Eric Liu

6335288, Jan 1, 2002

Aug 24, 2000

09/648395

Michael Kwan - Redwood City CA
Eric Liu - Menlo Park CA

Applied Materials, Inc. - Santa Clara CA

H01L 21311

438694, 438697, 438784, 438787, 438788, 438911, 427585, 427578, 427579, 427588

A method and apparatus are disclosed for depositing a dielectric film in a gap having an aspect ratio at least as large as 6:1. By cycling the gas chemistry of a high-density-plasma chemical-vapor-deposition system between deposition and etching conditions, the gap may be substantially 100% filled. Such filling is achieved by adjusting the flow rates of the precursor gases such that the deposition to sputtering ratio during the deposition phases is within certain predetermined limits.

7052552, May 30, 2006

Aug 2, 2001

09/920891

Michael Kwan - Redwood City CA, US
Eric Liu - Menlo Park CA, US

Applied Materials - Santa Clara CA

H01L 21/00
C23C 16/00

118697, 118715, 118695, 118696, 118698, 438694, 438695, 438784, 438787, 438788, 427585, 427578, 427579, 427588, 20419223, 2041921, 20429801

A method and apparatus are disclosed for depositing a dielectric film in a gap having an aspect ratio at least as large as 6:1. By cycling the gas chemistry of a high-density-plasma chemical-vapor-deposition system between deposition and etching conditions, the gap may be substantially 100% filled. Such filling is achieved by adjusting the flow rates of the precursor gases such that the deposition to sputtering ratio during the deposition phases is within certain predetermined limits.

7059887, Jun 13, 2006

Feb 2, 2004

10/770265

Eric Liu - Cupertino CA, US

H01R 13/62
G02B 6/00

439372, 385136

An optoelectric module includes a housing having a front face with an opening designed to receive an optical transceiver nestingly engaged therein. The optoelectric module includes a discontinuity in an outer surface positioned to cooperate with a spring latch formed in an inner surface of the cage to latch the module in a fully nested orientation within the cage. An actuator is mounted on an outer surface of the housing and movable from an orientation in which the housing is latched in the cage to an orientation in which the actuator engages the spring latch and disengages it from the discontinuity. A bail latch is pivotally mounted for movement between a stored position and a module removal position and is engaged with the actuator to move from the stored position to the module removal position with movement of the actuator from the latched orientation to the delatched orientation.

8199006, Jun 12, 2012

Nov 30, 2007

11/948934

Eric Liu - Santa Clara CA, US
Sagar Savant - Sunnyvale CA, US
Peter Sobczak - San Diego CA, US
Charles Lee - Mountain View CA, US
Peter Skillman - San Carlos CA, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

G08B 1/08
G08B 21/00

340540, 3405391, 34030916

A computing device is configured to make a determination as to whether a device is being held in a hand. In response to determining that the device is being held, the device transitions itself, or one or more of its hardware or software component, into a particular state of operation.

8350728, Jan 8, 2013

Apr 23, 2010

12/766828

Eric Liu - Santa Clara CA, US
Manjirnath Chatterjee - San Francisco CA, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H03M 11/00

341 22, 341 23, 345168, 345169, 345170, 345171, 345172

A keypad includes a plurality of keys, and a processor that is coupled to control use of the keypad, including to enable use of the keypad in each of a letter entry mode or an alternative entry mode. The plurality of keys include a subset of keys, each key in the subset being (i) enlarged as compared to other keys of the keypad that are not part of the subset, (ii) assigned m letter values for when the keypad is operated in the letter entry mode, and (iii) assigned n numeric values, where 1≦n

8385057, Feb 26, 2013

Jun 8, 2010

12/796541

Eric Liu - Santa Clara CA, US
Peter Skillman - San Carlos CA, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H05K 5/00
H05K 7/00
H05K 1/00

36167909, 36167904, 36167906, 36167955, 36167956, 4555751, 4555753, 4555754, 4555758

A mobile computing device formed from at least two housing segments that can be moved between positions, including an open position that fully exposes a display surface or façade of each of the housing segments, and a closed position in which at least one of the facades or display surfaces is occluded or overlaid by the other housing segment, according to at least some embodiments.

8385822, Feb 26, 2013

Sep 26, 2008

12/239656

Manjirnath Chatterjee - San Francisco CA, US
Yoshimichi Matsuoka - Cupertino CA, US
Eric Liu - Santa Clara CA, US
Karl Townsend - Los Altos CA, US
Nicholas R. Gilmour - San Jose CA, US
William Justin Grange - Mountain View CA, US
Larry W. Martin - Cupertino CA, US
Mark Corbridge - Weymouth, GB
Michael Francisco - Fremont CA, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H04B 5/00

455 411

A mobile computing device (‘MCD’) and docking station (‘dock’) are individually equipped with features and components that enable charging/power signals to be communicated from the dock to the MCD without use of connectors. Other embodiments provide for the MCD or the dock to identify an orientation of the MCD as retained on the docking station. As an addition or alternative, magnetic coupling may be used to maintain and/or orient the two devices in a mated position.

8433244, Apr 30, 2013

Sep 16, 2008

12/211704

Eric Liu - Santa Clara CA, US

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

H04B 7/00
H04M 3/493

455 412, 4554142

A mobile device (e. g. a smartphone) controls a feature of a non-navigation related application (e. g. arrangement of menu items, function controlled by a quick launch key, etc. ) based on the orientation of the device. These controls may be context-specific such that the orientation is only used to control the feature in particular contexts. Context may be implied from various factors such as time and date information, the location of the device, other devices in proximity to the device, etc. The particular commands to be controlled based on the orientation can be set using the device, or can be loaded from a data file provided from a third party.