Patents by Inventor Ning Chen

Ning Chen 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: 10825933
    Abstract: Present disclosure provides gate-all-around structure including a semiconductor fin having a top surface, a first nanowire over the top surface, a first space between the top surface and the first nanowire, an Nth nanowire and an (N+1)th nanowire over the first nanowire, and a second space between the Nth nanowire and the (N+1)th nanowire. The first space is greater than the second space. Present disclosure also provides a method for manufacturing the gate-all-around structure described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng-Hsuan Hsiao, Wei-Sheng Yun, Winnie Victoria Wei-Ning Chen, Tung Ying Lee, Ling-Yen Yeh
  • Patent number: 10817085
    Abstract: An active stylus pen comprises a touch component and a pressure sensing module. One end of the touch component is disposed at a nib part of the active stylus pen, wherein the touch component is configured to receive an external pressure. The pressure sensing module is connected to the touch component, wherein the pressure sensing module is configured to generate an oscillation signal, wherein the oscillation signal has a first frequency when the touch component receives the external pressure and the external pressure reaches a first threshold value, and wherein the oscillation signal is adjusted to have a second frequency when the touch component receives the external pressure and the external pressure does not reach the first threshold value; wherein a difference of the first frequency and the second frequency is larger than a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SILICON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Keng-Nan Chen, Chia-Yi Chu, Han-Ning Chen, Wen-Chi Lin, Hui-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20200321591
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery includes: a casing including a receiving cavity having an opening; a top cover assembly, and an electrode assembly disposed in the receiving cavity, wherein the electrode assembly includes two end faces disposed opposite to each other in a first direction perpendicular to a depth direction of the receiving cavity, a lug extending from each end face; the lug is a layered structure and has a redundant section near the end face and a connecting section connected to the redundant section; the current collecting member includes a current collecting portion fixedly connected to the connecting section. The lug of the secondary battery of the embodiment of the present invention has the redundant section, which can effectively buffer the movement and reduce the possibility that the lug is torn or broken due to an excessive tensile stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Dongyang Shi, Yuanbao Chen, Haizu Jin, Zhenhua Li, Ning Chen, Fei Hu, Tian Wu
  • Publication number: 20200321336
    Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes removing a first portion of a substrate to form a recess in the substrate. The method includes forming an epitaxy layer in the recess. The epitaxy layer and the substrate are made of different semiconductor materials. The method includes forming a stacked structure of a plurality of first semiconductor layers and a plurality of second semiconductor layers alternately stacked over the substrate and the epitaxy layer. The method includes removing a second portion of the stacked structure and a third portion of the epitaxy layer to form trenches passing through the stacked structure and extending into the epitaxy layer, The stacked structure is divided into a first fin element and a second fin element by the trenches, and the first fin element and the second fin element are over the substrate and the epitaxy layer respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Winnie Victoria Wei-Ning CHEN, Meng-Hsuan HSIAO, Tung-Ying LEE, Pang-Yen TSAI, Yasutoshi OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20200295317
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a secondary battery, a battery module and a vehicle. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a case and a cap assembly. The case has an accommodating cavity, and the electrode assembly is accommodated in the accommodating cavity. The electrode assembly includes electrode units, and the electrode units are stacked in an axial direction of the accommodating cavity. The cap assembly includes a cap plate and an insulating member provided at an inner side of the cap plate, the cap plate is connected with the case, and the insulating member is positioned at a side of the electrode assembly in the axial direction. The insulating member is provided with a first surface at a side close to the electrode assembly, and the first surface is a flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Fei HU, Dongyang Shi, Haizu Jin, Zhenhua Li, Ning Chen, Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang
  • Publication number: 20200292380
    Abstract: A light sensor having an adaptively controlled gain includes a photoelectric element, an operational amplifier, a comparator, an adaptive gain control circuit, a variable capacitor and a pulse accumulator circuit. The photoelectric element converts light energy into a photocurrent. The operational amplifier outputs an error amplified signal based on a gain multiplied by a voltage difference between an input voltage and a reference voltage. The comparator compares the error amplified signal with a voltage of a reference voltage source to output a comparison signal. The adaptive gain control circuit includes a pulse detector circuit and a gain control circuit. The pulse detector circuit detects the comparison signal and a clock signal to output a pulse detected signal. The adaptive gain control circuit outputs a capacitance modulating signal according to the pulse detected signal. A capacitance of the variable capacitor is modulated according to the capacitance modulating signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventor: CHIH-NING CHEN
  • Publication number: 20200293265
