Patents by Inventor Yi-Min Lin

Yi-Min Lin 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: 12144113
    Abstract: A circuit board structure includes a substrate, a first build-up structure layer, first and second external circuit layers, at least one first conductive via, and second conductive vias. The first build-up structure layer is disposed on a first circuit layer of the substrate. The first external circuit layer is disposed on the first build-up structure layer. The second external circuit layer is disposed on a second circuit layer and a portion of a third dielectric layer of the substrate. The first conductive via is electrically connected to the first external circuit layer and the second external circuit layer to define a signal path. The second conductive vias surround the first conductive via, and the first external circuit layer, the second conductive vias, the first circuit layer, the outer conductive layer, and the second external circuit layer define a first ground path. The first ground path surrounds the signal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Unimicron Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Lu, Chi-Min Chang, Ming-Hao Wu, Yi-Pin Lin, Tung-Chang Lin, Jun-Rui Huang
  • Publication number: 20240363680
    Abstract: A capacitor structure for a power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation insulating layer having a ring-shape and including an outer periphery and an inner periphery defining an opening region, a first electrode disposed on the isolation insulating layer, a dielectric layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Yang CHEN, Tian Sheng LIN, Yi-Cheng CHIU, Hung-Chou LIN, Yi-Min CHEN, Kuo-Ming WU, Chiu-Hua CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20240352584
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides an apparatus and method for gas diffuser support structure for a vacuum chamber. The gas diffuser support structure comprises a backing plate having a central bore, and a gas deflector having a length and a width unequal to the length coupled to the backing plate by a plurality of outward fasteners coupled to a plurality of outward threaded holes formed in the backing plate, in which a spacer is disposed between the backing plate and the gas deflector, and in which a length to width ratio of the gas deflector is about 0.1:1 to about 10:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Yu-Hsuan WU, Teng Mao WANG, Yan-Chi PAN, Yi-Jiun SHIU, Jrjyan Jerry CHEN, Cheng-yuan LIN, Hsiao-Ling YANG, Yu-Min WANG, Wen-Hao WU
  • Publication number: 20240283467
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a storage medium, and a controller including a data processing block, configured to receive data from a host, transmit the received data to the storage medium, read data from the storage medium in response to a read request from the host, and decode the read data by the data processing block according to multiple decoding modes. The data processing block includes a first decoder and a second decoder, and is configured to manage the first decoder and the second decoder to run the decoding for the read data, and activate a fast decoding having shorter latency than a normal decoding after a fast decoding condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kyoung Lae CHO, Soo Jin KIM, Naveen KUMAR, Aman BHATIA, Yi-Min LIN, Chenrong XIONG, Fan ZHANG, Yu CAI, Abhiram PRABAHKAR
  • Patent number: 12062687
    Abstract: A capacitor structure for a power semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, an isolation insulating layer having a ring-shape and including an outer periphery and an inner periphery defining an opening region, a first electrode disposed on the isolation insulating layer, a dielectric layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Yang Chen, Tian Sheng Lin, Yi-Cheng Chiu, Hung-Chou Lin, Yi-Min Chen, Kuo-Ming Wu, Chiu-Hua Chung
  • Publication number: 20240248151
    Abstract: A testing circuit for testing a universal serial bus (USB) of an electronic device includes a controller, a first switch, a pull-down resistor, a gating pull-up resistor, and a second switch. The controller provides a control signal according to a power receiving condition of the electronic device. A control terminal of the first switch is coupled to the controller. The pull-down resistor is coupled between a configuration channel pin of the USB and a first terminal of the first switch. The gating pull-up resistor is coupled between the configuration channel pin and the control terminal of the first switch. A control terminal of the second switch is coupled to the controller. A first terminal of the second switch is coupled to a second terminal of the first switch and a ground pin of the USB. A second terminal of the second switch is coupled to a reference low voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: ASMedia Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Te-Ming Kung, Yi-Chung Tsai, Shih-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 11996865
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a storage medium, and a controller including a data processing block, configured to receive data from a host, transmit the received data to the storage medium, read data from the storage medium in response to a read request from the host, and decode the read data by the data processing block according to multiple decoding modes. The data processing block includes a first decoder and a second decoder, and is configured to manage the first decoder and the second decoder to run the decoding for the read data, and activate a fast decoding having shorter latency than a normal decoding after a fast decoding condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung Lae Cho, Soo Jin Kim, Naveen Kumar, Aman Bhatia, Yi-Min Lin, Chenrong Xiong, Fan Zhang, Yu Cai, Abhiram Prabahkar
