Patents by Inventor Wen-Cheng KUO

Wen-Cheng KUO 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: 20240120812
    Abstract: An integrated motor and drive assembly is disclosed and includes a housing, a motor and a drive. The housing includes a motor-accommodation portion and a drive-accommodation portion. The drive includes a power board and a control board. The power board is made of a high thermal conductivity substrate and includes a power element and an encoder disposed on the first side, the first side faces the motor, the power board and the motor are stacked along a first direction, and the second side contacts the housing to from a heat-dissipating route. The control board is disposed adjacent to the power board. The control board and the power board are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first direction is parallel to an axial direction of the motor. A part of the power board and a part of the control board are directly contacted to form an electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Chi-Hsiang Kuo, Yi-Yu Lee, Zuo-Ying Wei, Yuan-Kai Liao, Wen-Cheng Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20240121899
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a plurality of flexible circuit boards, a plurality of ICs and an insulator. The flexible circuit boards are disposed on the substrate. In a top view of the electronic device, the flexible circuit boards are overlapped with an edge of the substrate. The ICs are disposed on the substrate. The insulator is disposed on the flexible circuit boards and contacted the ICs, wherein the insulator has a first side and a second side opposite to the first side and the first side is closer to the edge than the second side. Along a first direction perpendicular to an extension direction of the edge, a first minimum distance between the second side and one of the ICs is less than a second minimum distance between the second side and one of the flexible circuit boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Chin-Cheng Kuo, Chia-Chun Yang, Wen-Cheng Huang
  • Publication number: 20240079263
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a frame, a door and at least a pair of shelves. The frame has opposite sidewalls. The pair of the shelves are respectively disposed and aligned on the opposite sidewalls of the frame. Various methods and devices are provided for holding at least one wafer to the shelves during transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kai-Hung HSIAO, Chi-Chung JEN, Yu-Chun SHEN, Yuan-Cheng KUO, Chih-Hsiung HUANG, Wen-Chih CHIANG
  • Publication number: 20240074761
    Abstract: An implantable rotator cuff muscle suture spacer with pressure sensing is provided, formed by a semiconductor manufacture procedure, including a base layer, made of a polymer material and having flexibility, and further including a first configuration region and a second configuration region, where the base layer is folded at imaginary fold line positions of the first configuration region and the second configuration region, so that the first configuration region is located above the second configuration region; a first electrode region, deposited on the first configuration region; a second electrode region, deposited on the second configuration region, corresponding to a position below the first electrode region, and configured to obtain a pressure sensing value; an inductance coil, deposited on the second configuration region and surrounding the second electrode region; and a capacitor layer, coated above a surface of the base layer to form a dielectric substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: WEN CHENG KUO, HSIANG-YU WU, SONG-CHENG HONG
  • Publication number: 20230382716
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an electronic device that comprises a semiconductor substrate having a first surface opposite a second surface. The semiconductor substrate at least partially defines a cavity. A first microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device is disposed along the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first MEMS device comprises a first backplate and a diaphragm vertically separated from the first backplate. A second MEMS device is disposed along the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The second MEMS device comprises spring structures and a moveable element. The spring structures are configured to suspend the moveable element in the cavity. A segment of the semiconductor substrate continuously laterally extends from under a sidewall of the first MEMS device to under a sidewall of the second MEMS device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, Chun Yin Tsai, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 11807521
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The method includes forming a filter stack over a carrier substrate. The filter stack comprises a particle filter layer having a particle filter. A support structure layer is formed over the filter stack. The support structure layer is patterned to define a support structure in the support structure layer such that the support structure has one or more segments. The support structure is bonded to a MEMS structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 11649162
