Patents by Inventor Isaac Y. Chen

Isaac Y. Chen 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: 20170201107
    Abstract: An adaptive buck converter of a charging cable includes: a power receiving interface for receiving a DC voltage and a cable current from a cable; a terminal communication interface for transmitting a charging voltage and a charging current to a connection terminal of the charging cable and for receiving a communication signal generated by the mobile device from the connection terminal; a power converting circuit for receiving the DC voltage and the cable current from the power receiving interface and for generating the charging voltage and the charging current, wherein the charging voltage is lower than the DC voltage while the charging current is greater than the cable current; and a data processing circuit coupled with the power converting circuit and configured for controlling the power converting circuit according to the communication signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Richtek Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ta-Yung YANG, Jing-Meng LIU, Isaac Y. CHEN, Tzu-Chen LIN
  • Patent number: 9703302
    Abstract: A mixed mode compensation circuit for a power converter generate a digital signal according to a reference signal and a feedback signal which is related to the output voltage of the power converter, convert the digital signal into a first analog signal, offset the first analog signal with a variable offset value to generate a second analog signal, and filter out high-frequency components of the second analog signal to generate a third analog signal for stable output voltage of the power converter. The mixed mode compensation does not require large capacitors, and thus the circuit can be integrated into an integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Tang, Jiun-Hung Pan, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Publication number: 20170196055
    Abstract: A light emitting device circuit has one or plural light emitting devices connected in series. A light emitting device driver circuit drives the light emitting device circuit according to a rectified input voltage. The light emitting device driver circuit includes a power switch and a control circuit. When the power switch is conductive, a light emitting device current flows through the light emitting device circuit and the power switch. When the power switch is not conductive, an output capacitor discharges to provide the light emitting device current. The control circuit determines whether the rectified input voltage is lower or not lower than a forward voltage plus a reference voltage according to a voltage at a reverse end of the light emitting device circuit, and control the power switch accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Tong-Cheng Jao, Isaac Y. Chen, Yi-Wei Lee, Wei-Ming Chiu, Jiun-Hung Pan
  • Patent number: 9654011
    Abstract: A feedback signal stabilized by a capacitor and related to an output voltage of a power converter is used to acquire the output power information of the power converter, and a control circuit uses a second clock not related to the switching frequency of the power converter to count a duration time of the feedback signal being higher than a threshold. When the duration time is higher than a preset time, an abnormal output power of the power converter is distinguished and the power converter will be turned off. The feedback signal will not vary severely even if the output terminal of the power converter is interfered, and the counted duration time will not be influenced when the switching frequency is changing caused by a load changing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Isaac Y. Chen
  • Patent number: 9655185
    Abstract: A linear LED driver comprises a transistor having an input terminal coupled to a LED. When the transistor is turned on, the LED is lighted. The linear LED driver further includes a protection circuit for judging whether an instant high voltage variation occurs or not according to at least one of the voltages of a control terminal and an output terminal of the transistor so as to achieve a protection function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Jiun-Hung Pan, Tong-Cheng Jao, Yi-Wei Lee, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Patent number: 9647531
    Abstract: A soft-start switching power converter includes a voltage converting circuit and a soft-start circuit. The voltage converting circuit includes a transformer, and a first switch which includes a first terminal connected to the transformer, a second terminal providing a trigger signal, and a control terminal receiving a control signal, and which is controlled to switch between conduction and nonconduction, such that the transformer generates a feedback voltage. The soft-start circuit receives the trigger signal, generates the control signal according to the trigger signal, and determines whether or not to clamp the control signal at a preset voltage level based on the trigger signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tong-Cheng Jao, Yi-Wei Lee, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Patent number: 9570989
    Abstract: A control circuit of a power converter includes: an input signal detection circuit, configured to operably detect a magnitude of an input signal to generate a detection signal; a clock generation circuit, configured to operably generate a clock signal; an error detection circuit, configured to operably generate an error signal according to a reference signal and a feedback signal; a control signal generation circuit, coupled with the clock generation circuit and the error detection circuit, configured to operably control a switching frequency of a power switch according to the clock signal and the error signal; and a reverse adjusting circuit, coupled with the input signal detection circuit, configured to operably adjust the clock generation circuit or the control signal generation circuit according to the detection signal to configure the switching frequency of the power switch to be inversely proportional to the magnitude of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Ricktek Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Tang, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Patent number: 9541929
    Abstract: A mixed mode compensation circuit for a power converter generate a digital signal according to a reference signal and a feedback signal which is related to the output voltage of the power converter, convert the digital signal into a first analog signal, offset the first analog signal with a variable offset value to generate a second analog signal, and filter out high-frequency components of the second analog signal to generate a third analog signal for stable output voltage of the power converter. The mixed mode compensation does not require large capacitors, and thus the circuit can be integrated into an integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Tang, Jiun-Hung Pan, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Publication number: 20170005579
    Abstract: A feedback signal stabilized by a capacitor and related to an output voltage of a power converter is used to acquire the output power information of the power converter, and a control circuit uses a second clock not related to the switching frequency of the power converter to count a duration time of the feedback signal being higher than a threshold. When the duration time is higher than a preset time, an abnormal output power of the power converter is distinguished and the power converter will be turned off. The feedback signal will not vary severely even if the output terminal of the power converter is interfered, and the counted duration time will not be influenced when the switching frequency is changing caused by a load changing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Isaac Y. CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170005647
    Abstract: A frequency jittering control circuit for a PFM power supply includes a pulse frequency modulator to generate a frequency jittering control signal to switch a power switch to generate an output voltage. The frequency jittering control circuit jitters an input signal or an on-time or off-time of the pulse frequency modulator to jitter the switching frequency of the power switch to thereby improve EMI issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Jiun-Hung PAN, Chien-Fu TANG, Isaac Y. CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160353534
