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Chen, Santa Clara
Andrew Dali Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20100332384 | TRANSACTION AGGREGATION ENGINE - A database may be accessed to obtain data for a plurality of payment transactions. The plurality of payment transactions may be associated with at least one requestor and two or more providers. A first set of payment transactions are presented to the at least one requestor. The first set of payment transactions are selected from the plurality of payment transactions and aggregated based on having a first common provider selected from the two or more providers. | 12-30-2010 |
Caesar Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20080251270 | COAXIAL CABLE - A coaxial cable ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080251274 | COAXIAL CABLE - A coaxial cable ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080254675 | COAXIAL CABLE - A coaxial cable ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100056012 | FIELD EMISSION ELEMENT HAVING CARBON NANOTUBE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A method for manufacturing a field emission element, the method includes providing one supporting member and wrapping a carbon nanotube (CNT) film around an outer surface of the supporting member at least once. The CNT film includes a plurality of bundles of carbon nanotubes connected in series. | 03-04-2010 |
Christina Ye Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20100187555 | (Al,Ga,In)N AND ZnO DIRECT WAFER BONDED STRUCTURE FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, AND ITS FABRICATION METHOD - An (Al, Ga, In)N and ZnO direct wafer bonded light emitting diode (LED), wherein light passes through electrically conductive ZnO. Flat and clean surfaces are prepared for both the (Al, Ga, In)N and ZnO wafers. A wafer bonding process is then performed between the (Al, Ga, In)N and ZnO wafers, wherein the (Al, Ga, In)N and ZnO wafers are joined together and then wafer bonded in a nitrogen ambient under uniaxial pressure at a set temperature for a set duration. After the wafer bonding process, ZnO is shaped for increasing light extraction from inside of LED. | 07-29-2010 |
Christine S. Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20090254387 | TECHNIQUE FOR PERFORMING TRIPLE BOTTOM-LINE ASSESSMENTS - Embodiments of a computer system for determining a social responsibility metric are described. During operation, the computer system aggregates information associated with financial transactions of a user to determine the social responsibility metric. Note that the financial transactions may be included in a data structure associated with financial software, and the data structure may be stored in a computer-readable medium. Next, the computer system may provide the social responsibility metric to the user. | 10-08-2009 |
Datong Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20110208591 | Forecasting Online Advertising Inventory of Day Parting Queries - Disclosed is a system to forecast a supply of online advertising demand contracts having day parting targets. The system may receive an online advertising demand contract having a flight duration and a day parting target. The received online advertising demand contract may be processed by converting the day parting target into an hour-of-week day parting target vector. If a first day of the flight duration would generate a conflict in view of the hour-of-week day parting target vector, then the system may generate a new first day contract for the first day of the flight duration. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110231248 | IMPRESSION-TREND TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING A DISPLAY ADVERTISING SUPPLY FORECAST - Techniques are described herein for using an impression-trend technique to provide a display advertising supply forecast. A display advertising supply forecast is an estimate of a number of impressions, which are to occur in a future time period, that have specified attribute values. For example, the specified attribute values may be descriptive of impressions with respect to which an advertiser wishes to place ads. An impression-trend technique is a forecasting technique that uses trends regarding past impressions to forecast a number of future impressions that have specified attribute values. The past impressions include attribute values that are related to the specified attribute values. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120004957 | FORECASTING SUPPLY FOR ADVERTISEMENTS ACCORDING TO A NON-PARAMETRIC SUPPLY MODEL - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for generating supply forecasts for advertisement impressions are provided. Supply forecasts for future advertisement inventory are enabled to be determined that match attribute values received from a requester in a query or “contract.” Such supply forecasts may be determined based on cumulative or non-cumulative supply forecast values, and may be determined based on time series of supply forecast values for individual impressions or for blocks of impressions. | 01-05-2012 |
Howard Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20110320848 | FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM DESIGNER - A system may include a database configured to store information including characteristics of a plurality of components. The system may further include a server in communication with the database and configured to receive design parameters indicative of a plurality of loads of a multiple-load device; determine a plurality of power supply architectures that may be used to provide power supply solutions satisfying the plurality of loads, each power supply architecture including at least one position requiring a component configured to satisfy a load requirement; for each one of at least a subset of the plurality of power supply architectures, determine, based on the characteristics of the plurality of components, at least one component configured to satisfy the corresponding load requirement for each position of the one of the power supply architectures; and generate at least one power supply design in accordance with the power supply architectures and the determined components. | 12-29-2011 |
