Patents by Inventor Wu Wei

Wu Wei 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: 20230252552
    Abstract: An e-gifting method is provided. The method is performed by a computer device including a processing unit, and includes: receiving, by the processing unit, gift filtering information and receiver information from a giver terminal device; generating, by the processing unit, a candidate gift list according to the gift filtering information and the receiver information, where the candidate gift list includes a plurality of candidate gift items; generating, by the processing unit, a gifting list from the candidate gift items according to giver selecting information from the giver terminal device, where the gifting list includes a plurality of gifting gift items; confirming, by the processing unit, a selected gift item from the gifting gift items according to receiver selecting information from a receiver terminal device; and transmitting, by the processing unit, payment information corresponding to the selected gift item to the giver terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kuo-Chung CHIU, Hsuan-Wu WEI, Yi-Hua HUANG, Chun-Hao LIAO
  • Publication number: 20230238309
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a lead frame. The semiconductor device comprises at least one semiconductor chip that is attached to a surface of a base island in a first plane, wherein a connecting rib is connected to the base island, and has a first part which is obliquely connected to the base island; the connecting rib has a second part, and the second part has a surface in a second plane; the second plane is parallel to the first plane and is a plane different from the first plane; the connecting rib has a branch part divided from the second part and the branch part has, in the second plane, a surface used for receiving a lead connected to the semiconductor chip; and the branch part has an edge which is distant from a first edge of the base island by a first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Diodes Incorporated
    Inventors: Yang Xiaorui, Wu Wei
  • Publication number: 20230238313
    Abstract: Disclosed are a packaging substrate, a grid array package, and a preparation method therefor. The packaging substrate comprises a plurality of packaging units, and each packaging unit is defined by a closed packaging line. The packaging substrate comprises: a base substrate having a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other, a plurality of solder pads provided on the first surface, and a metal layer provided on the second surface. In a given packaging unit, the metal layer comprises a plurality of lead pads, at least one lead pad extending from an inner side of the packaging unit defined by the packaging line to an outer side. The lead pad is connected to one solder pad by means of a connecting member penetrating through the base substrate, and an orthographic projection of the connecting member on the base substrate at least partially covers the packaging line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Diodes Incorporated
    Inventors: Yang Xiaorui, Wu Wei
  • Patent number: 11709565
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensing apparatus includes a plurality of fingerprint sensors and a fingerprint readout circuit. The fingerprint sensors may be configured to operate in a fingerprint sensing cycle. The fingerprint readout circuit may be coupled to the plurality of fingerprint sensors via a plurality of sensing lines. The fingerprint readout circuit may be configured to control the fingerprint sensors to operate in the fingerprint sensing cycle. The fingerprint sensing cycle includes an initialization period, an exposure period and a readout period. A voltage of a reset node in each fingerprint sensor among the plurality of fingerprint sensors is reset to a first voltage in a reset period after the fingerprint sensing cycle ends. The voltage of the reset node in each fingerprint sensor is initialized to an initial voltage in the initialization period. The initial voltage is different from the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsien Lee, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Feng-Lin Chan, Wu Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 11615640
    Abstract: A driving device and an operation method thereof are provided. The driving device includes a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit. The first driving circuit performs a display driving operation to a display panel. The second driving circuit performs a fingerprint sensing operation (including a sensor reset operation and an image capture operation) to the display panel according to a timing control signal of the first driving circuit. The fingerprint sensing operation is operated with a same frame polarity configuration rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Wu Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20230062886
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a device that includes an active layer, a gate electrode, a passivation structure, a source contact, and a drain contact arranged over a substrate. The gate electrode is arranged over the substrate and is spaced apart from the active layer by a gate dielectric layer. The passivation structure is arranged over the active layer. The source contact extends through the passivation structure and contacts the active layer. The drain contact extends through the passivation structure and contacts the active layer. The passivation structure is hydrophobic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Wu-Wei Tsai, Hai-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20230021699
