Patents Examined by Anh Tran
-
Patent number: 10299356Abstract: An illumination system and method is disclosed for maintaining a consistent change in illumination value among a group of illumination devices whenever a change command is manually sent from a keypad to those illumination devices. The consistent change results from maintaining a common start illumination value among not only the group, but also the keypad which controls the group. From the start illumination value, the keypad can then compute an end illumination value depending upon the amount of time that the increase or decrease in illumination value button is depressed and held.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Lutron Ketra, LLCInventors: Mark Quilling, Rebecca Frank, Kenneth Priester
-
Patent number: 10250262Abstract: An integrated circuit comprising a plurality of logic tiles, wherein each logic tile (i) is physically adjacent to at least one other logic tile of the plurality and (ii) includes a configurable switch interconnect network including a plurality of switches electrically interconnected and arranged into a plurality of switch matrices, wherein the plurality of switch matrices are arranged into a plurality of stages including: (a) at least two of the stages which is configured in a hierarchical network, and (b) a mesh stage, wherein each switch matrix of the mesh stage includes an output that is directly connected to an input of a plurality of different switch matrices of the mesh stage and wherein the mesh stage of switch matrices of each logic tile is directly connected to the mesh stage of switch matrices of at least one other logic tile of the plurality of the logic tiles.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Flex Logix Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Cheng C. Wang
-
Patent number: 10244593Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for current regulation. An example system controller includes: a first controller terminal configured to receive an input voltage, the first controller terminal being further configured to allow a first current flowing into the system controller based at least in part on the input voltage in response to one or more switches being closed; a second controller terminal configured to allow the first current to flow out of the system controller through the second controller terminal in response to the one or more switches being closed; a fourth controller terminal coupled to the third controller terminal through a first capacitor, the first capacitor not being any part of the system controller; and an error amplifier configured to generate a compensation signal based at least in part on the current sensing signal, the error amplifier including a second capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Meng Li, Mingli Kang, Liqiang Zhu, Lieyi Fang
-
Patent number: 10244592Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for current regulation. An example system controller includes: a first controller terminal configured to receive an input voltage, the first controller terminal being further configured to allow a first current flowing into the system controller based at least in part on the input voltage in response to one or more switches being closed; a second controller terminal configured to allow the first current to flow out of the system controller through the second controller terminal in response to the one or more switches being closed; a fourth controller terminal coupled to the third controller terminal through a first capacitor, the first capacitor not being any part of the system controller; and an error amplifier configured to generate a compensation signal based at least in part on the current sensing signal, the error amplifier including a second capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Meng Li, Mingli Kang, Liqiang Zhu, Lieyi Fang
-
Patent number: 10217624Abstract: A high PAR maintenance rate type high pressure sodium lamp with an auxiliary starting switch is provided with an external glass tube and a discharge tube which is arranged at the center in the external glass tube and coaxial with the external glass tube. The surface of the discharge tube is provided with a metal lead. The left and right ends of an external glass shell are provided with pressure sealing plates which are fused and sealed through high temperature. The pressure sealing plates are internally provided with conductive sheets. One end of the discharge tube is connected with the conductive sheet of the left end through a left internal conductive support, and the other end is connected with the conductive sheet of the right end through an auxiliary starting switch component.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Fanlight, Inc.Inventor: Song Qian
-
Patent number: 10219356Abstract: Wireless lighting control systems and methods for controlling the illumination of one or more light fixtures are disclosed, including self-commissioning of hardware. Embodiments include a server connected to a wide area network and having software for configuring, monitoring, and controlling lighting fixtures at a site. The control system also includes a wireless gateway at the site initiating communication with the server via a cellular network. Wireless devices initiate communication with the wireless gateway via a mesh network and each wireless device can be wired to control at least one lighting fixture. Once hardware of the site system (e.g., a gateway and/or any device) is mounted or positioned in the appropriate location and powered on, the hardware will self-commission by automatically initiating communications. The gateway will initiate communication and identify itself to server system.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: RAB Lighting Inc.Inventors: Ross A. Barna, Michael Theodore Case-Hayes, Ankit Sanghvi, Jason Lawrence Oliver
-
