Patents by Inventor Jian Wen Chen

Jian Wen Chen 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: 12086206
    Abstract: A matrix multiplier and an operation method thereof are provided. The matrix multiplier includes a plurality of first input lines, a plurality of second input lines and a computing array. The computing array includes a plurality of multiplication accumulation (MAC) cells. A first MAC cell of the plurality of MAC cells is coupled to a first corresponding input line of the plurality of first input lines and a second corresponding input line of the plurality of second input lines to receive a first input value and a second input value to perform a multiplication accumulation operation. When at least one of the first input value and the second input value is a specified value, the multiplication accumulation operation of the first MAC cell is disabled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NEUCHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-Wen Chen, YuShan Ruan, Chih-Wei Chang, Youn-Long Lin
  • Publication number: 20240111827
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a matrix device and an operation method thereof. The matrix device includes a transpose circuit and a memory. The transpose circuit is configured to receive a first element string representing a native matrix from a matrix source, wherein all elements in the native matrix are arranged in the first element string in one of a “row-major manner” and a “column-major manner”. The transpose circuit transposes the first element string into a second element string, wherein the second element string is equivalent to an element string in which all elements of the native matrix are arranged in another one of the “row-major manner” and the “column-major manner”. The memory is coupled to the transpose circuit to receive the second element string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: NEUCHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huang-Chih Kuo, YuShan Ruan, Jian-Wen Chen, Tzu-Jen Lo
  • Publication number: 20220358183
    Abstract: A matrix multiplier and an operation method thereof are provided. The matrix multiplier includes a plurality of first input lines, a plurality of second input lines and a computing array. The computing array includes a plurality of multiplication accumulation (MAC) cells. A first MAC cell of the plurality of MAC cells is coupled to a first corresponding input line of the plurality of first input lines and a second corresponding input line of the plurality of second input lines to receive a first input value and a second input value to perform a multiplication accumulation operation. When at least one of the first input value and the second input value is a specified value, the multiplication accumulation operation of the first MAC cell is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: NEUCHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-Wen Chen, YuShan Ruan, Chih-Wei Chang, Youn-Long Lin
  • Patent number: 11379185
    Abstract: A matrix multiplication device and an operation method thereof are provided. The matrix multiplication device includes a plurality of unit circuits. Each of the unit circuits includes a multiplying-adding circuit, a first register, and a second register. A first input terminal and a second input terminal of the multiplying-adding circuit are respectively coupled to a corresponding first input line and a corresponding second input line. An input terminal and an output terminal of the first register are respectively coupled to an output terminal and a third input terminal of the multiplying-adding circuit. The second register is coupled to the first register to receive and temporarily store a multiplication accumulation result. Wherein, the second registers of the unit circuits output the multiplication accumulation results in a column direction in a first output mode, and output the multiplication accumulation results in a row direction in a second output mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NEUCHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-Wen Chen, Chiung-Liang Lin
  • Patent number: 11320182
    Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated water-cooled air conditioning device, which comprises a cooling water tank device and an air conditioning system. The cooling water tank device includes a cooling water tank. A water tank region is disposed at the bottom of the cooling water tank for accommodating water. The air conditioning system includes a compressor, a condenser, a regulator, and an evaporator connected sequentially by a refrigerant piping. The condenser is formed by spirally bending the refrigerant piping to a spiral hollow tube in the water tank region. Thereby, the air conditioning system and the cooling-water circulation system can be connected integrally for miniaturization. The shortcomings of long heat dissipation loop, high pressure loss, and large size can be solved. Accordingly, the installation costs can be lowered, and the subsequent maintenance management can be convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yu-Hsi Tsai, Jian-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 11307853
    Abstract: A matrix multiplication device and an operation method thereof are provided. The matrix multiplication device includes calculation circuits, a control circuit, a multiplication circuit, and a routing circuit. The calculation circuits produce multiply-accumulate values. The control circuit receives a plurality of first element values of a first matrix. The control circuit classifies the first element values into at least one classification value. The multiplication circuit multiplies the classification value by a second element value of a second matrix in a low power mode to obtain at least one product value. The routing circuit transmits each of the product values to at least one corresponding calculation circuit in the calculation circuits in the low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: NEUCHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiung-Liang Lin, Chao-Yang Kao, Youn-Long Lin, Huang-Chih Kuo, Jian-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20220066736
