Patents Examined by Daniel D. Chang
  • Patent number: 10715148
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to an integrated circuit with logic circuitry having one or more components. The integrated circuit may include performance sensing circuitry that provides a performance sensing output associated with detecting variation of switching delays of the one or more components forming the logic circuitry. The integrated circuit may include transient sensing circuitry that receives the performance sensing output and provides a transient sensing output for determining stability of operating conditions of the performance sensing circuitry during one or more sampling periods. The transient sensing circuitry may use a finite state machine (FSM) to sense and classify changes in temporal behavior of the transient sensing output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Arm Limited
    Inventors: Rainer Herberholz, Amit Chhabra, Yannis Jallamion-Grive
  • Patent number: 10715144
    Abstract: Integrated circuits with programmable logic regions are provided. The programmable logic regions may be organized into smaller logic units sometimes referred to as a logic cell. A logic cell may include four 4-input lookup tables (LUTs) coupled to an adder carry chain. Each of the four 4-input LUTs may include two 3-input LUTs and a selector multiplexer. The carry chain may include at three or more full adder circuits. The outputs of the 3-input LUTs may be directly connected to inputs of the full adder circuits in the carry chain. By providing at least the same or more number of full adder circuits as the total number of 4-input LUTs in the logic cell, the arithmetic density of the logic is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sergey Gribok, Gregg Baeckler, Martin Langhammer
  • Patent number: 10716193
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system. The lighting control system transmits a first wireless signal from a first light control module to a second light control module at a launch time. The first wireless signal is detected at the second light control module. A second wireless signal is transmitted from the second light control module to the first light control module in response to detecting receipt of the first wireless signal. The lighting control system detects receipt of the second wireless signal at the first light control module. A receipt time of the detection of the second wireless signal is recorded. The lighting control system determines a time of flight measured from the launch time to the receipt time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Racepoint Energy, LLC
    Inventor: William Lark, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10709001
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system configured for customization based user detection. A lighting control system includes a module housing, a graphical user interface, and a switch control circuit including a processor configured to modulate the flow of electrical energy to a lighting circuit via a dimmer circuit to produce a plurality of lighting scenes. The processor is configured to identify a proximate device identification, compare the identified device with one or more registered devices saved in a dataset, select a user profile, if the identified device corresponds to one of the one or more registered devices saved in the dataset. The processor is configured to cause a change in at least one of a scene selection protocol for selecting at least one lighting scene from the plurality of lighting scenes based on the user profile selected and a display setting of the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Racepoint Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Aylward, William Lark, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10701784
    Abstract: An example of a lighting system includes intelligent lighting devices, each of which includes a light source, a communication interface and a processor coupled to control the light source. In such a system, at least one of the lighting devices includes a user input sensor to detect user activity related to user inputs without requiring physical contact of the user; and at least one of the lighting devices includes an output component to provide information output to the user. One or more of the processors in the intelligent lighting devices are further configured to process user inputs detected by the user input sensor, control lighting and control output to a user via the output component so as to implement an interactive user interface for the system, for example, to facilitate user control of lighting operations of the system and/or to act as a user interface portal for other services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Januk Aggarwal, Jason Rogers, Jack C. Rains, Jr., David P. Ramer
  • Patent number: 10693228
    Abstract: An antenna kit includes: main and auxiliary antenna units to be disposed respectively on first and second dielectric substrates; and two connecting units. The main antenna unit includes two main radiating modules which are symmetrical with respect to a first axis, and each of which includes a main feed point, a main radiating portion and an extending portion. The auxiliary antenna unit is symmetrical with respect to a second axis, and includes two auxiliary feed points, two auxiliary radiating portions and a connecting portion. Each connecting unit is capable of being assembled such that the main radiating portion of a respective main radiating module and a respective auxiliary radiating portion are connected via the assembled connecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TRANS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ching-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 10687398
