Patents Examined by Anh Q. Tran
  • Patent number: 11799452
    Abstract: A wireless signal emitter of a tire pressure detector includes a controller, an antenna, and an impedance matching module. The impedance matching module includes an impedance matching circuit and an impedance adjusting circuit. The impedance matching circuit is electrically connected to the controller. The impedance adjusting circuit is electrically connected to the antenna and the impedance matching circuit. The impedance adjusting circuit includes a switching element electrically connected to the controller. When the switching element receives different signals of the controller, the impedance adjusting circuit switches between two different configurations, so that the impedance matching module has two different impedances, thereby the antenna sends two different radio frequency signals to achieve a purpose of a single tire pressure detector suitable for in-car receivers of different frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MOBILETRON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jen-Yuan Shih
  • Patent number: 11792052
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a calibration circuit, a selection circuit, and a data circuit. The calibration circuit generates a plurality of calibration signals by being coupled to a plurality of reference resistors. The selection circuit selects at least one signal among the plurality of calibration signals on the basis of an impedance setting signal. The data circuit sets an impedance based on the selected calibration signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Shin, Yongsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11784648
    Abstract: A field programmable gate array (FPGA) comprises a set of configurable logic blocks (CLBs), input/output blocks (IOBs), and interconnect wiring for communicating data between the CLBs and IOBs. A resonating circuit provides a resonating signal to the circuit blocks. The circuit blocks provide the resonating signal to the interconnect wires to communicate a first binary value, and a static voltage to communicate a second binary value. The output signals of the circuit blocks change state when the resonating signal is at or near the static voltage. This reduces switching losses that exist within prior art FPGAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Power Down Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventor: David A Huffman
  • Patent number: 11782618
    Abstract: A method of calibrating a signal level of a memory device includes performing pull-up code and pull-down code calibrations, using a ZQ calibration for non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signaling, performing a most significant bit (MSB) code calibration, using an MSB additional driver for pulse amplitude modulation level-4 (PAM4) signaling, and performing a least significant bit (LSB) code calibration using an LSB additional driver for the PAM4 signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngdo Um, Jaewoo Park, Younghoon Son, Youngdon Choi, Junghwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11775856
    Abstract: A quantum circuit includes a plurality of Hadamard gates apply Hadamard transforms to a plurality of qubits in a corresponding plurality of initial states. A plurality of weighted oracle gates sequentially call a weighted oracle operator on the plurality of qubits to produce a sequence of quantum oracle calls, wherein the weighted oracle operator for the plurality of qubits applies an adjustable phase rotation at each of the quantum oracle calls in the sequence of quantum oracle calls. A plurality of diffusion gates apply a plurality of diffusion operators, wherein a selected one or more of a plurality of diffusion operators is applied after each of the quantum oracle calls in the sequence of quantum oracle calls. A measurement function generates a quantum computing result based on a measurement from the plurality of qubits, after the sequence of quantum oracle calls are applied and after the plurality of diffusion operators are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BEIT Inc.
    Inventors: Lukasz Czerwiński, Jan Tułowiecki, Adam Szady
  • Patent number: 11774051
    Abstract: A LED lamp string of easy welding, assembly and injection includes at least one rectifier, and multiple LED modules connected in series between positive and negative output ends of the at least one rectifier. Each LED module includes a first PCB, and the first PCB is provided with multiple first welding positions. The first welding positions are welded with a lamp bead and wires thereon. The lamp bead is connected to first ends of the wires, and a second end of the one wire of each LED module is directly connected to the at least one rectifier or is connected to the at least one rectifier after passing through at least one other LED module. It can realize the large-scale production of the welding equipment instead of manual welding, greatly improve the efficiency of the production, avoid false welding and improve the yield rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN ZHENGYI PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Fude Yang
  • Patent number: 11777505
    Abstract: A controlled quantum logic gate implements a replacement for an n?1 qubit controlled X gate function to n qubits, wherein n is greater than 4. The quantum logic gate includes a controlled gate or controlled Z gate equivalent that selectively applies, under control of a first subset of the n qubits, a pi radian Z-axis Bloch sphere rotation or a phase flip to a target qubit of the n qubits. A pair of controlled Hadamard gates selectively conjugate the target qubit under control of a second subset of the n qubits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: BEIT Inc.
