Patents by Inventor Nan Zhao

Nan Zhao 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: 11691147
    Abstract: A digital microfluidic chip and a digital microfluidic system. The digital microfluidic chip comprises: an upper substrate and a lower substrate arranged opposite to each other; multiple driving circuits and multiple addressing circuits disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate; and a control circuit, electrically connected to the driving circuits and the addressing circuits. The control circuit is configured to apply, in a driving stage, a driving voltage to each driving circuit, such that a droplet is controlled to move inside a droplet accommodation space according to a set path, measure, in a detection stage, after a bias voltage is applied to each addressing circuit, a charge loss amount of each addressing circuit, and to determine the position of the droplet according to the charge loss amount. The charge loss amount of each addressing circuit is related to the intensity of received external light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mingyang Lv, Yue Li, Yanchen Li, Jinyu Li, Dawei Feng, Yu Zhao, Dong Wang, Wang Guo, Hailong Wang, Yue Geng, Peizhi Cai, Fengchun Pang, Le Gu, Chuncheng Che, Haochen Cui, Yingying Zhao, Nan Zhao, Yuelei Xiao, Hui Liao
  • Patent number: 11684916
    Abstract: A chip for polymerase chain reaction, a method of operating a chip for polymerase chain reaction, and a reaction device are provided. The chip includes: a sample adding region, a mixing region, a temperature cycling region in a sequential arrangement, and at least one driving unit group. The at least one driving unit group includes a plurality of driving units and is configured to drive a liquid drop to move and sequentially pass through the sample adding region, the mixing region, and the temperature cycling region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenliang Yao, Nan Zhao, Haochen Cui, Peizhi Cai, Fengchun Pang, Yue Geng, Le Gu, Yuelei Xiao, Hui Liao, Yingying Zhao, Chuncheng Che
  • Publication number: 20230179285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a design method of a high energy efficiency Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communication system assisted by an intelligent reflecting surface, and belongs to the technical field of UAV communication network energy efficiency optimization. A communication process comprises two transmission links, one link is directly sent from an information source to an information sink, and the other link is reflected and transmitted by an intelligent reflecting surface attached to a UAV. The two links exist simultaneously. Based on an idea of block iteration, an original problem is decomposed into three sub-problems, and a non-convex optimization problem is transformed into solvable concave-convex fractional program problems by a continuous convex approximation technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yuhua SU, Nan ZHAO, Xiaowei PANG, Xu JIANG, Deyue ZOU
  • Publication number: 20230075632
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing isavuconazonium sulfate. Specifically, the preparation method involved comprises: reacting a compound of formula V in the presence of a provided compound having a bisulfate ion so as to obtain isavuconazonium sulfate as shown in formula VI. The preparation method has the advantages of stable intermediate, easy separation and purification, simple operation, high reaction yield, and easy industrial production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoxia AN, Nan ZHAO, Jiayu JIN, Jingyu HU, Wenjun HU, Junjie WEI, Menglong LI
  • Patent number: 11583855
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a microfluidic structure, a microfluidic chip and a detection method. The microfluidic structure includes: a first base substrate and a second base substrate opposite to each other, an antibody area located between the first base substrate and the second base substrate and storing an enzyme-labeled first antibody, a cleaning area storing cleaning liquid, a signal substrate area storing a signal substrate solution and a detection area with a second antibody and an ion sensitive film fixed thereon, wherein all channel areas from the antibody area, the cleaning area and the signal substrate area to the detection area each have a driving electrode structure driving liquid drops to move; and the detection area has a thin film transistor connected with the ion sensitive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Liao, Yingying Zhao, Bolin Fan, Wenliang Yao, Nan Zhao, Le Gu, Yongjia Gao
  • Patent number: 11577246
    Abstract: A microfluidic device and a detection method for the microfluidic device are provided. The microfluidic device includes a driving substrate configured to drive a movement of a droplet; and a position detector configured to detect a position of the droplet on the driving substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Le Gu, Peizhi Cai, Fengchun Pang, Yue Geng, Yingying Zhao, Haochen Cui, Yuelei Xiao, Hui Liao, Wenliang Yao, Nan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230037617
    Abstract: A chip is mounted on a surface of the substrate, and the thermally conductive cover is disposed on a side that is of the chip and that is away from the substrate. There is a filling area on a surface that is of the thermally conductive cover and that faces the substrate, and the filling area is opposite to the chip. There is an accommodation cavity whose opening faces the substrate in the filling area. A thermal interface material layer is filled between the chip and a bottom surface of the accommodation cavity. Between an opening edge of the accommodation cavity and the substrate, there is a first gap connected to the accommodation cavity. The filling material encircles a side surface of the thermal interface material layer, so that the filling material separates the side surface of the thermal interface material layer from air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jiantao ZHENG, Nan ZHAO, Shanghsuan CHIANG, Yu JIANG, Jianbiao LU, Yiwei REN
