Patents by Inventor Vincent Yin

Vincent Yin 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: 11972804
    Abstract: The memory device includes a memory block with an array of memory cells. The memory device also includes control circuitry that is in communication with the memory cells. The control circuitry is configured to program a group of the memory cells in a programming operation that does not include verify to obtain a natural threshold voltage (nVt) distribution, calculate an nVt width of the nVt distribution, compare the nVt width to a threshold, and identify the memory block as being vulnerable to cross-temperature read errors in response to the nVt width exceeding the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SanDisk Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xuan Tian, Henry Chin, Liang Li, Vincent Yin, Wei Zhao, Tony Zou
  • Patent number: 11972965
    Abstract: A substrate transport empiric arm droop mapping apparatus for a substrate transport system of a processing tool, the mapping apparatus including a frame, an interface disposed on the frame forming datum features representative of a substrate transport space in the processing tool defined by the substrate transport system, a substrate transport arm, that is articulated and has a substrate holder, mounted to the frame in a predetermined relation to at least one of the datum features, and a registration system disposed with respect to the substrate transport arm and at least one datum feature so that the registration system registers, in an arm droop distance register, empiric arm droop distance, due to arm droop changes, between a first arm position and a second arm position different than the first arm position and in which the substrate holder is moved in the transport space along at least one axis of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Brooks Automation US, LLC
    Inventors: Jairo T. Moura, Robert T. Caveney, Bing Yin, Nathan Spiker, Vincent W. Tsang
  • Publication number: 20240112937
    Abstract: Substrate processing apparatus including a wafer transport apparatus with a transport arm including an end effector, an arm pose deterministic feature integral to the substrate transport apparatus and disposed so that a static detection sensor of the substrate processing apparatus detects at least one edge of the at least one arm pose deterministic feature on the fly with radial motion of the transport arm, and a controller configured so that detection of the edge effects a determination of a proportion factor identifying at least a thermal expansion variance of the transport arm on the fly and includes a kinematic effects resolver configured to determine, from the detection of the edge on the fly, a discrete relation between the determined proportion factor and each different discrete variance respective to each different link of the transport arm determining at least the thermal expansion variance of the transport arm on the fly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Bing YIN, Jairo MOURA, Vincent TSANG, Aaron GAWLIK, Nathan SPIKER
  • Publication number: 20240068465
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a surgical cassette configured to engage a first plurality of rollers of a first roller head. The cassette comprises a face coupled to a first substrate, the face being at a first angle with respect to the first roller head's axis of rotation and a wall of first substrate being at a second angle with respect to the axis of rotation, wherein the first angle is different from the second angle. The cassette also comprises a first sheet positioned on the wall's surface, wherein the first sheet and the wall form first one or more pump segments configured to engage the first plurality of rollers in a position where force applied by each one of the first plurality of rollers on the first one or more pump segments has a direction that is not parallel to the first roller head's axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Brad Yin CHEN, Eric LEE, Gary P. SORENSON, Vincent A. BAXTER
  • Publication number: 20240006010
    Abstract: In some situations, a leak on a wordline may be a localized problem that causes data loss in a block that contains the wordline. In other situations, such as when the leak occurs near a peripheral wordline routing area, the leak can affect the entire memory die. The storage system provided herein has a fatal wordline leak detector that determines the type of leak and, accordingly, whether just the block should be retired or whether related blocks should be retired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Xuan Tian, Liang Li, Dandan Yi, Jojo Xing, Vincent Yin, Yongke Sun, Alan Bennett
  • Publication number: 20230420053
    Abstract: The memory device includes a memory block with an array of memory cells. The memory device also includes control circuitry that is in communication with the memory cells. The control circuitry is configured to program a group of the memory cells in a programming operation that does not include verify to obtain a natural threshold voltage (nVt) distribution, calculate an nVt width of the nVt distribution, compare the nVt width to a threshold, and identify the memory block as being vulnerable to cross-temperature read errors in response to the nVt width exceeding the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SanDisk Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xuan Tian, Henry Chin, Liang Li, Vincent Yin, Wei Zhao, Tony Zou
  • Patent number: 11367491
