Patents by Inventor Hektor Huang

Hektor Huang 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: 9659603
    Abstract: A power management circuit for an electronic device sequentially activates and/or deactivates electronic circuits of the electronic device. The power management circuit provides a first group of one or more circuit power management signals to activate and/or deactivate a first electronic circuit from among the electronic circuits. Thereafter, the power management circuit provides a corresponding power management signal from among a second group of the one or more circuit power management signals that corresponds to a portion of the first electronic circuit that has been activated and/or deactivated by the first group of the one or more circuit power management signals to activate and/or deactivate a portion of a second electronic circuit from among the electronic circuits. The power management circuit continues to sequentially provide each of the one or more circuit power management signals in a similar manner until the electronic circuits of the electronic device have been activated and/or deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hektor Huang, Yangsyu Lin, Yu-Hao Hsu, Chia-En Huang, Chiting Cheng, Chen-Lin Yang, Jung-Ping Yang, Cheng Hung Lee
  • Publication number: 20170040042
    Abstract: A power management circuit for an electronic device is disclosed that sequentially activates and/or deactivates electronic circuits of the electronic device. The power management circuit provides a first group of one or more circuit power management signals to activate and/or deactivate a first electronic circuit from among the electronic circuits. Thereafter, the power management circuit provides a corresponding power management signal from among a second group of the one or more circuit power management signals that corresponds to a portion of the first electronic circuit that has been activated and/or deactivated by the first group of the one or more circuit power management signals to activate and/or deactivate a portion of a second electronic circuit from among the electronic circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hektor Huang, Yangsyu Lin, Yu-Hao Hsu, Chia-En Huang, Chiting Cheng, Chen-Lin Yang, Jung-Ping Yang, Cheng Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 9390816
    Abstract: An integrated circuit has a first circuit portion on a first level and a second circuit portion on a second level different from the first level. The first circuit portion includes a first cell having a first voltage value at a first node and a second voltage value at a second node. The second circuit portion includes a second cell coupled with the first cell, the second cell being selectively controllable to supply a voltage to the first cell based on an instruction to supply the voltage. The instruction to supply the voltage is based on a determined mismatch between the first voltage value and the second voltage value being greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Hao Hsu, Chia-En Huang, Hektor Huang, Yi-Ching Chang, Chen-Lin Yang, Jung-Ping Yang, Cheng Hung Lee
  • Publication number: 20160133342
    Abstract: An integrated circuit has a first circuit portion on a first level and a second circuit portion on a second level different from the first level. The first circuit portion includes a first cell having a first voltage value at a first node and a second voltage value at a second node. The second circuit portion includes a second cell coupled with the first cell, the second cell being selectively controllable to supply a voltage to the first cell based on an instruction to supply the voltage. The instruction to supply the voltage is based on a determined mismatch between the first voltage value and the second voltage value being greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Yu-Hao HSU, Chia-En HUANG, Hektor HUANG, Yi-Ching CHANG, Chen-Lin YANG, Jung-Ping YANG, Cheng Hung LEE
  • Patent number: 9240233
    Abstract: An integrated circuit comprises a first circuit portion comprising a plurality of first cells, each first cell comprising a first transistor having a first voltage value at a first node, and a second transistor having a second voltage value at a second node. A second circuit portion comprises a plurality of second cells. The second cells are individually coupled with a corresponding first cell of the plurality of first cells. The second cells are selectively controllable to supply a voltage to one or more of the first cells based on an instruction to supply the voltage. The instruction to supply the voltage is based on a determined mismatch between the first voltage value and the second voltage value being greater than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Hao Hsu, Chia-En Huang, Hektor Huang, Yi-Ching Chang, Chen-Lin Yang, Jung-Ping Yang, Cheng Hung Lee
  • Patent number: 8970256
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a differential sense amplifier comprising first and second cross-coupled inverters with first and second complimentary storage nodes. A first current control element changes a current through the first cross-coupled inverter based upon an output of a second cross-coupled inverter, and a second current control element changes a current through the second cross-coupled inverter based upon an output of the first cross-coupled inverter. Other devices and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Hung Lee, Hektor Huang, Chi-Kai Hsieh, Shi-Wei Chang, Hong-Chen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20140266436
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a differential sense amplifier comprising first and second cross-coupled inverters with first and second complimentary storage nodes. A first current control element changes a current through the first cross-coupled inverter based upon an output of a second cross-coupled inverter, and a second current control element changes a current through the second cross-coupled inverter based upon an output of the first cross-coupled inverter. Other devices and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Hung Lee, Hektor Huang, Chi-Kai Hsieh, Shi-Wei Chang, Hong-Chen Cheng