Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor structure can include: (i) forming a plurality of oxide layers on a semiconductor substrate; (ii) forming a plurality of conductor layers on the plurality of oxide layers; (iii) forming plurality of thickening layers on the plurality of conductor layers; (iv) patterning the plurality of conductor layers and the plurality of thickening layers to form a hard mask; and (v) implanting ion using the hard mask to form a plurality of doped regions.
Abstract: A voltage regulation circuit can include: a power stage circuit with a single inductor and a plurality of output circuits; each output circuit having an output control switch configured to control a duration of an on time of the output circuit, and an output switch control circuit configured to control the output control switch in accordance with an output voltage sampling signal, a reference current signal that represents an output current of the output circuit, and a clock signal, in order to maintain an output voltage of the output circuit as constant and to decrease interference from load variations of any other of the plurality of output circuits; and where the output control switches are controlled to be on in sequence in each switching period.
Abstract: An AC-DC conversion circuit can include an adaptive rectifier configured to receive an AC input voltage with different ranges, where operation states of the adaptive rectifier are adjusted according to a range of the AC input voltage, in order to decrease a fluctuation range of a DC output voltage of the adaptive rectifier.
Abstract: A power receiving device of a contactless power supply configured in a wearable electronic device having a main body coupled to a wearing member, can include: a power receiving antenna including one or more coils at least partially disposed on the wearing member; and where wires of the receiving coils extend substantially along a surface of a wearing member to form a coil turn that crosses through the surface of the wearing member or a surface of the main body in an axial direction.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chip package structure and a method for forming a chip package. A package unit is formed from the chip and an encapsulant surrounding the chip to have an increased area. A redistribution layer is formed on the package unit to draw out to and redistribute input/output terminals on a surface of the chip. The redistribution layer is then electrically coupled to a leadframe or a printed circuit board by external and electrical connectors. The method and the package structure are suitable for providing a chip package having input/output terminals with high density, reducing package cost, and improving package reliability.
Abstract: An integrator and an analog-to-digital converter are provided. The analog-to-digital converter includes the integrator, a comparison circuit and a control logic circuit. The integrator includes an operational amplifier, offset capacitors, input capacitors, integral capacitors and controllable switches. The input capacitors and the integral capacitors are connected to the operational amplifier via controllable switches, so that the integrator operates in various operation modes. Operation states of the offset capacitors in a first phase and a second phase of an operation cycle are controlled by switching on or off the controllable switches. Therefore, an offset voltage of the integrator is eliminated, and conversion efficiency and conversion accuracy of the analog-to-digital converter is improved.
Abstract: A power factor correction circuit includes a power meter configured to measure a total harmonic distortion (THD) at an input port; a switching-type regulator that is controllable by a switch control signal in order to adjust a power factor; and a controller configured to generate the switch control signal to control the switching-type regulator to perform power factor correction, where the controller adjusts an on-time of a main switch of the switching-type regulator based on the measured THD to decrease the THD.
Abstract: A current detection circuit can include: a detection power switch coupled to a power switch to be detected; a current control circuit configured to control voltages of power terminals of the detection power switch in order to generate a detection current flowing through the detection power switch when the power switch is on; and where a flowing direction of the detection current is consistent with a flowing direction of a current flowing through the power switch.
Abstract: An apparatus for detecting object features can include: a probe signal transmitter configured to load a digital intermediate frequency signal onto a carrier signal, and to transmit a loaded signal outwards; an echo signal receiver configured to receive an echo signal, and to extract an object feature signal by performing respective down conversions on a quadrature signal of the carrier signal and a quadrature signal of the digital intermediate frequency signal; and a signal processor configured to identify object features according to the object feature signal.
Abstract: An AC-DC power converter can include: a front-stage power circuit; a rear-stage power circuit configured to share one power switch as a main power switch with the front-stage power circuit, where the rear-stage power circuit is coupled to a load, and a first magnetic component of the front-stage power circuit and a second magnetic component of the rear-stage power circuit are not in one conductive loop from a positive terminal of a DC input voltage to a negative terminal of the DC input voltage; and an energy storage capacitor coupled to the front-stage power circuit and the rear-stage power circuit, where energy is transferred to the energy storage capacitor and the load when the first magnetic component is discharged.
Abstract: A multi-input single-output DC-DC converter can include: a plurality of input circuits and an output circuit, where each input circuit includes a first switch, and one terminal of each of the input circuits is coupled to an input source, and the other terminal of the input circuit is coupled to the output circuit; and a control circuit configured to control operation periods of each input circuit in one switching period, in order to achieve power distribution and reach requirements for input currents of the input circuit and an output signal of the output circuit.