  • Patent number: 11559606
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for tissue regeneration of the present invention include a biocompatible porous composite of a decellularized tissue and an aptamer-functionalized hydrogel, wherein the aptamers of the aptamer-functionalized hydrogel specifically and reversibly bind to an active agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Xiaolong Zhang, Nan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230011020
    Abstract: A method of monitoring performance of a building system to control ambient conditions within the interior of a structure including: detecting a physiological condition of an individual within the interior of the structure; detecting an ambient condition within the interior of the structure; determining a user activity that is assigned to an area within the interior of the structure where the individual is located; and determining a wellness performance score of the area in response to at least the physiological condition, the ambient condition, and the user activity that is assigned to an area within the interior of the structure where the individual is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Nan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20220371730
    Abstract: A design method of a high energy efficiency unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) green data acquisition system belongs to the technical field of data acquisition and optimization for UAV uplink communication. Firstly, a system optimization objective is constructed; and in a uplink communication network of a single UAV and ground sensors, the UAV receives data periodically. Secondly, according to a constructed optimization problem, the optimization objective is maximization of EE({W},{t},{S}). Finally, an original problem is decomposed into two approximate concave-convex fractional sub-problem based on a block coordinate descent method and a successive convex approximation technique to obtain a suboptimal solution; an overall iterative algorithm is proposed: in each iteration, by solving the sub-problems, wake-up scheduling S, time slot t and UAV trajectory W are alternately optimized. The solution obtained in each iteration is used as the input of next iteration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tianhao WANG, Nan ZHAO, Xiaowei PANG, Deyue ZOU, Bingcai CHEN
  • Patent number: 11498068
    Abstract: A microfluidic device, a microfluidic detection assembly and a detection method for the microfluidic device. The microfluidic device includes a first substrate and a second substrate; the first substrate and the second substrate are oppositely arranged to define a channel between the first substrate and the second substrate, the channel is configured for liquid to flow, the first substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of control assemblies which are arranged on the base substrate along an extending direction of the channel, each of the plurality of control assemblies includes: a first electrode, a second electrode and a plurality of coils, and the first electrode is configured to input currents into the plurality of coils, and the plurality of coils are connected in parallel to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenliang Yao, Haochen Cui, Peizhi Cai, Yuelei Xiao, Fengchun Pang, Yue Geng, Le Gu, Nan Zhao, Hui Liao, Yingying Zhao, Chuncheng Che
  • Patent number: 11487160
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light adjusting glass, including a light transmitting substrate and a light adjusting functional layer, where the light transmitting substrate includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed opposite to each other, the light adjusting functional layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the light adjusting functional layer includes at least two liquid crystal cells; the liquid crystal cells are disposed in a laminated mode, and each of the liquid crystal cells has a liquid crystal layer including dye liquid crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuelei Xiao, Yue Li, Xiaojuan Wu, Nan Zhao
  • Publication number: 20220341925
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a digital microfluidic chemiluminescence detection chip, a detection method and a detection device. The digital microfluidic chemiluminescence detection chip includes a first baseplate and a second baseplate disposed oppositely. A cavity formed by the first and second baseplate includes a mixing and incubating area for combining an antigen, a magnetic particle antibody and an antibody, a luminescence detection area for chemiluminescence and detecting an optical signal, and a communication path for communicating the mixing and incubating area and the luminescence detection area. The first baseplate is provided with a drive array for driving sample solution to move and an optical sensing array for acquiring a luminescence signal of the sample solution. The drive array corresponds to positions of the mixing and incubating area, the luminescence detection area and the communication path. The optical sensing array corresponds to a position of the luminescence detection area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yue LI, Wenliang YAO, Nan ZHAO, Yongjia GAO, Bolin FAN, Le GU, Hui LIAO, Yingying ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20220323897
    Abstract: The apparatus includes one or more cylindrical housings connected to one another, a jacket on an outer side of a housing, an inner cylinder disposed at least in an interior of a first cylindrical housing, a heat insulation gasket, inner members, a corrosive high temperature gas inlet disposed on the heat insulation gasket, a gas and liquid phase outlet disposed at a bottom of the housing or a bottom of a last housing and a coolant inlet and outlet connected to an interior of the jacket. The heat insulation gasket seals the first cylindrical housing and a top of the inner cylinder in the interior of the first cylindrical housing. The inner members are distributed along a wall of the housing, communicate an interior of the jacket with an interior of the housing, and distribute a liquid in the interior of the jacket to the interior of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Mingyan SONG, Yifeng CHEN, Xiaofei QIAO, Changhao KE, Jingkui WANG, Haibing JIA, Nan ZHAO, Jinke JIANG, Peng LIU, Tianyong YU, Yan SONG, Zaigang YANG, Wuxi LUO, Changbao XU, Junxian LIU, Jianmao GUO
