Patents by Inventor Yuan Yao

Yuan Yao 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: 9837461
    Abstract: An image sensor device is provided. The image sensor device includes a substrate, a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, a third photoelectric conversion unit, a plurality of isolation structures, a first doped region, and a second doped region. The first, second, and third photoelectric conversion units are disposed in the substrate. The second photoelectric conversion unit is located between the first photoelectric conversion unit and the third photoelectric conversion unit. The isolation structures are disposed in the substrate between the photoelectric conversion units. The first doped region is formed in the substrate below the isolation structures. The first doped region extends below the third photoelectric conversion unit. The second doped region is formed in the substrate below a part of the first doped region. The second doped region extends below the second photoelectric conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SILICON OPTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Yu-Yuan Yao
  • Publication number: 20170342319
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of preparing polymeric photoluminescent dots in water using inexpensive non-conjugated polymers. The resulting polymeric photoluminescent dots display the following properties: excellent water dispersibility, low toxicity, high adsorptivity, good photo-stability and high quantum yield. The photoluminescent properties are not influenced by aggregation-caused quenching effect. The method is amenable to scale-up and is environmentally friendly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Pei LI, Yuan YAO, Dechao NIU
  • Patent number: 9821055
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new adjuvant for administering vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Harm HogenEsch, Yuan Yao
  • Publication number: 20170327372
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a plurality of nanostructures comprising the steps of providing a plurality of spherical Zn structures and oxidizing the spherical structures in ambient atmosphere at a temperature in the range of 350° C. to 600° C. for a time period in the range of h to 172 h, such that ZnO nanowires protruding from the spherical structures are formed. There is also provided a field emission arrangement comprising a cathode having the aforementioned ZnO nanowire structures arranged thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Lightlab Sweden AB
    Inventors: Jonas TIRÉN, Yuan-Yao LI, Chia-Yen HSU, Ying-Pin WU
  • Patent number: 9720673
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for collaboratively installing a computer application includes monitoring an installation process of an application. The method also includes determining that the installation process requires remote assistance in order to continue. Also, the method includes sending a remote assistance request to remote assistance personnel at a remote site in response to the determination that the installation process requires remote assistance in order to continue. Moreover, the method includes receiving a response to the remote assistance request. The response includes remote assistance information required for installing the application provided by the remote assistance personnel at the remote site. Also, the remote assistance information and the response to the remote assistance request are invisible to an installer of the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan Yao Deng, Xin Pei Lang, Dou Ma, Jin Liang Shi
  • Patent number: 9715220
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for real-time controlling a resin transfer molding process, which is used to control a filling pressure of a resin in a resin transfer molding (RTM) apparatus. In a pre-control RTM process, the current filling pressure, the current permeability and the wave front position at the current time point is input into a prediction-control model to acquire a predicted filling pressure at the next time point. The predicted filling pressure is used as the filling pressure to make the resin flow to the expected position of the wave front at the next time point, whereby to achieve stable quality of RTM products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Pai-Chien Wei
  • Publication number: 20170170092
    Abstract: A heat source (single semiconductor chip or group of closely spaced semiconductor chips of similar height) is provided on a first side of a substrate, which substrate has on said first side a support member comprising a compressible material. A heat removal component, oriented at an angle to said heat source, is brought into proximity of said heat source such that said heat removal component contacts said support member prior to contacting said heat source. Said heat removal component is assembled to said heat source such that said support member at least partially absorbs global inequality of force that would otherwise be applied to said heat source, absent said support member comprising said compressible material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Mark D. Schultz, Todd E. Takken, Shurong Tian, Yuan Yao
  • Publication number: 20170128567
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new adjuvant for administering vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Harm HogenEsch, Yuan Yao
  • Publication number: 20170085149
    Abstract: A basic housing for a wheel hub motor, which can be produced cost-effectively even in large quantities is provided. To this end, a basic housing (5) for a wheel hub motor (2) is proposed, wherein the basic housing (5) has a receiving area (14) for a stator (6), having at least one stator housing section (11) for arranging the stator (6), wherein cooling channels (15) for cooling the stator (6) are arranged in the stator housing section (11), and having a cooling device (26), wherein the cooling device (26) forms the cooling channels (15), wherein the stator housing section (11) is made of a plastics material, and wherein the cooling device (26) is at least partially embedded as a first insert in the plastics material in the stator housing section (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Juergen Osterlaenger, Tobias Vogler, Mark Lauger, Raphael Fischer, Yuan Yao
  • Patent number: 9570373
    Abstract: A heat source (single semiconductor chip or group of closely spaced semiconductor chips of similar height) is provided on a first side of a substrate, which substrate has on said first side a support member comprising a compressible material. A heat removal component, oriented at an angle to said heat source, is brought into proximity of said heat source such that said heat removal component contacts said support member prior to contacting said heat source. Said heat removal component is assembled to said heat source such that said support member at least partially absorbs global inequality of force that would otherwise be applied to said heat source, absent said support member comprising said compressible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark D. Schultz, Todd E. Takken, Shurong Tian, Yuan Yao
  • Patent number: 9556060
    Abstract: A low dielectric constant glass fiber, in mass percentage, includes 50%˜60% of SiO2, 10%˜20% of Al2O3, 12%˜20% of B2O3, 0˜4% of CaO, 4%˜10% of MgO, 0.1%˜0.5% of Na2O+K2O, 0˜0.5% of Li2O, 0.2%˜3% of F2 and 0˜0.2% of Fe2O3. Compared with the related art, the glass composition contains higher content of SiO2, which can greatly reduce dielectric properties of the glass fiber. Meanwhile, a small amount of F2 is added thereto, which not only can effectively improve the fiberizing temperature of the glass fiber but also can reduce glass viscosity and density and reduce glass refractive index and dielectric properties. In addition, lower content of CaO is further contained, but almost no alkali metal particles such as Na2O+K2O are contained, which further reduces the dielectric properties of the glass fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: CHONGQING POLYCOMP INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Guoyun Yang, Yuan Yao, Cong Zhang, Haishen Liu, Lixiong Han
