Patents by Inventor Yi-Hsiang Huang

Yi-Hsiang Huang 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).

  • Patent number: 12224482
    Abstract: A 3D IC package is provided. The 3D IC package includes: a first IC die comprising a first substrate at a back side of the first IC die; a second IC die stacked at the back side of the first IC die and facing the first substrate; a TSV through the first substrate and electrically connecting the first IC die and the second IC die, the TSV having a TSV cell including a TSV cell boundary surrounding the TSV; and a protection module fabricated in the first substrate, wherein the protection module is electrically connected to the TSV, and the protection module is within the TSV cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Hsiang Huang, Fong-Yuan Chang, Tsui-Ping Wang, Yi-Shin Chu
  • Patent number: 12223252
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes structures and methods for a via structure for three-dimensional integrated circuit (IC) packaging. The via structure includes a middle portion that extends through a planar structure and a first end and a second end each connected to the middle portion and on a different side of the planar structure. One or more of the first end and the second end includes one or more of a plurality of vias and a pseudo metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fong-yuan Chang, Chin-Chou Liu, Chin-Her Chien, Cheng-Hung Yeh, Po-Hsiang Huang, Sen-Bor Jan, Yi-Kan Cheng, Hsiu-Chuan Shu
  • Patent number: 12216981
    Abstract: A system (for generating a layout diagram of a wire routing arrangement) includes a processor and memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the system generating the layout diagram including: placing, relative to a given one of masks in a multi-patterning context, a given cut pattern at a first candidate location over a corresponding portion of a given conductive pattern in a metallization layer; determining that the first candidate location results in an intra-row non-circular group of a given row which violates a design rule, the intra-row non-circular group including first and second cut patterns which abut a same boundary of the given row, and a total number of cut patterns in the being an even number; and temporarily preventing placement of the given cut pattern in the metallization layer at the first candidate location until a correction is made which avoids violating the design rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Fong-Yuan Chang, Chin-Chou Liu, Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Meng-Kai Hsu, Pin-Dai Sue, Po-Hsiang Huang, Yi-Kan Cheng, Chi-Yu Lu, Jung-Chou Tsai
  • Patent number: 12216856
    Abstract: A floating image display device comprises a floating image display module and a signal processing module. The floating image display module has a first upper assembling surface and a first lower assembling surface, and comprises a first pin located on the first lower assembling surface. The floating image display module is configured to form a floating image. The signal processing module has a second upper assembling surface and a second lower assembling surface, and comprises a plurality of second pins located on the second upper assembling surface. One of the plurality of second pins is detachably connected to the first pin. The signal processing module is configured to identify the floating image display module according to the position of the first pin corresponding to the plurality of second pins, and transmit a display signal associated with the floating image to the floating image display module through the first pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Szu-Wei Wu, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Hung Tsou
  • Publication number: 20250040213
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a source/drain feature in the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor structure includes a dielectric layer over the source/drain feature. The semiconductor structure includes a silicide layer over the source/drain feature. The semiconductor structure includes a barrier layer over the silicide layer. The semiconductor structure includes a seed layer over the barrier layer. The semiconductor structure includes a metal layer between a sidewall of the seed layer and a sidewall of the dielectric layer, a sidewall of each of the silicide layer, the barrier layer, and the metal layer directly contacting the sidewall of the dielectric layer. The semiconductor structure includes a source/drain contact over the seed layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiang Chao, Peng-Hao Hsu, Yu-Shiuan Wang, Chi-Yuan Chen, Yu-Hsiang Liao, Chun-Hsien Huang, Hung-Chang Hsu, Wei-Jung Lin, Chih-Wei Chang, Ming-Hsing Tsai
  • Publication number: 20240411400
    Abstract: A floating image display device comprises a floating image display module and a signal processing module. The floating image display module has a first upper assembling surface and a first lower assembling surface, and comprises a first pin located on the first lower assembling surface. The floating image display module is configured to form a floating image. The signal processing module has a second upper assembling surface and a second lower assembling surface, and comprises a plurality of second pins located on the second upper assembling surface. One of the plurality of second pins is detachably connected to the first pin. The signal processing module is configured to identify the floating image display module according to the position of the first pin corresponding to the plurality of second pins, and transmit a display signal associated with the floating image to the floating image display module through the first pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Szu-Wei WU, Yi-Hsiang HUANG, Hung TSOU
  • Patent number: 12153243
    Abstract: A light source module includes a light source and a light guide plate. The light guide plate has a light entrance surface, a light exit surface, and a bottom surface. The light entrance surface faces the light source and is located between the light exit surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface is opposite to the light exit surface and has a plurality of microstructures. The microstructures are a plurality of ridge-shaped microstructures formed in the light guide plate. Each of the microstructures includes a light-facing surface, and a first included angle between the light-facing surface and the bottom surface is 30 degrees to 70 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chun-Ting Lin, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Hung Tsou
