Patents by Inventor Ming-Wei Tsai

Ming-Wei Tsai 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: 9633920
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a structure and method of forming a low damage passivation layer for III-V HEMT devices. In some embodiments, the structure has a bulk buffer layer disposed over a substrate and a device layer of III-V material disposed over the bulk buffer layer. A source region, a drain region and a gate region are disposed above the device layer. The gate region comprises a gate electrode overlying a gate separation layer. A bulk passivation layer is arranged over the device layer, and an interfacial layer of III-V material is disposed between the bulk passivation layer and the device layer in such a way that the source region, the drain region and the gate region extend through the bulk passivation layer and the interfacial layer, to abut the device layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Chin Chiu, Cheng-Yuan Tsai, Ming-Wei Tsai, Yao-Wen Chang, Wen-Yuan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9601608
    Abstract: A high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device employing a gate protection layer is provided. A substrate has a channel layer arranged over the substrate and has a barrier layer arranged over the channel layer. The channel and barrier layers define a heterojunction, and a gate structure is arranged over a gate region of the barrier layer. The gate structure includes a gate arranged over a cap, where the cap is disposed on the barrier layer. The gate protection layer is arranged along sidewalls of the cap and arranged below the gate between opposing surfaces of the gate and the cap. Advantageously, the gate protection layer passivates the gate, reduces leakage current along sidewalls of the cap, and improves device reliability and threshold voltage uniformity. A method for manufacturing the HEMT device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Wei Tsai, King-Yuen Wong, Han-Chin Chiu, Sheng-de Liu
  • Patent number: 9484418
    Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first GaN field effect transistor, a second GaN field effect transistor, and a GaN diode. The first GaN field effect transistor is disposed on or above the substrate, and the first GaN field effect transistor is a depletion mode field effect transistor. The second GaN field effect transistor is disposed on or above the substrate, and the second GaN field effect transistor is an enhancement mode field effect transistor. The GaN diode is disposed on or above the substrate. The first GaN field effect transistor, the second GaN field effect transistor, and the GaN diode are disposed on or above a same side of the substrate and electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chi-Hsing Huang, Ming-Wei Tsai, Ching-Chuan Shiue, Po-Chin Chuang
  • Publication number: 20160240646
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a structure and method of forming a low damage passivation layer for III-V HEMT devices. In some embodiments, the structure has a bulk buffer layer disposed over a substrate and a device layer of III-V material disposed over the bulk buffer layer. A source region, a drain region and a gate region are disposed above the device layer. The gate region comprises a gate electrode overlying a gate separation layer. A bulk passivation layer is arranged over the device layer, and an interfacial layer of III-V material is disposed between the bulk passivation layer and the device layer in such a way that the source region, the drain region and the gate region extend through the bulk passivation layer and the interfacial layer, to abut the device layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Han-Chin Chiu, Cheng-Yuan Tsai, Ming-Wei Tsai, Yao-Wen Chang, Wen-Yuan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9410370
    Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides an electric curtain. The electric curtain includes a sunlight detector for obtaining light information of sunlight and a light modulation device capable of receiving the sunlight and for adjusting an emergent angle of the sunlight to refract the sunlight to a ceiling of a room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng Wang, Ming-Wei Tsai, Keh-Su Chang, Rong-Chang Liang
  • Patent number: 9360678
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a light modulating module attached on a display side of a reflective display apparatus, including: a light source portion capable of providing an illumination light beam, wherein the illumination light beam is capable of being transmitted to the reflective display apparatus, and the reflective display apparatus is adapted to reflect the illumination light beam to generate an image light beam; and an image light modulating device is disposed above the reflective display apparatus and disposed in a light path of the image light beam, wherein the image light modulating device is capable of modulating a direction and/or a polarization state of the image light beam, and the image light beam is emitted to either a left or right eye of a viewer to form an autostereoscopic image perceivable to the viewer after the image light beam passes through the image light modulating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng Wang, Ming-Wei Tsai, Keh-Su Chang, Rong-Chang Liang
  • Publication number: 20160141404
