Patents by Inventor Wen Cheng

Wen Cheng 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).

  • DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF LRP4-ASSOCIATED NEUROTRANSMISSION DISORDERS
    Publication number: 20130108616
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for the detection of neurotransmission or developmental disorders, including, but not limited to, myasthenia gravis that is seronegative for autoantibodies to the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) and/or muscle specific tyrosine kinase (MuSK), the method including detecting autoantibodies that bind to LRP4, or an epitope thereof. Also included are methods for the treatment of an individual suffering from a neurotransmission disorder, the method including detecting in a bodily fluid of the individual autoantibodies that bind to LRP4, or an epitope thereof, and administering to the patient an effective amount an immunosuppressant and/or another appropriate therapeutic modality. Also included are antibodies that bind to autoantibodies to LRP4 and kits for the detection of neurotransmission or developmental disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Lin Mei, Wen-Cheng Xiong, Bin Zhang, Changyong Shen
  • CMOS COMPATIBLE BIOFET
    Publication number: 20130105868
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bio-field effect transistor (BioFET) and a method of fabricating a BioFET device. The method includes forming a BioFET using one or more process steps compatible with or typical to a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process. The BioFET device may include a substrate; a gate structure disposed on a first surface of the substrate and an interface layer formed on the second surface of the substrate. The interface layer may allow for a receptor to be placed on the interface layer to detect the presence of a biomolecule or bio-entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., ("TSMC")
    Inventors: Alexander Kalnitsky, Yi-Shao Liu, Kai-Chih Liang, Chia-Hua Chu, Chun-Ren Cheng, Chun-Wen Cheng
  • PROTECTIVE COVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20130107435
    Abstract: A protective cover includes a base, a first member, and a second member. The base includes a sliding portion in an axis direction of the base. The first member includes a first sliding slot and a first fixing portion. The first fixing portion is fixed on a casing of an electronic device. The first sliding slot cooperates with the sliding portion to make the first member slide on the base in the axis direction between a position the first member overlapping the base and a position the first member being stretched out from the base, so as to adjust a length of the protecting cover. The second member is disposed on the base and includes a second fixing portion. The second fixing portion is used for being fixed on the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Hung-Yun Wu, Ho-Ching Huang, Wen-Cheng Tsai, I-Tien Hsieh
  • Light emitting device package structure and fabricating method thereof
    Patent number: 8431950
    Abstract: A light emitting device package structure is described. The light emitting device package structure includes a substrate serving as a carrier supporting a light emitting device chip. The substrate and the light emitting device chip have a chip side and a substrate side separately. A first electrode layer is disposed on a first surface of the light emitting device chip and a second electrode layer is disposed on a second surface of the light emitting device chip, in which the first surface and the second surface are not coplanar. A first conductive trace is electrically connected to the first electrode layer and a second conductive trace is electrically connected to the second electrode layer. At least the first conductive trace or the second conductive trace is formed along the chip side and the substrate side simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Inventors: Chia-Lun Tsai, Ching-Yu Ni, Wen-Cheng Chien, Shang-Yi Wu, Cheng-Te Chou
  • MEMS Structures and Methods for Forming the Same
    Publication number: 20130099355
    Abstract: A method includes forming a MEMS device, forming a bond layer adjacent the MEMS device, and forming a protection layer over the bond layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ping-Yin Liu, Xin-Hua Huang, Hsin-Ting Huang, Yuan-Chih Hsieh, Jung-Huei Peng, Lan-Lin Chao, Chia-Shiung Tsai, Chun-Wen Cheng
  • WIRELESS ACCESS POINT DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION COLLISION AVOIDING METHOD
    Publication number: 20130100881
    Abstract: A wireless access point device receives a packet including a first source port number from a source wireless terminal device, determines if the packet is a control packet according to the first source port number, and obtains a time interval and a second source port number from the control packet and to receive a new packet. The wireless access point device further determines if the new packet is the data packet according to whether the first source port number of the new packet is the same as the second source port number, starts a timer to time for the time interval once the new packet is the data packet, and transmits a Clear-to-Sent packet to other wireless terminal devices once the timer times out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHI-WEN CHENG
  • METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING KIDNEY DISEASE COMPRISING DETECTING THE LEVEL OF ANNEXIN A2 OR S100A6
    Publication number: 20130101998
