Patents by Inventor Hong Nie

Hong Nie 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: 20220101925
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for programming a 3D NAND flash memory, which includes: S1) providing a 3D flash memory array, and eliminating residual charges; S2) strobing a bit line where an upper sub-storage module is located; S3) applying a drain voltage to the drain of a to-be-programmed memory cell, and floating a source thereof; S4) applying a programming voltage to the gate of the to-be-programmed memory cell, to complete programming; and S5) after completing the programming of the upper sub-storage module, and when the upper sub-storage module keeps a programmed state, strobing a bit line where a lower sub-storage module is located, and repeating operation S3) and operation S4) to achieve programming of the lower sub-storage module. In the method for programming a 3D NAND flash memory according to the present disclosure, programming is completed based on tertiary electron collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: CHINA FLASH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HONG NIE, JINGWEI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220084602
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a NOR flash memory circuit, a data writing method, a data reading method, and a data erasing method. The NOR flash memory circuit includes: a NOR memory array, a source voltage selection unit, a well voltage selection unit, a word line gating unit, a bit line gating unit, a data reading unit, and an analog voltage generating unit. During data writing, a source is floated, and a well electrode is connected to ground; and a first forward voltage is applied to a bit line where a memory cell to be written data into is located, and a second forward voltage is applied to a word line where the memory cell to be written data into is located. During data reading, a source is grounded, and well electrodes are grounded; and a third forward voltage is applied to a word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: CHINA FLASH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HONG NIE, YUE ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20220084598
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for programming a NAND flash memory, which includes: providing a NAND flash memory array, and initializing a to-be-programmed memory cell; applying a drain voltage to the drain of the to-be-programmed memory cell, and floating the source of the to-be-programmed memory cell; and applying a programming voltage to the gate of the to-be-programmed memory cell, and discharging the voltage at each end of the to-be-programmed memory cell after maintaining the voltage for a first time period, to complete programming; a difference between the voltage applied to the drain and the voltage applied to the substrate of the to-be-programmed memory cell being not less than 4 V, the first time period being not longer than 100 ?s, and the programming voltage being not higher than 10 V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: CHINA FLASH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HONG NIE, JINGWEI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20220084599
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for programming flash memory, which includes: providing a flash memory structure having a floating gate, and floating a source of the flash memory structure; separately applying voltages to a drain and a substrate, to form an electric field, and generating electron-hole pairs, to generate primary electrons, where the voltage applied to the substrate is less than the voltage applied to the drain; accelerating holes downward under the action of the electric field to collide with the substrate in the flash memory structure within a preset time, to generate secondary electrons; and separately applying voltages to a gate and the substrate, where the voltage applied to the substrate is less than the voltage applied to the gate, and enabling the secondary electrons to generate tertiary electrons to inject the tertiary electrons into the floating gate, to complete a programming operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: CHINA FLASH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HONG NIE, JINGWEI CHEN
  • Patent number: 11190285
    Abstract: Disclosed is a receiver (200) comprising a signal receiving module (201) configured to receive a first test signal and receive a second test signal after a predefined time period following the completion of the reception of the first test signal, and a calculating module (202) configured to calculate a calibration parameter for calibrating a received RF communication signal, based on the received first test signal and the received second test signal. Correspondingly, a transmitter, a signal transceiver, a signal receiving method, and a signal transmitting method are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Hong Nie
  • Patent number: 11176298
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for modeling, including: S1): designing a test key having a source, a drain, and a gate, and testing the test key to obtain test data; S2): extracting a model parameter according to the test data; S3): verifying reasonableness of a physical characteristic of the model parameter based on a relationship between a source-drain voltage and a drain current, if the reasonableness passes the verification, a model file is established and the method proceeds to S4), if the reasonableness fails the verification, the method returns to S2) to adjust the model parameter, until the reasonableness passes the verification; S4): performing quality assurance on the model file, if the model file passes the quality assurance, the modeling is completed, if the model file fails the quality assurance, the method returns to S2) to adjust the model parameter until the model file passes the quality assurance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CHINA FLASH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Nie, Ke Wu, Xiang Su
