Patents by Inventor Yuan HOU

Yuan HOU 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: 11011863
    Abstract: An electrical connector including an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and at least one grounding member is provided. The terminals and the grounding member are disposed in the insulating body. At least one grounding terminal among the terminals and the grounding member next to the grounding terminal form an integrally-molded structure. A portion of the grounding terminal and a portion of the grounding member are misaligned from each other along an arrangement direction of the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Hsu-Fen Wang, Kang Qin Li, Xi Wang
  • Patent number: 11011864
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, receptacle terminals, and a metallic shell. The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion outwardly extending from the base portion. The receptacle terminals are held in the base portion and disposed at the surface of the tongue portion. The metallic shell includes a receptacle cavity, the insulated housing is held in the receptacle cavity. An insertion opening is on a first end of the metallic shell, a stopping portion is inwardly bending on a second end of the metallic shell, and the stopping portion is extending to a surface of the base portion. When an electrical plug connector is inserted into the receptacle cavity, an end portion of the electrical plug connector is in contact with the stopping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Dong-Fang Zeng, Shien-Lung Huang
  • Patent number: 11005199
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector has an insulated housing, two elastic buckle elements, multiple plug terminals, and a plug metallic shell. The insulated housing has a terminal portion and two connecting portions. The two elastic buckle elements are respectively mounted in receiving grooves of the two connecting portions of the insulated housing. Multiple plug terminals are arranged on the terminal portion of the insulated housing. An electrical receptacle connector is detachably connected with the electrical plug connector. The electrical receptacle connector has a receptacle insulated housing and multiple receptacle terminals. The receptacle insulated housing has an inserting portion and two receptacle connecting portions. The multiple receptacle terminals are mounted in a mounting slot of the receptacle insulated housing. When the electrical plug connector is connected with the electrical receptacle connector, the multiple plug terminals may contact the multiple receptacle terminals and are conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Hsien Tsai, Shuang-Xi Xiao
  • Patent number: 10971840
    Abstract: An electrical connector including an insulating body and a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating body is provided. At least one of the terminals has a first section and a pair of second sections. The second sections structurally extend and branch out from the first section. On a plane where the terminals are located, orthogonal projections of the second sections are misaligned and do not overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Hsu-Fen Wang, Kang Qin Li, Xi Wang
  • Patent number: 10943650
    Abstract: A memory system comprising a plurality of memory cells each including a storage element having a first terminal and a control terminal. The method for operating the memory system includes applying a first program voltage to control terminals of storage elements and applying a basic reference voltage to first terminals of the storage elements during a first program operation, performing a group verification by comparing threshold voltages of the storage elements with a middle voltage, performing a first program test to check if the threshold voltages of the storage elements are greater than a first programming threshold voltage, and performing a second program operation according to a result of the group verification and a result of the first program test. The middle voltage is smaller than the first programming threshold voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ke Liang, Chun Yuan Hou, Qiang Tang
  • Publication number: 20210043532
    Abstract: A power chip package module and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. In the manufacturing method, a temporary carrier having an alignment pattern is provided, in which the temporary carrier includes a base and a peelable adhesive material disposed on the base. Thereafter, a circuit board having an accommodating space passing therethrough is disposed on the temporary carrier according to the alignment pattern. Furthermore, a chip is disposed in the accommodating space with an active surface thereof facing the temporary carrier according to the alignment pattern, in which the chip is fixed on the temporary carrier by the peelable adhesive material. The accommodating space is filled with a molding material to form an initial package structure. The initial package structure is separated from the temporary carrier, and then an electrically and thermally conductive layer is formed on a bottom surface of the chip and is in contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: HSI-YING YUAN, TUNG-CHUAN WANG, CHUN-YUAN HOU, PING-LUNG WANG, Tzu-kuei Wen
  • Patent number: 10879218
