Patents by Inventor Shih-Wei Lin

Shih-Wei Lin 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: 11934027
    Abstract: An optical system affixed to an electronic apparatus is provided, including a first optical module, a second optical module, and a third optical module. The first optical module is configured to adjust the moving direction of a first light from a first moving direction to a second moving direction, wherein the first moving direction is not parallel to the second moving direction. The second optical module is configured to receive the first light moving in the second moving direction. The first light reaches the third optical module via the first optical module and the second optical module in sequence. The third optical module includes a first photoelectric converter configured to transform the first light into a first image signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Chih-Wei Weng, Chia-Che Wu, Chien-Yu Kao, Hsiao-Hsin Hu, He-Ling Chang, Chao-Hsi Wang, Chen-Hsien Fan, Che-Wei Chang, Mao-Gen Jian, Sung-Mao Tsai, Wei-Jhe Shen, Yung-Ping Yang, Sin-Hong Lin, Tzu-Yu Chang, Sin-Jhong Song, Shang-Yu Hsu, Meng-Ting Lin, Shih-Wei Hung, Yu-Huai Liao, Mao-Kuo Hsu, Hsueh-Ju Lu, Ching-Chieh Huang, Chih-Wen Chiang, Yu-Chiao Lo, Ying-Jen Wang, Shu-Shan Chen, Che-Hsiang Chiu
  • Patent number: 11933809
    Abstract: The present application discloses an inertial sensor comprising a proof mass, an anchor, a flexible member and several sensing electrodes. The anchor is positioned on one side of the sensing, mass block in a first axis. The flexible member is connected to the anchor point and extends along the first axis towards the proof mass to connect the proof mass, in which the several sensing electrodes are provided. In this way, the present application can effectively solve the problems of high difficulty in the production and assembly of inertial sensors and poor product reliability thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SENSORTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Lee, Chia-Hao Lin, Shih-Hsiung Tseng, Kuan-Ju Tseng, Chao-Shiun Wang
  • Patent number: 11926266
    Abstract: An installing module includes a seat bracket, a plurality of lower gaskets, a device bracket and an upper gasket. The seat bracket includes a first locking plate and a second locking plate locked to each other. The first locking plate includes a first concave and the second locking plate includes a second concave corresponding to the first concave. The lower gaskets are respectively disposed on the first concave and the second concave. The lower gaskets face each other and jointly define a lower assembly hole and are disposed on a lower side of a head-support fixer of a car seat. The device bracket is locked to the seat bracket and an electronic device is pivotally coupled to the device bracket. The upper gasket is disposed between the device bracket and the head-support fixer, and the head-support fixer is clamped between the upper gasket and the lower gaskets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Yeh, Chien-Chih Lin, Yi-Ming Chou, Chun-Chieh Chang
  • Patent number: 11923301
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: forming a plurality of gate strips, each gate strip is a gate terminal of a transistor; forming a plurality of first contact vias connected to a part of the gate strips; forming a plurality of first metal strips above the plurality of gate strips; connecting one of the first metal strips to one of the first contact vias; forming a plurality of second metal strips above the plurality of first metal strips, wherein the plurality of second metal strips are co-planar, each second metal strip and one of the first metal strips are crisscrossed from top view; a length between two adjacent gate strips is twice as a length between two adjacent second metal strips, and a length of said one of the first metal strips is smaller than two and a half times as the length between two adjacent gate strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Peng, Hui-Ting Yang, Wei-Cheng Lin, Jiann-Tyng Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11921325
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a waveguide over a substrate. The semiconductor device includes a first dielectric structure over the substrate, wherein a portion of the waveguide is in the first dielectric structure. The semiconductor device includes a second dielectric structure under the waveguide, wherein a first sidewall of the second dielectric structure is adjacent a first sidewall of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yi-Chen Chen, Lee-Chuan Tseng, Shih-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 11916074
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments for an exemplary dual transmission gate and various exemplary integrated circuit layouts for the exemplary dual transmission gate are disclosed. These exemplary integrated circuit layouts represent double-height, also referred to as double rule, integrated circuit layouts. These double rule integrated circuit layouts include a first group of rows from among multiple rows of an electronic device design real estate and a second group of rows from among the multiple rows of the electronic device design real estate to accommodate a first metal layer of a semiconductor stack. The first group of rows can include a first pair of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect (CMOS) transistors, such as a first p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect (PMOS) transistor and a first n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect (NMOS) transistor, and the second group of rows can include a second pair of CMOS transistors, such as a second PMOS transistor and a second NMOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Peng, Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Li-Chun Tien, Pin-Dai Sue, Wei-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11904917
