Patents by Inventor Chien-Hung Tsai

Chien-Hung Tsai 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: 11569740
    Abstract: A boost converter includes an inductor and a diode electrically connected in series between an input voltage and an output voltage; a transistor electrically coupled to an interconnected node of the inductor and the diode; and a controller that controls switching of the transistor according to a transient mode and an estimated load current. The output voltage in a light-to-heavy load transient mode has at least one first valley point with a value of a transient voltage threshold, followed by at least one second valley point with a value higher than the first valley point, before exiting the light-to-heavy load transient mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: NCKU Research and Development Foundation, Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Chun-Yen Chen, Chien-Hung Tsai, Chia-Hsuan Huang, Teng-Kuei Wu
  • Publication number: 20220302833
    Abstract: A boost converter includes an inductor and a diode electrically connected in series between an input voltage and an output voltage; a transistor electrically coupled to an interconnected node of the inductor and the diode; and a controller that controls switching of the transistor according to a transient mode and an estimated load current. The output voltage in a light-to-heavy load transient mode has at least one first valley point with a value of a transient voltage threshold, followed by at least one second valley point with a value higher than the first valley point, before exiting the light-to-heavy load transient mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Chun-Yen Chen, Chien-Hung Tsai, Chia-Hsuan Huang, Teng-Kuei Wu
  • Patent number: 11320851
    Abstract: An all-MOSFET voltage reference circuit includes a first cascaded branch configured to generate a bias current and composed of a first current source and a diode-connected first N-type transistor connected at a first interconnected node; a second cascaded branch composed of a second current source, a diode-connected second N-type transistor and a third N-type transistor connected with the second N-type transistor disposed in between, wherein the second N-type transistor and the third N-type transistor are connected at a second interconnected node; a third cascaded branch composed of a third current source and a diode-connected fourth N-type transistor connected at an output node that provides a reference voltage; and an amplifier with a non-inverting node coupled to the first interconnected node and an inverting node coupled to the second interconnected node. A threshold voltage of the third N-type transistor is larger than a threshold voltage of the second N-type transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: NCKU Research and Development Foundation, Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Yeh, Chien-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11088723
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a conductive plate, an opening, two feeding parts, and an electronic assembly. The opening is disposed at a side of the conductive plate. The opening has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and the first side and the second side are connected with the side of the conductive plate. The electronic assembly is located in the opening. Two feeding parts are respectively disposed on the first side and the second side of the opening. the feeding parts is used to receive a feeding signal, and the feeding signal is transmitted along the first side of the opening to the second side of the opening and generates a near field magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Hung Tsai, Kuo-Chu Liao, Wei-Cheng Lo, Te-Li Lien, Ming-Shan Wu
  • Patent number: 10811966
    Abstract: A digital constant on-time controller adaptable to a direct-current (DC)-to-DC converter includes a current sensing circuit that senses stored energy of the DC-to-DC converter, thereby generating a sense voltage; a semi-amplitude detector that detects half of a peak-to-peak amplitude of the sense voltage, thereby generating a semi-amplitude voltage; a DC voltage detector that detects a DC voltage across an effective series resistor of an energy storage circuit that provides the stored energy of the DC-to-DC converter, thereby generating a DC voltage; an arithmetic device that adds the sense voltage and the semi-amplitude voltage, from which the DC voltage and a predetermined reference signal are subtracted; and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) generator that generates a switch control signal according to a result of the arithmetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: NCKU Research and Development Foundation, Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Kai-Yu Hu, Chien-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 10763572
    Abstract: An antenna module is provided. The antenna module includes a circuit board, a conductive layer, and a spiral coil. The circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The circuit board further includes a first block and a second block connected to each other. The conductive layer is disposed on the first block. The spiral coil is disposed in the second block of the circuit board. The conductive layer at least partially surrounds the spiral coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Hung Tsai, Kuo-Chu Liao, Wei-Cheng Lo, Te-Li Lien, Hsuan-Chi Tsai, Ming-Shan Wu, Yung-Chieh Yu
  • Publication number: 20200235783
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a conductive plate, an opening, two feeding parts, and an electronic assembly. The opening is disposed at a side of the conductive plate. The opening has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and the first side and the second side are connected with the side of the conductive plate. The electronic assembly is located in the opening. Two feeding parts are respectively disposed on the first side and the second side of the opening. the feeding parts is used to receive a feeding signal, and the feeding signal is transmitted along the first side of the opening to the second side of the opening and generates a near field magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Chien-Hung TSAI, Kuo-Chu LIAO, Wei-Cheng LO, Te-Li LIEN, Ming-Shan WU
