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Chia Lin Chou, Taichung Hsien TW
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| 20080296349 | Method for treating metal member - A metal member is treated and vibrated with a number of vibrating particles to have the particles to strike and act onto an outer peripheral portion of the metal member in order to smooth the outer peripheral portion of the metal member, the particles are immersed with an additive for allowing the additive to be transmitted from the particles to the metal member and for allowing the outer peripheral portion of the metal member to be polished with the particles, the metal member may have dirt or impurities removed with a sand blasting method. The metal member may be tempered to form an oxidized membrane on the outer peripheral portion of the metal member, and may be immersed with in a rust preventive. | 12-04-2008 |
Chia Lin Li, Taichung Hsien TW
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| 20080296349 | Method for treating metal member - A metal member is treated and vibrated with a number of vibrating particles to have the particles to strike and act onto an outer peripheral portion of the metal member in order to smooth the outer peripheral portion of the metal member, the particles are immersed with an additive for allowing the additive to be transmitted from the particles to the metal member and for allowing the outer peripheral portion of the metal member to be polished with the particles, the metal member may have dirt or impurities removed with a sand blasting method. The metal member may be tempered to form an oxidized membrane on the outer peripheral portion of the metal member, and may be immersed with in a rust preventive. | 12-04-2008 |
Chia Lin Yang, Taipei TW
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| 20110074737 | Method and Device for Adjusting Brightness of an Optical Touch Panel - A method and device are provided for adjusting brightness of an optical touch panel. The optical touch panel comprises a microprocessor, a display module including a back light source, and an optical position detection device including optical transmitting devices and optical receiving devices. The method comprises detecting, via the optical receiving devices, a current ambient light level on the display module. The method further comprises generating, via the optical receiving devices, a current ambient light level signal indicative of the current ambient light level and transmitting the current ambient light level signal to the microprocessor. Furthermore, the method comprises adjusting, via the microprocessor, brightness of the back light source based on the current ambient light level signal. | 03-31-2011 |
Chia-Lin Chang, Taipei City TW
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| 20080306738 | VOICE PROCESSING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Voice processing methods and systems are provided. An utterance is received. The utterance is compared with teaching materials according to at least one matching algorithm to obtain a plurality of matching values corresponding to a plurality of voice units of the utterance. Respective voice units are scored in at least one first scoring item according to the matching values and a personified voice scoring algorithm. The personified voice scoring algorithm is generated according to training utterances corresponding to at least one training sentence in a phonetic-balanced sentence set of a plurality of learners and at least one real teacher, and scores corresponding to the respective voice units of the training utterances of the learners in the first scoring item provided by the real teacher. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20120111971 | OUTDOOR SHOWER DEVICE - An outdoor shower device, comprising a water storage module, a power supply module, a heating module, a control module, a water supply module and an alarm module, wherein the water storage module is employed for water source storage, the control module controls the heating module to heat the water based on the water temperature, and then the water supply module provides the heated water for use. Furthermore, the power supply module provides electric power required for integral operations and enables the alarm module to determine the water level; in case the water level is exceedingly low, it is possible to present blinking display signal and audio alarm sound to inform the user of such a low water level thereby allowing the user to more effectively apply the outdoor shower device of the present invention. | 05-10-2012 |
Chia-Lin Chen, Wilmette, IL US
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| 20110258117 | MODIFICATION OF PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS IN REAL-TIME BASED UPON EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE - A system for, and method of using multiple data flows, both transactional and non-transactional, in real time to modify a transaction is disclosed. Further the use of transaction information in real time as a decision factor to trigger a different, non-transactional response, and the combination of the two approaches is disclosed. In particular, a network comprised of a plurality of software modules and databases is capable of combining current POS/POP transaction data, with a variety of other outside data sources to provide improved information for adjusting responses to transactions in real time. More specifically, the network utilizes payer facing systems to analyze the data in combination with well-known POS/POP transaction data and a variety of internal and external systems to combine information and provide modified transactions, related discounts and offers, and other relevant messaging to the payer. In addition, a specific method for analyzing for fraud within hybrid information transactions is disclosed and several examples to illustrate the invention are included. | 10-20-2011 |
Chia-Lin Chen, Taipei Hsien TW
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| 20080236218 | Steering Wheel Locking Device - A steering wheel locking device includes a lock rod, a lock base, a locking device and a fixing unit. The lock rod has a chamber, two pairs of first holes longitudinally aligned, a lock hole and a saddle. The lock base comprises a lock core to be inserted into the lock base through the lock hole. The top of the lock core is provided with a latch. The locking device has a pair of second holes in register with the pairs of first holes of the lock rod, and is engageable with the latch and moveable transversely along the lock rod between a locked position and an unlocked position. The fixing unit comprises a pair of fixing rods in register with the pairs of first holes of the lock rod and the pair of second holes of the locking device. The fixing rods are moveable longitudinally through the pairs of first holes and the pair of second holes to lock or unlock the locking device. | 10-02-2008 |
