Patents by Inventor Chieh Cheng
Chieh Cheng 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: 20240014744Abstract: A method of controlling a resonant push-pull converter is disclosed. The resonant push-pull converter includes a transformer, a first switch, a second switch, a resonant tank, and a rectifying circuit. The method includes a step of a fixed on-time control. In the fixed on-time control, a first control signal with a fixed on-time is used to control the first switch, and a second control signal with the fixed on-time is used to control the second switch so that the first switch and the second switch are alternately switched.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Yung-Sheng YAN, Chung-Chieh CHENG, Cheng-Ting CHOU, Kun-Jang KUO, Sheh-Jung WEN
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Patent number: 11846660Abstract: A power detector with wide dynamic range. The power detector includes a linear detector, followed by a voltage-to-current-to-voltage converter, which is then followed by an amplification stage. The current-to-voltage conversion in the converter is performed logarithmically. The power detector generates a desired linear-in-dB response at the output. In this power detector, the distribution of gain along the signal path is optimized in order to preserve linearity, and to minimize the impact of offset voltage inherently present in electronic blocks, which would corrupt the output voltage. Further, the topologies in the sub-blocks are designed to provide wide dynamic range, and to mitigate error sources. Moreover, the temperature sensitivity is designed out by either minimizing temperature variation of an individual block such as the v-i-v detector, or using two sub-blocks in tandem to provide overall temperature compensation.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: pSemi CorporationInventors: Damian Costa, Chih-Chieh Cheng, Christopher C Murphy, Tero Tapio Ranta
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Patent number: 11835265Abstract: An apparatus combining a solar tracker and a dual heat source collector includes a heat engine assembly and the solar tracker. The heat engine assembly includes a heat collector, a heat collecting lens, and a heat engine. The heat collector includes a solar heat collecting room and a heat source room. The heat collecting lens is arranged on the heat collector and corresponds to the solar heat collecting room. The heat engine is located in the solar heat collecting room. The solar tracker includes a primary mirror, a secondary mirror, a pivot member, and a driving member. The primary mirror has a first reflective surface and a back surface. The primary mirror has a mounting hole passing through the primary mirror. The secondary mirror is mounted above the primary mirror.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: National Cheng Kung UniversityInventors: Ching-Hsiang Cheng, Tsung-Chieh Cheng, Yen-Fei Chen, Yu-Ting Lin, Shang-Ting Huang
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Publication number: 20230383929Abstract: A lighting device includes a board, first light emitting elements and second light emitting elements. The first light emitting elements emit lights in a first spectral range. The second light emitting elements emit lights in a second spectral range. The second spectral range is narrow than the first spectral range. The first light emitting elements are disposed in at least one first area of the board, and the second light emitting elements are disposed in second areas of the board. The at least one first area and the second areas are alternatively arranged on the board.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Chih-Hsien WANG, Po-Yen CHEN, Ming-Chieh CHENG, Shih-Chieh CHANG, Kuan-Hsien TU, Pin-Chen LAI, Xiu-Yi LIN
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Publication number: 20230385370Abstract: A method and an apparatus for computation on a convolutional layer of a neural network are proposed. The apparatus includes an adder configured to receive a first sum of products, receive a pre-computed convolution bias of the convolutional layer, and perform accumulation on the first sum of products and the pre-computed convolution bias to generate an adder result of the convolutional layer, where the first sum of products is a sum of products of quantized input activation of the convolutional layer and quantized convolution weights of the convolutional layer, and where the pre-computed convolution bias is associated with a zero point of input activation of the convolutional layer and a zero point of output activation of the convolutional layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Po-Wei Chen, Chieh-Cheng Chen
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Patent number: 11827105Abstract: A wheeled vehicle includes a vehicle body, a vibration absorbing element, an auxiliary arm, a wheel, and a driving member. The vehicle body includes a fixing plate. The housing connected to the fixing plate. The vibration absorbing element includes a first end and a second end. The first end is fixed to the housing. The auxiliary arm includes a connecting end and a free end. The connecting end is connected to the housing. The free end is configured to swing relative to the connecting end. The free end is fixed to the second end. The wheel includes an axle, and the axle is rotationally connected to the free end. The driving member is fixed to the housing and configured to drive the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATIONInventors: Shih-Li Pan, Ssu-Chieh Kao, Jian-Rong Liao, Ching-Chih Tung, Chih-Ying Wu, Jen Chieh Cheng, Chih-Wei Liao
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Patent number: 11823746Abstract: A memory sector with trimmed reference currents, including eight unit cells corresponding to an even word line and eight unit cells corresponding to an odd word line, and each unit cell has erased state and programmed state, wherein the logic state of unit cell corresponding to the odd word line is determined by a first reference current based on cell currents of the 8 unit cells corresponding to the even word line in programmed state and cell currents of the eight unit cells corresponding to the odd word line in erased state, and the logic state of unit cell corresponding to the even word line is determined by a second reference current based on cell currents of the eight unit cells corresponding to the even word line in erased state and cell currents of the 8 unit cells corresponding to the odd word line in programmed state.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Ming-Shan Ho, Ying-Ting Lin, Chung-Yi Luo, Kuo-Cheng Chou, Cheng-Hsiao Lai, Ming-Jen Chang, Yung-Tsai Hsu, Cheng-Chieh Cheng