  • Publication number: 20160321177
    Abstract: A reconfigurable cache architecture is provided. In processor design, as the density of on-chip components increases, a quantity and complexity of processing cores will increase as well. In order to take advantage of increased processing capabilities, many applications will take advantage of instruction level parallelism. The reconfigurable cache architecture provides a cache memory that in capable of being configured in a private mode and a fused mode for an associated multi-core processor. In the fused mode, individual cores of the multi-core processor can write and read data from certain cache banks of the cache memory with greater control over address routing. The cache architecture further includes control and configurability of the memory size and associativity of the cache memory itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Mihai PRICOPI, Zhiguo GE, Yuan YAO, Tulika MITRA, Naxin ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9465655
    Abstract: A method for managing threads and an electronic device using the method are provided. In the method, a current time is obtained. A time interval from now to a time for the processor to wake up next time is calculated. The processor is released until reaching the end of the time interval. When the end of the time interval is reached or a first notice signal of the processor is received, a first newest time is obtained to update a current time, and the current time is logged as a basis time. It is respectively checked whether the current time satisfies a plurality of predetermined time conditions of the registered threads against a plurality of registered threads in the threads. When the current time satisfies the predetermined time condition of a first registered thread among the registered threads, the first registered thread is waked up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Pei-Hao Huang, Pei-Jun Ko, Yuan-Yao Tu, Chih-Chun Wei, Yu-Hsien Yang
  • Patent number: 9459646
    Abstract: A scaled voltage supply to supply voltage biases to circuits in voltage zones. The scaled voltage supply includes a master voltage corresponding to a voltage drop across a master-upper rail having a voltage Vdd and a master-lower rail having a voltage Vss=0. Further, the supply includes a voltage-divider network dividing the master voltage Vdd into intermediate voltages ?Vdd, ?Vdd, etc., wherein ? and ? are predetermined constants. These intermediate voltages scale with the master voltage and are supplied to the voltage zones using non-invasive soft rails. In one implementation the soft rails use voltage mirrors to supply the intermediate voltages to the circuits within voltage zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junhua Tan, Yuan Yao, Jing Wang, Hui Pan
  • Patent number: 9460012
    Abstract: A reconfigurable cache architecture is provided. In processor design, as the density of on-chip components increases, a quantity and complexity of processing cores will increase as well. In order to take advantage of increased processing capabilities, many applications will take advantage of instruction level parallelism. The reconfigurable cache architecture provides a cache memory that in capable of being configured in a private mode and a fused mode for an associated multi-core processor. In the fused mode, individual cores of the multi-core processor can write and read data from certain cache banks of the cache memory with greater control over address routing. The cache architecture further includes control and configurability of the memory size and associativity of the cache memory itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: National University of Singapore, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mihai Pricopi, Zhiguo Ge, Yuan Yao, Tulika Mitra, Naxin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160274346
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical system for detecting a sample include a light source, one beam shaper, at least one lens, an image detecting module wherein the light source, one beam shaper, at least one lens are sequentially configured along a light path, wherein one beam shaper moves the focus along the light path back and forth so the light focused on the sample by the light source through one lens is focused onto different depths inside the sample, wherein the light source and the sample are placed at both sides of at least one lens. The image detection module is configured on a light path, and the sample is placed between at least one lens and the image detection module to capture images of different depths inside the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Ann-Shyn Chiang, Shi-Wei Chu, Kuo-Jen Hsu, Yen-Yin Lin, Yuan-Yao Lin
  • Patent number: 9435900
    Abstract: An apparatus for x-ray imaging of an object is provided. An x-ray source for providing alternating x-ray spectrums is placed on a first side of the object. A spectrum separation fixed filter is placed between the x-ray source and the object. An x-ray detector is placed on a second side of the object opposite the x-ray source. A controller controls the x-ray source and the x-ray detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Norbert J. Pelc
  • Patent number: 9419779
    Abstract: A system includes a full-duplex driver to drive signals on a load. A hybrid element connected with the full-duplex driver controls a flow of transmission and receipt of the signals. A gain control element connected with the full-duplex driver tunes a transconductance of the full-duplex driver to match an impedance of the load. The controlled gain is based on a leakage voltage value of the full-duplex driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Pan, Mostafa Mohammad Hany Ali Hammad, Yuan Yao
  • Patent number: 9406708
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image sensor device including a substrate, a channel formed in the substrate, a photoelectric transfer region formed in the substrate located at one side of the channel, a voltage transfer region formed in the substrate located at the other side of the channel, a first gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate, a second gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate, wherein the first gate dielectric layer and the second gate dielectric layer have a joint above the channel, and the thickness of the first gate dielectric layer is thicker than that of the second gate dielectric layer, and a gate formed on the first gate dielectric layer and the second gate a is dielectric layer. The present invention also provides a method for fabricating the image sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SILICON OPTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Yu-Yuan Yao
  • Publication number: 20160167276
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for real-time controlling a resin transfer molding process, which is used to control a filling pressure of a resin in a resin transfer molding (RTM) apparatus. In a pre-control RTM process, the current filling pressure, the current permeability and the wave front position at the current time point is input into a prediction-control model to acquire a predicted filling pressure at the next time point. The predicted filling pressure is used as the filling pressure to make the resin flow to the expected position of the wave front at the next time point, whereby to achieve stable quality of RTM products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Pai-Chien Wei