Patents Examined by Dinh T. Le
  • Patent number: 11271399
    Abstract: A power distribution system comprising a power input, and at least two controlled power outlets configured for connection to devices. The power outlets may include first and second power outlets, with at least the first power outlet having a first priority level and at least the second power outlet having a second priority level. A power sensing circuit may be configured to detect a level of power being drawn from a power supply circuit. A power control circuit may individually control power supplied to each power outlet such that power drawn from each outlet may be removed without removing power from another outlet. The power control circuit may be configured to remove power from at least one of the controlled power outlets according to the relative priority levels of the power outlets when a cumulative power draw level for the outlets may exceed a threshold cumulative power draw level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Adam Sorenson
  • Patent number: 11272050
    Abstract: To provide a mobile phone which can be used without hampering convinience in a condition where functions of the mobile phone are switched and can improve operability. The mobile phone includes an optical sensor, a display element, a pixel circuit portion where a plurality of pixels having a plurality of transistors are arranged in matrix, an optical sensor control circuit which is connected to an optical sensor driver circuit for driving the optical sensor and reads a signal from the optical sensor, a display portion control circuit which is connected to a display element driver circuit for driving the display element and outputs an image signal for displaying an image on a display portion, a gradient detection portion for outputting a signal in accordance with a gradient of the mobile phone, and an arithmetic circuit for performing display in the pixel circuit portion by switching image signals output to the display portion control circuit with a signal from the gradient detection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11264688
    Abstract: An interposer (16) and a substrate (10) incorporating the interposer (16) are provided. The interposer (16) includes one or more layers (18) and a cavity (20) defined in the one or more layers (18), the cavity (20) being configured as a waveguide for propagation of electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: THALES SOLUTIONS ASIA PTE LTD, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, UNIVERSITE GRENOBLES ALPES, L'INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE GRENOBLE, UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE 1, UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Philippe Coquet, Beng Kang Tay, Mathieu Cometto, Dominique Baillargeat, Stéphane Bila, Kamel Frigui, Philippe Ferrari, Emmanuel Pistono, Florence Podevin
  • Patent number: 11258618
    Abstract: Disclosed examples include redundant Power over Ethernet (PoE) systems, powered device (PD) controllers and methods in which a first PD controller sends a signal to indicate to the other PD controllers that the first PD controller is powered, and a second PD controller newly connected or reconnected to a corresponding power sourcing equipment (PSE) refrains from turning off a shared DC-DC converter, and the second PD controller waits to allow an inrush current delay of the corresponding PSE to complete before allowing current flow between the DC-DC converter and the corresponding PSE, and the second PD controller selectively provides a signal to request an application circuit powered by the DC-DC converter to temporarily reduce its power consumption below a predetermined value if the corresponding PSE is configured to provide no more than the predetermined value of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jean Picard, David N. Abramson, Karl H. Jacobs
  • Patent number: 11258373
    Abstract: A power supply includes an inverter configured to convert direct current (DC) power into alternating current (AC) power, an impedance matching circuit configured to supply the AC power to a load, and a controller configured to detect a delay time of an output voltage and an output current output to the impedance matching circuit and the load and to adjust a frequency of the output voltage according to the detected delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: EN2CORE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yeong-Hoon Sohn, Se-Hong Park, Sae-Hoon Uhm
  • Patent number: 11258153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling and decoupling device between a circuit carrier and a waveguide. The coupling and decoupling device contains a retaining element, which has a first end for coupling to the circuit carrier and a second end for coupling to the waveguide. Two dipole antennas, which are crossed over and oriented orthogonally to each other, are arranged between the first end and the second end. The coupling and decoupling device furthermore contains two conductor pairs, which are arranged crossed over each other and are designed such that the conductor pairs are connected to the two dipole antennas and to associated contact surfaces on the circuit carrier. According to the invention, an electrically conductive layer is fixed on the first end. The retaining element is formed as a hollow conductor having a first opening on the end face of the hollow conductor for coupling to the circuit carrier and a second opening on the end face of the hollow conductor for coupling to the waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Wollitzer, Thomas Reum
  • Patent number: 11258155
