Patents by Inventor Yu-Lin Chen

Yu-Lin 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).

  • Patent number: 11211142
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods of repairing a memory are provided. A first array includes normal memory cells, and a second array includes repair memory cells. The repair memory cells are configured to be used in place of the normal memory cells. A look-up table comprises memory bitcells configured to store a set of entries including addresses of defective memory cells of the normal memory cells. A match circuit is configured to evaluate whether an input memory address is stored as a defective address in the memory bitcells. The match circuit is also configured to generate a selection signal for selecting the normal memory cells or the repair memory cells based on the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Shih, Po-Hao Lee, Chia-Fu Lee, Yu-Der Chih, Yu-Lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20210349029
    Abstract: A detection device, including a light-emitting component, a light-detecting component, at least one reflective optical film element, and a control unit, is provided. The light-emitting component is used for providing an excitation beam, wherein a part of the excitation beam whose dominant wavelength falls within an excitation wavelength band generates a fluorescence beam after passing through a test specimen. The light-detecting component is used for receiving a part of the fluorescence beam whose dominant wavelength falls within a detection wavelength band. The control unit is coupled to the at least one reflective optical film element. The control unit controls the at least one reflective optical film element to filter out a part of a wavelength band of an incident beam. The incident beam is at least one of the excitation beam and the fluorescence beam. A detection method of the detection device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Fan Hsieh, Yu-Lin Chen, Yao-Tsung Chang
  • Patent number: 11163343
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a flexible Power Supply Unit (PSU) bay are described. In some embodiments, a chassis may include a surface and a PSU adaptor disposed on the surface, the PSU adaptor comprising a tab having a stopper coupled thereto, where the stopper is configured to: (a) resist movement, bending, or deformation of a board perpendicularly disposed with respect to the surface upon insertion of a first PSU into a PSU cage, and (b) move downward upon insertion of a second PSU into the PSU cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Lin, Yu-Lin Chen, Yueh-Chun Tsai, Jen-Chun Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20210288634
    Abstract: A delay cell includes a cascode transistor and an inverter. The cascode transistor is used to receive a control voltage to generate a bias current, and includes a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a gate terminal receiving the control voltage. The inverter is coupled to the cascode transistor and used to generate an output signal according to the bias current in response to an input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Kun-Yuan Wu, Wei-Jen Wang, Chien-Fu Chen, Chen-Hsien Hsu, Yuan-Hui Chen, Cheng-Yang Tsai, Ruei-Yau Chen, Cheng-Tsung Ku, Zhi-Hong Huang, Yu-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 11115033
    Abstract: A speed-up charge pump includes a first charge pump for receiving an up signal and a down signal in digital form to produce a first voltage control signal at an output node. Further, at least one speed-up phase detector includes a first circuit path to receive the up signal and delay the up signal by a predetermined delay as a delay up signal and operate the up signal and the delay up signal by AND logic into an auxiliary up signal; and a second circuit path to receive the down signal and delay the down signal by the predetermined delay as a delay down signal and operate the down signal and the delay down signal by AND logic into an auxiliary down signal. A second charge pump is respectively receiving the auxiliary up and down signals to produce a second voltage control signal also at the output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kun-Yuan Wu, Wei-Jen Wang, Chien-Fu Chen, Cheng-Yang Tsai, Ruei-Yau Chen, Yu-Lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20210223175
    Abstract: A detection device includes a light emitting element, an accommodation frame, a light detector, and a movable light splitter. The light emitting element provides an excitation beam. The accommodation frame accommodates an object under test, and a portion of the excitation beam whose dominant light emitting wavelength falls within a first waveband range forms a fluorescent beam after passing through the object under test. The light detector receives a portion of the fluorescent beam whose dominant light emitting wavelength falls within a second waveband range. The movable light splitter forms a plurality of sub-beams from an incident beam. The sub-beams have respectively different dominant light emitting wavelengths and exits at different emitting angles. The incident beam is at least one of the excitation beam and the fluorescent beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Lin Chen, Yi Fan Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11003532
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing distributed data object management are provided. The distributed data object management system includes a local metadata-consensus information store and one or more remote metadata-consensus information stores for metadata-consensus information and a local data store and one or more remote data stores for erasure coded fragments. For a write operation, corresponding metadata writes and data writes are performed in parallel using a metadata write path and a data write path, respectively, when writing to the local metadata-consensus information store and the one or more remote metadata-consensus information stores and the local data store and the one or more remote data stores. And, for a read operation, corresponding metadata reads and data reads are performed in parallel using a metadata read path and a data read path, respectively, when reading from the metadata-consensus information stores and the data stores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng Huang, Jin Li, Aaron William Ogus, Douglas W. Phillips, Yu Lin Chen, Shuai Mu, Jinyang Li
