Patents Assigned to Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
  • Publication number: 20140197868
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes at least one reference voltage source, at least one offset unit, and at least one buffer module. The at least one reference voltage source generates a reference voltage. The at least one offset unit generates an offset voltage, wherein the offset voltage and the reference voltage form a judging voltage range. The at least one buffer module has a first input end, a second input end, and an output end, wherein the first input end receives an analog voltage; the at least one reference voltage source is connected with the second input end; the at least one buffer module, according as whether the analog voltage is within the judging voltage range, outputs a pass logic signal or a fail logic signal at the output end. Particularly, the buffer module has Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) function and can increase test efficiency and voltage accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Chuan Huang, Ko-Yang Tso
  • Patent number: 8773379
    Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed. The touch sensing apparatus includes a logic control module, at least one storage control module, and at least one decoding control module. The logic control module is used to generate a plurality of control signals having different control timings. The plurality of control signals includes a storage control signal and a decoding control signal. Each storage control module includes a plurality of storage capacitors, and respectively stores each of sensed voltages in different storage capacitors at different times according to a storage control timing of the storage control signal. The sensed voltages are analog data sensed from scan lines of an ITO sensor. The decoding control module is used to decode the sensed voltages stored in the storage capacitors according to a decoding control timing of the decoding control signal to output the decoded analog data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Chan, Chien-Kuo Wang, Shang-Ping Tang, Ko-Yang Tso
  • Patent number: 8773046
    Abstract: A driving circuit includes: a first voltage dividing circuit arranged to generate a first voltage-divided signal according to a supply voltage; a second voltage dividing circuit arranged to generate a second voltage-divided signal according to specific voltage; a coupling circuit coupled between the first voltage dividing circuit and the second voltage dividing circuit, and arranged to couple the first voltage-divided signal into the second voltage-divided signal to generate a coupling signal; and a control circuit arranged to generate a control signal at least according to the coupling signal and a feedback signal to control a duty cycle of a transistor, wherein the feedback is generated by the transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Yu-En Lee
  • Patent number: 8766690
    Abstract: A source driver with an automatic de-skew capability is configured to receive a data signal and a clock signal from a timing controller, which are configured to drive a liquid crystal display panel. The source driver includes a signal delay unit, a setup time register, a hold time register, a first signal delay unit, a second delay unit and a logic circuit. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first data delay signal is configured to sample the second clock delay signal and the second data delay signal is configured to sample the first clock delay signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Yu Jen Yen
  • Patent number: 8767899
    Abstract: The current disclosure discloses a sampling phase selection method for a data stream, wherein the data stream has a variable data rate in a fixed time period. The method comprises the following steps: generating M section signals with the same time interval during the fixed time period of the data stream, generating N continuous clock phases according to a rising edge of each of the section signals, selecting one of the continuous clock phases corresponding to the different section signals in turn to provide a sampling phase, performing a plurality of samplings on the data stream to generate a flag signal, repeating the selecting and the sampling steps to generate N flag signals corresponding to the different section signals, and selecting a final sampling phase according to the N flag signals corresponding to the different section signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Ren-Feng Huang, Hui Wen Miao, Ko-Yang Tso, Chin-Chieh Chao
  • Patent number: 8766896
    Abstract: A driving circuit for an LCD system is provided. The LCD system includes a common electrode, a display electrode, and a capacitor. An AC voltage output terminal of the driving circuit is coupled to the common electrode via the capacitor. The display electrode and a charging/discharging unit in the driving circuit are respectively coupled to the AC voltage output terminal through a switch. According to requirements to change the electrical polarity of the common electrode, a control unit in the driving circuit turns on/off the two switches respectively so as to charge or discharge the AC voltage output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jun-Ren Shih, Shin-Tai Lo, Hung Li
  • Patent number: 8766920
    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 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: William Wang, Meng Shin Yen, Chung Cheng Chou
  • Patent number: 8766451
