Patents by Inventor Chia-Hung Sun

Chia-Hung Sun 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: 7670025
    Abstract: A backlight module comprising a back bezel, at least one light emitting device, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board is provided. The light emitting device, which has an electrode, is disposed on the side of the back bezel, while the first circuit board is disposed on the edge of the back bezel. An elastic clip is used to electrically connect the first circuit board directly with the electrode of the light emitting device, while the second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chih Lee, Sheng-Chieh Chen, Chia-Hung Sun, Huang-Ti Lin
  • Publication number: 20100046933
    Abstract: A motor driving system includes a power supply, a driver, a motor, and a control unit. The driver includes a driving module and a power converting module. The driving module is connected to the power supply. The power converting module is connected to the power supply. The motor includes a power terminal connected to the power converting module. The control unit is connected to the power converting module. The power supply is configured to provide power for the driver. The driving module is configured to control the motor. The control unit is configured to control the power converting module to output a changeable voltage to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: FOXNUM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chia-Hung SUN
  • Publication number: 20100045200
    Abstract: A lamp drive circuit used for driving a number of lamps is provided. The lamps are used in the backlight module. The backlight module is used for providing a light source during a liquid crystal display displays. The lamps are respectively electrically connected to a coil is. The coils substantially have the same coil turns and have the same magnetic circuit, so that the currents flowing through the lamps are balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chin-Der Wey, Yi-Chun Yeh, Chia-Hung Sun, Hsing-Ju Chen
  • Patent number: 7605809
    Abstract: A driver and method for driving a semiconductor light emitting device array is provided. The driver includes at least one current regulator unit having a plurality of controllable switches to regulate the current of each set of cascaded light emitting devices in the semiconductor light emitting device array. The currents of the sets are used to generate a plurality of feedback signals through a feedback unit. A compensation unit generates a plurality of control signals in response to the feedback signals and a plurality of timing signals, so as to control the controllable switches. A driver according to the present invention can independently and individually control the luminance and timing of each set of cascaded light emitting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chinder Wey, Yi-Chun Yeh, Chia-Hung Sun, Tsung-Shiun Lee
  • Publication number: 20090206771
    Abstract: A light driver circuit device for synchronously driving a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) is provided. The light driver circuit device includes an inverter circuit board and a balance circuit board. The inverter circuit board has an inverter circuit coupled to a driving signal for outputting a driving voltage to drive the CCFLs synchronously. The balance circuit board and the inverter circuit board are installed separately, and the balance circuit board has a balance circuit coupled to a terminal of each CCFL and the inverter circuit. The CCFL driving architecture is designed to install the inverter circuit and the balance circuit individually, thus effectively reducing the space of the driving circuit and the total cost of the circuit design. Furthermore, the balance circuit board can balance the current in each CCFL effectively, and there is no limitation to where the balance circuit board can be disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Neng Liao, Chia-Hung Sun, Huang-Ti Lin, Chin-Chuang Chueh
  • Publication number: 20090189531
    Abstract: Backlight module is disclosed. The backlight module includes a first lamp, a first voltage source, a second lamp, a second voltage source, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. Both the first and the second voltage sources have a first terminal and a second terminal. The first voltage source is used to output a first voltage signal and electrically couples to the first terminal of the first lamp. The second voltage source is used to output a second voltage signal and electrically couples to the first terminal of the second lamp. Both the first external electrode and the second external electrode have a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the first external electrode electrically couples to the second voltage source and the first terminal of the second external electrode electrically couples to the first voltage source, wherein the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal are inverted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Szu-Han Li, Yuan-Pin Cho, Kuang-Chou Lai, Chia-Hung Sun
  • Publication number: 20090184656
    Abstract: A lamp current balance and feedback system and related method are disclosed for balancing the input and output currents of a lamp by making use of a lamp current balance and feedback mechanism. The operation of the lamp current balance and feedback mechanism includes coupling the input current of the lamp for generating a first balance current by a first transformer, coupling the output current of the lamp for generating a second balance current by a second transformer, coupling the first and second transformers for substantially equalizing the first and second balance currents, generating a feedback signal based on the first or second balance current by a feedback circuit, generating a pulse width modulation signal based on the feedback signal by a pulse width modulation signal generation circuit, and driving the input and output currents of the lamp based on the pulse width modulation signal by a driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Inventors: Yen-Chen Huang, Chia-Hung Sun, Huang-Ti Lin, Yuan-Pin Cho