    Abstract: Apparatuses and techniques are described for recovering from errors in a read operation. When a read operation results in an uncorrectable read error, recovery read operations are performed for each read voltage of a page of data. Each recovery read operation uses a different timing. The different timings can involve a time period which is allocated for a voltage transition, such as a settling time of a word line or bit line voltage, or a time allocated for an under kick or over kick of a word line or bit line voltage. An error count is obtained for each different timing, and an optimum timing is determined based on the lowest error count. A retry read operation is performed in which an optimum timing is used for the voltage transition for each read voltage of the page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Liang Li, Xuan Tian, Vincent Yin, Jiahui Yuan
  • Patent number: 10434721
    Abstract: An apparatus to apply a foam seal to a part is provided. The apparatus comprises a receiving device to secure the part, a loading device and a driving device to drive the loading device. The receiving device includes a housing, a first rod coupled to the housing and at least partially disposed in the housing and a resilient member connected between the housing and the first rod at a radial direction. The loading device includes an actuating member and a holding member to hold the foam seal. The driving device is configured to move the loading device between a loading position and an application position and further drive the actuating member and the holding member to rotate around an axis parallel to the first rod. The actuation member contacts the housing while rotating and the foam seal on the holding member contacts the part at the application position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Evan Tian, Vincent Yin, Denis Gerard O'Shannessy, Ryan Lin
  • Patent number: 10417084
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for managing a failure of a device. The method comprises detecting whether a failure occurs in a device, and generating a failure report for the failure in response to the failure occurring in the device. The method further comprises querying a device object repository with the failure report, and the object device repository stores historical failure information associated with the device and a fix solution corresponding to the historical failure information. The method further comprises obtaining the fix solution from the device object repository based on a comparison between the failure report and the historical failure information. Embodiments of the present disclosure can manage the failure of the device more effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Vincent Yin Liu, Patrick Minggang Lu, Charlie Chao Chen
  • Patent number: 10343492
    Abstract: An air outlet assembly comprises an air housing for air flowing through; a retainer connected to the air housing; a plurality of vanes disposed on the retainer, spaced apart each other and rotatably connected to the retainer; and a sliding link. The sliding link is disposed on an inner surface of the air housing, adjacent to the retainer, coupled with each of the vanes and configured to be slidable on the inner surface so as to orient each of the vanes relative to the air housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Lin, Denis Gerard O'Shannessy, Vincent Yin
  • Publication number: 20180037092
    Abstract: An air outlet assembly comprises an air housing for air flowing through; a retainer connected to the air housing; a plurality of vanes disposed on the retainer, spaced apart each other and rotatably connected to the retainer; and a sliding link. The sliding link is disposed on an inner surface of the air housing, adjacent to the retainer, coupled with each of the vanes and configured to be slidable on the inner surface so as to orient each of the vanes relative to the air housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan Lin, Denis Gerard O'Shannessy, Vincent Yin
  • Publication number: 20180022037
    Abstract: An apparatus to apply a foam seal to a part is provided. The apparatus comprises a receiving device to secure the part, a loading device and a driving device to drive the loading device. The receiving device includes a housing, a first rod coupled to the housing and at least partially disposed in the housing and a resilient member connected between the housing and the first rod at a radial direction. The loading device includes an actuating member and a holding member to hold the foam seal. The driving device is configured to move the loading device between a loading position and an application position and further drive the actuating member and the holding member to rotate around an axis parallel to the first rod. The actuation member contacts the housing while rotating and the foam seal on the holding member contacts the part at the application position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Evan Tian, Vincent Yin, Denis Gerard O'Shannessy, Ryan Lin
  • Publication number: 20170269983
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for managing a failure of a device. The method comprises detecting whether a failure occurs in a device, and generating a failure report for the failure in response to the failure occurring in the device. The method further comprises querying a device object repository with the failure report, and the object device repository stores historical failure information associated with the device and a fix solution corresponding to the historical failure information. The method further comprises obtaining the fix solution from the device object repository based on a comparison between the failure report and the historical failure information. Embodiments of the present disclosure can manage the failure of the device more effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent Yin Liu, Patrick Minggang Lu, Charlie Chao Chen