Patents by Inventor Ya-Wen Chang
Ya-Wen Chang 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).
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Patent number: 11968869Abstract: An electronic device includes a flexible substrate and a conductive wire. The conductive wire is disposed on the flexible substrate and includes a metal portion and a plurality of openings disposed in the metal portion. The metal portion includes a plurality of extending portions and a plurality of joint portions, and each of the openings is surrounded by two of the plurality of extending portions and two of the plurality of joint portions. A ratio of a sum of widths of the plurality of extending portions to a sum of widths of the plurality of joint portions is in a range from 0.8 to 1.2.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Ya-Wen Lin, Chien-Chih Chen, Yen-Hsi Tu, Cheng-Wei Chang, Shu-Hui Yang
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Patent number: 11955338Abstract: A method includes providing a substrate having a surface such that a first hard mask layer is formed over the surface and a second hard mask layer is formed over the first hard mask layer, forming a first pattern in the second hard mask layer, where the first pattern includes a first mandrel oriented lengthwise in a first direction and a second mandrel oriented lengthwise in a second direction different from the first direction, and where the first mandrel has a top surface, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, and depositing a material towards the first mandrel and the second mandrel such that a layer of the material is formed on the top surface and the first sidewall but not the second sidewall of the first mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Shih-Chun Huang, Ya-Wen Yeh, Chien-Wen Lai, Wei-Liang Lin, Ya Hui Chang, Yung-Sung Yen, Ru-Gun Liu, Chin-Hsiang Lin, Yu-Tien Shen
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Publication number: 20240077392Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a measuring method of liquid mixture purity includes steps as follows. A storage tank is provided, wherein the storage tank is configured for storing a liquid mixture including formic acid and water. A calculating unit is provided, wherein a plurality of formic acid purity values are saved in the calculating unit. A pressure-decreasing and heating step is performed by reducing a pressure of the storage tank and heating the storage tank. A measuring step is performed by measuring in the inner space of the storage tank to obtain a pressure value, and measuring the liquid mixture simultaneously to obtain a temperature value. A calculating step is performed by inputting the pressure value and the temperature value into the calculating unit, wherein the calculating unit outputs one of the formic acid purity values corresponding thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Kuo-Liang YEH, Ya-Ju CHANG, Jung-Kuei PENG, Sheng-Tang CHANG, Min-Wen WENG, Wen-Ting HUANG
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Publication number: 20230382065Abstract: A method for producing embedded hydrogel contact lenses comprises at least the following steps: obtaining an insert made of a crosslinked polymeric material comprising repeating units of a free-radical photoinitiator; placing the insert in a female lens mold half; dosing an amount of a lens-forming composition to immerse the insert in the female lens mold half; closing tightly a male lens mold half onto the top of the female lens mold half halves to form a molding assembly; actinically curing both the lens-forming composition in the molding assembly to form an embedded hydrogel lens precursor which comprises a bulk hydrogel material formed the lens-forming composition and the insert that is embedded therein and covalently linked to the bulk hydrogel material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Jing Cheng, Michelle Plavnik, Ya-Wen Chang, Feng Jing, Steve Yun Zhang
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Patent number: 11766823Abstract: A method or apparatus for creating a three-dimensional tissue construct of a desired shape for repair or replacement of a portion of an organism. The method may comprise injecting at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The apparatus may comprise an injector configured to inject at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which may be a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The tissue construct may have a smallest feature size of ten micrometers or less.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Ettor Angelini, Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Kyle Gene Rowe, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Ya-Wen Chang, Samantha M. Marquez
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Patent number: 11654612Abstract: A method or apparatus for three-dimensionally printing. The method may comprise causing a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region using a focused energy source, and displacing the first material with a second material. The apparatus may comprise a container configured to hold a first material, a focused energy source configured to cause a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region, and an injector configured to displace the first material with a second material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which is a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The yield stress material may comprise a soft granular gel. The second material may comprise one or more cells.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Thomas Ettor Angelini, Ya-Wen Chang, Samantha M. Marquez
