Patents by Inventor Wen-Chi Wu

Wen-Chi Wu 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: 11982866
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, a driving assembly and a stopping assembly. The fixed assembly has a main axis. The movable assembly is configured to connect an optical element, and the movable assembly is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The stopping assembly is configured to limit the movement of the movable assembly relative to the fixed assembly within a range of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Chang Hu, Liang-Ting Ho, Chen-Er Hsu, Yi-Liang Chan, Fu-Lai Tseng, Fu-Yuan Wu, Chen-Chi Kuo, Ying-Jen Wang, Wei-Han Hsia, Yi-Hsin Tseng, Wen-Chang Lin, Chun-Chia Liao, Shou-Jen Liu, Chao-Chun Chang, Yi-Chieh Lin, Shang-Yu Hsu, Yu-Huai Liao, Shih-Wei Hung, Sin-Hong Lin, Kun-Shih Lin, Yu-Cheng Lin, Wen-Yen Huang, Wei-Jhe Shen, Chih-Shiang Wu, Sin-Jhong Song, Che-Hsiang Chiu, Sheng-Chang Lin
  • Patent number: 11973055
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a first wafer including a first substrate and a first interconnect structure, a sidewall of the first interconnect structure forming an obtuse angle with a sidewall of the first substrate; and a second wafer bonded to the first wafer, the second wafer including a second substrate and a second interconnect structure, the sidewall of the first substrate being laterally offset from a sidewall of the second substrate and a sidewall of the second interconnect structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung-Chi Lin, Tsang-Jiuh Wu, Wen-Chih Chiou, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Publication number: 20240136199
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a semiconductor manufacturing method thereof are provided. The semiconductor manufacturing method includes the following streps. A first semiconductor element with a first bonding film is formed. The first bonding film is formed on a first side of the first semiconductor element. The first semiconductor element and the first bonding film form a taper structure. The first bonding film forms a wide portion of the taper structure. The first semiconductor element forms a narrow portion of the taper structure. A second semiconductor element with a second bonding film is formed. The second bonding film is formed on the second semiconductor element. The first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element are bonded by bonding the first bonding film and the second bonding film. An oxide layer is filled to surround the first semiconductor element and the first bonding film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yung-Chi LIN, Tsang-Jiuh WU, Wen-Chih CHIOU
  • Publication number: 20240120304
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device and a manufacturing method thereof. The electronic device includes a package structure, a circuit structure, a bonding structure and an external element. The circuit structure is disposed on the package structure and is electrically connected to the package structure. The circuit structure has a recess. The bonding structure includes a first bonding pad and a second bonding pad. The second bonding pad is disposed in the recess, and the second bonding pad is disposed on the first bonding pad. The bonding structure is disposed between the circuit structure and the external element. The external element is electrically connected to the circuit structure through the bonding structure. A width of the first bonding pad is smaller than a width of the second bonding pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Sheng Wu, Haw-Kuen Liu, Chung-Jyh Lin, Cheng-Chi Wang, Wen-Hsiang Liao, Te-Hsun Lin
  • Patent number: 11948920
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same, and a semiconductor package. The semiconductor device includes a die stack and a cap substrate. The die stack includes a first die, second dies stacked on the first die, and a third die stacked on the second dies. The first die includes first through semiconductor vias. Each of the second dies include second through semiconductor vias. The third die includes third through semiconductor vias. The cap substrate is disposed on the third die of the die stack. A sum of a thickness of the third die and a thickness of the cap substrate ranges from about 50 ?m to about 80 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: I-Chun Hsu, Yan-Zuo Tsai, Chia-Yin Chen, Yang-Chih Hsueh, Yung-Chi Lin, Tsang-Jiuh Wu, Wen-Chih Chiou
  • Publication number: 20240101784
    Abstract: A novel additive for recycling thermoset materials, its related recyclable thermoset composition and its application are disclosed. Specifically, the composition of the additive comprises at least one copolymer that has at least one carbamate group, at least one carbonate group and/or at least one urea group, and a number-average molecular weight of the copolymer is between 100 and 50,000 Da.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Chien-Hsin Wu, Ying-Chi Huang, Ying-Feng Lin, Wen-Chang Chen, Ho-Ching Huang, Ru-Jong Jeng
  • Publication number: 20240074119
    Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes a pressure seal tank, an electronic apparatus, a pressure balance pipe and a relief valve. The pressure seal tank is configured to store coolant. A vapor space is formed in the pressure seal tank above the liquid level of the coolant. The electronic apparatus is completely immersed in the coolant. The pressure balance pipe has a gas collection length. The first port of the pressure balance pipe is disposed on the top surface of the pressure seal tank. The relief valve is disposed on the second port of the pressure balance pipe. The second port is farther away from the top surface of the pressure seal tank than the first port. The gas collection length of the pressure equalization tube allows the concentration of vaporized coolant at the first port to be greater than the concentration of vaporized coolant at the second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ren-Chun CHANG, Wei-Chih LIN, Sheng-Chi WU, Wen-Yin TSAI, Li-Hsiu CHEN
