Patents by Inventor Yun Fu

Yun Fu 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).

  • METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN ISOLATION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20130171803
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an isolation structure including forming a trench in a top surface of a substrate and partially filling the trench with a first oxide, wherein the first oxide is a pure oxide. Partially filling the trench includes forming a liner layer in the trench and forming the first oxide over the liner layer using silane and oxygen precursors at a pressure less than 10 milliTorr (mTorr) and a temperature ranging from about 500° C. to about 1000° C. The method further includes producing a solid reaction product in a top portion of the first oxide. The method further includes sublimating the solid reaction product by heating the substrate in a chamber at a temperature from 100° C. to 200° C. and removing the sublimated solid reaction product by flowing a carrier gas over the substrate. The method further includes filling the trench with a second oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Tze-Liang LEE, Pei-Ren JENG, Chu-Yun FU, Chyi Shyuan CHERN, Jui-Hei HUANG, Chih-Tang PENG, Hao-Ming LIEN
  • FinFET and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 8440517
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fin field effect transistor (FinFET). An exemplary structure for a FinFET comprises a substrate comprising a top surface; a first insulation region and a second insulation region over the substrate top surface comprising tapered top surfaces; a fin of the substrate extending above the substrate top surface between the first and second insulation regions, wherein the fin comprises a recessed portion having a top surface lower than the tapered top surfaces of the first and second insulation regions, wherein the fin comprises a non-recessed portion having a top surface higher than the tapered top surfaces; and a gate stack over the non-recessed portion of the fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Ta Lin, Chu-Yun Fu, Shin-Yeh Huang, Shu-Tine Yang, Hung-Ming Chen
  • Method for fabricating an isolation structure
    Patent number: 8404561
    Abstract: The invention relates to integrated circuit fabrication, and more particularly to an electronic device with an isolation structure made having almost no void. An exemplary method for fabricating an isolation structure, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a trench in the substrate; partially filling the trench with a first silicon oxide; exposing a surface of the first silicon oxide to a vapor mixture comprising NH3 and a fluorine-containing compound; heating the substrate to a temperature between 100° C. to 200° C.; and filling the trench with a second silicon oxide, whereby the isolation structure made has almost no void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tze-Liang Lee, Pei-Ren Jeng, Chu-Yun Fu, Chyi Shyuan Chern, Jui-Hei Huang, Chih-Tang Peng, Hao-Ming Lien
  • System and method for relating aborted client accesses of data to quality of service provided by a server in a client-server network
    Patent number: 8392499
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for relating aborted client accesses of server information to the quality of service provided to clients by a server in a client-server network. According to one embodiment, a method comprises determining performance data for at least one aborted client access of information from a server in a client-server network, and using the performance data to determine whether the aborted client access(es) relate to the quality of service provided to a client by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ludmila Cherkasova, Yun Fu, Wenting Tang
  • Halftone image generation method and image processing system and computer program product thereof
    Patent number: 8390890
    Abstract: A halftone image generation method used in a system including an image input module and a halftoning processing module for generating a halftone image is disclosed. First, an original image is received by the image input module and a dot diffusion process is performed to the original image to generate the halftone image using a first class matrix with a first size and a corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with a first diffused area size, wherein the first class matrix indicates a processing order of the dot diffusion process and the first class matrix with the first size, the first diffused area size and the corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with the first diffused area size are optimized results determined in advance by the halftoning processing module according to class matrixes of different sizes and diffused areas of different sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-Ming Guo, Yun-Fu Liu
  • ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE USING AZOMETHINE-LITHIUM-COMPLEX AS ELECTRON INJECTION LAYER
    Publication number: 20120205638
    Abstract: In OLEDs, improved efficiency is obtained by compounds which can form inter alia electron injection layers of the formula (I) wherein R1 is a 1-5 ring aryl (including polycyclic), aralkyl or heteroaryl group which is optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4 alkyl, alkoxy or cyano; R2 and R3 together form a 1-5 ring aryl (including polycyclic), aralkyl or heteroaryl group which is optionally substituted with C1-C4 alkyl, alkoxy or cyano; R4 is hydrogen, C1-C4 alkyl or aryl; and Ar is monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic aryl or heteroaryl which is optionally substituted with one or more C1-C4-alkyl or alkoxy groups, or an oligomer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Poopathy Kathirgamanathan, Yun Fu Chan
  • Biomarkers for Pre-Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Other Metabolic-Syndrome Related Disorders and Methods Using the Same
    Publication number: 20120208215
    Abstract: Biomarkers relating to insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis, and cardiomyopathy are provided, as well as methods for using such biomarkers as biomarkers for insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis, and cardiomyopathy. In addition, methods for modulating the respective disorders or conditions of a subject are also provided. Also provided are suites of small molecule entities as biomarkers for insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis, and cardiomyopathy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: METABOLON, INC.
