Patents by Inventor Wen-Ching Lee

Wen-Ching Lee 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: 20240395893
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of nanostructures extending in a first direction above a semiconductor substrate and arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and a gate structure extending in a third direction perpendicular to both the first and second directions, the gate structure surrounding each of the plurality of nanostructures. Each of the plurality of nanostructures has an outer region having a composition different from a composition of an inner region of each of the plurality of the nanostructures. The gate structure includes a plurality of high-k gate dielectric layers respectively surrounding the plurality of nanostructures, a work function layer surrounding each of the plurality of high-k gate dielectric layers and a fill metal layer surrounding the work function layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Kai LIN, Shih-Chiang CHEN, Po-Shao LIN, Wei-Yang LEE, Chia-Pin LIN, Yuan-Ching PENG
  • Publication number: 20240388649
    Abstract: An interactive control device includes a housing, a touch display panel and a face cover. The touch display panel is disposed within the housing. The face cover has a front surface and a rear surface. A first hollow configuration is formed on the front surface of the face cover, the face cover is detachably assembly with the housing and placed over the touch display panel, and a display area and a touch area of the touch display panel are limited by the first hollow configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yung-Tai Pan, Wen-Hsien Chan, Rong-Fu Lee, I-Min Shu, Wei-Ching Kuo, Bo-An Chen
  • Patent number: 12080775
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of nanostructures extending in a first direction above a semiconductor substrate and arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and a gate structure extending in a third direction perpendicular to both the first and second directions, the gate structure surrounding each of the plurality of nano structures. Each of the plurality of nanostructures has an outer region having a composition different from a composition of an inner region of each of the plurality of the nanostructures. The gate structure includes a plurality of high-k gate dielectric layers respectively surrounding the plurality of nanostructures, a work function layer surrounding each of the plurality of high-k gate dielectric layers and a fill metal layer surrounding the work function layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Kai Lin, Shih-Chiang Chen, Po-Shao Lin, Wei-Yang Lee, Chia-Pin Lin, Yuan-Ching Peng
  • Patent number: 12053944
    Abstract: A dyeing method for functional contact lenses includes the following steps: providing a dry lens body, including hydrogel with 0-90% water content, silicone hydrogel with 0-90% water content, or a combination thereof; preparing an amphoteric polymethyl ether prepolymer, combining the amphoteric polymethyl ether prepolymer with a hydrophilic monomer to form a masking ring material, and attaching the masking ring material to an inner surface of the dry lens body to form a masking ring layer; dropping a colorant onto the inner surface, making the masking ring layer surround the colorant, irradiating the colorant with an ultraviolet light and then heating and fixing the colorant to form a dyed layer on the inner surface; and placing the dry lens body in water to hydrate and removing the masking ring layer to obtain a wet lens body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: VIZIONFOCUS INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Ching Lin, Ching-Fang Lee, Chi-Ching Chen, Hsiao-Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 10730066
    Abstract: A portable nebulizer includes a nebulizer body including a nozzle hole and an atomizer plate positioned in the nozzle hole, and a dust shield coupled to the nebulizer body and movable relative to the nebulizer body between a dust protection position where the dust shield shields the nozzle hole of the nebulizer body and an open position where the dust shield is kept away from the nozzle hole of the nebulizer body, thus, the dust shield is capable of protecting the nozzle hole of the portable nebulizer against environmental contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: 10620097
    Abstract: A biological sample processing device includes a base, a purification unit, a metering unit and a first tube. The purification unit is disposed on the base and is configured to purify a sample. The metering unit is disposed on the base and has an inlet, at least one metering trough and an overflow trough. The inlet is connected to the purification unit via the first tube, and the metering trough is connected between the inlet and the overflow trough. The sample from the purification unit is configured to enter the metering unit through the inlet to be moved toward the metering trough, and to be moved toward the overflow trough after the metering trough is filled with the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chien-An Chen, Wen-Ching Lee, Tzu-Hui Wu, Pei-Shin Jiang, Ping-Jung Wu, Ruey-Shyan Hong, Hsiao-Jou Chang, Chun-Chieh Huang, Ting-Hsuan Chen, Chih-Lung Lin
  • Patent number: 10455985
    Abstract: A mixing vessel includes a vessel body, a clamping device and a stirrer. The vessel body includes a bottom panel and a vessel wall upwardly extended from the border of the bottom panel. The bottom panel defines a top surface, an opposing bottom surface and an opening cut through the top surface and the bottom surface. The clamping device is connected to the bottom panel of the vessel body and clamped on the top surface and the bottom surface of the bottom panel. The stirrer is inserted through the opening of the bottom panel of the vessel body and connected to the clamping device. Thus, subject to fixation of the clamping device to the bottom panel of the vessel body, the mixing vessel presents the bottom panel of the vessel body from deformation due to heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: 10211624
