Patents by Inventor Donald Y. C. Lie

Donald Y. C. Lie 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: 7593702
    Abstract: Open-Loop RF Transmitter Output Power Control for Increased Power Efficiency (NC #98068) method includes determining a desired RF output power and obtaining a battery voltage value; determining a supply control voltage, a bias control voltage and a highest power efficiency; and transmitting selected values of the supply control voltage and the bias control voltage to supply control circuitry and bias control circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Donald Y. C. Lie, Jeremy Daniel Popp
  • Patent number: 7420421
    Abstract: Open-Loop RF Transmitter Output Power Control for Increased Power Efficiency (NC#97507) system includes microprocessor, battery, bias control circuitry, supply control circuitry and power amplifier. Microprocessor receives desired RF output power and battery voltage value and transmits bias control voltage and supply control voltage. Bias control circuitry is operatively coupled to microprocessor and receives bias control voltage and transmits bias output voltage. Supply control circuitry is operatively coupled to battery and microprocessor, and receives battery voltage and supply control voltage, and transmits supply collector voltage. Power amplifier is operatively coupled to supply control circuitry and bias control circuitry via inductor, and receives supply collector voltage and bias output voltage, and transmits RF output signal in response to RF input signal, supply collector voltage and bias output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Donald Y. C. Lie, Jeremy Daniel Popp
  • Patent number: 7205835
    Abstract: An increased power efficient switching mode power amplifier system. The system includes a SMPA and an E/S reactive component. The SMPA includes a transistor, an RF choke and a tank circuit. The transistor has an emitter/source and is capable of receiving an input signal. The RF choke is operatively coupled to the transistor. The tank circuit is operatively coupled to the RF choke and the transistor. The E/S reactive component is operatively coupled to the emitter/source of the transistor of the SMPA. The E/S reactive component has a desired E/S degeneration reactive component value. A method for an increased power efficient switching mode power amplifier system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Donald Y. C. Lie, Jeremy Popp
  • Patent number: 5565690
    Abstract: A method for doping a strained heterojunction semiconductor device includes heating a substrate (16) having a strained mono-crystalline semiconductor region (22) to a temperature above room temperature. While the substrate (16) is heated, dopants are ion implanted into the strained mono-crystalline semiconductor region (22) to minimize implant related damage. Thereafter the substrate (16) is heated under non-steady state conditions for a time sufficient to activate the implanted dopant and anneal implant related damage while minimizing relaxation of the strained heterojunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: N. David Theodore, Donald Y. C. Lie, T. C. Smith, John W. Steele