  • Publication number: 20220278056
    Abstract: A chip package includes a substrate, a first die, a second die, and a beam structure. The first die and the second die are disposed on a side of the substrate and are electrically connected to the substrate. The beam structure is disposed between the first die and the second die. A first end of the beam structure is stacked with and fixedly connected to a part of the first die, a second end is stacked with and fixedly connected to a part of the second die, and the beam structure is insulated from and connected to the first die and the second die. A thermal expansion coefficient of the beam structure is less than a thermal expansion coefficient of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nan ZHAO, Chunghsuan TSAI, Shanghsuan CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20220237759
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optimal electron beam metrology guidance are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, the method may include receiving an acquired image of a sample, determining a set of image parameters based on an analysis of the acquired image, determining a set of model parameters based on the set of image parameters, generating a set of simulated images based on the set of model parameters. The method may further comprise performing measurement of critical dimensions on the set of simulated images and comparing critical dimension measurements with the set of model parameters to provide a set of guidance parameters based on comparison of information from the set of simulated images and the set of model parameters. The method may further comprise receiving auxiliary information associated with target parameters including critical dimension uniformity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Lingling PU, Wei FANG, Nan ZHAO, Wentian ZHOU, Teng WANG, Ming XU
  • Patent number: 11383238
    Abstract: A microfluidic apparatus is provided. The microfluidic apparatus includes an electrochromic layer including a plurality of individually independently addressable regions; a microfluidic layer defining a microfluidic channel for allowing a microfluid to pass therethrough; and a plurality of photodetectors configured to detect light transmit through the microfluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nan Zhao, Peizhi Cai, Haochen Cui, Yuelei Xiao, Fengchun Pang, Le Gu, Yingying Zhao, Hui Liao, Yue Geng, Wenliang Yao
  • Patent number: 11351547
    Abstract: Micro-fluidic chip comprises substrate and plurality of driving circuits on substrate, each of plurality of driving circuits comprising: driving electrode comprising first electrode plate and second electrode plate made of different materials on substrate, first electrode plate being electrically coupled to second electrode plate; and detecting sub-circuit comprising first signal terminal electrically coupled to first electrode plate and second signal terminal electrically coupled to second electrode plate, wherein micro-fluidic chip further comprises: voltage supply sub-circuit configured to supply driving voltage to first signal terminal to control droplet to move toward driving circuit during droplet driving stage, and configured to supply constant voltage to first signal terminal, during temperature detecting stage, and wherein detecting sub-circuit is configured to measure voltage difference between first signal terminal and second signal terminal, and obtain temperature of droplet on second electrode pl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Geng, Peizhi Cai, Fengchun Pang, Le Gu, Chuncheng Che, Nan Zhao
  • Patent number: 11344889
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a microfluidic chip. The microfluidic chip may include a substrate. The substrate may include an electrode layer on a base substrate, a dielectric layer on the electrode layer, and a lyophobic layer on the dielectric layer. The electrode layer may include a plurality of electrode units. Each of the plurality of electrode units may be configured to realize both droplet detection and droplet driving in response to a detection signal and a driving signal respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haochen Cui, Peizhi Cai, Chuncheng Che, Fengchun Pang, Yingying Zhao, Yue Geng, Le Gu, Nan Zhao, Yuelei Xiao, Hui Liao
  • Patent number: 11344891
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microfluidic chip, including: first base substrate and a second base substrate opposite to each other; first electrode and second electrode between the first base substrate and the second base substrate and configured to control droplet to move between the first base substrate and the second base substrate according to voltages applied on the first electrode and the second electrode; light guide component configured to guide light propagating in the first base substrate to the droplet; shading component and detection component, shading component having light transmission regions spaced from each other, light transmission regions being configured to transmit light passing through the droplet to the detection component, wherein detection component is on second base substrate and is configured to obtain property of the droplet according to an intensity of the light passing through droplet and received from the light transmission regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingying Zhao, Peizhi Cai, Le Gu, Fengchun Pang, Yue Geng, Yuelei Xiao, Haochen Cui, Nan Zhao, Hui Liao, Wenliang Yao, Chuncheng Che