Patents by Inventor Weifeng Zhang

Weifeng Zhang 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: 11984813
    Abstract: A synchronous rectification control system and method for a quasi-resonant flyback converter are provided. The control system includes a switching transistor voltage sampling circuit configured to sample an output terminal voltage of the switching transistor to obtain a sampled voltage of the switching transistor; a sampling calculation module configured to obtain a dead-time based on the sampled voltage of the switching transistor and a preset relationship, the preset relationship being a correspondence between the duration of the sampled voltage of the switching transistor being below a first preset value and the dead-time during an on-time of a switching cycle of the switching transistor, the dead-time being a time from when the switching transistor is turned off to when the synchronous rectification transistor is turned on; and a control module configured to receive the dead-time and control switching of the synchronous rectification transistor based on the dead-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY, CSMC TECHNOLOGIES FAB2 CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shen Xu, Siyu Zhao, Congming Qi, Sen Zhang, Xiaoyu Shi, Weifeng Sun, Longxing Shi
  • Publication number: 20240120460
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a blended ternary positive-electrode material, a preparation method thereof and a lithium ion battery, and relates to the field of lithium battery technologies. A temperature-sensitive precursor type material is taken as a raw material, a large-particle precursor, a small-particle precursor and lithium sources are presintered to obtain a first presintered material and a second presintered material, presintered materials and binders are then mixed, compacted and punctured to obtain a first to-be-sintered material block and a second to-be-sintered material block, the first to-be-sintered material block and the second to-be-sintered material block are loaded into a sagger together for primary sintering, and using a periphery-center regional mode or an upper-lower-layer distribution mode, the first presintered material is distributed at a periphery or an upper layer, and the second presintered material is distributed at a center or a lower layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: YIBIN LIBODE NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Weifeng FAN, Ping ZHANG, Shilin HOU, Bin ZHANG, Cheng LI, Changwang HAO, Zhengqiang WANG
  • Publication number: 20240105444
    Abstract: Methods for reducing contact resistance include performing a selective titanium silicide (TiSi) deposition process on a middle of the line (MOL) contact structure that includes a cavity in a substrate of dielectric material. The contact structure also includes a silicon-based connection portion at a bottom of the cavity. The selective TiSi deposition process is selective to silicon-based material over dielectric material. The methods also include performing a selective deposition process of a metal material on the MOL contact structure. The selective deposition process is selective to TiSi material over dielectric material and forms a silicide capping layer on the silicon-based connection portion. The methods further include performing a seed layer deposition process of the metal material on the contact structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jiang LU, Liqi WU, Wei DOU, Weifeng YE, Shih Chung CHEN, Rongjun WANG, Xianmin TANG, Yiyang WAN, Shumao ZHANG, Jianqiu GUO
  • Publication number: 20240105083
    Abstract: A high-speed remote landslide simulation test device with a variable angle includes a support adjustment component, slide plates, and loose leaves. The device first transmits the operation paths of adjusting the slide plate at different angles to the controller, and the personnel operates the control panel to control the support jack, the motor, and the electromagnet to start and stop through the controller, the output shaft of the motor drives the stainless steel threaded rod to rotate, the controller first energizes one electromagnet and disconnects the other three electromagnets, which can only make the stainless steel threaded rod rotate in a fixed position inside the inner threaded pipe, and the three inner threaded pipes follow the rotation direction of the stainless steel threaded rod, thus, the position of the support jack can be moved separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Chang'an University
    Inventors: Hengxing LAN, Mervyn LAN, Zhao CHEN, Shijie LIU, Weifeng SUN, Ning ZHANG, Bei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240097116
    Abstract: The invention discloses a ternary positive electrode material coated with nitride/graphitized carbon nanosheets and preparation method thereof. The ternary positive electrode material coated with nitride/graphitized carbon nanosheets includes a ternary positive electrode material matrix and a coating layer; the coating layer is composed of nitride and graphitized carbon; and the graphitized carbon is formed in situ in the coating process of the nitride. Compared with a physical mixing method, the in-situ generated carbon layer is connected to the material matrix more tightly, and the formed conductive network is denser. So that the rate performance of the material is improved to the maximum extent. The preparation method is simple and easy to realize industrial production. And the obtained ternary positive electrode material coated with nitride/graphitized carbon nanosheets has excellent rate performance and cycling stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kaihua XU, Rui HE, Weifeng DING, Yunhe ZHANG, Xiang ZHANG, Kun ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11921814
    Abstract: Methods and devices, the method including receiving a matrix of a neural network model; classifying at least a portion of the matrix as a first section based on a first distribution pattern of non-zero elements of the portion of the matrix; and identifying memory addresses of the non-zero elements in the first section of the matrix for loading, according to a first order determined based on the first distribution pattern, the non-zero elements in the first section into one or more vector registers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Guoyang Chen, Yu Pu, Yongzhi Zhang, Weifeng Zhang, Yuan Xie
  • Publication number: 20240073265