    Abstract: A disclosed transistor structure includes a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode, an insulating layer separating the gate electrode from the active layer, and a carrier modification device that reduces short channel effects by reducing carrier concentration variations in the active layer. The carrier modification device may include a capping layer in contact with the active layer that acts to increase a carrier concentration in the active layer. Alternatively, the carrier modification device may include a first injection layer in contact with the source electrode and the active layer separating the source electrode from the active layer, and a second injection layer in contact with the drain electrode and the active layer separating the drain electrode from the active layer. The first and second injection layers may act to reduce a carrier concentration within the active layer near the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Wu-Wei TSAI, Hai-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 11551469
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fingerprint recognition driving method for a display panel, the display panel including a fingerprint recognition circuit, a fingerprint recognition driving circuit and a controller, the fingerprint recognition driving circuit being used to provide a fingerprint recognition driving signal to the fingerprint recognition circuit, the fingerprint recognition driving method including: periodically arranging, by the controller, time periods for display and touch in a case that the controller does not receive a fingerprint recognition start signal; periodically arranging, by the controller, time periods for display and touch and time periods for fingerprint recognition at intervals in a case that the controller receives the fingerprint recognition start signal; generating, by the controller, a first fingerprint recognition reset signal during at least one time period for display and touch, and the fingerprint recognition driving circuit being reset under the control of the first fi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Wu-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20220383654
    Abstract: A chip capable of controlling a panel to perform fingerprint sensing is provided. Fingerprint sensing pixels of the panel are divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones along a first direction. The chip includes a control circuit. The control circuit provides multiple control signals for controlling the panel to perform fingerprint sensing. The control signals include multiple start pulse signals. The start pulse signals are used to indicate the selected fingerprint zone. The number of the fingerprint zones is greater than the number of the start pulse signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Wu-Wei Lin, Huang-Chin Tang, Ting-Hsuan Hung
  • Patent number: 11508182
    Abstract: An electronic circuit adapted to drive a panel including a plurality of fingerprint sensing zones is provided. The electronic circuit includes a fingerprint sensing circuit. The fingerprint sensing circuit is configured to determine at least two fingerprint sensing zones to perform a fingerprint sensing operation according to a touch area and receive a fingerprint sensing signal corresponding to fingerprint sensing data from the at least two fingerprint sensing zones. The fingerprint sensing circuit rearranges the fingerprint sensing data from the at least two fingerprint sensing zones. In addition, an electronic device and a method for sensing a fingerprint image are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Wu-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20220344510
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a stack of an active layer, a gate dielectric, and a gate electrode in a forward or in a reverse order. The active layer includes a compound semiconductor material containing oxygen, at least one acceptor-type element selected from Ga and W, and at least one heavy post-transition metal element selected from In and Sn. An atomic percentage of the at least one heavy post-transition metal element at a first surface portion of the active layer that contacts the gate dielectric is higher than an atomic percentage of the at least one heavy post-transition metal element at a second surface portion of the active layer located on an opposite side of the gate dielectric. The front channel current may be increased, and the back channel leakage current may be decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Wu-Wei Tsai, Hai-Ching Chen, Po-Ting Lin
  • Publication number: 20220328699
    Abstract: A stack including an active layer, a gate dielectric, and a gate electrode is formed in a forward or in a reverse order, over a substrate. The active layer includes a front channel layer, a bulk semiconductor layer, and a back channel layer. The front channel layer is formed by depositing a layer stack that include at least one post-transition metal oxide layer, a zinc oxide layer, and at least one acceptor-type oxide layer. The zinc oxide layer or at least one post transition metal oxide layer contacts the gate dielectric, and the at least one acceptor-type oxide layer is most distal from the gate dielectric. The front channel layer provides enhanced channel conductivity, while the back channel layer provides suppressed channel conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Wu-Wei TSAI, Hai-Ching CHEN, Sai-Hooi YEONG, Yu-Ming LIN
  • Patent number: 11462044
    Abstract: A chip, an electronic device, a panel and an operation method thereof are provided. The chip can control the panel to perform fingerprint sensing. Fingerprint sensing pixels of the panel are divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones along a column direction. The chip includes a selecting circuit and a control circuit. The selecting circuit obtains information about a selected fingerprint zone among the fingerprint zones. The control circuit provides multiple control signals for controlling the panel to perform fingerprint sensing. The control signals include multiple start pulse signals. The start pulse signals collectively indicate the selected fingerprint zone. The number of the fingerprint zones is greater than the number of the start pulse signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Wu-Wei Lin, Huang-Chin Tang, Ting-Hsuan Hung