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Patent number: 11810739Abstract: An electronic device and a knob module thereof are provided. The knob module includes a circuit board, a rotary encoder, a light guide structure, a plurality of light emitting units, and a rotation cover. The rotary encoder is disposed on the circuit board. The light guide structure is disposed on the circuit board. The light guide structure includes a light guide ring and an annular light guide wall. The light guide ring surrounds the rotary encoder. The annular light guide wall extends downward from the light guide ring to abut against the circuit board. The plurality of light emitting units is disposed on the circuit board and located between the annular light guide wall and the rotary encoder for emitting light toward the annular light guide wall. The rotation cover is disposed on the rotary encoder.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Chieh Cheng, Yi-Ou Wang, Jia-Ruei Fang, Chienyi Huang, Chao-Shun Wang
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Publication number: 20230351611Abstract: A method for tracking a moving human target and a device, the target tracking device comprises radar unit and camera unit. The method first obtains first positional information of a target through the radar unit, then obtains a display area image comprising the target through the camera unit based on the first positional information. Upon determining the target as human, the method determines whether an initial position of face of the target is centered within the display area image. If not centered, compensation is continuously applied to the radar unit from calculations on information as to orientations and distances from the radar unit and the camera unit, the radar unit and the camera unit being controlled to conduct face tracking of the moving target.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventor: MING-CHIEH CHENG
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Patent number: 11804816Abstract: A flexible multi-path RF adaptive tuning network switch architecture that counteracts impedance mismatch conditions arising from various combinations of coupled RF band filters, particularly in a Carrier Aggregation-based (CA) radio system. In one version, a digitally-controlled tunable matching network is coupled to a multi-path RF switch in order to provide adaptive impedance matching for various combinations of RF band filters. Optionally, some or all RF band filters include an associated digitally-controlled filter pre-match network to further improve impedance matching. In a second version, some or all RF band filters coupled to a multi-path RF switch include a digitally-controlled phase matching network to provide necessary per-band impedance matching. Optionally, a digitally-controlled tunable matching network may be included on the common port of the multi-path RF switch to provide additional impedance matching capability.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: pSemi CorporationInventors: Emre Ayranci, Miles Sanner, Ke Li, James Francis McElwee, Tero Tapio Ranta, Kevin Roberts, Chih-Chieh Cheng
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Publication number: 20230337340Abstract: A lighting device includes a light board and a light dimmer circuit. The light board includes multiple first light emitting elements and second light emitting elements. The first light emitting elements are disposed in a first area of the light board. The second light emitting elements are disposed in a second area of the light board. The light dimmer circuit is configured to drive the second light emitting elements to generate flickering lights from the second area of the light board, and is configured to drive the first light emitting elements to generate non-flickering lights from the first area of the light board.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2022Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Chih-Hsien WANG, Ming-Chieh CHENG, Po-Yen CHEN, Shih-Chieh CHANG, Kuan-Hsien TU, Xiu-Yi LIN, Ling-Chun WANG
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Publication number: 20230332654Abstract: An energy-saving electromagnetic brake includes a base, a first winding coil, a second winding coil, and a control circuit component. The first winding coil is disposed inside the base, wherein the first winding coil has a first resistance value. The second winding coil is disposed inside the base and is disposed around the first winding coil, wherein the second winding coil has a second resistance value, and the second resistance value is greater than the first resistance value. The control circuit component is disposed inside the base and is electrically connected to the first winding coil and the second winding coil. In a first period, the control circuit component drives the first winding coil. In a second period, the control circuit component simultaneously drives the first winding coil and the second winding coil, and the first winding coil and the second winding coil are connected in series.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2022Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Chieh-Cheng CHEN, Ming-Chih TSAI, Chia-Chi LIN, Yu-Wei HSU
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Patent number: 11774497Abstract: The present invention discloses an isolation circuit having test mechanism. An isolation circuit component performs signal transmission when a signal that a control terminal receives has an enabling state and performs signal isolation when the signal has a disabling state. The test circuit includes a multiplexer and a control circuit. Under a shifting operation state in a test mode, the control circuit controls the multiplexer to select an operation input terminal to receive and output an isolation control signal having the enabling state to the control input terminal. Under a capturing operation state in the test mode, the control circuit controls the multiplexer to select a test input terminal to receive and output the test signal to the control input terminal. The control circuit further determines whether the isolation circuit performs signal transmission or signal isolation according to the signals at the data input terminal and the data output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kuo-Kai Liu, Chih-Chieh Cheng, Pei-Ying Hsueh
