Patents by Inventor Fenghua Zheng

Fenghua Zheng 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).

  • Publication number: 20220059018
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) display can calculate a common voltage charge of a line of pixels in the LED display, the common voltage charge comprising a difference between a first line of pixels and a second line of pixels. If the calculated common voltage charge exceeds a predetermined threshold, a toggle matrix can be generated for the line of pixels. The toggle matrix can include a matrix of charge values generated by calculating a difference in charge values for each subpixel a first line of subpixels with each subpixel a second line of subpixels. The LED display can identify one or more regions of subpixels exhibiting the predetermined toggle pattern in the toggle matrix. The LED display can generate a voltage correction charge to apply to affected regions of the display. Alternatively, the subpixels or pixels could be swapped with adjacent pixels to reduce toggling or settling error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Shatam Agarwal, Sean C. Chang, Hao-Lin Chiu, Fenghua Zheng, Pierre-Yves Emelie, Yao Chen, Marc Albrecht, Mingxia Gu, Jun Qi, Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11099804
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic device display circuitry and methods of operating the display. The display circuitry a panel driver interface that decodes digital display data, for each display frame, received from host circuitry of the electronic device. The digital display data includes error correction and detection information for frame and line configuration information distributed in a frame packet and multiple line packets for each display frame. The frame and line configuration information facilitates, efficient, low-error, digital control of various display operational features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, David S. Zalatimo, James E. Brown, Sachiko Oda, Johan L. Piper
  • Patent number: 11081032
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to control circuitry for displays. A display control circuitry includes a plurality of amplifiers to drive gamma signals for a pixel array having a plurality of pixels of a display and a segmented resistor string coupled to the plurality of amplifiers. The resistor string includes a plurality of resistor segments with a resistor segment being designed with a modified resistance to modify display performance parameters including at least one of a settling time of an associated gamma signal, a power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) of an amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers, or an output voltage offset of an amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Shatam Agarwal
  • Publication number: 20210097909
    Abstract: A system includes processing circuitry configured to determine a plurality of line-specific common voltage (Vcom) values for a plurality of common electrodes of an electronic display. Each of the plurality of line-specific Vcom values is associated with a line of pixels of a plurality of lines of pixels of the electronic display. Additionally, the processing circuitry is configured to cause the plurality of line-specific Vcom values to be provided to the plurality of lines of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Daibashish Gangopadhyay, Fenghua Zheng
  • Patent number: 10964235
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display. The display includes display driver circuitry for driving data lines routed across the display. The electronic device may have a recessed device housing region, where at least some of the data lines are routed around the recessed region. The data lines being routed around the recessed region may be formed in at least two different metal routing layers. The electronic device may further include additional display driver circuitry for driving data lines from another peripheral housing edge to obviate the need to route around the recessed region. The data lines from the two display driver circuitries can be disconnected at random locations or can be interlaced to achieve spatial interleaving. The display driver circuitry may include demultiplexing circuitry having smaller switches coupled in parallel with larger demultiplexer routing switches to reduce voltage kick and charge injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Ho Yu, Xiaofeng Wang, ByoungSuk Kim, Chun-Yao Huang, Fenghua Zheng, Hopil Bae, Patrick B. Bennett, Steven M. Scardato, Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 10957903
    Abstract: The present invention provides a layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material with olivine structured LiMPO4 surface modification and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises: firstly, preparing a pure-phase layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material by using a coprecipitation method and a high temperature sintering method, and then uniformly coating and doping olivine-structured LiMPO4 to the surface of the layered lithium-manganese-rich composite cathode material by using a sol-gel method. According to the present invention, the surface of the layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material is modified by olivine structured LiMPO4, such that cycle stability thereof is effectively improved, and voltage drop generated by the material in the cycle course is inhibited. The preparation method according to the present invention is simple, low cost, environmentally friendly, and is suitable for large-scale industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chenghao Yang, Fenghua Zheng, Xunhui Xiong, Meilin Liu
  • Patent number: 10923012