Patent number: 10212768Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for current regulation. An example system controller includes: a first controller terminal configured to receive an input voltage, the first controller terminal being further configured to allow a first current flowing into the system controller based at least in part on the input voltage in response to one or more switches being closed; a second controller terminal configured to allow the first current to flow out of the system controller through the second controller terminal in response to the one or more switches being closed; a fourth controller terminal coupled to the third controller terminal through a first capacitor, the first capacitor not being any part of the system controller; and an error amplifier configured to generate a compensation signal based at least in part on the current sensing signal, the error amplifier including a second capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Meng Li, Mingli Kang, Liqiang Zhu, Lieyi Fang
-
Patent number: 10208898Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) tube lamp configured to receive an external driving signal includes an LED module for emitting light, the LED module comprising an LED unit comprising an LED; a rectifying circuit for rectifying the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal, the rectifying circuit having a first output terminal and a second output terminal for outputting the rectified signal; a filtering circuit connected to the LED module, and configured to provide a filtered signal for the LED unit; and a protection circuit for providing protection for the LED tube lamp. The protection circuit includes a voltage divider comprising two elements connected in series between the first and second output terminals of the rectifying circuit, for producing a signal at a connection node between the two elements; and a control circuit coupled to the connection node between the two elements, for receiving, and detecting a state of, the signal at the connection node.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Junren Chen
-
Patent number: 10205452Abstract: A drive capability of a dynamic logic circuit is improved. A logic circuit includes a dynamic logic circuit, a first output node, a first transistor that is diode-connected, and a capacitor. The dynamic logic circuit includes a second output node. The first transistor and transistors in the dynamic logic circuit have an n-type conductivity or a p-type conductivity. The first output node is electrically connected to a first terminal of the capacitor, and the second output node is electrically connected to a second terminal of the capacitor. A first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first output node, and a first voltage is input to a second terminal of the first transistor.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hikaru Tamura
-
Patent number: 10197225Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp adapted to install on a lamp socket and configured to receive an external driving signal without the external driving signal passing through a ballast includes a lamp tube, two end caps, each having at least one external connection terminal, a rectifying circuit, for rectifying the external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; a filtering circuit, for filtering the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal; an LED module, disposed on a power loop of the LED tube lamp, coupled to the filtering circuit, and configured for emitting light; a driving circuit coupled between the rectifying circuit and the LED module, and configured to drive the LED module; a mode determination circuit coupled to the rectifying circuit and the driving circuit and configured to detect the voltage level of the rectified signal; a switch circuit; and an installation detection circuit coupled to the mode determination circuit, the switch circuit, and the rectifying circuit; and configuType: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance Co., Ltd.Inventors: Aiming Xiong, Xintong Liu
-
Patent number: 10197401Abstract: A method and system of dynamically displaying information to a user is disclosed. A user's location is sensed. Customized information is displayed to the user at a location that is in proximity to the user. The customized information moves as the as the user changes location.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYInventor: Arthur Hsu
-
Patent number: 10190732Abstract: An LED tube lamp comprises a plurality of LED light sources, an end cap, a power supply disposed in the end cap, a lamp tube, and an LED light strip. The lamp tube extends in a first direction along a length of the lamp tube, and has an end attached to the end cap. The LED light strip is electrically connected the LED light sources with the power supply. The LED light strip has in sequence a first wiring layer, a dielectric layer and a second wiring layer. A thickness of the second wiring layer is greater than a thickness of the first wiring layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: JIAXING SUPER LIGHTING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTDInventors: Li-Qin Li, Tao Jiang, Chang Yang, Bao Wang
-
Patent number: 10192316Abstract: A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source, a fixture common bus, a driver module, and a control module. The fixture common bus is configured to receive at least one functional module and provide an input signal from the at least one functional module to one or more other modules. The driver module is coupled to the fixture common bus and the solid-state light source, and is configured to receive a power supply signal and provide a drive signal to the solid-state light source based on a driver control signal. The control module is coupled to the fixture common bus and configured to provide the driver control signal via the fixture common bus based on the input signal from the at least one functional module.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Cree, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Deese, John Barile
