Patents by Inventor Hongfeng Fan

Hongfeng Fan 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: 11750083
    Abstract: An overvoltage protection circuit configured to prevent an overvoltage of an output voltage of a switching converter, can include: an output voltage simulation circuit configured to generate an output voltage simulation signal according to circuit parameters of the switching converter, where the output voltage simulation signal changes along with the output voltage; and an overvoltage signal generator configured to activate an overvoltage signal when a feedback voltage is less than a first threshold value and the output voltage simulation signal is greater than a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
    Inventors: Dengke Chen, Hongfeng Fan
  • Publication number: 20220158542
    Abstract: An overvoltage protection circuit configured to prevent an overvoltage of an output voltage of a switching converter, can include: an output voltage simulation circuit configured to generate an output voltage simulation signal according to circuit parameters of the switching converter, where the output voltage simulation signal changes along with the output voltage; and an overvoltage signal generator configured to activate an overvoltage signal when a feedback voltage is less than a first threshold value and the output voltage simulation signal is greater than a second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Dengke Chen, Hongfeng Fan
  • Patent number: 11277064
    Abstract: An overvoltage protection circuit configured to prevent an overvoltage of an output voltage of a switching converter, can include: an output voltage simulation circuit configured to generate an output voltage simulation signal according to circuit parameters of the switching converter, where the output voltage simulation signal changes along with the output voltage; and an overvoltage signal generator configured to activate an overvoltage signal when a feedback voltage is less than a first threshold value and the output voltage simulation signal is greater than a second threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
    Inventors: Dengke Chen, Hongfeng Fan
  • Publication number: 20210344211
    Abstract: A system can include: a plurality of Type-C ports configured to connect with a plurality of external devices; a plurality of power conversion circuits having a dual-directional power transmission function, where each power conversion circuit is connected between a power supply terminal of the system and a corresponding Type-C port, in order to perform voltage conversion; and where each power conversion circuit is controlled to operate in different modes according to power information of each of the plurality of external devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Tzuming Yu, Chenchia Wu, Pinjui Jen, Weichih Huang, Hongfeng Fan
  • Patent number: 10778231
    Abstract: A clock dividing frequency circuit can include: a controlled current source configured to generate a driving current that varies with a dividing frequency control signal; a ramp signal generating circuit configured to generate a ramp signal having a slope that varies according to the driving current, where the ramp signal is reset according to pulses of a dividing frequency clock signal; and a dividing frequency pulse generating circuit configured to generate the dividing frequency clock signal by a dividing frequency operation according to the ramp signal and a system clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
    Inventors: Jaime Tseng, Xiaoping Chen, Hongfeng Fan
  • Publication number: 20180367027
    Abstract: An overvoltage protection circuit configured to prevent an overvoltage of an output voltage of a switching converter, can include: an output voltage simulation circuit configured to generate an output voltage simulation signal according to circuit parameters of the switching converter, where the output voltage simulation signal changes along with the output voltage; and an overvoltage signal generator configured to activate an overvoltage signal when a feedback voltage is less than a first threshold value and the output voltage simulation signal is greater than a second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Dengke Chen, Hongfeng Fan
  • Publication number: 20180159539
    Abstract: A clock dividing frequency circuit can include: a controlled current source configured to generate a driving current that varies with a dividing frequency control signal; a ramp signal generating circuit configured to generate a ramp signal having a slope that varies according to the driving current, where the ramp signal is reset according to pulses of a dividing frequency clock signal; and a dividing frequency pulse generating circuit configured to generate the dividing frequency clock signal by a dividing frequency operation according to the ramp signal and a system clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Jaime Tseng, Xiaoping Chen, Hongfeng Fan
  • Patent number: 9131553
    Abstract: An LED driver described herein can determine whether it is operating in z soft-start process by comparing a first threshold value and a soft-start reference value. In the soft-start process, the inductor current and the LED driving current can be soft-started periodically to effectively avoid current overshoot. In addition, the end of the soft-tart operation can be controlled based on a comparison result of the first threshold value and the reference value of the soft-start, and without any external settings. Thus, the end of soft-start operation can automatically be determined with strong controllability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD
    Inventors: Jun Chen, Hongfeng Fan