Chia-Lin Chen, Jhubei TW
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| 20080309365 | Method for Determining Time Dependent Dielectric Breakdown - The current invention provides a method of determining the lifetime of a semiconductor device due to time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB). This method includes providing a plurality of samples of dielectric layer disposed as a gate dielectric layer of a MOS transistor, approximating a source/drain current density distribution as a first function of voltage applied on the samples, approximating a substrate current density distribution as a second function of voltage applied on the samples, approximating a dielectric layer lifetime distribution as a third function of source/drain current density and substrate current density in the samples, deriving, from the first, second, and the third functions, an empirical model wherein a dielectric layer lifetime is a function of voltage applied thereon, and using the model to determine dielectric layer lifetime at a pre-determined operating gate voltage. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080318378 | MIM Capacitors with Improved Reliability - A capacitor and methods for forming the same are provided. The method includes forming a bottom electrode; treating the bottom electrode in an oxygen-containing environment to convert a top layer of the bottom electrode into a buffer layer; forming an insulating layer on the buffer layer; and forming a top electrode over the insulating layer. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20110010117 | APPARATUS FOR NBTI PREDICTION - An apparatus comprises a circuit for measuring a gate leakage current of a plurality of transistors. A circuit is provided to apply heat to gates of the plurality of transistors. A circuit is provided to apply a single stress bias voltage to the plurality of transistors for a stress period t. The stress bias voltage is sufficient to cause a 10% degradation in a drive current of the transistor within the stress period t. A processor is provided for estimating a negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) lifetime τ of the transistor based on a relationship between the gate leakage current and one or more of the group consisting of gate voltage, gate length, gate temperature, and gate width of the plurality of transistors. The relationship is determined from data observed while applying the single stress bias voltage. | 01-13-2011 |
Chia-Lin Cheng, Tao-Yuan TW
Chia-Lin Chiu, Jhongli City TW
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| 20100148679 | CURRENT-BALANCE CIRCUIT AND BACKLIGHT MODULE HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a current-balance circuit and a backlight module having the same. The current balance circuit includes a current balance unit, a control unit, and a detection unit. The current balance unit is connected to a plurality of light units to regulate the current of the plurality of light units, independent from the effects of input voltage. The detection unit is connected to the plurality of light units and the current balance unit to detect the minimum operating voltage for the plurality of light units. The control unit, connected to the current balance unit, controls the operation of the plurality of light units. | 06-17-2010 |
Chia-Lin Kuo, Dayuan Township TW
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| 20120136604 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D ATTITUDE ESTIMATION - A method and an apparatus for estimating 3D attitude are disclosed. The method comprises following steps. A set of current angular velocity, a set of current magnetic flux and a set of acceleration of a carrier are sensed. A set of estimated attitude angles are estimated according to the set of current angular velocities, a set of history attitude angles and a motion model. A disturbance parameter is calculated according the set of current magnetic flux and a set of history magnetic flux. It is determined whether the disturbance parameter is more than a disturbance threshold or not. If yes, the set of estimated attitude angles are updated according to the set of current accelerations not the set of current magnetic flux. If not, the set of estimated attitude angles are updated according to the set of current accelerations and the set of current magnetic flux. | 05-31-2012 |
Chia-Lin Lee, Tu-Cheng TW
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| 20120033386 | HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE WITH DELAY FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SAME - A heat dissipating device is used in an electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a standby unit and a power supply. The heat dissipating device includes a delay unit connected to the standby unit, a switch connected to the delay unit and the power supply, and a heat sink connected to the switch. The delay unit turns on the switch when the electronic apparatus operates in a working mode, and the delay unit turns off the switch after a predetermined delay time when the electronic apparatus enters a standby mode. | 02-09-2012 |
Chia-Lin Liu, Daya Township TW
