Patents Examined by T. Dinh
  • Patent number: 11305810
    Abstract: Technical solutions for controlling operation of an electric machine by a control system are provided. The control system comprises an inverter and a controller performing a first operation to produce a first output data representing a motor control current command in a first time period beginning at one of a plurality of initial times occurring at a first periodic timing interval. The controller also performs a second operation upon the first output data to produce a second output data in a second time period. The controller also performs a third operation at a periodic command time to produce a motor control voltage command using the second output data in response to satisfaction of a timing criterion. The timing criterion is based upon comparing the command time and occurrence of a posting time after the initial time. A method of enforcing timing restriction to synchronize non-deterministic motor control events is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Keyur Patel, Sreekanth Siddam
  • Patent number: 11300342
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve (EEV) controller allows a user to drive the stepper motor of EEVs. Thus, the EEVs toggle between an open position or a closed position. The EEV controller includes a housing, a portable power supply, a motor driver printed circuit board (PCB), a power switch, a directional switch, and a motor connector. The housing is used to protect and hold in place the motor driver PCB, the portable power supply, the power switch, the directional switch, and the motor connector. The portable power supply is used to provide electrical energy to the motor driver PCB and to the stepper motor of EEVs through the motor connector. The power switch allows a user to manually turn on or off the EEV controller and the stepper motor. The directional switch is used to toggle the stepper motor between a clockwise rotation or a counter-clockwise rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Barry Lee Dusenbury, Stuart Smith
  • Patent number: 11302396
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array, a row decoder connected to the memory cell array by a plurality of string selection lines, a plurality of word lines, and a plurality of ground selection lines, and a common source line driver connected to the memory cell array by a common source line. The memory cell array is located in an upper chip, at least a portion of the row decoder is located in a lower chip, at least a portion of the common source line driver is located in the upper chip, and a plurality of upper bonding pads of the upper chip are connected to a plurality of lower bonding pads of the lower chip to connect the upper chip to the lower chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehong Kwon, Youngsun Min, Daeseok Byeon, Kyunghwa Yun
  • Patent number: 11302408
    Abstract: The present technology includes memory device and a method of operating the same. The memory device includes a current sensing circuit configured to perform an individual current sensing operation according to a verify result of each of selected program states in an individual current sensing mode and perform an entire current sensing operation according to a verify result of the entire memory cells regardless of the selected program states after the individual current sensing operation is performed in a mixed current sensing mode, and a voltage generator configured to apply a program voltage to a selected word line connected to the memory cells during a first amount of time in the individual current sensing mode and apply the program voltage to the selected word line during a second amount of time greater than the first amount of time in the mixed current sensing mode, in response to the operation code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Hyung Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 11301000
    Abstract: A flexible display panel is provided, defining a display area, a bonding area, and a border area, and including a flexible substrate, a protective layer, a semiconductor layer, and a touch layer. A gate lead trace, a ground trace, a touch sensor receiving electrode lead trace, and a display area pad are disposed on the flexible substrate corresponding to the display area. The protective layer corresponding to the border area is provided with a first through hole, and the gate lead trace is electrically connected to a gate of the semiconductor layer through the first through hole. The disclosure has advantages of changing a traditional trace position, adopting a hidden trace design, and designing the trace in the same position as the display area, so that no additional space is occupied, and a non-display area is reduced, thereby effectively reducing a trace width in an edge of a panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoliang Feng
  • Patent number: 11303241
    Abstract: Rotating electric machine comprising a main electric machine, an excitation machine whose rotor is adapted to rotate with a rotor of the main electric machine and produce magnetizing power to the main electric machine, and a controllable rectifier bridge electrically connected to the excitation machine for feeding a field magnetization current to a rotor winding of the main electric machine and comprising controllable semiconductor components for controlling the field magnetization current. The rotating electric machine comprises a controllable circuit connected in parallel with the rotor winding and adapted to lower the magnetization of said rotor winding. The controllable circuit is a self-controlled circuit configured to self-act depending on the voltage across said rotor winding and comprises a discharge resistor dissipating the field magnetization current to lower the magnetization of said rotor winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: INDAR ELECTRIC S.L.
