Patents by Inventor Zen Wu
Zen Wu 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).
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Publication number: 20240283349Abstract: A controller includes a first circuit that receives first and second input signals and generates an output pulse based on the first and second input signals. A timer circuit of the controller generates the first input signal for the first circuit. A second circuit of the controller generates the second input signal for the first circuit. In response to the second input signal being set to a first value, smaller than a second value, the first circuit sets the output pulse to the second value and start a first duration. In response to the second input signal being set to the second value and the first input signal changing from the first value to the second value, the first circuit sets the output pulse to the first value to end the first duration and start a second duration such that the second duration is maintained more than a time limit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: August 22, 2024Inventors: Shengyuan LI, Xicheng Jiang, Kareem Abdelghani Ibraheem Mohamed Ragab, Zen Wu
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Patent number: 9458796Abstract: The present invention discloses a dual-vortical-flow hybrid rocket engine, including a main body and a nozzle communicating with an end of the main body. The main body includes a plurality of disk-like combustion chambers arranged longitudinally, and a central combustion chamber formed along the axial portion and communicating the disk-like combustion chambers. Each of the disk-like combustion chambers is provided with a plurality of oxidizer injection nozzles at its inner circumference surface. Inside the disk-like combustion chambers, the oxidizer is injected in nearly the tangent directions of the circumference, and the injection directions are opposite for the neighboring disk-like combustion chambers, which creates vortical flows with opposite rotating directions so as to increase the total residence time of the combustion reactions of the oxidizer and the solid-state fuel in the disk-like combustion chambers of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignees: National Applied Research Laboratories, National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Yen-Sen Chen, Men-Zen Wu, Jong-Shinn Wu, Alfred Lai, Jhe-Wei Lin, Tzu-Hao Chou
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Publication number: 20140352276Abstract: The present invention discloses a dual-vortical-flow hybrid rocket engine, including a main body and a nozzle communicating with an end of the main body. The main body includes a plurality of disk-like combustion chambers arranged longitudinally, and a central combustion chamber formed along the axial portion and communicating the disk-like combustion chambers. Each of the disk-like combustion chambers is provided with a plurality of oxidizer injection nozzles at its inner circumference surface. Inside the disk-like combustion chambers, the oxidizer is injected in nearly the tangent directions of the circumference, and the injection directions are opposite for the neighboring disk-like combustion chambers, which creates vortical flows with opposite rotating directions so as to increase the total residence time of the combustion reactions of the oxidizer and the solid-state fuel in the disk-like combustion chambers of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicants: National Chiao Tung University, National Applied Research LaboratoriesInventors: Yen-Sen Chen, Men-Zen Wu, Jong-Shinn Wu, Alfred Lai, Jhe-Wei Lin, Tzu-Hao Chou
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Patent number: 7667245Abstract: A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of driver IC chips located on the substrate, a current supplier, and a first conductive wire set. The first conductive wire set has a plurality of conductive wire segments for connecting the driver IC chips in parallel to the current supplier. Furthermore, the conductive wire segments each have a form, such that paths formed of the conductive wire segments from the current supplier to the respective driver IC chips have an equal resistance, and, accordingly, each of the driver IC chips obtain the same input voltage. Hence, a problem of band mura is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Chungwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Chien-Chih Jen
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Patent number: 7557872Abstract: A thin film transistor array comprises a substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of common-used distributed lines and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes, wherein the thin film transistors, the pixel electrodes and the auxiliary electrodes are respectively disposed in each exposure shot formed on the substrate. A first overlapped area exists between drains and gates so as to form parasitic capacitances between the sources and the gates. Each auxiliary electrode is disposed under the pixel electrodes and extends over the common-used distributed lines along the direction to its one side. A second overlapped area exists between the auxiliary electrodes and the common-used distributed lines so as to form storage capacitances between each auxiliary electrode and its corresponding common-used distributed line.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2005Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Yuan-Hao Chang
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Publication number: 20090091034Abstract: A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of driver IC chips located on the substrate, a current supplier, and a first conductive wire set. The first conductive wire set has a plurality of conductive wire segments for connecting the driver IC chips in parallel to the current supplier. Furthermore, the conductive wire segments each have a form, such that paths formed of the conductive wire segments from the current supplier to the respective driver IC chips have an equal resistance, and, accordingly, each of the driver IC chips obtain the same input voltage. Hence, a problem of band mura is avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Chien-Chih Jen