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| 20100148679 | CURRENT-BALANCE CIRCUIT AND BACKLIGHT MODULE HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a current-balance circuit and a backlight module having the same. The current balance circuit includes a current balance unit, a control unit, and a detection unit. The current balance unit is connected to a plurality of light units to regulate the current of the plurality of light units, independent from the effects of input voltage. The detection unit is connected to the plurality of light units and the current balance unit to detect the minimum operating voltage for the plurality of light units. The control unit, connected to the current balance unit, controls the operation of the plurality of light units. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149221 | DRIVE CURRENT OF LIGHT SOURCE BY COLOR SEQUENTIAL METHOD - The present invention relates to a drive circuit of light source by color sequential method for generating a full-color image based on sequential switching between red, green and blue illuminations. The drive circuit of light source by color sequential method includes a color-sequential control circuit and a plurality of radiating areas coupled to multiple light units. The color-sequential control circuit is connected to those radiating areas to control the operation thereof by the color sequential method. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110096084 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH FUNCTION OF STATIC COLOR COMPENSATION AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display with function of static color compensation and method thereof, the purpose of the present invention is achieved by utilizing LC Off technique and light sensing technique. The liquid crystal display comprises: a liquid crystal plate; a backlight, disposed on at least one side of the liquid crystal plate; at least one light sensor, disposed adjacent to the liquid crystal plate, and the light sensor has a sensing plane which faces to the backlight; and a timing controller, which receives brightness value measured from the light sensor when LC Off and computes the data to monitor the brightness and chromaticity of the backlight. | 04-28-2011 |
Chia-Lin Liu, Tai-Chung Hsien TW
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| 20100127672 | Power Supply Device with Fast Output Voltage Switching Capability - A power supply device is disclosed in the present invention, which includes a DC-DC boost converter and a charge recycling circuit. The DC-DC boost converter is utilized for boosting an input voltage to generate an output voltage, and adjusting a voltage level of the output voltage according to a level switching signal. The charge recycling circuit is electrically connected to the DC-DC boost converter, and is utilized for generating a current path according to the level switching signal to recycle redundant charges from the DC-DC boost converter when the output voltage is switched from high to low and to return stored charges back to the DC-DC boost converter when the output voltage is switched from low to high, so as to accelerate voltage switching of the output voltage and to reduce power consumption of the DC-DC boost converter. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100164855 | Backlight Control Method for Liquid Crystal Panel and Related Liquid Crystal Display - A backlight control method for an LCD panel is disclosed, and includes steps of dividing the LCD panel into a plurality of backlight areas; configuring an expanding area and a weighted area for each backlight area of the plurality of backlight areas; and determining backlight intensity of each backlight area according to a weighted average grayscale value calculated with all pixels inside the expanding area and the weighted area, wherein the expanding area is formed by expanding outwardly from each backlight area, and the weighted area is focused on the center of each backlight area and has a range not greater than that of the expanding area. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100264847 | VOLTAGE CONVERTER, BACKLIGHT MODULE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A backlight module control system includes a plurality of backlight sub-modules, a control signals output unit, a voltage converter and a plurality of current control units. The control signals output circuit is for providing a voltage control signal, a current control signal and a plurality of PWM signals; the voltage converter is coupled to the control signals output circuit and the backlight sub-modules, and is for outputting an output voltage to the backlight sub-modules according to the voltage control signal; the current control units are coupled to the backlight sub-modules, respectively, and each current control unit is for determining a current of its corresponding backlight sub-module according to the current control signal, and each current control unit is further utilized for determining whether its corresponding backlight sub-module is enabled or not according to its corresponding PWM signal. In addition, only one backlight module is enabled at a same time. | 10-21-2010 |
Chia-Lin Liu, Daya Shiang TW
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| 20110205222 | METHOD FOR DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for driving a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixel units. Each one of the pixel units is corresponding to one of the scan lines and one of the data lines. The method includes: turning on at least two of the scan lines at the same time, said at least two scan lines being separated from each other by at least one turned off scan line, and said at least two scan lines respectively coupled to distinct one or multiple of the data lines; and transmitting respective image data to the data lines which are coupled to said at least two scan lines. The present invention can solve problems of bad performance and errors in a display image. | 08-25-2011 |
Chia-Lin Wu, Hsinchu City TW
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| 20090079969 | Method and apparatus for scatterfield microscopical measurement - A method and an apparatus are disclosed for scatterfield microscopical measurement. The method integrates a scatterometer and a bright-field microscope for enabling the measurement precision to be better than the optical diffraction limit. With the aforesaid method and apparatus, a detection beam is generated by performing a process on a uniform light using an LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon) or a DMD (digital micro-mirror device) which is to directed to image on the back focal plane of an object to be measured, and then scattered beams resulting from the detection beam on the object's surface are focused on a plane to form an optical signal which is to be detected by an array-type detection device. The detection beam can be oriented by the modulation device to illuminate on the object at a number of different angles, by which zero order or higher order diffraction intensities at different positions of the plane at different incident angles can be collected. | 03-26-2009 |
Chia-Lin Yang, Taipei City TW