  • Patent number: 11522545
    Abstract: A level shifter circuit for translating input signal to output signal is disclosed. The level shifter includes an input stage and a latch stage. The latch stage comprises at least a transistor characterized in a substantially matched transconductance with the input stage for preventing a discrete realization of a voltage clamp circuit. The transistor is a semiconductor device including a source region having a source doping region and a drain region having a first doping region and a second doping region. The first doping region is doped with a first conductivity impurity. The second doping region is disposed around the first doping region so as to surround the first doping region, and is doped with a second conductivity impurity. The second doping region has a higher on-resistance than the first doping region, thereby a high resistive series path is created by the second doping region to mimic an embedded resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Solomon Systech (Shenzhen) Limited
    Inventors: Pak-Kong Dunn, Wen-Chi Wu, Po Yen Lin, Hai Bin You
  • Patent number: 9136841
    Abstract: A capacitance difference detecting circuit with a control circuit, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a voltage control unit and a computing device. The control circuit generates a control signal according to a first voltage and a second voltage. The voltage control unit cooperates with the first capacitor to be detected and the second capacitor to be detected, according to the control signal, to generate the first voltage and the second voltage. The computing device computes a capacitance difference between the first capacitor to be detected and the second capacitor to be detected according to the first voltage, the second voltage and a parameter of the voltage control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Kun-Chih Lin, Wen-Chi Wu
  • Patent number: 9055628
    Abstract: An illumination system and an operation method thereof are provided. The illumination system includes a first controller and a first lighting device. The first controller is capable of emitting a wireless control signal. The first lighting device is capable of receiving the wireless control signal, adjusting a light emitting state thereof according to the wireless control signal, and accordingly emitting a wireless feedback signal. When the first controller does not receive the wireless feedback signal within a predetermined time or receives a wrong wireless feedback signal after the first controller emitted the wireless control signal to the first lighting device, the first controller emits the wireless control signal again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Chi Wu, Chih-Hua Lin
  • Patent number: 8643309
    Abstract: A lighting device and a method for adjusting the sensing region thereof are provided. The lighting device includes a sensing device and an illumination unit. The sensing device is configure to detect whether an object is located at a first manipulating region or a second manipulating region so as to correspondingly emit a control signal, in which the first manipulating region and the second manipulating region are not overlapped by each other and are disposed in the sensing region along a sensing direction of the sensing device. The sensing device adjusts a shortest distance between the sensing region and the sensing device and a sensing range of the sensing region according to a first adjustment signal and a second adjustment signal. The illumination unit is coupled to the sensing device and adjusts the optical characteristic according to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Chi Wu, Chih-Hua Lin
  • Patent number: 8519993
    Abstract: A dual voltage output circuit includes first and second differential driving units. The first differential driving unit is operable to generate a first output voltage from a pair of first input voltages, has first and second nodes to receive first and second voltage levels, respectively, and has a first intermediate voltage node to receive a first intermediate voltage level. The second differential driving unit is operable to generate a second output voltage from a pair of second input voltages, has third and fourth nodes to receive the first and second voltage levels, respectively, and has a second intermediate voltage node to receive a second intermediate voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: ILI Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Sung-Yau Yeh, Wen-Chi Wu
  • Publication number: 20130099672
    Abstract: The invention discloses an illumination system and a control method of illumination system. The illumination system includes a portable electronic apparatus, a lamp-controlling module and at least one lamp. The control method of an illumination system includes following steps: generating a wireless control signal according to a color distribution of a selected pattern; generating a lamp-controlling signal according to the wireless control signal; respectively adjusting a light-emitting state of the lamp according to the lamp-controlling signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Chih-Hua Lin, Wen-Chi Wu
  • Publication number: 20120286812
