Patents by Inventor Yen-Chung T. Chen

Yen-Chung T. Chen 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: 11742295
    Abstract: An interface of integrated circuit (IC) die includes a plurality of the contact elements formed as a contact element pattern corresponding to a parallel bus. The contact elements are arranged in an array of rows and columns and divided into a transmitting group and a receiving group. The contact elements of the transmitting group have a first contact element sequence and the contact elements of the receiving group have a second contact element sequence, the first contact element sequence is identical to the second contact element sequence. The contact elements with the first contact element sequence and the second contact element sequence are matched when the contact element pattern is geometrically rotated by 180° with respect to a row direction and a column direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Hao Wang, Ting-Chin Cho, Igor Elkanovich, Amnon Parnass, Chia-Hsiang Chang, Tsai-Ming Yang, Yen-Chung T. Chen, Ting-Hsu Chien, Yuan-Hung Lin, Chao-Ching Huang, Li-Ya Tseng, Pei Yu, Jia-Liang Chen, Yen-Wei Chen, Chung-Kai Wang, Chun-Hsu Chen, Yu-Ju Chang, Li-Hua Lin, Zanyu Yang
  • Publication number: 20220208684
    Abstract: An interface of integrated circuit (IC) die includes a plurality of the contact elements formed as a contact element pattern corresponding to a parallel bus. The contact elements are arranged in an array of rows and columns and divided into a transmitting group and a receiving group. The contact elements of the transmitting group have a first contact element sequence and the contact elements of the receiving group have a second contact element sequence, the first contact element sequence is identical to the second contact element sequence. The contact elements with the first contact element sequence and the second contact element sequence are matched when the contact element pattern is geometrically rotated by 180° with respect to a row direction and a column direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Hao Wang, Ting-Chin Cho, Igor Elkanovich, Amnon Parnass, Chia-Hsiang Chang, Tsai-Ming Yang, Yen-Chung T. Chen, Ting-Hsu Chien, Yuan-Hung Lin, Chao-Ching Huang, Li-Ya Tseng, Pei Yu, Jia-Liang Chen, Yen-Wei Chen, Chung-Kai Wang, Chun-Hsu Chen, Yu-Ju Chang, Li-Hua Lin, Zanyu Yang
  • Patent number: 11336427
    Abstract: A circuit of communication interface between dies is provided. The circuit includes a first interface of the first die having a serializer to serialize an input data of N bits a serialized data for transmitting out and a second interface of the second die having a de-serializer to receive and deserialize the serialized data into a de-serialized data. In addition, an interconnection structure connected between the first die and the second die to connect the serializer and the de-serializer, wherein the interconnection structure is an interposer or a redistribution layer of a semiconductor structure to form a parallel bus for transmitting the serialized data in one line of the parallel bus between the first die and the second die. A clock generator provides a first clock to a first ripple counter of the serializer and a second clock to a second ripple counter of the de-serializer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Elkanovich, Yen-Chung T. Chen, Chia-Hsiang Chang, Ting-Hsu Chien, Tsai-Ming Yang, Wei-An Liang, Amnon Parnass
  • Patent number: 11169561
    Abstract: A clock data recovery device includes a phase detector circuitry, a signal control circuitry, and interpolators. The phase detector is configured to detect a phase of an input signal, according to first clock signals, to generate first control signals, and phases of the first clock signals are different to each other. The signal control circuitry is configured to rearrange the first control signals to output as second control signals. The phase interpolators are configured to output second clock signals and alternatively adjust the phases of the second clock signals according to the second control signals to generate an output clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting-Hsu Chien, Yen-Chung T. Chen, Tsai-Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 10965284
    Abstract: A voltage mode signal transceiving device and a voltage mode signal transmitter thereof are provided. The voltage mode signal transmitter includes a driver, an output resistor, and a compensation capacitor. The driver provides a transmitting signal to an output end, where the output end is coupled to a receiver. The output resistor is connected in series to a coupling path between the driver and the receiver. The compensation capacitor and the output resistor are coupled in parallel. A capacitance value of the compensation capacitor is essentially equal to a capacitance value of an equivalent capacitor on an input end of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Hsu Chien, Yen-Chung T. Chen, Wen-Lung Tu
  • Publication number: 20210026396
    Abstract: A clock data recovery device includes a phase detector circuitry, a signal control circuitry, and interpolators. The phase detector is configured to detect a phase of an input signal, according to first clock signals, to generate first control signals, and phases of the first clock signals are different to each other. The signal control circuitry is configured to rearrange the first control signals to output as second control signals. The phase interpolators are configured to output second clock signals and alternatively adjust the phases of the second clock signals according to the second control signals to generate an output clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Ting-Hsu CHIEN, Yen-Chung T. CHEN, Tsai-Ming YANG
  • Patent number: 10892794
    Abstract: A multi-channel transmission device is provided. The multi-channel transmission device includes a clock generator and a plurality of transmitters. The clock generator generates input clocks. The transmitters operate based on spread spectrum clocks respectively. Each of the transmitters comprises a phase rotator. The phase rotator provides a selection signal and an interpolation signal of multiple bits. The phase rotator selects two of the input clocks as a first selected input clock and a second selected input clock according to the selection signal, and generate a spread spectrum clock according to the interpolation signal, the first selected input clock and the second selected input clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Chung T. Chen, Chia-Hsiang Chang, Wen-Lung Tu
  • Patent number: 10819315
    Abstract: A voltage mode signal transmitter includes a front-end signal processor and a signal transformer. The front-end signal processor receives a first and second data signal, and delays and inverts the data signals to generate a third and fourth data signal. The front-end signal processor selects two of the first data signal to the fourth data signal to generate a plurality of signal pairs according to a first control signal. The signal transformer selects one data signal of each of the signal pairs to generate input voltages according to a second control signal, and generates an output voltage according to the input voltages. A working frequency of the first control signal is lower than a working frequency of the second control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Hsu Chien, Yen-Chung T. Chen, Cho-Ru Yang
  • Patent number: 7579876
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide multi-use input/output (I/O) pads for an integrated circuit. For example in accordance with an embodiment, the multi-use pads may be shared to support different integrated circuit functions via the pads, such as selectively for high-speed signaling or general I/O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Scintera Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Chung T. Chen, Hamid Reza Rategh
  • Patent number: 7242255
    Abstract: An apparatus that minimizes phase error and jitter in a phase-locked loop. The apparatus includes a phase/frequency detector, a charge pump, a loop filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator, and a frequency divider, which are coupled together to form a phase-locked loop. The charge pump within the phase-locked loop contains a pull-up network and a pull-down network which are coupled to each other, and a current compensation device. If the pull-up network and the pull-down network are both conducting, the current compensation device adjusts currents flowing through the pull-up network and through the pull-down network such that the currents are substantially equal. This ensures that very little current flows into the loop filter, thereby substantially minimizing a build-up of charge on a capacitor in the loop filter, which can cause phase error and jitter in the phase-locked loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Chung T. Chen, Kailashnath Nagarakanti, Sung-Hun Oh
  • Patent number: 6995612
    Abstract: A current mirror that compensates for the effects of gate current leakage related to quantum mechanical tunneling of electrons. An embodiment of the current mirror of the present invention comprises a first reference current leg, first and second current mirror legs and a load leg. Current compensation devices are operable to provide current compensation components to offset the effects of gate current leakage. In one embodiment of the invention the current compensation components comprise P-type CMOS transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    Inventor: Yen-Chung T. Chen