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| 20100295852 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH POWER-GATING CONTROL FUNCTION, POWER-GATING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS THEREOF - The invention relates to a power-gating control method for a graphics processing unit having a unified shader unit, which includes a plurality of shaders. The method includes the steps of: rendering a plurality of previous frames; calculating a first number of active shaders for rendering each previous frame, and a corresponding frame rate of each previous frame; determining a second number of active shaders for rendering a next frame immediately following the previous frame according to the first number of active shaders and the corresponding frame rate of each previous frame; and activating corresponding shaders through one or more power-gating control elements according to the second number of active shaders. | 11-25-2010 |
Chia-Lin Yu, Sigang Township TW
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| 20100052066 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR A CMOS DEVICE WITH DOPED CONDUCTING METAL OXIDE AS THE GATE ELECTRODE - A semiconductor device and method for fabricating a semiconductor device for providing improved work function values and thermal stability is disclosed. The semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor substrate; an interfacial dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate; a high-k gate dielectric layer over the interfacial dielectric layer; and a doped-conducting metal oxide layer over the high-k gate dielectric layer. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110198721 | METHOD FOR THINNING A WAFER - A method for thinning a wafer is provided. In one embodiment, a wafer is provided having a plurality of semiconductor chips, the wafer having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein each of the chips includes a set of through silicon vias (TSVs), each of the TSVs substantially sealed by a liner layer and a barrier layer. A wafer carrier is provided for attaching to the second side of the wafer. The first side of the wafer is thinned and thereafer recessed to partially expose portions of the liner layers, barrier layers and the TSVs protruding from the wafer. An isolation layer is deposited over the first side of the wafer and the top portions of the liner layers, barrier layers and the TSVs. Thereafter, an insulation layer is deposited over the isolation layer. The insulation layer is then planarized to expose top portions of the TSVs. A dielectric layer is deposited over the planarized first side of the wafer. One or more electrical contacts are formed in the dielectric layer for electrical connection to the exposed one or more TSVs. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110241040 | NOVEL SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH THROUGH SILICON VIAS - The substrate with through silicon plugs (or vias) described above removes the need for conductive bumps. The process flow is very simple and cost efficient. The structures described combines the separate TSV, redistribution layer, and conductive bump structures into a single structure. By combining the separate structures, a low resistance electrical connection with high heat dissipation capability is created. In addition, the substrate with through silicon plugs (or vias, or trenches) also allows multiple chips to be packaged together. A through silicon trench can surround the one or more chips to provide protection against copper diffusing to neighboring devices during manufacturing. In addition, multiple chips with similar or different functions can be integrated on the TSV substrate. Through silicon plugs with different patterns can be used under a semiconductor chip(s) to improve heat dissipation and to resolve manufacturing concerns. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110241061 | HEAT DISSIPATION BY THROUGH SILICON PLUGS - The package substrates with through silicon plugs (or vias) described above provide lateral and vertical heat dissipation pathways for semiconductor chips that require thermal management. Designs of through silicon plugs (TSPs) with high duty ratios can most effectively provide heat dissipation. TSP designs with patterns of double-sided combs can provide high duty ratios, such as equal to or greater than 50%. Package substrates with high duty ratios are useful for semiconductor chips that generate large amount of heat. An example of such semiconductor chip is a light-emitting diode (LED) chip. | 10-06-2011 |
Chia-Lin Yu, Tainan TW
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| 20100044719 | III-V Compound Semiconductor Epitaxy Using Lateral Overgrowth - A circuit structure includes a substrate; a patterned mask layer over the substrate, wherein the patterned mask layer includes a plurality of gaps; and a group-III group-V (III-V) compound semiconductor layer. The III-V compound semiconductor layer includes a first portion over the mask layer and second portions in the gaps, wherein the III-V compound semiconductor layer overlies a buffer/nucleation layer. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100068866 | III-V Compound Semiconductor Epitaxy From a Non-III-V Substrate - A method of forming a circuit structure includes providing a substrate; forming recesses in the substrate; forming a mask layer over the substrate, wherein the mask layer covers non-recessed portions of the substrate, with the recesses exposed through openings in the mask layer; forming a buffer/nucleation layer on exposed portions of the substrate in the recesses; and growing a group-III group-V (III-V) compound semiconductor material from the recesses until portions of the III-V compound semiconductor material grown from the recesses join each other to form a continuous III-V compound semiconductor layer. | 03-18-2010 |
Chia-Lin Yu, Singang Township TW
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| 20120068218 | THERMALLY EFFICIENT PACKAGING FOR A PHOTONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method of packaging for a photonic device, such as a light-emitting diode device. The packaging includes an insulating structure. The packaging includes first and second conductive structures that each extend through the insulating structure. A substantial area of a bottom surface of the light-emitting diode device is in direct contact with a top surface of the first conductive structure. A top surface of the light-emitting diode device is bonded to the second conductive structure through a bonding wire. | 03-22-2012 |