  • Publication number: 20090009992
    Abstract: A backlight module including a plurality of lamps, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board is provided. Each lamp has a first electrode and a second electrode. The first circuit board has a plurality of first openings and first conductive clips. The first electrode is disposed to extend through the first opening and to be clamped by the first conductive clip. Furthermore, a plurality of current adjustment devices is disposed on the first circuit board. The current adjustment device is electrically coupled to the first electrode through the first conductive clips. In the backlight module, the conductive clips or clamping pins of the current adjustment devices are used to hold the electrodes of lamps, thereby facilitating the assembly process of backlight module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong-Jye Hong, Yung-Tse Cheng, Chia-Hung Sun, Tsung-Shiun Lee
  • Publication number: 20090009993
    Abstract: A backlight module comprising a back bezel, at least one light emitting device, a first circuit board, and a second circuit board is provided. The light emitting device, which has an electrode, is disposed on the side of the back bezel, while the first circuit board is disposed on the edge of the back bezel. An elastic clip is used to electrically connect the first circuit board directly with the electrode of the light emitting device, while the second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chih Lee, Sheng-Chieh Chen, Chia-Hung Sun, Huang-Ti Lin
  • Publication number: 20080280383
    Abstract: A method of real-time monitoring implantation includes plotting a calibration curve for monitoring implantation first. Next, a testing substrate covered a photoresist is provided and then implanted. Since photoresist surface roughness will be changed after implantation, surface roughness change could be quantitatively determined by monitoring scattering light. Finally, the detected scattering light intensity is used to calculate the corresponding implantation condition by the use of the calibration curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Ta-Yung Wang, Chia-Hung Sun
  • Patent number: 7443112
    Abstract: The present invention uses one or more transformers disposed between an inverter driver to drive a plurality of lamps. Each transformer has a first coil and a second coil magnetically coupled to each other. Each of the first and second coils has an input end and an output end. The input end of the first coil is operatively connected to the input end of the second coil for receiving an input current. Each of the first and second coils has a capacitor connected between the input and output ends. The output ends of the first and second coils are used to provide output current in two separate current paths. As such, the output end of a transformer can be separately connected to the input end of two lamps or two such transformers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2008
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Der Wey, Yi-Chun Yeh, Chia-Hung Sun, Yueh-Pao Lee
  • Publication number: 20080258636
    Abstract: A backlight system for use in an LCD display with a driver providing current sink control includes an LED array module, a current feedback circuit, and a current compensation circuit. The LED array module has N columns of LEDs and each LED column has M LEDs connected in serial, wherein the current feedback circuit includes N current feedback units and the current compensation circuit includes N current compensation units, both of the current feedback circuit and the current compensation circuit being electrically coupled to the LED array module. When the backlight system is in operation, a current passes through an LED column, a current feedback unit, and a current compensation unit to generate an output voltage that is used for comparison with a predetermined DC voltage, and the current is compensated based on the results of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Min SHIH, Tsung-Shiun Lee, Chia-Hung Sun, Huang-De Lin
  • Patent number: 7429834
    Abstract: An active current regulator circuit. In one embodiment, the active current regulator circuit includes a first input node for receiving a first reference electrical signal, a second input node for receiving a second reference electrical signal, a ground node, and an output node for outputting an output electrical signal with respect to the ground node. The active current regulator circuit further includes a PI controller having a first input node, a second input node, and an output node, and a linear regulator having a first input node electrically coupled to the output of the PI controller for receiving a voltage signal V0 generated the PI controller, a first output node and a second output node. In operation the voltage signal V0 is responsive to at least one input voltage signal applied to the first input of the second input of the amplifier, and drives the linear regulator to have a controlled electrical signal at its first output node accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Ting Liu, Chin-Der Wey, Chia-Hung Sun
  • Publication number: 20080203944