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a wireless multimedia apparatus and an operation method thereof are disclosed. The wireless multimedia apparatus includes a system on chip (SoC), including a memory configured to store code and a processor coupled to the memory. When the code is executed, the processor is configured to determine that a router is available and connected to a multimedia provider. The processor is configured to connect to the router based on configuration information associated with the router and receive multimedia data from the multimedia provider via the router. The processor is configured to determine whether the router is still available. Responsive to the router being unavailable, the processor is configured to turn on a softAP based on the configuration information associated with the router to connect to the multimedia provider via the softAP. The processor is configured to receive the multimedia data from the multimedia provider via the softAP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Bestechnic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weifeng Tong, Jun Chen, Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11915138
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reducing a size of a neural network model, the method including: compressing data of the neural network model; identifying structure information of a vector register, wherein the structure information includes a number of registers included in the vector register; comparing a number of elements in the compressed data with a first condition, wherein the first condition is determined based on the number of registers in the vector register; and in response to the number of elements satisfying the first condition, associating the compressed data with the vector register to enable loading the compressed data to the vector register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Weifeng Zhang, Guoyang Chen, Yu Pu, Yongzhi Zhang, Yuan Xie
  • Publication number: 20230397383
    Abstract: A heat dissipation assembly and an electric energy conversion apparatus are disclosed according to the present application. The heat dissipation assembly comprises a side cover connected to the electric energy conversion apparatus and an air outlet cover, a heat dissipation passage is formed by enclosure of the side cover and one side surface of the electric energy conversion apparatus, the side cover is provided with an air inlet in communication with the heat dissipation passage; the air outlet cover is arranged at the top of the electric energy conversion apparatus and partially connected with the side cover, and an air outlet space is formed by enclosure of the air outlet cover, the air outlet space is in communication with the heat dissipation passage, the air outlet cover is provided with an air outlet at an outer peripheral side of the air outlet cover away from the electric energy conversion apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui Fang, Weifeng Zhang, Ye Yang, Jie Zhou
  • Patent number: 11773025
    Abstract: Provided is a red mud-based composite calcium ferrite and a preparation method and use thereof. The preparation method of the red mud-based composite calcium ferrite includes the following steps: mixing red mud and a calcium source, and roasting an obtained mixture in an oxygen-containing atmosphere to obtain the red mud-based composite calcium ferrite; where the calcium source is selected from the group consisting of lime and calcium carbonate. In the present disclosure, the composite calcium ferrite is prepared using a solid waste red mud, with a greatly reduced cost of raw materials; on the other hand, compared with traditional calcium ferrite, the composite calcium ferrite mainly has phase structures of CaFe2O4, Ca2FeAlO5, and Ca2Fe2O5. Therefore, the composite calcium ferrite has a lower melting point, a higher lime dissolution efficiency, and better fluxing and dephosphorization effects during primary smelting and refining of molten steel, and has broad prospects for use in industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: University of Science and Technology Beijing
    Inventors: Yanling Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Weifeng Zhang, Kan Yu, Yao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11696427
    Abstract: A pressing device includes a screw body. The screw body includes a screw head that comprises a driver interface. The screw body also includes a screw shaft that comprises a screw tip opposite the screw head with respect to the screw shaft, exterior spiral threads between the screw head and screw tip, and an interior cavity with an opening at the screw tip. The pressing device also includes a pin partially inserted into the interior cavity. The pin comprises a first pin end inserted into the interior cavity, a pin shaft that is connected to the first pin end, and a second pin end that is connected to the pin shaft and that is exterior to the interior cavity. Applying a force to the second pin end in a direction towards the screw head causes the pin shaft to advance into to interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: XiYuan Yin, Tao Song, Qiuyi Yu, Rui Ma, WeiFeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11679528
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of solid waste recycling and fabricated buildings, and provides a solid waste large-mixing-amount concrete prefabricated laminated slab and a preparation method thereof. The solid waste large-mixing-amount concrete prefabricated laminated slab provided by the present disclosure comprises a prefabricated layer and a laminated layer. Transverse grooves and longitudinal grooves are formed in the surface of the prefabricated layer. During application, the grooves can be used for erecting pipelines, the contact area of the prefabricated layer and the laminated layer can also be increased, the combined effect of new concrete and old concrete is improved, the integrity of a floor slab is enhanced, and the effect of improving the overall stress capacity of the floor slab is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaowei Gu, Xinlong Zhang, Hao Wang, Yuxin Gao, Xiaohui Li, Weifeng Zhang, Zhangmiao Li, Jianping Liu, Qingdong Liu, Baokuan Ning, Peng Liu
  • Patent number: 11674192
    Abstract: A method of making steel by deeply dephosphorization in a hot metal tank and decarburization using semi-steel with nearly zero phosphorus load in a converter includes the following steps: putting an efficient dephosphorization agent into the hot metal tank in advance, and conducting dephosphorization during blast furnace tapping and transportation of blast furnace hot metal by the hot metal tank to obtain semi-steel with [P] less than 0.04 wt. % and [C] greater than or equal to 3.5 wt. %; and removing dephosphorization slag, and pouring the semi-steel into the converter for decarburization to obtain molten steel. The efficient dephosphorization agent includes iron oxide scale, lime, and composite calcium ferrite. According to the method, a phosphorus content of the blast furnace hot metal is reduced to be less than or equal to 0.04 wt. % through the efficient dephosphorization agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: University of Science and Technology Beijing
