Patents Assigned to Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
  • Patent number: 9041673
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of controlling a noise processing circuit of a touch panel and a related noise signal processing apparatus. At first, the present invention detects whether the touch panel is interfered with by noise. Then, according to whether the noise interferes with the touch panel, the noise processing circuit is controlled to be activated or not activated. Therefore, the noise processing circuit can be turned off if it is unnecessary, thereby to reduce the workload due to the noise processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Hsu-Ming Chuang, Shih-Tzung Chou
  • Patent number: 9007324
    Abstract: An touch input electronic device includes: a touch input device; a clock generation circuit, generating a first clock and a second clock; a touch sensing circuit, coupled to the touch input device, the touch sensing circuit operated under the first clock; a logic circuit, receiving a sensing output signal from the touch sensing circuit, the logic circuit operated under the second clock; and a conversion circuit, outputting an output voltage under control of the logic circuit, the output voltage coupled to the touch sensing circuit, the conversion circuit operated under the second clock. In response to the sensing output signal from the touch sensing circuit, the logic circuit controls the conversion circuit to adjust the output voltage to detect a capacitance variance of the touch input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Kuang, Shih-Tzung Chou
  • Patent number: 8969869
    Abstract: An integrated circuit wafer and integrated circuit dice are provided. The integrated circuit wafer includes a wafer substrate, a plurality of integrated circuits, a plurality of test-keys, an isolation film, and a plurality of ditches. The integrated circuits are disposed on the wafer substrate in matrix. The test-keys are respectively disposed between the adjacent integrated circuits. The isolation film covers at least one side of the integrated circuits on the wafer substrate. The ditches extend downwardly from the surface of the isolation film and are disposed between the integrated circuit and the adjacent test-key. The integrated circuit die includes a wafer substrate, an integrated circuit disposed on the wafer substrate, and an isolation film covering at least one side of the integrated circuit on the wafer substrate, wherein the side walls of the wafer substrate and the isolation film are respectively smooth walls. The side wall of the wafer substrate is substantially vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Yao-Sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 8917029
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) driver is provided. The LED driver, providing a drive voltage for driving an LED circuit according to an input voltage, includes a current regulator, a dimming signal generator, and a boost converter. In response to a pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming signal, the current regulator enables the LED circuit in a first PWM period and disables the LED circuit outside the first PWM period. The dimming generator generates a prolonged PWM dimming signal according to the PWM dimming signal. The prolonged PWM dimming signal has a prolonged period, a length of which is associated with a level of an input voltage. In response to the prolonged PWM dimming signal, the boost converter is enabled in a second PWM period and maintains a level of the drive voltage according to the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chu, Yu-Nan Yen
  • Patent number: 8917028
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes a plurality of light-emitting units, a plurality of switches, and a voltage generating module. The light-emitting units are coupled with each other in series and are driven with an input voltage varying according to a frequency. Each switch has a preset voltage and an activation voltage and includes a light-emitting end, a control end, and a setting end. The light-emitting ends are coupled with the light-emitting units, and the setting ends of the switches are coupled with each other. The voltage generating module includes a plurality of control units and provides a plurality of control voltages to the switches, and each switch is driven to be activated or to be deactivated according to a relation of the preset voltage and a difference between the control voltage and the activation voltage when the input voltage drives the light-emitting units, the switches, and the control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chu, Shu-Kuang Chou
  • Publication number: 20140347061
    Abstract: An electronic detecting circuit includes at least one electrostatic protective module, at least one detection module, and a microprocessor controller module. The at least one detection module is respectively connected to the at least one electrostatic protective module, and the at least one detection module generates a driving record signal according to a driving state of the at least one electrostatic protective module. The microprocessor controller module is coupled with the at least one detection module, wherein the microprocessor controller module records the driving record signal when the at least one detection module transmits the driving record signal to the microprocessor controller module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: RAYDIUM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Cheng-Chin LIU
  • Publication number: 20140348280
