Patents by Inventor Quicheng Yu

Quicheng Yu 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: 6407691
    Abstract: The present invention provides an isolated analog-to-digital converter system including an analog-to-digital subsystem including an analog-to-digital converter for converting an analog signal to a digital control stream. A microcontroller subsystem provides power, clock signals, and control signals as a single combined signal for the analog-to-digital converter, the single combined signal comprising a pulse train having a nominal frequency and having control pulse width modulated thereon. An isolation subsystem electrically isolates the analog-to-digital converter subsystem from the microcontroller subsystem. The isolation subsystem includes a first transformer, coupled to the microcontroller subsystem, which receives the single combined signal as a differential input signal. A full-wave rectifier, coupled to the first transformer, rectifies the differential input signal to produce at least one power supply voltage for the analog-to-digital converter subsystem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventor: Quicheng Yu