    Abstract: A capacitance difference detecting circuit, which comprises: a control circuit, for generating a control signal according to a first voltage and a second voltage; a first capacitor to be detected; a second capacitor to be detected; a voltage control unit, for cooperating with the first capacitor to be detected and the second capacitor to be detected, according to the control signal, to generate the first voltage and the second voltage; and a computing device, for computing a capacitance difference between the first capacitor to be detected and the second capacitor to be detected according to the first voltage, the second voltage and a parameter of the voltage control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Kun-Chih Lin, Wen-Chi Wu
  • Publication number: 20120286811
    Abstract: A capacitance difference detecting method, comprising: (a) utilizing a voltage control unit to cooperate with a first capacitor to be detected and a second capacitor to be detected to generate a first voltage and a second voltage; and (b) computing a capacitance difference between the first capacitor to be detected and the second capacitor to be detected according to the first voltage, the second voltage and a parameter of the voltage control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Kun-Chih Lin, Wen-Chi Wu
  • Publication number: 20120235573
    Abstract: An illumination system and an operation method thereof are provided. The illumination system includes a first controller and a first lighting device. The first controller is capable of emitting a wireless control signal. The first lighting device is capable of receiving the wireless control signal, adjusting a light emitting state thereof according to the wireless control signal, and accordingly emitting a wireless feedback signal. When the first controller does not receive the wireless feedback signal within a predetermined time or receives a wrong wireless feedback signal after the first controller emitted the wireless control signal to the first lighting device, the first controller emits the wireless control signal again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Chi Wu, Chih-Hua Lin
  • Publication number: 20120235599
    Abstract: A lighting device and a method for adjusting the sensing region thereof are provided. The lighting device includes a sensing device and an illumination unit. The sensing device is configure to detect whether an object is located at a first manipulating region or a second manipulating region so as to correspondingly emit a control signal, in which the first manipulating region and the second manipulating region are not overlapped by each other and are disposed in the sensing region along a sensing direction of the sensing device. The sensing device adjusts a shortest distance between the sensing region and the sensing device and a sensing range of the sensing region according to a first adjustment signal and a second adjustment signal. The illumination unit is coupled to the sensing device and adjusts the optical characteristic according to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: YOUNG LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Chi Wu, Chih-Hua Lin
  • Patent number: 8264244
    Abstract: A capacitance difference detecting circuit includes a control circuit, for generating a control signal according to a first voltage and a second voltage; a first capacitor to be detected; a second capacitor to be detected; a first constant capacitor, having a terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first capacitor to be detected and the first input terminal; a second constant capacitor, having a terminal coupled to the first terminal of the second capacitor to be detected and the second input terminal; a voltage control unit, cooperating with the first capacitor to be detected, the second capacitor to be detected, the first constant capacitor and the second constant capacitor to control the first voltage and the second voltage. The voltage control unit is an adjustable capacitor and a capacitance value of the adjustable capacitor is controlled by the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Ili Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Kun-Chih Lin, Wen-Chi Wu
  • Publication number: 20110187190
    Abstract: A dual voltage output circuit includes first and second differential driving units. The first differential driving unit is operable to generate a first output voltage from a pair of first input voltages, has first and second nodes to receive first and second voltage levels, respectively, and has a first intermediate voltage node to receive a first intermediate voltage level. The second differential driving unit is operable to generate a second output voltage from a pair of second input voltages, has third and fourth nodes to receive the first and second voltage levels, respectively, and has a second intermediate voltage node to receive a second intermediate voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: ILI TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung-Yau Yeh, Wen-Chi Wu
  • Publication number: 20110115502
    Abstract: A capacitance difference detecting circuit, which comprises: a control circuit, for generating a control signal according to a first voltage and a second voltage; a first capacitor to be detected; a second capacitor to be detected; a first constant capacitor, having a terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first capacitor to be detected and the first input terminal; a second constant capacitor, having a terminal coupled to the first terminal of the second capacitor to be detected and the second input terminal; a voltage control unit, cooperating with the first capacitor to be detected, the second capacitor to be detected, the first constant capacitor and the second constant capacitor to control the first voltage and the second voltage. The voltage control unit is an adjustable capacitor and a capacitance value of the adjustable capacitor is controlled by the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Kun-Chih Lin, Wen-Chi Wu