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and device for all-directional induction stepless dimming of an LED lamp. The device comprises an LED lamp power supply main circuit internally provided with a dimming control unit and a primary side main control unit and a human body induction unit used to introduce human body induction signals into a control chip. A PWM duty cycle signal is output by the control chip and is finally transmitted to a source of a field effect transistor Q6 to drive an oscillation transformer T1 to generate an alternating voltage, and a driving voltage is output to an LED lamp after rectification filter. Compared with the prior art, people approaching in two very opposite directions can be monitored at the same time, the brightness of the lamp is adjusted by adjusting the PWM duty cycle on the primary side of a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: DONGGUAN BANGDA HARDWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yelong Fei, Haifu Zou, Enwang Liao, Hang Nie, Junyun Liao
  • Patent number: 10681786
    Abstract: A two-terminal IC chip and method thereof. For example, a two-terminal IC chip includes a first chip terminal and a second chip terminal. A first terminal voltage is a voltage of the first chip terminal, a second terminal voltage is a voltage of the second chip terminal, and a chip voltage is equal to a difference between the first terminal voltage and the second terminal voltage. The chip is configured to allow a chip current to flow into the chip at the first chip terminal and out of the chip at the second chip terminal, or to flow into the chip at the second chip terminal and out of the chip at the first chip terminal. The chip current is larger than or equal to zero in magnitude. The chip is further configured to change a relationship between the chip voltage and the chip current with respect to time. The chip is an integrated circuit, and the chip does not include any additional chip terminal other than the first chip terminal and the second chip terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang Luo, Liqiang Zhu, Zhiliang Chen, Lieyi Fang
  • Patent number: 10673439
    Abstract: A device can include programmable logic circuitry, a processor system coupled to the programmable logic circuitry, and a network-on-chip. The network-on-chip is coupled to the programmable logic circuitry and the processor system. The network-on-chip is programmable to establish user specified data paths communicatively linking a circuit block implemented in the programmable logic circuitry and the processor system. The programmable logic circuitry, the network-on-chip, and the processor system are configured using a platform management controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Sagheer Ahmad, Jaideep Dastidar, Brian C. Gaide, Juan J. Noguera Serra, Ian A. Swarbrick
  • Patent number: 10674585
    Abstract: A driver circuit for lighting applications that includes a power input circuit for receiving power; a light emitting diode (LED) output current circuit for interfacing with a light source; and a light emitting diode (LED) power supply circuit for controlling current to the light emitting diode (LED) output current circuit. A controller circuit is present in the circuit for signaling the light emitting power supply (LED) to control current to the light emitting diode (LED) output current circuit. The controller is reset by removing power to the controller. A smoothing capacitor is present for stabilizing at least an output voltage. The circuit further includes a current rectifying circuit that prohibits back current traveling from the smoothing capacitor to the controller circuit when the AC power is off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LEDVANCE LLC
    Inventors: Yuhao Liu, Nilesh Patel, Ming Li
  • Patent number: 10673421
    Abstract: A level shifter device and an operation method thereof are provided. The level shifter device includes a buffer, a first level shifter and a dynamic voltage regulation circuit. The buffer includes an output terminal. The first level shifter has a first input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the buffer. The first level shifter has a reference voltage terminal coupled to an analog reference voltage. The dynamic voltage regulation circuit generates a dynamic voltage having a level varied according to a bounce of the analog reference voltage, and provides the dynamic voltage to at least one of the buffer as a power supply and the first level shifter as a bias voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Yen-Cheng Cheng
  • Patent number: 10665427
    Abstract: A high frequency radio frequency (RF) generator that generates a high frequency RF signal is described. There is no need for another low frequency RF generator that generates a low frequency RF signal. A low frequency RF signal is pre-amplified within the high frequency RF generator to output a pre-amplified low frequency RF signal. Similarly, a high frequency RF signal is pre-amplified within the high frequency RF generator to output a pre-amplified high frequency RF signal. The high frequency RF generator combines the pre-amplified low frequency RF with the pre-amplified high frequency RF signal to provide a combined RF signal. The combined RF signal is amplified within the high frequency RF generator to supply an amplified signal to a match. There is also no need for another match for the low frequency RF generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Sunil Kapoor, Thomas Frederick
  • Patent number: 10659018
    Abstract: A quantum controller comprises a first outbound quantum control pulse generation circuit, a second outbound quantum control pulse generation circuit, and an outbound quantum control pulse modification circuit. The first outbound quantum control pulse generation circuit is operable to generate a first raw outbound quantum control pulse. The second outbound quantum control pulse generation circuit operable to generate a second raw outbound quantum control pulse. The outbound quantum control pulse modification circuit is operable to dynamically determine whether to process the first raw outbound quantum control pulse and the second outbound quantum control pulse as a multi-pulse pair or as two independent pulses. The determination of may be based on to which one or more quantum elements and/or signal paths the first raw outbound quantum control pulse and the second raw outbound quantum control pulse are to be routed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Quantum Machines
