Patents by Inventor Zhenqi Chen

Zhenqi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240171193
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a successive approximation method of three-state quantization and a successive approximation analog-to-digital converter circuit. The method includes for a first successive approximation of the arbitrary analog input signal between 0 and 1, comparing it with a quantization line 1/2; performing a second successive approximation according to a state of the first successive approximation; and by analogy up to a Nth successive approximation, in case that a certain successive approximation is the state three during the comparison process, ending the approximation, indicating that the interval where the signal is located has been found.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Guo, Zhenqi Chen, Run Chen, Yonggang Chen
  • Patent number: 11944197
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a table (100). The table (100) has a table top (102), a plurality of legs (104) connectable to the table top (102), and an air purifier (106) adapted to be placed below the table top (102). A bottom side of the table top (102) is provided with at least one groove (112) extending in a circumferential direction for preventing liquid from traveling from an outer edge of the table top (102) along the bottom side of the table top (102) and reaching an inner section of the air purifier (106). The disclosure also relates to a method for purifying air using a table (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: INTER IKEA SYSTEMS B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Larsson, David Wahl, Henrik Telander, Bofeng Peng, Derong Jian, Tao Wang, Zhongtao Luo, Zhisuo Chen, Dianqiu Zhang, Xiaoming Lian, Zhenqi Yan, Youxiong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11327912
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving bus latency are described. A data communication method includes receiving a trigger actuation command from a bus master coupled to the serial bus, determining that a sequence is being executed in the slave device, and providing a trigger actuation signal corresponding to the trigger actuation command when execution of the sequence has been completed. A sequence initiation command may be received before the trigger actuation command, and the sequence may be initiated in response to the sequence initiation command. The trigger actuation command may be queued in a first queue, the sequence initiation command in may be queued in a second queue. Trigger actuation commands in the first queue may be associated with sequence initiation commands in the second queue. The sequence may be initiated in response to a sequence initiation command associated with the trigger actuation command corresponding to the trigger actuation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Reza Rodd, Scott Davenport, Umesh Srikantiah, ZhenQi Chen
  • Patent number: 11243902
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving bus latency and reducing bus congestion are described. A data communication apparatus has a first interface circuit configured to couple the data communication apparatus to a primary serial bus, a second interface circuit configured to couple the data communication apparatus to a plurality of secondary serial buses, and a sequencer configured to respond to a first command received from the primary serial bus by initiating execution of a preconfigured sequence that causes a sequence of commands to be transmitted through the second interface circuit. The sequence of commands may be configured or selected to access registers in at least one device that is coupled to one of the secondary serial buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Reza Rodd, Scott Davenport, Umesh Srikantiah, ZhenQi Chen
  • Publication number: 20210081340
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving bus latency are described. A data communication method includes receiving a trigger actuation command from a bus master coupled to the serial bus, determining that a sequence is being executed in the slave device, and providing a trigger actuation signal corresponding to the trigger actuation command when execution of the sequence has been completed. A sequence initiation command may be received before the trigger actuation command, and the sequence may be initiated in response to the sequence initiation command. The trigger actuation command may be queued in a first queue, the sequence initiation command in may be queued in a second queue. Trigger actuation commands in the first queue may be associated with sequence initiation commands in the second queue. The sequence may be initiated in response to a sequence initiation command associated with the trigger actuation command corresponding to the trigger actuation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Reza RODD, Scott DAVENPORT, Umesh SRIKANTIAH, ZhenQi CHEN
  • Publication number: 20210081348
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving bus latency and reducing bus congestion are described. A data communication apparatus has a first interface circuit configured to couple the data communication apparatus to a primary serial bus, a second interface circuit configured to couple the data communication apparatus to a plurality of secondary serial buses, and a sequencer configured to respond to a first command received from the primary serial bus by initiating execution of a preconfigured sequence that causes a sequence of commands to be transmitted through the second interface circuit. The sequence of commands may be configured or selected to access registers in at least one device that is coupled to one of the secondary serial buses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Reza RODD, Scott DAVENPORT, Umesh SRIKANTIAH, ZhenQi CHEN
  • Patent number: 10705557
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for internal on-chip clock calibration for devices coupled to a serial bus are described. A data line of the bus is monitored at a device in order to detect select command signals on the data line, where the select command signals have an accompanying clock signal, such as a burst clock, on a clock line of the serial bus sent concurrently with the command signal. The internal on-chip clock generator in the receiving device utilizes the clock signal occurring with the command signal for calibration, where the select signals are those signals sufficiently long enough for a receiving device to effectively utilize the concurrent clock signal for calibration purposes. In this manner, clock calibration for an internal clock is maintained accurately without the need for an extra clock calibration input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: ZhenQi Chen, Jianguo Yao, Scott Davenport, Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Reza Mohammadpourrad
