Patents by Inventor Qilong Liu

Qilong Liu 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: 11967967
    Abstract: A circuit that receives a series a digital signal values from a digital circuit output where the output has a propensity to produce digital values with a metastable error. The circuit produces an analog output signal having values over time corresponding to the digital signal values. The circuit includes two data paths that receive the digital signal values and produce a delayed analog signal. One data path includes an analog delay and the other data path includes a digital delay and a digital to analog converter. The circuit uses the output of the two data paths to adjust a later output analog signal value that is produced by the analog circuit output subsequent to a former output analog signal value produced by the analog circuit output that corresponds to a digital signal value of the series with a metastable error to compensate for the metastable error in the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Qilong Liu, Shagun Bajoria, Lucien Johannes Breems
  • Publication number: 20230412180
    Abstract: A circuit that receives a series a digital signal values from a digital circuit output where the output has a propensity to produce digital values with a metastable error. The circuit produces an analog output signal having values over time corresponding to the digital signal values. The circuit includes two data paths that receive the digital signal values and produce a delayed analog signal. One data path includes an analog delay and the other data path includes a digital delay and a digital to analog converter. The circuit uses the output of the two data paths to adjust a later output analog signal value that is produced by the analog circuit output subsequent to a former output analog signal value produced by the analog circuit output that corresponds to a digital signal value of the series with a metastable error to compensate for the metastable error in the output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Qilong Liu, Shagun Bajoria, Lucien Johannes Breems