    Inventors: Yonatan Cohen, Nissim Ofek, Itamar Sivan
  • Patent number: 10652986
    Abstract: A method and system for allowing automatic provisioning of a LED lamp in a dimmer system. The dimmer powers the lamp through a switched AC line. A wireless link serves for information exchange between the dimmer and the lamp. When the lamp is turned on by the dimmer, it starts a short waiting period in which it expects to wirelessly receive from the dimmer a provisioning message including a dimmer identification, which it saves to identify dimming messages the dimmer. Another aspect of the invention is disclosed in the above dimmer system, wherein the lamp comprises a backup battery. The dimmer wirelessly informs the lamp upon voltage drops at its input caused by user OFF actions and/or by AC supply outage. The lamp is configured to assume backup mode only upon detecting, based on the above information, a voltage drop at its input caused by an AC supply outage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventor: Shafrir Romano
  • Patent number: 10651852
    Abstract: A logic gate includes at least one reverse direction high-electron-mobility transistor. The reverse direction high-electron-mobility transistor includes at least one source connected to a first reference voltage, at least one gate connected to an output, and at least one drain connected to the output. Logic implementing circuitry is connected between the output an additional reference voltage. The logic implementing circuitry includes a first transistor that includes a gate connected to a first input, and a second transistor that includes a gate connected to a second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventors: David L. Whitney, Manuel M. Del Arroz
  • Patent number: 10644700
    Abstract: A latch is provided. The latch includes a plurality of storage nodes including a plurality of data storage nodes configured to store a data bit having one of two states and a plurality of complementary data storage nodes configured to store a complement of the data bit. The latch includes a plurality of supply voltage multi-dependency stages respectively corresponding to the plurality of storage nodes. Each supply voltage multi-dependency stage has an output coupled to a storage node and at least two control inputs respectively coupled to at least two other storage nodes of the plurality of storage nodes. The supply voltage multi-dependency stage is configured to cause a state of the data bit stored in the storage node to change from a first state to a second state in response a change in both states of two data bits respectively stored in the at least two other storage nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL N.V., STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L.
    Inventors: Andrea Mario Veggetti, Abhishek Jain
  • Patent number: 10637478
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including a system that includes a first integrated circuit chip configured to store application logic for one or more executable applications; and a second integrated circuit chip communicatively coupled to the first integrated circuit chip, the second integrated circuit chip including an instruction decoder configured to decode instructions for executing the one or more executable applications; and a communication interface configured to transmit the decoded instructions to the first integrated circuit chip to execute the one or more executable applications on the first integrated circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Inventor: Jonathan Ross
  • Patent number: 10637471
    Abstract: A semiconductor apparatus includes a termination voltage terminal, a first pin, a second pin, a first termination circuit and a second termination circuit. The first termination circuit is coupled between the termination voltage terminal and the first pin. The second termination circuit is coupled between the termination voltage terminal and a second pin. Resistance values of the first termination circuit and the second termination circuit may be determined on a basis of distances from the termination voltage terminal to the first pin and the second pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Yong Song, Han Kyu Chi
  • Patent number: 10637474
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an off-chip driver (OCD) and an associated DRAM. The OCD operates in a power domain. The power domain works under a minimum system voltage and a maximum system voltage. The OCD is configured for providing a drive current to an output pad. The OCD includes a pull-push circuit. The pull-push circuit is coupled to the output pad. The pull-push circuit includes a current source circuit. The current source circuit includes a VCCS. The VCCS is configured to provide, in response to an operation voltage, an impedance with respect to the output pad, wherein the operation voltage ranges between the minimum system voltage and the maximum system voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chang-Ting Wu
  • Patent number: 10637533
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a controller die and a group of dies that communicate with each other via a transmission line. Less than all of the dies of the group includes a respective on-die termination resistance circuit coupled to the transmission line. In some embodiments, one of the dies that includes an on-die termination resistance circuit is an end die of the group. In particular embodiments, the end die is the only die of the group that includes an on-die termination resistance circuit coupled to the transmission line. Transmission frequencies or data rates may be increased without degrading signal quality by removing capacitance associated with on-die termination resistance circuits from at least one of the dies of the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Thomas Contreras, Sayed Mobin, David Zhang, Gokul Kumar