  • Patent number: 12147604
    Abstract: A touch feedback device includes an optical imaging module, an air supplying module, a sensing module, and a signal processing module. The optical imaging module generates a first floating image. The air supplying device forms an airflow field at the outline and/or around the first floating image. The sensing module is configured to sense the change of the airflow field, including the amount of airflow, the air pressure or the speed of airflow caused by the detected object to correspond to a position information. The signal processing module is configured to determine when the position information is inside the preset trigger area of the first floating image outline area, generates at least one feedback command, wherein the at least one feedback command is sent to the optical imaging module to let the optical imaging module generate a second floating image that is different than the first floating image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hung Tsou, Szu-Wei Wu, Yi-Hsiang Huang
  • Publication number: 20240220018
    Abstract: A touch feedback device includes an optical imaging module, an air supplying module, a sensing module, and a signal processing module. The optical imaging module generates a first floating image. The air supplying device forms an airflow field at the outline and/or around the first floating image. The sensing module is configured to sense the change of the airflow field, including the amount of airflow, the air pressure or the speed of airflow caused by the detected object to correspond to a position information. The signal processing module is configured to determine when the position information is inside the preset trigger area of the first floating image outline area, generates at least one feedback command, wherein the at least one feedback command is sent to the optical imaging module to let the optical imaging module generate a second floating image that is different than the first floating image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hung TSOU, Szu-Wei WU, Yi-Hsiang HUANG
  • Publication number: 20240184033
    Abstract: A light source module includes a light source and a light guide plate. The light guide plate has a light entrance surface, a light exit surface, and a bottom surface. The light entrance surface faces the light source and is located between the light exit surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface is opposite to the light exit surface and has a plurality of microstructures. The microstructures are a plurality of ridge-shaped microstructures formed in the light guide plate. Each of the microstructures includes a light-facing surface, and a first included angle between the light-facing surface and the bottom surface is 30 degrees to 70 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chun-Ting Lin, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Hung Tsou
  • Patent number: 11843762
    Abstract: A switchable floating image display device, including a light-emitting stack layer, a light-emitting pattern stack layer, a transparent barrier layer, an optical imaging module, and a power supply module, is provided. The light-emitting stack layer is configured to generate a first pattern beam. The light-emitting pattern stack layer is configured to generate a second pattern beam. The transparent barrier layer is disposed between the light-emitting stack layer and the light-emitting pattern stack layer. The optical imaging module is configured to enable the first pattern beam to form a first floating image, and enable the second pattern beam to form a second floating image. The power supply module is electrically connected to the light-emitting stack layer and the light-emitting pattern stack layer, and configured determine whether to generate the first or second floating image by switching between the light-emitting stack layer and the light-emitting pattern stack layer to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiang Huang, Yu-Hsiang Liu, Chia-Ping Lin
  • Patent number: 11796728
    Abstract: A light source module including a light guide plate and a light emitting element is provided. The light guide plate includes an upper surface concentric circle structure and a lower surface concentric circle structure opposite to the upper surface concentric circle structure. The center of the upper surface concentric circle structure corresponds to the center of the lower surface concentric circle structure. The light emitting element is disposed corresponding to the center of the upper surface concentric circle structure and the center of the lower surface concentric circle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chun-Ting Lin, Han-Sung Chan, Chia-Ping Lin, Yi-Hsiang Huang
  • Publication number: 20230305211
    Abstract: A light source module including a light guide plate and a light emitting element is provided. The light guide plate includes an upper surface concentric circle structure and a lower surface concentric circle structure opposite to the upper surface concentric circle structure. The center of the upper surface concentric circle structure corresponds to the center of the lower surface concentric circle structure. The light emitting element is disposed corresponding to the center of the upper surface concentric circle structure and the center of the lower surface concentric circle structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chun-Ting Lin, Han-Sung Chan, Chia-Ping Lin, Yi-Hsiang Huang
  • Publication number: 20230288722
    Abstract: A floating image display device, configured to generate a floating image, is provided. The floating image display device includes an image module and at least one transflective optical element. The image module is configured to provide a first image. The transflective optical element includes a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface. The first image is located between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface. Each of the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface includes a curved surface and has no opening on an optical axis thereof. The second reflective surface is a transflective surface. The first reflective surface and the second reflective surface are configured to re-converge rays from the first image to form a second image. The second image is a floating image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Han-Sung Chan, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Chun-Ting Lin, Yu-Hsiang Liu, Chia-Ping Lin
