Patents by Inventor Feng-Lin CHAN

Feng-Lin CHAN 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: 20210373736
    Abstract: A touch sensing method for a touch panel and an electronic device are provided. The touch sensing method includes: selecting a portion of multiple touch sensing units as to-sense touch sensing units, applying first touch excitation signals to the those to obtain multiple first touch sensing signals, and obtaining multiple differential sensing signals based on multiple first touch sensing signals; selecting a touch sensing unit as a reference touch sensing unit, and applying a touch reference signal to it to obtain a reference sensing signal; selecting a to-sense touch sensing unit as a preprocessing touch sensing unit, and applying a second touch excitation signal to it to obtain a second touch sensing signal; obtaining a capacitance sensing signal from the reference sensing signal and the second touch sensing signal; and acquiring capacitance values of multiple to-sense touch sensing units according to the differential sensing signals and the capacitance sensing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Huang Chen, Feng-Lin Chan
  • Publication number: 20210349600
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and an OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: generating gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted based on the first clock signal (GCK); sequentially applying the gate driving signals that are sequentially shifted to the plurality of GLs; writing display data in a display driving period for each row of pixels, to the row of pixels, wherein a time length of the display driving period depends on a corresponding gate driving signal and is smaller than the clock cycle; and for a display driving period for each of at least one row of pixels, setting a touch detection period corresponding to the display driving period or corresponding to the display driving period for previous row of pixels at least partially overlapping with the display driving period in time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Lin Chan, Shuo-Wen Jang
  • Publication number: 20210349601
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for driving an OLED touch-and-display device, a driving circuit, and the OLED touch-and-display device. The method includes: dividing each display frame into at least one display period and at least one touch detection period which are alternated; during each display period, generating sequentially-shifted gate driving signals and sequentially-shifted light-emission control signals, and sequentially applying them to at least a part of gate driving lines of the plurality and corresponding light-emission control lines; during each touch detection period: suspending the generation of gate driving signals or also suspending the generation of light-emission control signals; adjusting the average display luminance of a plurality of rows of pixels within a predetermined time period, so that the display luminance is uniform, and the gate driving signal for each row of pixels and the light-emission control signal of the light-emission control line maintain a preset timing relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Lin Chan, Shuo-Wen Jang
  • Publication number: 20210256236
    Abstract: A fingerprint detecting system comprises a fingerprint module, for detecting a fingerprint of a user and outputting a current signal according to the detected fingerprint, and a signal processing circuit, coupled to the fingerprint module, for receiving the current signal from the fingerprint module, performing a offset cancellation for the current signal to remove an offset of the current signal, and converting the current signal without the offset to a voltage signal for fingerprint data analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hung-Kai Chen, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Chih-Yuan Chang, Feng-Lin Chan
  • Publication number: 20210256240
    Abstract: A fingerprint detecting system comprises a fingerprint module, for receiving a fingerprint driving signal and performing a frequency modulation on the fingerprint driving signal, to correspondingly outputting a fingerprint signal with a first frequency based on the fingerprint driving signal, and a signal processing circuit, coupled to the fingerprint module, for receiving the fingerprint signal with the first frequency, performing a frequency demodulation to shift the first frequency of the fingerprint signal to a second frequency, and filtering the fingerprint signal with the second frequency based on the first frequency, whereby the filtered fingerprint signal is used for a fingerprint data analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Hung-Kai Chen, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Chih-Yuan Chang, Feng-Lin Chan
  • Publication number: 20210255752
    Abstract: An analog front-end circuit for a touch controller and an operating method thereof are provided. The analog front-end circuit includes an analog front-end, a first switch and a second switch. The analog front-end includes an input terminal and an output terminal. The first switch includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the first switch is coupled to the input terminal of the analog front-end, and the second terminal of the first switch is coupled to a panel routing. The second switch includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the second switch is coupled to the second terminal of the first switch, and the second terminal of the second switch is coupled to a reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hung-Kai Chen, Yu-Huang Chen, Feng-Lin Chan