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Publication number: 20220392501Abstract: A memory storage apparatus including a memory circuit and a memory controller is provided. The memory circuit is configured to store data. The memory controller is coupled to the memory circuit via a data bus. The memory controller performs initial setting of the memory circuit on the basis of a width of the data bus. In addition, an operating method of a memory storage apparatus is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Ju-An Chiang, Ya-Wen Chang
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Patent number: 11501807Abstract: A memory storage apparatus including a memory circuit and a memory controller is provided. The memory circuit is configured to store data. The memory controller is coupled to the memory circuit via a data bus. The memory controller performs initial setting of the memory circuit on the basis of a width of the data bus. In addition, an operating method of a memory storage apparatus is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Ju-An Chiang, Ya-Wen Chang
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Publication number: 20220055287Abstract: A method or apparatus for three-dimensionally printing. The method may comprise causing a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region using a focused energy source, and displacing the first material with a second material. The apparatus may comprise a container configured to hold a first material, a focused energy source configured to cause a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region, and an injector configured to displace the first material with a second material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which is a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The yield stress material may comprise a soft granular gel. The second material may comprise one or more cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Thomas Eltor Angelini, Ya-Wen Chang, Samantha M. Marquez
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Patent number: 11192292Abstract: A method or apparatus for three-dimensionally printing. The method may comprise causing a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region using a focused energy source, and displacing the first material with a second material. The apparatus may comprise a container configured to hold a first material, a focused energy source configured to cause a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region, and an injector configured to displace the first material with a second material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which is a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The yield stress material may comprise a soft granular gel. The second material may comprise one or more cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Georigia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Thomas Ettor Angelini, Ya-Wen Chang, Samantha M. Marquez
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Publication number: 20210252777Abstract: A method or apparatus for creating a three-dimensional tissue construct of a desired shape for repair or replacement of a portion of an organism. The method may comprise injecting at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The apparatus may comprise an injector configured to inject at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which may be a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The tissue construct may have a smallest feature size of ten micrometers or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Thomas Ettor ANGELINI, Wallace Gregory SAWYER, Kyle Gene ROWE, Tapomoy BHATTACHARJEE, Alberto FERNANDEZ-NIEVES, Ya-Wen CHANG, Samantha M. MARQUEZ
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Patent number: 11007705Abstract: A method or apparatus for creating a three-dimensional tissue construct of a desired shape for repair or replacement of a portion of an organism. The method may comprise injecting at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The apparatus may comprise an injector configured to inject at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which may be a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The tissue construct may have a smallest feature size of ten micrometers or less.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Thomas Ettor Angelini, Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Kyle Gene Rowe, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Ya-Wen Chang, Samantha M. Marquez
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Patent number: 10482966Abstract: A block decoder of nonvolatile memory includes a level shifter and a decoder. A first transistor has a control terminal coupled to a first control node, a first terminal coupled to an output node, and a second terminal coupled to a first supply voltage. A second transistor has a control terminal coupled to a second control node, a first terminal coupled to a ground voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the output node. A third transistor has a control terminal coupled to the output node, a first terminal coupled to a first node, and a second terminal coupled to second supply voltage. A fourth transistor has a control terminal coupled to the second control node, a first terminal coupled to the first node, and a second terminal coupled to the output node.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Ju-An Chiang, Ya-Wen Chang
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Publication number: 20190160286Abstract: Disclosed herein is a novel apparatus and the uses thereof in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. The present apparatus comprises a detecting means, a stimulation means, a virtual reality means and a processor. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the present apparatus produces an additive or synergistic effect on the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: Yen-Kuang YANG, Che-Wei LIN, Shih-Hsien LIN, Kao-Chin CHEN, Ya-Wen CHANG, Ya-Hsin HSIAO