    Abstract: A device for detecting an audio interface includes a processing unit, a first audio interface transmitting circuit, and a second audio interface transmitting circuit. The processing unit is utilized to generate a clock signal and a word select (WS) signal. The first audio interface transmitting circuit is utilized to generate a first audio data according to the clock signal. The second audio interface transmitting circuit is utilized to generate a second audio data according to the clock signal and the WS signal. The processing unit switches to the first audio interface transmitting circuit if a voltage potential of the WS signal remains at a high voltage level or remains at a low voltage level longer than a predetermined period. The processing unit switches to the second audio interface transmitting circuit if the voltage potential of the WS signal changes during the predetermined period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Han-Ning Chen, Chien-Yu CHIANG, Wen-Chi LIN
  • Patent number: 10770912
    Abstract: A charging device and a control method thereof are provided. The charging device includes an adapter, an energy storage unit and a charging module. The adapter provides an adapter current. The charging module receives the adapter current and provides a first charging current to charge the energy storage unit, or an output current to charge an electronic device. When the input current is larger than a first preset current and the first charging current is equal to or less than a third preset current, the charging module operates in a boost mode, such that the energy storage unit provides a second charging current to the charging module. When the second charging current is larger than the third preset current, the charging module enters a buck mode such that the energy storage unit is charged by the first charging current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ANPEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Ning Chen, Chih-Heng Su
  • Patent number: 10771070
    Abstract: A low voltage inverter-based amplifier includes a first inverter-based amplification module, a second inverter-based amplification module, an inverter-based feedforward module, and an inverter-based common mode detector. The first inverter-based amplification module receives an input signal. The second inverter-based amplification module receives the input signal through the inverter-based feedforward module, and receives a first output signal from the first inverter-based amplification module. The inverter-based common mode detector receives an amplified signal from the second inverter-based amplification module, and outputs a feedback signal to the second inverter-based amplification module. Since the first and the second inverter-based amplification modules are both inverter-based, the supply voltage of the low voltage inverter-based amplifier is provided to supply one PMOS and one NMOS for normal operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KAIKUTEK INC.
    Inventors: Pang-Ning Chen, Chen-Lun Lin, Ying-Chia Chen, Wei-Jyun Wang, Mike Chun-Hung Wang
  • Patent number: 10761739
    Abstract: A memory sub-system performs a first wear leveling operation among a plurality of individual data units of the memory component after a first interval and performs a second wear leveling operation among a first plurality of groups of data units of the memory component after a second interval, wherein a first group of the first plurality of groups comprises the plurality of individual data units. The memory sub-system further performs a third wear leveling operation among a second plurality of groups of data units of the memory component after a third interval, wherein a second group of the second plurality of groups comprises the first plurality of groups of data units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying Yu Tai, Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu
  • Patent number: 10736883
    Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II), pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, stereoisomers of any of the foregoing, or mixtures thereof are agonists of the APJ Receptor and have use in treating cardiovascular and other conditions. Compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) have the following structures: (I); (II). Intermediates (V) are also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Brown, Ning Chen, Xiaoqi Chen, Yinhong Chen, Alan C. Cheng, Richard V. Connors, Jeffrey Deignan, Paul John Dransfield, Xiaohui Du, Zice Fu, James S. Harvey, Julie Anne Heath, Lars V. Heumann, Jonathan Houze, Frank Kayser, Aarif Yusuf Khakoo, David j. Kopecky, Su-Jen Lai, Zhihua Ma, Julio C. Medina, Jeffrey T. Mihalic, Steven H. Olson, Vatee Pattaropong, Gayathri Swaminath, Xiaodong Wang, Malgorzata Wanska, Wen-Chen Yeh
  • Patent number: 10727677
    Abstract: A fast charging circuit includes a switching charger and a first bypass charging circuit. The input end of the switching charger receives an input voltage, and the output end of the switching charger is coupled to a battery through a first switch and is coupled to a system terminal. The first bypass charging circuit includes a second switch between its input end and output end. The input end of the first bypass charging circuit receives the input voltage, and the output end of the first bypass charging circuit is coupled to the system terminal through the first switch and is coupled to the battery. When the voltage of the battery is low, the first switch is turned on and the second switch is turned off, but when the voltage of the battery is high, the second switch and the third switch are turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: APNEC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chih-Ning Chen
  • Publication number: 20200235370
