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Calvin Yi-Ping Chao
Also filed as: CHAO CALVIN · CHAO CALVIN YI-PING
46 granted patents·11 pending applications·810 citations·filing 2002–2025
98Inventor score
Files withTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD31PHOCUS INC E9TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG8CHAO CALVIN YI-PING2CHEN SZU-YING1
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57 records- 0197US6809358B2Photoconductor on active pixel image sensorPHOCUS INC E·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 26, 2004·185 cites·34 claims
- 0296US9165968B23D-stacked backside illuminated image sensor and method of making the sameCHAO CALVIN YI-PING·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 20, 2015·54 cites·21 claims
- 0395US7276749B2Image sensor with microcrystalline germanium photodiode layerPHOCUS INC E·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 2, 2007·196 cites·25 claims
- 0492US6730900B2Camera with MOS or CMOS sensor arrayPHOCUS INC E·Filed 2003·Granted May 4, 2004·58 cites·36 claims
- 0591US9412725B2Method and apparatus for image sensor packagingCHEN SZU-YING·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 9, 2016·12 cites·23 claims
- 0691US8350934B2Color image sensor array with color crosstalk test patternsTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 8, 2013·11 cites·22 claims
- 0791US6730914B2Photoconductor-on-active-pixel (POAP) sensor utilizing equal-potential pixel electrodesPHOCUS INC E·Filed 2002·Granted May 4, 2004·65 cites·72 claims
- 0890US8587081B2Back side illuminated image sensor with back side pixel substrate biasCHAO CALVIN YI-PING·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 19, 2013·8 cites·20 claims
- 0989US11199444B2Time-to-digital converter circuit and method for single-photon avalanche diode based depth sensingTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Dec 14, 2021·7 cites·23 claims
- 1089US7436038B2Visible/near infrared image sensor arrayPHOCUS INC E·Filed 2004·Granted Oct 14, 2008·50 cites·26 claims
- 1189US6791130B2Photoconductor-on-active-pixel (POAP) sensor utilizing a multi-layered radiation absorbing structurePHOCUS INC E·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 14, 2004·48 cites·23 claims
- 1287US8872686B2Low glitch current digital-to-analog converterTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 28, 2014·11 cites·20 claims
- 1387US6798033B2Photoconductor-on-active-pixel (POAP) sensor utilizing a multi-layered radiation absorbing structurePHOCUS INC E·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 28, 2004·48 cites·16 claims
- 1487US2025327849A1Systems and method to test semiconductor devicesTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1583US2025350254A1Differential amplifierTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1682US10096645B2Method and apparatus for image sensor packagingTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 9, 2018·3 cites·20 claims
- 1782US9437633B2Depth sensing pixel, composite pixel image sensor and method of making the composite pixel image sensorTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 6, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 1881US11726187B2High resolution low power inter-correlation SPAD assisted time-of-flight sensorTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 15, 2023·1 cites·20 claims
- 1981US11644547B2Time-of-light sensing device and method thereofTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted May 9, 2023·3 cites·10 claims
- 2081US9451192B2Bias control via selective coupling of bias transistors to pixel of image sensorTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 20, 2016·4 cites·20 claims
- 2180US12405300B2Systems and method to test semiconductor devicesTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 2, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 2280US9270908B2Image sensor configured to reduce blooming during idle periodTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2013·Granted Feb 23, 2016·3 cites·20 claims
- 2380US9013610B2Apparatus with calibrated readout circuitTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 21, 2015·3 cites·20 claims
- 2480US8830361B2Method of reducing column fixed pattern noiseCHOU PO-SHENG·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 9, 2014·4 cites·21 claims
- 2579US9838620B2Sensor having depth sensing pixel and method of using the sameTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 5, 2017·2 cites·19 claims
- 2676US12092767B2Time-of-flight sensing device and method thereofTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2023·Granted Sep 17, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2776US7411233B2Photoconductor-on-active-pixel (POAP) sensor utilizing a multi-layered radiation absorbing structurePHOCUS INC E·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 12, 2008·16 cites·30 claims
- 2876US2025351609A1Stacked image sensors and methods of manufacturing thereofTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 2974US12301186B2Differential amplifierTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2022·Granted May 13, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 3073US11569346B2Semiconductor device with low random telegraph signal noiseTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2021·Granted Jan 31, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3172US11579263B2Method and apparatus for a hybrid time-of-flight sensor with high dynamic rangeTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 14, 2023·2 cites·16 claims
- 3272US11006064B2CMOS image sensor and method of operating pixel array by CMOS image sensorTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted May 11, 2021·1 cites·18 claims
- 3372US10277849B2System and method for high-speed down-sampled CMOS image sensor readoutTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Apr 30, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 3472US8599292B2CMOS sensor with low partition noise and low disturbance between adjacent row control signals in a pixel arrayCHOU KUO-YU·Filed 2010·Granted Dec 3, 2013·2 cites·10 claims
- 3570US9202963B2Dual-side illumination image sensor chips and methods for forming the sameTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 1, 2015·2 cites·20 claims
- 3669US9559130B2Depth sensing pixel, composite pixel image sensor and method of making the composite pixel image sensorTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 31, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
- 3769US9369652B2Readout device with readout circuitTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 14, 2016·1 cites·11 claims
- 3868US11754616B2Methods and systems to test semiconductor devices based on dynamically updated boundary valuesTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Sep 12, 2023·0 cites·20 claims
- 3967US11424726B2Differential amplifierTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 23, 2022·0 cites·8 claims
- 4066US11075267B2Semiconductor device with low random telegraph signal noiseTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 27, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 4166US9978796B2Methods for forming dual-side illumination image sensor chipsTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2015·Granted May 22, 2018·1 cites·20 claims
- 4263US8890742B2Column analog-to-digital converter for CMOS sensorTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 18, 2014·3 cites·20 claims
- 4363US2023299109A1Stacked image sensors and methods of manufacturing thereofTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2022·Application pending·0 cites
- 4460US10510835B2Semiconductor device with low random telegraph signal noiseTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 17, 2019·0 cites·20 claims
- 4559US9059063B2CMOS sensor with low partition noise and low disturbance between adjacent row control signals in a pixel arrayTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 16, 2015·0 cites·12 claims
- 4657US2014138520A1Dual-Side Illumination Image Sensor Chips and Methods for Forming the SameTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG·Filed 2012·Application pending·0 cites
- 4757US2025130036A1Image sensing system and method thereofTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 4854US9426393B2Noise simulation flow for low noise CMOS image sensor designTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 23, 2016·0 cites·20 claims
- 4953US10165208B2Method for reducing blooming in image sensor during idle periodTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 25, 2018·0 cites·14 claims
- 5050US2009039397A1Image sensor structureMICROMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CORP·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
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