    Abstract: A chip packaging structure includes a flexible plate, a chip, and a plurality of leads. The chip is disposed on the flexible plate. A first boundary and a second boundary are defined on the flexible plate. The first boundary is located between the chip and the second boundary. A first area is formed between the first boundary and the chip. A second area is formed between the first boundary and the second boundary. The chip includes a plurality of signal conducting points and a plurality of non-signal conducting points. The plurality of leads are disposed on the flexible plate and include a plurality of signal leads and a plurality of non-signal leads. The width of the non-signal lead is smaller than the width of the signal lead extending out of the second boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Chin-Yung Chen
  • Publication number: 20140160107
    Abstract: A charge sharing apparatus and a charge sharing method applied in a driving circuit of a liquid crystal display are disclosed. The driving circuit includes at least one data latch and at least one output switch. The charge sharing apparatus includes a generating module and an adjusting module. The generating module is coupled to the at least one data latch and used for generating at least one charge sharing level according to at least one data signal inputted to the at least one data latch. The adjusting module is coupled between the generating module and the at least one output switch and used for selectively adjusting level changing state of at least one output signal outputted by the at least one output switch according to the at least one charge sharing level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Lung Lo, Yu-Chun Lin, Chih-Hsien Jen
  • Patent number: 8743928
    Abstract: An adaptive equalizer and operating method thereof are disclosed. The adaptive equalizer is oversampling-based. The adaptive equalizer includes a searching module, a compensation module, and an operating module. The searching module searches the equalizer setting from a lower compensation to a higher compensation to obtain a first equalizer setup value according a first monitored result of a monitor and then searches the equalizer setting from a higher compensation to a lower compensation to obtain a second equalizer setup value according to a second monitored result of the monitor. The operating module performs an operation on the first equalizer setup value and the second equalizer setup value to obtain an optimized equalizer setup value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Chung Chou, Da-Rong Huang
  • Patent number: 8743081
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a plurality of X-directional sensing lines and a plurality of Y-directional sensing lines. The X-directional sensing lines and the Y-directional sensing lines are arranged in a staggered manner. The control device includes a clock generation circuit, a selection module, a drive signal generation circuit, a digital to analog conversion module, first and second capacitors and a differential detection circuit. The X-directional sensing lines and Y-directional sensing lines on the touch panel operate according to a predetermined scanning sequence. According to the control device and the predetermined scanning sequence of the present invention, the sensing speed of the touch panel can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Yu Kuang
  • Patent number: 8742967
    Abstract: An analog to digital converter generating a number of corresponding voltages in response to a number of values of a grey level is provided. The analog to digital converter includes a decoder and an operational amplifier. The decoder provides first to third output voltages having the same level when w most significant bits (MSBs) of the grey level correspond to the same value, provides first and second intermediate voltages in response to the x MSBs next to the w MSBs when the w MSBs correspond to different values, and selectively has the first to the third output voltages equal to one of the first and the second intermediate voltages. The operational amplifier obtains a pixel voltage by interpolating the first to the third output voltages, wherein the sum of w and x is smaller than or equal to the bit number of the gray level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Chen, Hui-Wen Miao, Ko-Yang Tso
  • Patent number: 8743067
    Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed. The touch sensing apparatus includes a logic control module, at least one storage control module, and at least one decoding control module. The logic control module is used to generate a plurality of control signals having different control timings. The plurality of control signals includes a storage control signal and a decoding control signal. Each storage control module includes a plurality of storage capacitors, and respectively stores each of sensed voltages in different storage capacitors at different times according to a storage control timing of the storage control signal. The sensed voltages are analog data sensed from scan lines of an ITO sensor. The decoding control module performs analog adding process to the sensed voltages stored in the storage capacitors according to a decoding control timing of the decoding control signal to output decoded analog data with high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Yu Chan, Chien-Kuo Wang, Shang-Ping Tang, Hung Li, Ko-Yang Tso
  • Patent number: 8743085