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises a casing, which includes a receiving hole having an opening; a top cover assembly, which includes a top cover plate connected to the casing to close the opening; an electrode assembly disposed within the receiving hole, the electrode assembly has an dimension of 0.01 mm to 1000 mm in an axial direction of the receiving hole, the electrode assembly includes two end faces opposed to each other in a first direction perpendicular to the axial direction and tabs extending from the end faces, the electrode assembly includes two or more electrode units laminated in the axial direction, and in a second direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the first direction, the dimension of the tab is smaller than the dimension of the end face; and a current collecting member electrically connected to the tab.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Ning CHEN, Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Zhenhua Li, Yuanbao Chen, Rui Yang, Fei Hu
  • Publication number: 20200231601
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a class of compounds useful for the modulation of beta-secretase enzyme (BACE) activity. The compounds have a general Formula I: wherein variables A, X, R2, R2?, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 of Formula I are defined herein. This disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and uses of the compounds and compositions for treatment of disorders and/or conditions related to A? plaque formation and deposition, resulting from the biological activity of BACE. Such BACE mediated disorders include, for example, Alzheimer's Disease, cognitive deficits, cognitive impairments, and other central nervous system conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer R. ALLEN, Matthew P. BOURBEAU, James A. BROWN, Ning CHEN, Michael J. FROHN, Zice FU, Longbin LIU, Qingyian LIU, Liping H. PETTUS, Wenyuan QIAN, Corey REEVES, Aaron C. SIEGMUND
  • Publication number: 20200235981
    Abstract: A method for use in a Simple Network Management Protocol (“SNMP”) computing environment includes: receiving a SNMP request for data; parsing the received SNMP request; and constructing a binary tree from the parsed SNMP request, the binary tree comprising a plurality of type-length-value nodes. In the type-length value nodes the length value of each non-leaf node is the summation of the length values of all the child nodes below the non-leaf node; and the length value of each leaf node is the length of the data requested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Dennis Tseng, Min-Lin Lu, Jason Chuang, Yi-Ning Chen
  • Patent number: 10707879
    Abstract: A frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar system includes a waveform generator, a delta-sigma modulation circuit, a voltage controlled oscillator, a frequency divider circuit, a control circuit, an injection locked oscillator, a power amplifier circuit, a first power detection circuit, a second power detection circuit, a third power detection circuit, and a calibration engine circuit. The waveform generator, the delta-sigma modulation circuit, the voltage controlled oscillator, the frequency divider circuit, and the control circuit form a phase locked loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: KaiKuTek INC.
    Inventors: Mike Chun Hung Wang, Pang-Ning Chen, Chen-Lun Lin, Ying-Chia Chen, Wei-Jyun Wang
  • Publication number: 20200207766
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using KRAS G12C inhibitors. These methods of using the inhibitors are useful for treating a number of disorders, including pancreatic, colorectal, and lung cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Alan LANMAN, Shon BOOKER, Clifford GOODMAN, Anthony B. REED, Jonathan D. LOW, Hui-Ling WANG, Ning CHEN, Ana Elena MINATTI, Ryan WURZ, Victor J. CEE
  • Publication number: 20200212412
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module comprises two or more secondary batteries arranged side by side in a first direction, each of which includes a case, an electrode assembly and a closing portion, wherein the case has a receiving hole comprising an opening and extending in a second direction, and the first direction intersects with the second direction, wherein the closing portion is sealingly connected with the case to close the opening, the electrode assembly is disposed in the receiving hole and includes two or more electrode units, the electrode unit includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate and a separator, and the two or more electrode units are stacked in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Zhenhua Li, Xingdi Chen, Ning Chen, Fei Hu
  • Publication number: 20200212406
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises: a case comprising a receiving hole having an opening; a cap assembly connected with the case to close the opening; an electrode assembly disposed in the receiving hole, wherein the electrode assembly comprises two end surfaces opposite to each other in a first direction and tabs extending from respective end surfaces, and there are two or more electrode assemblies stacked in the axial direction; and a current collector comprising an extending portion and a current collecting portion connected to the tab, wherein the extending portion extends in the axial direction, the current collecting portion comprises a connecting end extending in a second direction perpendicular to both the axial direction and the first direction, and is connected to an end of the extending portion away from the cap assembly through the connecting end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Haizu JIN, Dongyang SHI, Ning CHEN, Zhenhua LI
  • Publication number: 20200212411
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery comprises a case, comprising a base plate and a side plate connected with the base plate, wherein the base plate and the side plate form a receiving hole and an opening in communication with the receiving hole, the opening is arranged opposite to the base plate in an axial direction of the receiving hole, and the base plate has a thickness larger than that of the side plate; a cap assembly, sealingly connected with the side plate to close the opening; and an electrode assembly, disposed in the receiving hole and comprising two or more electrode units, which are stacked in the axial direction, and each electrode unit is arranged with a wide side opposite to the base plate and a narrow side toward the side plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Haizu Jin, Dongyang Shi, Zhenhua Li, Ning Chen, Yuanbao Chen