    Abstract: A multilayer electronic component includes an element body including a plurality of base layers stacked in a first direction, an inner conductor disposed in the element body, and a mounting terminal connected to the inner conductor. The multilayer electronic component has a mount surface positioned on a mounted side when the multilayer electronic component is mounted. The mount surface is disposed so as not to intersect an axis along the first direction. The mounting terminal is disposed on the mount surface and embedded from the mount surface into the element body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Matsushita, Ryota Asai
  • Patent number: 11251766
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods that allow for correcting a residual frequency offset in the GHz frequency range by using low-complexity analog circuit implementations of a broad-band frequency detector that comprises two analog polyphase filters in a dual configuration. Each filter comprises an RC network of cross-coupled capacitors that facilitate filters with opposite passbands and opposite stop-bands. In various embodiments, the outputs of the two filters are combined to obtain power metrics that when subtracted from each other, deliver a measure of the imbalance between the positive and negative halves of a frequency spectrum. Since the measure is substantially proportional to a frequency offset within a linear range spanning 5 GHz or more, the polyphase filters may be used in a broad-band frequency detector that, based on the measure, adjusts the frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Razzell
  • Patent number: 11251790
    Abstract: A power relay assembly for an electric vehicle and a driving method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention connect the first switching unit and the second switching unit connected in series with each other in parallel with the relay switch, and by allowing the first switching unit and the second switching unit to include semiconductor switching elements and diodes therein, not only when power is supplied from the battery to the load side, but also when charging is performed by supplying a charging current to the battery, it is possible to supply or cut off power while preventing sparks and arcs at the relay contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hwan Kwon, Ho Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11245380
    Abstract: In an acoustic wave device, a piezoelectric body is directly or indirectly laminated on a silicon support substrate, and a functional electrode is provided on the piezoelectric body. A support layer is directly or indirectly laminated on the silicon support substrate, and the support layer is located outside the functional electrode when viewed in plan view. A silicon cover layer is provided on the support layer that includes an insulating material, and a space A is defined by the silicon support substrate, the support layer, and the silicon cover layer. The electric resistance of the silicon support substrate is higher than the electric resistance of the silicon cover layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Sawamura, Seiji Kai, Yutaka Kishimoto, Yuzo Kishi
  • Patent number: 11239739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power fetching system for a no neutral switch and a control method thereof, and a no neutral switch, wherein the power fetching system is connected to an electrical device and a wireless controller, and the wireless controller controls a switch module for changing an operating state of the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Savant Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Dong Xing, Weihu Chen, Fanbin Wang, Aijun Wang, JinPeng Hu
  • Patent number: 11238905
    Abstract: A sense amplifier (SA) includes a semiconductor substrate having a source/drain (S/D) diffusion region; a pair of SA sensing devices both disposed in the S/D diffusion region; an SA enabling device disposed in the same S/D diffusion region as where the pair of SA sensing devices are disposed in; and a sense amplifier enabling signal (SAE) line for carrying an SAE signal, for turning on the SA enabling device to discharge one of the pair of SA sensing devices during a data read from the sense amplifier, wherein the SA enabling device is arranged to provide buffer protection for source/drain terminals of the pair of SA sensing devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Huei Chen, Chien Chi Linus Tien, Kao-Cheng Lin, Jung-Hsuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11239554
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal phase shifting unit, a method for manufacturing the same, a liquid crystal phase shifter, and an antenna, which relate to the technical field of phase shifting. A liquid crystal filling region (6) is supported steadily by a support structure (4), which increases the transmission stability of a microwave signal. A space between a first substrate (1) and a second substrate (2) of the liquid crystal phase shifting unit includes the liquid crystal filling region (6). A microstrip line (3) is provided on a surface of the first substrate (1) facing towards the second substrate (2). An orthographic projection of the microstrip line (3) on the first substrate (1) is located in the liquid crystal filling region (6). The support structure (4) is provided between the first substrate (1) and the second substrate (3) and in the liquid crystal filling region (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CHENGDU TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingru Hu, Bo Wu, Dongquan Hou, Xuhui Peng
  • Patent number: 11233451
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to bypass sensed signals in power converters. The disclosed methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture provide an apparatus to bypass sensed signals in power converters, the apparatus comprising: a first single shot circuit to, during runtime of a power converter, generate a clock signal based on an adaptive delay, the adaptive delay based on a count value of a counter; a pulse comparator coupled to an adaptation pulse generator, the pulse comparator to, during runtime of the power converter: compare a first duration of the adaptation pulse to a second duration of a reference pulse; and adjust the count value of the counter; and a ready detector coupled to the pulse comparator, the ready detector to, in response to a trigger event, transmit, during runtime of the power converter, the count value to a second single shot circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Janne Matias Pahkala, Juha Olavi Hauru, Jussi Matti Aleksi Särkkä