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Patent number: 11770060Abstract: A vibration motor having an insulating housing, a bidirectional coil and a magnetic ring is provided. The insulating housing is of cylindrical shape and at least three position-limiting ribs are protruded from an internal surface thereof. Each position-limiting rib is extended parallel to a central axial line of the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a pair of end plates on two ends thereof. The end plates are made of insulating material. The bidirectional coil is accommodated in the insulating housing and spaced apart from the internal surface of the insulating housing. The magnetic ring is movably accommodated in the insulating housing, and the magnetic ring is arranged coaxially with the insulating housing to surround the bidirectional coil. The position-limiting ribs are disposed adjacent to the magnetic ring and surround an outer edge of the magnetic ring.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Li-Chun Chen, Ming-Chih Tsai, Chieh-Cheng Chen
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Publication number: 20230277760Abstract: An electrochemical pump adopts a hybrid pulse to intermittently activate an electrochemical reaction. The abovementioned electrochemical pump can save power effectively to prolong the lifetime of the electrochemical pump. In addition, an electrochemical pump increases the bonding strength between electrodes and a substrate by covering edges of the electrodes with an insulating layer to avoid electrode delamination caused by high-power electrochemical reactions. A delivery device using the abovementioned electrochemical pump is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Po-Ying LI, Tsung-Chieh CHENG, Jiunn-Ru LAI
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Publication number: 20230284357Abstract: An electronic lock includes a lock assembly configured to switch between a locking state and an unlocking state, and a control unit electrically connected to the lock assembly. The control unit includes an operation panel configured to receive a user input, a light sensor configured to measure intensity of ambient light and generate a light-sense signal, a proximity sensor configured to generate a wake signal, a backlight module configured to emit light from the operation panel, and a control module electrically connected to the lock assembly, the operation panel, the light sensor, the proximity sensor, and the backlight module. The control module is configured to control operation of the lock assembly based on the user input, activate the light sensor to measure the intensity of the ambient light, activate the backlight module to emit the light, and control the backlight module to adjust brightness of the light emitted thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Pai-Hsiang CHUANG, Jui-Chieh CHENG, Chen-Ming LIN, Ding-Sian CAI, Chun-Yi FANG, Matt Zimmer
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Patent number: 11747395Abstract: A board-like connector, a single-arm bridge of a board-like connector, and a wafer testing assembly are provided. The board-like connector includes a plurality of single-arm bridges spaced apart from each other and an insulating layer. Each of the single-arm bridges includes a carrier, a cantilever extending from and being coplanar with the carrier, an abutting column, and an abutting end portion, the latter two of which extend from the cantilever and are respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the cantilever. The insulating layer connects the carriers of the single-arm bridges, and the abutting column of each of the single-arm bridges protrudes from the insulating layer. The abutting column and the abutting end portion of each of the single-arm bridges are configured to abut against two boards, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: CHUNGHWA PRECISION TEST TECH. CO., LTD.Inventors: Kai-Chieh Hsieh, Chao-Chiang Liu, Meng-Chieh Cheng, Wei-Jhih Su
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Publication number: 20230274782Abstract: A block erase method for a flash memory is provided. The block erase method is to perform block erase on a block with a predetermined block size. The block erase method includes: performing an erase verification on bytes byte-by-byte in the block when performing the block erase; checking an erase step of the byte when the byte does not pass the erase verification; when the erase step of the byte exceeds a predetermined threshold value, performing the block erase with a partitioned block smaller than the predetermined block size, and returning to an erase verification stage to perform the erase verification; and when the erase step of the bytes does not exceed the predetermined threshold value, continuing to perform the block erase with the predetermined block size, and returning to the erasure verification stage to continue to perform the erase verification.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.Inventors: Lung-Chi Cheng, Ying-Shan Kuo, Jun-Yao Huang, Ju-Chieh Cheng, Yu-Cheng Chuang
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Publication number: 20230246602Abstract: An improved architecture for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier, impedance matching network, and selector switch. One aspect of embodiments of the invention is splitting the functionality of a final stage impedance matching network (IMN) into two parts, comprising a base set of off-chip IMN components and an on-chip IMN tuning component. The on-chip IMN tuning component may be a digitally tunable capacitor (DTC). In one embodiment, an integrated circuit having a power amplifier, an on-chip IMN tuner, and a selector switch is configured to be coupled to an off-chip set of IMN components. In another embodiment, an integrated circuit having an on-chip IMN tuner and a selector switch is configured to be coupled through an off-chip set of IMN components to a separate integrated circuit having an RF power amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Tero Tapio Ranta, Chih-Chieh Cheng, Kevin Roberts
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Patent number: 11716220Abstract: An Ethernet physical-layer circuit corresponding to a first port is connected to a first link partner device through the first port and a first Ethernet cable. The Ethernet physical-layer circuit and other physical-layer circuits all employ an output oscillation signal of a crystal oscillator to respectively generate clock waveforms, and they are configured in a master mode when the crosstalk noise is converged and compensated.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.Inventors: Ming-Chieh Cheng, Liang-Wei Huang