Patents by Inventor Alvan Lam

Alvan Lam 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: 10090695
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods to optimize charging of a battery, including providing a first charge profile configured to provide charge current pulses to a battery in a plurality of steps. In the first charge profile, the charge current pulses can be stepped down in the plurality of steps using a comparison of a terminal voltage of the battery to a clamp voltage. When the terminal voltage meets or exceeds the clamp voltage, a high time current of the charge current pulse can be decreased and the clamp voltage can be increased before providing a subsequent charge current pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Card, Ming Chuen Alvan Lam
  • Publication number: 20160064957
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods to optimize charging of a battery, including providing a first charge profile configured to provide charge current pulses to a battery in a plurality of steps. In the first charge profile, the charge current pulses can be stepped down in the plurality of steps using a comparison of a terminal voltage of the battery to a clamp voltage. When the terminal voltage meets or exceeds the clamp voltage, a high time current of the charge current pulse can be decreased and the clamp voltage can be increased before providing a subsequent charge current pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Robert A. Card, Ming Chuen Alvan Lam
  • Patent number: 9018998
    Abstract: A delay time adjusting circuit is described, in which a reference signal circuit generates at least one reference signal to an A/D conversion circuit, an input signal circuit generates an input signal to the A/D conversion circuit, the A/D conversion circuit compares the input signal with the at least one reference signal to output a digital signal to a digital logic chip, and the digital logic chip determines a delay time based on the digital signal. In this way, the delay time can be determined digitally, and an adjusting accuracy of the delay time can be increased; and also, the delay time can be adjusted through changing the level of the input signal, thus reducing circuit losses and costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Weiming Sun, Ming Chuen Alvan Lam, Lei Huang, Emma Wang, Peng Zhu
  • Patent number: 8937500
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a delay circuit, in which a first register is written with a delay reference code, a second register is written with a delay factor, a control unit determines a corresponding delay ratio in a storage unit based on the delay factor in the second register, and sends the determined delay ratio to a first digital timing unit, the first digital timing unit determines a delay reference time based on the delay reference code in the first register, multiplies the delay reference time by the delay ratio to result in a desired delay time, and generates a delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Ming Chuen Alvan Lam, Weiming Sun, Emma Wang, Peng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20140167830
    Abstract: A delay time adjusting circuit is described, in which a reference signal circuit generates at least one reference signal to an A/D conversion circuit, an input signal circuit generates an input signal to the A/D conversion circuit, the A/D conversion circuit compares the input signal with the at least one reference signal to output a digital signal to a digital logic chip, and the digital logic chip determines a delay time based on the digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Weiming Sun, Alvan Lam, Lei Huang, Emma Wang, Peng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20140167829
    Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, a delay circuit, in which a first register is written with a delay reference code, a second register is written with a delay factor, a control unit determines a corresponding delay ratio in a storage unit based on the delay factor in the second register, and sends the determined delay ratio to a first digital timing unit, the first digital timing unit determines a delay reference time based on the delay reference code in the first register, multiplies the delay reference time by the delay ratio to result in a desired delay time, and generates a delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Alvan Lam, Weiming Sun, Emma Wang, Peng Zhu