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Patent number: 7479666Abstract: A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of driver IC chips located on the substrate, a current supplier, and a first conductive wire set. The first conductive wire set has a plurality of conductive wire segments for connecting the driver IC chips in parallel to the current supplier. Furthermore, the conductive wire segments each have a form, such that paths formed of the conductive wire segments from the current supplier to the respective driver IC chips have an equal resistance, and, accordingly, each of the driver IC chips obtain the same input voltage. Hence, a problem of band mura is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2005Date of Patent: January 20, 2009Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Chien-Chih Jen
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Patent number: 7411643Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and inspection method thereof. The LCD panel includes a first substrate having a reflective material layer formed on a first side of the first substrate; a second substrate having a black matrix formed on a first side of the second substrate, the first side of the second substrate face on to the first side of the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein the second substrate has at least one inspection area allowing light to pass to the first side of the first substrate. The inspection method includes: passing light through the inspection area to the first side of the first substrate; and inspecting cell process parameters of the LCD panel through light reflected from the first side of the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2005Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Fu-Yuan Shiau, Yu-Liang Wen, Huang-Chang Wang
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Patent number: 7411213Abstract: A pixel structure, suitable being driven by a scan line and a data line on a substrate, is provided. The pixel structure includes a thin film transistor (TFT) and a pixel electrode. Wherein, the TFT includes a gate, a first and a second dielectric layer, a semiconductor layer, a source, and a drain. Especially, the semiconductor layer has a body part and at least one extending part connected to thereof. The extending part is protruded from the edge of the body part disposed between the source and the drain. In addition, at least one contact hole is disposed in the second dielectric layer for exposing the extending part, and the first dielectric layer, the semiconductor layer, and the second dielectric layer at the extending part are removed through the contact hole. So, leakage current can be effectively reduced, thereby raising the Ion/Ioff ratio of the pixel structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Chien-Chih Jen, Ming-Zen Wu
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Patent number: 7405426Abstract: An active device array substrate is provided. The active device array substrate comprises a substrate, multiple first lines, second lines, active devices, pixel electrodes and common lines. The first lines and second lines are disposed on the substrate and they form multiple pixel regions on the substrate. The active devices are respectively disposed in the pixel regions and each of the active devices is electrically connected to a first line and a second line, respectively. The pixel electrodes are respectively disposed in the pixel regions and each of the pixel electrodes is electrically connected to an active device, respectively. The common lines and first lines are roughly parallel and they are staggeringly disposed on the substrate. Each of the common lines has multiple branches which extend outside from their edges of two sides, and each of these branches is partly overlapped with the second lines.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Chien-Chih Jen
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Patent number: 7304692Abstract: A liquid crystal display with defect reparability including two vertical common lines and a plurality of horizontal common lines in a pixel, wherein the vertical common lines are parallel to a data line, and each horizontal common line is intersected to connect with each vertical common line. Each horizontal common line is extended to pass through but not touch the data line and connect with a horizontal common line in a neighboring pixel, and the horizontal common lines have overlaps with the data line in a different plane.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Fu-Yuan Shiau, Kuang-Hsiang Lin, Ming-Zen Wu, Yan-Chun Chiu
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Publication number: 20070228466Abstract: A pixel structure, suitable being driven by a scan line and a data line on a substrate, is provided. The pixel structure includes a thin film transistor (TFT) and a pixel electrode. Wherein, the TFT includes a gate, a first and a second dielectric layer, a semiconductor layer, a source, and a drain. Especially, the semiconductor layer has a body part and at least one extending part connected to thereof. The extending part is protruded from the edge of the body part disposed between the source and the drain. In addition, at least one contact hole is disposed in the second dielectric layer for exposing the extending part, and the first dielectric layer, the semiconductor layer, and the second dielectric layer at the extending part are removed through the contact hole. So, leakage current can be effectively reduced, thereby raising the Ion/Ioff ratio of the pixel structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2006Publication date: October 4, 2007Inventors: Chien-Chih Jen, Ming-Zen Wu
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Publication number: 20070080348Abstract: An active device array substrate is provided. The active device array substrate comprises a substrate, multiple first lines, second lines, active devices, pixel electrodes and common lines. The first lines and second lines are disposed on the substrate and they form multiple pixel regions on the substrate. The active devices are respectively disposed in the pixel regions and each of the active devices is electrically connected to a first line and a second line, respectively. The pixel electrodes are respectively disposed in the pixel regions and each of the pixel electrodes is electrically connected to an active device, respectively. The common lines and first lines are roughly parallel and they are staggeringly disposed on the substrate. Each of the common lines has multiple branches which extend outside from their edges of two sides, and each of these branches is partly overlapped with the second lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2005Publication date: April 12, 2007Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Chien-Chih Jen
