Patents by Inventor Chia-Hung Tsen

Chia-Hung Tsen 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: 10601252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resonant wireless power transmitter circuit, including: a load circuit, a power conversion circuit which is coupled between an input power supply and the load circuit, and a phase detection and control circuit. The power conversion circuit includes plural power switches and a current sensing device. The plural power switches operate with an operating frequency to convert the input power supply to an output power for driving the load circuit, wherein the load circuit has a load current. The load current has a load current phase difference from the switching frequency. The phase detection and control circuit detects a voltage difference between the current inflow terminal and the current outflow terminal of the current sensing device within a dead time in which the plural power switches are not conductive. The voltage difference corresponds to the load current phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuo-Chi Liu, Wei-Hsin Wei, Chia-Hung Tsen
  • Publication number: 20180006496
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resonant wireless power transmitter circuit, including: a load circuit, a power conversion circuit which is coupled between an input power supply and the load circuit, and a phase detection and control circuit. The power conversion circuit includes plural power switches and a current sensing device. The plural power switches operate with an operating frequency to convert the input power supply to an output power for driving the load circuit, wherein the load circuit has a load current. The load current has a load current phase difference from the switching frequency. The phase detection and control circuit detects a voltage difference between the current inflow terminal and the current outflow terminal of the current sensing device within a dead time in which the plural power switches are not conductive. The voltage difference corresponds to the load current phase difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Kuo-Chi Liu, Wei-Hsin Wei, Chia-Hung Tsen
  • Patent number: 7271642
    Abstract: Through operated alternately between a charging phase and a discharging phase, a charge pump converts an input voltage source into a drive voltage for being supplied to a light emitting diode. A current setting unit determines a reference current. A current regulating unit has a current regulating terminal and a feedback detecting terminal. The current regulating terminal is coupled to the light emitting diode so as to control a current flowing through the light emitting diode to be proportional to the reference current. The feedback detecting terminal provides a feedback signal representative of a current regulation characteristic voltage. Based on a difference between the feedback signal and a reference voltage source, an error amplifier generates an error signal. A variable resistance unit is coupled between the input voltage source and the charge pump for adjusting a variable resistance in response to the error signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Aimtron Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tien-Tzu Chen, Chia-Hung Tsen
  • Patent number: 7250810
    Abstract: A multi-mode charge pump drive circuit has a multi-mode charge pump, a switch control circuit, a current regulation circuit, an error amplifier, a variable resistance unit, and a mode selection circuit. The multi-mode charge pump is operated with a plurality of modes, each of which provides a different multiplicative ratio for converting an input voltage source into a drive voltage. The switch control circuit applies a switch control signal to the multi-mode charge pump. The switch control signal has a slew rate of edge for determining a transition span of the interchange between charging and discharging phases. The mode selection circuit controls the multi-mode charge pump to selectively operate with one of the plurality of modes. When the mode selection circuit changes the mode of the multi-mode charge pump, the mode selection circuit applies a mode change signal to the switch control circuit so as to reduce the slew rate of edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Aimtron Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Chia-Hung Tsen
  • Publication number: 20070146050
    Abstract: Through operated alternately between a charging phase and a discharging phase, a charge pump converts an input voltage source into a drive voltage for being supplied to a light emitting diode. A current setting unit determines a reference current. A current regulating unit has a current regulating terminal and a feedback detecting terminal. The current regulating terminal is coupled to the light emitting diode so as to control a current flowing through the light emitting diode to be proportional to the reference current. The feedback detecting terminal provides a feedback signal representative of a current regulation characteristic voltage. Based on a difference between the feedback signal and a reference voltage source, an error amplifier generates an error signal. A variable resistance unit is coupled between the input voltage source and the charge pump for adjusting a variable resistance in response to the error signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Tien-Tzu Chen, Chia-Hung Tsen
  • Publication number: 20070146051
    Abstract: A multi-mode charge pump drive circuit has a multi-mode charge pump, a switch control circuit, a current regulation circuit, an error amplifier, a variable resistance unit, and a mode selection circuit. The multi-mode charge pump is operated with a plurality of modes, each of which provides a different multiplicative ratio for converting an input voltage source into a drive voltage. The switch control circuit applies a switch control signal to the multi-mode charge pump. The switch control signal has a slew rate of edge for determining a transition span of the interchange between charging and discharging phases. The mode selection circuit controls the multi-mode charge pump to selectively operate with one of the plurality of modes. When the mode selection circuit changes the mode of the multi-mode charge pump, the mode selection circuit applies a mode change signal to the switch control circuit so as to reduce the slew rate of edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventor: Chia-Hung TSEN
  • Publication number: 20070114951
    Abstract: A voltage regulator supplies a drive voltage to a light emitting diode array. A current regulator has a plurality of current regulating terminals, correspondingly coupled to a plurality of constituting branches of the light emitting diode array, for controlling a plurality of drive currents respectively flowing through the plurality of constituting branches. An activation circuit causes the drive voltage to continuously rise until each of voltages at the current regulating terminals exceeds a reference voltage, thereby ensuring that each of the plurality of drive currents reaches a regulation current. Afterwards, a selection circuit selects a minimum voltage from all of the voltages at the current regulating terminals to serve as a feedback control signal for controlling the voltage regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Tsen, Feng-Rurng Juang
  • Patent number: 7123060
    Abstract: A drive circuit applies a drive voltage through an outputs terminal to a switching element. The drive circuit includes a supplying circuit, an amplifying circuit, a detecting circuit, and an adjusting circuit. In response to a control signal, the supplying circuit generates a first drive current. The amplifying circuit generates and applies a second drive current, which is larger than the first drive current, to the output terminal for changing the drive voltage. The detecting circuit is coupled to the output terminal for generating a detection signal representative of the drive voltage. Based on the detection signal, the adjusting circuit implemented by a differential comparator dynamically adjusts the first drive current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Aimtron Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tien-Tzu Chen, Chia-Hung Tsen
  • Publication number: 20060220698
    Abstract: A drive circuit applies a drive voltage through an output terminal to a switching element. The drive circuit includes a supplying circuit, an amplifying circuit, a detecting circuit, and an adjusting circuit. In response to a control signal, the supplying circuit generates a first drive current. The amplifying circuit generates and applies a second drive current, which is larger than the first drive current, to the output terminal for changing the drive voltage. The detecting circuit is coupled to the output terminal for generating a detection signal representative of the drive voltage. Based on the detection signal, the adjusting circuit implemented by a differential comparator dynamically adjusts the first drive current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Tien-Tzu CHEN, Chia-Hung TSEN