Patents by Inventor Shun-An Lin
Shun-An 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).
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Publication number: 20210018824Abstract: The present invention provides a lighting system, including at least one light source, a depolarization element and a light homogenization element. The at least one light source is configured to provide at least one light beam. The depolarization element is disposed on a transmission path of the at least one light beam. The depolarization element includes a first optical element, and the first optical element is provided with a first optical axis. The light homogenization element is configured to allow the at least one light beam to pass to form an illuminating light beam. The incident direction where the at least one light beam is transmitted to the first optical element is not parallel to the first light axis. The depolarization element is located between the at least one light source and the light homogenization element. In addition, projection apparatus is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Hsuan-I Wu
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Publication number: 20210013906Abstract: The invention provides a data accessing method for a memory apparatus. The data accessing method includes: performing a reading operation on the memory apparatus based on an address information to obtain a codeword and an indicator, where the indicator corresponds to the codeword; enabling a first error correction code (ECC) operation or second ECC operation to be operated on the codeword for generating an error corrected data, wherein, the first ECC operation corrects less bits than the second ECC operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2019Publication date: January 14, 2021Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chuen-Der Lien, Chi-Shun Lin, Seow Fong Lim, Ngatik Cheung
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Patent number: 10884120Abstract: A vehicular radar device includes a radar module and a dustproofing element. The radar module has a casing and a radar sensor disposed in the casing. The casing has a first outer wall surface and a second outer wall surface opposing the first outer wall surface. The first outer wall surface faces an inner wall surface of a bumper. An emission surface of the radar sensor faces the first outer wall surface of the casing. The dustproofing element has two opposing dustproofing surfaces. The two dustproofing surfaces attach to the first outer wall surface of the casing of the radar module and the inner wall surface of the bumper, respectively. Therefore, the vehicular radar device effectively precludes influences of ambient dust on performance of the radar sensor, so as to enhance sensing sensitivity of the radar sensor and extend its service life.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: CUB ELECPARTS INC.Inventors: San-Chuan Yu, Yu-Shun Lin, Hsi-Hsun Chen, Shui-Peng Yang
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Publication number: 20200402826Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for monitoring an environment of a front opening universal pod (FOUP). The systems and methods may include an environmental sensor disposed within the FOUP and configured to measure one or more environmental parameters of an interior environment of the FOUP; and a wireless transmitter disposed within the FOUP and in communication with the environmental sensor, wherein the wireless transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit the one or more environmental parameters from the environmental sensor to a controller disposed outside of the FOUP to decide whether the one or more environmental parameters are within threshold limits and receive a message according to a decision of whether the one or more environmental parameters are within the threshold limits from the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Po Shun Lin, Zhi Long Huang, Kung Chieh Cheng
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Patent number: 10853167Abstract: The invention provides a memory apparatus including a memory cell array and a hierarchical error correction code (ECC) layer. The hierarchical ECC layer, includes N layers of ECC coder-decoder, wherein the hierarchical ECC layer enables one of the N layers to operate an encoding or decoding operation on processed data, and the hierarchical ECC layer enables another one of the N layers merely when the error bit number of the processed data reaches to N?1 pre-set error correction number(s), and N is a positive integer larger than 1.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chuen-Der Lien, Ming-Huei Shieh, Chi-Shun Lin, Seow Fong Lim, Ngatik Cheung
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Patent number: 10811092Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a RRAM having a plurality of 1TnR structures. In an aspect, the disclosure provides a RRAM including a plurality of 1TnR structures which includes a first 1TnR structure which includes a first transistor having a first gate terminal connected to a first word line, a first drain terminal, and a first source terminal connected to a source line, wherein the source line is connected to each of the plurality of 1TnR structures; and a first N parallel resistors group including a first resistor and a second resistor which are connected to the first drain terminal and connected to each other in parallel, wherein the first resistor is connected to a first bit line, the second resistor is connected to a second bit line, and N is an integer greater than one.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chi-Shun Lin, Chuen-Der Lien, Douk-Hyoun Ryu, Ming-Huei Shieh, Seow Fong Lim
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Patent number: 10796615Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a circuit for regulating power supplying, a method for regulating power supplying and a test system. The circuit for regulating power supplying includes a switch circuit connected to a first power terminal and an output terminal. The switch circuit is configured to control whether a power supply is turned on or off. The circuit includes a turn-off rate control circuit connected to the first power terminal, a second power terminal and the switch circuit. The turn-off rate control circuit is configured to control a turn-off rate of the switch circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bo Xu, Shuai Hou, Xinghong Liu, Tonghui Li, Can Shen, Xiaobo Yu, Chieh shun Lin, Haiyan Li