    Abstract: A drive protection method used in a drive circuit of a DC motor having a maximum tolerance value is disclosed to include the steps of providing a drive current for driving the DC motor and a control signal a for controlling the output level of the drive current, providing a maximum signal level corresponding to the maximum tolerance value of said DC motor, comparing the level of the feedback signal of the DC motor and the maximum signal level, and computing the feedback signal to obtain an operation signal when the level of the feedback signal exceeds the maximum signal level and then stopping the output of the control signal when the level of the operation signal reaches a turn-off level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee
  • Publication number: 20180254627
    Abstract: A drive protection method used in a drive circuit of a DC motor having a maximum tolerance value is disclosed to include the steps of providing a drive current for driving the DC motor and a control signal a for controlling the output level of the drive current, providing a maximum signal level corresponding to the maximum tolerance value of said DC motor, comparing the level of the feedback signal of the DC motor and the maximum signal level, and computing the feedback signal to obtain an operation signal when the level of the feedback signal exceeds the maximum signal level and then stopping the output of the control signal when the level of the operation signal reaches a turn-off level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Wen-Ching LEE
  • Patent number: 10005658
    Abstract: A water dispenser includes a main body and a water container. The main body has a receiving space and a connecting socket. The water container includes a container body and a water dispenser connector. The container body has a receiving chamber for storing a liquid. The water dispenser connector is connected to the container body and located at a bottom portion of the container body. When the water container is mounted in the receiving space of the main body, with the water dispenser connector connected to the connecting socket of the main body, the liquid in the receiving chamber of the container body can flow through the water dispenser connecter to the connecting socket of the main body. Once the water container is detached from the main body, the water dispenser connector stops the liquid from flowing out of the receiving chamber of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee
  • Publication number: 20180164196
    Abstract: A biological sample processing device includes a base, a purification unit, a metering unit and a first tube. The purification unit is disposed on the base and is configured to purify a sample. The metering unit is disposed on the base and has an inlet, at least one metering trough and an overflow trough. The inlet is connected to the purification unit via the first tube, and the metering trough is connected between the inlet and the overflow trough. The sample from the purification unit is configured to enter the metering unit through the inlet to be moved toward the metering trough, and to be moved toward the overflow trough after the metering trough is filled with the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chien-An Chen, Wen-Ching Lee, Tzu-Hui Wu, Pei-Shin Jiang, Ping-Jung Wu, Ruey-Shyan Hong, Hsiao-Jou Chang, Chun-Chieh Huang, Ting-Hsuan Chen, Chih-Lung Lin
  • Publication number: 20180098666
    Abstract: A blender jar assembly consisting of a blender jar, a cover and a vacuum pump is disclosed. The cover includes a cover body including a connection channel and a locking system formed on the cover body within the connection channel, and a sealing plug set detachably connected to the cover body and locked thereto by the locking system to cover the connection channel and having an air hole and an air valve adapted for blocking the air hole. Thus, the sealing plug set can be selectively mounted in the cover body, and the connection channel can be provided for accommodating a measuring cup or for the insertion of a stirring rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventor: Wen-Ching LEE
  • Publication number: 20170295998
    Abstract: A cutter device of jar includes a shell defining a top, a bottom and an accommodation chamber, a drive shaft inserted through the top and bottom of the shell, one or multiple blades mounted onto the drive shaft and located on the top of the shell, a first oil seal mounted into the accommodation chamber of the shell near the top of the shell and abutted against the periphery of the drive shaft, one or multiple bearings mounted into the accommodation chamber of shell and connected to the shell and the drive shaft, and a second oil seal mounted into the accommodation chamber of the shell near the bottom of the shell and abutted against the periphery of the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Wen-Ching LEE
  • Publication number: 20170291186
    Abstract: A portable nebulizer includes a nebulizer body including a nozzle hole and an atomizer plate positioned in the nozzle hole, and a dust shield coupled to the nebulizer body and movable relative to the nebulizer body between a dust protection position where the dust shield shields the nozzle hole of the nebulizer body and an open position where the dust shield is kept away from the nozzle hole of the nebulizer body, thus, the dust shield is capable of protecting the nozzle hole of the portable nebulizer against environmental contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Wen-Ching LEE
  • Patent number: D800498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: D801109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: D809333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: D809334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: D817082
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: D818004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Inventor: Wen-Ching Lee