  • Patent number: 11161105
    Abstract: The present application relates to a hydrogenation catalyst, a process for producing the same and application thereof in the hydrotreatment of feedstock oil. The process comprises at least the following steps: (1) contacting a first active metal component and a first organic complexing agent with a carrier to obtain a composite carrier; (2) calcining the composite carrier to obtain a calcined composite carrier having a total carbon content of 1% by weight or less; and (3) contacting a second organic complexing agent with the calcined composite carrier to obtain the hydrogenation catalyst. The hydrogenation catalyst has both excellent hydrodesulfurization activity and hydrodenitrogenation activity, and exhibits a significantly prolonged service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Le Zhang, Mingfeng Li, Huifeng Li, Hong Nie, Shi Ding, Xuefen Liu, Zhihai Hu
  • Patent number: 11078216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bisaryl amide analogs, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as NRF2 activators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: GLAXOSMITHKLINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: James Francis Callahan, Vincent J. Colandrea, Anthony William James Cooper, Nicole Cathleen Goodwin, Chelsea Ariane Huff, Joel Karpiak, Jeffrey K. Kerns, Hong Nie
  • Patent number: 11041131
    Abstract: The present application relates to a process for treating gasoline, comprising the steps of: splitting a gasoline feedstock into a light gasoline fraction and a heavy gasoline fraction; optionally, subjecting the resulting light gasoline fraction to etherification to obtain an etherified oil; contacting the heavy gasoline fraction with a mixed catalyst and subjecting it to desulfurization and aromatization in the presence of hydrogen to obtain a heavy gasoline product; wherein the mixed catalyst comprises an adsorption desulfurization catalyst and an aromatization catalyst. The process of the present application is capable of reducing the sulfur and olefin content of gasoline and at the same time increasing the octane number of the gasoline while maintaining a high yield of gasoline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Youhao Xu, Junyi Mao, Xin Wang, Qing Yuan, Jingchuan Yu, Hong Nie, Dadong Li
  • Publication number: 20210094023
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrofining catalyst comprising: an inorganic refractory component comprising a first hydrodesulfurization catalytically active component in a mixture with at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, magnesia, calcium oxide, zirconia and titania; a second hydrodesulfurization catalytically active component; and an organic component comprising a carboxylic acid and optionally an alcohol. The hydrofining catalyst of the present application shows improved performance in the hydrofining of distillate oils. Also disclosed are a hydrofining catalyst system comprising the hydrofining catalyst, a method for preparing the catalyst and catalyst system, and a process for the hydrofining of distillate oils using the catalyst or catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Wenbin CHEN, Le ZHANG, Xiangyun LONG, Hong NIE, Mingfeng LI, Dadong LI, Qinghe LIU, Xueyan JU
  • Publication number: 20200339280
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for continuous catapulting of unmanned aerial vehicles are disclosed, and relate to the technical field of aircraft catapulting and recovery. The apparatus consists of an unmanned aerial vehicle storage apparatus, an unmanned aerial vehicle conveying apparatus, an automatic unmanned aerial vehicle loading apparatus, tackles and a rotary tube-type multi-track unmanned aerial vehicle catapult. The present invention can increase catapulting efficiency of the unmanned aerial vehicles, and is suitable for rapidly forming a cluster of the unmanned aerial vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Xiaohui WEI, Tianchi GAO, Zhao ZHANG, Hong NIE, Jingqi HUANG
  • Patent number: 10763788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to communication technologies and provides a method and a device for FSK/GFSK demodulation, the method comprises: determining a digital information vector group {Vl(i)} of a codeword a[k] to be demodulated and a corresponding phase matching vector group {?i(i)} within the duration of (2M+1)T; determining a received phase vector {tilde over (?)}(i) of a received FSK/GFSK baseband signal ?(t,a); determining an average phase difference ?l between {tilde over (?)}(i) and ?l(i); calculating the phase matching degree Ql between {tilde over (?)}(i) and ?l(i) after removing the impact of the average phase difference ?l, and determining an l value corresponding to the phase matching degree Ql being the maximum; and determining the a[k], corresponding to the l value, in the digital information vector Vi(i) as a demodulation result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: TELINK SEMICONDUCTOR (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hong Nie
  • Publication number: 20200076370
