Patents by Inventor Hsuan-Chih Yeh

Hsuan-Chih Yeh 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: 12368450
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, the disclosure provides an ADC which includes not limited to: a DAC configured to generate a positive input delta voltage and a negative input delta voltage, a comparator electrically connected to the DAC and configured to receive the positive input delta voltage to generate a first digital output value and to receive the negative input delta voltage to generate a second digital output value, a logic circuit configured to receive, from the comparator, the first digital output value and the second digital output value to generate a digital quantization code according to half of a sum of the first digital output value and the second digital output value, and a calibration circuit configured to receive the digital quantization code from the logic circuit and calibrate an output of the ADC according to the digital quantization code to eliminate an offset error value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsuan Chih Yeh, Yu-Yee Liow, Wen-Hong Hsu, Po-Hua Chen, Chihwei Wu, Pei Wen Sun
  • Patent number: 12250002
    Abstract: A SAR ADC includes: a sample-hold (S/H) circuit sampling an input voltage to generate a S/H output signal; a DAC generating a DAC output signal; a comparator comparing the DAC output signal with the S/H output signal to generate a comparison output signal; a SAR combinational digital circuit group; a multiplexer circuit; and a plurality of registers for registering the comparison output signal as register output signals and outputting as an output signal of the SAR ADC. The SAR combinational digital circuit group generates a plurality of first and second SAR output signals based on the register output signals. The multiplexer circuit is controlled by on the register output signals to select among the first and the second SAR output signals as a plurality of multiplexer output signals for sending to the DAC. A capacitor coupling relationship of the DAC is controlled by the multiplexer output signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Po-Hua Chen, Yu-Yee Liow, Chih-Wei Wu, Wen-Hong Hsu, Hsuan-Chih Yeh, Pei-Wen Sun
  • Publication number: 20250080129
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, the disclosure provides an ADC which includes not limited to: a DAC configured to generate a positive input delta voltage and a negative input delta voltage, a comparator electrically connected to the DAC and configured to receive the positive input delta voltage to generate a first digital output value and to receive the negative input delta voltage to generate a second digital output value, a logic circuit configured to receive, from the comparator, the first digital output value and the second digital output value to generate a digital quantization code according to half of a sum of the first digital output value and the second digital output value, and a calibration circuit configured to receive the digital quantization code from the logic circuit and calibrate an output of the ADC according to the digital quantization code to eliminate an offset error value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: United Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsuan Chih Yeh, Yu-Yee Liow, Wen-Hong Hsu, Po-Hua Chen, Chihwei Wu, Pei Wen Sun
  • Publication number: 20240305310
    Abstract: A SAR ADC includes: a sample-hold (S/H) circuit sampling an input voltage to generate a S/H output signal; a DAC generating a DAC output signal; a comparator comparing the DAC output signal with the S/H output signal to generate a comparison output signal; a SAR combinational digital circuit group; a multiplexer circuit; and a plurality of registers for registering the comparison output signal as register output signals and outputting as an output signal of the SAR ADC. The SAR combinational digital circuit group generates a plurality of first and second SAR output signals based on the register output signals. The multiplexer circuit is controlled by on the register output signals to select among the first and the second SAR output signals as a plurality of multiplexer output signals for sending to the DAC. A capacitor coupling relationship of the DAC is controlled by the multiplexer output signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Hua CHEN, Yu-Yee LIOW, Chih-Wei WU, Wen-Hong HSU, Hsuan-Chih YEH, Pei-Wen SUN
  • Patent number: 11381247
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a phase-locked loop and a jitter detection circuit. A method of detecting a jitter in the apparatus includes the phase-locked loop generating a lead control signal and a lag control signal according to a reference clock and a feedback clock, the jitter detection circuit generating a jitter signal according to the lead control signal and the lag control signal, the jitter detection circuit generating a jitter window signal according to the jitter signal, the jitter detection circuit identifying jitters in the clock signal according to the jitter signal and the jitter window signal, and the jitter detection circuit outputting a jitter indication signal according to the number of jitters identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Hong Hsu, Po-Hua Chen, Yu-Yee Liow, Chih-Wei Wu, Hsuan-Chih Yeh