Patents by Inventor Shih-Ping Tu

Shih-Ping Tu 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: 20240105749
    Abstract: An image sensor structure including a substrate, a pixel structure, and a deep trench isolation (DTI) structure is provided. The substrate includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The pixel structure includes a transfer transistor, a light sensing device, and a floating diffusion region. The transfer transistor includes a first gate. The first gate is disposed on the first side of the substrate. The light sensing device is disposed in the substrate and is located on one side of the first gate. The floating diffusion region is disposed in the substrate and is located on another side of the first gate. The DTI structure extends into the substrate from the second side of the substrate. The top-view pattern of the floating diffusion region does not overlap the top-view pattern of the DTI structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Ping Lee, Chih-Ping Chung, Jhih Fan Tu
  • Patent number: 9967929
    Abstract: A high performance linear driving circuit converting an AC voltage of an external power supply into a DC output current and then outputs the DC current to at least one LED includes a detection unit, a control unit and a current unit. In a 180-degree phase sine wave period of the AC voltage, the total current of the output current is formed by a first working section, an energy saving section and a second working section, and the detection unit detects at least a voltage value of the AC voltage or a current value of the output current to generate a detection signal, and drives the control unit to modulate the duty cycle and current value of the first working section, energy saving section and second working section, and the amounts of current of the first and second working sections are greater than that of the energy saving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Anwell Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Kuo, Shih-Ping Tu, Bo-En Yan, Cheng-Po Hsiao, Chung-Hsin Huang
  • Patent number: 9621060
    Abstract: A self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power includes a comparator unit and a transistor installed directly in a secondary side output module, and the comparator unit is electrically coupled to at least one load, and the transistor is electrically coupled between to a conversion module of the circuit and the load. The comparator unit is provided for adjusting the duty cycle of the transistor after detecting the amount of energy outputted from the conversion module to the load from, so as to adjust the amount of energy actually received by the load to achieve a constant power effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Anwell Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Po Hsiao, Chung-Hsin Huang, Ke-Horng Chen, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Shih-Ping Tu, Shao-Wei Chiu
  • Publication number: 20160308432
    Abstract: A power circuit with a low total harmonic distortion includes a conversion module and a control module, and the conversion module includes a first switch, a second switch, a power storage element and a conversion element. Both ends of the power storage element are electrically connected to the first switch, the second switch and the conversion element. Trigger ends of the first and second switches are electrically connected to the control module. If the input voltage is smaller than a predetermined value, the control module will output a control pulse to the second switch, and the second switch will conduct and drive the power storage element to boost the input voltage to generate a compensating current in a timing cycle, and the second switch will cut off and allow the compensating current to be converted into a voltage form by the conversion element and outputted in another timing cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: KE-HORNG CHEN, SHAO-WEI CHIU, CHUN-CHIEH KUO, SHIH-PING TU, CHENG-PO HSIAO
  • Publication number: 20160190823
    Abstract: An optimal battery charging method and circuit for automatically regulating an output current to an energy storage load includes the steps of using a first-status current and a second-status current of the output current to obtain the energy storage load, analyzing the second-status voltage and the first-status voltage to obtain an equivalent resistance parameter of the energy storage load, and using the equivalent resistance parameter to compute a charging power loss of the energy storage load to regulate an output cycle of the output current, so that the energy storage load can be charged at constant temperature to achieve the effect of high charging efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: SHAO-WEI CHIU, KE-HORNG CHEN, CHUN-CHIEH KUO, SHIH-PING TU, YU-HSIEN HE, CHENG-PO HSIAO
  • Patent number: 9357602
    Abstract: In an LED dimming and driving method and its circuit, a receiver, a current source and a controller are installed in a dimming module, and after the receiver has received a dimming signal, the current source is driven to output a current with a magnitude corresponsive to the dimming signal, and then after the controller has converted the current into a voltage level by a terminal resistor, the magnitude of the driving current of the LED is adjusted according to the voltage level to improve a linear dimming accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Anwell Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Ke-Horng Chen, Shao-Wei Chiu, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Shih-Ping Tu, Kai-Chang Chuang
  • Publication number: 20160087535
    Abstract: A self-excited power conversion circuit for secondary side control output power includes a comparator unit and a transistor installed directly in a secondary side output module, and the comparator unit is electrically coupled to at least one load, and the transistor is electrically coupled between to a conversion module of the circuit and the load. The comparator unit is provided for adjusting the duty cycle of the transistor after detecting the amount of energy outputted from the conversion module to the load from, so as to adjust the amount of energy actually received by the load to achieve a constant power effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: CHENG-PO HSIAO, CHUNG-HSIN HUANG, KE-HORNG CHEN, CHUN-CHIEH KUO, SHIH-PING TU, SHAO-WEI CHIU
  • Patent number: 9013108