    Inventors: Yanling Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Weifeng Zhang, Zhonghua Zhan
  • Patent number: 11669443
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for scheduling a computation graph on a processing in memory (PIM) enabled device comprising a memory block assembly. The method comprises allocating a first node of the computation graph on a first memory block of a first array of memory blocks in the memory block assembly and allocating a second node of the computation graph on a second memory block of a second array of memory blocks in the memory block assembly, wherein output data of the first node is used for executing the second node. The memory block assembly can be configured to support data transfer from the first memory block to the second memory block via an internal data coupling in the memory block assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Minxuan Zhou, Guoyang Chen, Weifeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230121123
    Abstract: A method of making steel by deeply dephosphorization in a hot metal tank and decarburization using semi-steel with nearly zero phosphorus load in a converter includes the following steps: putting an efficient dephosphorization agent into the hot metal tank in advance, and conducting dephosphorization during blast furnace tapping and transportation of blast furnace hot metal by the hot metal tank to obtain semi-steel with [P] less than 0.04 wt. % and [C] greater than or equal to 3.5 wt. %; and removing dephosphorization slag, and pouring the semi-steel into the converter for decarburization to obtain molten steel. The efficient dephosphorization agent includes iron oxide scale, lime, and composite calcium ferrite. According to the method, a phosphorus content of the blast furnace hot metal is reduced to be less than or equal to 0.04 wt. % through the efficient dephosphorization agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Yanling ZHANG, Zheng ZHAO, Weifeng ZHANG, Zhonghua ZHAN
  • Publication number: 20230117352
    Abstract: Provided is a red mud-based composite calcium ferrite and a preparation method and use thereof. The preparation method of the red mud-based composite calcium ferrite includes the following steps: mixing red mud and a calcium source, and roasting an obtained mixture in an oxygen-containing atmosphere to obtain the red mud-based composite calcium ferrite; where the calcium source is selected from the group consisting of lime and calcium carbonate. In the present disclosure, the composite calcium ferrite is prepared using a solid waste red mud, with a greatly reduced cost of raw materials; on the other hand, compared with traditional calcium ferrite, the composite calcium ferrite mainly has phase structures of CaFe2O4, Ca2FeAlO5, and Ca2Fe2O5. Therefore, the composite calcium ferrite has a lower melting point, a higher lime dissolution efficiency, and better fluxing and dephosphorization effects during primary smelting and refining of molten steel, and has broad prospects for use in industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Yanling ZHANG, Zheng ZHAO, Weifeng ZHANG, Kan YU, Yao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11576266
    Abstract: A method of forming solder paste on an object is provided. The method includes providing a multilayered stencil, each stencil layer having an aperture formed therethrough from a top surface of the respective stencil layer to a bottom surface of the stencil layer. The method also includes applying the stencil to a surface of the object. The method also includes filling a void space formed by a combination of the apertures in the stencil layers with solder paste. The method also includes removing the stencil layers in a sequential manner to leave the solder paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jia Yu Zheng, WeiFeng Zhang, YanLong Hou, Guo Wei, Zhipeng Wang, Miao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11556756
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for scheduling a computation graph on heterogeneous computing resources. The method comprises generating an augmented computation graph that includes a first set of replica nodes corresponding to a first node in the computation graph and a second set of replica nodes corresponding to a second node in the computation graph, wherein the replica nodes of the first set are connected by edges to the replica nodes of the second set according to dependency between the first node and the second node in the computation graph, adapting the augmented computation graph to include performance values for the edges, the replica nodes of the first set, and the replica nodes of the second set, and determining a path across the adapted computation graph via one replica node of the first set and one replica node of the second set based on the performance values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventor: Weifeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11537692
    Abstract: A personal identification apparatus includes a recording unit that records in advance feature information concerning an activity of at least one of a first person (person A) and a second person (person B or C) when the first person and the second person are together; an information acquiring unit that acquires identification information for identifying the other person; and an identification processing unit that identifies the other person as the second person, based on matching between the identification information and the feature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisumi Esaki, Kota Saito, Seungho Choi, Yoshikazu Matsuo, Naoki Kikuchi, Weifeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220383095
    Abstract: In a method for improving converter and compiler operator granularity, a processor extracts an operator granularity from an artificial intelligence framework and an original model. A processor receives device characteristics from a target device. A processor outputs a converter granularity level to a converter based on the operator granularity and the device characteristics. A processor outputs a compiler granularity level to a compiler based on the operator granularity and the device characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Li Cao, Zhan Peng Huo, WeiFeng Zhang, Wei Cui, Fei Fei Li, Ren Jie Feng, Han Su, Zhong Hao Wang