  • Publication number: 20200133910
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for improving bus latency are described. A data communication apparatus has an interface circuit adapted to couple the apparatus to a first serial bus, a clock source configured to provide a clock signal and a trigger handler. The interface circuit may be configured to receive trigger configuration information in a first transaction conducted over a serial bus, and receive a trigger actuation command from a bus master coupled to the serial bus. The trigger handler may be configured to delay a trigger actuation signal for a delay duration defined by the trigger configuration information, and provide the trigger actuation signal after the delay duration has expired. The trigger actuation signal may be generated in response to the trigger actuation command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Reza RODD, Scott DAVENPORT, Umesh SRIKANTIAH, ZhenQi CHEN
  • Patent number: 10614009
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for data communication are provided. A method performed by a bus master includes terminating transmission of a first datagram by signaling a first bus park cycle on a serial bus, causing a driver to enter a high-impedance state, opening an interrupt window by providing a first edge in a clock signal transmitted on a second line of the serial bus, closing the interrupt window by providing a second edge in the clock signal, signaling a second bus park cycle on the serial bus, initiating an arbitration process when an interrupt was received on the first line of the serial bus while the interrupt window was open, and initiating a transmission of a second datagram when an interrupt was not received on the first line of the serial bus while the interrupt window was open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lalan Jee Mishra, Richard Dominic Wietfeldt, Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Wolfgang Roethig, Christopher Kong Yee Chun, ZhenQi Chen, Scott Davenport, Chiew-Guan Tan, Wilson Chen, Umesh Srikantiah
  • Patent number: 10496568
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for functionally extending a capability of a write datagram for RFFE and SPMI devices are provided. A sending device sets a configuration register to indicate an operation mode of a write command and generates a command code field in the write command. A most significant bit of the command code field has a value of 1 and remaining bits of the command code field are defined based on the operation mode. The sending device further includes payload bytes in a payload field of the write command based on the operation mode and sends the write command to a receiver via a bus interface. The sending device may also set a page-address register to include a page-address to be used if page segmented access (PSA) is enabled for the write command and set the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lalan Jee Mishra, Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Richard Dominic Wietfeldt, ZhenQi Chen
  • Patent number: 10491172
    Abstract: A circuit including a radio frequency (RF) amplifier including a transistor configured to receive an RF signal at its control terminal, a capacitor coupled to a first terminal of the transistor, an inductor coupled to a second terminal of the transistor, wherein the capacitor and inductor form a loop from the first terminal to the second terminal, wherein the loop bypasses a parasitic inductance between the second terminal and ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tianzuo Xi, Haichuan Kang, ZhenQi Chen, Zhenying Luo, Xiangdong Zhang, Xinwei Wang, Yanjie Sun, Yan Kit Gary Hau, Jing-Hwa Chen
  • Publication number: 20190346876
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for sharing a serial bus interface among devices having different operating speeds are described. A sequence of commands on a data line of the serial bus are generated including a start condition signal and a device identifier signal where the identifier signal is part of a command frame in the sequence of commands. The sequence of commands is transmitted on the data line concurrent with the transmission of a clock signal on a clock line of the serial bus during the duration of the device identifier signal. The frequency of the clock signal is set at a first clock frequency for the duration of the device identifier signal where the first clock frequency is a frequency supported among all devices coupled to the serial bus, allowing all devices to decode an initial sequence, whether the devices are configured for higher frequency operation or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: ZhenQi CHEN, Scott DAVENPORT, Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Lalan Jee MISHRA, Wolfgang ROETHIG
  • Publication number: 20190302830
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for internal on-chip clock calibration for devices coupled to a serial bus are described. A data line of the bus is monitored at a device in order to detect select command signals on the data line, where the select command signals have an accompanying clock signal, such as a burst clock, on a clock line of the serial bus sent concurrently with the command signal. The internal on-chip clock generator in the receiving device utilizes the clock signal occurring with the command signal for calibration, where the select signals are those signals sufficiently long enough for a receiving device to effectively utilize the concurrent clock signal for calibration purposes. In this manner, clock calibration for an internal clock is maintained accurately without the need for an extra clock calibration input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: ZhenQi CHEN, Jianguo YAO, Scott DAVENPORT, Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Reza MOHAMMADPOURRAD
  • Publication number: 20190286587
