Patents by Inventor Sheng-Wen Chen

Sheng-Wen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240050948
    Abstract: A contactless selection device, a light sensing structure thereof, and a biological particle selection apparatus are provided. The light sensing structure includes a substrate, an insulating layer, an electrode layer, and a photoelectric layer, the latter two of which are respectively formed on two opposite sides of the substrate. The photoelectric layer includes a plurality of collector regions, a plurality of base regions respectively formed in the collector regions, and a plurality of emitter regions that are respectively formed in the base regions. Each of the emitter regions includes a plurality of emitter pads formed in the corresponding base region. Each of the base regions, the corresponding collector region, and the corresponding emitter region are jointly formed as a vertical transistor. The insulating layer covers and separates the vertical transistors and an end of each of the emitter pads is exposed from the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Chung-Er Huang, Sheng-Wen Chen, Hsin-Cheng Ho
  • Patent number: 11886263
    Abstract: A signal re-driving device, a data storage system and a mode control method are provided. The method includes the following steps. A first signal is received via a receiving circuit of the signal re-driving device. An analog signal feature is detected the receiving circuit. A first mode is entered according to the analog signal feature. The first signal is modulated and a second signal is outputted in the first mode. The second signal is sent via a sending circuit of the signal re-driving device. A digital signal feature is detected via the receiving circuit. And, the first mode is switched to a second mode according to the digital signal feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Po-Jung Chou, Sheng-Wen Chen, Chung-Kuang Chen
  • Publication number: 20230226558
    Abstract: A contactless selection device, a light triggering structure thereof, and a biological particle selection apparatus are provided. The light triggering structure includes a first substrate, a first electrode layer formed on the first substrate, a photodiode layer formed on the first electrode layer, and an insulating layer that covers the photodiode layer. The photodiode layer has a thickness within a range from 1 µm to 3 µm, and includes a first doped layer, an I-type layer, and a second doped layer, which are sequentially stacked from the first electrode layer. The second doped layer includes a plurality of triggering pads spaced apart from each other. Each of the triggering pads has a width within a range from 3 µm to 7 µm, and a distance between any two of the triggering pads adjacent to each other is less than or equal to 2 µm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Chung-Er Huang, Sheng-Wen Chen, Hsin-Cheng Ho
  • Patent number: 11630048
    Abstract: A quasi-soft catcher, a quasi-soft capture device, and a method for using the same are provided. The quasi-soft catcher includes a base and a plurality of protruding structures for capturing at least one target biological particle from a specimen. The protruding structures are regularly arranged on a board surface of the base. Each of the protruding structures includes an outer portion configured to touch the at least one target biological particle and an inner portion that is connected between the board surface and the outer portion, and a structural strength of the inner portion is less than that of the outer portion. The board surface has an interspace region arranged outside of the protruding portions, and the interspace region occupies 20-80% of the board surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CYTOAURORA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Er Huang, Sheng-Wen Chen, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Hei-Jen Jou, Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11575496
    Abstract: A retiming circuit module, a signal transmission system and a signal transmission method are disclosed. The retiming circuit module includes a path control circuit and a multipath signal transmission circuit. The multipath signal transmission circuit includes a plurality of parallel signal transmission paths. The path control circuit is configured to control the multipath signal transmission circuit to perform signal transmission between an upstream device and a downstream device based on a first parallel signal transmission path in the parallel signal transmission paths during a period of a handshake operation performed between the upstream device and the downstream device. The path control circuit is further configured to control the multipath signal transmission circuit to perform the signal transmission based on a second parallel signal transmission path in the parallel signal transmission paths after the handshake operation is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Jen-Chu Wu, Ching-Jui Hsiao, Chun-Wei Chang, Sheng-Wen Chen, Ching-Chung Cheng
  • Publication number: 20230035428
    Abstract: A signal re-driving device, a data storage system and a mode control method are provided. The method includes the following steps. A first signal is received via a receiving circuit of the signal re-driving device. An analog signal feature is detected the receiving circuit. A first mode is entered according to the analog signal feature. The first signal is modulated and a second signal is outputted in the first mode. The second signal is sent via a sending circuit of the signal re-driving device. A digital signal feature is detected via the receiving circuit. And, the first mode is switched to a second mode according to the digital signal feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Po-Jung Chou, Sheng-Wen Chen, Chung-Kuang Chen
  • Patent number: 11559808
