo Wang, Chuang Gan, Saloni Potdar
  • Publication number: 20220275661
    Abstract: An above ground frame pool is disclosed including a frame assembly and a liner supported by the frame assembly. The frame assembly includes a plurality of horizontal pipes, a plurality of vertical pipes, and a plurality of T-shaped joints. The joints may lack mechanical fasteners with adjacent pipes or corresponding apertures. The joints may be one-piece or multi-piece structures. Such joints may be water-resistant and convenient to manufacture, assemble, disassemble, and store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Zhi Xiong Huang, Ai Ming Tan, Yaw Yuan Hsu
  • Publication number: 20220269184
    Abstract: The current disclosure describes techniques for managing vertical alignment or overlay in semiconductor manufacturing using machine learning. Alignments of interconnection features in a fan-out WLP process are evaluated and managed through the disclosed techniques. Big data and machine learning are used to train a classification that correlates the overlay error source factors with overlay metrology categories. The overlay error source factors include tool signals. The trained classification includes a base classification and a Meta classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Tzu-Cheng LIN, Chien Rhone WANG, Kewei ZUO, Ming-Tan LEE, Zi-Jheng LIU
  • Patent number: 11423227
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to implement an abnormal entity detection mechanism that facilitates detecting abnormal entities in real-time response systems through weak supervision. For each first intent from an entity labeled workspace that matches a second intent in labeled chat logs, when the entity score associated with each first entity or second entity is above a predefined significance level the first entity or the second entity is recorded. For each first intent from the entity labeled workspace that matches the second intent in the labeled chat logs: responsive to the first entity being recorded and the second entity failing to be recorded, that first entity is removed from the training data as being mistakenly included; or, responsive to the second entity being recorded and the first entity failing to be recorded, that second entity is added as a potential business case to the training data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Haode Qi, Ming Tan, Yang Yu, Navneet N. Rao, Ladislav Kunc, Saloni Potdar
  • Patent number: 11423333
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for optimizing an automated machine learning (AutoML) operation to configure parameters of a machine learning model. AutoML logic is configured based on an initial default value and initial range for sampling of a parameter of the machine learning (ML) model and an initial AutoML process is executed on the ML model based on a plurality of datasets comprising a plurality of domains of data elements, utilizing the initially configured AutoML logic. For each domain, a cross-dataset default value and cross-dataset value range are derived from results of the execution of the initial AutoML process. For each domain, an entry is stored in a data structure, the entry storing the derived cross-dataset default value and cross-dataset value range for the domain. The AutoML logic performs a subsequent AutoML process on a new dataset based on one or more entries of the data structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Haode Qi, Ming Tan, Ladislav Kunc, Saloni Potdar
  • Publication number: 20220219046
    Abstract: An apparatus for a smart gym is described herein. An electronic device includes a sensor to detect movement of a user in a workout area, at least one memory, instructions, and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to: generate a skeleton frame representative of the user in the workout area; analyze the detected movements of the user; identify a posture of the user performing an exercise; and output a signal to cause posture feedback to be displayed, the posture-analysis feedback indicative of proper form of a skeleton frame of the user when performing an exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sean Yit Loh, Yoke Ming Tan, Michelle Ching Yee Lim, Woon Soon Wong, Wei Th'ng Yew, Cheah Cheat Lee
  • Patent number: 11379710
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for personalizing machine learning models for users of an automated machine learning system, the machine learning models being generated by an automated machine learning system. The method includes obtaining a first set of datasets for training first, second, and third neural networks, inputting the training datasets to the neural networks, tuning hyperparameters for the first, second, and third neural networks for testing and training the neural networks, inputting a second set of datasets to the trained neural networks and the third neural network generating a third output data including a relevance score for each of the users for each of the machine learning models, and displaying a list of machine learning models associated with each of the users, with each of the machine learning models showing the relevance score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dakuo Wang, Chuang Gan, Ming Tan, Arunima Chaudhary, Lin Ju
  • Patent number: 11379666
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided to implement suggestion of new entity types with discriminative importance analysis. The mechanism obtains a list of predefined intents from a chatbot designer. The mechanism receives an input sentence having a target intent within the list of predefined intents. The mechanism performs intent-specific importance analysis on the input sentence to generate an importance score for each token in the input sentence. The mechanism ranks the tokens in the input sentence by importance score and outputs a token with a highest importance score as a candidate entity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Haode Qi, Ming Tan, Yang Yu, Navneet N. Rao, Saloni Potdar, Haoyu Wang
  • Patent number: 11351419
    Abstract: An apparatus for a smart gym is described herein. The smart gym includes a platform and at least one camera. The platform comprises at least a weight sensor. The at least one camera is configured to capture movements on the platform. In some cases, an exercise is identified by comparing the joint movement to a known joint movement associated with the exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Inventors: Sean Yit Loh, Yoke Ming Tan, Michelle Ching Yee Lim, Woon Soon Wong, Wei Th'ng Yew, Cheah Cheat Lee
  • Patent number: 11328221
    Abstract: A method of text classification includes generating a text embedding vector representing a text sample and applying weights of a regression layer to the text embedding vector to generate a first data model output vector. The method also includes generating a plurality of prototype embedding vectors associated with a respective classification labels and comparing the plurality of prototype embedding vectors to the text embedding vector to generate a second data model output vector. The method further includes assigning a particular classification label to the text sample based on the first data model output vector, the second data model output vector, and one or more weighting values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yang Yu, Ming Tan, Ravi Nair, Haoyu Wang, Saloni Potdar
  • Publication number: 20220140790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gallium nitride transimpedance amplifier, as an essential electronic circuit in the proton beam therapy. Because gallium nitride is more tolerant to the secondary radiation generated during the proton beam therapy, it has high reliability and increases the reliability of the overall system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Cher-Ming TAN, Vimal Kant PANDEY
  • Publication number: 20220121120
    Abstract: A photoresist apparatus and a method are provided. The photoresist apparatus includes a pre-baking apparatus. The pre-baking apparatus includes: a hot-plate, a first cover over the hot-plate, a second cover over the first cover, a first heating element extending along a topmost surface of the first cover, and a second heating element extending along a topmost surface of the second cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Hung-Jui Kuo, De-Yuan Lu, Chen-Hua Yu, Ming-Tan Lee
  • Patent number: 11308944
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for implementing an intent segmentation mechanism that segments intent boundaries for multi-intent utterances in a conversational agent. For each term of a set of terms in the utterance from a real-time chat session, a set of adversarial utterances is generated for the utterance. An influence of changing each term is determined so as to identify a term importance value. Utilizing the term importance value, one or more of a change in ranking of the intent of the utterance or a change in confidence with regard to the intent of the utterance is identified. An entropy-based segmentation of the utterance into a plurality of candidate partitions is performed. An associated intent and entropy value are then assigned. Based on a segment with minimum entropy, a call associated with the real-time chat session is directed to an operation associated with an intent of the segment with minimum entropy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Tan, Haoyu Wang, Saloni Potdar, Yang Yu, Navneet N. Rao, Haode Qi