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Publication number: 20070051983Abstract: A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of driver IC chips located on the substrate, a current supplier, and a first conductive wire set. The first conductive wire set has a plurality of conductive wire segments for connecting the driver IC chips in parallel to the current supplier. Furthermore, the conductive wire segments each have a form, such that paths formed of the conductive wire segments from the current supplier to the respective driver IC chips have an equal resistance, and, accordingly, each of the driver IC chips obtain the same input voltage. Hence, a problem of band mura is avoided.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2005Publication date: March 8, 2007Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Chien-Chih Jen
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Publication number: 20070046848Abstract: A thin film transistor array substrate including a substrate, scan lines, data lines, common lines, thin film transistors, pixel electrode and repairing lines is provided. The scan lines and the data lines are disposed on the substrate for defining pixel regions. The common lines disposed on the substrate are substantially paralleled to one another, and the scan line is arranged between every neighboring two of the common lines. Each thin film transistor is arranged on one of the pixel regions and is electrically connected to the corresponding scan line and data line. Each pixel electrode is arranged on one of the pixel region and is electrically connected to the corresponding thin film transistor. Each repairing line is disposed below the corresponding data line, and one end of each repairing line overlaps with the thin film transistor disposed at one side of the corresponding data line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2005Publication date: March 1, 2007Inventors: Chien-Chin Jen, Meng-Chi Liou, Ming-Zen Wu
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Patent number: 7141954Abstract: A battery charger controller is coupled to DC output terminals of an AC-DC (or DC-DC) adapter containing an AC-DC (or DC-DC) converter. A controlled current flow path between input and output terminals of the battery charger controller circuit is controlled to provide a substantially constant current to charge the battery to a nominal battery voltage. When a constant voltage output of the said adapter transitions to a value that limits available charging current to a value less than programmed constant charging current, current flow drive for the controlled current flow path is increased for a limited time interval. Thereafter, the controlled current flow path gradually reduces charging current as the battery voltage remains at its nominal battery voltage until the charge is complete or otherwise terminated.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Intersil Americas Inc.Inventors: Zheren Lai, Edward Bordeaux, Zen Wu
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Publication number: 20060256246Abstract: A thin film transistor array comprises a substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes, a plurality of common-used distributed lines and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes, wherein the thin film transistors, the pixel electrodes and the auxiliary electrodes are respectively disposed in each exposure shot formed on the substrate. A first overlapped area exists between drains and gates so as to form parasitic capacitances between the sources and the gates. Each auxiliary electrode is disposed under the pixel electrodes and extends over the common-used distributed lines along the direction to its one side. A second overlapped area exists between the auxiliary electrodes and the common-used distributed lines so as to form storage capacitances between each auxiliary electrode and its corresponding common-used distributed line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2005Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Yuan-Hao Chang
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Publication number: 20060197890Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and inspection method thereof. The LCD panel includes a first substrate having a reflective material layer formed on a first side of the first substrate; a second substrate having a black matrix formed on a first side of the second substrate, the first side of the second substrate face on to the first side of the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein the second substrate has at least one inspection area allowing light to pass to the first side of the first substrate. The inspection method includes: passing light through the inspection area to the first side of the first substrate; and inspecting cell process parameters of the LCD panel through light reflected from the first side of the first substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2005Publication date: September 7, 2006Inventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Fu-Yuan Shiau, Yu-Liang Wen, Huang-Chang Wang
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Patent number: RE45628Abstract: A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of driver IC chips located on the substrate, a current supplier, and a first conductive wire set. The first conductive wire set has a plurality of conductive wire segments for connecting the driver IC chips in parallel to the current supplier. Furthermore, the conductive wire segments each have a form, such that paths formed of the conductive wire segments from the current supplier to the respective driver IC chips have an equal resistance, and, accordingly, each of the driver IC chips obtain the same input voltage. Hence, a problem of band mura is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 82 LLCInventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Chien-Chih Jen
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Patent number: RE48706Abstract: A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of driver IC chips located on the substrate, a current supplier, and a first conductive wire set. The first conductive wire set has a plurality of conductive wire segments for connecting the driver IC chips in parallel to the current supplier. Furthermore, the conductive wire segments each have a form, such that paths formed of the conductive wire segments from the current supplier to the respective driver IC chips have an equal resistance, and, accordingly, each of the driver IC chips obtain the same input voltage. Hence, a problem of band mura is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Nytell Software LLCInventors: Ming-Zen Wu, Chien-Chih Jen