    Abstract: An LED element with a color light enhancement function is a two-terminal element for receiving a driving current to emit light and includes at least one blue LED chip, at least one red LED chip and a three-way compensator. The three-way compensator intercepts a driving current passing through the blue LED chip depending on a proportion value according to a change of working temperature and adjusts the amount of current flowing into the red LED chip. If the working temperature exceeds a default value, an input terminal of the three-way compensator is triggered to intercept the driving current and generate and output a set current to the red LED chip to compensate an attenuation of the red LED chip caused by high temperature. The LED element will not be changed its intensity after a prolonged period of usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Anwell Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Ping Tu, Ke-Horng Chen, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Shao-Wei Chiu, Cheng-Po Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8901854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-segment LED driving circuit used in an AC operating mode for outputting a drive current to drive a plurality of serially connected LED strings. The LED driving circuit includes at least one detection part, at least one comparison part and at least one adjusting part. The detection part detects an input voltage and an output voltage at both ends of each string and its next string to form a detected value provided for the comparison part to compare the detected value with a reference value to turn on or off the adjusting part so as to control the strings through which the drive current passes and then sequentially drives the strings to emit light. The LED driving circuit can adjust the load of the circuit immediately based on the change of voltage value of the AC power to ensure the stability of the drive current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Anwell Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shao-Wei Chiu, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Cheng-Po Hsiao, Shih-Ping Tu
  • Publication number: 20140333215
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-segment LED driving circuit used in an AC operating mode for outputting a drive current to drive a plurality of serially connected LED strings. The LED driving circuit includes at least one detection part, at least one comparison part and at least one adjusting part. The detection part detects an input voltage and an output voltage at both ends of each string and its next string to form a detected value provided for the comparison part to compare the detected value with a reference value to turn on or off the adjusting part so as to control the strings through which the drive current passes and then sequentially drives the strings to emit light. The LED driving circuit can adjust the load of the circuit immediately based on the change of voltage value of the AC power to ensure the stability of the drive current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: ANWELL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: SHAO-WEI CHIU, CHUN-CHIEH KUO, CHENG-PO HSIAO, SHIH-PING TU
  • Patent number: 8853970
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic coupling multi-output control circuit having a detection unit, a switching unit and a coupling unit, and the coupling unit is coupled to a side of a transformer of a power driving device to sense and produce a second driving voltage, such that the transformer has a multi-output function. The switching unit is provided for receiving and outputting the second driving voltage to a second driving load, and the detection unit is provided for detecting the second driving voltage to produce a detection value, so that the switching unit analyzes the detection value and switches outputting a frequency of the second driving voltage to stabilize the voltage value of the second driving voltage, so as to flexibly increase the number of output voltages of the power driving device while lowering the cost and expand the scope of applicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Anwell Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shao-Wei Chiu, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Cheng-Po Hsiao, Shih-Ping Tu
  • Publication number: 20140292229
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic coupling multi-output control circuit having a detection unit, a switching unit and a coupling unit, and the coupling unit is coupled to a side of a transformer of a power driving device to sense and produce a second driving voltage, such that the transformer has a multi-output function. The switching unit is provided for receiving and outputting the second driving voltage to a second driving load, and the detection unit is provided for detecting the second driving voltage to produce a detection value, so that the switching unit analyzes the detection value and switches outputting a frequency of the second driving voltage to stabilize the voltage value of the second driving voltage, so as to flexibly increase the number of output voltages of the power driving device while lowering the cost and expand the scope of applicability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: ANWELL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: SHAO-WEI CHIU, CHUN-CHIEH KUO, CHENG-PO HSIAO, SHIH-PING TU
  • Publication number: 20120081008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control circuit module of light-emitting diode (LED) lamp, which comprises: a AC to DC element, for transferring mains AC power to DC power; a plurality of groups of LED; a plurality of switches, corresponding to the number of the groups of LED, for controlling to turn on/off the each group; a linear voltage regulator, for cutting the DC power from the AC to DC element to a plurality of voltage sections; a switch selector, for selecting to open/close the switches according to the voltage sections from the linear voltage regulator; a current selector, for capturing available current sections from the voltage sections of the linear voltage regulator; and a LED current setup device, for controlling the current sections to open/close the plurality of switches by a user according to the LED current setup device and the current selector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Anwell Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Ke-Horng CHEN, Shao-Wei Chiu, Chun-Chieh Kuo, Yung-Lin Chen, Shih-Ping Tu
  • Patent number: 6104320
    Abstract: An input detection circuit includes a matrix of keys formed by the intersection of a plurality of columns of keys and a plurality of rows of keys, with a crossover capacitor connected across the intersecting row and column of one of the keys. The input detection circuit further includes circuits for generating a difference in voltage potential across the capacitor, and circuits responsive to the difference in voltage potential across the capacitor for generating a signal representative of the presence of the capacitor. By knowing which keys have been connected with a crossover capacitor, the processor of the telephone will also know what scan options have been programmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Holtek Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Ping Tu, Tyng-Yuan Luh
  • Patent number: 5847665
    Abstract: The present invention provides an encoding-decoding method for an actuating system having an encoding device, a decoding device, at least one code having a counter code, and an actuating device. The method includes steps of: a) executing a first logic operation on said at least one code for obtaining a specific expansion code in said encoding device to form a transmission code including said specific expansion code and said counter code; b) transmitting said transmission code to said decoding device; and c) executing a second logic operation on said at least one code and said counter code to obtain an operated code for identifying whether said operated code is matchable with said specific expansion code in said decoding device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Holtek Microelectronics Inc.
    Inventor: Shih-Ping Tu