Patents by Inventor Yingzhu Deng

Yingzhu Deng 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: 9547031
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: PARADE TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng, Benjamin Avery
  • Patent number: 9405408
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Creator Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Tao Peng, XiaoPing Weng, DangDang Shao, Yingzhu Deng
  • Publication number: 20150008941
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng, Benjamin Avery
  • Patent number: 8754662
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng, Benjamin Avery
  • Patent number: 8436627
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Peng, Gregory J. Landry, Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng
  • Patent number: 8410795
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Peng, Gregory J. Landry, Xiaoping Weng, Yingzhu Deng
  • Publication number: 20120044193
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Peng, XiaoPing Weng, DangDang Shao, Yingzhu Deng