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Patent number: 10788741Abstract: A projection device includes an illumination system, a light valve, and a projection lens. The illumination system includes an excitation light source, a wavelength conversion element, a light converging lens, and a light integration rod. The excitation light source provides an excitation beam. The wavelength conversion element converts the excitation beam into a conversion beam. A greatest width in a light spot formed on the wavelength conversion element by the excitation beam is a first distance. A greatest width in a light spot formed on the wavelength conversion element by the conversion beam is a second distance. The second distance is greater than the first distance. The light integration rod receives the conversion beam from the light converging lens. The conversion beam generated by the wavelength conversion element of the invention is effectively projected to the light integration rod.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chih-Hsien Tsai, Yao-Shun Lin, Jo-Han Hsu
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Patent number: 10790177Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for monitoring an environment of a front opening universal pod (FOUP). The systems and methods may include one or more environmental sensors disposed within the FOUP, configured to measure environmental parameters of the environment of the FOUP and a FOUP configured to hold one or more wafers. The systems and methods may also include a wireless transmitter in communication with the environmental sensor, which may be disposed within the FOUP and configured to transmit the measured environmental parameters from the environmental sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Po Shun Lin, Zhi Long Huang, Kung Chieh Cheng
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Patent number: 10790007Abstract: A memory device and a method of assisting a read operation in the memory device are introduced. The memory device may include a logic circuit, a charge pump, a switch and a sense amplifier. The logic circuit is configured to receive at least one input signal and perform a logic operation on the at least one input signal to output an enable signal. The charge pump is coupled to the logic circuit and is configured to generate a boost voltage according to the enable signal. The switch is coupled between the charge pump and a sensing power supply line, and is configured to control an electrical connection between the charge pump and the sensing power supply line according to the enable signal to supply the boost voltage to the sensing power supply line. The sense amplifier is configured to perform a read operation using the boost voltage from the sensing power supply line.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chi-Shun Lin, Douk-Hyoun Ryu
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Patent number: 10782600Abstract: A light source module includes a plurality of light combining elements, a plurality of first light emitting elements, and a plurality of second light emitting elements. Each of the light combining elements has a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface. Each of the first light emitting elements emits a first illuminating beam, and one of the first reflecting surfaces reflects the first illuminating beam to be transmitted along a light combining direction. Orthographic projections of the light combining elements on a reference plane are connected in sequence, and the reference plane is perpendicular to the light combining direction. Each of the second light emitting elements emits a second illuminating beam, and one of the second reflecting surfaces reflects the second illuminating beam to be transmitted along the light combining direction. In addition, a projector having the light source module is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yao-Shun Lin, Jo-Han Hsu, Chi-Tang Hsieh
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Patent number: 10783973Abstract: The disclosure provides a memory device including: a connection interface; a memory array associated with a parameter; and a memory control circuit configured at least to: receive operations, each of the operations being a read operation or a write operation, through the connection interface to perform the operations on the memory array; detect, based on performing the operations on the memory array, a read error which is either a binary 0 read error or a binary 1 read error; update the error counter by incrementing an counter value of the error counter in response to the read error being the binary 1 read error and decreasing the counter value in response to the read error being the binary 0 read error; and adjust the parameter in response to the counter value having reached a positive predetermined threshold or a negative predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chuen-Der Lien, Chi-Shun Lin
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Publication number: 20200292900Abstract: A pixel array substrate including pixel units is provided. Each of the pixel units includes a thin film transistor, a first insulating layer disposed on the thin film transistor, a common electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer covering the common electrode, and a pixel electrode disposed on the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes a first via. The common electrode includes an opening and connects to the first via. The second insulating layer includes a second via and connects to the opening and the first via. The pixel electrode connects to the thin film transistor through the second via, the opening and the first via. The first via has two first sides opposite to each other and the opening has two third sides opposite to each other are aligned. A fourth side of the opening is not connected to the first via and the second via.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Ching-Shun Lin, Chao-Chien Chiu
