Patents by Inventor Dai Lu

Dai Lu 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: 11935888
    Abstract: A method of making an integrated circuit includes steps of selecting a first cell and a second cell for an integrated circuit layout from a cell library in an electronic design automation (EDA) system, the first and second cells each having a cell active area, a cell gate electrode, at least one fin of a first set of fins, and a cell border region, each cell also having the active area at an exposed side, and placing the first exposed side against the second exposed side at a cell border. The method also includes operations of aligning at least one fin of the first set of fins with at least one fin of the second set of fins across a cell border.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Pin-Dai Sue, Ting-Wei Chiang, Hui-Zhong Zhuang, Ya-Chi Chou, Chi-Yu Lu
  • Patent number: 11641228
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for implementing a flexible beamforming architecture. In an example aspect, the apparatus comprises an antenna array comprising a first antenna element with a first feed port and a second antenna element with a second feed port. The apparatus also comprises a wireless transceiver with a first dedicated transceiver path coupled to the first feed port and a second dedicated transceiver path coupled to the second feed port. The wireless transceiver also comprises a flexible beamforming network configured to selectively be in a first configuration that couples both the first dedicated transceiver path and the second dedicated transceiver path to a first intermediate transceiver path of the wireless transceiver, and be in a second configuration that connects the first dedicated transceiver path to the first intermediate transceiver path and connects the second dedicated transceiver path to a second intermediate transceiver path of the wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dai Lu, Joseph Patrick Burke, Juergen Cezanne, Raju Hormis, Ozge Koymen, Robert Douglas
  • Patent number: 11611422
    Abstract: A base station is disclosed that includes two separated antenna arrays. In a TDD mode of operation, both arrays are used for either transmit or receive. In a sub-band full-duplex mode of operation, one array is used to transmit downlink symbols while the remaining array is used to receive uplink symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Charline Hao, Lida Akhoondzadehasl, Joseph Patrick Burke, Dai Lu, Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, Allen Minh-Triet Tran, Shimman Arvind Patel, Tingfang Ji, Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli
  • Patent number: 11470489
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for transmitting, from a user equipment (UE) to a base station, a report indicating a beamforming capability of the UE, receiving, from a base station, a configuration for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs) based at least in part on the report, selecting multiple CORESETs of the plurality of CORESETs, and monitoring the selected multiple CORESETs during a monitoring occasion. In some examples, the UE may also monitor one or more unselected CORESETs that have a quasi co-location relationship with one of the selected CORESETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Juergen Cezanne, Joseph Patrick Burke, Dai Lu
  • Publication number: 20220096485
    Abstract: Functionalized pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one derivatives, methods for making the derivatives, and methods of using the derivatives as protein kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Dai Lu, Chang-Jiang Qiao, Boqiao Fu, Anantha Lakshmi Duddupudi, Zhixing Wu
  • Patent number: 11265055
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for flexible beamforming using frequency-division multiplexing. In an example aspect, an apparatus includes an antenna array and a wireless transceiver with two or more dedicated receive paths respectively coupled to two or more antenna elements of the antenna array, two or more mixers, a first combiner, a second combiner, and a switching circuit. The first combiner has a first input coupled to a first dedicated receive path and an output coupled to an input of a first mixer. The second combiner has a first input coupled to an output of the first mixer and a second input coupled to an output of a second mixer. The switching circuit is configured to selectively connect a second dedicated receive path to a second input of the first combiner or connect the second dedicated receive path to an input of the second mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Udara Fernando, Juergen Cezanne, Joseph Patrick Burke, Dai Lu
  • Patent number: 11206071
    Abstract: A UE may be configured to communicate using one of analog beamforming or hybrid beamforming. The UE may receive a set of beamformed signals from a base station. The UE may determine a set of angular spread values associated with a set of clusters in a channel between the base station and the UE based on the set of beamformed signals received from the base station. The UE may transmit the set of angular spread values to the base station. The UE may receive, from the base station based on the set of angular spread values, a set of transmission ranks associated with at least one cluster of the set of clusters. The UE may communicate at least one data stream with the base station across the at least one cluster using the set of transmission ranks associated with the at least one cluster of the set of clusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Vasanthan Raghavan, Juergen Cezanne, Junyi Li, Dai Lu, Joseph Patrick Burke, Wenjun Li
  • Patent number: 11136333
    Abstract: Functionalized pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one derivatives, methods for making the derivatives, and methods of using the derivatives as protein kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Dai Lu, Chang-Jiang Qiao, Boqiao Fu, Anantha Lakshmi Duddupudi, Zhixing Wu
  • Publication number: 20210266052
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for flexible beamforming using frequency-division multiplexing. In an example aspect, an apparatus includes an antenna array and a wireless transceiver with two or more dedicated receive paths respectively coupled to two or more antenna elements of the antenna array, two or more mixers, a first combiner, a second combiner, and a switching circuit. The first combiner has a first input coupled to a first dedicated receive path and an output coupled to an input of a first mixer. The second combiner has a first input coupled to an output of the first mixer and a second input coupled to an output of a second mixer. The switching circuit is configured to selectively connect a second dedicated receive path to a second input of the first combiner or connect the second dedicated receive path to an input of the second mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Udara Fernando, Juergen Cezanne, Joseph Patrick Burke, Dai Lu
  • Patent number: 11095353
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device, such as a base station and/or a user equipment (UE), may select a first resolution for a first analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog conversion process associated with a first wireless communication. The wireless device may determine that the first wireless communication is performed according to the first resolution. The wireless device may select, based at least in part on the determining, a second resolution for a second analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog conversion process associated with a second wireless communication, the first resolution being a lower resolution than the second resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Juergen Cezanne, Ashwin Sampath, Joseph Patrick Burke, Dai Lu, Junyi Li