    Inventors: Iker Garmendia Olarreaga, Alexander Galarraga Telleria, Nestor Campo Caballero, Julio Sevilla Irujo, Aitor Aramburu Pino
  • Patent number: 11298823
    Abstract: A sensor device and a sensing method capable of detecting even a small external force are provided. A sensor device includes: a backflow prevention unit provided in the middle of a circuit that supplies a current from a power supply unit to a motor unit; a potential detection unit configured to detect each of potentials at a preceding stage and a subsequent stage of the backflow prevention unit; and an external force detection unit configured to detect an external force applied to a member connected to the motor unit on the basis of the potentials at the preceding stage and the subsequent stage of the backflow prevention unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimitsu Kai
  • Patent number: 11295822
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatuses, methods, and systems for multi-state programming of memory cells. An embodiment includes a memory having a plurality of memory cells, and circuitry configured to program a memory cell of the plurality of memory cells to one of four possible data states by applying a first voltage pulse to the memory cell wherein the first voltage pulse has a first polarity and a first magnitude, and applying a second voltage pulse to the memory cell wherein the second voltage pulse has a second polarity and a second magnitude, and the second voltage pulse is applied for a shorter duration than the first voltage pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Karthik Sarpatwari, Nevil N. Gajera
  • Patent number: 11295817
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a page buffer and a semiconductor memory device having the same. The page buffer may include a sensing node, of which a potential is controlled based on an amount of current flowing through a bit line during a data sensing operation and based on a potential of a page buffer common node during a data transmission operation, and a main latch component configured to latch data based on the potential of the sensing node, wherein the main latch component latches the data depending on a first trip voltage and the potential of the sensing node during the data transmission operation, and latches the data depending on a second trip voltage and the potential of the sensing node during the data sensing operation, the first trip voltage and the second trip voltage being different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Kang Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11296631
    Abstract: Systems, computer readable media storing instructions, and computing device-implemented methods include receiving one or more signals that represent an angular speed of a permanent magnet electric motor of a hybrid electric vehicle, receiving a signal representing a voltage from the electric motor, determining if the angular speed is within a predetermined threshold, calculating an error angle representing a correction factor for an alignment of the electric motor based on a ratio of the voltage and the angular speed, determining if the error angle indicates that the motor is installed in a correct or an incorrect orientation, and adding an orientation correction factor to the error angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: XL Hybrids
    Inventor: Tejas Chafekar
  • Patent number: 11297716
    Abstract: A device includes a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a first battery connection, a second battery connection, and a mechanical coupling apparatus. The first battery connection is for providing a first electrical connection to a first terminal of a battery. The second battery connection is for providing a second electrical connection to a second terminal of the battery. When the flexible PCB is in a first flex position, the first and second battery connections are at a distance where at least one of the first battery connection and the second battery connection is not electrically coupled to the respective one of the first and second terminals of the battery. When the flexible PCB is in a second flex position, the battery is electrically coupled to the first and second battery terminals and is mechanically held in place by the mechanical coupling apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: RFMicron, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanmay Zargar, Alan Wayne Hansford
  • Patent number: 11294210
    Abstract: A narrow-bezel display panel includes a display region, a lower border, a driving chip, and a flexible circuit board. The lower border is connected to the display region. The driving chip is placed in the lower border. The flexible circuit board is arranged in the lower border and electrically connected to the driving chip. The driving chip is provided with an accommodating region toward the flexible circuit board, and the accommodating region receives one end of the flexible circuit board. Accordingly, a size of the lower border of the display panel is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunpeng Guo, Gonghua Zou
  • Patent number: 11295823
    Abstract: In a semiconductor integrated circuit, an internal circuit is capable of executing a first operation and a second operation concurrently, and an output circuit outputs to the outside of the semiconductor integrated circuit information indicating whether or not the first operation is being executed and information indicating whether or not the second operation is executable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KIOXIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Nakamura, Kenichi Imamiya, Toshio Yamamura, Koji Hosono, Koichi Kawai
  • Patent number: 11297746
    Abstract: A high-frequency module (1a) includes a multilayer wiring substrate (2), a plurality of components (3a, 3b) mounted on an upper surface (20a) of the multilayer wiring substrate (2), a sealing resin layer (4) laminated on the upper surface (20a) of the multilayer wiring substrate (2) and sealing the plurality of components (3a, 3b), and a shield (5). The shield (5) is composed of shield walls (5a, 5b) arranged in grooves (12) and (13), respectively, formed between the first component (3a) and the second component (3b) in the sealing resin layer (4) and a connecting conductor (11) coupling both the shield walls (5a, 5b). A first region (40a) and a second region (40b) in the sealing resin layer (4) split by the shield (5) are contiguous at the location of the connecting conductor (11) as seen from a direction perpendicular to the upper surface (20a) of the multilayer wiring substrate (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Otsubo, Yuta Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11286701
    Abstract: A sensor device for detecting a deformation of the sensor device, for example for use in a sunroof assembly, may be cost-effectively manufactured, while providing a high reliability. The sensor device includes a first electrically conductive metal lead; a first layer being a piezo-resistive material surrounding the first conductive lead; and a second electrically conductive metal lead. In a cross-section the second metal lead is arranged spaced apart from the first metal lead and the second metal lead is in electrical contact with the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V.