    Abstract: The present invention provides biomarkers for detecting kidney disease, selected from the oligonucleotide sequence, complementary sequence or derivatives, amino acid sequence or derivatives, fragment, variants, antibody of annexin A2 or S100A6 or combinations thereof. Moreover, the present invention also provides an assay kit and a method for kidney disease detecting, practically for the kidney disease resulting from acute tubular necrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: National Defense Medical Center
    Inventors: Ann Chen, Shuk-Man Ka, Chao-Wen Cheng, Jenn-Han Chen, Chen-Wen Yao
  • Electronic device and power management method thereof
    Patent number: 8428787
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electronic device having a power management module and a power management method thereof. Within the power management method is used for an electronic device, which has a first power module, a second power module and the loads. The power management method comprises the following step: (1) monitoring the first power module and the second power module; (2) if the first power module and the second power module are activated at the same time, sequentially stopping a supply of electric power to at least one of the loads until the electronic device has total load current smaller than a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignees: Inventec Appliances (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Inventec Appliances Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Feng Wu, Wen-Cheng Hus
  • Image sensing device and image sensing method
    Patent number: 8421895
    Abstract: An image sensing device and image sensing method is described, in which an interrupt circuit is disposed to interrupt a clock signal input to a logic circuit not associated with the reading of image data when the image data is read, so as to temporarily interrupt the operation of the logic circuit, thereby reducing the power noises caused by the current generated during the operation of the logic circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Pixart Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Le-Chun Ho, Wen-Cheng Yen, Keng-Hao Chang
  • Display device and color adjustment method for display device
    Patent number: 8421927
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a light source module and a skin-color detector. The display panel has a plurality of sub pixel units, and the sub pixel units include red sub pixel units, green sub pixel units, blue sub pixel units and white sub pixel units. The light source module is disposed at a side of the display panel and the light source module includes a white light source and a yellow light source distributed in the white light source. The skin-color detector is electrically connected to the display panel, wherein the skin-color detector detects the skin-color area proportion of an image signal of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Tao Liao, Wei-Chieh Sun, Sheng-Wen Cheng
  • AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER EQUIPMENT AND LIPA NETWORK ENTITIES
    Publication number: 20130091552
    Abstract: An authentication method for user equipment (UE) and LIPA network entities is applicable to a cross-LIPA communication environment having an UE end, a visiting LIPA network entity end (LIPAV), and a home LIPA network entity end (LIPAH). The UE end successfully registers to a core network (CN) via the LIPAV, thereby attaining mutual trust relationship between the UE end and the LIPAV. The UE end successfully registers to the CN via the LIPAH, thereby attaining mutual trust relationship between the UE end and the LIPAH. The LIPAH requests the UE end via the LIPAV for successfully re-authenticating the CN, thereby attaining mutual trust relationship between the LIPAV and the LIPAH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ching-Wen Cheng, Yung-Chun Lin, Jia-Wei Wu, Shun-Ren Yang
  • Reverse connection MTJ cell for STT MRAM
    Patent number: 8416600
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed herein for a reverse-connection STT MTJ element of a MRAM to overcome the source degeneration effect when switching the magnetization of the MTJ element from the parallel to the anti-parallel direction. A memory cell of a MRAM having a reverse-connection MTJ element includes a switching device having a source, a gate, and a drain, and a reverse-connection MTJ device having a free layer, a fixed layer, and an insulator layer interposed between the free layer and the fixed layer. The free layer of the reverse-connection MTJ device is connected to the drain of the switching device and the fixed layer is connected to a bit line (BL). The reverse-connection MTJ device applies the lower IMTJ capability of the memory cell caused by the source degeneration effect to the less stringent IMTJ(AP->P) while preserving the higher IMTJ capability for the more demanding IMTJ(P->AP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Jung Lin, Yu-Jen Wang, Ya-Chen Kao, Wen-Cheng Chen, Ming-Te Liu
  • POWER SUPPLY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130083560
    Abstract: A power supply device including a rectifying unit, a supplying unit, a controlling unit, a conversion unit and a detection unit is disclosed. The rectifying unit processes an alternating current (AC) voltage to generate a direct current (DC) voltage. The supplying unit generates an operation voltage according to an input voltage. The controlling unit receives the operation voltage and generating an enabling signal. The conversion unit transforms the DC voltage to generate an auxiliary voltage according to the enabling signal. The auxiliary voltage is not equal to the operation voltage. The detection unit detects the auxiliary voltage. When the auxiliary voltage is generated, the detection unit de-activates the supplying unit to stop generating the operation voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventor: Wen-Cheng HSIEH