  • Patent number: 11233301
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal phase shifter, including a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; phase-shifting units each including a microstrip line, a phased electrode and two feed terminals, the microstrip line is located between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, the phased electrode is located between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, the two feed terminals are located at a side of the first or second substrate facing away from the other, and in a direction perpendicular to the first substrate, two ends of the microstrip line respectively overlap the two feed terminals, the phased electrode includes at least two sub-electrodes spaced apart from each other, and the microstrip line includes effective line segments respectively corresponding to each sub-electrode, and the sub-electrodes covers a corresponding effective line segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: CHENGDU TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghua Wang, Yingru Hu, Bo Wu
  • Patent number: 11225206
    Abstract: A wiring harness assembly includes a first flexible planar wire cable. The first flexible planar wire cable has a first plurality of separated conductors formed in a first insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes a first flat exterior surface. The first flat exterior surface defines first apertures that expose at least a portion the first plurality of separated conductors. The first apertures are sized, shaped, and arranged such that arranging a second flat exterior surface of a second flexible planar wire cable in contact with the first flat exterior surface enables an electrical connection between the first plurality of separated conductors and a second plurality of separated conductors formed in a second insulating layer of the second flexible planar wire cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Jared Bilas, Kurt P. Seifert, David G. Siegfried, David R. Peterson, Frank W. Szuba, Jr., Mark Intihar
  • Patent number: 11223343
    Abstract: A noise suppression circuit includes a resistor-capacitor (RC) filter where a resistive element of the RC filter has a first terminal configured to receive an input data stream and a second terminal coupled to a circuit node Vrc and a capacitive element coupled to the circuit node, a logic gate having an input coupled to the circuit node and an output configured to provide a filtered data stream, and a switch. The switch is configured to short out the resistive element of the RC filter when the input data stream and the filtered data stream are at a same value and not short out the resistive element when the input data stream and the filtered data stream are at different values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Matthew Mertens
  • Patent number: 11217430
    Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus comprises a processing chamber, a gas supply unit, a power supply unit and a frequency control unit. The processing chamber accommodates a target object. The gas supply unit supplies a processing gas into the processing chamber. The power supply unit supplies a power of a predetermined frequency band into the processing chamber to generate plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber. The frequency control unit sweeps a frequency of the power supplied into the processing chamber by the power supply unit from a first frequency to a second frequency at the time of generating the plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki Inoue, Koji Koyama, Yasutaka Sakai
  • Patent number: 11211919
    Abstract: A first resistor to a fourth resistor and a first capacitor to a fourth capacitor are connected together in series in a ring shape. A first output terminal to a fourth output terminal are connected to series connection points between the first resistor to the fourth resistor and the first capacitor to the fourth capacitor, a first input terminal is connected to a series connection point between the fourth capacitor and the first resistor, and a second input terminal is connected to a series connection point between the second capacitor and the third resistor. Furthermore, a fifth resistor is connected between a series connection point between the first capacitor and the second resistor and a series connection point between the third capacitor and the fourth resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaomi Tsuru
  • Patent number: 11201537
    Abstract: A method for suppressing a common mode impulse current for an inverter generated when an alternating current switch is switched on and a device for applying the method are provided. Before the alternating current switch is switched on for the inverter, a target value of a common mode voltage between the inverter and ground is calculated based on at least one of a voltage between an alternating current port and ground, a voltage between the inverter and ground and a voltage across the alternating current switch sampled in real time. Then, a compensation power supply arranged between a main circuit of the inverter and ground is controlled to change the common mode voltage to the target value, so that a common mode voltage difference between two ends of the alternating current switch is zero. Subsequently, the inverter is controlled to switch on the alternating current switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanfei Yu, Hua Ni, Yang Bai, Menglin Cao