Patents Examined by Patrick O'Neil
  • Patent number: 11004526
    Abstract: Provided are a shift register, a gate drive circuit and a display panel. The shift register includes a reset module, where a first control terminal of the reset module is electrically connected to a first reset-signal input terminal, a second control terminal of the reset module is electrically connected to a second reset-signal input terminal, an input terminal of the reset module is electrically connected to a second power-signal input terminal, a first output terminal of the reset module is electrically connected to a first node, and a second output terminal of the reset module is electrically connected to a scanning-signal output terminal. In the third phase, the potential of the first node P is at a second level, each of potentials of the first control terminal and the second control terminal of the reset module is at the second level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI AVIC OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huijun Jin, Dandan Qin, Shoufu Jian
  • Patent number: 9483992
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit comprising multistage gate drive on array (GOA) drive units is provided. Each stage of GOA drive unit comprises a pull-up control part, a pull-up part, a key pull-down part, and a pull-down holding part. The pull-down holding part comprises a bridging module, a first and a second pull-down holding modules. When the bridging module is in a shutoff state, the first and the second pull-down holding modules work alternately, whereby a potential at the gate signal output end and/or a potential at the control end of the pull-up part are/is kept at a potential of the direct current power source according to a pull-down holding control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Juncheng Xiao
  • Patent number: 8872556
    Abstract: A phase-locked loop circuit using a multi-curve voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) having a set of operating curves, each operating curve corresponding to a different frequency range over a control voltage range. The phase-locked loop circuit includes a phase and frequency detector driving a charge pump and a digital control circuit configured to generate a curve select signal using a closed loop curve search operation to select one of the operating curves in the multi-curve VCO, the selected operating curve being used by the VCO to generate an output signal with an output frequency being equal or close to a target frequency of the phase-locked loop. In one embodiment, the digital control circuit increases the charge pump current above a nominal current value during the closed loop curve search operation and set the charge pump current to the nominal current value after an operating curve is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Micrel, Inc.
    Inventors: Juinn-Yan Chen, Wei-Kang Cheng
  • Patent number: 8212604
    Abstract: An analog T switch is disclosed which has high isolation in the off state. The analog T switch can include series-connected NMOS transistors having separate gate control. The gates of the NMOS transistors can be isolated from one another to improve off state isolation of the analog T switch. The analog switch can include series-connected PMOS transistors having separate gate control. The gates of the PMOS transistors can be isolated from one another to improve off state isolation of the analog T switch. The analog T switch can include a substrate voltage control circuit that controls the voltage of the substrate regions in which the PMOS transistors are formed. The substrate voltage control circuit can isolate the substrate regions of the PMOS transistors from one another in the off state to improve off state isolation of the analog T switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Guo Dianbo
  • Patent number: 7352224
    Abstract: A method for generating a pulse train is provided with adjustable start and end times of individual pulses, in which additional clock signals are generated from a 0th clock signal, the signals which in each case have a frequency of the 0th clock signal and whose phase is shifted in each case relative to a phase of the 0th clock signal. Pairs of one first clock signal and one second clock signal are provided, partial pulses are generated from the properties of the first and second clock signal of a pair in accordance with a timing vector, and the pulse train is generated by superimposition of partial pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Atmel Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Schabel
  • Patent number: 7307467
    Abstract: A voltage divider device includes a double gate field effect transistor (FET) having a first gate and a second gate disposed at opposite sides of a body region. An input voltage is coupled between the first and second gates, and an output voltage is taken from at least one of a source of the FET and a drain of the FET, wherein the output voltage represents a divided voltage with respect to the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Goodnow, Joseph A. Iadanza, Edward J. Nowak, Douglas W. Stout