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display. The display may include display driver circuitry that is configured to provide image data to columns of pixels and gate driver circuitry that is configured to provide control signals to rows of pixels. The display may be operable at a native refresh rate that is equal to the highest refresh rate at which the display has full resolution. The display may also be operable in a high refresh rate mode with a high refresh rate that is twice (or some other scaling factor greater than) the native refresh rate. To enable operation at the high refresh rate mode, vertical resolution of the display may be sacrificed. In other words, rows of pixels may be grouped together into effective rows that are then scanned in sequence. The gate driver circuitry may be formed as thin-film transistor circuitry or from gate driver integrated circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jiaxi Hu, Hao-Lin Chiu, Shatam Agarwal, Kwang Soon Park, Joonggun Lee, Kyung Wook Kim, Shih Chang Chang, Fenghua Zheng
  • Patent number: 10839171
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to electronic devices, and more particularly, to electronic devices that utilize electromagnetic signals (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signals), transmitters, and receivers in various processes, such as cellular and wireless device processes in a at least partially metal enclosure. The present disclosure describes devices that may be used to wirelessly transmit and/or receive electromagnetic signals between processing components and sensing components, for example, by improving sensing device design and thus forming an integrated sensing tag that leverages passive RF technology, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daibashish Gangopadhyay, Fenghua Zheng
  • Publication number: 20200334425
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to electronic devices, and more particularly, to electronic devices that utilize electromagnetic signals (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signals), transmitters, and receivers in various processes, such as cellular and wireless device processes in a at least partially metal enclosure. The present disclosure describes devices that may be used to wirelessly transmit and/or receive electromagnetic signals between processing components and sensing components, for example, by improving sensing device design and thus forming an integrated sensing tag that leverages passive RF technology, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Daibashish Gangopadhyay, Fenghua Zheng
  • Publication number: 20200328406
    Abstract: The present invention provides a layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material with olivine structured LiMPO4 surface modification and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises: firstly, preparing a pure-phase layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material by using a coprecipitation method and a high temperature sintering method, and then uniformly coating and doping olivine-structured LiMPO4 to the surface of the layered lithium-manganese-rich composite cathode material by using a sol-gel method. According to the present invention, the surface of the layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material is modified by olivine structured LiMPO4, such that cycle stability thereof is effectively improved, and voltage drop generated by the material in the cycle course is inhibited. The preparation method according to the present invention is simple, low cost, environmentally friendly, and is suitable for large-scale industrial production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chenghao YANG, Fenghua ZHENG, Xunhui XIONG, Meilin LIU
  • Publication number: 20200294435
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to control circuitry for displays. A display control circuitry includes a plurality of amplifiers to drive gamma signals for a pixel array having a plurality of pixels of a display and a segmented resistor string coupled to the plurality of amplifiers. The resistor string includes a plurality of resistor segments with a resistor segment being designed with a modified resistance to modify display performance parameters including at least one of a settling time of an associated gamma signal, a power supply rejection ratio (PSRR) of an amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers, or an output voltage offset of an amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Shatam Agarwal
  • Patent number: 10762856
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with displays. A display may include an array of display pixels and control circuitry for operating the display. The control circuitry may determine, based on pixel values for a row of display pixels, that a current in common supply voltage circuitry for the display pixels will exceed a threshold, if the row of display pixels is operated using the pixel values. The control circuitry may modify the pixel values for the row of display pixels to reduce the current in the common supply voltage circuitry and/or prevent the current in the common supply voltage circuitry from exceeding the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Manev Luthra, Joseph P. Manca, Fenghua Zheng, David S. Zalatimo
  • Patent number: 10643555
    Abstract: Devices and methods for useful in providing localized synchronized and/or dynamic in-band internal gamma code adjustment per frame period are provided. By way of example, a display panel includes a data driver, which includes a first DAC configured to provide an internal gamma voltage signal to cause a first adjustment to an image data signal. The first adjustment is configured to selectively adjust the image data signal based at least in part on a refresh rate or a frame rate of the display panel. The data driver includes a second DAC coupled to the first DAC and configured to provide an external gamma voltage signal configured to provide a second adjustment to the image data signal, and an output buffer configured to supply the image data signal to pixels of the display panel, wherein the image data signal comprises the first adjustment and the second adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Christopher P. Tann, Sandro H. Pintz, David S. Zalatimo, Jun Qi, Zhibing Ge
  • Patent number: 10600379