  • Patent number: 11733540
    Abstract: A space three-dimensional imaging apparatus and a space three-dimensional imaging method are provided. The space three-dimensional imaging apparatus includes a transparent display device, a rotation motor and a processor. The transparent display device has at least one display plane. The rotation motor is configured to drive the transparent display device to rotate along an axis. The processor is coupled to the transparent display device and the rotation motor, and configured to retrieve a three-dimensional virtual image, cut multiple cutting images adapted to be displayed at multiple locations of each display plane after a rotation from the three-dimensional virtual image, and calculate a current location of each display plane during the rotation according to the driving of the rotation motor to control the transparent display device to display the cutting image corresponding to the current location on each display plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiang Huang, Kuan-Ting Chen, Shin-Hong Kuo, Chien-Ju Lee, Hung-Pin Shih, Yu-Hsiang Tsai
  • Patent number: 11694606
    Abstract: A display device with sensing element includes a substrate having a disposing surface, a plurality of display elements, at least one sensing element, and at least one lighting adjustment element. The display elements are disposed above the disposing surface to present an image. The at least one sensing element disposed above the disposing surface to sense a light brightness projected toward either side of the substrate. The at least one light adjustment element is in signal transmittable connection with the display elements and the at least one sensing element. The at least one light adjustment element adjusts a plurality of control signals inputted into the display elements to determine a contrast of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Kuo, Wei-Chung Chen, Yi-Hsiang Huang, Yu-Hsiang Liu
  • Patent number: 11614837
    Abstract: A device and a method for generating floating images are provided. An optical imaging module generates a first floating image. A sensing module sends a detection signal to sense first position information of a tested object at a first time point, and generates a feedback signal according to the first position information when the first position information is within a contour range of the first floating image. A signal processing module is electrically connected to the optical imaging module and the sensing module to receive the feedback signal and generate at least one control command and/or at least one feedback command corresponding to the feedback signal. The at least one control command is transmitted to a controller to perform corresponding control on the controller, and the at least one feedback command is transmitted to the optical imaging module, so that the optical imaging module generates a second floating image different from the first floating image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiang Huang, Ping-Chang Jui, Hung Tsou, Szu-Wei Wu, Han-Sung Chan
  • Publication number: 20220345687
    Abstract: A switchable floating image display device, including a light-emitting stack layer, a light-emitting pattern stack layer, a transparent barrier layer, an optical imaging module, and a power supply module, is provided. The light-emitting stack layer is configured to generate a first pattern beam. The light-emitting pattern stack layer is configured to generate a second pattern beam. The transparent barrier layer is disposed between the light-emitting stack layer and the light-emitting pattern stack layer. The optical imaging module is configured to enable the first pattern beam to form a first floating image, and enable the second pattern beam to form a second floating image. The power supply module is electrically connected to the light-emitting stack layer and the light-emitting pattern stack layer, and configured determine whether to generate the first or second floating image by switching between the light-emitting stack layer and the light-emitting pattern stack layer to emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yi-Hsiang Huang, Yu-Hsiang Liu, Chia-Ping Lin
  • Publication number: 20220262301
    Abstract: A display device with sensing element includes a substrate having a disposing surface, a plurality of display elements, at least one sensing element, and at least one lighting adjustment element. The display elements are disposed above the disposing surface to present an image. The at least one sensing element disposed above the disposing surface to sense a light brightness projected toward either side of the substrate. The at least one light adjustment element is in signal transmittable connection with the display elements and the at least one sensing element. The at least one light adjustment element adjusts a plurality of control signals inputted into the display elements to determine a contrast of the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wen-Yu KUO, Wei-Chung CHEN, Yi-Hsiang HUANG, Yu- Hsiang LIU
  • Patent number: 11362085
    Abstract: A high-voltage semiconductor device includes a substrate, a body region, a well region, a bulk region, a source, a drain, an isolation region, a gate structure, and a resistor. The body region and the well region are disposed in the substrate. The bulk region and the source are disposed in the body region. The drain is disposed in the well region. The isolation region is disposed on the well region. The isolation region is disposed between the drain and the source. The gate structure is disposed on the substrate. The gate structure extends onto a portion of the isolation region. The resistor is disposed on the isolation region. The resistor is electrically connected to the bulk region and the drain, or the resistor is electrically connected to the drain and/or the source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Hao Ho, Hsiao-Ling Chiang, Yueh-Chu Chiang, Yi-Hsiang Huang