  • Publication number: 20210135833
    Abstract: A base station is disclosed that includes two separated antenna arrays. In a TDD mode of operation, both arrays are used for either transmit or receive. In a sub-band full-duplex mode of operation, one array is used to transmit downlink symbols while the remaining array is used to receive uplink symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Charline HAO, Lida AKHOONDZADEHASL, Joseph Patrick BURKE, Dai LU, Muhammad Sayed Khairy ABDELGHAFFAR, Allen Minh-Triet TRAN, Shimman Arvind PATEL, Tingfang JI, Krishna Kiran MUKKAVILLI
  • Publication number: 20210058128
    Abstract: A UE may be configured to communicate using one of analog beamforming or hybrid beamforming. The UE may receive a set of beamformed signals from a base station. The UE may determine a set of angular spread values associated with a set of clusters in a channel between the base station and the UE based on the set of beamformed signals received from the base station. The UE may transmit the set of angular spread values to the base station. The UE may receive, from the base station based on the set of angular spread values, a set of transmission ranks associated with at least one cluster of the set of clusters. The UE may communicate at least one data stream with the base station across the at least one cluster using the set of transmission ranks associated with the at least one cluster of the set of clusters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Vasanthan RAGHAVAN, Juergen CEZANNE, Junyi LI, Dai LU, Joseph Patrick BURKE, Wenjun LI
  • Publication number: 20210013940
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for implementing a flexible beamforming architecture. In an example aspect, the apparatus comprises an antenna array comprising a first antenna element with a first feed port and a second antenna element with a second feed port. The apparatus also comprises a wireless transceiver with a first dedicated transceiver path coupled to the first feed port and a second dedicated transceiver path coupled to the second feed port. The wireless transceiver also comprises a flexible beamforming network configured to selectively be in a first configuration that couples both the first dedicated transceiver path and the second dedicated transceiver path to a first intermediate transceiver path of the wireless transceiver, and be in a second configuration that connects the first dedicated transceiver path to the first intermediate transceiver path and connects the second dedicated transceiver path to a second intermediate transceiver path of the wireless transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Dai Lu, Joseph Patrick Burke, Juergen Cezanne, Raju Hormis, Ozge Koymen, Robert Douglas
  • Patent number: 10749254
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for calibration of an array antenna system. A device may transmit a calibration signal from a first antenna element of an antenna array. The calibration signal may be generated by modulating a first signal having a first frequency with a modulation signal having a second frequency. The device may receive the calibration signal using a second antenna element of the antenna array. The device may analyze a sideband of the received calibration signal, where the sideband may be offset in frequency from the first frequency by the second frequency. The device may calibrate the array antenna system based on or more measured properties of the sideband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew Arnett, Dai Lu
  • Publication number: 20200259543
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device, such as a base station and/or a user equipment (UE), may select a first resolution for a first analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog conversion process associated with a first wireless communication. The wireless device may determine that the first wireless communication is performed according to the first resolution. The wireless device may select, based at least in part on the determining, a second resolution for a second analog-to-digital or digital-to-analog conversion process associated with a second wireless communication, the first resolution being a lower resolution than the second resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Juergen Cezanne, Ashwin Sampath, Joseph Patrick Burke, Dai Lu, Junyi Li
  • Publication number: 20200229008
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for transmitting, from a user equipment (UE) to a base station, a report indicating a beamforming capability of the UE, receiving, from a base station, a configuration for a plurality of control resource sets (CORESETs) based at least in part on the report, selecting multiple CORESETs of the plurality of CORESETs, and monitoring the selected multiple CORESETs during a monitoring occasion. In some examples, the UE may also monitor one or more unselected CORESETs that have a quasi co-location relationship with one of the selected CORESETs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Juergen Cezanne, Joseph Patrick Burke, Dai Lu
  • Patent number: 10680725
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a method for calibration includes setting a phase shift of a first phase shifter to a reference phase shift, wherein the first phase shifter shifts a phase of a first signal transmitted via a first antenna. The method also includes sequentially setting a phase shift of a second phase shifter to each one of a first plurality of phase shifts, wherein the second phase shifter shifts a phase of a second signal transmitted via a second antenna. The method further includes receiving the first and second signals at a receiver via a third antenna, and, for each one of the first plurality of phase shifts, measuring a magnitude of a third signal at the receiver, wherein the third signal includes the received first and second signals. The method further includes determining a calibration phase shift based on one or more of the measured magnitudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Dai Lu, Robert Douglas, Andrew Arnett
  • Publication number: 20200067184
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for calibration of an array antenna system. A device may transmit a calibration signal from a first antenna element of an antenna array. The calibration signal may be generated by modulating a first signal having a first frequency with a modulation signal having a second frequency. The device may receive the calibration signal using a second antenna element of the antenna array. The device may analyze a sideband of the received calibration signal, where the sideband may be offset in frequency from the first frequency by the second frequency. The device may calibrate the array antenna system based on or more measured properties of the sideband.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Arnett, Dai Lu
  • Publication number: 20190389874
    Abstract: Functionalized pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-one derivatives, methods for making the derivatives, and methods of using the derivatives as protein kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Dai Lu, Chang-Jiang Qiao, Boqiao Fu, Anantha Lakshmi Duddupudi, Zhixing Wu
  • Publication number: 20140243374
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to the discovery of sulfonamide-containing compounds that are inhibitors of ?-secretase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Corinne E. Augelli-Szafran, Dai Lu, HanXun Wei, Jing Zhang, Michael S. Wolfe, Dennis J. Selkoe, Cuiman Cai