  • Publication number: 20210018759
    Abstract: A detection light source module and a detection device are provided. The detection light source module includes a light emitting component, a light shape adjusting component, and a single band pass filter. The light emitting component is adapted to provide a light beam. The light shape adjusting component is located on a transmission path of the light beam and is adapted to adjust a light shape of the light beam. The light beam forms a strip lighting region through the light shape adjusting component, wherein the strip lighting region has a plurality of sub-lighting regions. The sub-lighting regions have the same size and do not overlap each other. The single band pass filter is located on the transmission path of the light beam and is located between the light emitting component and the light shape adjusting component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Yu-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 10878928
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a one-time-programmable (OTP) implementation using magnetic junctions. In some embodiments, an array comprises multiple magnetic junctions in multiple columns and multiple rows, and the magnetic junctions comprise a first magnetic junction and a second magnetic junction. The first and second magnetic junctions comprise individual top ferromagnetic elements and individual bottom ferromagnetic elements, and further comprise individual barrier elements between the top and bottom ferromagnetic elements. A first barrier element of the first magnetic junction electrically separates first top and bottom ferromagnetic elements of the first magnetic junction. A second barrier element of the second magnetic junction has undergone breakdown, such that it has defects defining a leakage path between second top and bottom ferromagnetic elements of the second magnetic junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang, Tien-Wei Chiang, Wen-Chun You, Yi-Chieh Chiu, Yu-Lin Chen, Jian-Cheng Huang, Chang-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10721835
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a bracket in physical contact with a server compute module. The bracket includes an adjustable guide that can rotate between a first position and a second position within the bracket. The adjustable guide is in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and is in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Yu-LIn Chen, Chun-Cheng Lin, Kuang-Jye Tuan
  • Publication number: 20200227133
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods of repairing a memory are provided. A first array includes normal memory cells, and a second array includes repair memory cells. The repair memory cells are configured to be used in place of the normal memory cells. A look-up table comprises memory bitcells configured to store a set of entries including addresses of defective memory cells of the normal memory cells. A match circuit is configured to evaluate whether an input memory address is stored as a defective address in the memory bitcells. The match circuit is also configured to generate a selection signal for selecting the normal memory cells or the repair memory cells based on the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Shih, Po-Hao Lee, Chia-Fu Lee, Yu-Der Chih, Yu-Lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20200194321
    Abstract: The invention provides a testkey detection circuit, including a plurality of oscillators and a driving circuit. Each of the oscillators has an enable terminal, a voltage terminal and an output terminal, wherein the enable terminals are connected to a common enable terminal. The driving circuit receives the output terminals of the oscillators and increases a driving level of a selected one of the output terminals as a frequency output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: KUN-YUAN WU, Wei-Jen Wang, Chien-Fu Chen, Chen-Hsien Hsu, Yuan-Hui Chen, Ruei-Yau Chen, Cheng-Tsung Ku, Zhi-Hong Huang, Cheng-Yang Tsai, Yu-Lin Chen
  • Patent number: 10636511
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods of repairing a memory are provided. A first array includes normal memory cells, and a second array includes repair memory cells. The repair memory cells are configured to be used in place of the normal memory cells. A look-up table comprises memory bitcells configured to store a set of entries including addresses of defective memory cells of the normal memory cells. A match circuit is configured to evaluate whether an input memory address is stored as a defective address in the memory bitcells. The match circuit is also configured to generate a selection signal for selecting the normal memory cells or the repair memory cells based on the evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Shih, Po-Hao Lee, Chia-Fu Lee, Yu-Der Chih, Yu-Lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20200098440
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a one-time-programmable (OTP) implementation using magnetic junctions. In some embodiments, an array comprises multiple magnetic junctions in multiple columns and multiple rows, and the magnetic junctions comprise a first magnetic junction and a second magnetic junction. The first and second magnetic junctions comprise individual top ferromagnetic elements and individual bottom ferromagnetic elements, and further comprise individual barrier elements between the top and bottom ferromagnetic elements. A first barrier element of the first magnetic junction electrically separates first top and bottom ferromagnetic elements of the first magnetic junction. A second barrier element of the second magnetic junction has undergone breakdown, such that it has defects defining a leakage path between second top and bottom ferromagnetic elements of the second magnetic junction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang, Tien-Wei Chiang, Wen-Chun You, Yi-Chieh Chiu, Yu-Lin Chen, Jian-Cheng Huang, Chang-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 10562027
