Albert Y Lin

US Patent:

8151012, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

Sep 25, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/567638

Inventors:

Changkyu Kim - San Jose CA, US
Albert Lin - Stanford CA, US
Christopher J. Hughes - Cupertino CA, US
Yen-Kuang Chen - Cupertino CA, US
Zeshan A. Chishti - Hillsboro OR, US
Bryan K. Casper - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

Intel Corporation - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/00

US Classification:

710 15, 710 1, 710 3, 710 4, 710 5, 710 8, 710 17, 710 18, 710 19, 710 20, 710 29, 710 33

Abstract:

Methods, apparatuses and systems to decrease the energy consumption of a memory chip while increasing its effect bandwidth during the execution of any workload. Methods, apparatuses and systems may allow a memory chip utilize a plurality of virtual row buffers to respond to requests for data included in a memory array block. Methods, apparatuses and systems may further eliminate or reduce the cost associated with transferring unnecessary data from a memory array block to row buffers by altering the data transfer size between a memory array block and a row buffer.

US Patent:

20130221988, Aug 29, 2013

Filed:

May 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/484095

Inventors:

Martin P. Grunthaner - Mountain View CA, US
Jean-Marie Bussat - Mountain View CA, US
Benjamin B. Lyon - Saratoga CA, US
Steven P. Hotelling - Los Gatos CA, US
Albert Lin - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

APPLE INC. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G01R 27/28
G01R 31/28

US Classification:

324627, 29593

Abstract:

Methods and devices for testing flex cable shielding of a consumer electronic device are provided. In one example, a method may include applying a signal across a first portion of the flex cable shielding and a second portion of the flex cable shielding. The method may also include detecting a parameter associated with the signal. The method may include determining a health of the flex cable shielding based at least partially on the detected parameter.

US Patent:

20130234977, Sep 12, 2013

Filed:

Jun 6, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/490395

Inventors:

Albert LIN - Sunnyvale CA, US
Joon Heup Kwon - San Ramon CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/044

US Classification:

345174, 345178

Abstract:

A touch sensor panel which has been calibrated to be insensitive to effects from an external force applied to the panel is provided. Touch sense circuitry settings are adjusted during a calibration procedure so that when a force is exerted on the device, no change in the touch signal DC level is seen. In this way, the ability of the touch sensor panel to detect touch or proximity events is not affected by a force being applied to the panel.

US Patent:

20140016043, Jan 16, 2014

Filed:

Jul 13, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/549311

Inventors:

Cheng Chen - San Jose CA, US
Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov - San Francisco CA, US
Masato Kuwabara - Tsukuba, JP
Wonjae Choi - Cupertino CA, US
Martin P. Grunthaner - Mountain View CA, US
Albert Lin - Sunnyvale CA, US
John Z. Zhong - Cupertino CA, US
Wei Chen - Palo Alto CA, US
Steven P. Hotelling - Los Gatos CA, US
Lynn R. Youngs - Cupertino CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G02F 1/1335
G02B 5/30

US Classification:

349 12, 349 96, 35949101

Abstract:

A polarizer includes a polarizer component having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. The bottom surface is configured to couple to a color filter layer for a liquid crystal display. The polarizer also includes a transparent conducting layer disposed over the top surface. The transparent conducting layer being configured to electrically shield the LCD from a touch panel. The polarizer further includes a coating layer disposed over the transparent conducting layer.

US Patent:

20140070824, Mar 13, 2014

Filed:

Dec 10, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/710233

Inventors:

Sunggu Kang - San Jose CA, US
John Z. Zhong - Cupertino CA, US
Albert Lin - Sunnyvale CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G01R 35/00

US Classification:

324684, 294261, 29825

Abstract:

Roll-to-roll processes for manufacturing touch sensors on a plastic base film are provided. The touch sensors can be deposited on the base film using various patterning techniques. One or more shorting bars can also be patterned onto the base film to couple together traces, such as drive lines, sense lines, conductive traces, and the like, of the touch sensor to prevent a potential difference from forming between traces due to static buildup during the manufacturing process. After the touch sensor is fully formed on the base film, the touch sensor can be removed from the base film using lithography or a physical cutting process. The removal process can separate the touch sensor from the one or more shorting bars, thereby uncoupling the traces of the touch sensor.

US Patent:

20140071092, Mar 13, 2014

Filed:

Dec 10, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/710318

Inventors:

Albert LIN - Sunnyvale CA, US
Sean Erik O'CONNOR - Palo Alto CA, US
Ari Y. BENBASAT - San Francisco CA, US
Wayne Carl WESTERMAN - Burlingame CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/042

US Classification:

345175

Abstract:

A touch sensitive device that detects the occurrence of an electrostatic discharge event on the device by analyzing an acquired touch image for characteristics associated with the occurrence of an ESD event is provided. An acquired touch image is analyzed for characteristics that differentiate it from a touch image generated by a user input and are correlated with an expected touch image generated by an ESD event.

US Patent:

20200064952, Feb 27, 2020

Filed:

Aug 23, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/549990

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Andrew W. Joyce - Santa Clara CA, US
Benedict Drevniok - San Francisco CA, US
Mo Li - Campbell CA, US
David S. Graff - San Jose CA, US
Albert Lin - Cupertino CA, US
Julian K. Shutzberg - Atlanta GA, US
Hojjat Seyed Mousavi - Cupertino CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/044
H04M 1/02
G06F 3/041
G01L 1/14
G01L 19/00
G01L 9/12

Abstract:

A device includes a housing defining part of an interior volume and an opening to the interior volume; a cover mounted to the housing to cover the opening and further define the interior volume; a display mounted within the interior volume and viewable through the cover; and a system in package (SiP) mounted within the interior volume. The SiP includes a self-capacitance sense pad adjacent a first surface of the SiP; a set of solder structures attached to a second surface of the SiP, the second surface opposite the first surface; and an IC coupled to the self-capacitance sense pad and configured to output, at one or more solder structures in the set of solder structures, a digital value related to a measured capacitance of the self-capacitance sense pad. The SiP is mounted within the interior volume with the first surface positioned closer to the cover than the second surface.

US Patent:

20190339813, Nov 7, 2019

Filed:

Jul 12, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/510410

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Prathit BUGNAIT - Hayward CA, US
Albert LIN - Cupertino CA, US
Chun-Hao TUNG - San Jose CA, US
Sunggu KANG - San Jose CA, US
John Z. ZHONG - Saratoga CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/041
G06F 3/0354
G09G 3/36
G06F 3/044

Abstract:

Touch sensor panel configurations for reducing wobble error for a stylus translating on a surface over and between electrodes of the touch sensor panel are disclosed. In some examples, electrodes with more linear signal profiles are correlated with lower wobble error. In some examples, diffusing elements formed of floating segments of conductive materials can diffuse signal from a stylus to a plurality of electrodes, thus, making the signal profiles associated with the electrodes more linear. In addition, diffusing elements can be configured to improve the optical uniformity of the touch sensor panel. In some examples, the diffusing elements can be formed on the same layer as floating dummy pixels and resemble a plurality of merged floating dummy pixels.