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Publication number: 20190147956Abstract: A block decoder of nonvolatile memory includes a level shifter and a decoder. A first transistor has a control terminal coupled to a first control node, a first terminal coupled to an output node, and a second terminal coupled to a first supply voltage. A second transistor has a control terminal coupled to a second control node, a first terminal coupled to a ground voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the output node. A third transistor has a control terminal coupled to the output node, a first terminal coupled to a first node, and a second terminal coupled to second supply voltage. A fourth transistor has a control terminal coupled to the second control node, a first terminal coupled to the first node, and a second terminal coupled to the output node.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Ju-An CHIANG, Ya-Wen CHANG
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Patent number: 9968898Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides amphiphilic nanosheets that comprise lamellar crystals with at least two regions: a first hydrophilic region and a second hydrophobic region. In some embodiments, the amphiphilic nanosheets of the present invention also comprise a plurality of functional groups that are appended to the lamellar crystals. In some embodiments the functional groups are hydrophobic functional groups that are appended to the second region of the lamellar crystals. In some embodiments, the lamellar crystals comprise ?-zirconium phosphates. Additional embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods of making the aforementioned amphiphilic nanosheets. Such methods generally comprise appending one or more functional groups to a stack of lamellar crystals; and exfoliating the stack of lamellar crystals for form the amphiphilic nanosheets.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: The Texas A&M University SystemInventors: Zhengdong Cheng, Andres F. Mejia, Agustin Diaz, Abraham Clearfield, Mahboobul S. Mannan, Ya-Wen Chang
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Publication number: 20180021140Abstract: A method or apparatus for creating a three-dimensional tissue construct of a desired shape for repair or replacement of a portion of an organism. The method may comprise injecting at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The apparatus may comprise an injector configured to inject at least one biomaterial in a three-dimensional pattern into a first material such that the at least one biomaterial is held in the desired shape of the tissue construct by the first material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which may be a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The tissue construct may have a smallest feature size of ten micrometers or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicants: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Thomas Ettor Angelini, Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Kyle Gene Rowe, Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Ya-Wen Chang, Samantha M. Marquez
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Publication number: 20170361534Abstract: A method or apparatus for three-dimensionally printing. The method may comprise causing a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region using a focused energy source, and displacing the first material with a second material. The apparatus may comprise a container configured to hold a first material, a focused energy source configured to cause a phase change in a region of the first material by applying focused energy to the region, and an injector configured to displace the first material with a second material. The first material may comprise a yield stress material, which is a material exhibiting Herschel-Bulkley behavior. The yield stress material may comprise a soft granular gel. The second material may comprise one or more cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2015Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicants: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Georigia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Thomas Ettor Angelini, Ya-Wen Chang, Samantha M. Marquez
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Publication number: 20170305108Abstract: A down-proof fabric includes a base fabric, an adhesive layer disposed on the base fabric, and at least one down-proof functional layer disposed on the adhesive layer. The down-proof functional layer includes a plurality of voids to block the penetration of the down. The present disclosure improves the drawbacks of conventional down-proof techniques and provides a light, thin, and breathable down-proof fabric with good hand feeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Yu-Chun WU, Ching-Nan HUANG, Kuan-Liang WEI, Ya-Wen CHANG
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Publication number: 20170173546Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides amphiphilic nanosheets that comprise lamellar crystals with at least two regions: a first hydrophilic region and a second hydrophobic region. In some embodiments, the amphiphilic nanosheets of the present invention also comprise a plurality of functional groups that are appended to the lamellar crystals. In some embodiments the functional groups are hydrophobic functional groups that are appended to the second region of the lamellar crystals. In some embodiments, the lamellar crystals comprise ?-zirconium phosphates. Additional embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods of making the aforementioned amphiphilic nanosheets. Such methods generally comprise appending one or more functional groups to a stack of lamellar crystals; and exfoliating the stack of lamellar crystals for form the amphiphilic nanosheets.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Zhengdong Cheng, Andres F. Mejia, Agustin Diaz, Abraham Clearfield, Mahboobul S. Mannan, Ya-Wen Chang