301 patents
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Code pattern for representing tracing number of chip
4 May 21
A chip comprises a semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, a plurality of conductive metal patterns formed on the first side of the semiconductor substrate, a plurality of solder balls formed on the first side of the semiconductor substrate, and at least one code pattern of a first group and at least one code pattern of a second group formed on the first side of the semiconductor substrate in a space free from the plurality of conductive metal patterns and the plurality of solder balls, wherein the code patterns are visible from a backside of the chip, and wherein a tracing number of the chip is represented by the code patterns.
Chien-Chan Yeh, Ying-Chih Kuo
Filed: 25 Jan 19
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Image sensor with boosted photodiodes for time of flight measurements
6 Apr 21
An image sensor including a photodiode, a first doped region, a second doped region, a first storage node, a second storage node, a first vertical transfer gate, and a second vertical transfer gate is presented.
Sohei Manabe, Keiji Mabuchi
Filed: 8 May 20
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Athermal doublet lens with large thermo-optic coefficients
30 Mar 21
An athermal lens system includes a converging lens element having a negative first thermo-optic coefficient, and a diverging lens element having a second thermo-optic coefficient more negative than the first thermo-optic coefficient, wherein the diverging lens element is coupled with the converging lens element to form a converging athermal doublet lens.
Chuen-Yi Yin, Jau-Jan Deng
Filed: 6 Mar 17
Utility
Universal register read back
30 Mar 21
A checking module is coupled to one or more registers to verify data written to the one or more registers.
Dapeng Han
Filed: 17 Oct 18
Utility
Image sensor having a source follower transistor with a multi-thickness gate dielectric
30 Mar 21
An image sensor includes one or more photodiodes disposed in a semiconductor material to receive image light and generate image charge, and a floating diffusion to receive the image charge from the one or more photodiodes.
Gang Chen, Yuanwei Zheng, Qin Wang, Cunyu Yang, Guannan Chen, Duli Mao, Dyson Tai, Lindsay Grant, Eric Webster, Sing-Chung Hu
Filed: 2 Oct 18
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Light control for improved near infrared sensitivity and channel separation
30 Mar 21
Light control for improved near infrared sensitivity and channel separation for an image sensor.
Cheng Zhao, Chen-Wei Lu, Cunyu Yang, Ping-Hsu Chen, Zhiqiang Lin, Chengming Liu
Filed: 13 Sep 19
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Backside illuminated sensor pixel structure
30 Mar 21
Backside illuminated sensor pixel structure.
Gang Chen, Qin Wang
Filed: 18 Sep 19
Utility
Reducing false alarms in surveillance systems
23 Mar 21
A surveillance system includes an infrared sensor system coupled to output an infrared signal in response to receiving infrared light, and an audio recording system coupled to output an audio signal in response to recording sound.
Cheng-Lun Hu, Dong Shi, Chung-An Wang, Lu Chang
Filed: 29 Nov 18
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Versatile image sensor circuit
16 Mar 21
A photodiode array circuit includes a plurality of photodiode circuits, binning circuitry, and a plurality of output circuits.
Rui Wang, Hiroaki Ebihara, Eiichi Funatsu
Filed: 29 Aug 19
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Hybrid method for high-speed serial link skew calibration
2 Mar 21
A method for reducing a clock-data skew in a serial interface.
Li Yang, Qingle Wu, Zhixiang Jiang
Filed: 3 Apr 19
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Low complexity loudness equalization
16 Feb 21
An electronic device to equalize sound includes a microphone coupled to receive the sound and output sound data.
Chung-An Wang, Dong Shi, Cheng-Lun Hu
Filed: 29 Aug 18
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Column amplifier reset circuit with comparator
16 Feb 21
A column amplifier with a comparator for use in an image sensor includes an amplifier coupled to receive an input signal representative of an image charge from a pixel cell of the image sensor.
Hiroaki Ebihara, Zheng Yang
Filed: 18 Jul 19
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Touch screen rear projection display
26 Jan 21
A touch screen display includes a diffuser screen, a projector, a camera, an infrared (IR) light source, and a controller.
Shenshen Liu
Filed: 7 Apr 15
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Optical spacer including controlled located aperture and method of manufacturing the same
12 Jan 21
A method of manufacturing an optical spacer includes dispensing thermal glue within a mold; pressing the thermal glue using an optical spacer substrate to generate an optical spacer including an aperture; and, releasing the mold from the optical spacer.
Tim Kao, Chia-Yang Chang, Livia Li
Filed: 5 Aug 15
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Interconnect layer contact and method for improved packaged integrated circuit reliability
12 Jan 21
Packaged photosensor ICs are made by fabricating an integrated circuit (IC) with multiple bondpads; forming vias from IC backside through semiconductor to expose a first layer metal; depositing conductive metal plugs in the vias; depositing interconnect metal; depositing solder-mask dielectric over the interconnect metal and openings therethrough; forming solder bumps on interconnect metal at the openings in the solder-mask dielectric; and bonding the solder bumps to conductors of a package.
Yin Qian, Chia-Chun Miao, Ming Zhang, Dyson H. Tai
Filed: 27 Mar 18
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Image sensors with phase detection auto-focus pixels
28 Dec 20
An image sensor pixel array comprises a plurality of image pixel units to gather image information and a plurality of phase detection auto-focus (PDAF) pixel units to gather phase information.
Chen-Wei Lu, Yin Qian, Dyson Tai, Chin Poh Pang, Boyang Zhang, Cheng Zhao
Filed: 24 Jun 18
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Light-field camera and method using wafer-level integration process
14 Dec 20
A camera module has light-field camera(s) and high resolution camera(s), the light-field camera(s) have multiple-lens arrays above an image sensor.
Teng-Sheng Chen, Jau-Jan Deng, Chia-Yang Chang, Wei-Feng Lin
Filed: 7 Apr 19
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LCOS pixel film layer design for reflection rate improvement
30 Nov 20
A novel liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) device includes an array of pixel electrodes having a highly reflective material formed thereon.
Chun-Sheng (CS) Fan
Filed: 3 Feb 19
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Image sensors with phase detection auto focus pixels
23 Nov 20
An image sensor pixel array comprises a center region and two parallel edge regions, wherein the center region is between the two parallel edge regions.
Kazufumi Watanabe, Chih-Wei Hsiung, Vincent Venezia, Dyson Tai, Lindsay Grant
Filed: 13 Aug 18
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Digital CDS readout with 1.5 ADC conversions per pixel
23 Nov 20
A CMOS image sensor comprises an array of pixels.
Oyvind Janbu, Tore Martinussen
Filed: 7 Mar 19