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus comprises a plurality of light sources, a power conversion circuit, a plurality of load-driving coils and a feedback generation coil. The power conversion circuit generates a driving signal for the load-driving coils to generate substantially identical driving currents for driving every light source. Furthermore, the feedback generation coil generates a feedback signal based on the inductions of the currents flowing though the plurality of load driving coils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Sun, Tsung-Shiun Lee, Hsing-Ju Chen, Cheng-Neng Liao
  • Publication number: 20080100608
    Abstract: A signal regulator module includes a floating current regulator, a signal sensor, and a feedback controller. The floating current regulator is electrically coupled to a driving circuit and the light sources of a display panel for regulating the driving signals based on a feedback signal in a photo couple means. The signal sensor is electrically coupled to the floating current regulator for generating a corresponding voltage signal based on the driving signal through a photo couple means. The feedback controller is electrically coupled to the signal sensor and the floating current regulator for generating the feedback signal based on the voltage signal and outputting the feedback signal to the floating current regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Chin-Der Wey, Yi-Chun Yeh, Chia-Hung Sun, Huang-De Lin
  • Publication number: 20080043159
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display capable of reducing current leakage includes a printed circuit board, a plurality of light sources, a power controller disposed on the printed circuit board, a bridge converter disposed on the printer circuit board, a first transformer, a second transformer, and a liquid crystal panel. The plurality of light sources are used for generating light, and each light source includes a first end and a second end. The power controller is used for generating power driving signal. The bridge converter is used for generating a supply voltage signal based on the power driving signal. The first transformer is used for transforming the supply voltage signal into a first operating signal to each first end of the plurality of light sources. The second transformer is used for transforming the supply voltage signal into a second operating signal to each second end of the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-wei Wang, Chin-der Wey, Chia-hung Sun, Tsung-shiun Lee
  • Publication number: 20080001550
    Abstract: An active current regulator circuit. In one embodiment, the active current regulator circuit includes a first input node for receiving a first reference electrical signal, a second input node for receiving a second reference electrical signal, a ground node, and an output node for outputting an output electrical signal with respect to the ground node. The active current regulator circuit further includes a PI controller having a first input node, a second input node, and an output node, and a linear regulator having a first input node electrically coupled to the output of the PI controller for receiving a voltage signal V0 generated the PI controller, a first output node and a second output node. In operation the voltage signal V0 is responsive to at least one input voltage signal applied to the first input of the second input of the amplifier, and drives the linear regulator to have a controlled electrical signal at its first output node accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Ting Liu, Chin-Der Wey, Chia-Hung Sun
  • Patent number: 7309964
    Abstract: A floating driving device for illumination includes a illumination unit having a first terminal and a second terminal. A first driver is electrically coupled to the first terminal of the illumination unit, for applying AC voltages to the first terminal. A second driver is electrically coupled to the second terminal of the illumination unit, for applying AC voltages to the second terminal in such a manner that the AC voltages at the first terminal and the second terminal are out of phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Der Wey, Kuei-Lin Chen, Chia-Hung Sun, Hsien-Jen Li
  • Publication number: 20070278969
    Abstract: A lamp drive circuit used for driving a number of lamps is provided. The lamps are used in the backlight module. The backlight module is used for providing a light source during a liquid crystal display displays. The lamps are respectively electrically connected to a coil is. The coils substantially have the same coil turns and have the same magnetic circuit, so that the currents flowing through the lamps are balanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chin-Der Wey, Yi-Chun Yeh, Chia-Hung Sun, Hsing-Ju Chen
  • Publication number: 20070273303
    Abstract: The present invention uses one or more transformers disposed between an inverter driver to drive a plurality of lamps. Each transformer has a first coil and a second coil magnetically coupled to each other. Each of the first and second coils has an input end and an output end. The input end of the first coil is operatively connected to the input end of the second coil for receiving an input current. Each of the first and second coils has a capacitor connected between the input and output ends. The output ends of the first and second coils are used to provide output current in two separate current paths. As such, the output end of a transformer can be separately connected to the input end of two lamps or two such transformers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Inventors: Chin-Der Wey, Yi-Chun Yeh, Chia-Hung Sun, Yueh-Pao Lee