    Inventors: Suyanto Teri Wahiyu Ten-Jet-Foei, Theodorus Van Doleweerd
  • Patent number: 11289147
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for sensing techniques for a memory cell are described to enable a latch to sense a logic state of a memory cell. A transistor coupled with a memory cell may boost a first voltage associated with the memory cell to a second voltage via one or more parasitic capacitances of the transistor. The second voltage may be developed on a first node of a sense component, and the second voltage may be shifted to a third voltage at a first node of the sense component by applying a voltage to a shift node coupled with a capacitor of the sense component. Similar boosting and shifting operations may be performed to develop a reference voltage on a second node of the sense component. The sense component may sense the state of the memory cell by comparing with the reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Umberto Di Vincenzo, Efrem Bolandrina, Riccardo Muzzetto, Ferdinando Bedeschi
  • Patent number: 11289467
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array, a row decoder connected to the memory cell array by a plurality of string selection lines, a plurality of word lines, and a plurality of ground selection lines, and a common source line driver connected to the memory cell array by a common source line. The memory cell array is located in an upper chip, at least a portion of the row decoder is located in a lower chip, at least a portion of the common source line driver is located in the upper chip, and a plurality of upper bonding pads of the upper chip are connected to a plurality of lower bonding pads of the lower chip to connect the upper chip to the lower chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehong Kwon, Youngsun Min, Daeseok Byeon, Kyunghwa Yun
  • Patent number: 11291110
    Abstract: A resin substrate includes a resin body, an interlayer connection conductor provided in the resin body, and a conductor pattern bonded to the interlayer connection conductor. The resin body includes a gap provided adjacent to or in a vicinity of a bonding portion of the interlayer connection conductor and the conductor pattern, and a contact portion that contacts the interlayer connection conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Kamitsubo
  • Patent number: 11290040
    Abstract: A linear motor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a frame having a bottom and two sidewalls and extending in a longitudinal direction, multiple coil modules repeatedly disposed on the bottom in the longitudinal direction and configured to constitute a stator, a mover disposed on the two sidewalls in a width direction intersecting the longitudinal direction, the mover being movable in the longitudinal direction, thrust magnets mounted at a lower side of the mover and selectively corresponding to the multiple coil modules, and a Hall switching board mounted on an inner surface of one of the two sidewalls and having first Hall sensors (switching Hall sensors) operated by a magnetic field corresponding to the thrust magnets so that a driver controls phase conversion of the multiple coil modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Hyunchang Kim, Dongwoo Kang, Kwang-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11282632
    Abstract: A power module comprises a first circuit board assembly, a second circuit board assembly and a magnetic assembly. The first circuit board assembly comprises a first printed circuit board and at least one power circuit. The second circuit board assembly comprises a second printed circuit board and at least one output capacitor. The magnetic assembly is located between the first circuit board assembly and the second circuit board assembly and comprises a magnetic core module and at least one first electrical conductor. The magnetic core module comprises at least one hole. The at least one first electrical conductor passes through the corresponding hole of the magnetic core module to define at least one output inductor. Each of the at least one output inductor is electrically connected with the corresponding power circuit and the at least one output capacitor so that the power module forms at least one phase converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yahong Xiong, Da Jin, Qinghua Su