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for data communication are provided. A method performed by a bus master includes terminating transmission of a first datagram by signaling a first bus park cycle on a serial bus, causing a driver to enter a high-impedance state, opening an interrupt window by providing a first edge in a clock signal transmitted on a second line of the serial bus, closing the interrupt window by providing a second edge in the clock signal, signaling a second bus park cycle on the serial bus, initiating an arbitration process when an interrupt was received on the first line of the serial bus while the interrupt window was open, and initiating a transmission of a second datagram when an interrupt was not received on the first line of the serial bus while the interrupt window was open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Lalan Jee MISHRA, Richard Dominic WIETFELDT, Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Wolfgang ROETHIG, Christopher Kong Yee CHUN, ZhenQi CHEN, Scott DAVENPORT, Chiew-Guan TAN, Wilson CHEN, Umesh SRIKANTIAH
  • Patent number: 10381988
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for operating a power amplifier. In one example, the apparatus includes a power amplifier configured to amplify an input signal having a frequency to produce a radio frequency (RF) output signal at an output and a harmonic tuning circuit coupled between a power supply and the power amplifier output, the harmonic tuning circuit configured to reduce a current or voltage provided to the power amplifier via a resonance at one or more harmonics of the frequency of the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Yanjie Sun, Jing-Hwa Chen, Zhenying Luo, Yan Kit Gary Hau, Jisun Ryu, Ashwin Duggal, Kihun Chang, ZhenQi Chen, Xinwei Wang, Xiangdong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190163649
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for functionally extending a capability of a write datagram for RFFE and SPMI devices are provided. A sending device sets a configuration register to indicate an operation mode of a write command and generates a command code field in the write command. A most significant bit of the command code field has a value of 1 and remaining bits of the command code field are defined based on the operation mode. The sending device further includes payload bytes in a payload field of the write command based on the operation mode and sends the write command to a receiver via a bus interface. The sending device may also set a page-address register to include a page-address to be used if page segmented access (PSA) is enabled for the write command and set the configuration register to indicate whether the PSA for the write command is enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Lalan Jee MISHRA, Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Richard Dominic WIETFELDT, ZhenQi CHEN
  • Publication number: 20190089314
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for operating a power amplifier. In one example, the apparatus includes a power amplifier configured to amplify an input signal having a frequency to produce a radio frequency (RF) output signal at an output and a harmonic tuning circuit coupled between a power supply and the power amplifier output, the harmonic tuning circuit configured to reduce a current or voltage provided to the power amplifier via a resonance at one or more harmonics of the frequency of the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yanjie SUN, Jing-Hwa CHEN, Zhenying LUO, Yan Kit Gary HAU, Jisun RYU, Ashwin DUGGAL, Kihun CHANG, ZhenQi CHEN, Xinwei WANG, Xiangdong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20180287835
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for managing digital communication interfaces coupled to data communication links are disclosed. In one example, the digital communication interfaces provide methods, protocols and techniques that may be used to provide a common slew rate for signals transmitted on a communication link that may be operated at multiple different voltage ranges. A method may include determining a first voltage range defined for transmitting signals over the communication link when the over the communication link is operated in a first mode of operation, configuring a line driver to operate within the first voltage range with a common slew rate that applies to each of a plurality of modes of operation, and transmitting first data over the communication link in one or more signals that switch within the first voltage range with the common slew rate. Each mode of operation may define a different voltage range for transmitting signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Lalan Jee MISHRA, Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Chiew-Guan TAN, ZhenQi CHEN, Wilson Jianbo CHEN, Richard Dominic WIETFELDT
  • Patent number: 10019406
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described that facilitate data communication between a first slave device and a second slave device across a serial bus interface. In one configuration, a master device receives, from a first slave device, a request to send a masked-write datagram to a second slave device via a bus, wherein the masked-write datagram is addressed to a radio frequency front end (RFFE) register of the second slave device. The masked-write datagram includes a mask field identifying at least one bit to be changed in the RFFE register and a data field providing a value of the at least one bit to be changed in the RFFE register. The master device detects whether the first slave device is authorized to send the masked-write datagram to the second slave device and permits the first slave device to send the masked-write datagram to the second slave device if authorization is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lalan Jee Mishra, Richard Dominic Wietfeldt, Helena Deirdre O'Shea, ZhenQi Chen, Wolfgang Roethig
  • Publication number: 20180113834
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described that facilitate data communication across a serial bus. In one configuration, a transmitter configures a plurality of devices by assigning one or more trigger registers to each device of the plurality of devices and sends to each device a trigger register assignment command indicating a trigger register assigned to a device and identifying a trigger corresponding to the device. The transmitter then addresses a packet to an assigned trigger register and generates a bit-index field in the packet. Bits in the bit-index field respectively represent triggers corresponding to devices associated with the assigned trigger register, wherein each bit indicates whether one or more corresponding devices are enabled for operation. The transmitter then sends the packet to the plurality of devices via the serial bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Ryan Scott Castro SPRING, Satheesha RANGEGOWDA, ZhenQi CHEN, Lalan Jee MISHRA, Richard Dominic Wietfeldt, Kevin Hsi Huai WANG