Patents by Inventor Chieh-Pu Lo

Chieh-Pu Lo 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).

  • Publication number: 20230333582
    Abstract: A power regulation system including a reference generator, a temperature compensation circuit coupled to the reference generator, and a low-dropout (LDO) regulator circuit coupled to the temperature compensation circuit, wherein the temperature compensation circuit provides a reference voltage to the LDO regulator circuit at least based on a ratio of a first current and a second current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
    Inventors: Yen-An CHANG, Chieh-Pu LO, Yi-Chun SHIH, Chia-Fu LEE, Yu-Der CHIH
  • Patent number: 11720130
    Abstract: A power regulation system including a reference generator, a temperature compensation circuit coupled to the reference generator, and a low-dropout (LDO) regulator circuit coupled to the temperature compensation circuit, wherein the temperature compensation circuit provides a reference voltage to the LDO regulator circuit at least based on a ratio of a first current and a second current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yen-An Chang, Chieh-Pu Lo, Yi-Chun Shih, Chia-Fu Lee, Yu-Der Chih
  • Publication number: 20220269483
    Abstract: A compute-in memory (CIM) device is configured to determine at least one input according to a type of an application and at least one weight according to a training result or a configuration of a user. The CIM device performs a bit-serial multiplication based on the input and the weight, from a most significant bit (MSB) of the input to a least significant bit (LSB) of the input to obtain a result according to a plurality of partial-products. A first partial-sum of a first bit of the input is left shifted one bit and then added with a second partial-product of a second bit of the input to obtain a second partial-sum of the second bit. The second bit is one bit after the first bit, and the result is output by the CIM device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chieh-Pu Lo, Po-Hao Lee, Yi-Chun Shih
  • Publication number: 20220179439
    Abstract: A reference voltage generator includes an input terminal configured to receive an enable signal and an output terminal configured to provide an output signal. A voltage generator circuit is arranged to generate a first output voltage signal, and a pre-settling circuit is arranged to generate a second output voltage. The pre-settling circuit is configured to provide the second output voltage signal at the output terminal in response to the enable signal received at the input terminal, and following a first time period provide the first output voltage at the output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-An Chang, Yi-Chun Shih, Chieh-Pu Lo
  • Patent number: 11262778
    Abstract: A reference voltage generator includes an input terminal configured to receive an enable signal and an output terminal configured to provide an output signal. A voltage generator circuit is arranged to generate a first output voltage signal, and a pre-settling circuit is arranged to generate a second output voltage. The pre-settling circuit is configured to provide the second output voltage signal at the output terminal in response to the enable signal received at the input terminal, and following a first time period provide the first output voltage at the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yen-An Chang, Yi-Chun Shih, Chieh-Pu Lo
  • Publication number: 20210365060
    Abstract: A power regulation system including a reference generator, a temperature compensation circuit coupled to the reference generator, and a low-dropout (LDO) regulator circuit coupled to the temperature compensation circuit, wherein the temperature compensation circuit provides a reference voltage to the LDO regulator circuit at least based on a ratio of a first current and a second current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-An CHANG, Chieh-Pu LO, Yi-Chun SHIH, Chia-Fu LEE, Yu-Der CHIH
  • Patent number: 11137785
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a voltage regulation circuit includes a regulation circuit with a voltage regulator that provides an output voltage and a control circuit, coupled to the voltage regulator. The control circuit pulls up the output voltage to a reference voltage responsive to the control circuit detecting that a first voltage level of the output voltage is lower than a predefined voltage level. The control circuit decouples the output voltage from the reference voltage responsive to the control circuit detecting that the first voltage level of the output voltage is higher than the predefined voltage level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yen-An Chang, Chieh-Pu Lo, Yi-Chun Shih, Chia-Fu Lee, Yu-Der Chih
  • Publication number: 20210247789
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a voltage regulation circuit includes a regulation circuit with a voltage regulator that provides an output voltage and a control circuit, coupled to the voltage regulator. The control circuit pulls up the output voltage to a reference voltage responsive to the control circuit detecting that a first voltage level of the output voltage is lower than a predefined voltage level. The control circuit decouples the output voltage from the reference voltage responsive to the control circuit detecting that the first voltage level of the output voltage is higher than the predefined voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Yen-An Chang, Chieh-Pu Lo, Yi-Chun Shih, Chia-Fu Lee, Yu-Der Chih
  • Publication number: 20200409402
    Abstract: A reference voltage generator includes an input terminal configured to receive an enable signal and an output terminal configured to provide an output signal. A voltage generator circuit is arranged to generate a first output voltage signal, and a pre-settling circuit is arranged to generate a second output voltage. The pre-settling circuit is configured to provide the second output voltage signal at the output terminal in response to the enable signal received at the input terminal, and following a first time period provide the first output voltage at the output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yen-An Chang, Yi-Chun Shih, Chieh-Pu Lo
  • Patent number: 9722584
    Abstract: Provided is a non-volatile latch, which includes a latch circuit, a first switch circuit, a non-volatile memory device, a second switch circuit and a third switch circuit. A first terminal of the first switch circuit is coupled to a first output terminal of the latch circuit. The first switch circuit is turned off in a normal operation period. A first terminal of the non-volatile memory device is coupled to a second terminal of the first switch circuit. A second terminal of the non-volatile memory device is coupled to a programming voltage via the second switch circuit. In a store period, according to latched data of the latch circuit and a state transformation condition of the non-volatile memory device, the third switch circuit can dynamically determine whether to couple the first terminal of the non-volatile memory device to a reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: National Tsing Hua University
    Inventors: Meng-Fan Chang, Albert Lee, Chieh-Pu Lo, Chien-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 9564209
    Abstract: A non-volatile SRAM cell comprises a first inverter, a second inverter, a first access transistor, a second access transistor, and a variable resistive element. The first inverter voltage is supplied by a first differential supply. The second inverter voltage is supplied by a second differential supply. The variable resistive element coupling with a third access transistor in series is coupled to the first output node. The non-volatile SRAM cell operates in a restore operation comprising a dual supply initialization phase and a pulse-overwrite phase. During the dual supply initialization phase, the first differential supply increases before the second differential supply so as to initialize the first output node to a logic state. During the pulse-overwrite phase, the third access transistor is turned on for a switch period in order to discharge/charge the first output node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Albert Lee, Chien-Chen Lin, Chieh-Pu Lo, Meng-Fan Chang
  • Patent number: 9502114
    Abstract: A cell for a non-volatile ternary content-addressable (TCAM) memory is provided. The cell comprises a first variable resistive element, a first transistor and a charge control transistor. Two terminals of the first variable resistive element are respectively electrically coupled to a first search-line and a storage node. A drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically coupled to the storage node. A source electrode of the first transistor is electrically coupled to a low-side search-line. A gate electrode of the charge control transistor coupled to a match-line is electrically coupled to the storage node. When the cell operates in a search phase and the first transistor is turned on, a pulse voltage is applied across the first search-line and the low-side search-line for determining whether the voltage of the storage node is larger than a match threshold during the period of the pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chien-Chen Lin, Albert Lee, Chieh-Pu Lo, Meng-Fan Chang