    Abstract: An electrochemical extended-gate transistor (EET) system is provided, the system includes: a field effect transistor (FET), having a gate, a source, and a drain; a potentiostat, having a working electrode, a counter electrode, and a reference electrode; wherein the working electrode is coupled with a detection region, and the counter electrode is coupled with the gate; wherein the detection region, the gate, and the reference electrode are arranged in an ion fluid; wherein the potentiostat is configured to generate redox in the ion fluid by an electrochemical method to detect the target. A method for detecting targets are used to such system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Winnoz Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Le-Chang Hsiung, Chun-Yen Tai, Yu-Lin Chen, Fang-Yu Lin, Chuan Whatt Eric Ou
  • Publication number: 20190250989
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing distributed data object management are provided. The distributed data object management system includes a distributed storage system having a local metadata-consensus information store in and one or more remote metadata-consensus information stores. A metadata-consensus information store is configured to store metadata-consensus information. The metadata-consensus information corresponds to erasure coded fragments of a data object and instruct on how to manage the erasure coded fragments. The distributed storage system further includes a local data store and one or more remote data stores for the erasure coded fragments. The distributed data object management system includes a distributed data object manager for operations including, interface operations, configuration operations, write operations, read operations, delete operations, garbage collection operations and failure recovery operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Cheng HUANG, Jin LI, Aaron William OGUS, Douglas W. PHILLIPS, Yu Lin CHEN, Shuai MU, Jinyang LI
  • Publication number: 20190242425
    Abstract: A screw may include a head, a threaded cylindrical shaft mechanically coupled to the head such that an axis of the threaded cylindrical shaft extends from the head, and a plurality of substantially spaced serration features formed proximate to where the head is mechanically coupled to the threaded cylindrical shaft, each of the plurality of substantially spaced serration features mechanically coupled to the head and threaded cylindrical shaft. Each serration feature may include a displacer mechanically coupled to the head and the threaded cylindrical shaft and configured to, when the screw is driven into a receptacle for receiving the screw via a countersink, displace material of the countersink and an undercut mechanically coupled to the head and the threaded cylindrical shaft and configured to engage with the countersink in order to prevent the screw from disengaging from the countersink and the receptacle due to a mechanical force upon the screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yu-Lin CHEN, Michael LO
  • Patent number: 10310943
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing distributed data object management are provided. The distributed data object management system includes a distributed storage system having a local metadata-consensus information store in and one or more remote metadata-consensus information stores. A metadata-consensus information store is configured to store metadata-consensus information. The metadata-consensus information corresponds to erasure coded fragments of a data object and instruct on how to manage the erasure coded fragments. The distributed storage system further includes a local data store and one or more remote data stores for the erasure coded fragments. The distributed data object management system includes a distributed data object manager for operations including, interface operations, configuration operations, write operations, read operations, delete operations, garbage collection operations and failure recovery operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Cheng Huang, Jin Li, Aaron William Ogus, Douglas W. Phillips, Yu Lin Chen, Shuai Mu, Jinyang Li
  • Publication number: 20190098789
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a bracket in physical contact with a server compute module. The bracket includes an adjustable guide that can rotate between a first position and a second position within the bracket. The adjustable guide is in the first position in response to a first peripheral card being inserted within the bracket, and is in the second position in response to a second peripheral card being inserted within the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yu-Lin Chen, Chun-Cheng Lin, Kuang-Jye Tuan
  • Publication number: 20190035487
    Abstract: Memory devices and methods of repairing a memory are provided. A first array includes normal memory cells, and a second array includes repair memory cells. The repair memory cells are configured to be used in place of the normal memory cells. A look-up table comprises memory bitcells configured to store a set of entries including addresses of defective memory cells of the normal memory cells. A match circuit is configured to evaluate whether an input memory address is stored as a defective address in the memory bitcells. The match circuit is also configured to generate a selection signal for selecting the normal memory cells or the repair memory cells based on the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Shih, Po-Hao Lee, Chia-Fu Lee, Yu-Der Chih, Yu-Lin Chen