    Abstract: A clock-embedded serial data transmission system is disclosed. The clock-embedded serial data transmission system includes a combinational logic circuit. The combinational logic circuit includes a clock window generator and a clock generator. The clock window generator is used to generate a first clock window according to two clock phases. The clock generator is coupled to a clock window generator and used to select a periodic data within the first clock window from a serial data signal according to the first clock window and generate a recovery clock accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: RAYDIUM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Da-Rong HUANG
  • Patent number: 8896574
    Abstract: The invention provides an optical touch apparatus. The optical touch apparatus includes at least one optical path unit and at least one light sensing unit. The at least one optical path unit is located on a first side of a display unit of the optical touch apparatus and used to receive at least one directional incident light, the at least one directional incident light is focused to form an image in an imaging region through at least one refraction in the at least one optical path unit. The at least one light sensing unit is located at a relative position of the at least one optical path unit, and used to generate a sensing result according to the image in the imaging region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Long Hsu, Meng-Shin Yen, William Wang, Chung-Cheng Chou
  • Patent number: 8866801
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a device with an automatic de-skew capability, comprising a data signal delay module, a plurality of data registers, and a delay data signal selection module. The present device outputs an optimal delay data signal and a clock signal to a source driver to drive a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Yu Jen Yen
  • Patent number: 8866722
    Abstract: A driving apparatus applied in a liquid crystal display are disclosed. Its first channel includes a first latching module, a first level-shifting module, a P-type digital/analog converting module, a first R2R module, and a P-type amplifying module, the second channel includes a second latching module, a second level-shifting module, a N-type digital/analog converting module, a second R2R module, and a N-type amplifying module. The P-type digital/analog converting module and N-type digital/analog converting module are selectively coupled to the first R2R module or the second R2R module. The first latching module receives a first digital signal and the first latching module outputs a first analog signal corresponding to the first digital signal. The second latching module receives a second digital signal and the second latching module outputs a second analog signal corresponding to the second digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Lan Chuang, Chien-Ru Chen
  • Patent number: 8866721
    Abstract: A driving apparatus applied in a liquid crystal display are disclosed. Its first channel includes a first latching module, a first level-shifting module, a P-type digital/analog converting module, and a first R2R module, the second channel includes a second latching module, a second level-shifting module, a N-type digital/analog converting module, and a second R2R module. The P-type digital/analog converting module and N-type digital/analog converting module are selectively coupled to the first R2R module or the second R2R module. The first latching module receives a first digital signal and the first latching module outputs a first analog signal corresponding to the first digital signal. The second latching module receives a second digital signal and the second latching module outputs a second analog signal corresponding to the second digital signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Lan Chuang, Chien-Ru Chen
  • Patent number: 8847891
    Abstract: A data inputting apparatus includes a plurality of keyswitches, an optical module, a sensing module and a processing module. The keyswitches are disposed on the data inputting apparatus. The optical module is disposed on a first side of the data inputting apparatus and is used for emitting a plurality of lights along a first direction, and the lights are corresponding to the keyswitches respectively. The sensing module is disposed on a second side opposite to the first side and is used for receiving the lights and generating a sensing result. The processing module is coupled to the sensing module. When one of the keyswitches is pressed, one of the lights is blocked by the pressed keyswitch resulting in the sensing module adjusting the sensing result, and the position of the pressed keyswitch is determined by the processing module based on the sensing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: William Wang, Meng-Shin Yen, Chung-Cheng Chou
  • Patent number: 8841955
    Abstract: The voltage level shifter includes a first voltage shift circuit, a second voltage shift circuit, a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a third switch circuit and a fourth switch circuit. The first voltage shift circuit receives a first input voltage, and the second voltage shift circuit receives a second voltage shift circuit. When the first voltage is high level voltage, a second output voltage and a first voltage are transformed to a ground voltage so as to open the second switch circuit and the fourth switch circuit, and then the first output voltage is transited to a system voltage. When the second voltage is high level voltage, a first output voltage and a second voltage are transited to a ground voltage so as to open the first switch circuit and the third switch circuit, and then the second output voltage is transited to the system voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Yi-Ting Wang
  • Patent number: 8841857