    Abstract: An anti-collision control method and a rail vehicle control system are provided. The rail vehicle control system includes a control apparatus configured to implement the anti-collision control method to prevent a plurality of vehicles on a plurality of rails from colliding with each other. The anti-collision control method includes receiving a transfer requirement data to decide which one of the vehicles and which one of the rails are respectively an assigned vehicle and an assigned rail; planning a movement path and a movement space according to the transfer requirement data and a vehicle dimension data; determining whether any portion of the movement space is reserved; and in response to the movement space being reserved, the assigned vehicle is controlled to not move, or the movement space is reserved and the assigned vehicle is controlled to move according to the movement path along the assigned rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MIRLE AUTOMATION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Lin, Hsing-Lu Huang, Wun-Jian Wei
  • Patent number: 11888285
    Abstract: A low numerical aperture fiber output diode laser module, which having several independent diode lasers, and collimated and converged the light beam, for the coupling the light to the core optical fiber with a core diameter of 105 um and a numerical aperture of 0.12. Compared with general products with a numerical aperture of 0.22, the light output angle is reduced to 55%, and use a general blue laser diode for verification. Use an optical software for facilitating the design and optimization of the parameters of the optical lens module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Turning Point Lasers Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Luen Wang, Hung-Sheng Lee, Tai-Ming Chang, Chun-Hui Yu, Yu-Ching Yeh, Sheng-Ping Lai, Shih-Wei Lin, Yuan-He Teng, Li-Chang Tsou, Szutsun Simon Ou
  • Publication number: 20240031720
    Abstract: In some examples, a method includes determining, by a processor, an output volume based on a source gain and a volume setting. In some examples, the method includes, in response to determining that the output volume satisfies a volume threshold, determining, by the processor, a weight based on the output volume. In some examples, the method includes accumulating, by the processor, a weighted time value based on the weight. In some examples, the method includes controlling, by the processor, the output volume in response to determining that the weighted time value satisfies a time threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Shu-Chun Liao, Chang Chun Hsiung, Shih-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20230375785
    Abstract: Structures and methods including a waveguide having a cladding layer surrounding a core layer disposed over a substrate, a cavity extending into the substrate adjacent the waveguide, a fiber disposed in the cavity, and an isolation space extending into the substrate and disposed under the waveguide. A plurality of holes may extend through the cladding layer adjacent the core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventor: Shih-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 11787056
    Abstract: An obstacle avoidance method for a robot arm is provided, including a modeling step, a collecting and evaluating coordinates step, an obtaining control parameter step, an establishing an occupation function step, and a finding an obstacle avoiding posture step. The present invention pre-stores the data obtained in performing the modeling step, the step of collecting and evaluating coordinates, the step of obtaining control parameter, and the step of establishing the occupation function into a database, thereby allowing the robot arm to quickly evaluate whether a collision behavior will occur in subsequent execution of a task. If a collision will occur, the robot arm executes the step of the finding the obstacle avoiding posture to dodge obstacles. The invention uses a non-contact approach for anti-collision design, which can improve the shortcomings faced by the existing contact type anti-collision design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Po Ting Lin, Chao Yi Lin, Shih Wei Lin, Kun Cheng Li, Chang Yun Yang, Pei Fen Wu, Shun Chien Lan
  • Patent number: 11766465
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to as external composition for wound healing containing a Lactobacillus fermentation product, which comprises a Lactobacillus fermentation product as an effective component. The Lactobacillus fermentation product is a bacteria-free concentrated filtrate from fermentation of Lactobacillus plantarum and the effective component is loaded onto a pharmaceutically acceptable absorbent carrier or carrying agent. The external composition for wound healing has anti-inflammatory and healing promoting effects on a skin wound after applied directly onto the skin wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: GRAPE KING BIO LTD
    Inventors: Hsing-Chun Kuo, Chin-Chu Chen, Yen-Lien Chen, Shih-Wei Lin, Yen-Po Chen, Ci-Sian Wang, Yu-Hsin Hou, Yang-Tzu Shih, Ching-Wen Lin, Ya-Jyun Chen, Jia-Lin Jiang, You-Shan Tsai, Zi-He Wu
  • Publication number: 20230299217
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first doped region having a first doping type disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A second doped region having a second doping type different than the first doping type is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and laterally spaced from the first doped region. A waveguide structure is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and laterally between the first doped region and the second doped region. A photodetector is disposed at least partially in the semiconductor substrate and laterally between the first doped region and the second doped region. The waveguide structure is configured to guide one or more photons into the photodetector. The photodetector has an upper surface that continuously arcs between opposite sidewalls of the photodetector. The photodetector has a lower surface that continuously arcs between the opposite sidewalls of the photodetector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Chen-Hao Chiang, Shih-Wei Lin, Eugene I-Chun Chen, Yi-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11752177