Hsu-Tang Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20100175976 | KEYPAD ASSEMBLY AND MATHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A keypad assembly, comprising: a main body made of metal, the main body defining a plurality of slots and the slots enclosing a plurality of pressing buttons thereon, each pressing button defining at least one symbol slot, the main body having a contact surface and a operating surface; and a light-transmissive filling member, the filling member defining a plurality of protruding strips and the protruding strips enclosing a plurality of button areas thereon, each button area having at least one symbol block protruding therefrom, the filling member bonding to the contact surface with the protruding strips and the symbol blocks respectively engaging in the corresponding slots and the symbol slots. A method for making the present keypad assembly is also described. | 07-15-2010 |
Hung Chih Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20080196833 | RETAINING RING WITH SHAPED SURFACE - A retaining ring can be shaped by machining or lapping the bottom surface of the ring to form a shaped profile in the bottom surface. The bottom surface of the retaining ring can include flat, sloped and curved portions. The lapping can be performed using a machine that dedicated for use in lapping the bottom surface of retaining rings. During the lapping the ring can be permitted to rotate freely about an axis of the ring. The bottom surface of the retaining ring can have curved or flat portions. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20090032408 | ELECTROLYTE RETAINING ON A ROTATING PLATEN BY DIRECTIONAL AIR FLOW - A method and apparatus for retaining electrolyte on a rotating platen using directional air flow is provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for processing a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes a platen assembly having a surface for supporting a processing pad and disposed on a stationary base so that the platen assembly may rotate relative to the base; and an air knife coupled to the base and extended over a portion of the surface, the air knife operable to deliver a stream of air toward the pad to divert at least a portion of a fluid disposed on the pad toward a center of the pad. | 02-05-2009 |
Jason Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20090044023 | CONTROL DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED USER INTERFACE - A control device for controlling operation of a controlled apparatus is disclosed. The control device may include a sensor configured to acquire a first biometric signal, a second biometric signal, and a third biometric signal. A difference between the first biometric signal and the second biometric signal may be utilized to determine movement of a controlled object. The controlled object may pertain to the operation of the controlled apparatus. At least one of the first biometric signal, the second biometric signal, and the third biometric signal may be utilized to initiate performance of a first function of the controlled apparatus. Further, one or more of the first biometric signal, the second biometric signal, and the third biometric signal may be utilized to determine an identification of a user. | 02-12-2009 |
Jason Hau-Ping Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20100079468 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PROJECTED DISPLAY - Computer systems and methods may provide a projection display as a primary visual output. In particular, a computer system may include an integrated projector output. Such a computer system may be substantially or even entirely externally wire-free. Methods of image processing may involve a computer system with an integrated projector output. Such methods may involve using raw presentation data for image processing, including adjustment and/or correction for brightness, color and/or geometry artifacts generated from aspects of the projection surface (such as geometry, texture, color or the like), the surroundings (such as ambient light), the relation of the computer system (or integrated projector output) to the projection surface (such as distance, orientation or the like), and/or the relation of a user/viewer to the projection surface (such as viewing angle, distance or the like). | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110149094 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HAVING TILT AND/OR PERSPECTIVE CORRECTION - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to correct for tilt and/or perspective distortion in image capture devices. In some embodiments, the method may include reading an orientation measurement associated with a relative position of an image capture device with respect to an object, determining if the orientation measurement is less than a threshold, and in the event that the orientation measurement is less than the threshold, correcting an image obtained by the image capture device. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include an image sensor, a memory coupled to the image sensor, an orientation measurement device coupled to the image sensor, and a distance measurement device coupled to the image sensor, where the image data may be stored in the memory along with a measurement from the accelerometer and along with a measurement from the distance measurement device. | 06-23-2011 |
Jiang Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20110087673 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO RANKING FUNCTIONS FOR MULTIPLE DOMAINS - Methods and systems are disclosed that relate to ranking functions for multiple different domains. By way of example but not limitation, ranking functions for multiple different domains may be trained based on inter-domain loss, and such ranking functions may be used to rank search results from multiple different domains so that they may be blended without normalizing relevancy scores. | 04-14-2011 |
Jianjun Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20120014697 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device is provided, which includes a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit. The first antenna unit includes a first radiation module, a power divider/combiner network connected to the first radiation module, and a feeder interface connected to the power divider/combiner network. The feeder interface is connected to a radio remote unit (RRU) or a macro base station through a feeder. The second antenna unit includes a second radiation module, a transceiver array connected to the second radiation module, a baseband processing unit (BPU) connected to the transceiver array, and an optical fiber interface connected to the BPU. The optical fiber interface is connected to a baseband unit (BBU) through an optical fiber. Therefore, after the existing passive antenna is replaced by the provided antenna device, the RRU or macro base station in the original network can still be used, which reduces waste of resources. | 01-19-2012 |
