Patents by Inventor Changjiang Chen

Changjiang Chen 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: 11811324
    Abstract: An integrated circuit of a buck-boost converter working in a buck mode with a buck power switching cycle, a boost mode with a boost power switching cycle or a buck-boost mode with a buck-boost power switching cycle. The integrated circuit integrates a first power switch, a second power switch, a third power switch and a fourth power switch, and an output current sensing circuit. The buck-boost power switching cycle consists of a first buck-boost phase, a second buck-boost phase and a third buck-boost phase. The output current sensing circuit samples the current flowing through the first power switch during the second buck-boost phase and the current flowing through the fourth power switch during the third buck-boost phase so as to generate the output current information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Changjiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11329563
    Abstract: A buck-boost converter working in a buck mode with buck switching cycles, a boost mode with boost switching cycles or a buck-boost mode with buck-boost switching cycles. Each of the buck-boost switching cycles has an AC phase, an AD phase and a BD Phase, and the duty cycle of the AC phase is determined by a reference signal, a feedback signal and an inductor current sense signal, the duty cycle of the AD phase is controlled and maintained at a preset duty threshold, the time period of the buck-boost switching cycle equals the time period of the buck switching cycle and the time period of the boost switching cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Changjiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20220077784
    Abstract: An integrated circuit of a buck-boost converter working in a buck mode with a buck power switching cycle, a boost mode with a boost power switching cycle or a buck-boost mode with a buck-boost power switching cycle. The integrated circuit integrates a first power switch, a second power switch, a third power switch and a fourth power switch, and an output current sensing circuit. The buck-boost power switching cycle consists of a first buck-boost phase, a second buck-boost phase and a third buck-boost phase. The output current sensing circuit samples the current flowing through the first power switch during the second buck-boost phase and the current flowing through the fourth power switch during the third buck-boost phase so as to generate the output current information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Changjiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20220045613
    Abstract: A buck-boost converter working in a buck mode with buck switching cycles, a boost mode with boost switching cycles or a buck-boost mode with buck-boost switching cycles. Each of the buck-boost switching cycles has an AC phase, an AD phase and a BD Phase, and the duty cycle of the AC phase is determined by a reference signal, a feedback signal and an inductor current sense signal, the duty cycle of the AD phase is controlled and maintained at a preset duty threshold, the time period of the buck-boost switching cycle equals the time period of the buck switching cycle and the time period of the boost switching cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Changjiang Chen
  • Patent number: 10727742
    Abstract: A power converter including a load transient enhancing module and associated method for improving load transient response of the power converter. The load transient enhancing module detects whether load transient is occurring in a load of the power converter, and turns the secondary switch off and locks the secondary switch at “OFF” state to turn on a body diode of the secondary switch once load transient is occurring in the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changjiang Chen, Lei Li
  • Patent number: 10637256
    Abstract: A charging mode auto-detection module for a charging circuit and associated charging mode auto-detection method. The charging mode auto-detection module compatibly includes a voltage dividing charging mode, a BC1.2 mode, a SAMSUNG 1.2V/1.2V charging mode and a QC3.0 mode and can detect which of the charging modes is an adaptable charging mode to a needing to be charged device and generate an indication signal indicative of a required charging voltage by the needing to be charged device so that the charging circuit can regulate its bus voltage to the required charging voltage based on the indication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyong Gong, Changjiang Chen, Jian Jiang
  • Publication number: 20190115831
    Abstract: A power converter including a load transient enhancing module and associated method for improving load transient response of the power converter. The load transient enhancing module detects whether load transient is occurring in a load of the power converter, and turns the secondary switch off and locks the secondary switch at “OFF” state to turn on a body diode of the secondary switch once load transient is occurring in the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Changjiang Chen, Lei Li
  • Publication number: 20180131196
    Abstract: A charging mode auto-detection module for a charging circuit and associated charging mode auto-detection method. The charging mode auto-detection module compatibly includes a voltage dividing charging mode, a BC1.2 mode, a SAMSUNG 1.2V/1.2V charging mode and a QC3.0 mode and can detect which of the charging modes is an adaptable charging mode to a needing to be charged device and generate an indication signal indicative of a required charging voltage by the needing to be charged device so that the charging circuit can regulate its bus voltage to the required charging voltage based on the indication signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Junyong Gong, Changjiang Chen, Jian Jiang
  • Patent number: 9917584
    Abstract: A bootstrap circuit integrated to a voltage converter integrated circuit (IC) and a voltage converter IC for a switch mode voltage regulator. The bootstrap circuit is used to provide a bootstrap voltage signal for driving a high side switch of the voltage converter IC. The bootstrap circuit has a pre-charger and a bootstrap capacitor. The pre-charger provides a first bootstrap signal to pre-charge a control terminal of the high side switch, and the bootstrap capacitor provides a second bootstrap signal to enhance the charge of the control terminal of the high side switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junyong Gong, Jian Jiang, Yike Li, Changjiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20170324411
    Abstract: A bootstrap circuit integrated to a voltage converter integrated circuit (IC) and a voltage converter IC for a switch mode voltage regulator. The bootstrap circuit is used to provide a bootstrap voltage signal for driving a high side switch of the voltage converter IC. The bootstrap circuit has a pre-charger and a bootstrap capacitor. The pre-charger provides a first bootstrap signal to pre-charge a control terminal of the high side switch, and the bootstrap capacitor provides a second bootstrap signal to enhance the charge of the control terminal of the high side switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Junyong Gong, Jian Jiang, Yike Li, Changjiang Chen
  • Patent number: 8797775
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present circuit and method disclose a bridge rectifier and a driving circuit. The bridge rectifier having a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output may comprise two high side diodes and two low side switches. The driving circuit may be coupled to the first input of the bridge rectifier and the second input of the bridge rectifier, and the driving circuit may be configured to provide a first driving signal and a second driving signal. The first driving signal may be coupled to a first low side switch and the second driving signal may be coupled to a second low side switch. The first driving signal may be limited to less than a first predetermined driving voltage and the second driving signal may be limited to less than a second predetermined driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yike Li, Changjiang Chen, Rui Wang
  • Publication number: 20120218797
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present circuit and method disclose a bridge rectifier and a driving circuit. The bridge rectifier having a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output may comprise two high side diodes and two low side switches. The driving circuit may be coupled to the first input of the bridge rectifier and the second input of the bridge rectifier, and the driving circuit may be configured to provide a first driving signal and a second driving signal. The first driving signal may be coupled to a first low side switch and the second driving signal may be coupled to a second low side switch. The first driving signal may be limited to less than a first predetermined driving voltage and the second driving signal may be limited to less than a second predetermined driving voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Yike Li, Changjiang Chen, Rui Wang