Patents by Inventor Yu-Jen Lin

Yu-Jen 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).

  • Publication number: 20250246545
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a dielectric layer, a conductive layer, and at least one support pillar. The conductive layer is disposed in the dielectric layer, and the support pillar is disposed in the dielectric layer and outside the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Yu-Ting CHU, Yu-Jen LIN
  • Patent number: 12367166
    Abstract: A system on a chip (SoC) with a Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) interface includes a UART interface circuit, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The UART interface circuit includes: a plurality of UART signal pads for receiving and transmitting signals; and a UART voltage pad for receiving an external operating voltage. The detection circuit is configured to detect the magnitude of the external operating voltage and thereby generate a detection result. The control circuit is configured to determine setting of a supply voltage for the plurality of UART signal pads according to the detection result. The control circuit makes the setting of the supply voltage be compatible with the external operating voltage according to the detection result, wherein the external operating voltage is a lower first voltage or a higher second voltage, and the first lower voltage is equal to an internal device operating voltage of the SoC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Min Lai, Yu-Jen Lin, Hung-Wei Wang, Huang-Lin Kuo
  • Publication number: 20250196286
    Abstract: A polishing pad and a chemical mechanical polishing apparatus are provided. The polishing pad includes: a central portion, designed with a central recess; and a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion, and designed with at least one peripheral recess. The at least one peripheral recess is disposed along an annulus contour. A lower part of the peripheral recess is greater than an upper part of the peripheral recess in terms of diameter area, and is different from the upper part in shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Min-Hsun Lin, Yen-Jui Chu, Yu-Jen Lin
  • Patent number: 12261540
    Abstract: A dual mode charge control method includes steps of: detecting an input voltage of the resonance tank, a resonance current of the resonance tank, an output current of the load, and an output voltage of the load; performing a single-band charge control when determining a light-load condition or a no-load condition of the load according to the output current; compensating the output voltage to generate an upper threshold voltage in the single-band charge control, and acquiring a resonance voltage by calculating the resonance current by a resettable integrator; comparing the resonance voltage and the upper threshold voltage to generate a first control signal; generating a second control signal complementary to the first control signal by a pulse-width modulation duplicator; providing the first control signal and the second control signal to respectively control a first power switch and a second power switch of the resonance circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Bo-Ruei Peng, Chang-Chung Lin, Yu-Jen Lin, Chia-Hsiong Huang
  • Patent number: 12254651
    Abstract: A ride system includes one or more sensors and a controller. The controller receives, from the one or more sensors, position data indicative of the position of a body and/or face of guest on the ride. Using the position data, the one or more controllers, determine a face direction, face rotation, or both of the guest, independent of sensor observations of the face direction and rotation. One or more features of the ride are controlled based upon the determined face direction and/or face rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Lin, Anthony Melo
  • Publication number: 20250029875
    Abstract: A method for forming a packaging structure is provided. The method includes providing a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base material and a first dielectric layer on the first base material, and the second substrate includes a second base material and a second dielectric layer on the second base material. The second base material has a first through hole. The first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer have a first hole and a second hole, respectively. The method further includes connecting the second substrate to the first substrate in such a way that the second dielectric layer is connected to the first dielectric layer to form a first composite structure; thinning the top surface of the first composite structure to expose the first through hole; and forming a first conductive member in the first through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Yen-Jui CHU, Yu-Jen LIN, Min-Hsun LIN, Chung-Ming CHENG
  • Patent number: 12184166
    Abstract: A power conversion system with ripple injection includes an AC-DC conversion unit, a voltage regulation unit, at least one DC-DC conversion unit, at least one load, and a first control unit. The voltage regulation unit provides a DC link and receives one portion of an input power as an energy storage power. Each DC-DC conversion unit receives the other portion of the input power as an output power. The at least one load correspondingly receives the output power for being supplied power. The first control unit is coupled to the DC link, the at least one DC-DC conversion unit, and the at least one load. The first control unit controls the at least one DC-DC conversion unit to adjust a magnitude of a ripple of the output power to perform a ripple injection operation according to a magnitude of a ripple of the input power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Lin, Terng-Wei Tsai, Chia-Hsiong Huang, Cheng-Chung Li, Chien-Hsi Wang