    Abstract: The present invention relates to communication technologies and provides a method and a device for FSK/GFSK demodulation, the method comprises: determining a digital information vector group {Vl(i)} of a codeword a[k] to be demodulated and a corresponding phase matching vector group {?i(i)] within the duration of (2M+1)T; determining a received phase vector {tilde over (?)}(i) of a received FSK/GFSK baseband signal ?(t, a); determining an average phase difference ?l between {tilde over (?)}(i) and ?l(i); calculating the phase matching degree Ql between {tilde over (?)}(i) and ?l(i) after removing the impact of the average phase difference ?l, and determining an l value corresponding to the phase matching degree Ql being the maximum; and determining the a[k], corresponding to the l value, in the digital information vector Vi(i) as a demodulation result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Hong NIE
  • Publication number: 20200040266
    Abstract: The present application relates to a process for treating gasoline, comprising the steps of: splitting a gasoline feedstock into a light gasoline fraction and a heavy gasoline fraction; optionally, subjecting the resulting light gasoline fraction to etherification to obtain an etherified oil; contacting the heavy gasoline fraction with a mixed catalyst and subjecting it to desulfurization and aromatization in the presence of hydrogen to obtain a heavy gasoline product; wherein the mixed catalyst comprises an adsorption desulfurization catalyst and an aromatization catalyst. The process of the present application is capable of reducing the sulfur and olefin content of gasoline and at the same time increasing the octane number of the gasoline while maintaining a high yield of gasoline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Youhao XU, Junyi MAO, Xin WANG, Qing YUAN, Jingchuan YU, Hong NIE, Dadong LI
  • Publication number: 20190330238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bisaryl amide analogs, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as NRF2 activators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: James Francis CALLAHAN, Vincent J. COLANDREA, Anthony William James COOPER, Nicole Cathleen GOODWIN, Chelsea Ariane HUFF, Joel KARPIAK, Jeffrey K. KERNS, Hong NIE
  • Publication number: 20190232269
    Abstract: The present application relates to a hydrogenation catalyst, a process for producing the same and application thereof in the hydrotreatment of feedstock oil. The process comprises at least the following steps: (1) contacting a first active metal component and a first organic complexing agent with a carrier to obtain a composite carrier; (2) calcining the composite carrier to obtain a calcined composite carrier having a total carbon content of 1% by weight or less; and (3) contacting a second organic complexing agent with the calcined composite carrier to obtain the hydrogenation catalyst. The hydrogenation catalyst has both excellent hydrodesulfurization activity and hydrodenitrogenation activity, and exhibits a significantly prolonged service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Le ZHANG, Mingfeng LI, Huifeng LI, Hong NIE, Shi DING, Xuefen LIU, Zhihai HU
  • Patent number: 10364256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biaryl pyrazole compounds of Formula (I) methods of making them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as NRF2 regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited, Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: James Callahan, Jeffrey K. Kerns, Peng Li, Tindy Li, Brent W. McCleland, Hong Nie, Joseph E. Pero, Thomas Glanmor Davies, Maria Grazia Carr, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Thomas Daniel Heightman, David Norton, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford, Hendrika Maria Gerarda Willems
  • Publication number: 20190225897
    Abstract: A process for converting inferior feedstock oil includes several steps. In step a) the inferior feedstock oil is subjected to a low severity hydrogenation reaction. The reaction product is separated to produce a gas, a hydrogenated naphtha, a hydrogenated diesel and a hydrogenated residual oil. In step b) the hydrogenated residual oil obtained in step a) is subjected to a first catalytic cracking reaction, the reaction product is separated to produce a first dry gas, a first LPG, a first gasoline, a first diesel and a first FCC-gas oil. In step c) the first FCC-gas oil obtained in step b) is subjected to a hydrogenation reaction of gas oil, the reaction product is separated to produce a hydrogenated gas oil, and in step d) the hydrogenated gas oil obtained in step c) is subjected to the first catalytic cracking reaction of step b) or a second catalytic cracking reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Youhao XU, Tao LIU, Xin WANG, Lishun DAI, Tian LAN, Hong NIE, Dadong LI
  • Patent number: 10351530
    Abstract: The present invention relates to arylcyclohexyl pyrazole compounds of Formula (I) methods of making them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as NRF2 regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited, Astex Therapeutics Limited
    Inventors: James Callahan, Jeffrey K. Kerns, Tindy Li, Brent W. McCleland, Hong Nie, Joseph E. Pero, Thomas Glanmor Davies, Charlotte Mary Griffiths-Jones, Thomas Daniel Heightman, Steven Howard, David Norton, Marinus Leendert Verdonk, Alison Jo-Anne Woolford
  • Publication number: 20180282283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to arylcyclohexyl pyrazole compounds of Formula (I) methods of making them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as NRF2 regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: James CALLAHAN, Jeffrey K. KERNS, Tindy LI, Brent W. McCLELAND, Hong NIE, Joseph E. PERO, Thomas Glanmor DAVIES, Charlotte Mary GRIFFITHS-JONES, Thomas Daniel HEIGHTMAN, Steven HOWARD, David NORTON, Marinus Leendert VERDONK, Alison Jo-Anne WOOLFORD