    Abstract: A driver circuit of a LED luminance device includes: a signal pin; a determining circuit for determining the magnitude of an input signal; an indication signal generating circuit for outputting an indication signal to the signal pin according to the determining result of the determining circuit; an alignment signal generating circuit for generating an alignment signal when triggered by a predetermined edge of a signal at the signal pin; an indication signal detecting circuit for detecting the signal at the signal pin to generate a detection signal; and a control signal generating circuit for generating multiple control signals according to the detection signal to respectively control multiple switching elements in parallel connection with multiple LED devices when triggered by the alignment signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Richtek Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jiun-Hung PAN, Tong-Cheng JAO, Yi-Wei LEE, Isaac Y. CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160327967
    Abstract: A mixed mode compensation circuit for a power converter generate a digital signal according to a reference signal and a feedback signal which is related to the output voltage of the power converter, convert the digital signal into a first analog signal, offset the first analog signal with a variable offset value to generate a second analog signal, and filter out high-frequency components of the second analog signal to generate a third analog signal for stable output voltage of the power converter. The mixed mode compensation does not require large capacitors, and thus the circuit can be integrated into an integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Tang, Jiun-Hung Pan, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Publication number: 20160327969
    Abstract: A mixed mode compensation circuit for a power converter generate a digital signal according to a reference signal and a feedback signal which is related to the output voltage of the power converter, convert the digital signal into a first analog signal, offset the first analog signal with a variable offset value to generate a second analog signal, and filter out high-frequency components of the second analog signal to generate a third analog signal for stable output voltage of the power converter. The mixed mode compensation does not require large capacitors, and thus the circuit can be integrated into an integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Tang, Jiun-Hung Pan, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Publication number: 20160327968
    Abstract: A mixed mode compensation circuit for a power converter generate a digital signal according to a reference signal and a feedback signal which is related to the output voltage of the power converter, convert the digital signal into a first analog signal, offset the first analog signal with a variable offset value to generate a second analog signal, and filter out high-frequency components of the second analog signal to generate a third analog signal for stable output voltage of the power converter. The mixed mode compensation does not require large capacitors, and thus the circuit can be integrated into an integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Tang, Jiun-Hung Pan, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Publication number: 20160315541
    Abstract: A feedback signal stabilized by a capacitor and related to an output voltage of a power converter is used to acquire the output power information of the power converter, and a control circuit uses a second clock not related to the switching frequency of the power converter to count a duration time of the feedback signal being higher than a threshold. When the duration time is higher than a preset time, an abnormal output power of the power converter is distinguished and the power converter will be turned off. The feedback signal will not vary severely even if the output terminal of the power converter is interfered, and the counted duration time will not be influenced when the switching frequency is changing caused by a load changing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventor: Isaac Y. Chen
  • Patent number: 9479063
    Abstract: A frequency jittering control circuit for a PFM power supply includes a pulse frequency modulator to generate a frequency jittering control signal to switch a power switch to generate an output voltage. The frequency jittering control circuit jitters an input signal or an on-time or off-time of the pulse frequency modulator to jitter the switching frequency of the power switch to thereby improve EMI issue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Jiun-Hung Pan, Chien-Fu Tang, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Publication number: 20160308449
    Abstract: An AC-to-DC power converter with a BJT as a power switch can set a base current of the BJT by a current setting resistor which is in the outside of a control integrated circuit. Since an output current and a recovery current of the BJT are injected into a sensing resistor, the AC-to-DC power converter can correctly detect an inductor current thereof from the sensing resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Jiun-Hung PAN, Chien-Fu TANG, Jyun-Che HO, Isaac Y. CHEN, Yu-Chang CHEN, Jung-Pei CHENG
  • Publication number: 20160285366
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a current regulator circuit capable of reducing current ripple and a method of reducing current ripple. A power supply circuit generates a load current which originally has a current ripple. The load current is supplied to a load circuit. The current regulator circuit includes a regulator switch coupled to the load circuit, a current sense circuit for sensing the load current, and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the regulator switch to regulate a peak of a current sense signal minus an average of the current sense signal to a non-negative first predetermined value, or regulate the peak minus a valley of the current sense signal to a non-negative second predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Yi-Wei Lee, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Patent number: 9450486
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for implementing a multiple function pin in a boundary conduction mode power supply, uses a same pin to switch a power switch and to achieve zero current detection to reduce pin count and save cost of a control integrated circuit. A first voltage is applied to the multiple function pin to turn on the power switch, and then a second voltage is applied to the multiple function pin after the power switch has been turned on for a first time, to thereby turn off the power switch. After the power switch has been turned off for a second time, a third voltage is applied to the multiple function pin keep the power switch off. Preferably, a tristate output driver is used to provide the first and second voltages, and a clamping circuit is used to provide the third voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Fu Tang, Jiun-Hung Pan, Isaac Y. Chen
  • Patent number: 9451661
    Abstract: A linear LED driver includes a voltage supply terminal providing a driving voltage, at least one first transistor, each of which has an input terminal coupled to a respective LED, and a bleeder circuit. When the voltage of the output terminal of each of the at least one first transistor is lower than a first threshold and a power voltage is higher than a second threshold, the bleeder circuit will generate a bleeder current to discharge the voltage supply terminal so as to prevent the LEDs from flickering. The bleeder circuit detects the voltage of the output terminal of each of the at least one first transistor. Therefore, whether the LEDs are lighted up can be confirmed so that the bleeder current can be provided at properly time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tong-Cheng Jao, Yi-Wei Lee, Jiun-Hung Pan, Isaac Y. Chen