-
Patent number: 10186305Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for implementing a programmable integrated circuit device that enables high-speed FPGA boot-up through a significant reduction of configuration time. By enabling high-speed FPGA boot-up, the programmable integrated circuit device will be able to accommodate applications that require faster boot-up time than conventional programmable integrated circuit devices are able to accommodate. In order to enable high-speed boot-up, dedicated address registers are implemented for each data line segment of a data line, which in turn significantly reduces configuration random access memory (CRAM) write time (e.g., by a factor of at least two).Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: ALTERA CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Pin Tan, Kiun Kiet Jong, Lai Pheng Tan
-
Patent number: 10187955Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a circuit that may detect a single short in a chain of loads, such as light emitting diodes (LEDs). The circuit may drive either multiple LED chains or a single LED chain to determine whether one, or more, of the LEDs in the LED chain is no longer working because of a short. The circuit determines whether the LED chain voltage satisfies a threshold based on a single LED voltage drop. Therefore, the same circuit may be used for applications regardless of the number of LEDs in an LED chain. Additionally, the circuit, according to the techniques of this disclosure may use may use no output pins, other than those used to deliver current to LED chains, regardless of the number of LED chains that the circuit drives.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Marco Pamato, Maurizio Galvano, Roberto Guerra, Aurelio Pellegrini, Damiano Sartori, Enrico Tonazzo
-
Patent number: 10187062Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device that is not equipped with an operating state notification terminal for providing notification of the operating state of the memory device includes a data bus comprising a plurality of signal lines and a controller configured to adjust an impedance of a signal line when the memory device is in a busy state and cannot receive signals transmitted thereto so as to provide notification of the operating state of the memory device during ZQ calibration.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventor: Naoki Shimizu
-
Patent number: 10182478Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for current regulation. An example system controller includes: a first controller terminal configured to receive an input voltage, the first controller terminal being further configured to allow a first current flowing into the system controller based at least in part on the input voltage in response to one or more switches being closed; a second controller terminal configured to allow the first current to flow out of the system controller through the second controller terminal in response to the one or more switches being closed; a fourth controller terminal coupled to the third controller terminal through a first capacitor, the first capacitor not being any part of the system controller; and an error amplifier configured to generate a compensation signal based at least in part on the current sensing signal, the error amplifier including a second capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Meng Li, Mingli Kang, Liqiang Zhu, Lieyi Fang
-
Patent number: 10171088Abstract: The inventive concept relates to a quantum circuit that shifts the phase of a target qubit by ?/2n?1 based on a control qubit. The quantum circuit may include a first auxiliary circuit, a rotation gate, and a second auxiliary circuit. The first auxiliary circuit converts the first qubit state into the second qubit state according to the entanglement of a control qubit, a target qubit, and an ancillary qubit having a |0> state. The rotation gate shifts the phase for some basis states of the second qubit state by ?/2n?1, and converts the second qubit state to the third qubit state. The second auxiliary circuit converts the third qubit state to the fourth qubit state such that the phase of the target qubit is shifted by ?/2n?1.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Taewan Kim, Byung-Soo Choi
-
Patent number: 10146713Abstract: In one embodiment, a Light Emitting Diode (LED) driving device for driving a plurality of LEDs has a switching matrix utilizing a plurality of one of a turn off thyristors or turn off triacs coupled to the plurality of LEDs. A controller is coupled to the switching matrix responsive to a voltage of a rectified AC halfwave, wherein combinations of the plurality of LEDs are altered to ensure a maximum operating voltage of the plurality of LEDs is not exceeded. A current limiting device is coupled to the combinations of the plurality of LED to regulate current.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Inventors: David Schie, Mike Ward
-
Patent number: 10141931Abstract: A memory device includes a main driver and a pre-driver. The main driver provides an output signal to a host based on a plurality of driving signals. The pre-driver provides the main driver with the plurality of driving signals in order to calibrate a slew rate of the output signal based on an output resistance value of the main driver and a resistance value of an on-die termination circuit of the host. The pre-driver is configured to generate a first driving signal of the plurality of driving signals in response to an input signal regardless of a control signal, and to generate a second driving signal of the plurality of driving signals in response to the input signal and the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hun-Dae Choi