Patents by Inventor Hwong-Kwo Lin

Hwong-Kwo Lin 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).

  • GENERIC FLEXIBLE TIMER DESIGN
    Publication number: 20090045847
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a set of three building block circuits for designing a flexible timing generator for an integrated circuit. The first and second building blocks include delay elements that may be customized and fine-tuned prior to fabrication. The third building block may be tuned prior to fabrication as well as after fabrication. The three building blocks may be incorporated into a modular architecture, enabling designers to easily generate well-characterized, flexible, generic timer circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Hwong-Kwo Lin, Ge Yang, Ethan A. Frazier, Charles Chew-Yuen Young
  • Generic flexible timer design
    Patent number: 7492204
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a set of three building block circuits for designing a flexible timing generator for an integrated circuit. The first and second building blocks include delay elements that may be customized and fine-tuned prior to fabrication. The third building block may be tuned prior to fabrication as well as after fabrication. The three building blocks may be incorporated into a modular architecture, enabling designers to easily generate well-characterized, flexible, generic timer circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Hwong-Kwo Lin, Ge Yang, Ethan A. Frazier, Charles Chew-Yuen Young
  • Low power single-rail-input voltage level shifter
    Patent number: 7463065
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a single-rail input connected to a low-voltage domain and a voltage-transition circuit connected to the single-rail input. The voltage-transition circuit is configured to convert a voltage of the low-voltage domain received via the single-rail input to a voltage of the high-voltage domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Hwong-Kwo Lin, Ge Yang, Charles Chew-Yuen Young
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING CURRENT LEAKAGE WHEN A LOW VOLTAGE DOMAIN IS POWERED DOWN
    Publication number: 20080290935
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for preventing a current leakage or direct current when a low voltage domain is powered down. Included is a voltage transition circuit connected between a low voltage domain and a high voltage domain. Such voltage transition circuit includes a circuit component for preventing a current leakage when the low voltage domain is powered down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Ge Yang, Hwong-Kwo Lin, Charles Chew-Yuen Young