Patents Assigned to Gowin Semiconductor Corporation, Ltd
  • Patent number: 11899608
    Abstract: A method and/or process of interface bridging device for providing a C physical layer (“C-PHY”) input output interface via a field programmable gate arrays (“FPGA”) is disclosed. The process, in one aspect, is capable of coupling a first wire of data lane 0 to a first terminal of first IO serializer of FPGA for receiving first data from a D-PHY transmitter of a first device and coupling a second wire of the data lane 0 to a second terminal of the first IO serializer of FPGA for receiving second data from the D-PHY transmitter. Upon activating a first scalable low-voltage signal to generate a first value on P channel and a second value on N channel in response to the first data and the second data, a first signal on first wire of trio 0 for a C-PHY output is generated based on the first value on the P channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation Ltd.
    Inventor: Grant Thomas Jennings
  • Patent number: 11901895
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (“IC”) module includes a substrate, multiple field-programmable gate array (“FPGA”) dies, and pads capable of being selectively configured to perform one or more user defined logic functions. The substrate is configured to house multiple FPGA dies side-by-side in an array formation facilitating transmission of signals between the FPGA dies or chips. The FPGA dies are placed on the substrate functioning as a single FPGA device. The periphery dies of the FPGA dies are configured for external connectivity and the interior dies which are interconnected to perform user defined logic functions. The pads, in one aspect, coupling to the FPGA dies, are configured to provide connections between at least some of the FPGA dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Grant Thomas Jennings, Jinghui Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230014412
    Abstract: A programmable semiconductor system includes a programmable integrated circuit (“PIC”) and storage capable of facilitating a multi-boot with backup default configuration (“MBC”) process. The PIC, in one embodiment, includes a dual-mode port (“DMP”), configurable logic blocks (“LBs”), routing connections, and a configuration memory for providing configuration data to facilitate user-defined logic functions. The DMP, in one aspect, is operable to handle the configuration data during a configuration mode. Alternatively, the DMP is operable to handle the user data during a logic operation mode. In one aspect, the user configuration data contains the address of the second memory containing DCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinghui Zhu, Diwakar Chopperla
  • Publication number: 20220294451
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (“IC”) module includes a substrate, multiple field-programmable gate array (“FPGA”) dies, and pads capable of being selectively configured to perform one or more user defined logic functions. The substrate is configured to house multiple FPGA dies side-by-side in an array formation facilitating transmission of signals between the FPGA dies or chips. The FPGA dies are placed on the substrate functioning as a single FPGA device. The periphery dies of the FPGA dies are configured for external connectivity and the interior dies which are interconnected to perform user defined logic functions. The pads, in one aspect, coupling to the FPGA dies, are configured to provide connections between at least some of the FPGA dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Grant Thomas Jennings, Jinghui Zhu
  • Patent number: 11385709
    Abstract: A programmable semiconductor integrated circuit fabricated on a single microchip device capable of being selectively programmed to perform one or more logic functions provides a sleep mode using an intermittent power saving logic. The circuit includes configurable logic blocks (“LB”), memory, switch, and sleep controller. While LB can enter a power saving sleep mode (“PSSM”) in accordance with its power supply, the memory stores the configuration information for the LB. The switch is configured to manage the LB power supply based on a configurable sleep signal for facilitating the PSSM. The sleep controller facilitates generation of the configurable sleep signal in response to the signal from a power saving output port associated with the LB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: GOWIN SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jinghui Zhu
  • Patent number: 11368156
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (“IC”) module includes a substrate, multiple field-programmable gate array (“FPGA”) dies, and pads capable of being selectively configured to perform one or more user defined logic functions. The substrate is configured to house multiple FPGA dies side-by-side in an array formation facilitating transmission of signals between the FPGA dies or chips. The FPGA dies are placed on the substrate functioning as a single FPGA device. The periphery dies of the FPGA dies are configured for external connectivity and the interior dies which are interconnected to perform user defined logic functions. The pads, in one aspect, coupling to the FPGA dies, are configured to provide connections between at least some of the FPGA dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Grant Thomas Jennings, Jinghui Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210232209
    Abstract: A programmable semiconductor integrated circuit fabricated on a single microchip device capable of being selectively programmed to perform one or more logic functions provides a sleep mode using an intermittent power saving logic. The circuit includes configurable logic blocks (“LB”), memory, switch, and sleep controller. While LB can enter a power saving sleep mode (“PSSM”) in accordance with its power supply, the memory stores the configuration information for the LB. The switch is configured to manage the LB power supply based on a configurable sleep signal for facilitating the PSSM. The sleep controller facilitates generation of the configurable sleep signal in response to the signal from a power saving output port associated with the LB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jinghui Zhu
  • Patent number: 10997088
    Abstract: A secrecy system and a decryption method of on-chip data stream of nonvolatile FPGA are provided in the present invention. The nonvolatile memory module of the system is configured to only allow the full erase operation. After the full erase operation is finished, the nonvolatile memory module gets into the initial state. Only the operation to the nonvolatile memory module under the initial state is effective, and thereby the encryption region unit is arranged in the nonvolatile memory module. Only the decryption data written into the encryption region unit under the initial state can make the nonvolatile memory module to be readable, so that the decryption of the system is finished, which greatly improves the secrecy precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: San-Ta Kow, Jinghui Zhu, Diwakar Chopperla
  • Patent number: 10990556
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a programmable logic device with on-chip user non-volatile memory, comprising: a programmable logic array, which is a user programmable logic array and comprises a SRAM array and a logic block array with an interface; the SRAM array is used to store configuration data to control the logic block array in real time, therefore, the logic block can be formed to perform the function a user desires; a non-volatile memory block, comprising one or more segments storing configuration data and one or more segments storing user data which is used during FPGA's normal operation after configuration; the non-volatile memory block has only one interface, and the non-volatile memory block connects to a programming controller through the interface; a programming controller, which can randomly access the non-volatile memory through a data bus, an address bus, and corresponding control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinghui Zhu, San-Ta Kow
  • Patent number: 10003339
    Abstract: A GPIO interface circuit compatible with output of MIPI signals, comprises a first CMOS signal output module (10), an LVDS signal output module (30), a second CMOS signal output module (20). When an MIPI output enable input of the LVDS signal output module (30) is enabled and output enable inputs of the first and second CMOS signal output modules (10, 20) are both disabled, a first and second pull-down modules (40, 50) are in active state accordingly, and the LVDS signal output module (30) outputs a current signal to the first or second pull-down module (40, 50) to ensure voltage of the first or second signal output be a preset voltage, which can achieve MIPI HS Mode output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: GUANGDONG GOWIN SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jinghui Zhu, Bin Gao, Chienkuang Chen
  • Publication number: 20180011803
    Abstract: A secrecy system and a decryption method of on-chip data stream of nonvolatile FPGA are provided in the present invention. The nonvolatile memory module of the system is configured to only allow the full erase operation. After the full erase operation is finished, the nonvolatile memory module gets into the initial state. Only the operation to the nonvolatile memory module under the initial state is effective, and thereby the encryption region unit is arranged in the nonvolatile memory module. Only the decryption data written into the encryption region unit under the initial state can make the nonvolatile memory module to be readable, so that the decryption of the system is finished, which greatly improves the secrecy precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Gowin Semiconductor Corporation, Ltd
    Inventors: San-Ta Kow, Jinghui Zhu, Diwakar Chopperla