Patents by Inventor Chia-Chun Lien

Chia-Chun Lien 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: 7686220
    Abstract: The invention provides a memory card detection circuit of a computer. The memory card detection circuit comprises a plurality of query pins through which a memory card is coupled to the computer and a plurality of latch circuits respectively coupled to each of the query pins. The latch circuits generates query signals indicating whether ground bounce occurs in the voltage of the query pins due to a voltage difference between two ends of the query pins shortly after the memory card is coupled to the computer through the query pins. The query signals identify the type of the memory card without waiting until ground bounce is resolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Tin Hsu, Chia-Chun Lien
  • Publication number: 20080098139
    Abstract: A high speed transmission system comprises a host controller with a host logic unit and a device controller with a device logic unit. The host controller transmits and receives a digital signal through the first interface according to the first descriptor in a memory. The device controller transmits and receives the digital signal through the second interface according to the second descriptor in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Chun Lien, Yu-Tin Hsu
  • Publication number: 20080016082
    Abstract: The invention provides a memory card detection circuit of a computer. The memory card detection circuit comprises a plurality of query pins through which a memory card is coupled to the computer and a plurality of latch circuits respectively coupled to each of the query pins. The latch circuits generates query signals indicating whether ground bounce occurs in the voltage of the query pins due to a voltage difference between two ends of the query pins shortly after the memory card is coupled to the computer through the query pins. The query signals identify the type of the memory card without waiting until ground bounce is resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Applicant: VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Tin Hsu, Chia-Chun Lien
  • Patent number: 7028120
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing LDRQ input pin count of a low pin count (LPC) host are provided. The LPC host is series of connecting with a plurality of peripheral devices, the peripheral device having a LDRQ control device within. The LDRQ control device comprises a LDRQ to DRQ decoder, a DRQ arbiter, and a DRQ to LDRQ encoder. In the LDRQ control device, a LDRQ signal is decoded into a DRQ signal via the LDRQ to DRQ decoder and then the DRQ signal is priority arbitrated via the DRQ arbiter. Next, the arbitrated DRQ signal is transferred into a LDRQ signal via DRQ to LDRQ encoder. Following, the LDRQ signal is outputted into the next stage peripheral device or to output into a LDRQ input pin of the LPC host, so as the LPC host only need one LDRQ input pin for purposing to effectively reduce the LDRQ input pin count and lower the manufacturing cost of the LPC host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hu, Chia-Chun Lien, Wallace Huang
  • Patent number: 6813675
    Abstract: A chipset with LPC interface and data accessing time adapting function is proposed. The chipset comprises an LPC slave controller connected to an LPC master controller in a main controller, a LPC/ISA bridge connected to the LPC slave controller and convert a data in LPC specification to a data in ISA specification, a plurality of ISA logic control units connected to the LPC/ISA bridge and controlling corresponding ISA devices, and a data accessing time adjuster connected to the LPC/ISA bridge and adjusting the time of accessing operation for an ISA or LPC device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Wu, Chia-Chun Lien
  • Publication number: 20040006661
    Abstract: There is provided a method and device of minimizing the number of LDRQ signal pin of a LPC host. At least one of LPC devices requiring to perform DMA transmission or bus master request includes a LDRQ controller serving as a LDRQ control device. The LDRQ control device is connected with a plurality of LPC devices, wherein the LDRQ controller includes a decoding circuit for decoding LDRQ signals into DRQ signals, the DRQ signals are arbitrated by a DRQ control circuit to resolve their priorities, and the DRQ signal having the highest priority is transferred to an encoding circuit to be translated into a LDRQ signal. This LDRQ signal is transferred to either the LDRQ control device of next stage or LDRQ pin of LPC host so that only a single LPC pin is required by LPC host, and thereby the number of LDRQ signal pin of LPC host can be minimized and its manufacturing cost can be lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hu, Chia-Chun Lien, Wallace Huang
  • Publication number: 20030233505
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing LDRQ input pin count of a low pin count (LPC) host are provided. The LPC host is series of connecting with a plurality of peripheral devices, the peripheral device having a LDRQ control device within. The LDRQ control device comprises a LDRQ to DRQ decoder, a DRQ arbiter, and a DRQ to LDRQ encoder. In the LDRQ control device, a LDRQ signal is decoded into a DRQ signal via the LDRQ to DRQ decoder and then the DRQ signal is priority arbitrated via the DRQ arbiter. Next, the arbitrated DRQ signal is transferred into a LDRQ signal via DRQ to LDRQ encoder. Following, the LDRQ signal is outputted into the next stage peripheral device or to output into a LDRQ input pin of the LPC host, so as the LPC host only need one LDRQ input pin for purposing to effectively reduce the LDRQ input pin count and lower the manufacturing cost of the LPC host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Hu, Chia-Chun Lien, Wallace Huang
  • Publication number: 20030078984
    Abstract: A chipset with LPC interface and data accessing time adapting function is proposed. The chipset comprises an LPC slave controller connected to an LPC master controller in a main controller, a LPC/ISA bridge connected to the LPC slave controller and convert a data in LPC specification to a data in ISA specification, a plurality of ISA logic control units connected to the LPC/ISA bridge and controlling corresponding ISA devices, and a data accessing time adjuster connected to the LPC/ISA bridge and adjusting the time of accessing operation for an ISA or LPC device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Chun-Cheng Wu, Chia-Chun Lien