    Abstract: A matrix multiplication device and an operation method thereof are provided. The matrix multiplication device includes a plurality of unit circuits. Each of the unit circuits includes a multiplying-adding circuit, a first register, and a second register. A first input terminal and a second input terminal of the multiplying-adding circuit are respectively coupled to a corresponding first input line and a corresponding second input line. An input terminal and an output terminal of the first register are respectively coupled to an output terminal and a third input terminal of the multiplying-adding circuit. The second register is coupled to the first register to receive and temporarily store a multiplication accumulation result. Wherein, the second registers of the unit circuits output the multiplication accumulation results in a column direction in a first output mode, and output the multiplication accumulation results in a row direction in a second output mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: NEUCHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-Wen Chen, Chiung-Liang Lin
  • Publication number: 20210064373
    Abstract: A matrix multiplication device and an operation method thereof are provided. The matrix multiplication device includes calculation circuits, a control circuit, a multiplication circuit, and a routing circuit. The calculation circuits produce multiply-accumulate values. The control circuit receives a plurality of first element values of a first matrix. The control circuit classifies the first element values into at least one classification value. The multiplication circuit multiplies the classification value by a second element value of a second matrix in a low power mode to obtain at least one product value. The routing circuit transmits each of the product values to at least one corresponding calculation circuit in the calculation circuits in the low power mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: NEUCHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiung-Liang Lin, Chao-Yang Kao, Youn-Long Lin, Huang-Chih Kuo, Jian-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20200401873
    Abstract: A hardware architecture and a processing method for an activation function in a neural network are provided. A look-up table, which is a corresponding relation among multiple input ranges and linear functions, is provided. A difference between an initial value and an end value of the input range of each linear function is an exponentiation of base-2. These linear functions form a piecewise linear function to approximate the activation function. At least one bit value of an input value is used as an index to query the look-up table to determine a corresponding linear function. The part of bits value of the input value is fed into the determined linear function to obtain an output value. Accordingly, a range comparison may be omitted, and the number of bits of a multiplier-accumulator may be reduced, so as to achieve the objectives of low costs and low power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: NEUCHIPS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youn-Long Lin, Jian-Wen Chen
  • Publication number: 20200158389
    Abstract: The present invention provides an integrated water-cooled air conditioning device, which comprises a cooling water tank device and an air conditioning system. The cooling water tank device includes a cooling water tank. A water tank region is disposed at the bottom of the cooling water tank for accommodating water. The air conditioning system includes a compressor, a condenser, a regulator, and an evaporator connected sequentially by a refrigerant piping. The condenser is formed by spirally bending the refrigerant piping to a spiral hollow tube in the water tank region. Thereby, the air conditioning system and the cooling-water circulation system can be connected integrally for miniaturization. The shortcomings of long heat dissipation loop, high pressure loss, and large size can be solved. Accordingly, the installation costs can be lowered, and the subsequent maintenance management can be convenient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: YU-HSI TSAI, JIAN-WEN CHEN
  • Patent number: 10491896
    Abstract: The disclosure proposes a method of fixed-rate line-based embedded video compression and an image processing apparatus using the same method. The method includes at least the following steps. A current encoding frame is received. Pixels in a current encoding frame are grouped on a line-by-line basis, and the grouped pixels are packed into pixel segments. Complexity information of a current pixel segment is calculated according to the pixels therein and neighboring pixels thereof. The current pixel segment is respectively encoded in a differential pulse-coding modulation (DPCM) mode and a truncation mode to generate a DPCM bitstream and a truncated bitstream according to a quantization parameter (QP). Either the DPCM bitstream or the truncated bitstream is selected and outputted according to the complexity information. An amount of bits used by the current pixel segment is feedback to calculate a new QP corresponding to a next pixel segment to be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Bu, Jian-Wen Chen, Po-Chin Hu
  • Publication number: 20180213228
    Abstract: The disclosure proposes a method of fixed-rate line-based embedded video compression and an image processing apparatus using the same method. The method includes at least the following steps. A current encoding frame is received. Pixels in a current encoding frame are grouped on a line-by-line basis, and the grouped pixels are packed into pixel segments. Complexity information of a current pixel segment is calculated according to the pixels therein and neighboring pixels thereof. The current pixel segment is respectively encoded in a differential pulse-coding modulation (DPCM) mode and a truncation mode to generate a DPCM bitstream and a truncated bitstream according to a quantization parameter (QP). Either the DPCM bitstream or the truncated bitstream is selected and outputted according to the complexity information. An amount of bits used by the current pixel segment is feedback to calculate a new QP corresponding to a next pixel segment to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Bu, Jian-Wen Chen, Po-Chin Hu
  • Patent number: 9025703
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a software radio system and a decoding apparatus and method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a forward error correction decoding apparatus for a software radio system, including: a receiving module for receiving decoding tasks from a plurality of uplink channels; and a decoder matrix for executing the decoding tasks, wherein the decoder matrix is shared by the plurality of uplink channels. The decoding apparatus and method as well as the software radio system according to the embodiments of the present invention can be well adapted to the high computing capabilities, sufficient flexibility and scalability as required by base station systems for next-generation wireless communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Yong Hua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Hai Zhan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 8811389