    Abstract: A microfluidic device includes a lower casing and an upper casing covering the lower casing. The lower casing includes a lower base wall having a top surface and a plurality of spaced-apart columns that protrude upwards from the top surface. The upper casing includes an upper base wall. A first gap between the upper base wall and a column top surface of each of the columns is large enough to permit passage of large biological particles of a liquid sample, and a second gap between any two adjacent ones of the columns is not large enough to permit passage of the large biological particles and is large enough to permit passage of small biological particles of the liquid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Chung-Er Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Sheng-Wen Chen, Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11493500
    Abstract: A catcher, a capture device, and a method for capturing at least one target biological particle are provided. The catcher includes a base and a plurality of capture arms extending from the base and spaced apart from each other. Each of the capture arms has a free end portion configured to capture a target biological particle and a supporting segment connected between the free end portion and the base. The supporting segment of each of the capture arms is arranged in a projection space defined by orthogonally projecting the free end portion along a height direction onto the base. When the target biological particle is captured by two of the capture arms that are bent and arranged adjacent to each other, a part of the target biological particle is trapped by the supporting segments of the two of the capture arms and is held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CYTOAURORA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Er Huang, Sheng-Wen Chen, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Hei-Jen Jou, Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11487080
    Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a housing, a pair of display modules, a pair of cameras, a driving module and a control system. The housing can cover eyeballs of the user. The cameras are respectively fixed to the display modules to capture images of the eyeballs. The driving module is coupled to the display module to move the display modules relative to the housing. The control system is electrically connected to the of cameras and the driving module. An adjustment method is applicable to the above-mentioned head-mounted display device. An image of the corresponding eyeball is captured by one of the cameras. The control system calculates a deviation between a center of a pupil of the corresponding eyeball and a center of the corresponding image according to the image. The control system controls the driving module to move the display modules relative to the housing according to the deviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Jian-Zhi Tseng, Chang-Hsueh Liu, Sheng-Wen Chen, Mong-Yu Tseng
  • Patent number: 11392164
    Abstract: A signal receiving circuit is provided. The signal receiving circuit includes a receiving circuit, an adjustment circuit and a boundary detection circuit. The receiving circuit is configured to receive an input signal. The adjustment circuit is configured to adjust the input signal. The boundary detection circuit is configured to detect a first signal having a first data pattern in the input signal and a second signal having a second data pattern in the input signal. The boundary detection circuit is further configured to detect a gap value between a first signal boundary of the first signal and a second signal boundary of the second signal to reflect a status of the adjustment circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Sheng-Wen Chen, Shih-Yang Sun, Zhen-Hong Hung
  • Patent number: 11206157
    Abstract: A calibration method of an equalizer circuit for a memory storage device is disclosed. The calibration method includes: receiving a first signal; adjusting, by the equalizer circuit, the first signal according to a control parameter to output a second signal; generating a first sampling signal according to a first reference signal and the second signal, wherein the first sampling signal reflects data transmitted by the first signal; and generating a second sampling signal according to a second reference signal and the second signal and adjusting the control parameter according to the second sampling signal to calibrate the equalizer circuit, wherein a voltage value of the first reference signal is different from a voltage value of the second reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Zhen-Hong Hung, Sheng-Wen Chen, Shih-Yang Sun
  • Publication number: 20210293687
    Abstract: A quasi-soft catcher, a quasi-soft capture device, and a method for using the same are provided. The quasi-soft catcher includes a base and a plurality of protruding structures for capturing at least one target biological particle from a specimen. The protruding structures are regularly arranged on a board surface of the base. Each of the protruding structures includes an outer portion configured to touch the at least one target biological particle and an inner portion that is connected between the board surface and the outer portion, and a structural strength of the inner portion is less than that of the outer portion. The board surface has an interspace region arranged outside of the protruding portions, and the interspace region occupies 20-80% of the board surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Chung-Er Huang, Sheng-Wen Chen, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Hei-Jen Jou, Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20210293778