Jiashu Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20090097527 | Temperature Measurement Apparatus for Optoelectronic Transceiver - The case temperature measurement device for an optoelectronic transceiver includes a case with at least one thermally conductive wall, at least one optical component at least partially disposed within the case, circuitry electrically coupled to the optical component. The circuitry includes a temperature sensor coupled to the circuitry. The case temperature measurement device also includes at least one protrusion formed on the wall of the case of the optoelectronic transceiver. The protrusion is thermally coupled to temperature sensor via a thermal pad. A method for estimating case temperature of the optoelectronic transceiver based on an internal temperature measurement and knowledge of the relationship between the measured internal temperature and the actual case temperature, and compensating for the effects of variable heat sources within the transceiver upon this estimate. | 04-16-2009 |
Jriyan Jerry Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20090200551 | MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - Methods for forming a microcrystalline silicon layer in a thin film transistor structure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for forming a microcrystalline silicon layer includes providing a substrate in a processing chamber, supplying a first gas mixture having a hydrogen containing gas to a silicon containing gas flow rate ratio greater than about 200:1 into the processing chamber, maintaining a first process pressure greater than about 6 Torr in the processing chamber to deposit a first microcrystalline silicon containing layer in presence of a plasma formed from the first gas mixture, supplying a second gas mixture into the processing chamber, and maintaining a second process pressure less than about 5 Torr in the processing chamber to deposit a second microcrystalline silicon containing layer in presence of a plasma formed from the second gas mixture. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090200552 | MICROCRYSTALLINE SILICON THIN FILM TRANSISTOR - Methods for forming a microcrystalline silicon layer in a thin film transistor structure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for forming a microcrystalline silicon layer includes providing a substrate in a processing chamber, supplying a gas mixture having a hydrogen-based gas, a silicon-based gas and an argon gas into the processing chamber, the gas mixture having a volumetric flow ratio of the hydrogen-based gas to the silicon-based gas greater than about 100:1, wherein a volumetric flow ratio of the argon gas to the total combined flow of hydrogen-based gas and the silicon-based gas is between about 5 percent and about 40 percent, and maintaining a process pressure of the gas mixture within the processing chamber at greater than about 3 Torr while depositing a microcrystalline silicon layer on the substrate. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090315030 | METHODS FOR FORMING AN AMORPHOUS SILICON FILM IN DISPLAY DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods for depositing an amorphous film that may be suitable for using in a NIP photodiode in display applications. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a substrate into a deposition chamber, supplying a gas mixture having a hydrogen gas to silane gas ratio by volume greater than 4 into the deposition chamber, maintaining a pressure of the gas mixture at greater than about 1 Torr in the deposition chamber, and forming an amorphous silicon film on the substrate in the presence of the gas mixture, wherein the amorphous silicon film is configured to be an intrinsic-type layer in a photodiode sensor. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100089319 | RF RETURN PATH FOR LARGE PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER - A method and apparatus having a RF return path with low impedance coupling a substrate support to a chamber wall in a plasma processing system is provided. In one embodiment, a processing chamber includes a chamber body having a chamber sidewall, a bottom and a lid assembly supported by the chamber sidewall defining a processing region, a substrate support disposed in the processing region of the chamber body, a shadow frame disposed on an edge of the substrate support assembly, and a RF return path having a first end coupled to the shadow frame and a second end coupled to the chamber sidewall. | 04-15-2010 |
Jrjyan Jerry Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20120027918 | SHOWERHEAD SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED GAS FLOW - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide apparatus and methods for supporting a gas distribution showerhead in a processing chamber. In one embodiment, a gas distribution showerhead for a vacuum chamber is provided. The gas distribution showerhead comprises a body having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and a plurality of gas passages formed through the body, the gas passages comprising a first bore formed in the first side that is fluidly coupled to a second bore formed in the second side by a restricting orifice, and a suspension feature formed in the first bore of at least one of the gas passages. | 02-02-2012 |
Kay-Yut Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20110295763 | MULTI-ATTRIBUTE SYSTEM FOR PROJECT PLANNING - A method of planning a project includes receiving project requirements for a project to be planned and assigning scores to the project requirements based on user preferences associated with the attributes of the requirements. The method further includes generating a numerical model of the project based on the scored requirements and optimizing the score of the numerical model to generate a matching solution that matches the project requirements to vendor offerings. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120002241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DOCUMENT SERVICES - A system and method for acquiring document services is disclosed. | 01-05-2012 |
