Patents by Inventor Yen-An CHEN

Yen-An CHEN 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: 20230187505
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a buffer layer, a channel layer, a barrier layer, a doped compound semiconductor layer, and a composite blocking layer. The buffer layer is on the substrate. The channel layer is on the buffer layer. The barrier layer is on the channel layer. The doped compound semiconductor layer is on the barrier layer. The composite blocking layer is on the doped compound semiconductor layer, the composite blocking layer and the barrier layer include the same Group III element, and the atomic percent of the same Group III element in the composite blocking layer increases with the distance from the doped compound semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Yen CHEN, Franky Juanda LUMBANTORUAN, Tuan-Wei WANG, Juin-Yang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230178657
    Abstract: An oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (OSFET) includes a first insulating layer, a source, a drain, a U-shaped channel layer and a metal gate. The first insulating layer is disposed on a substrate. The source and the drain are disposed in the first insulating layer. The U-shaped channel layer is sandwiched by the source and the drain. The metal gate is disposed on the U-shaped channel layer, wherein the U-shaped channel layer includes at least an oxide semiconductor layer. The present invention also provides a method for forming said oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lai, Yen-Chen Chen, Jen-Po Huang, Sheng-Yao Huang, Hui-Ling Chen, Qinggang Xing, Ding-Lung Chen, Li Li Ding, Yao-Hung Liu
  • Publication number: 20230176405
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a backlight module, first and second electrically-controlled elements, electrically-controlled first and second polarizers, a half-wave plate, and a display panel is provided. An included angle between first and second alignment directions of first and second alignment layers of the first electrically-controlled element is between 75 degrees and 105 degrees. An included angle between third and fourth alignment directions of third and fourth alignment layers of the second electrically-controlled element is between 165 degrees and 195 degrees. A first absorption axis of the first polarizer disposed between the backlight module and the first electrically-controlled element is perpendicular to a second absorption axis of the second polarizer disposed between the first and second electrically-controlled elements. The half-wave plate is disposed between the second polarizer and the second electrically-controlled element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang, Chun-Wei Lee, Jung-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 11670708
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided, including a substrate, a seed layer on the substrate, an epitaxial layer on the seed layer, an electrode structure on the epitaxial layer and an electric field modulation structure. The electrode structure includes a gate structure, a source structure and a drain structure, wherein the source structure and the drain structure are positioned on opposite sides of the gate structure. The electric field modulation structure includes an electric connection structure and a conductive layer electrically connected to the electric connection structure. The conductive layer is positioned between the gate structure and the drain structure. The electric connection structure is electrically connected to the source structure and the drain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Shin-Cheng Lin, Chih-Yen Chen, Chia-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 11670505
    Abstract: A semiconductor substrate is provided. The semiconductor substrate includes a ceramic base, a seed layer, and a nucleation layer. The ceramic base has a front surface and a back surface, and the front surface is a non-flat surface. The seed layer is disposed on the front surface of the ceramic substrate. The nucleation layer is disposed on the seed layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Yen Chen
  • Patent number: 11656443
    Abstract: A photographing lens assembly includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the seventh lens element includes at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. The object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are aspheric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Che Hsueh, Chun-Yen Chen, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11656475
    Abstract: An optical sensing device adopted to use structured light to detect an object is provided. The optical sensing device includes a structured light projector and a sensor. The structured light projector includes a light source and at least one beam multiplication film. The light source is configured to emit a light beam. The at least one beam multiplication film is disposed on a transmission path of the light beam and is made of anisotropic refractive index material, wherein a plurality of separated light beams are produced after the light beam from the light source passes through the at least one beam multiplication film, so as to form the structured light. The sensor is configured to sense the structured light reflected from the object. Besides, a structured light projector is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LIQXTAL TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Shan Chen, Yen-Chen Chen
  • Patent number: 11656604
