Patents by Inventor Yen-Liang Chen
Yen-Liang 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).
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Patent number: 12047222Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) communication assembly includes an RF communication circuit and a compensator apparatus. The compensator apparatus receives an input including an I-component of a pre-compensated signal, a Q-component of the pre-compensated signal, and encoded operating conditions of the RF communication circuit. The RF communication circuit includes RF circuit components causing signal impairments. The compensator apparatus perform neural network computing on the input, and the RF communication assembly generates a compensated output signal that compensates for at least a portion of the signal impairments.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: MediaTek Inc.Inventors: Po-Yu Chen, Yen-Liang Chen, Chi-Tsan Chen, Chao-Wei Wang
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Patent number: 12040221Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed to a method for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) device with an impurity competing layer to absorb potential contamination metal particles during an annealing process, and the SOI structure thereof. In some embodiments, an impurity competing layer is formed on the dummy substrate. An insulation layer is formed over a support substrate. A front side of the dummy wafer is bonded to the insulation layer. An annealing process is performed and the impurity competing layer absorbs metal from an upper portion of the dummy substrate. Then, a majority portion of the dummy substrate is removed including the impurity competing layer, leaving a device layer of the dummy substrate on the insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yu-Hung Cheng, Pu-Fang Chen, Cheng-Ta Wu, Po-Jung Chiang, Ru-Liang Lee, Victor Y. Lu, Yen-Hsiu Chen, Yeur-Luen Tu, Yu-Lung Yeh, Shi-Chieh Lin
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Publication number: 20240195451Abstract: A method for performing antenna tuning control of a wireless transceiver device in a wireless communications system and associated apparatus are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Yen-Liang Chen, Chun-Hsiang Chen, Po-Chung Hsiao, Kuo-Hao Chen
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Publication number: 20240069449Abstract: A method of overlay error measurement includes disposing a reference pattern module over a substrate. The substrate includes first and second overlay measurement patterns in first and second locations. The reference pattern module includes first and second reference patterns. The method includes creating a first overlap of the first reference pattern with the first overlay measurement pattern and a second overlap of the second reference pattern with the second overlay measurement pattern. The method further includes determining a first overlay error between the first reference pattern of the reference pattern module and the first overlay measurement pattern of the substrate and determining a second overlay error between the second reference pattern and the second overlay measurement pattern. The method also includes determining a total overlay error between the first and second overlay measurement patterns of the substrate based on the first and second overlay errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hung-Chih HSIEH, Yen-Liang CHEN
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Publication number: 20240056523Abstract: A method for generating a user scenario of an electronic device includes detecting a real part and an imaginary part of an input impedance of each antenna of the electronic device, using a plurality of sensors of the electronic device to generate a plurality of sensing signals, and entering at least the real part and the imaginary part of the input impedance of each antenna, and the plurality of sensing signals to a machine learning model to output the user scenario.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.Inventors: Chin-Wei Hsu, Po-Yu Chen, Po-Chung Hsiao, Yen-Liang Chen
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Publication number: 20240045268Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a sidewall, a plurality of light emitting elements and an optical element. The sidewall is connected to the substrate. The plurality of light emitting elements are disposed on the substrate. The optical element covers at least two of the plurality of light emitting elements, wherein, in a cross-sectional view of the electronic device, a portion of the optical element is disposed between two adjacent ones of the plurality of light emitting elements, and a height of the sidewall is greater than a thickness of the optical element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Chin-Lung TING, Ming-Hui CHU, Fang-Ho LIN, Chia-Lun CHEN, Yen-Liang CHEN
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Patent number: 11841622Abstract: A method of overlay error measurement includes disposing a reference pattern module over a substrate. The substrate includes first and second overlay measurement patterns in first and second locations. The reference pattern module includes first and second reference patterns. The method includes creating a first overlap of the first reference pattern with the first overlay measurement pattern and a second overlap of the second reference pattern with the second overlay measurement pattern. The method further includes determining a first overlay error between the first reference pattern of the reference pattern module and the first overlay measurement pattern of the substrate and determining a second overlay error between the second reference pattern and the second overlay measurement pattern. The method also includes determining a total overlay error between the first and second overlay measurement patterns of the substrate based on the first and second overlay errors.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Hung-Chih Hsieh, Yen-Liang Chen