Leon Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20100192135 | Method and Structure to Develop a Test Program for Semiconductor Integrated Circuits - Test program development for a semiconductor test system, such as automated test equipment (ATE), using object-oriented constructs is described. The invention provides a method for describing test system resources, test system configuration, module configuration, test sequence, test plan, test condition, test pattern, and timing information in general-purpose object-oriented constructs, e.g., C++ objects and classes. In particular, the modularity of program development is suitable for developing test programs for an open architecture semiconductor test system. | 07-29-2010 |
Shuo-Wei Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20090251225 | Fractional And Integer PLL Architectures - A digital fractional PLL introduces an accumulated phase offset before the digital VCO using a digital accumulator to achieve the fractional part of the division ratio. To provide this phase offset, the digital accumulator can integrate a fractional component Δn. By forcing Δn to zero, the PLL becomes an integer-N PLL. A de-skew timing configuration can be used to remove any time mismatch between integer and fractional counters of the PLL. A digital PLL can merge the function of frequency generation (DVCO) and that of fractional frequency counting into the same circuit block by reusing various phases of the frequency output to generate a fractional frequency count. A digital integer PLL can include a single bit comparator, wherein the feedback loop of this PLL forces the phase difference between the reference clock signal and the feedback signal to approach zero. By changing the duty cycle of feedback signal, the frequency tracking behavior of the loop can be varied. | 10-08-2009 |
Steve H. Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20080231480 | Distributed on-demand media transcoding system and method - A method for delivering media content over a network includes transcoding the media content to generate multiple copies of the media content, each of the multiple copies having a different destination type or a different source type or both, storing the multiple copies in a cache, receiving requests for the media content, and selecting and delivering a copy of one of the multiple copies in response to each of the requests. A further method for providing media content transcoding services includes fetching media content, selecting one of multiple transcoders for transcoding from multiple source types to multiple destination types, wherein the one transcoder is selected based at least on the destination type, sending the media content to the selected transcoder, transcoding the media content to the destination type, thereby generating transcoded media content, and transmitting the transcoded media content. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20110140937 | DISTRIBUTED ON-DEMAND MEDIA TRANSCODING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for delivering media content over a network includes transcoding the media content to generate multiple copies of the media content, each of the multiple copies having a different destination type or a different source type or both, storing the multiple copies in a cache, receiving requests for the media content, and selecting and delivering a copy of one of the multiple copies in response to each of the requests. A further method for providing media content transcoding services includes fetching media content, selecting one of multiple transcoders for transcoding from multiple source types to multiple destination types, wherein the one transcoder is selected based at least on the destination type, sending the media content to the selected transcoder, transcoding the media content to the destination type, thereby generating transcoded media content, and transmitting the transcoded media content. | 06-16-2011 |
Ting-Yin Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20090237179 | System and method for using MEMS filter bank - A method and apparatus for recovering at least one signal of interest are provided. The method includes receiving an overall signal, the overall signal including the at least one signal of interest and a plurality of other signals, identifying at least one of the strongest components of the plurality of other signals, attenuating, using at least one MEMS resonator, any of the components identified by the identifying, wherein the overall signal will be modified to include the at least one signal of interest, attenuated versions of the components identified by the identifying, and the remaining portions of the plurality of other signals that were not subject to the attenuating, and recovering, after the attenuating, the at least one signal of interest. | 09-24-2009 |
Xinhua Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20110285475 | RF Front-End with Integrated T/R Switch - Disclosed is a transmit/receive circuit arrangement wherein a transceiver circuit including a transmit/receive switch is fabricated on an integrated circuit chip. A matching network is wholly disposed off-chip relative to the integrated circuit chip. In embodiments, at least a portion of the matching network is formed off-chip and a portion of the matching network is formed on-chip. | 11-24-2011 |
Xun Chen, Santa Clara, CA US
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| 20100151364 | Method for identifying and using process window signature patterns for lithography process control - A method for identifying process window signature patterns in a device area of a mask is disclosed. The signature patterns collectively provide a unique response to changes in a set of process condition parameters to the lithography process. The signature patterns enable monitoring of associated process condition parameters for signs of process drift, analyzing of the process condition parameters to determine which are limiting and affecting the chip yields, analyzing the changes in the process condition parameters to determine the corrections that should be fed back into the lithography process or forwarded to an etch process, identifying specific masks that do not transfer the intended pattern to wafers as intended, and identifying groups of masks that share common characteristics and behave in a similar manner with respect to changes in process condition parameters when transferring the pattern to the wafer. | 06-17-2010 |