  • Patent number: 10291121
    Abstract: A digital constant on-time controller adaptable to a direct-current (DC)-to-DC converter includes a current sensing circuit that senses stored energy of the DC-to-DC converter, thereby generating a sense voltage; an offset cancellation circuit coupled to receive the sense voltage, thereby generating an offset-removed sense voltage according to a valley voltage of the sense voltage; a comparator that compares the offset-removed sense voltage with a reference signal; and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) generator that generates a switch control signal according to a comparison result of the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: NCKU Research and Developmental Foundation, Himax Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Kai-Yu Hu, Chien-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 10256541
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The An electronic device comprises a near field communication (NFC) circuit for transmitting a set of near field communication differential signals including a first differential signal and a second differential signal; a housing including a conducting portion with a ground point, a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; and two conductive arms. A current loop is formed by the conductive arm and the conducting portion, and a potential of the ground point is equal to a median potential of the current loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Hung Tsai, Te-Li Lien, Wei-Cheng Lo, Kuo-Chu Liao
  • Publication number: 20190081389
    Abstract: An antenna module is provided. The antenna module includes a circuit board, a conductive layer, and a spiral coil. The circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The circuit board further includes a first block and a second block connected to each other. The conductive layer is disposed on the first block. The spiral coil is disposed in the second block of the circuit board. The conductive layer at least partially surrounds the spiral coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Chien-Hung TSAI, Kuo-Chu LIAO, Wei-Cheng LO, Te-Li LIEN, Hsuan-Chi TSAI, Ming-Shan WU, Yung-Chieh YU
  • Publication number: 20170338541
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The An electronic device comprises a near field communication (NFC) circuit for transmitting a set of near field communication differential signals including a first differential signal and a second differential signal; a housing including a conducting portion with a ground point, a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; and two conductive arms. A current loop is formed by the conductive arm and the conducting portion, and a potential of the ground point is equal to a median potential of the current loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: CHIEN-HUNG TSAI, TE-LI LIEN, WEI-CHENG LO, Kuo-Chu LIAO
  • Patent number: 9448122
    Abstract: A multi-point temperature sensing method for integrated circuit chips and a system of the same are revealed. The system includes at least one slave temperature sensor embedded at preset positions for measuring temperature of a block and a master temperature sensor embedded in an integrated circuit chip and electrically connected to each slave temperature sensor. Variations of the slave temperature sensor induced by variations of process, voltage and temperature are corrected by the master temperature sensor. Thus the area the temperature sensors required on the integrated circuit chip is dramatically reduced and the stability of the temperature control system is improved. The problem of conventional System-on-a-Chip that only a limited number of temperature sensors could be used due to the area they occupied can be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Soon-Jyh Chang, Guan-Ying Huang, Kuen-Jong Lee, Wen-Yu Su, Chung-Ho Chen, Lih-Yih Chiou, Chih-Hung Kuo, Chien-Hung Tsai, Chia-Min Lin
  • Patent number: 9138927
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an injection molding module including a mold unit and a slider that is disposed in the mold unit and that cooperates with the mold unit to define a cavity and a cooling runner in spacial communication with the cavity. The cooling runner includes a main section that is formed with an inlet, and a tapering section that extends from the main section in a lengthwise direction and that is formed with an outlet in spatial communication with the cavity. The inlet has an axial direction that is not parallel with the lengthwise direction, thereby the plastic material having a flow direction that is changed when a plastic material is fed into the cooling runner through the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuan-Shiang Lin, Chien-Hung Tsai, An-Chen Hung
  • Patent number: 9122294
    Abstract: A digitally controlled non-inverting buck-boost DC-DC converter system including a non-inverting buck-boost DC-to-DC converter control module and a negative feedback module and applicable for a radio frequency circuit module is revealed. By locking a duty cycle to two specific levels, the non-inverting buck-boost DC-to-DC converter control module only needs a single operation mode to achieve the required effects. Simultaneously, pulse-skipping phenomenon is also avoided. Furthermore, a reference voltage is modified through a reference voltage correction circuit of the negative feedback module to eliminate errors between previous DC output voltage and the reference voltage. Thereby the DC output voltage can remain in a stable state so as to reduce operational defects during the mode transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Han-Chien Liu, Chien-Hung Tsai, Yu-Shin Tsai