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Patent number: 11835820Abstract: A display device including a backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes: a substrate, a backlight cavity, a plurality of light emitting elements, and an optical adjustment layer. The backlight cavity is located on the substrate. The plurality of light emitting elements is disposed in the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer covers the plurality of light emitting elements and fills the remaining space of the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer has a refractive index n greater than the refractive index no of the air.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Ming-Hui Chu, Fang-Ho Lin, Chia-Lun Chen, Yen-Liang Chen
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Publication number: 20230386808Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of a system and method for detecting processing chamber condition. The embodiments include performing a wafer-less processing step in a processing chamber to determine the condition of the chamber walls. Based on an analysis of the residual gas resulting from the wafer-less processing step, an operator or a process controller can determine whether the chamber walls have deteriorated to such an extent as to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventor: Yen-Liang CHEN
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Publication number: 20230386807Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of a system and method for detecting processing chamber condition. The embodiments include performing a wafer-less processing step in a processing chamber to determine the condition of the chamber walls. Based on an analysis of the residual gas resulting from the wafer-less processing step, an operator or a process controller can determine whether the chamber walls have deteriorated to such an extent as to be cleaned.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventor: Yen-Liang CHEN
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Publication number: 20230369298Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate and a plurality of light-emitting assemblies. The substrate includes a first edge, an edge region, and a central region. The edge region is adjacent to the first edge. The central region is adjacent to the edge region and away from the first edge. The light-emitting assemblies are disposed on the substrate, and each of the light-emitting assemblies has a tuning element and a light-emitting element. The light-emitting assemblies further include a first light-emitting assembly and a second light-emitting assembly. The first light-emitting assembly is disposed in the central region and has a first light-emitting pattern. The second light-emitting assembly is disposed in the edge region and has a second light-emitting pattern. At a viewing angle of 60°, the brightness of the first light-emitting pattern is higher than the brightness of the second light-emitting pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Yen-Liang CHEN, Chao-Chun HUANG, Ming-Hui CHU, Yu-Hsuan HSIAO
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Patent number: 11791141Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of a system and method for detecting processing chamber condition. The embodiments include performing a wafer-less processing step in a processing chamber to determine the condition of the chamber walls. Based on an analysis of the residual gas resulting from the wafer-less processing step, an operator or a process controller can determine whether the chamber walls have deteriorated to such an extent as to be cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yen-Liang Chen
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Publication number: 20230244139Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, in a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a lower layer pattern including first periodic patterns having a first pitch is formed, and an upper layer pattern including second periodic patterns having a second pitch different from the first pitch is formed. The first periodic patterns at least partially overlaps the second periodic patterns in plan view. A Moiré fringe pattern of the lower layer pattern and the upper layer pattern is obtained by using an electron beam, and an overlay error between the lower layer pattern and the upper layer pattern is obtained from the Moiré fringe pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventor: Yen-Liang CHEN
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Patent number: 11656391Abstract: A method for performing DBO measurements utilizing apertures having a single pole includes using a first aperture plate to measure X-axis diffraction of a composite grating. In some embodiments, the first aperture plate has a first pair of radiation-transmitting regions disposed along a first diametrical axis and on opposite sides of an optical axis that is aligned with a center of the first aperture plate. Thereafter, in some embodiments, a second aperture plate, which is complementary to the first aperture plate, is used to measure Y-axis diffraction of the composite grating. By way of example, the second aperture plate has a second pair of radiation-transmitting regions disposed along a second diametrical axis and on opposite sides of the optical axis. In some cases, the second diametrical axis is substantially perpendicular to the first diametrical axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hung-Chih Hsieh, Kai Wu, Yen-Liang Chen, Kai-Hsiung Chen, Po-Chung Cheng, Chih-Ming Ke
