Patents by Inventor XiaoPing Weng
XiaoPing Weng 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).
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Patent number: 9547031Abstract: Embodiments of a capacitive sensor array may comprise a plurality of large sensor electrodes and, for each of the large sensor electrodes, a first plurality of small sensor electrodes each capacitively coupled with the large sensor electrode, and each conductively coupled by one of a first set of routing traces to one of a first set of conductors located in a first edge region, and a second plurality of small sensor electrodes capacitively coupled with the large sensor electrode and conductively coupled by a second set of routing traces to a second set of conductors in a second edge region. The first set of routing traces is located in a first routing channel and the second set of routing traces is located in a second routing channel, where the first and second routing channels are located along different sides of the large sensor electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignee: PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng, Benjamin Avery
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Patent number: 9529485Abstract: One embodiment of a capacitive sensor array comprises a plurality of row sensor elements including a first row sensor element, a plurality of column sensor elements including a first column sensor element, and a plurality of unit cells, wherein a first unit cell contains an intersection between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element, and wherein a ratio between 1) a boundary length between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element within the first unit cell and 2) a perimeter of the first unit cell is greater than ?{square root over (2)}/2.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Creator Technology B.V.Inventors: Tao Peng, Xiaoping Weng, Dangdang Shao, Yingzhu(Eileen) Deng
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Publication number: 20160291728Abstract: One embodiment of a capacitive sensor array comprises a plurality of row sensor elements including a first row sensor element, a plurality of column sensor elements including a first column sensor element, and a plurality of unit cells, wherein a first unit cell contains an intersection between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element, and wherein a ratio between 1) a boundary length between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element within the first unit cell and 2) a perimeter of the first unit cell is greater than ?{square root over (2)}/2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Tao Peng, Xiaoping Weng, Dangdang Shao, Yingzhu(Eileen) Deng
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Patent number: 9405408Abstract: One embodiment of a capacitive sensor array comprises a plurality of row sensor elements including a first row sensor element, a plurality of column sensor elements including a first column sensor element, and a plurality of unit cells, wherein a first unit cell contains an intersection between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element, and wherein a ratio between 1) a boundary length between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element within the first unit cell and 2) a perimeter of the first unit cell is greater than ?{square root over (2)}/2.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2011Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: Creator Technology B.V.Inventors: Tao Peng, XiaoPing Weng, DangDang Shao, Yingzhu Deng
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Publication number: 20150008941Abstract: Embodiments of a capacitive sensor array may comprise a plurality of large sensor electrodes and, for each of the large sensor electrodes, a first plurality of small sensor electrodes each capacitively coupled with the large sensor electrode, and each conductively coupled by one of a first set of routing traces to one of a first set of conductors located in a first edge region, and a second plurality of small sensor electrodes capacitively coupled with the large sensor electrode and conductively coupled by a second set of routing traces to a second set of conductors in a second edge region. The first set of routing traces is located in a first routing channel and the second set of routing traces is located in a second routing channel, where the first and second routing channels are located along different sides of the large sensor electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng, Benjamin Avery
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Patent number: 8754662Abstract: Embodiments of a capacitive sensor array may comprise a large sensor electrode and a plurality of small sensor electrodes, including a first small sensor electrode, a second small sensor electrode, and a third small sensor electrode. The large sensor electrode and the plurality of small sensor electrodes may be formed from a single layer of conductive material. The first small sensor electrode may be located on the same lateral side of the large sensor electrode as the second small sensor electrode, may be consecutive with the second small sensor electrode in a spatial order of the small sensor electrodes along a longitudinal axis of the large sensor electrode, and may be located on an opposite lateral side of the large sensor electrode from the third small sensor electrode. For each small sensor electrode of the plurality of small sensor electrodes, at least a portion of the small sensor electrode may be located between two interior points of the large sensor electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng, Benjamin Avery
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Patent number: 8436627Abstract: A capacitive sensor array may include a first sensor element of a first plurality of sensor elements, and a second sensor element. The second sensor element may include a plurality of subelements, where each of the plurality of subelements is connected to at least another of the plurality of subelements by one of a plurality of connecting traces. A width of each of the connecting traces may be less than a width of any of the plurality of subelements. Connecting traces in a subset of the plurality of connecting traces may be staggered about a central axis of the second sensor element.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Tao Peng, Gregory J. Landry, Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng
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Patent number: 8410795Abstract: A capacitive sensor array may include a first sensor element of a first plurality of sensor elements, and a second sensor element. The second sensor element may include a plurality of subelements, where each of the plurality of subelements is connected to at least another of the plurality of subelements by one of a plurality of connecting traces. A width of each of the connecting traces may be less than a width of any of the plurality of subelements. Connecting traces in a subset of the plurality of connecting traces may be staggered about a central axis of the second sensor element.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Tao Peng, Gregory J. Landry, Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng
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Publication number: 20120044193Abstract: One embodiment of a capacitive sensor array comprises a plurality of row sensor elements including a first row sensor element, a plurality of column sensor elements including a first column sensor element, and a plurality of unit cells, wherein a first unit cell contains an intersection between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element, and wherein a ratio between 1) a boundary length between the first row sensor element and the first column sensor element within the first unit cell and 2) a perimeter of the first unit cell is greater than ?{square root over (2)}/2.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor CorporationInventors: Tao Peng, XiaoPing Weng, DangDang Shao, Yingzhu Deng