Patents by Inventor Aihua LEE

Aihua LEE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11005306
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a wireless power transmitter that dynamically adjusts the deadtime to reduce power loss. Specifically, the wireless power transmitter includes a transistor circuit for switching a first voltage at a first node and a second voltage at a second node, and a LC circuit coupled between the first node and the second node. The wireless power transmitter further includes a controller coupled to the transistor circuit. The controller is configured to determine whether either of the first voltage and the second voltage is negative during a deadtime of switching. The controller is configured to increment or decrement the deadtime by an adjustment amount depending on whether negative voltage is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Qi, Gustavo Mehas, Chan Young Jeong, Xinyun Gu, Nicholaus Smith, Amit D. Bavisi, Daryl Sugasawara, Aihua Lee
  • Patent number: 10784044
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a coil design for the transmission of wireless power. In some embodiments, the coil can include a winding with one or more turns of conductive traces mounted on a substrate, wherein the one or more turns include characteristics that enhance operation of the coil. In some embodiments, the winding includes a transmit coil and a receive coil, each coupled to terminals that provide for a transmit functionality and a receive functionality. In some embodiments, the traces are varied in width and/or thickness in order to optimize the inductance and the coil resistance. In some embodiments, parameters of a control circuit coupled to the coil to affect a transmit functionality or a receive functionality can be optimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Qi, Gustavo Mehas, Chan Young Jeong, Xinyun Gu, Nicholaus Wayne Smith, Amit D. Bavisi, Daryl Jay Sugasawara, Aihua Lee, Tianze Kan
  • Publication number: 20200204007
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a wireless power transmitter that dynamically adjusts the deadtime to reduce power loss. Specifically, the wireless power transmitter includes a transistor circuit for switching a first voltage at a first node and a second voltage at a second node, and a LC circuit coupled between the first node and the second node. The wireless power transmitter further includes a controller coupled to the transistor circuit. The controller is configured to determine whether either of the first voltage and the second voltage is negative during a deadtime of switching. The controller is configured to increment or decrement the deadtime by an adjustment amount depending on whether negative voltage is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Tao QI, Gustavo MEHAS, Chan Young JEONG, Xinyun GU, Nicholaus SMITH, Amit D. BAVISI, Daryl SUGASAWARA, Aihua LEE
  • Publication number: 20190386513
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter and a receiver device can communicate through a bi-directional communications channel that uses the wireless power signal transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Amit D. BAVISI, Gopinath AKKINEPALLY, Aihua LEE, Tao QI, Christopher STEPHENS, Gustavo MEHAS, Nicholaus SMITH, Chan Young JEONG, Changjae KIM, Hojun SHIN
  • Publication number: 20190334391
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a coil design for the transmission of wireless power. In some embodiments, the coil can include a winding with one or more turns of conductive traces mounted on a substrate, wherein the one or more turns include characteristics that enhance operation of the coil. In some embodiments, the winding includes a transmit coil and a receive coil, each coupled to terminals that provide for a transmit functionality and a receive functionality. In some embodiments, the traces are varied in width and/or thickness in order to optimize the inductance and the coil resistance. In some embodiments, parameters of a control circuit coupled to the coil to affect a transmit functionality or a receive functionality can be optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Tao QI, Gustavo MEHAS, Chan Young JEONG, Xinyun GU, Nicholaus Wayne SMITH, Amit D. BAVISI, Daryl Jay SUGASAWARA, Aihua LEE, Tianze KAN