Patents by Inventor Yu-Hung Chu

Yu-Hung Chu 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: 11915957
    Abstract: A multiple die container load port may include a housing with an opening, and an elevator to accommodate a plurality of different sized die containers. The multiple die container load port may include a stage supported by the housing and moveable within the opening of the housing by the elevator. The stage may include one or more positioning mechanisms to facilitate positioning of the plurality of different sized die containers on the stage, and may include different portions movable by the elevator to accommodate the plurality of different sized die containers. The multiple die container load port may include a position sensor to identify one of the plurality of different sized die containers positioned on the stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Huang, Cheng-Lung Wu, Yi-Fam Shiu, Yu-Chen Chen, Yang-Ann Chu, Jiun-Rong Pai
  • Patent number: 10897107
    Abstract: A smart socket is provided, including a main body and a smart system. The main body has at least two slots, each of the at least two slots extends linearly along an extension direction, each of the at least two slots is for a pin of a plug to insert thereinto along an insertion direction and slidable along the extension direction, and the extension direction is perpendicular to the insertion direction. The smart system can communicate and interact with an electronic device, and the smart system can switch the electronic device on or off remotely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Yu-Hung Chu
  • Patent number: 10806666
    Abstract: A needle-free connection device include a casing, a connection base, a slide element and a resilient valve. The casing includes a first hollow tube having a first liquid transmission channel. The connection base is connected to the casing. The resilient valve includes a second hollow tube and a plug connected thereto, wherein the second hollow tube has a second liquid transmission channel, a third liquid transmission channel is formed between the second hollow tube and the plug, and a fourth liquid transmission channel is formed between the connection base and the plug. The first to the fourth liquid transmission channel are intercommunicated with each other. The connection base includes a third hollow tube, and a fourth liquid transmission channel is formed between the plug and the third hollow tube. The needle-free connection device provides a liquid transmission path sequentially passing through the first to the fourth liquid transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Lily Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Hung Chih, Chih-Jung Chen, Hsien-Chih Tsai, Yu-Hung Chu
  • Publication number: 20200021065
    Abstract: A smart socket is provided, including a main body and a smart system. The main body has at least two slots, each of the at least two slots extends linearly along an extension direction, each of the at least two slots is for a pin of a plug to insert thereinto along an insertion direction and slidable along the extension direction, and the extension direction is perpendicular to the insertion direction. The smart system can communicate and interact with an electronic device, and the smart system can switch the electronic device on or off remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventor: YU-HUNG CHU
  • Publication number: 20180296439
    Abstract: A needle-free connection device include a casing, a connection base, a slide element and a resilient valve. The casing includes a first hollow tube having a first liquid transmission channel. The connection base is connected to the casing. The resilient valve includes a second hollow tube and a plug connected thereto, wherein the second hollow tube has a second liquid transmission channel, a third liquid transmission channel is formed between the second hollow tube and the plug, and a fourth liquid transmission channel is formed between the connection base and the plug. The first to the fourth liquid transmission channel are intercommunicated with each other. The connection base includes a third hollow tube, and a fourth liquid transmission channel is formed between the plug and the third hollow tube. The needle-free connection device provides a liquid transmission path sequentially passing through the first to the fourth liquid transmission channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Lily Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Hung Chih, Chih-Jung Chen, Hsien-Chih Tsai, Yu-Hung Chu
  • Patent number: 7465995
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an ESD protection device on a substrate, and a resistor having a gate structure overlying a resistor well separating a first doped region coupled to the ESD protection device and a second doped region coupled to a supply voltage for passing an ESD current from the second doped region to the first doped region to turn on the ESD protection device for dissipating the ESD current during an ESD event. The resistor well has an impurity density lower than that of the first and second doped regions for increasing resistance therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Yu-Hung Chu, Shao-Chuang Huang
  • Patent number: 7323752
    Abstract: This invention discloses an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit that comprises a substrate of a predetermined type, at least one MOS transistor being coupled to a pad of an integrated circuit for dissipating an ESD current from the pad during an ESD event, a substrate contact region, and at least one floating diffusion region formed in a substrate area between the MOS transistor and the substrate contact region for reducing a trigger-on voltage of the MOS transistor during the ESD event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hung Chu, Shao-Chang Huang, Ming-Hsiang Song
  • Publication number: 20070158748
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an ESD protection device on a substrate, and a resistor having a gate structure overlying a resistor well separating a first doped region coupled to the ESD protection device and a second doped region coupled to a supply voltage for passing an ESD current from the second doped region to the first doped region to turn on the ESD protection device for dissipating the ESD current during an ESD event. The resistor well has an impurity density lower than that of the first and second doped regions for increasing resistance therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Yu-Hung Chu, Shao-Chuang Huang
  • Patent number: 7217984
    Abstract: A divided drain implant structure for transistors used for electrostatic discharge protection is disclosed. At least two transistors are formed close to each other on a substrate with their gates and sources coupled together and with the drains placed next to each other and separated as a divided drain implant structure. The divided drain implant structure further comprises at least two drain implant regions separated by a lightly doped drain region and a halo implant region formed underneath. At least one of the drain implant regions is coupled to an input/output pad of a circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shao-Chang Huang, Yu-Hung Chu
  • Publication number: 20060284258
    Abstract: A divided drain implant structure for transistors used for electrostatic discharge protection is disclosed. At least two transistors are formed close to each other on a substrate with their gates and sources coupled together and with the drains placed next to each other and separated as a divided drain implant structure. The divided drain implant structure further comprises at least two drain implant regions separated by a lightly doped drain region and a halo implant region formed underneath. At least one of the drain implant regions is coupled to an input/output pad of a circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Shao-Chang Huang, Yu-Hung Chu
  • Publication number: 20060065932
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is provided. The circuit is coupled between a first and a second node for dissipating an ESD current. The circuit comprises a first transistor formed on a substrate with its gate and a first diffusion region coupled to the first node for receiving the ESD current, and a second transistor coupled in series with the first transistor at its second diffusion region and with the second transistor's gate coupled to the second node for dissipating the ESD current therethrough, wherein the first transistor provides a N/P junction close to its diffusion regions for directing the ESD current through a parasitic transistor in the substrate and the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Shao-Chang Huang, Yu-Hung Chu
  • Publication number: 20060065933
    Abstract: This invention discloses an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit that comprises a substrate of a predetermined type, at least one MOS transistor being coupled to a pad of an integrated circuit for dissipating an ESD current from the pad during an ESD event, a substrate contact region, and at least one floating diffusion region formed in a substrate area between the MOS transistor and the substrate contact region for reducing a trigger-on voltage of the MOS transistor during the ESD event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Yu-Hung Chu, Shao-Chang Huang, Ming-Hsiang Song