    Abstract: A high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT) device employing a gate protection layer is provided. A substrate has a channel layer arranged over the substrate and has a barrier layer arranged over the channel layer. The channel and barrier layers define a heterojunction, and a gate structure is arranged over a gate region of the barrier layer. The gate structure includes a gate arranged over a cap, where the cap is disposed on the barrier layer. The gate protection layer is arranged along sidewalls of the cap and arranged below the gate between opposing surfaces of the gate and the cap. Advantageously, the gate protection layer passivates the gate, reduces leakage current along sidewalls of the cap, and improves device reliability and threshold voltage uniformity. A method for manufacturing the HEMT device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Ming-Wei Tsai, King-Yuen Wong, Han-Chin Chiu, Sheng-de Liu
  • Patent number: 9322213
    Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a display with an adjustable focus mechanism. The display with an adjustable focus mechanism includes a display panel for emitting a plurality of rays to form an image; a light modulation device for receiving the rays from the display panel and adjusting an emergent angle of each ray; and a controller for providing a control signal to drive the light modulation device by estimating the emergent angle of the each of the rays according to an eyesight data of a user and a distance between the user and the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng Wang, Ming-Wei Tsai, Keh-Su Chang, Rong-Chang Liang
  • Publication number: 20160058645
    Abstract: A breast massage device includes a main body; a drive unit installed within the main body; and a massage disk mounted on the main body and electrically coupled with the drive unit so as to be driven rotatably thereby, the massage disk having an external surface that is used for covering a breast and that is contoured to possess at least two arcuated areas extending in an asymmetric inclination manner relative to each other, and a plurality of massage elements mounted rotatably on the arcuated areas such that the massage elements are rotatable relative to the external surface upon activation of the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventor: Ming-Wei Tsai
  • Patent number: 9201247
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display apparatus, including a display device displaying right-eye images and left-eye images. A light-modulating device attached to the display device; and a temperature sensor monitoring the light-modulating device temperature. The light-modulating device deflects the right-eye and left-eye images to an observer's right and left eyes respectively without a temperature variation in the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng Wang, Ching-Tung Hsu, Yen-I Chou, Chia-Yen Lee, Meng-Han Liu, Ming-Wei Tsai
  • Publication number: 20150185502
    Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides a display with an adjustable focus mechanism. The display with an adjustable focus mechanism includes a display panel for emitting a plurality of rays to form an image; a light modulation device for receiving the rays from the display panel and adjusting an emergent angle of each ray; and a controller for providing a control signal to drive the light modulation device by estimating the emergent angle of the each of the rays according to an eyesight data of a user and a distance between the user and the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng WANG, Ming-Wei TSAI, Keh-Su CHANG, Rong-Chang LIANG
  • Publication number: 20150184459
    Abstract: An aspect of the invention provides an electric curtain. The electric curtain includes a sunlight detector for obtaining light information of sunlight and a light modulation device capable of receiving the sunlight and for adjusting an emergent angle of the sunlight to refract the sunlight to a ceiling of a room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng WANG, Ming-Wei TSAI, Keh-Su CHANG, Rong-Chang LIANG
  • Publication number: 20150123170
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high electron mobility transistor compatible power lateral field-effect rectifier (L-FER) device. In some embodiments, the rectifier device has an electron supply layer located over a layer of semiconductor material at a position between an anode terminal and a cathode terminal. A layer of doped III-N semiconductor material is disposed over the electron supply layer. A passivation layer is located over the electron supply layer and the layer of doped III-N semiconductor material. A gate structure is disposed over the layer of doped III-N semiconductor material and the passivation layer. The layer of doped III-N semiconductor material modulates the threshold voltage of the rectifier device, while the passivation layer improves reliability of the L-FER device by mitigating current degradation due to high-temperature reverse bias (HTRB) stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: King-Yuen Wong, Ming-Wei Tsai, Han-Chin Chiu
  • Patent number: 9006642
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provides a focus adjustable apparatus adapted to be disposed on a transparent substrate to modulate a plurality of rays passing through the transparent substrate. The focus adjustable apparatus includes a light modulation device, an eye tracking device, an eyesight status device and a controller. The light modulation device receives the rays from the transparent substrate and adjusts an emergent angle of each ray. The eye tracking device tracks a position of a user and estimates a distance between the user and the focus adjustable apparatus. The eyesight status device obtains an eyesight data of the user. The controller provides a control signal to drive the light modulation device by estimating the emergent angle of the each ray according to the distance between the user and the focus adjustable apparatus and the eyesight data of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng Wang, Ming-Wei Tsai, Keh-Su Chang, Rong-Chang Liang
  • Patent number: 8952996