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for manufacturing a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The method includes forming a particle filter layer over a carrier substrate. The particle filter layer is patterned while the particle filter layer is disposed on the carrier substrate to define a particle filter in the particle filter layer. A MEMS substrate is bonded to the carrier substrate. A MEMS structure is formed over the MEMS substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Chu, Chun-Wen Cheng, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Publication number: 20220289556
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards an electronic device that comprises a semiconductor substrate having a first surface opposite a second surface. The semiconductor substrate at least partially defines a cavity. A first microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device is disposed along the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The first MEMS device comprises a first backplate and a diaphragm vertically separated from the first backplate. A second MEMS device is disposed along the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The second MEMS device comprises spring structures and a moveable element. The spring structures are configured to suspend the moveable element in the cavity. A segment of the semiconductor substrate continuously laterally extends from under a sidewall of the first MEMS device to under a sidewall of the second MEMS device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, Chun Yin Tsai, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 11235969
    Abstract: The integrated CMOS-MEMS device includes a CMOS structure, a cap structure, and a MEMS structure. The CMOS structure, fabricated on a first substrate, includes at least one conducting layer. The cap structure, including vias passing through the cap structure, has an isolation layer deposited on its first side and has a conductive routing layer deposited on its second side. The MEMS structure is deposited between the first substrate and the cap structure. The integrated CMOS-MEMS device also includes a conductive connector that passes through one of the vias and through an opening in the isolation layer on the cap structure. The conductive connector conductively connects a conductive path in the conductive routing layer on the cap structure with the at least one conducting layer of the CMOS structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, Wen Cheng Kuo, Wei-Jhih Mao
  • Patent number: 11184694
    Abstract: An integrated microphone device is provided. The integrated microphone device includes a substrate, a plate, and a membrane. The substrate includes an aperture allowing acoustic pressure to pass through. The plate is disposed on a side of the substrate. The membrane is disposed between the substrate and the plate and movable relative to the plate as acoustic pressure strikes the membrane. The membrane includes a vent valve having an open area that is variable in response to a change in acoustic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, Chun-Yin Tsai, Tzu-Heng Wu, Wen-Cheng Kuo
  • Publication number: 20210238030
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for forming a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The method includes forming a filter stack over a carrier substrate. The filter stack comprises a particle filter layer having a particle filter. A support structure layer is formed over the filter stack. The support structure layer is patterned to define a support structure in the support structure layer such that the support structure has one or more segments. The support structure is bonded to a MEMS structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Publication number: 20210188627
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a method for manufacturing a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device. The method includes forming a particle filter layer over a carrier substrate. The particle filter layer is patterned while the particle filter layer is disposed on the carrier substrate to define a particle filter in the particle filter layer. A MEMS substrate is bonded to the carrier substrate. A MEMS structure is formed over the MEMS substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Chu, Chun-Wen Cheng, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 10968097
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a microphone including a support structure layer disposed between a particle filter and a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structure. A carrier substrate is disposed below the particle filter and has opposing sidewalls that define a carrier substrate opening. The MEMS structure overlies the carrier substrate and includes a diaphragm having opposing sidewalls that define a diaphragm opening overlying the carrier substrate opening. The particle filter is disposed between the carrier substrate and the MEMS structure. A plurality of filter openings extend through the particle filter. The support structure layer includes a support structure having one or more segments spaced laterally between the opposing sidewalls of the carrier substrate. The one or more segments of the support structure are spaced laterally between the plurality of filter openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 10941034