    Inventors: Yun Fu HU, Costel CHIRILA, Danny ALEXANDER, Michael MILBURN, Matthew W. MITCHELL, Walter GALL, Kay A. LAWTON
  • DIGITAL HALFTONING METHOD AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING CLASS TILING MAP
    Publication number: 20120176650
    Abstract: A digital halftoning method and a method for constructing a class tiling map are disclosed. The present invention utilizes to arrange class matrixes in a staggering form such that adjacent class matrixes exist a staggering shift. Also, the class tiling map is constructed in this way. Then, a dot diffusion procedure is performed to an original image with the class tiling map so as to generate a halftone image corresponding to the original image. The present invention is capable of solving the problem of a periodic appearance caused by traditional dot diffusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-ming Guo, Yun-fu Liu
  • Method for determining insulin sensitivity with biomarkers
    Patent number: 8187830
    Abstract: Biomarkers relating to insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis, and cardiomyopathy are provided, as well as methods for using such biomarkers as biomarkers for insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis, and cardiomyopathy. In addition, methods for modulating the respective disorders or conditions of a subject are also provided. Also provided are suites of small molecule entities as biomarkers for insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, atherosclerosis, and cardiomyopathy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Metabolon, Inc.
    Inventors: Yun Fu Hu, Costel Chirila, Danny Alexander, Michael Milburn, Matthew W. Mitchell, Walter Gall, Kay A. Lawton
  • Biomarkers Related to Insulin Resistance and Methods using the Same
    Publication number: 20120122981
    Abstract: Biomarkers relating to glucose disposal rate, insulin resistance, and/or insulin resistance-related disorders are provided. Methods based on the same biomarkers are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: Yun Fu Hu, Costel Chirila, Danny Alexander, Michael Milburn, Matthew W. Mitchell, Walter Gall, Kay A. Lawton
  • Fabrication of source/drain extensions with ultra-shallow junctions
    Patent number: 8173503
    Abstract: A method of forming an integrated circuit device includes providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a gate structure on the semiconductor substrate; and performing a pre-amorphized implantation (PAI) by implanting a first element selected from a group consisting essentially of indium and antimony to a top portion of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the gate structure. The method further includes, after the step of performing the PAI, implanting a second element different from the first element into the top portion of the semiconductor substrate. The second element includes a p-type element when the first element includes indium, and includes an n-type element when the first element includes antimony.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yihang Chiu, Chu-Yun Fu
  • FINFET AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120091538
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fin field effect transistor (FinFET). An exemplary structure for a FinFET comprises a substrate comprising a top surface; a first insulation region and a second insulation region over the substrate top surface comprising tapered top surfaces; a fin of the substrate extending above the substrate top surface between the first and second insulation regions, wherein the fin comprises a recessed portion having a top surface lower than the tapered top surfaces of the first and second insulation regions, wherein the fin comprises a non-recessed portion having a top surface higher than the tapered top surfaces; and a gate stack over the non-recessed portion of the fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Ta LIN, Chu-Yun FU, Shin-Yeh HUANG, Shu-Tine YANG, Hung-Ming CHEN
  • Method of Fabricating Semiconductor Device Isolation Structure
    Publication number: 20120094464
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including reentrant isolation structures and a method for making such a device. A preferred embodiment comprises a substrate of semiconductor material forming at least one isolation structure having a reentrant profile and isolating one or more adjacent operational components. The reentrant profile of the at least one isolation structure is formed of substrate material and is created by ion implantation, preferably using oxygen ions applied at a number of different angles and energy levels. In another embodiment the present invention is a method of forming an isolation structure for a semiconductor device performing at least one oxygen ion implantation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chen-Nan Yeh, Chu-Yun Fu, Ding-Yuan Chen
  • Method of fabricating semiconductor device isolation structure
    Patent number: 8110890
    Abstract: A semiconductor device including reentrant isolation structures and a method for making such a device. A preferred embodiment comprises a substrate of semiconductor material forming at least one isolation structure having a reentrant profile and isolating one or more adjacent operational components. The reentrant profile of the at least one isolation structure is formed of substrate material and is created by ion implantation, preferably using oxygen ions applied at a number of different angles and energy levels. In another embodiment the present invention is a method of forming an isolation structure for a semiconductor device performing at least one oxygen ion implantation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chen-Nan Yeh, Chu-Yun Fu, Ding-Yuan Chen