  • Publication number: 20240143231
    Abstract: A write request directed to the non-volatile memory device is received. A stripe associated with an address specified by the write request is present in the volatile memory device is determined. The volatile memory device includes a plurality of stripes, each stripe of the plurality of stripes having a plurality of managed units. The write request on a managed unit of the stripe in the volatile memory device is performed. The stripe in the volatile memory device is evicted to a stripe in the non-volatile memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Yi-Min Lin, Fangfang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240070946
    Abstract: A computer device is provided, which includes a display device and a host. The host includes a keyboard, a camera, a storage device, and a processor. The storage device is configured to store an augmented-reality keyboard program. The processor is configured to execute the augmented-reality keyboard program to perform the following steps: detecting input method information of an operating system running on the host, and obtaining key arrangement of the keyboard; utilizing the camera to capture an operation image of the keyboard; and when a user's hand is recognized in the operation image, displaying a virtual keyboard on the display device according to the key arrangement and the input method information, and displaying a typing operation of the user's hand by superimposing an augmented-reality hand object on a key position of the virtual keyboard corresponding the typing operation of the user's hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Yi-Min LIN
  • Patent number: 11880600
    Abstract: A write request directed to the non-volatile memory device is received. A stripe associated with an address specified by the write request is present in the volatile memory device is determined. The volatile memory device includes a plurality of stripes, each stripe of the plurality of stripes having a plurality of managed units. The write request on a managed unit of the stripe in the volatile memory device is performed. The stripe in the volatile memory device is evicted to a stripe in the non-volatile memory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Yi-Min Lin, Fangfang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230410878
    Abstract: A memory system includes a memory device and a processing device coupled to the memory device. The processing device receives a plurality of codewords; determines that one or more codewords of the plurality of codewords are corrupt; selects a first read voltage associated with the one or more codewords, such that the first read voltage is based on a second read voltage utilized for reading the one or more codewords in a previous read operation; and applies the first read voltage to a set of memory cells storing the one or more corrupted codewords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-Min Lin, Fangfang Zhu, Chih-Kuo Kao
  • Patent number: 11798614
    Abstract: A system can include a memory devices and a processing device coupled with the memory devices. The processing device can receive a command and determine whether the command includes a value for a voltage associated with a read at the memory device. The processing device can also, responsive to the command failing to specify the value, select a second value, from multiple values, for the voltage associated with the read at the memory device based at on a duration subsequent to a previous write operation satisfying a threshold criterion. The processing device can also apply the voltage having the second value at memory cells of the memory device to determine a logic state for the memory cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Min Lin, Fangfang Zhu, Chih-Kuo Kao
  • Patent number: 11747994
    Abstract: A system can include multiple memory devices and a processing device that is operatively coupled with the memory devices as well as with a controller device, and a sequencer device, where the controller device is configured to perform operations. The operations can include, in response to receiving a potential power loss indication signal, receiving a power fault interrupt detection signal, as well as synchronizing the power fault interrupt detection signal. They can also include sending one or more memory access commands to the sequencer device. The operations can also include executing the one or more memory access commands on a medium and stopping transmission of commands based on a power loss handling setting while executing the commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Kuo Kao, Yi-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20230231579