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a microphone including a particle filter disposed between a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) substrate and a carrier substrate. A MEMS device structure overlies the MEMS substrate. The MEMS device structure includes a diaphragm having opposing sidewalls that define a diaphragm opening. The carrier substrate underlies the MEMS substrate. The carrier substrate has opposing sidewalls that define a carrier substrate opening underlying the diaphragm opening. A filter stack is sandwiched between the carrier substrate and the MEMS substrate. The filter stack includes an upper dielectric layer, a lower dielectric layer, and a particle filter layer disposed between the upper and lower dielectric layers. The particle filter layer includes the particle filter spaced laterally between the opposing sidewalls of the carrier substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Chu, Chun-Wen Cheng, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Publication number: 20210047176
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a microphone including a support structure layer disposed between a particle filter and a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) structure. A carrier substrate is disposed below the particle filter and has opposing sidewalls that define a carrier substrate opening. The MEMS structure overlies the carrier substrate and includes a diaphragm having opposing sidewalls that define a diaphragm opening overlying the carrier substrate opening. The particle filter is disposed between the carrier substrate and the MEMS structure. A plurality of filter openings extend through the particle filter. The support structure layer includes a support structure having one or more segments spaced laterally between the opposing sidewalls of the carrier substrate. The one or more segments of the support structure are spaced laterally between the plurality of filter openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Publication number: 20210047175
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a microphone including a particle filter disposed between a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) substrate and a carrier substrate. A MEMS device structure overlies the MEMS substrate. The MEMS device structure includes a diaphragm having opposing sidewalls that define a diaphragm opening. The carrier substrate underlies the MEMS substrate. The carrier substrate has opposing sidewalls that define a carrier substrate opening underlying the diaphragm opening. A filter stack is sandwiched between the carrier substrate and the MEMS substrate. The filter stack includes an upper dielectric layer, a lower dielectric layer, and a particle filter layer disposed between the upper and lower dielectric layers. The particle filter layer includes the particle filter spaced laterally between the opposing sidewalls of the carrier substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Chu, Chun-Wen Cheng, Wen Cheng Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200213701
    Abstract: An integrated microphone device is provided. The integrated microphone device includes a substrate, a plate, and a membrane. The substrate includes an aperture allowing acoustic pressure to pass through. The plate is disposed on a side of the substrate. The membrane is disposed between the substrate and the plate and movable relative to the plate as acoustic pressure strikes the membrane. The membrane includes a vent valve having an open area that is variable in response to a change in acoustic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Chun-Wen CHENG, Chia-Hua CHU, Chun-Yin TSAI, Tzu-Heng WU, Wen-Cheng KUO
  • Publication number: 20200131028
    Abstract: The integrated CMOS-MEMS device includes a CMOS structure, a cap structure, and a MEMS structure. The CMOS structure, fabricated on a first substrate, includes at least one conducting layer. The cap structure, including vias passing through the cap structure, has an isolation layer deposited on its first side and has a conductive routing layer deposited on its second side. The MEMS structure is deposited between the first substrate and the cap structure. The integrated CMOS-MEMS device also includes a conductive connector that passes through one of the vias and through an opening in the isolation layer on the cap structure. The conductive connector conductively connects a conductive path in the conductive routing layer on the cap structure with the at least one conducting layer of the CMOS structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Chia-Hua Chu, Wen Cheng Kuo, Wei-Jhih Mao
  • Patent number: 10609463
    Abstract: An integrated microphone device is provided. The integrated microphone device includes a substrate, a plate, and a membrane. The substrate includes an aperture allowing acoustic pressure to pass through. The plate is disposed on a side of the substrate. The membrane is disposed between the substrate and the plate and movable relative to the plate as acoustic pressure strikes the membrane. The membrane includes a vent valve having an open area that is variable in response to a change in acoustic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Wen Cheng, Wen-Cheng Kuo, Chia-Hua Chu, Chun-Yin Tsai, Tzu-Heng Wu
  • Publication number: 20190132662
    Abstract: An integrated microphone device is provided. The integrated microphone device includes a substrate, a plate, and a membrane. The substrate includes an aperture allowing acoustic pressure to pass through. The plate is disposed on a side of the substrate. The membrane is disposed between the substrate and the plate and movable relative to the plate as acoustic pressure strikes the membrane. The membrane includes a vent valve having an open area that is variable in response to a change in acoustic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Chun-Wen CHENG, Wen-Cheng KUO, Chia-Hua CHU, Chun-Yin TSAI, Tzu-Heng WU