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Publication number: 20230014539Abstract: A display device including a backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes: a substrate, a backlight cavity, a plurality of light emitting elements, and an optical adjustment layer. The backlight cavity is located on the substrate. The plurality of light emitting elements is disposed in the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer covers the plurality of light emitting elements and fills the remaining space of the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer has a refractive index n greater than the refractive index no of the air.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Chin-Lung TING, Ming-Hui CHU, Fang-Ho LIN, Chia-Lun CHEN, Yen-Liang CHEN
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Publication number: 20230006877Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) communication assembly includes an RF communication circuit and a compensator apparatus. The compensator apparatus receives an input including an I-component of a pre-compensated signal, a Q-component of the pre-compensated signal, and encoded operating conditions of the RF communication circuit. The RF communication circuit includes RF circuit components causing signal impairments. The compensator apparatus perform neural network computing on the input, and the RF communication assembly generates a compensated output signal that compensates for at least a portion of the signal impairments.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Po-Yu Chen, Yen-Liang Chen, Chi-Tsan Chen, Chao-Wei Wang
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Publication number: 20220384208Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a package structure is provided. The manufacturing method includes: (a) providing a carrier having a top surface and a lateral side surface, wherein the top surface includes a main portion and a flat portion connecting the lateral side surface, and a first included angle between the main portion and the flat portion is less than a second included angle between the main portion and the lateral side surface; (b) forming an under layer on the carrier to at least partially expose the flat portion; and (c) forming a dielectric layer on the under layer and covering the exposed flat portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Chia-Pin CHEN, Chia Sheng TIEN, Wan-Ting CHIU, Chi Long TSAI, Cyuan-Hong SHIH, Yen Liang CHEN
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Publication number: 20220383473Abstract: Methods and systems for diagnosing a semiconductor wafer are provided. A plurality of raw images are captured with a tilt angle from the semiconductor wafer according to graphic data system (GDS) information regarding a layout of a target die, by an inspection apparatus. A first image-based comparison is performed on the plurality of raw images, by a determining circuitry, to obtain a defect image in the plurality of raw images. A second image-based comparison is performed on a reference image and the defect image, so as to classify a defect type of an image difference in the defect image, by the determining circuitry. The number of the plurality of raw images is greater than 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Yen-Liang CHEN, Jun-Xiu LIU
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Patent number: 11487157Abstract: A display device including a backlight module is provided. The backlight module includes: a substrate, a backlight cavity, a plurality of light emitting elements, and an optical adjustment layer. The backlight cavity is located on the substrate. The plurality of light emitting elements is disposed in the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer covers the plurality of light emitting elements and fills the remaining space of the backlight cavity. The optical adjustment layer has a refractive index n greater than the refractive index n0 of the air.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Chin-Lung Ting, Ming-Hui Chu, Fang-Ho Lin, Chia-Lun Chen, Yen-Liang Chen
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Patent number: 11449984Abstract: Methods and systems for diagnosing a semiconductor wafer are provided. A plurality of raw images of the semiconductor wafer are obtained according to GDS information regarding a layout of a target die, by an inspection apparatus. A first image-based comparison is performed on the raw images, so as to provide a comparison result, by a determining circuitry. The comparison result indicates whether an image difference is present between the images. One of the raw images having the image difference is assigned as a defect image. A second image-based comparison is performed on a reference image and the defect image, so as to classify a defect type of the image difference, by the determining circuitry. The layout of the target die includes a circuit with a duplicate layout formed by a plurality of same cells. The number of the plurality of raw images is greater than 2.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yen-Liang Chen, Jun-Xiu Liu