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes the following steps. A bonding pad is formed on a dielectric layer. A light-shielding material is formed on the dielectric layer. A temperature of the light-shielding material is increased such that the light-shielding material is cured into a light-shielding layer. During curing the light-shielding material into the light-shielding layer, the light-shielding material flows to and contacts a portion of a surface of the bonding pad. A light-emitting element is electrically connected to the bonding pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-He Ruan, Jian-Jhou Tseng, Chih-Yuan Hou
  • Publication number: 20200402562
    Abstract: Embodiments of 3D memory devices with a static random-access memory (SRAM) and fabrication methods thereof are disclosed herein. In one example, the method for operating a 3D memory device having an input/output circuit, an array of SRAM cells, and an array of 3D NAND memory strings in a same chip. The method may include transferring data through the input/output circuit to the array of SRAM cells, storing the data in the array of SRAM cells, and programming the data into the array of 3D NAND memory strings from the array of SRAM cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yue Ping Li, Chun Yuan Hou
  • Publication number: 20200373281
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device includes the following steps. A bonding pad is formed on a dielectric layer. A light-shielding material is formed on the dielectric layer. A temperature of the light-shielding material is increased such that the light-shielding material is cured into a light-shielding layer. During curing the light-shielding material into the light-shielding layer, the light-shielding material flows to and contacts a portion of a surface of the bonding pad. A light-emitting element is electrically connected to the bonding pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Cheng-He RUAN, Jian-Jhou TSENG, Chih-Yuan HOU
  • Publication number: 20200363989
    Abstract: Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices with a 3D NAND memory array having a plurality of pages, an on-die cache coupled to the memory array on a same chip and configured to cache a plurality of batches of program data between a host and the memory array, the on-die cache having SRAM cells, and a controller coupled to the on-die cache on the same chip. The controller is configured to check a status of an (N?2)th batch of program data, N being an integer equal to or greater than 2, program an (N?1)th batch of program data into respective pages in the 3D NAND memory array, and cache an Nth batch of program data in respective space in the on-die cache as a backup copy of the Nth batch of program data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yue Ping Li, Chun Yuan Hou
  • Publication number: 20200363983
    Abstract: Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices with a 3D NAND memory array having a plurality of pages and an on-die data buffer coupled to the memory array on a same chip and configured to buffer a plurality of batches of program data between a host and the memory array. The on-die data buffer may include SRAM cells. The 3D memory device also includes a controller coupled to the on-die data buffer on the same chip. The controller may be configured to receive control instructions for performing a first pass program and a second pass program on memory cells in a page. The controller may also be configured to buffer, in the on-die data buffer, first program data for a first pass program and second program data for a second pass program from a host and retrieve the first program data from the on-die data buffer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yue Ping Li, Wei Jun Wan, Chun Yuan Hou
  • Patent number: 10811071
    Abstract: Embodiments of three-dimensional (3D) memory devices with a 3D memory device includes a first semiconductor structure having a peripheral circuit, an array of SRAM cells, and a first bonding layer having a plurality of first bonding contacts. The 3D memory device also includes a second semiconductor structure having an array of 3D NAND memory strings and a second bonding layer including a plurality of second bonding contacts and a bonding interface between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer, wherein the first bonding contacts are in contact with the second bonding contacts at the bonding interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Ping Li, Chun Yuan Hou
  • Publication number: 20200273819
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a panel. The panel includes a display region and a non-display region and has a normal direction in which the non-display region is adjacent to the display region. The non-display region includes a conductive line which includes a first section and a second section. The first section has a first extension direction and the second section has a second extension direction that is different from the first extension direction. A first conductive layer is disposed on the first section a first distance away from the first section in the normal direction. A second conductive layer is disposed on the second section a second distance away from the second section in the normal direction which is different than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Tsung-Lun TSAI, Bo-Yuan HOU
  • Publication number: 20200234759