  • Patent number: 11450132
    Abstract: In the invention, a fingerprint driving circuit, a fingerprint sensing device, an electronic apparatus, and an operation method of the fingerprint sensing device are provided. By keeping fingerprint sensing lines in a non-fingerprint sensing region in an electrically non-floating state, flash phenomenon in a display panel may be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Wu Wei Lin, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Wen-Yi Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20220271166
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes an active layer and at least one gate stack. The active layer may be formed using multiple iterations of a unit layer stack deposition process, which includes an acceptor-type oxide deposition process and a post-transition metal oxide deposition process. A surface of each gate dielectric within the at least one gate stack contacts a surface of a respective layer of the oxide of the acceptor-type element so that leakage current of the active layer may be minimized. A source electrode and a drain electrode may contact an oxide layer providing lower contact resistance such as a layer of the post-transition metal oxide or a zinc oxide layer within the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Wu-Wei TSAI, Po-Ting LIN, Hai-Ching CHEN, Chung-Te LIN
  • Publication number: 20220254931
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulating layer embedding a gate electrode and overlying a substrate, a stack of a gate dielectric including a gate dielectric material, a dielectric diffusion barrier liner including a dielectric diffusion barrier material, and an active layer overlying a top surface of the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting a respective portion of a top surface of the active layer. The dielectric diffusion barrier material is different from the gate dielectric material and is selected from a dielectric metal oxide material and a dielectric compound of silicon, and suppresses loss of metallic elements during subsequent anneal processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Wu-Wei TSAI, Hai-Ching CHEN, Sai-Hooi YEONG, Yu-Ming LIN
  • Publication number: 20220254897
    Abstract: A thin film transistor may be manufactured by forming a gate electrode in an insulating layer over a substrate, forming a gate dielectric over the gate electrode and the insulating layer, forming an active layer over the gate electrode, and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode contacting a respective portion of a top surface of the active layer. A surface oxygen concentration may be increased in at least one of the gate dielectric and the active layer by introducing oxygen atoms into a surface region of a respective one of the gate dielectric and the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Wu-Wei TSAI, Chun-Chieh LU, Hai-Ching CHEN, Yu-Ming LIN, Sai-Hooi YEONG
  • Publication number: 20220197469
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensing apparatus includes a plurality of fingerprint sensors and a fingerprint readout circuit. The fingerprint sensors may be configured to operate in a fingerprint sensing cycle. The fingerprint readout circuit may be coupled to the plurality of fingerprint sensors via a plurality of sensing lines. The fingerprint readout circuit may be configured to control the fingerprint sensors to operate in the fingerprint sensing cycle. The fingerprint sensing cycle includes an initialization period, an exposure period and a readout period. A voltage of a reset node in each fingerprint sensor among the plurality of fingerprint sensors is reset to a first voltage in a reset period after the fingerprint sensing cycle ends. The voltage of the reset node in each fingerprint sensor is initialized to an initial voltage in the initialization period. The initial voltage is different from the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu-Hsien Lee, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Feng-Lin Chan, Wu Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20220189196
    Abstract: A method and device of fingerprint image generation for saving memory. The method includes generating a first fingerprint image of an original data size according to a plurality of first analog sensing signals which are read from a fingerprint sensor array before an exposure period ends. Then the first fingerprint image represented by a first data size which is equivalent to or smaller than the original data size is stored. a second fingerprint image of the original data size is generated after generating the first fingerprint image of the original data size according to a plurality of second analog sensing signals which are read from the fingerprint sensor array during the exposure period. The second fingerprint image represented by a compressed data size smaller than the original data size is then stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: WEILUN SHIH, WU-WEI LIN
  • Publication number: 20220171494
    Abstract: An integrated driving device is provided. The integrated driving device includes a touch sensing circuit and an optical sensing circuit. The touch sensing circuit is configured to perform touch sensing in a plurality of touch sensing periods during a first frame period. The optical sensing circuit is configured to perform optical sensing during at least one optical sensing period during the first frame period to obtain optical sensing signals for generating first ambient light information. The touch sensing periods and the optical sensing period are non-overlapping. Correspondingly, an operation method of an integrated driving device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Wu-Wei Lin, Jiun-Jie Tsai, Huang-Chin Tang, Ching-Chun Lin