Patents by Inventor Paul C. Tien

Paul C. Tien 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: 6758551
    Abstract: An acoustic inkjet print head having the RF generator and amplifier located at the load location for directly driving the load is disclosed. In so doing the power distribution medium, e.g. transmission line and any power divider device are eliminated. The overall power efficiency can be near to the high efficiency amplifier. In the case of Class-E, greater than 90 percent efficiency can be achieved. Due to the miniaturization of components the high efficiency power supply can be shielded effectively to minimize EME and can be further be integrated to a MCM or IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul C. Tien, Mehrdad Zomorrodi
  • Publication number: 20040100534
    Abstract: An acoustic inkjet print head having the RF generator and amplifier located at the load location for directly driving the load is disclosed. In so doing the power distribution medium, e.g. transmission line and any power divider device are eliminated. The overall power efficiency can be near to the high efficiency amplifier. In the case of Class-E, greater than 90 percent efficiency can be achieved. Due to the miniaturization of components the high efficiency power supply can be shielded effectively to minimize EME and can be further be integrated to a MCM or IC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul C. Tien, Mehrdad Zomorrodi
  • Patent number: 5892303
    Abstract: A compact design for the electronic circuits to provide electrical contact to a SED roll of a segmented electrode development unit is provided. In this invention, all the required high voltage and low voltage circuitry is placed on a printed flexible circuit which is folded and rolled into a cylindrical circuit to be connected to the SED roll. The flexible printed circuit has a plurality of output terminals each of which will be connected to one of the electrodes of the SED roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Wayman, Abdul M. Elhatem, Paul C. Tien, Tuan Anh Vo
  • Patent number: 5822652
    Abstract: There is disclosed a compact design for the electronic circuits required to provide electrical contact to a SED roll of a segmented electrode development unit. In this invention, all the required high voltage and low voltage circuitry is placed on a printed flexible circuit which is folded and rolled into a cylindrical circuit to be connected to the SED roll. The flexible printed circuit has a plurality of output terminals each of which will be connected to one of the electrodes of the SED roll. In this invention, a spool is used to support the connection of the cylindrical circuit to the SED roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Abdul M. Elhatem, William H. Wayman, Paul C. Tien, Tuan Anh Vo
  • Patent number: 5693912
    Abstract: A low profile interconnect is used for electronic connections to segmented electrode donor rolls in which at least 78 interconnections between the segmented donor roll and a commutator can be made with a profile of approximately 10-15 mils, which retains reliability in an approximately 600 rpm rotational environment and which withstands 2000 volts between adjacent lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Paul C. Tien, Sousanna Kardashian, Mohammad M. Mojarradi, Tuan A. Vo, Charles E. Morand, Charles C. Currie
  • Patent number: 4534017
    Abstract: In response to a periodic pulse on a lead (21) an FET (47) connected gate-to-drain is driven in a low current circuit, producing a threshold potential on node F. This is connected through switch FETs (61) to the word lines (1) of a memory. This holds the gates of memory access switches (5) at threshold. A higher voltage on the bit line (7) takes off charge in memory cells (40) which have drifted from zero charge stored toward the substrate voltage. Absence of the periodic signal activates an FET (59) which grounds node F. High voltage applied to a word line (1) switches off the FET (61) connecting that line to node F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Thomas, Paul C. Tien
  • Patent number: 4430730
    Abstract: Depletion-mode FET (13a of 8) joins to enhancement-mode FET (13b of 8) to store charge capacitively as a memory cell. That enhancement-mode FET (13b of 8) is connected to an FET capacitor (19). When the memory stores a high charge, a refresh clock pulse on a line (21), passes the capacitor (19), turns off enhancement-mode part of joined FETs (8), and is effective to gate refresh switch (25) on. When the memory stores ground, the capacitor (19) is not activated and does not pass the refresh pulses. The memory requires very low power for refresh, and is compact and practical for use in large arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Paul C. Tien
  • Patent number: 4410862
    Abstract: Accurate and reliable multivibrators are achieved having most of the advantages of on-chip circuits and producing signals with long cycle periods. An off-chip capacitor (1) in an RC timing circuit is charged during the period defined by on-chip capacitor (31) and resistance (33 and 11) RC timing circuit. The cross-coupled circuit has switches (17) and (19) on at least one side, each effective to connect operating potential to respective ones of the two RC circuits. Each has at least two switches (190) and (270) connected in parallel on the other side of the circuit, each operated by respective ones of the two RC circuits of the first side to hold the other side to ground until both RC circuits have operated for preselected periods. Bootstrap voltage from a capacitor (51) is employed to gate the switch FET (45) to the off-chip capacitor (1) strongly on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Paul C. Tien