    Abstract: A memory system comprising a plurality of memory cells each including a storage element having a first terminal and a control terminal. The method for operating the memory system includes applying a first program voltage to control terminals of storage elements and applying a basic reference voltage to first terminals of the storage elements during a first program operation, performing a group verification by comparing threshold voltages of the storage elements with a middle voltage, performing a first program test to check if the threshold voltages of the storage elements are greater than a first programming threshold voltage, and performing a second program operation according to a result of the group verification and a result of the first program test. The middle voltage is smaller than the first programming threshold voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Ke Liang, Chun Yuan Hou, Qiang Tang
  • Publication number: 20200235535
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, receptacle terminals, and a metallic shell. The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion outwardly extending from the base portion. Two metal sheets are arranged at two sides of the tongue portion. Each of the metal sheets includes a hook structure protruding from a side portion of the tongue portion and a through hole adjacent to the hook structure. The receptacle terminals are held in the base portion and disposed at the surface of the tongue portion. The metallic shell includes a receptacle cavity. The insulated housing is held in the receiving cavity. The contact arms are formed by the through holes of the metal sheets in an elastic manner, to avoid the hooks on both sides of the electrical plug connector in contact with the metal sheets in a poor interference manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Dong-Fang Zeng, Shien-Lung Huang
  • Publication number: 20200235515
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, receptacle terminals, and a metallic shell. The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion outwardly extending from the base portion. The receptacle terminals are held in the base portion and disposed at the surface of the tongue portion. The metallic shell includes a receptacle cavity, the insulated housing is held in the receptacle cavity. An insertion opening is on a first end of the metallic shell, a stopping portion is inwardly bending on a second end of the metallic shell, and the stopping portion is extending to a surface of the base portion. When an electrical plug connector is inserted into the receptacle cavity, an end portion of the electrical plug connector is in contact with the stopping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Lun TSAI, Pin-Yuan HOU, Dong-Fang ZENG, Shien-Lung HUANG
  • Publication number: 20200235517
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, receptacle terminals, and a metallic shell. The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion outwardly extending from the base portion. A coverage region adjacent to the base portion is held on a surface of the tongue portion. The receptacle terminals are held in the base portion and disposed at the surface of the tongue portion. The receptacle terminals include a body portion and a contact portion, the body portion is held in the base portion and the tongue portion, and the contact portion is outwardly extending from one end of the body portion. Each of the receptacle terminals includes an avoidance portion between the contact portion and the body portion. The avoidance portion of each of the receptacle terminals is covered by the coverage region of the tongue portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Lun TSAI, Pin-Yuan HOU, Dong-Fang ZENG, Shien-Lung HUANG
  • Patent number: 10615540
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes an insulated housing, contact terminals held in the insulated housing, an outer shell covering the insulated housing, and hook members. First buckle structures are at side arms at two sides of the insulated housing. Each of the hook members includes a second buckle structure mating with the corresponding first buckle structure. The buckle structures are of crescent shapes and mated with each other. When the press portion of the hook member is pressed by an excessive force, the first/second buckle structure stops the second/first buckle structure to prevent the elastic arm of the hook member from deforming. When the elastic arm is bounced back excessively, the first/second buckle structure stops the second/first buckle structure to prevent the hook member from detaching off the side arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Pin-Yuan Hou, Shuang-Xi Xiao, Yu-Chai Yeh
  • Patent number: 10608358
    Abstract: A cable connector including a first base, a second base, a plurality of first terminals disposed in the first base with a plurality of first tail segments exposed out of the first base, a plurality of second terminals disposed in the second base with a plurality of second segments exposed out of the second base, and a plurality of cables electrically connecting the second terminals is provided. The first and the second bases are detachably assembled, such that the first tail segments are detachably connected to the second contact segments in structural contact to electrically connect the first terminals and the second terminals. An electrical adaptor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Pin-Yuan Hou, Yu-Lun Tsai, Hsu-Fen Wang, Yu-Chai Yeh
  • Patent number: D892746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Hsien-Lung Huang, Hsu-Fen Wang