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes a plurality of light-emitting units, a plurality of switches, and a bias current module, wherein the light-emitting units are coupled with each other in series and are driven with an input voltage varying according to a frequency. Each switch has a reference voltage and a critical activation voltage and includes a light-emitting end and a bias end opposite to the light-emitting end, wherein the light-emitting end is coupled with the light-emitting units, and the bias ends of the switches are coupled with each other. The bias current module is coupled with the bias ends of the switches and has an operating bias voltage varying according to the frequency, wherein each switch is driven to be activated or to be deactivated according to a relation of the critical activation voltage and a difference between the reference voltage and the operating bias voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chu, Yung-Hsiang Yang, Shu-Kuang Chou
  • Patent number: 8841947
    Abstract: A power on reset circuit is capable of changing logic level of reset signal at different threshold voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Li Ping Lin
  • Publication number: 20140253566
    Abstract: A source driving circuit is disclosed. The source driving circuit includes a first integrated source driver and a second integrated source driver. The first integrated source driver includes a first receiving unit, a timing controller, a first source-driving-unit and a first transmission unit. The first receiving unit receives an original image data through a displayport (DP) interface, and decodes the original image data to a first display data and a second display data. The timing controller transmits a first control signal and a second signal. The first source-driving-unit receives the first control signal and the first display data. The first transmission unit receives the second display data, and the second integrated source driver receives the second control signal and the second display data, so as to elevate the compatibility between the source driver and the DP interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: RAYDIUM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: YING-LIEH CHEN, WEN-TSUNG LIN, LI-PING LIN
  • Patent number: 8816988
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch sensing apparatus including a plurality of pins, a logic control module, and at least one driving/sensing control module. The logic control module generates a plurality of control signals having different control timings. Each driving/sensing control module is coupled with the logic control module and the pins, wherein the driving/sensing control module receives a first control signal of the control signals from the logic control module and controls the pins to execute a plurality of pin functions according to a first control timing of the first control signal, so that the pins simultaneously sense a plurality of analog data from a conductive thin film sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Chan, Chien-Kuo Wang, Shang-Ping Tang, Ko-Yang Tso
  • Patent number: 8787434
    Abstract: A sampling phase selection method for a data stream is provided, wherein the data stream has a variable data rate in a fixed time period. The method comprises generating a calibration signal, wherein the time interval of the calibration signal is longer than the fixed time period of the data stream, generating a first clock sequence and a subsequent second clock sequence, wherein the first and the second clock sequence are composed of a plurality of continuous clock phases and the number of the clock phases of the first clock sequence are the same as that of the clock phases of the second clock sequence, selecting one of the phases of the first and the second clock sequence, in turn, to provide a sampling phase, performing a plurality of samplings on the data stream to generate a flag signal, and selecting a final sampling phase according to the flag signals with different sampling phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Ren-Feng Huang, Hui Wen Miao, Ko-Yang Tso, Chin-Chieh Chao
  • Patent number: 8786641
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog (D/A) converter comprises a decoder apparatus and an operational amplifier. The decoder apparatus comprises first and second decoder unit. The first decoder unit selects a voltage of first voltage set as first and second voltage in response to a value of first gray level set. The second decoder unit selects first border voltage of second voltage set as the first and the second voltages and second border voltage of that as the first and the second voltages in response to the maximum and the minimum value of second gray level set respectively. The second decoder unit further selects the first and the second boarder voltage as the first and the second voltage respectively in response to an intermediate value of the second gray level set. The operational amplifier generates a pixel voltage having level between the first and the second voltage accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Ko-Yang Tso, Hui-Wen Miao, Chin-Chieh Chao
  • Patent number: 8786351
    Abstract: A level shifter is disclosed and includes at least four Type 1 transistors and at least four Type 2 transistors. The sources of several Type 1 transistors are electrically connected to a first voltage terminal while the sources of several Type 2 transistors are connected to a second voltage terminal. The level shifter receive an input signal and outputs a logically equivalent output signal with higher voltage, wherein the voltage of the output signal is between the voltages of the first voltage terminal and the second voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Ying-Lieh Chen