    Inventor: Adam Szady
  • Patent number: 11770886
    Abstract: An LED driving circuit, a light tube and an illumination device are provided. The LED driving circuit includes a first AC input end, a second AC input end, a driving module, a first protection unit, a first DC output end and a second DC output end. The first protection unit includes a voltage detection subunit and an abnormality cutoff subunit, and the voltage detection subunit is connected in parallel between two corresponding voltage nodes of the driving module, and the voltage detection subunit is configured to detect a voltage value of the driving module; and the abnormality cutoff subunit is connected in series between the second input end of the driving module and the second AC input end; the first protection unit is configured to cut off a circuit of the driving module when a voltage abnormality of the driving module is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: CH LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiaming Zhou, Jizhong Pu
  • Patent number: 11765804
    Abstract: Provided is a programmable light source output control device. A light source output control device includes electronic fuses, a power stage configured to receive external power, generate actuating power according to the external power and a state of each of the electronic fuses, and supply the actuating power to a light source, and a setting circuit configured to set the state of each of the electronic fuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: 3ALogics Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Wan Kim, Pyeong Han Lee, Kwang Beom Park, Sung Hun Chun, Chang Ho Ryu
  • Patent number: 11764788
    Abstract: An item of electrical equipment has a preprocessing device for digital measured values. The preprocessing device has an integrated circuit and an electronic memory chip that contains a configuration of a logic circuit. If a fault of the preprocessing device is identified, an operation of the preprocessing device is interrupted until the configuration of the logic circuit has been loaded from a configuration memory chip into the electronic memory chip. There is also described a method for rectifying device faults, such as by reloading a configuration of a logic circuit into an electronic memory chip of a preprocessing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Kaufmann, Dennis Persdorf
  • Patent number: 11754232
    Abstract: An LED lamp and a power source module thereof are provided. The power source module includes a switch-type DC-to-DC converter integrated with a function for detecting whether a foreign external impedance exists. The switch-type DC-to-DC converter is configured to enter an installation detection mode when the switch-type DC-to-DC converter is activated. When the switch-type DC-to-DC converter is in the installation detection mode, the switch-type DC-to-DC converter receives an external AC signal received by the LED lamp to detect whether a foreign external impedance exists based on the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu, Junren Chen, Hechen Hu, Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11754268
    Abstract: An underwater light including a programmable controller and a replaceable light-emitting diode (LED) printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) is provided. The light includes a controller PCBA in communication with the LED PCBA, and a connector for connecting the controller PCBA to the LED PCBA. An optically-transparent potting compound encapsulates the LED PCBA, and the LED PCBA can be safely replaced by removing a rear housing of the underwater light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Raposo, James Carter, Steven Mitchell, Jeffrey Cho, Yevgeny Rapoport, Joseph A. Gundel
  • Patent number: 11758627
    Abstract: A Light Emitting Diode, LED, based lighting device arranged for connection to an Alternating Current, AC, mains supply, comprising a zero-crossing detection module arranged for detecting a zero-crossing in an AC voltage supplied by said AC mains supply, a detection pulse module arranged for providing a detection pulse based on said detected zero-crossing, a human body detection module arranged for determining a current drawn from said AC mains supply during said provided detection pulse, and for determining presence of a human body based on said determined current, wherein said detection pulse module is arranged for providing said detection pulse during a rising, positive, edge of said AC voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Guy Louis Paul De Bondt, Dalibor Cvoric, Franciscus Jacobus Vossen, Haimin Tao, Hermanus Johannes Maria Vos
  • Patent number: 11757451
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to, among other things, a configuration bit including at least four resistive elements and a voltage amplifier. At least two first resistive elements may be electrically connected in series via a first electrode and at least two second resistive elements may be electrically connected in series via a second electrode. The at least two first resistive elements may be electrically connected in parallel to the at least two second resistive elements via a third electrode and a fourth electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode may be electrically connected to a voltage supply. The third electrode and the fourth electrode may be electrically connected to an input of the voltage amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: EVERSPIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Dimitri Houssameddine, Syed M. Alam, Sanjeev Aggarwal
  • Patent number: 11751303