Abstract: A method of controlling an isolated switching converter having an output voltage that is adjustable, can include: generating an output voltage setting signal characterizing an expected output voltage of a load; increasing a time period when an output voltage reference signal changes from a current value to the output voltage setting signal; and making overvoltage protection not trigger due to a change of the output setting signal.
Abstract: A synchronous rectification control circuit for controlling a switching circuit comprising a synchronous rectifier switch, can include: a drive circuit configured to generate a drive signal to control switching states of the synchronous rectifier switch; and a voltage regulation circuit configured to control the drive circuit to adjust an amplitude of the drive signal to decrease to a preset threshold in an adjustment state when a drain-source voltage of the synchronous rectifier switch is greater than an adjustment threshold before the synchronous rectifier switch is turned off, where a time that the voltage regulation circuit is in the adjustment state is an adjustment time.
Abstract: A method of sensing ambient light intensity of an ambient in which an electronic device is located, can include: providing a plurality of light sensing elements under a display screen of the electronic device; displaying a solid color image during an operating period of the display screen; obtaining first data of each of the plurality of light sensing elements in response to a current ambient light during the display screen displaying the solid color image; obtaining second data of each of the plurality of light sensing elements in response to the current ambient light during the display screen displaying a normal image; and performing mathematical operations on the first data and the second data to obtain an intensity value of the ambient light of the ambient in which the electronic device is located.
Abstract: A primary feedback control circuit of a series resonant converter having a transformer, can include: an excitation current simulation circuit configured to sample an excitation voltage of the transformer, and to generate a first voltage representing an excitation current of the transformer; and a feedback control circuit configured to control on and off states of power switches of the series resonant converter in accordance with the first voltage and a second voltage representing a resonant current of the series resonant converter, where the first voltage is controlled to be equal to the second voltage when a secondary current of the transformer is zero.
Abstract: A resonant contactless electric energy transmitter configured to contactlessly supply electric energy to an electric energy receiver, can include: (i) a high frequency power supply configured to generate a high frequency AC power with a frequency that is the same as a leakage inductance resonant frequency, where the leakage resonant frequency is obtained by detection of an output current of the high frequency power supply that corresponds to the high frequency AC power of a sequence of different frequencies during a frequency sweeping time period; and (ii) a transmitting resonant circuit comprising a transmitting coil, and being configured to receive the high frequency AC power from the high frequency power supply.
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a data forwarding method and a node device for a mesh network. The mesh network comprises a plurality of nodes. At least one of the plurality of nodes is a relay node which forwards a data packet from a source node to a destination node. The method includes determining whether or not to forward the data packet in accordance with a type and a forwarding count value of the data package. The forwarding count value is changed in different manners in accordance with the type of the data packet when the data packet is forwarded. The data forwarding method decreases forwarding times of the data packets, reduces power consumption and increases efficiency of network communication.
Abstract: A method of controlling a switching converter having a plurality of interleaved parallel branches, can include controlling conduction phases of power switches of the plurality of interleaved parallel branches to be overlapped when a load changes from a light load to a heavy load, in order to improve dynamic response performance of the switching converter. A control circuit for a switching converter with a plurality of interleaved parallel branches, can control conduction phases of power switches of the interleaved parallel branches to be overlapped when a load changes from a light load to a heavy load, in order to improve dynamic response performance of the switching converter.
Abstract: A control circuit for driving a power switch in a switching power supply can include: a start-up transistor having a drain coupled to a drain of the power switch, and a source coupled to a drain voltage detecting circuit; a gate voltage detecting circuit configured to detect a gate voltage of the power switch, to compare the gate voltage against a first threshold voltage, and to change an on drive current and an off drive current in response thereto; and the drain voltage detecting circuit being configured to detect a drain voltage of the power switch, to compare the drain voltage against a second threshold voltage, and to change the on drive current and the off drive current in response thereto.
Abstract: A power transmitting device for a contactless power supply, can include: a power transmitting antenna having a plurality of transmitting coils; where each of the plurality of transmitting coils comprises a coil turn or a plurality of concentric coil turns with a substantially coplanar setting and having a coil surface; where an axis of each of the plurality of transmitting coils is axially perpendicular to the power transmitting antenna; and where the axis of each of the plurality of transmitting coils forms a predetermined angle with respect to each other.