Patents by Inventor Garry Link

Garry Link 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: 10581445
    Abstract: A system can include an analog input port; a digital output port; and a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The SAR ADC can include a voltage comparator Vd having a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors Cp[0:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; a second plurality of capacitors Cn[0:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; and a SAR controller coupled between the output of the voltage comparator Vd and the digital output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Avnera Corporation
    Inventors: Jianping Wen, Garry Link, Wai Laing Lee
  • Publication number: 20190222219
    Abstract: A system can include an analog input port; a digital output port; and a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The SAR ADC can include a voltage comparator Vd having a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors Cp[0:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; a second plurality of capacitors Cn[0:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; and a SAR controller coupled between the output of the voltage comparator Vd and the digital output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jianping Wen, Garry Link, Wai Laing Lee
  • Patent number: 10135455
    Abstract: A system can include an analog input port; a digital output port; and a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The SAR ADC can include a voltage comparator Vd having a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors Cp[0:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; a second plurality of capacitors Cn[0:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; and a SAR controller coupled between the output of the voltage comparator Vd and the digital output port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Avnera Corporation
    Inventors: Jianping Wen, Garry Link, Wai Laing Lee
  • Publication number: 20180152196
    Abstract: A system can include an analog input port; a digital output port; and a successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The SAR ADC can include a voltage comparator Vd having a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors Cp[0:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; a second plurality of capacitors Cn[0:n] that are coupled with the analog input port and each have a top plate and a bottom plate; and a SAR controller coupled between the output of the voltage comparator Vd and the digital output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Jianping Wen, Garry Link, Wai Laing Lee
  • Patent number: 9831887
    Abstract: A circuit can include a voltage comparator Vd having a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors Cp[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the first input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with a common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a first input voltage Vinp, a reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; a second plurality of capacitors Cn[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the second input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with the common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a second input voltage Vinn, the reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; and a successive appro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: AVNERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jianping Wen, Garry Link, Wai Lee
  • Publication number: 20170126240
    Abstract: A circuit can include a voltage comparator Vd having a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors Cp[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the first input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with a common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a first input voltage Vinp, a reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; a second plurality of capacitors Cn[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the second input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with the common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a second input voltage Vinn, the reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; and a successive appro
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Jianping Wen, Garry Link, Wai Lee
  • Patent number: 9531400
    Abstract: A circuit can include a voltage comparator Vd having a first input, a second input, and an output; a first plurality of capacitors Cp[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the first input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with a common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a first input voltage Vinp, a reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; a second plurality of capacitors Cn[0:n] that each have a top plate and a bottom plate, wherein each top plate is electrically coupled with the second input of the voltage comparator Vd, wherein each top plate is also switchably electrically coupled with the common mode voltage Vcm, and wherein each bottom plate is switchably electrically coupled between a second input voltage Vinn, the reference voltage Vref, the common mode voltage Vcm, and ground; and a successive appro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: AVNERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jianping Wen, Garry Link, Wai Lee
  • Publication number: 20070080843
    Abstract: A radio receiver channel includes an analog front end and a digital signal processing section coupled together by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having a delta-sigma modulator coupled to a first digital decimation filter, which is coupled to second digital decimation filter, wherein the first decimation filter includes a source of finite impulse response coefficients coupled so as to provide a plurality of coefficients. The delta-sigma modulator includes a loop filter having a plurality of serially coupled integrators, and a multi-bit quantizer coupled to the loop filter; the multi-bit quantizer including an ADC operable to produce a multi-bit digital output signal, the ADC coupled to a DAC having dual DAC feedback loops, and a dynamic element matching function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Wai Lee, Xudong Zhao, Amit Kumar, Jianping Wen, Garry Link