  • Digital halftoning method utilizing diffused weighting and class matrix optimization
    Patent number: 8077355
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a digital halftoning method. The method comprises steps of: (a1) dividing an original image into non-overlapping blocks; (a2) obtaining a Least-Mean-Square trained (LMS-trained) filter by comparing at least a training image and a halftone result corresponding to the training image (a3) optimizing a class matrix with the LMS-trained filter, which involves the diffused area and the diffused weightings; and (a4) processing the non-overlapping blocks by performing a dot diffusion procedure with the optimized class matrix and the diffused weightings to generate a halftone image corresponding to the original image. A detailed class matrix optimizing method as in the above-mentioned step (a3) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-ming Guo, Yun-fu Liu
  • EFFICIENT LEXICAL TRENDING TOPIC DETECTION OVER STREAMS OF DATA USING A MODIFIED SEQUITUR ALGORITHM
    Publication number: 20110282874
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards a Modified Sequitur algorithm (MSA) using pipelining and indexed arrays to identify trending topics within a plurality of documents having user generated content (UGC). The documents are parallelized and distributed across a plurality of network devices, which place at least some of the received documents into a buffer for which the MSA may then be applied to the documents within the buffer to identify n-grams or phrases within the documents' contents. The identified phrases are further analyzed to remove extraneous co-occurrences of phrases, and/or words based on a part of speech analysis. A weighting of the remaining phrases is used to identify trending topic phrases. Links to content in the plurality of UGC documents that is associated with the trending topic phrases may then be displayed to a client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Zhichen Xu, Yun Fu, Neal Sample
  • Method of halftone watermarking for hiding multi-tone watermark or two-tone watermark
    Patent number: 8049930
    Abstract: A method is performed to hide a watermark in two halftone images or in a single halftone image. The halftone image contains information of the hidden watermark, and each pixel value of the halftone image is associated with a corresponding offset value. The offset value is determined according to a corresponding pixel value of the watermark and a corresponding pixel value of another halftone image. The offset value is used to compensate a corresponding input value and a corresponding original error value of the halftone image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jing-Ming Guo, Yun-Fu Liu
  • Identifying items that have experienced recent interest bursts
    Patent number: 8046248
    Abstract: Techniques are described for identifying items that have recently undergone an interest burst. Items that have recently undergone an interest burst are identified by comparing how many interest-actions have been performed on the items during a current time window against how many interest-actions have been performed on the items historically. Various tests are performed to rule out candidates that are not likely to be of interest to other users. In addition, various spam detection techniques are described for reducing the possibility that the items that are listed as interest burst items are listed because of spam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Yun Fu, Zhichen Xu, Liang-Yu (Tom) Chi
  • System and method for automatically organizing bookmarks through the use of tag data
    Patent number: 8010532
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards systems and method for organization of bookmarks. The method according to one embodiment comprises retrieving one or more bookmarks associated with one or more content items, a given bookmark generated by a user of a client device and identifying one or more tags associated with one or uniform resource locators corresponding to the or more bookmarks. A bookmark folder hierarchy is created through use of a clustering algorithm on the basis of the one or more tags associated with the one or more uniform resource locators corresponding to the one or more bookmarks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Liang-Yu Chi, Dmitry Yurievich Pavlov, Yun Fu, Eren Manavoglu, Paul Heymann, Zhichen Xu
  • HALFTONE IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110142340
    Abstract: A halftone image generation method used in a system including an image input module and a halftoning processing module for generating a halftone image is disclosed. First, an original image is received by the image input module and a dot diffusion process is performed to the original image to generate the halftone image using a first class matrix with a first size and a corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with a first diffused area size, wherein the first class matrix indicates a processing order of the dot diffusion process and the first class matrix with the first size, the first diffused area size and the corresponding first diffused weighting matrix with the first diffused area size are optimized results determined in advance by the halftoning processing module according to class matrixes of different sizes and diffused areas of different sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jing-Ming GUO, Yun-Fu LIU