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of reducing tobacco addiction in a smoking subject with Lactobacillus fermentum GKF3, including daily administering an oral composition containing the Lactobacillus fermentum GKF3 to the smoking subject, in which the oral composition reduces the total amount of the nicotine metabolites in urine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: GRAPE KING BIO LTD
    Inventors: Chin-Chu Chen, Yen-Lien Chen, Shih-Wei Lin, Yen-Po Chen, Ci-Sian Wang, Yu-Hsin Hou, Yang-Tzu Shih, Ching-Wen Lin, Ya-Jyun Chen, Jia-Lin Jiang, You-Shan Tsai, Zi-He Wu
  • Patent number: 11749762
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a first doped region having a first doping type disposed in a semiconductor substrate. A second doped region having a second doping type different than the first doping type is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and laterally spaced from the first doped region. A waveguide structure is disposed in the semiconductor substrate and laterally between the first doped region and the second doped region. A photodetector is disposed at least partially in the semiconductor substrate and laterally between the first doped region and the second doped region. The waveguide structure is configured to guide one or more photons into the photodetector. The photodetector has an upper surface that continuously arcs between opposite sidewalls of the photodetector. The photodetector has a lower surface that continuously arcs between the opposite sidewalls of the photodetector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Hao Chiang, Shih-Wei Lin, Eugene I-Chun Chen, Yi-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11740412
    Abstract: Structures and methods including a waveguide having a cladding layer surrounding a core layer disposed over a substrate, a cavity extending into the substrate adjacent the waveguide, a fiber disposed in the cavity, and an isolation space extending into the substrate and disposed under the waveguide. A plurality of holes may extend through the cladding layer adjacent the core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20230253435
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image sensor integrated chip. The image sensor integrated chip includes a photodiode region disposed within a substrate having a first semiconductor material region. A second semiconductor material region is disposed onto the substrate. A patterned doped layer is arranged between the substrate and the second semiconductor material region. The second semiconductor material region includes a sidewall connecting to a bottom surface of the second semiconductor material region. The sidewall extends through the patterned doped layer. A bottom surface of the second semiconductor material region is directly over the photodiode region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yung-Chang Chang, Shih-Wei Lin, Te-Hsien Hsieh, Jung-I Lin
  • Publication number: 20230249963
    Abstract: A semiconductor oxide plate is formed on a recessed surface in a semiconductor matrix material layer. Comb structures are formed in the semiconductor matrix material layer. The comb structures include a pair of inner comb structures spaced apart by a first semiconductor portion. A second semiconductor portion that laterally surrounds the first semiconductor portion is removed selective to the comb structures using an isotropic etch process. The first semiconductor portion is protected from an etchant of the isotropic etch process by the semiconductor oxide plate, the pair of inner comb structures, and a patterned etch mask layer that covers the comb structures. A movable structure for a MEMS device is formed, which includes a combination of the first portion of the semiconductor matrix material layer and the pair of inner comb structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ting-Jung Chen, Shih-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 11714299
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an integrated chip including a waveguide and a heater structure. The waveguide is disposed on a substrate and comprises an active region that extends continuously along a first distance. The heater structure overlies the waveguide. The heater structure comprises a conductive structure over the active region and a vertical structure disposed between the conductive structure and the substrate. The vertical structure comprises a conductive upper vertical segment and a lower vertical segment. The conductive structure and the conductive upper vertical segment continuously laterally extend across a second distance that is greater than or equal to the first distance. The first distance is greater than a width of the conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Lin, Ming Chyi Liu
  • Patent number: 11693295
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, a method of forming an auto-focusing device is provided. The method includes forming a cantilever beam member. The cantilever beam member has a ring shape. The method further includes forming a piezoelectric member over the cantilever beam member. The method also includes forming a membrane over the cantilever beam member. The membrane has a first region and a second region. The first region has a planar surface, and the second region is located between the first region and an inner edge of the cantilever beam member and has a plurality of corrugation structures. In addition, the method includes applying a liquid optical medium over the membrane and sealing the liquid optical medium with a protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting-Jung Chen, Shih-Wei Lin