    Abstract: In an auto vibrancy mode, a vibrancy value for a lighting load may be automatically determined based on a selected color setting for the lighting load. The automatically determined vibrancy value may also be configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above a target CRI value for the selected color setting. The selected color setting may be a CCT value on the black-body curve or an x-y chromaticity value. If the selected color setting is CCT value on the black-body curve, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be a pre-defined vibrancy value that is configured to emit light from the lighting load at or above the target CRI value for the selected CCT value. If the selected color setting is an x-y chromaticity value, the automatically determined vibrancy value may be based on the distance between the selected x-y chromaticity value and the black-body curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Prashant Chaturvedi, Bryan R. Barnes, Christopher M. Green
  • Patent number: 11750196
    Abstract: An IC includes a first set of core logic configured to convert data between a single stream and a double stream, and a first data I/O block on a first side of the first set of core logic. The first data I/O block interfaces with the first set of core logic and a DRAM. The IC further includes a second set of core logic configured to process CA information, and a first CA I/O subblock on a second side of the first set of core logic. The first CA I/O subblock interfaces with the second set of core logic and the DRAM. The IC further includes a first set of power switches adjacent at least one side of the first CA I/O subblock. The first set of power switches is coupled to the first set of core logic and the second set of core logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Praveen Kumar Kandukuri, Pavan Vithal Torvi
  • Patent number: 11743981
    Abstract: An accessory strobe device for a mobile device may operate to provide illumination at the same time as an internal built-in strobe (flash) of the mobile device. The accessory strobe device may receive a single, unidirectional signal from the mobile device that provides signals related to the timing of the internal strobe. The accessory strobe device may process the received signal to control its illumination using the timing and relative intensity levels of the internal strobe during metering and main (normal) flash operations associated with a camera on the mobile device. With the accessory strobe device operating using timing and relative intensity levels in a predetermined relationship with the timing and relative intensity levels of the internal strobe, the accessory strobe device may be used to complement the internal strobe during the metering and main (normal) flash operations for the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Baer, Edwin W. Foo, Michael F. Jean, Mohamad H. Suleiman, Parin Patel
  • Patent number: 11742832
    Abstract: A transmission-end impedance matching circuit operates according to a signal of an overvoltage signal source and includes a first level shifter, a voltage generating circuit, and an impedance matching circuit. The first level shifter generates a first conversion voltage according to a source signal and operates between a first high voltage and a ground voltage. The voltage generating circuit generates a second high voltage according to the first conversion voltage, the first high voltage, and a medium voltage. The impedance matching circuit includes a second level shifter, a transistor, and two resistors. The second level shifter generates a gate voltage according to the second high voltage, a low voltage, and an input signal. The transistor is turned on/off according to the gate voltage and has a withstand voltage lower than the first high voltage. Each of the two resistors is coupled between the transistor and a differential signal transmission end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Hui Tsai, Hung-Chen Chu, Yung-Tai Chen
  • Patent number: 11737196
    Abstract: An LED stroboscope device synchronized with a camera, which comprises: a power supply unit; a stroboscope unit which receives power from the power supply unit so as to charge the power for generating a flashing light, and then, outputs a flashing light generation signal for electric discharge of the charged power; a continuous light unit which receives the power from the power supply unit so as to output a continuous light generation signal for generating continuous light; a light emitting unit which individually receives the flashing light generation signal and the continuous light generation signal so as to generate the flashing light and the continuous light; and a control unit which receives the power from the power supply unit so as to individually control the stroboscope unit and the continuous light unit, thereby outputting the flashing light generation signal and the continuous light generation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Sun Young Shin
  • Patent number: 11726943
    Abstract: CMOS output stages, electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuits and input bus-keeper functions are provided that block dc and ac leakage paths within inactive powered-down integrated circuits used in redundant high-reliability system configurations employing cold-sparing to provide backup circuitry. These circuits and methods avoid both undesirable power consumption in a cold-spared backup unit and loading of connected active units when powered down, without compromising performance or functionality of the backup unit when in its active powered state. Inputs and outputs using an analog majority voting principle to implement in-circuit redundancy for on-chip fault tolerance are also provided, incorporating the low-leakage principles of the invention for low power dissipation when powered down. Such on-chip redundancy can harden an IC against various faults, such as single-event effects in high-radiation environments, while maintaining the other advantages in a cold-sparing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Apogee Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Hamlyn, David A. Grant