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image display system for multi-viewing, including a display device for displaying right-eye images and left-eye images. A system controller is electrically connected to the display device and a light modulating device. A motion sensor, in response to a control signal from the system controller, is utilized for determining the positions of the eyes of a viewer. A processor, in response to one or more image signals from the motion sensor, provides the system controller with the positions. The light modulating device is utilized for spatially or angularly deflecting the right-eye images to the right eye of the viewer and for spatially or angularly deflecting the left-eye images to the left eye of the viewer in accordance with the positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng Wang, Ming-Wei Tsai, Keh-Su Chang, Rong-Chang Liang
  • Publication number: 20140300838
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a light modulating module attached on a display side of a reflective display apparatus, including: a light source portion capable of providing an illumination light beam, wherein the illumination light beam is capable of being transmitted to the reflective display apparatus, and the reflective display apparatus is adapted to reflect the illumination light beam to generate an image light beam; and an image light modulating device is disposed above the reflective display apparatus and disposed in a light path of the image light beam, wherein the image light modulating device is capable of modulating a direction and/or a polarization state of the image light beam, and the image light beam is emitted to either a left or right eye of a viewer to form an autostereoscopic image perceivable to the viewer after the image light beam passes through the image light modulating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yeong-Feng WANG, Ming-Wei TSAI, Keh-Su CHANG, Rong-Chang LIANG
  • Patent number: 8845563
    Abstract: A massage device includes an outer housing, a first transmission mechanism, a second transmission mechanism, a massage seat and at least one massage unit. The first transmission mechanism drives the massage seat to reciprocate moving in the outer housing. The massage unit includes a sway arm having a hole at a center thereof to receive a sway wheel. One of side surfaces of the sway wheel is slanted. The second transmission mechanism drives the sway wheel to rotate and the slanted side surface of the sway wheel presses against the sway arm, thereby driving the sway arm to sway. Massage members are disposed on a top of the sway arm. Through reciprocating movement of the massage seat, swaying of the sway arm and spinning of the massage members, the massage device provides reciprocating pressing and kneading massages on a user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Inventor: Ming-Wei Tsai
  • Patent number: 8777881
    Abstract: A handheld massage device includes an actuator mechanism and a massage unit received in an outer housing. The actuator includes a motor, a bearing and a tilting piece having a first shaft coupled with the motor and a second shaft fitted into the bearing. The crank-shaped first and second shafts do not lie on a straight line. The massage unit has a base plate and massage elements mounted on the base plate. The massage elements protrude from one end of the outer housing. The bearing is fitted in the base plate. Because the first and second shafts form an angle therebetween, the base plate is tilted and swings like a conical pendulum. Therefore, the massage elements on the base plate move back and forth along a direction of an axle of the motor, thereby providing kneading and percussion massages on the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventor: Ming-Wei Tsai
  • Patent number: 8773744
    Abstract: A 3D image display system with high resolution is disclosed. The system may deflect left and right eye images to a left and right eye of a viewer, respectively. As such, the viewer can see 3D images. With a time-sharing mode, all of electronically switchable light modulating cells are configured to modulate all of the images deflected to the left eye of the viewer during a first period, and modulate all of the images to the right eye of the viewer during a second period, and the first period and the second period are alternate periods. Alternatively, a part of the electronically switchable light modulating cells are configured to modulate left eye images deflected to the left eye of the viewer, and another part of the electronically switchable light modulating cells are configured to modulate right eye images to the right eye of the viewer during the same period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rong-Chang Liang, Ming-Wei Tsai, Ming-Hai Chang, Ching-Tung Hsu, Chia-Yen Lee, Keh-Su Chang
  • Publication number: 20140185126
    Abstract: An electrowetting cell includes first and second substrates, a spacer, first and second electrodes, a dielectric layer, and a medium. The spacer is disposed between the first and second substrates to substrate define a compartment. The first and second electrodes are disposed on the first and second substrates respectively. The dielectric layer is formed on the first electrode. The medium is filled in the compartment and deformed in accordance with an electric potential difference between the first and second electrodes. One of the first and second electrodes is applied by a driving signal. The driving signal is divided into a plurality of driving sections in a first time period. A first driving section is changed between first and second threshold voltage levels, and a horizontal voltage level is inserted into the first driving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC
    Inventors: Rong-Chang LIANG, Ching-Tung HSU, Yeong-Feng WANG, Ming-Wei TSAI, Chia-Yen LEE, Meng-Han LIU, Yen-I CHOU