Patents by Inventor Cheng-Ta Wei

Cheng-Ta Wei has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8067965
    Abstract: A clock and data recovery circuit includes a phase detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator and a frequency divider. The voltage-controlled oscillator includes a current mirror, a control circuit, a current modulation module and a current-controlled oscillator. The current mirror has a current-controlling path and a current-outputting path. The current-controlling path and the current-outputting path are in a proportional relationship. The control circuit is used for adjusting the current flowing through the current-controlling path according to the control voltage. The current modulation module is used for generating a differential current according to the judging signal. The current-controlled oscillator is used for adjusting the phase of the second output clock signal according to the sum of the differential current and the current flowing through the current-outputting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Faraday Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Ta Wei, Ming-Shih Yu
  • Publication number: 20110156777
    Abstract: A clock and data recovery circuit includes a phase detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator and a frequency divider. The voltage-controlled oscillator includes a current mirror, a control circuit, a current modulation module and a current-controlled oscillator. The current mirror has a current-controlling path and a current-outputting path. The current-controlling path and the current-outputting path are in a proportional relationship. The control circuit is used for adjusting the current flowing through the current-controlling path according to the control voltage. The current modulation module is used for generating a differential current according to the judging signal. The current-controlled oscillator is used for adjusting the phase of the second output clock signal according to the sum of the differential current and the current flowing through the current-outputting path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Ta Wei, Ming-Shih Yu
  • Patent number: 7564281
    Abstract: A wide-locking range phase locked loop circuit includes a decision unit and a closed loop connection comprising a phase frequency detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage controlled oscillator, and a multi-modulus divider. The decision unit receives a phase difference signal outputted from phase frequency detector and the control voltage outputted from the loop filter and determines to select a specific divisor form the plurality of divisors provided by the multi-modulus divider if the phase difference signal indicates an unlocked state and the control voltage is not within a standard voltage operation range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Faraday Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ren-Hong Luo, Cheng-Ta Wei
  • Publication number: 20080174349
    Abstract: A wide-locking range phase locked loop circuit includes a decision unit and a closed loop connection comprising a phase frequency detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage controlled oscillator, and a multi-modulus divider. The decision unit receives a phase difference signal outputted from phase frequency detector and the control voltage outputted from the loop filter and determines to select a specific divisor form the plurality of divisors provided by the multi-modulus divider if the phase difference signal indicates an unlocked state and the control voltage is not within a standard voltage operation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: FARADAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ren-Hong Luo, Cheng-Ta Wei
  • Patent number: 6403992
    Abstract: A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device, employing circuit conversion to achieve coexistent multiple voltage levels without body effect. The CMOS device, formed by a typical twin-well process, has a high voltage CMOS, a low voltage CMOS and a circuit converter. The circuit converter raises the operation voltage of the low voltage PMOS in the low voltage CMOS (in the N-type substrate) up to that of the high voltage PMOS in the high voltage CMOS. Alternatively, the circuit converter reduces the operation voltage of the low voltage NMOS in the low voltage CMOS to that of the high voltage NMOS in the high voltage CMOS. Thus, the body effect does not occur to the CMOS device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Integrated Technology Express Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Ta Wei