Patents by Inventor Zhihua Zou

Zhihua Zou 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: 11940435
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of identification on adulterated meat, and in particular, to a method for identifying raw meat and high-quality fake meat based on a gradual linear array change of a component. The present invention spatially characterizes changing rules of featured components in the meat with the utilization of sensitivities of the visible/near-infrared spectral signals to changes of the components in the meat and the advantage that spectral scanning can acquire optical signals of the samples spatially and consecutively, further constructs the identification model according to differences in components and spectra of a region of interest in the hyperspectral image by taking a derivative for characterizing rates of change of the featured components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Jiangsu University
    Inventors: Jiyong Shi, Xiaobo Zou, Yueying Wang, Xiaowei Huang, Zhihua Li, Xinai Zhang, Di Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240006358
    Abstract: Bonding pedestals on substrates, and their manufacture, for direct bonding integrated circuit (IC) dies onto substrates. The electrical interconnections of one or more IC dies and a substrate are bonded together with the IC dies on and overhanging the pedestals. A bonding pedestal may be formed by etching down the substrate around the interconnections. A system may include one or more such pedestals above and adjacent a recessed surface on a substrate with IC dies overhanging the pedestals. Such a system may be coupled to a host component, such as a board, and a power supply via the host component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhihua Zou, Omkar Karhade, Botao Zhang, Julia Chiu, Vivek Chidambaram, Yi Shi, Mohit Bhatia, Mostafa Aghazadeh
  • Publication number: 20230197520
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to systems, apparatuses, or processes for attaching dummy dies to a wafer that includes a plurality of active dies, where the dummy dies are placed along or in dicing streets where the wafer is to be cut during singulation. In embodiments, the dummy dies may be attached to the wafer using a die attach film, or may be attached using hybrid bonding. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Yi SHI, Omkar KARHADE, Shawna M. LIFF, Zhihua ZOU, Ryan MACKIEWICZ, Nitin A. DESHPANDE, Debendra MALLIK, Arnab SARKAR
  • Patent number: 10269758
    Abstract: A system for determining thickness variation values of a semiconductor substrate comprises a substrate vacuumed to a pedestal that defines a reference plane for measuring the substrate. A measurement probe assembly determines substrate CTV and BTV values, and defines a substrate slope angle. A thermal bonding assembly attaches a die to the substrate at a bonding angle congruent with the substrate slope angle. A plurality of substrates are measured using the same reference plane on the pedestal. Associated methods and processes are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhihua Zou, Sudip M. Thomas
  • Patent number: 10066927
    Abstract: Inspection of microelectronic devices is described using near infrared light. In one example, a dielectric material layer on a substrate is illuminated with a near infrared light beam. The substrate has at least one contact land, the dielectric material layer overlies at least a portion of the contact land, and the substrate has at least one via defined in the dielectric material layer, the via exposing at least a portion of the contact land. Reflected near infrared light is reflected from the substrate at a camera. The position of the via is determined relative to the contact land from the reflected light beam using an image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Liang W. Zhang, Zhihua Zou, Osborne A. Martin, III, Robert F. Wiedmaier
  • Publication number: 20170186722
    Abstract: A system for determining thickness variation values of a semiconductor substrate comprises a substrate vacuumed to a pedestal that defines a reference plane for measuring the substrate. A measurement probe assembly determines substrate CTV and BTV values, and defines a substrate slope angle. A thermal bonding assembly attaches a die to the substrate at a bonding angle congruent with the substrate slope angle. A plurality of substrates are measured using the same reference plane on the pedestal. Associated methods and processes are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhihua Zou, Sudip M. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20160363542
    Abstract: Inspection of microelectronic devices is described using near infrared light. In one example, a dielectric material layer on a substrate is illuminated with a near infrared light beam. The substrate has at least one contact land, the dielectric material layer overlies at least a portion of the contact land, and the substrate has at least one via defined in the dielectric material layer, the via exposing at least a portion of the contact land. Reflected near infrared light is reflected from the substrate at a camera. The position of the via is determined relative to the contact land from the reflected light beam using an image processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Liang W. Zhang, Zhihua Zou, Osborne A. Martin, III, Robert F. Wiedmaier
  • Patent number: 9488595
    Abstract: Inspection of microelectronic devices is described using near infrared light. In one example, a dielectric material layer on a substrate is illuminated with a near infrared light beam. The substrate has at least one contact land, the dielectric material layer overlies at least a portion of the contact land, and the substrate has at least one via defined in the dielectric material layer, the via exposing at least a portion of the contact land. Reflected near infrared light is reflected from the substrate at a camera. The position of the via is determined relative to the contact land from the reflected light beam using an image processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Liang W. Zhang, Zhihua Zou, Osborne A. Martin, III, Robert F. Wiedmaier
  • Publication number: 20150276621
    Abstract: Inspection of microelectronic devices is described using near infrared light. In one example, a dielectric material layer on a substrate is illuminated with a near infrared light beam. The substrate has at least one contact land, the dielectric material layer overlies at least a portion of the contact land, and the substrate has at least one via defined in the dielectric material layer, the via exposing at least a portion of the contact land. Reflected near infrared light is reflected from the substrate at a camera. The position of the via is determined relative to the contact land from the reflected light beam using an image processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Liang W. Zhang, Zhihua Zou, Osborne A. Martin, III, Robert F. Wiedmaier
  • Patent number: 8399264
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of microelectronic substrate fabrication and, more particularly, to alignment inspection for vias formed in the microelectronic substrates. The alignment inspection may be achieved by determining the relative positions of fluorescing and non-fluorescing elements in a microelectronic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhihua Zou, Liang Zhang, Sheng Li, Tamil Selvamuniandy
  • Publication number: 20120135546
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of microelectronic substrate fabrication and, more particularly, to alignment inspection for vias formed in the microelectronic substrates. The alignment inspection may be achieved by determining the relative positions of fluorescing and non-fluorescing elements in a microelectronic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Zhihua Zou, Liang William Zhang, Sheng Li, Tamil Selvy Selvamuniandy