    Abstract: The disclosure describes procedures for dynamically employing a variable refresh rate at an LCD display of a consumer electronic device, such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, or a music player device. In some configurations, the consumer electronic device can include a host system portion, having one or more processors and a display system portion, having a timing controller, a buffer circuit, a display driver, and a display panel. The display system can receive image data and image control data from a GPU of the host system, evaluate the received image control data to determine a reduced refresh rate (RRR) for employing at the display panel, and then transition to the RRR, whenever practicable, to conserve power. In some scenarios, the transition to the RRR can be a transition from a LRR of 50 hertz or above to a RRR of 40 hertz or below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Prasanna Nambi, Jason N. Gomez, Fenghua Zheng, Paolo Sacchetto, Sandro H. Pintz, Taesung Kim, Christopher P. Tann, Marc Albrecht, David W. Lum
  • Publication number: 20200042264
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic device display circuitry and methods of operating the display. The display circuitry a panel driver interface that decodes digital display data, for each display frame, received from host circuitry of the electronic device. The digital display data includes error correction and detection information for frame and line configuration information distributed in a frame packet and multiple line packets for each display frame. The frame and line configuration information facilitates, efficient, low-error, digital control of various display operational features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, David S. Zalatimo, James E. Brown, Sachiko Oda, Johan L. Piper
  • Patent number: 10424239
    Abstract: This application relates to systems, methods, and apparatus for reducing the power consumption of a display panel. Specifically, the embodiments discussed herein relate to a panel pixel charge scheme that allows the current output of a display driver to be modified based on the content to be displayed at the display panel. The display driver can compare current and upcoming display content in order to determine how the line voltage for one or more output lines will change over time. If, based on the comparison, the voltage for an output line is not going to vary substantially over time, the bias current output from the display driver can be modified in order to save power. The modification to the bias current can depend on the amount of change the line voltage will undergo in subsequent executions of the content data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James Aamold, Fenghua Zheng, Sandro H. Pintz
  • Patent number: 10395611
    Abstract: Methods and systems for compensating for VCOM variations include determining a voltage change in pixels between frames to be displayed on an electronic display. Based on the determined voltage change, VCOM variation is calculated based on coupling the VCOM to one or more data lines of the electronic display. VCOM compensation is determined and applied to offset for the VCOM variation. Using the VCOM offset, subsequent pixel content for the one or more pixels is written using the compensated VCOM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Howard H. Tang, James C. Aamold, Sandro H. Pintz, Chaohao Wang, Paolo Sacchetto
  • Patent number: 10380937
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods for reducing VCOM settling periods. A number of pixels is sub-divided into a plurality of regions. The pixels are configured to transmit light. A common voltage (VCOM) driving circuit is configured to drive a common electrode of the pixels. Moreover, each of a number of VCOM driving circuits includes a variable resistor configured to be driven to a resistance level based at least in part on which region of the plurality of regions includes an active pixel within the region. Furthermore, a resistance level is set and based at least in part on where the active pixel is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Howard H. Tang, Paolo Sacchetto, Chaohao Wang, Szu-Hsien Lee, Patrick Bennett, Fenghua Zheng
  • Patent number: 10311822
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for improving displayed image quality of an electronic display with reduced power consumption. In some embodiments, a display pixel in the electronic display includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode. A pixel electrode driver electrically coupled to the first display pixel writes the display pixel by supplying a pixel voltage signal to the pixel electrode. A common electrode driver electrically coupled to the common electrode includes a power amplifier that supplies a common voltage signal to the common electrode to predictively offset net charge accumulation expected in the common electrode; a first power supply rail selectively connectable to the power amplifier based on a target voltage of the common voltage signal; and a second power supply rail selectively connectable to the power amplifier based on the target voltage, in which the first and second power supply rails supply different voltages when connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Fenghua Zheng, Howard H. Tang, Sandro H. Pintz
  • Publication number: 20190005897
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with displays. A display may include an array of display pixels and control circuitry for operating the display. The control circuitry may determine, based on pixel values for a row of display pixels, that a current in common supply voltage circuitry for the display pixels will exceed a threshold, if the row of display pixels is operated using the pixel values. The control circuitry may modify the pixel values for the row of display pixels to reduce the current in the common supply voltage circuitry and/or prevent the current in the common supply voltage circuitry from exceeding the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Manev LUTHRA, Joseph P. MANCA, Fenghua ZHENG, David S. ZALATIMO