    Abstract: A touch input device for switching driving signals includes a touch panel and a panel driving circuit for driving the touch panel. The panel driving circuit includes a selecting circuit, a driving signal generating circuit, and a touch sensing circuit. The driving signal generating circuit transmits a driving signal to the touch panel. The selecting circuit includes a multiplexer, which controls sensing lines that do not comprise either an X directional measuring channel or a Y directional measuring channel to be grounded or floating in accordance with the driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Kai Ming Liu, Shih Tzung Chou, Ya Ling Lu
  • Publication number: 20140145629
    Abstract: A LED driving apparatus and an operating method thereof are disclosed. The LED driving apparatus includes a power, at least one LED string, a LED control unit, and an input voltage detection circuit. At least one LED string is coupled to the power and includes LEDs connected in series. The input voltage detection circuit is coupled to two ends of at least one LED of the LEDs respectively and used to judge whether an input voltage is lower than a LED conducting voltage. The input voltage detection circuit includes a charging capacitance to be charged when the at least one LED string is conducted. If the judged result of the input voltage detection circuit is yes, the input voltage detection circuit will control the charging capacitance having a charging voltage to discharge to the at least one LED string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chu, Yu-En Lee, Shu-Kuang Chou
  • Patent number: 8736637
    Abstract: A method for generating chopper-stabilized signals includes the following steps. First, a voltage polarity control signal is received. Next, the voltage polarity control signal is sampled to obtain a sampling signal, and a voltage transformation manner of the voltage polarity inversion of the voltage polarity control signal is judged according to the sampling signal. Then, a frame transformation signal template is obtained according to the voltage transformation manner of the voltage polarity inversion of the voltage polarity control signal and the sampling signal. Next, the frame transformation signal template is compared with the sampling signal and a frame transformation signal is generated. Then, a first chopper-stabilized signal is outputted according to the frame transformation signal and the voltage polarity control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Yong-Nien Rao
  • Patent number: 8736373
    Abstract: An output buffer of a source driver is disclosed. The output buffer includes a buffer input, a buffer output, a differential input stage, a bias current source, an output stage, a compensation capacitor, and a comparator. The output stage and the comparator are both operated between an analog supply voltage (AVDD) and a ground voltage (AGND). The comparator compares an input voltage and an output voltage and outputs a control signal to the bias current source according to the compared result to control a bias current outputted by the bias current source to enhance the slew rate of the output buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Chen, Yann-Hsiung Liang, Hui-Wen Miao, Ko-Yang Tso
  • Patent number: 8736372
    Abstract: An output buffer of a source driver is disclosed. The output buffer includes a buffer input, a buffer output, a differential input stage, a bias current source, an output stage, a compensation capacitor, and a comparator. The output stage and the comparator are both operated between an analog supply voltage (AVDD) and a half analog supply voltage (HAVDD), or both operated between the half analog supply voltage (HAVDD) and a ground voltage. The comparator compares an input signal with an output signal and outputs a control signal to the bias current source according to the compared result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Ming Chen, Yann-Hsiung Liang, Hui-Wen Miao, Ko-Yang Tso
  • Patent number: 8736572
    Abstract: The invention discloses a touch input device and a touch sensor circuit. The touch input device includes a touch panel, a selection module and a differential detection module. The touch panel includes a plurality of capacitive nodes thereon. The selection module is electrically connected with the capacitive nodes of the touch panel. The selection module selects a first capacitive node and a second capacitive node from the capacitive nodes. The second capacitive node is close to the first capacitive node. The differential detection module, electrically connected to the selection module, is used for detecting a capacitance difference between the first capacitive node and the second capacitive node. According to the capacitance difference, the differential detection module generates a touch detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Raydium Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Tzung Chou, Yu Kuang, Zong-Lin Wu, Yong-Nien Rao
  • Publication number: 20140132573
    Abstract: A driving method is disclosed, and the driving method is adopted to a liquid crystal display apparatus. The driving method includes steps as follows: receiving an original display data; rearranging the original display data to a new display data according to at least a scan driving mode; adjusting a sequence of scan driving so as to correspond to the scan driving mode according to a control signal; transmitting a new display data to a display panel through a data line, wherein the sequence of the original display data corresponds to the sequence of scan driving before adjusting, and a sequence of the new display data corresponds to the sequence of scan driving after adjusting according to the scan driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: RAYDIUM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: WEN-TSUNG LIN, CHIEN-RU CHEN, YING-LIEH CHEN