Patents by Inventor Yuan-Hsiang Chang

Yuan-Hsiang Chang 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: 20140206174
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the following steps. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided, and a first region, a second region and a third region are defined thereon. Then, a first well having a first conductive type is formed in the semiconductor substrate of the first region and the second region, respectively. A semiconductor layer partially overlapping the first well of the second region is formed. Furthermore, a second well having a second conductive type is formed in the semiconductor substrate of the third region and the first well of the second region respectively, where the second well of the second region is disposed underneath the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yuan-Hsiang Chang, Sung-Bin Lin
  • Patent number: 8729599
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the following steps. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided, and a first region, a second region and a third region are defined thereon. Then, a first well having a first conductive type is formed in the semiconductor substrate of the first region and the second region, respectively. A semiconductor layer partially overlapping the first well of the second region is formed. Furthermore, a second well having a second conductive type is formed in the semiconductor substrate of the third region and the first well of the second region respectively, where the second well of the second region is disposed underneath the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yuan-Hsiang Chang, Sung-Bin Lin
  • Patent number: 8436411
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory including a substrate, two first conductive layers, a second conductive layer, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and two heavily doped regions is provided. The substrate has at least two isolation structures therein and an active region between the isolation structures. The first conductive layers are respectively disposed on the isolation structures. The second conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and covering a portion of the active region and a portion of each first conductive layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed between each first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The second dielectric layer is disposed between the second conductive layer in the active region and the substrate. The heavily doped regions are disposed in the substrate beside the second conductive layer in the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Sung-Bin Lin, Yuan-Hsiang Chang, Yu-Huang Yeh, Che-Lieh Lin
  • Publication number: 20130049066
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes the following steps. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided, and a first region, a second region and a third region are defined thereon. Then, a first well having a first conductive type is formed in the semiconductor substrate of the first region and the second region, respectively. A semiconductor layer partially overlapping the first well of the second region is formed. Furthermore, a second well having a second conductive type is formed in the semiconductor substrate of the third region and the first well of the second region respectively, where the second well of the second region is disposed underneath the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: Yuan-Hsiang Chang, Sung-Bin Lin
  • Publication number: 20100171165
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory including a substrate, two first conductive layers, a second conductive layer, a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer and two heavily doped regions is provided. The substrate has at least two isolation structures therein and an active region between the isolation structures. The first conductive layers are respectively disposed on the isolation structures. The second conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and covering a portion of the active region and a portion of each first conductive layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed between each first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The second dielectric layer is disposed between the second conductive layer in the active region and the substrate. The heavily doped regions are disposed in the substrate beside the second conductive layer in the active region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Sung-Bin Lin, Yuan-Hsiang Chang, Yu-Huang Yeh, Che-Lieh Lin
  • Publication number: 20070253615
    Abstract: A system and a method for banknote recognition are provides. The connected components within a source image are detected when the source image is generated. Then the connected components are used for matching the prototypes in a database for selecting the corresponding best matched prototypes. The connected components will be determined as a first surface or a second surface for representing a banknote according to its best matched prototype. If it is determined as a first surface, the treasury seal recognition and signature recognition will be performed. Finally, the recognition of the image representing a currency value will be performed for determining whether it is a image representing a banknote or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Yuan-Hsiang Chang, Ya-Wen Chiang, Yo-Chen Wang
  • Patent number: 6553356
    Abstract: Abnormal regions in living tissue are detected by obtaining images from different views of the living tissue; performing single-image CAD of each image to determine suspected abnormal regions depicted in the image; and combining measurements of the suspected abnormal regions in each image to determine whether a suspected abnormal region is an abnormal region. The living tissue may be a human breast and the abnormal region may be a mass in the breast. Ipsilateral mammographic views of the breast, a craniocaudal view, and a mediolateral oblique view may be used. Features which are relatively invariant or behave predictably with respect to breast compression are extracted using the single-image CAD and then combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Walter F Good, David Gur, Glenn S. Maitz, Yuan-Hsiang Chang, Bin Zheng, Xiao Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 6067372
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting abnormal regions in living tissue depicted in a digital radiograph includes identifying suspected abnormal regions depicted in the radiograph and then, for each identified suspected abnormal region, extracting multiple topographic layers of the region from the digital radiograph; determining features of the region in each of the layers; and applying inter-layer multivariate non-linear criteria to the features to determine whether the suspected abnormal region is to be classified as an abnormal region. The distribution of digital values in the digitized radiograph is modified and a probabalistic determination is made as to whether suspected abnormal regions are actually abnormal from multiple analyses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: David Gur, Bin Zheng, Yuan-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 5838815
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting abnormal regions in living tissue depicted in a digital radiograph includes identifying suspected abnormal regions depicted in the radiograph and then, for each identified suspected abnormal region, extracting multiple topographic layers of the region from the digital radiograph; determining features of the region in each of the layers; and applying inter-layer multivariate non-linear criteria to the features to determine whether the suspected abnormal region is to be classified as an abnormal region. The distribution of digital values in the digitized radiograph is modified and a probabalistic determination is made as to whether suspected abnormal regions are actually abnormal from multiple analyses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1998
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: David Gur, Bin Zheng, Yuan-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 5615243
    Abstract: A method of detecting and identifying abnormal regions in living tissue depicted in a digital radiograph includes, in each of a number of stages, identifying an abnormal region; and reducing any overlap between the identified regions. Typically the digital radiograph is a mammogram and the abnormal regions are suspicious mass regions in a human breast. Five stages of identifying are used to detect a region with a global minimum in the smoothed image; a region with a local minimum in the original image; a region with a local minimum in the filtered image; a small region of rounded shape and low contrast; and a region of rounded shape and high contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: Yuan-Hsiang Chang, David Gur, Bin Zheng