    Abstract: Provided is a cutting speed planning system including a graphic preprocessing engine, a first speed planning engine, an included angle calculation engine, a second speed planning engine and a speed determination engine. The graphic preprocessing engine substitutes a simplified cutting route for a plurality of short straight paths of a graphic path. The first speed planning engine calculates a reasonable maximum cutting speed of each cutting route. The included angle calculation engine calculates the included angle between two adjacent ones of the cutting routes. The second speed planning engine adjusts the terminal cutting speed and the initial cutting speed of the cutting routes. The speed determination engine performs speed planning on the cutting routes according to digital control system period time. A cutting speed planning method and a non-transitory storage medium are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: ADLINK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Li Chuang, Wei-Fan Chen, Yu-Yen Chen
  • Publication number: 20230141295
    Abstract: A backlight module including a circuit substrate, a plurality of light-emitting devices, a first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer, and a second cholesteric liquid-crystal layer is provided. The light-emitting devices are disposed on the circuit substrate and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer is disposed on the light-emitting devices and overlapped with a light-emitting surface of each of the light-emitting devices. The second cholesteric liquid-crystal layer is disposed on the first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer and overlapped with the first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer. The first cholesteric liquid-crystal layer and the second cholesteric liquid-crystal layer respectively have a first chiral direction and a second chiral direction. A display apparatus adopting the backlight module is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Yang Fang, Ping-Yen Chen, Chih-Jen Tsang, Chung-Wei Huang, Bo-Han Cheng, Wen-Chun Wang
  • Publication number: 20230140294
    Abstract: A tunable light projector including a light source, a fixed optical phase modulator, and a tunable liquid crystal panel is provided. The light source is configured to emit a light beam, and the fixed optical phase modulator is disposed on a path of the light beam and configured to modulate phases of the light beam. The tunable liquid crystal panel is disposed on the path of the light beam and configured to be switched between a plurality of states, wherein the plurality of states include a lens array state in which the tunable liquid crystal panel comprises a lens array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: LIQXTAL TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Yen-Chen Chen, Hung-Shan Chen
  • Publication number: 20230117573
    Abstract: A polymer film and laminated glass manufactured using the polymer film. The polymer film includes a first and second layer, and a third layer disposed between the first and second layers, and the two surfaces of the third layer are in contact with the first and second layers, respectively. The surface of the first layer that is not in contact with the third layer is a first surface, and the surface of the second layer not in contact with the third layer is a second surface, wherein the first surface has a void volume (Vv) value at a material ratio of 10% ranging from 3 ?m3/?m2 to 30 ?m3/?m2 and a dale void volume (Vvv) at a material ratio of 80% less than 2 ?m3/?m2, and the ratio of the maximum pit height (Sv) of the first surface to the thickness of the first layer is 0.2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Yen-Chen HUANG, Tzu-Jung HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230124116
    Abstract: A polymer film and a laminated glass manufactured using the polymer film are provided. The polymer film has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface has a standard deviation of a void volume (Vv) value at a material ratio of 10% ranging from 0.5 ?m3/?m2 to 2.5 ?m3/?m2, and wherein the material ratio and void volume are defined in accordance with ISO 25178-2:2012.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Tzu-Jung HUANG, Yen-Chen HUANG
  • Patent number: 11631771
    Abstract: An oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (OSFET) includes a first insulating layer, a source, a drain, a U-shaped channel layer and a metal gate. The first insulating layer is disposed on a substrate. The source and the drain are disposed in the first insulating layer. The U-shaped channel layer is sandwiched by the source and the drain. The metal gate is disposed on the U-shaped channel layer, wherein the U-shaped channel layer includes at least an oxide semiconductor layer. The present invention also provides a method for forming said oxide semiconductor field effect transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Lai, Yen-Chen Chen, Jen-Po Huang, Sheng-Yao Huang, Hui-Ling Chen, Qinggang Xing, Ding-Lung Chen, Li Li Ding, Yao-Hung Liu
  • Patent number: 11626292
    Abstract: In a pattern formation method, a photo resist pattern is formed over a target layer to be patterned. An extension material layer is formed on the photo resist pattern. The target layer is patterned by using at least the extension material layer as an etching mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Chang Lee, Jiann-Horng Lin, Chih-Hao Chen, Ying-Hao Wu, Wen-Yen Chen, Shih-Hua Tseng, Shu-Huei Suen
  • Patent number: 11621244