  • Patent number: 12064707
    Abstract: A three-dimensional display system includes a first display and a second display spaced apart from the first display having one or more light sources configured to emit light and to illuminate the first display, where the first display is at least partially transparent such that the second display is visible through the first display. The three-dimensional display system includes a special effect system disposed at least in part between the first display and the second display and is configured to be activated to cause a special effect to be visible through the first display. The three-dimensional display system includes a controller communicatively coupled to the first display, the second display, and the special effect system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Kaitlyn Marie Duffy, Mark James Traynor, Anthony Melo, Howard Bruce Mall, Yu Jen Lin, Nicholas Anthony Puglisi, Carin Harkins, Caitlin Berner, Samuel J. Knox, Shawn Wright, Suzanne Harris
  • Publication number: 20240275276
    Abstract: A flying capacitor converter with zero-zero switching includes an input inductor, a fast-switching switch leg, a slow-switching switch leg, at least one flying capacitor, a resonant tank, and an output capacitor. The fast-switching switch leg included an upper leg having a plurality of upper switches and a lower leg having a plurality of lower switches. The slow-switching switch leg includes a slow-switching upper switch and a slow-switching lower switch, and the slow-switching upper switch and the slow-switching lower switch are coupled at a second middle node. The at least one flying capacitor is correspondingly coupled between the upper node and the lower node. The resonant tank includes a resonant inductor and a resonant capacitor, and the resonant inductor and the resonant capacitor are coupled in series between the first middle node and the second middle node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Feng-Hsuan TUNG, Terng-Wei TSAI, Chia-Hsiong HUANG, Yu-Jen LIN
  • Publication number: 20240275274
    Abstract: A Totem-pole power factor corrector receives an input power source and convert the input power source into an output power source. The Totem-pole power factor corrector includes an input inductor, a fast-switching switch leg, a slow-switching switch leg, a resonant tank, and an output capacitor. The fast-switching switch leg includes a fast-switching upper switch and a fast-switching lower switch, and the fast-switching upper switch and the fast-switching lower switch are commonly coupled at a first middle node. The slow-switching switch leg is coupled in parallel to the fast-switching switch leg, and the slow-switching switch leg includes a slow-switching upper and a slow-switching lower switch. The resonant tank includes a resonant inductor and at least one resonant capacitor. A first end of the resonant inductor is coupled to the first middle node, and a second end of the resonant inductor is coupled to the at least one capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Feng-Hsuan TUNG, Terng-Wei TSAI, Chia-Hsiong HUANG, Yu-Jen LIN
  • Publication number: 20240242878
    Abstract: A planar transformer includes: a first primary winding layer; a second primary winding layer disposed adjacent to the first primary winding layer; a shielding layer disposed adjacent to the first primary winding layer; a first secondary winding layer disposed adjacent to the shielding layer; a second secondary winding layer disposed adjacent to the first secondary winding layer. The first primary winding layer and the second primary winding layer are located at one side of the shielding layer. The first secondary winding layer and the second secondary winding layer are located at another side of the shielding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Yi KUO, Hao-Peng CHENG, Chia-Hsiong HUANG, Yu-Jen LIN
  • Patent number: 12014024
    Abstract: A method and a system for creating a television menu with multiple settings are provided. A television control circuit is used in a television device. The television control circuit performs the method. A memory is provided for storing multiple television menu settings with respect to multiple clients' demands. When the television device is activated, the television control circuit performs a menu-loading sequence that loads one of the television menu settings from the memory. The television control circuit parses the television menu setting and obtains control tags and corresponding setting parameters. The television menu is initiated and displayed on the television device based on the control tags and the setting parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Lin, Cheng-Hao Li
  • Publication number: 20240193909
    Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a memory on which is stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to identify an object of interest in at least one first image of an environment captured by a wearable eyewear device during a first time period and identify the object of interest in at least one second image of the environment captured by a wearable eyewear device during a second time period. The processor may also determine a pattern associated with the object of interest based on the at least one first image of the identified object of interest and the at least one second image. In one regard, the processor may determine patterns associated with the object of interest, which may be hidden to or otherwise undetected by a user of the wearable eyewear device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Saransh SOLANKI, Gregg WYGONIK, Yu-Jen LIN, Nicci YIN, James TICHENOR