  • INTERFACE WITH UNIVERSAL SERIAL COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20130080845
    Abstract: An interface with universal serial communication comprises a switching device, a medium device, and a data restoring device for transmitting the data and obtaining the serial communication via one signal line that is inter-strung by afore devices. By simplifying such communication device, the compatibility thereof could be enhanced. Moreover, during the data transmission, computation made by an error coefficient and an error beyond value in the switching device allows the transmitted data to be kept within an acceptable noise value, so that the accuracy of the data could be assured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHIN-YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: WEN-CHENG PU
  • METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR A MRAM DEVICE WITH A BILAYER PASSIVATION
    Publication number: 20130075838
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device. The MRAM device includes a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack on a substrate; and a dual-layer passivation layer disposed around the MTJ stack. The dual-layer passivation layer includes an oxygen-free film formed adjacent sidewalls of the MTJ stack; and a moisture-blocking film formed around the oxygen-free film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Chen, Chung-Yi Yu, Cheng-Yuan Tsai, Kai-Wen Cheng
  • LIVE WIREOUTDOOR SOCKET WITH LAMP
    Publication number: 20130078861
    Abstract: An outdoor socket with lamp includes a main body, a live wire terminal, a neutral wire terminal, an LED illumination unit, a transformer, an outer casing, and a switch. Through two insertion portions at the front side of the main body, the LED illumination unit is vertically inserted in a fixing trough. The present invention provides a better waterproof effect, which can be used outdoors. The light of the LED illumination unit illuminates forward, providing an illumination effect. The fixing trough is disposed between the two adjacent insertion portions, which saves space and is compact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: Chi Wen Cheng
  • TECHNIQUE FOR SMOOTHING AN INTERFACE BETWEEN LAYERS OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130075837
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor memory device. The device includes a pinning layer having an anti-ferromagnetic material and disposed over a first electrode; a pinned layer disposed over the pinning layer; a composite layer disposed over the pinned layer, the composite layer having a magnetic material randomly distributed in a non-magnetic material; a barrier layer disposed on the composite layer; a free layer disposed over the barrier layer; and a second electrode disposed over the free layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Chen, Cheng-Yuan Tsai, Chung-Yi Yu, Kai-Wen Cheng, Kuo-Ming Wu
  • Plasma cleaning for process chamber component refurbishment
    Patent number: 8404135
    Abstract: A method for cleaning and refurbishing a chamber component includes placing a chamber component having process deposits on an exterior surface in a plasma vapor deposition chamber. The chamber component is bombarded with a plasma comprising Argon for a period of time sufficient to remove the process deposits from the exterior surface of the chamber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Bin Chiou, Wen-Cheng Cheng, Wen-Sheng Wu
  • Positioning hook structure for a hand puller
    Patent number: 8402611
    Abstract: A positioning hook structure for a hand puller contains a base including a first and a second ends. A rotating member includes a first segment axially connected with the second end and a second segment having a handle. A central shaft set is axially coupled with the first segment and the second end. Two ratchets includes teeth arranged therearound and fixed onto one end of the central shaft set. The base includes a movable retaining member to abut against one of the teeth. The rotating member includes a movable pulling rod to abut against another tooth of the ratchet. A positioning hook includes third and fourth ends, with the third end including two sides including two insertions, and with the fourth end including a hooking portion extending outward. Thus, the positioning hook inserts in the holes of the base by using the insertions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Win Chance Metal Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen Cheng Chang
  • Zipper Lock
    Publication number: 20130067971
    Abstract: A zipper lock contains: a lock body, a lock mechanism, and a shackle. The lock body includes at least one positioning post mounted thereon for fitting with at least one pull piece by using at least one through hole of the at least one pull piece. The lock mechanism is disposed on the lock body. The shackle is axially connected with the lock body and is rotated toward a unlock position relative to the lock body so that the at least one pull piece is fitted onto and removed from the at least one positioning post. The shackle allows being rotated toward a lock position relative to the lock body so that the at least one pull piece is fitted onto the at least one positioning post, and the shackle is locked by the lock mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SINOX LOCK (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Cheng Huang