    Abstract: A catcher, a capture device, and a method for capturing at least one target biological particle are provided. The catcher includes a base and a plurality of capture arms extending from the base and spaced apart from each other. Each of the capture arms has a free end portion configured to capture a target biological particle and a supporting segment connected between the free end portion and the base. The supporting segment of each of the capture arms is arranged in a projection space defined by orthogonally projecting the free end portion along a height direction onto the base. When the target biological particle is captured by two of the capture arms that are bent and arranged adjacent to each other, a part of the target biological particle is trapped by the supporting segments of the two of the capture arms and is held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Chung-Er Huang, Sheng-Wen Chen, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Hei-Jen Jou, Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20210249936
    Abstract: A closed-cycle heat dissipation structure of a motor is provided. The motor includes a shell. The closed-cycle heat dissipation structure includes a plurality of thermal conduction members and a heat dissipation device. Each of the thermal conduction members defines two ends thereof as a heat absorbing end and a cooling end. The heat absorbing end of each of the thermal conduction members is connected to a stator of the motor, and the cooling end of each of the thermal conduction members penetrates the shell of the motor and extends out of the shell. The heat dissipation device is disposed outside of the shell of the motor, and the cooling end of each of the thermal conduction members is connected to the heat dissipation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: SHAN-NAN CHEN, SHENG-WEN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210242733
    Abstract: A motor assembly and a motor rotor are provided. The motor rotor includes a mandrel, a carrier, a plurality of iron cores, and a plurality of magnets. The outer edge of the carrier has a plurality of protrusions that are spaced apart from each other. A setting groove is formed between any two of the protrusions adjacent to each other. The iron cores are respectively fixed on the setting grooves. Each of the iron cores does not contact each other, so that an accommodating space is formed between any two of the iron cores adjacent to each other. One of two ends of each of the iron cores has a convex portion, so that each of the iron cores is connected to the corresponding setting groove through the convex portion thereof. The magnets are respectively disposed in the accommodating spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: SHAN-NAN CHEN, SHENG-WEN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210242752
    Abstract: A motor device with a coil heat dissipation structure is provided. The motor device includes a motor, a plurality of coils, and a plurality of thermal conduction glues. The motor includes a rotor and a stator. The stator is disposed at an outer periphery of the rotor. The stator includes an iron core assembly. The iron core assembly includes a plurality of winding portions. Each of the winding portions is provided with two winding grooves at two sides thereof. The coils wind around and cover the winding grooves of the winding portions. The thermal conduction glues are covered on an outer periphery of the coils, and the thermal conduction glues are filled in a plurality of gaps between the coils and the winding grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: SHAN-NAN CHEN, SHENG-WEN CHEN
  • Patent number: 11062781
    Abstract: An equalizer circuit, a memory storage device and a signal adjustment method are disclosed. The equalizer circuit is configured to receive an input signal, a reference voltage signal and a sensing clock signal and generate an error signal. The equalizer circuit is further configured to generate a first adjustment signal and a second adjustment signal according to the error signal. The equalizer circuit is further configured to update a control code from a first control code to a second control code according to at least one of the first adjustment signal and the second adjustment signal and generate an adjustment control signal according to the control code. The equalizer circuit is further configured to generate a feedback control signal according to the adjustment control signal to restore the control code from the second control code to the first control code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Zhen-Hong Hung, Shih-Yang Sun, Sheng-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20210191453
    Abstract: A signal receiving circuit is provided. The signal receiving circuit includes a receiving circuit, an adjustment circuit and a boundary detection circuit. The receiving circuit is configured to receive an input signal. The adjustment circuit is configured to adjust the input signal. The boundary detection circuit is configured to detect a first signal having a first data pattern in the input signal and a second signal having a second data pattern in the input signal. The boundary detection circuit is further configured to detect a gap value between a first signal boundary of the first signal and a second signal boundary of the second signal to reflect a status of the adjustment circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Sheng-Wen Chen, Shih-Yang Sun, Zhen-Hong Hung
  • Publication number: 20210159752
    Abstract: A motor, into which air in an external environment is blocked from flowing, is provided. The motor includes a motor main body, a gas collection element and a protection component. The motor main body has a chamber. The gas collection element is disposed outside the motor main body and has a gas collection space. The gas collection space is only communicated with the chamber and allows gas to be exchanged between the gas collection space and the chamber. The protection component is disposed outside of the motor main body and used to protect the gas collection element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: SHAN-NAN CHEN, SHENG-WEN CHEN
  • Patent number: D983405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CYTOAURORA BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chung-Er Huang, Sheng-Wen Chen, Hsin-Cheng Ho