    Abstract: A base station apparatus, methods of receiving and sending data, and a computer readable article of manufacture. A computer implemented method includes the following for receiving and sending data: receiving the data by an RF header module; grouping data received; transferring the grouped data to a data processing apparatus; distributing the grouped data into an uplink sub-channel; merging the distributed data using at least one downlink sub-channel; transferring the merged data to a transceiving apparatus; degrouping the merged data; and sending the merged data by RF header module. A method of receiving data, a method of sending data, and computer readable non-transitory articles of manufacture are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Yonghua Lin, Ravinder Kumar Sabhikhi, Qing Wang, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 8780886
    Abstract: A wireless communication system base station, and a remote radio head (RRH) and a computer-implemented synchronization method for the wireless communication system base station. The RRH is communicably coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) of the wireless communication system base station through a network, and the BBU processes and transmits downlink data to the RRH. The RRH includes: a time-delay measurement unit for measuring a time-delay for the downlink data to arrive at the RRH from the BBU; and a time-delay notification unit for notifying from the RRH to the BBU of time-delay data on the time-delay measured by the time-delay measurement unit, wherein the time-delay data is used to advance the starting time for the BBU to process and transmit the downlink data by an amount of time obtained based on the time-delay data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Lin Chen, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 8767710
    Abstract: A wireless communication system base station, and a remote radio head (RRH) and a computer-implemented synchronization method for the wireless communication system base station. The RRH is communicably coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) of the wireless communication system base station through a network, and the BBU processes and transmits downlink data to the RRH. The RRH includes: a time-delay measurement unit for measuring a time-delay for the downlink data to arrive at the RRH from the BBU; and a time-delay notification unit for notifying from the RRH to the BBU of time-delay data on the time-delay measured by the time-delay measurement unit, wherein the time-delay data is used to advance the starting time for the BBU to process and transmit the downlink data by an amount of time obtained based on the time-delay data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Lin Chen, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 8638819
    Abstract: A wireless communication transceiver and a mode switch device thereof. The transceiver includes: a first band transmission path; a first band reception path; a second band transmission path; a second band reception path; a path switch and a control unit. In a dual band time division duplexing mode, the control unit controls the path switch so that the path switch connects a received radio frequency signal from an antenna to the first band reception path, and connects a transmitted radio frequency signal from the second band transmission path to the antenna in an odd cycle or an even cycle; and controls the path switch so that the path switch connects a received radio frequency signal from the antenna to the second band reception path, and connects a transmitted radio frequency signal from the first band transmission path to the antenna in another odd cycle or another even cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Lin Chen, Yong Hua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Zhen Bo Zhu
  • Patent number: 8456211
    Abstract: A slew rate control circuit is provided. The slew rate control circuit includes at least one switch and an inverter. A first end of the switch is coupled to a power terminal. A toggle end of the switch is coupled to a first control terminal. A second end of the switch is coupled to an output terminal. An output end of the inverter is coupled to the output terminal. An input end of the inverter is coupled to an input terminal. A voltage at the first control terminal conducts the switch to reduce the slew rate when a large voltage variation occurs at the output terminal. A method of controlling a slew rate and a slew rate control device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Yang Chen, Jian-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 8367811
    Abstract: A radioactive material containing chitosan for inhibiting cancer and a preparation method thereof are revealed. The adioactive material containing chitosan is formed by using SOCTA chelating agent to connect chitosan and radionuclides such as 188Re, and Tc-99m etc. The preparation method of the radioactive material containing chitosan includes the steps of: prepare SOCTA-Chitosan compound; and prepare M(radionuclide)-SOCTA-Chitosan compound. By biocompatibility and clotting in alkaline environment of human blood of chitosan, the radioactive material containing chitosan is injected into cancer and staying there for a long time so as to achieve effectively treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Atomic Energy Council-Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventors: Tsai-Yueh Luo, I-Chung Tang, Jian-Wen Chen, Kwei-Luen Hsu, Yu-Lung Wu, Te-Sheng Liang, Chang-Mau Sheng, Jin-Jenn Lin, Ching-Jun Liou, Jyh-Daw Sheu
  • Publication number: 20120300766
    Abstract: A wireless communication system base station, and a remote radio head (RRH) and a computer-implemented synchronization method for the wireless communication system base station. The RRH is communicably coupled to a baseband unit (BBU) of the wireless communication system base station through a network, and the BBU processes and transmits downlink data to the RRH. The RRH includes: a time-delay measurement unit for measuring a time-delay for the downlink data to arrive at the RRH from the BBU; and a time-delay notification unit for notifying from the RRH to the BBU of time-delay data on the time-delay measured by the time-delay measurement unit, wherein the time-delay data is used to advance the starting time for the BBU to process and transmit the downlink data by an amount of time obtained based on the time-delay data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jian Wen Chen, Lin Chen, Yonghua Lin, Qing Wang, Rong Yan, Zhen Bo Zhu