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a storage medium, and a controller including a data processing block, configured to receive data from a host, transmit the received data to the storage medium, read data from the storage medium in response to a read request from the host, and decode the read data by the data processing block according to multiple decoding modes. The data processing block includes a first decoder and a second decoder, and is configured to manage the first decoder and the second decoder to run the decoding for the read data, and activate a fast decoding having shorter latency than a normal decoding after a fast decoding condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Kyoung Lae CHO, Soo Jin KIM, Naveen KUMAR, Aman BHATIA, Yi-Min LIN, Chenrong XIONG, Fan ZHANG, Yu CAI, Abhiram PRABAHKAR
  • Patent number: 11611359
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a storage medium, and a controller including a data processing block, configured to receive data from a host, transmit the received data to the storage medium, read data from the storage medium in response to a read request from the host, and decode the read data by the data processing block according to multiple decoding modes. The data processing block includes a first decoder and a second decoder, and is configured to manage the first decoder and the second decoder to run the decoding for the read data, and activate a fast decoding having shorter latency than a normal decoding after a fast decoding condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung Lae Cho, Soo Jin Kim, Naveen Kumar, Aman Bhatia, Yi-Min Lin, Chenrong Xiong, Fan Zhang, Yu Cai, Abhiram Prabahkar
  • Publication number: 20230073518
    Abstract: A system can include multiple memory devices and a processing device that is operatively coupled with the memory devices as well as with a controller device, and a sequencer device, where the controller device is configured to perform operations. The operations can include, in response to receiving a potential power loss indication signal, receiving a power fault interrupt detection signal, as well as synchronizing the power fault interrupt detection signal. They can also include sending one or more memory access commands to the sequencer device. The operations can also include executing the one or more memory access commands on a medium and stopping transmission of commands based on a power loss handling setting while executing the commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Chih-Kuo Kao, Yi-Min Lin
  • Publication number: 20230067281
    Abstract: A write request directed to the non-volatile memory device is received. A stripe associated with an address specified by the write request is present in the volatile memory device is determined. The volatile memory device includes a plurality of stripes, each stripe of the plurality of stripes having a plurality of managed units. The write request on a managed unit of the stripe in the volatile memory device is performed. The stripe in the volatile memory device is evicted to a stripe in the non-volatile memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ning Chen, Jiangli Zhu, Yi-Min Lin, Fangfang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230069439
    Abstract: A system can include a memory devices and a processing device coupled with the memory devices. The processing device can receive a command and determine whether the command includes a value for a voltage associated with a read at the memory device. The processing device can also, responsive to the command failing to specify the value, select a second value, from multiple values, for the voltage associated with the read at the memory device based at on a duration subsequent to a previous write operation satisfying a threshold criterion. The processing device can also apply the voltage having the second value at memory cells of the memory device to determine a logic state for the memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yi-Min Lin, Fangfang Zhu, Chih-Kuo Kao
  • Patent number: 11515897
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a storage medium, and a controller including a data processing block, configured to receive data from a host, transmit the received data to the storage medium, read data from the storage medium in response to a read request from the host, and decode the read data by the data processing block according to multiple decoding modes. The data processing block includes a first decoder and a second decoder, and is configured to manage the first decoder and the second decoder to run the decoding for the read data, and activate a fast decoding having shorter latency than a normal decoding after a fast decoding condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung Lae Cho, Soo Jin Kim, Naveen Kumar, Aman Bhatia, Yi-Min Lin, Chenrong Xiong, Fan Zhang, Yu Cai, Abhiram Prabahkar
  • Patent number: 11177835
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a storage medium, and a controller including a data processing block, configured to receive data from a host, transmit the received data to the storage medium, read data from the storage medium in response to a read request from the host, and decode the read data by the data processing block according to multiple decoding modes. The data processing block includes a first decoder and a second decoder, and is configured to manage the first decoder and the second decoder to run the decoding for the read data, and activate a fast decoding having shorter latency than a normal decoding after a fast decoding condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kyoung Lae Cho, Naveen Kumar, Aman Bhatia, Yi-Min Lin, Chenrong Xiong, Fan Zhang, Yu Cai, Abhiram Prabahkar