Patents by Inventor TSUNG-YIN CHIANG

TSUNG-YIN CHIANG 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: 9984275
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor having electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection includes a first ESD protection electrode and a second ESD protection electrode. The first ESD protection electrode is connected to an ESD protection circuit for providing an ESD path, where the first ESD protection electrode and a fingerprint sensor electrode array are formed in a same layer of the fingerprint sensor. The second ESD electrode is connected to the first ESD electrode via multiple conductive via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Yin Chiang, Chun-Chi Wang, Chung-An Tang
  • Publication number: 20170286744
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor having electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection includes a first ESD protection electrode and a second ESD protection electrode. The first ESD protection electrode is connected to an ESD protection circuit for providing an ESD path, where the first ESD protection electrode and a fingerprint sensor electrode array are formed in a same layer of the fingerprint sensor. The second ESD electrode is connected to the first ESD electrode via multiple conductive via.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Tsung-Yin Chiang, Chun-Chi Wang, Chung-An Tang
  • Patent number: 9734382
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor having ESD protection has a body and an ESD protection circuit. The body has a fingerprint sensing electrode array and an ESD protection electrode providing an ESD protection to the fingerprint sensing electrode array. The ESD protection circuit is connected respectively to the ESD protection electrode, a high electric potential terminal and a low electric potential terminal. The ESD protection circuit provides a first static electricity discharge path to the high electric potential terminal, and a second static electricity discharge path to the low electric potential terminal. The fingerprint sensor provides two static electricity discharge paths, so that the fingerprint sensor has a better ESD protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Wang, Tsung-Yin Chiang, Chao-Chi Yang
  • Publication number: 20160171276
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor having ESD protection structure and has a substrate having an upper surface. Multiple sensing electrode plates, an ESD protection electrode part connected to ground, a dielectric layer and a protection layer are formed on the upper surface in bottom-up sequence. The ESD protection layer has a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. The first conductive layer is formed on the upper surface and coplanar with the sensing electrode plates. The second conductive layer is formed on the dielectric layer and has multiple separated conductive elements. Each of conductive elements overlaps the first conductive layer along a vertical axis and connected to the first conductive layer via multiple vias formed in the dielectric layer. When the first conductive layer and/or the second conductive layer are/is coupled to ground, both of the first and second conductive layers are established a discharging path of static electricity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsung-Yin Chiang, Chun-Chi Wang, Chung-An Tang
  • Publication number: 20160171275
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor having ESD protection has a body and an ESD protection circuit. The body has a fingerprint sensing electrode array and an ESD protection electrode providing an ESD protection to the fingerprint sensing electrode array. The ESD protection circuit is connected respectively to the ESD protection electrode, a high electric potential terminal and a low electric potential terminal. The ESD protection circuit provides a first static electricity discharge path to the high electric potential terminal, and a second static electricity discharge path to the low electric potential terminal. The fingerprint sensor provides two static electricity discharge paths, so that the fingerprint sensor has a better ESD protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Wang, Tsung-Yin Chiang, Chao-Chi Yang
  • Patent number: 8677173
    Abstract: A circuit for trimming an internal oscillator of a USB device that generates a clock signal as a frequency source of the USB device includes a counter, a first detector for detecting an end of packet from an input data stream to initialize a counter, a second detector for detecting a synchronization sequence, a token packet or a handshake packet in the data stream for the counter to carry out clock counting on the clock signal, and a trimming code controller for comparing the count value with a reference value to determine a trimming code for trimming a clock frequency of the internal oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Wang, Tsung-Yin Chiang, Ching-Shun Lin
  • Patent number: 8595543
    Abstract: A circuit and method for trimming an internal oscillator of a USB device that generates a clock signal as a frequency source of the USB device detect an end of packet from an input data stream to initialize a counter, identify a token packet in the data stream to detect a start of frame token packet for the counter to carry out clock counting on the clock signal to thereby obtain a count value, and compare the count value with a reference value to determine a trimming code for trimming a clock frequency of the internal oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Elan Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Yin Chiang, Chun-Chi Wang, Po-Hao Wu, Chun-An Tang
  • Publication number: 20110093736
    Abstract: A circuit and method for trimming an internal oscillator of a USB device that generates a clock signal as a frequency source of the USB device detect an end of packet from an input data stream to initialize a counter, identify a token packet in the data stream to detect a start of frame token packet for the counter to carry out clock counting on the clock signal to thereby obtain a count value, and compare the count value with a reference value to determine a trimming code for trimming a clock frequency of the internal oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: TSUNG-YIN CHIANG, CHUN-CHI WANG, PO-HAO WU, CHUN-AN TANG
  • Publication number: 20100313059
    Abstract: A circuit for trimming an internal oscillator of a USB device that generates a clock signal as a frequency source of the USB device includes a counter, a first detector for detecting an end of packet from an input data stream to initialize a counter, a second detector for detecting a synchronization sequence, a token packet or a handshake packet in the data stream for the counter to carry out clock counting on the clock signal, and a trimming code controller for comparing the count value with a reference value to determine a trimming code for trimming a clock frequency of the internal oscillator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHUN-CHI WANG, TSUNG-YIN CHIANG, CHING-SHUN LIN