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Patent number: 10734294Abstract: An SEM image is acquired. The SEM image shows a metal line and a via hole disposed above the metal line. The via hole exposes a portion of the metal line vertically aligned with the via hole. A first portion and a second portion of the via hole are each vertically not aligned with the metal line and are disposed on opposite sides of the metal line. The acquired SEM image is processed to enhance a contrast between the first and second portions and their surrounding areas. A first dimension of the first portion and a second dimension of the second portion of the via hole are measured in a first direction. The first direction is different from a second direction along which the metal line extends. An overlay between the via hole and the metal line is determined based on the first dimension and the second dimension.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Ming Ho, Po Shun Lin, Venkata Sripathi Sasanka Pratapa, Yi-Ju Wang
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Publication number: 20200241957Abstract: The invention provides a memory apparatus including a memory cell array and a hierarchical error correction code (ECC) layer. The hierarchical ECC layer, includes N layers of ECC coder-decoder, wherein the hierarchical ECC layer enables one of the N layers to operate an encoding or decoding operation on processed data, and the hierarchical ECC layer enables another one of the N layers merely when the error bit number of the processed data reaches to N?1 pre-set error correction number(s), and N is a positive integer larger than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chuen-Der Lien, Ming-Huei Shieh, Chi-Shun Lin, Seow Fong Lim, Ngatik Cheung
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Publication number: 20200233743Abstract: The codeword accessing method including: receiving a write data with M message bits; generating parity information with N-M bits based on an error correction algorithm and the M message bits, where N and M are positive integers; transforming the M message bits and the parity information to a scrambled codeword with N bits by a scrambling operation, where the scrambled codeword contains only a part of the M message bits; and writing the scrambled codeword into a memory device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Chuen-Der Lien, Ming-Huei Shieh, Chi-Shun Lin
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Publication number: 20200233289Abstract: An illumination system including an exciting light source module, a wavelength converter and an anisotropic diffusion element is provided. The exciting light source module is configured to emit an exciting beam. The wavelength converter is disposed on a transmission path of the exciting beam. The anisotropic diffusion element is disposed on the transmission path of the exciting beam and is located between the exciting light source module and the wavelength converter. The anisotropic diffusion element allows the passing exciting beam to expand in a light expanding direction, and the light expanding direction is substantially parallel to a fast axis of the exciting beam. A projection apparatus including the illumination system is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Hsuan-I Wu
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Patent number: 10718985Abstract: A pixel array substrate including pixel units is provided. Each of the pixel units includes a thin film transistor, a first insulating layer disposed on the thin film transistor, a common electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer covering the common electrode, and a pixel electrode disposed on the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes a first via. The common electrode includes an opening and connects to the first via. The second insulating layer includes a second via and connects to the opening and the first via. The pixel electrode connects to the thin film transistor through the second via, the opening and the first via. The first via has two first sides opposite to each other and the opening has two third sides opposite to each other are aligned. A fourth side of the opening is not connected to the first via and the second via.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Ching-Shun Lin, Chao-Chien Chiu
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Publication number: 20200166826Abstract: An illumination system and a projection device are provided. The illumination system includes at least one laser light source providing at least one laser beam and a polarizing rotation module including a first axle, a first driving element, and a polarizing element. The first axle has a first revolution frequency. The polarizing element is disposed on a transmission path of the laser beam. The first driving element causes the polarizing element to rotate in a temporally sequenced manner. When the polarizing element is rotated, the laser beam is transmitted to the polarizing element at a specific frequency in a plurality of first time periods. The laser beam passing through the polarizing element has different polarizing states at different times. The specific frequency and the first revolution frequency of the first axle are not exactly divisible by each other. The invention can generate an image with uniform polarizing direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Yao-Shun Lin, Haw-Woei Pan, Chi-Tang Hsieh, Chien-Chung Liao
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Publication number: 20200150520Abstract: A polarization rotation device including a rotation shaft, a driving element, a polarization element and a reflective element is provided. The polarization element is disposed on a transmission path of the at least one excitation light beam. The reflective element is disposed on a side of the polarization element. The driving element drives the polarization element to sequentially rotate with the rotation shaft as a rotation center axis. When the polarization element rotates, the excitation light beam is transmitted to the polarization element and passes through the polarization element and is again transmitted to and passes through the polarization element by the reflective element. The excitation light beam outputting from the polarization rotation device has different polarization states at different time periods. A projection device applying the polarization rotation device of the invention achieves the effect of uniform color or brightness when displaying images in a 3D display mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Haw-Woei Pan, Yao-Shun Lin