Patents by Inventor Boqiang Xiao
Boqiang Xiao 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).
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Publication number: 20230324941Abstract: A bandgap current reference circuit includes a bandgap core circuit and an error amplifier. The bandgap core circuit is configured to generate a zero temperature coefficient bandgap current. The bandgap core circuit includes a bipolar transistor. The bipolar transistor is configured to pass a current that is proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT current). The error amplifier is coupled to the bandgap core circuit and includes a bipolar differential input pair. The bipolar differential input pair is configured to ensure that the PTAT current is flowing in the bipolar transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Boqiang Xiao, Avinash Shreepathi Bhat
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Patent number: 11714444Abstract: A bandgap current reference circuit includes a bandgap core circuit and an error amplifier. The bandgap core circuit is configured to generate a zero temperature coefficient bandgap current. The bandgap core circuit includes a bipolar transistor. The bipolar transistor is configured to pass a current that is proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT current). The error amplifier is coupled to the bandgap core circuit and includes a bipolar differential input pair. The bipolar differential input pair is configured to ensure that the PTAT current is flowing in the bipolar transistor.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Boqiang Xiao, Avinash Shreepathi Bhat
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Publication number: 20230122789Abstract: In an example, a circuit includes an input stage having a control voltage input, a feedback input, a first control output and a second control output. The feedback input is coupled to a driver output. A first path stage has a first voltage input and a third output. The first voltage input is coupled to the first control output, and the third output is coupled to the driver output. A second path stage has a second voltage input and a fourth output. The second voltage input is coupled to the second control output, and the fourth output is coupled to the driver output. A load transistor has a control input coupled to the driver output. The input stage is configured to provide gm-boosting to the first path stage to turn on the load transistor responsive to an output voltage at a voltage output.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Boqiang Xiao, Avinash Shreepathi Bhat
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Publication number: 20230124021Abstract: A bandgap current reference circuit includes a bandgap core circuit and an error amplifier. The bandgap core circuit is configured to generate a zero temperature coefficient bandgap current. The bandgap core circuit includes a bipolar transistor. The bipolar transistor is configured to pass a current that is proportional to absolute temperature (PTAT current). The error amplifier is coupled to the bandgap core circuit and includes a bipolar differential input pair. The bipolar differential input pair is configured to ensure that the PTAT current is flowing in the bipolar transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Boqiang XIAO, Avinash SHREEPATHI BHAT
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Patent number: 11146172Abstract: A circuit includes a rectifier, a charge pump, and a clamp control circuit. The rectifier has an input configured to be coupled to an alternating current (AC) power source. The rectifier rectifies an AC signal from the AC power source to produce a rectified voltage on a first voltage node. The rectifier includes a first transistor coupled to a ground node and to the input. The first switch has a first control input. The charge pump is coupled to the first voltage node. The charge pump is configured to generate a second voltage on a second voltage node. The voltage regulator is coupled to the second voltage node. The clamp control circuit is coupled to the first and second voltage nodes and has an output node coupled to the first control input.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventor: BoQiang Xiao
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Patent number: 10803968Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to control switching of a sampling circuit. An example apparatus includes an offset window detector to determine whether a first voltage meets a first threshold of a target input voltage; a settling time detector coupled to the offset window detector, the settling time detector to determine whether a second voltage meets a second threshold, the second voltage dependent on a delay of the settling time detector, the delay of the settling time detector to track a time response of a scaling amplifier; and a sample acquisition controller coupled to the offset window detector and the settling time detector, the sample acquisition controller operable to cause a reference voltage to be sampled, in response to the first threshold and the second threshold being met.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Keith Edmund Kunz, BoQiang Xiao
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Publication number: 20200286574Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to control switching of a sampling circuit. An example apparatus includes an offset window detector to determine whether a first voltage meets a first threshold of a target input voltage; a settling time detector coupled to the offset window detector, the settling time detector to determine whether a second voltage meets a second threshold, the second voltage dependent on a delay of the settling time detector, the delay of the settling time detector to track a time response of a scaling amplifier; and a sample acquisition controller coupled to the offset window detector and the settling time detector, the sample acquisition controller operable to cause a reference voltage to be sampled, in response to the first threshold and the second threshold being met.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Keith Edmund Kunz, BoQiang Xiao
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Patent number: 10587206Abstract: A system includes a clamp circuit configured to regulate a converter input supply voltage based on control signals. The system also includes a converter configured to the adjust the converter input supply voltage to a converter output supply voltage. The system also includes a controller configured to adjust the control signals for the clamp circuit using a first mode based on the converter output supply voltage and a second mode based on the converter input supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: BoQiang Xiao, Andres Arturo Blanco, Yogesh Kumar Ramadass
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Publication number: 20200059165Abstract: A system includes a clamp circuit configured to regulate a converter input supply voltage based on control signals. The system also includes a converter configured to the adjust the converter input supply voltage to a converter output supply voltage. The system also includes a controller configured to adjust the control signals for the clamp circuit using a first mode based on the converter output supply voltage and a second mode based on the converter input supply voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: BoQiang XIAO, Andres Arturo BLANCO, Yogesh Kumar RAMADASS
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Publication number: 20200059157Abstract: A circuit includes a rectifier, a charge pump, and a clamp control circuit. The rectifier has an input configured to be coupled to an alternating current (AC) power source. The rectifier rectifies an AC signal from the AC power source to produce a rectified voltage on a first voltage node. The rectifier includes a first transistor coupled to a ground node and to the input. The first switch has a first control input. The charge pump is coupled to the first voltage node. The charge pump is configured to generate a second voltage on a second voltage node. The voltage regulator is coupled to the second voltage node. The clamp control circuit is coupled to the first and second voltage nodes and has an output node coupled to the first control input.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventor: BoQiang XIAO
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Patent number: 9000690Abstract: A method for driving a piezoelectric transducer is provided. An input signal is received. At least one of a plurality of modes is selected for a buck-boost stage from a comparison of a desired voltage on a capacitor to a first threshold and a second threshold, where the desired voltage is determined from the input signal. The piezoelectric transducer is then driven substantially within the audio band using the desired voltage on the capacitor using an H-bridge that changes state with each zero-crossing.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Mayank Garg, David J. Baldwin, Boqiang Xiao
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Publication number: 20130334987Abstract: A method for driving a piezoelectric transducer is provided. An input signal is received. At least one of a plurality of modes is selected for a buck-boost stage from a comparison of a desired voltage on a capacitor to a first threshold and a second threshold, where the desired voltage is determined from the input signal. The piezoelectric transducer is then driven substantially within the audio band using the desired voltage on the capacitor using an H-bridge that changes state with each zero-crossing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Mayank Garg, David J. Baldwin, Boqiang Xiao