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a first die array including first integrated circuit dies, orientations of the first integrated circuit dies alternating along rows and columns of the first die array; a first dielectric layer surrounding the first integrated circuit dies, surfaces of the first dielectric layer and the first integrated circuit dies being planar; a second die array including second integrated circuit dies on the first dielectric layer and the first integrated circuit dies, orientations of the second integrated circuit dies alternating along rows and columns of the second die array, front sides of the second integrated circuit dies being bonded to front sides of the first integrated circuit dies by metal-to-metal bonds and by dielectric-to-dielectric bonds; and a second dielectric layer surrounding the second integrated circuit dies, surfaces of the second dielectric layer and the second integrated circuit dies being planar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chuei-Tang Wang, Chieh-Yen Chen, Wei Ling Chang
  • Patent number: 11614644
    Abstract: A display device includes a view angle switching module and a display module. The view angle switching module includes a first polarizer and a view angle adjustment layer. The display module and the view angle switching module are overlapped. The display module includes a display layer and a second polarizer. The view angle adjustment layer is located between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. An average degree of polarization of the first polarizer for light with a wavelength falling within a first wavelength band is less than an average degree of polarization of the second polarizer for the light with the wavelength falling within the first wavelength band. The display device may provide a privacy function and images with good image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Yang-Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 11605555
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first protruding fin and a second protruding fin over a base structure, with a trench located between the first protruding fin and the second protruding fin, depositing a trench-filling material extending into the trench, and performing a laser reflow process on the trench-filling material. In the reflow process, the trench-filling material has a temperature higher than a first melting point of the trench-filling material, and lower than a second melting point of the first protruding fin and the second protruding fin. After the laser reflow process, the trench-filling material is solidified. The method further includes patterning the trench-filling material, with a remaining portion of the trench-filling material forming a part of a gate stack, and forming a source/drain region on a side of the gate stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Yen Chen, Li-Ting Wang, Wan-Chen Hsieh, Bo-Cyuan Lu, Tai-Chun Huang, Huicheng Chang, Yee-Chia Yeo
  • Patent number: 11604373
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically controllable viewing angle switch device and a display apparatus. The switch device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, spacers, a first alignment film, a second alignment film, a first polarizer, and a second polarizer and has a light transmission region. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer and the spacers are located between the first substrate and the second substrate in the light transmission region. The spacers are fixed on the first or second substrate. The first polarizer and the second polarizer are disposed on opposite sides of the liquid crystal layer. The axial directions of the transmission axis of the first polarizer and the transmission axis of the second polarizer are parallel or perpendicular to the alignment direction of the first alignment film and the second alignment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Yang-Ching Lin, Chung-Yang Fang, Ping-Yen Chen
  • Publication number: 20230072250
    Abstract: Compositions including a first soft tissue-derived matrix and a second soft tissue-derived matrix are provided, as well as methods of making such compositions. In some embodiments, the composition comprises delipidated, decellularized adipose tissue-derived matrix and delipidated, decellularized fascial tissue-derived matrix, which may be combined in various proportions. Such adipose-fascia matrix compositions provide improved volume retention when implanted into a patient. The composition may further include exogenous cells or other substances, and/or a carrier. The composition is suitable for use in plastic surgery procedures, including reconstructive or cosmetic surgery procedures, as well as procedures for wound treatment and tissue regeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Schilling, Andrew Madans, Abigail Phipps, Thomas Tylutki, Todd Nilsen, Yen-Chen Huang, Evangelia Chnari
  • Publication number: 20230070553
    Abstract: An optical imaging system assembly includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical path, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The second lens element has negative refractive power. An object-side surface of the third lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. An image-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element has negative refractive power, an object-side surface of the sixth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof, an image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has negative refractive power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Chun-Yen CHEN, Tzu-Chieh KUO