  • Patent number: 8957654
    Abstract: A monitoring method with a function of correlation-based system identification applicable for a digitally controlled DC-DC converter system is revealed. The monitoring method includes a plurality of steps. After the system is operated in a steady state, input a pseudo random binary sequence signal into the system via a pseudo random binary sequence generator and store the pseudo random binary sequence signal and an output signal of a path to be monitored in a memory unit. Then perform a correlation analysis of data stored in the memory unit by a correlation analysis module and output an impulse response. Next obtain a frequency response of the impulse response by a discrete-time Fourier transform module. Finally, smooth the frequency response by an adaptive sliding window smoothing module so that a monitoring curve of the frequency response becomes smooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Chun-Yen Liu, Chien-Hung Tsai, Chun-Hung Yang, Shyh-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20150004278
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an injection molding module including a mold unit and a slider that is disposed in the mold unit and that cooperates with the mold unit to define a cavity and a cooling runner in spacial communication with the cavity. The cooling runner includes a main section that is formed with an inlet, and a tapering section that extends from the main section in a lengthwise direction and that is formed with an outlet in spatial communication with the cavity. The inlet has an axial direction that is not parallel with the lengthwise direction, thereby the plastic material having a flow direction that is changed when a plastic material is fed into the cooling runner through the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuan-Shiang Lin, Chien-Hung Tsai, An-Chen Hung
  • Publication number: 20140341258
    Abstract: A multi-point temperature sensing method for integrated circuit chips and a system of the same are revealed. The system includes at least one slave temperature sensor embedded at preset positions for measuring temperature of a block and a master temperature sensor embedded in an integrated circuit chip and electrically connected to each slave temperature sensor. Variations of the slave temperature sensor induced by variations of process, voltage and temperature are corrected by the master temperature sensor. Thus the area the temperature sensors required on the integrated circuit chip is dramatically reduced and the stability of the temperature control system is improved. The problem of conventional System-on-a-Chip that only a limited number of temperature sensors could be used due to the area they occupied can be solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: SOON-JYH CHANG, GUAN-YING HUANG, KUEN-JONG LEE, WEN-YU SU, CHUNG-HO CHEN, LIH-YIH CHIOU, CHIH-HUNG KUO, CHIEN-HUNG TSAI, CHIA-MIN LIN
  • Patent number: 8717349
    Abstract: A source driver adapted to drive a display panel is provided herein. The source driver includes a first output buffer, a detection module and a conversion module. The first output buffer enhances a first pixel signal and thereby outputs a first enhanced pixel signal. The detection module detects a rise time of the first enhanced pixel signal. The conversion module adjusts a driving capability of the first output buffer in response to the rise time for adjusting a slew rate of the first output buffer. Therefore, the first output buffer in the source driver can dynamically and automatically adjusts the slew rate of the first output buffer through a feedback mechanism composed of the detection module and the conversion module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignees: Himax Technologies Limited, NCKU Research & Development Foundation
    Inventors: Chien-Hung Tsai, Jia-Hui Wang, Chin-Tien Chang, Ying-Lieh Chen
  • Publication number: 20140097817
    Abstract: A monitoring method with a function of correlation-based system identification applicable for a digitally controlled DC-DC converter system is revealed. The monitoring method includes a plurality of steps. After the system is operated in a steady state, input a pseudo random binary sequence signal into the system via a pseudo random binary sequence generator and store the pseudo random binary sequence signal and an output signal of a path to be monitored in a memory unit. Then perform a correlation analysis of data stored in the memory unit by a correlation analysis module and output an impulse response. Next obtain a frequency response of the impulse response by a discrete-time Fourier transform module. Finally, smooth the frequency response by an adaptive sliding window smoothing module so that a is monitoring curve of the frequency response becomes smooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: CHUN-YEN LIU, CHIEN-HUNG TSAI, CHUN-HUNG YANG, SHYH-MING LIN
  • Publication number: 20140077870
    Abstract: A digitally controlled non-inverting buck-boost DC-DC converter system including a non-inverting buck-boost DC-to-DC converter control module and a negative feedback module and applicable for a radio frequency circuit module is revealed. By locking a duty cycle to two specific levels, the non-inverting buck-boost DC-to-DC converter control module only needs a single operation mode to achieve the required effects. Simultaneously, pulse-skipping phenomenon is also avoided. Furthermore, a reference voltage is modified through a reference voltage correction circuit of the negative feedback module to eliminate errors between previous DC output voltage and the reference voltage. Thereby the DC output voltage can remain in a stable state so as to reduce operational defects during the mode transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: HAN-CHIEN LIU, CHIEN-HUNG TSAI, YU-SHIN TSAI