  • Patent number: 11062650
    Abstract: A sensing circuit of a display device is provided. The sensing circuit includes a chopper circuit, a first operational amplifier and a filter. The chopper circuit is configured to receive a sensing input signal of the display device and modulate the sensing input signal. The first operational amplifier is coupled to the chopper circuit. The first operational amplifier is configured to receive the modulated sensing input signal and output the modulated sensing input signal to the chopper circuit. The chopper circuit is further configured to demodulate the modulated sensing input signal from the first operational amplifier and output the demodulated sensing input signal. The filter is coupled to the chopper circuit. The filter is configured to filter the demodulated sensing input signal from the chopper circuit and output the filtered sensing input signal as a sensing output signal. A source driver including the sensing circuit is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Chang, Feng-Lin Chan
  • Publication number: 20210090498
    Abstract: A sensing circuit of a display device is provided. The sensing circuit includes a chopper circuit, a first operational amplifier and a filter. The chopper circuit is configured to receive a sensing input signal of the display device and modulate the sensing input signal. The first operational amplifier is coupled to the chopper circuit. The first operational amplifier is configured to receive the modulated sensing input signal and output the modulated sensing input signal to the chopper circuit. The chopper circuit is further configured to demodulate the modulated sensing input signal from the first operational amplifier and output the demodulated sensing input signal. The filter is coupled to the chopper circuit. The filter is configured to filter the demodulated sensing input signal from the chopper circuit and output the filtered sensing input signal as a sensing output signal. A source driver including the sensing circuit is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Chang, Feng-Lin Chan
  • Publication number: 20200278782
    Abstract: The driving apparatus for driving a touch display panel includes a first voltage generating circuit configured to generate a common reference voltage, a second voltage generating circuit configured to generate a touch driving signal, and a control circuit configured to generate a switching signal. The switching signal is at the first voltage level during display periods for providing the common reference voltage to the touch display panel. The switching signal is at the second voltage level during touch periods for providing the touch driving signal to the touch display panel. A first touch display period includes a first display period a first touch period adjacent to the first display period. A second touch display period includes a second display period and a second touch period adjacent to the second display period. The first touch display period and the second touch display period are different in time length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Feng-Lin CHAN, Hung-Kai CHEN, Yuan-Fu HSUEH, Chun-Yuan PAI
  • Patent number: 10656751
    Abstract: The driving apparatus for driving a touch display panel includes a first voltage generating circuit configured to generate a common reference voltage, a second voltage generating circuit configured to generate a touch driving signal, and a control circuit configured to generate a switching signal. The switching signal is at the first voltage level during display periods for providing the common reference voltage to the touch display panel. The switching signal is at the second voltage level during touch periods for providing the touch driving signal to the touch display panel. A first touch display period includes a first display period a first touch period adjacent to the first display period. A second touch display period includes a second display period and a second touch period adjacent to the second display period. The first touch display period and the second touch display period are different in time length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Feng-Lin Chan, Hung-Kai Chen, Yuan-Fu Hsueh, Chun-Yuan Pai
  • Publication number: 20180329570
    Abstract: The driving apparatus for driving a touch display panel includes a first voltage generating circuit configured to generate a common reference voltage, a second voltage generating circuit configured to generate a touch driving signal, and a control circuit configured to generate a switching signal. The switching signal is at the first voltage level during display periods for providing the common reference voltage to the touch display panel. The switching signal is at the second voltage level during touch periods for providing the touch driving signal to the touch display panel. A first touch display period includes a first display period a first touch period adjacent to the first display period. A second touch display period includes a second display period and a second touch period adjacent to the second display period. The first touch display period and the second touch display period are different in time length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Feng-Lin CHAN, Hung-Kai CHEN, Yuan-Fu HSUEH, Chun-Yuan PAI