Patents by Inventor En-Ling Feng

En-Ling Feng 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: 5808502
    Abstract: A micro-relay replaces electromechanical and solid-state opto-isolated relays in a computer network. The micro relay is an integrated circuit containing several bus switches in parallel. Each bus switch can make or break a connection. The bus switch is an n-channel MOS transistor with the source and drain connected to different network busses. A bus enable input causes the connection to be made or broken. The bus enable input is separately buffered for each gate of each MOS transistor to prevent crosstalk between bus switches. Since the MOS transistor stops conducting when the source is at a voltage level of the power-supply voltage minus the threshold voltage, a boosted voltage is applied to the gate of the MOS transistor to allow conduction even when the source is at the power-supply voltage level. The boosted voltage is generated by a charge pump. A substrate bias is applied to the transistors to prevent crosstalk from undershoots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Co., Pericom Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Alex Chi-Ming Hui, Yao Tung Yen, En-Ling Feng, Daniel J. Dove