  • Publication number: 20240113636
    Abstract: A dual mode charge control method includes steps of: detecting an input voltage of the resonance tank, a resonance current of the resonance tank, an output current of the load, and an output voltage of the load; performing a single-band charge control when determining a light-load condition or a no-load condition of the load according to the output current; compensating the output voltage to generate an upper threshold voltage in the single-band charge control, and acquiring a resonance voltage by calculating the resonance current by a resettable integrator; comparing the resonance voltage and the upper threshold voltage to generate a first control signal; generating a second control signal complementary to the first control signal by a pulse-width modulation duplicator; providing the first control signal and the second control signal to respectively control a first power switch and a second power switch of the resonance circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Bo-Ruei PENG, Chang-Chung LIN, Yu-Jen LIN, Chia-Hsiong HUANG
  • Patent number: 11947886
    Abstract: A development system and a method of an offline software-in-the-loop simulation are disclosed. A common firmware architecture generates a chip control program. The common firmware architecture has an application layer and a hardware abstraction layer. The application layer has a configuration header file and a product program. A processing program required by a peripheral module is added to the hardware abstraction layer during compiling. The chip control program is provided to a controller chip or a circuit simulation software to be executed to control the product-related circuit through controlling the peripheral module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Lin, Chang-Chung Lin, Chia-Wei Chu, Terng-Wei Tsai, Feng-Hsuan Tung
  • Publication number: 20240074585
    Abstract: A headrest adjusting structure for an office chair includes a headrest member having a first pivot portion, a first adjusting lever having a second pivot portion and a third pivot portion, a holding unit having an upper jaw with a slideway, a lower jaw with a slide slidably mounted in the slideway, and an adjusting bolt extending through the upper jaw and the lower jaw, a second adjusting lever having a fourth pivot portion, a first locking member extending through the first pivot portion and the second pivot portion, a second locking member extending through the third pivot portion and the fourth pivot portion, and a third locking member extending through the passage of the upper jaw and rests on the second adjusting lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Lin
  • Publication number: 20240045820
    Abstract: A system on a chip (SoC) with a Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) interface includes a UART interface circuit, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The UART interface circuit includes: a plurality of UART signal pads for receiving and transmitting signals; and a UART voltage pad for receiving an external operating voltage. The detection circuit is configured to detect the magnitude of the external operating voltage and thereby generate a detection result. The control circuit is configured to determine setting of a supply voltage for the plurality of UART signal pads according to the detection result. The control circuit makes the setting of the supply voltage be compatible with the external operating voltage according to the detection result, wherein the external operating voltage is a lower first voltage or a higher second voltage, and the first lower voltage is equal to an internal device operating voltage of the SoC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: CHAO-MIN LAI, YU-JEN LIN, HUNG-WEI WANG, HUANG-LIN KUO
  • Publication number: 20240032783
    Abstract: An exemplary endoscope may be provided with a first shaft, a second shaft and an image capture module. The first shaft may extend from a distal end of an endoscope body and may include a distal opening and a proximal opening. The second shaft may extend through an interior of the first shaft and may also include a distal opening and a proximal opening. The image capture module may be in operable communication with the endoscope body distal end. The endoscope may be configured to clear debris from the image capture module with suction when the second shaft proximal opening and first shaft proximal opening are in alignment. Methods of use are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sheng-Chi LIN, Feng-Cheng CHANG, Yu-Jen LIN
  • Publication number: 20230410358
    Abstract: A ride system includes one or more sensors and a controller. The controller receives, from the one or more sensors, position data indicative of the position of a body and/or face of guest on the ride. Using the position data, the one or more controllers, determine a face direction, face rotation, or both of the guest, independent of sensor observations of the face direction and rotation. One or more features of the ride are controlled based upon the determined face direction and/or face rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yu-Jen Lin, Anthony Melo
  • Patent number: D1080868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: CLEARMIND BIOMEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Sheng-Chi Lin, Feng-Cheng Chang, Yi-Chen Wang, Yu-Jen Lin