Patents by Inventor Jinling Zhou

Jinling Zhou 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: 12386465
    Abstract: A touch detection circuit, a touch sensing chip and an electronic device are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: SILEAD INC.
    Inventors: Jinling Zhou, Hongzhen Chen
  • Publication number: 20250015811
    Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter, a touch sensing chip and an electronic device are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: SILEAD INC.
    Inventors: Jinling ZHOU, Xianyin YU, Chenjun WENG
  • Publication number: 20250007533
    Abstract: A touch detection circuit, a touch sensing chip and an electronic device are disclosed. The touch detection circuit includes: a charge/discharge circuit, a 1st-order N-bit ??ADC comprising an adder, an integrator, an N-bit ADC and an N-bit DAC, the adder comprising two input terminals coupled respectively to an output terminal of the charge/discharge circuit and an output terminal of the N-bit DAC, the N-bit DAC comprising an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the N-bit ADC, wherein the integrator is configured to integrate net incoming charge that the integrator receives; the N-bit ADC is configured to quantize an output of the integrator into an N-bit digital signal; the N-bit DAC is configured to provide subtractive reference charge according to the instruction of the N-bit digital signal; and the adder is configured to derive the net incoming charge by subtracting the subtractive reference charge from the sense charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: SILEAD INC.
    Inventors: Jinling ZHOU, Jun YANG, Hongzhen CHEN
  • Patent number: 12184302
    Abstract: A data register unit, a SAR ADC and an electronic device are disclosed. The data register unit comprises: a first high-speed flip-flop; a second high-speed flip-flop; and a first logic gate, wherein the first high-speed flip-flop and the second high-speed flip-flop comprise a high-speed flip-flop circuit respectively, which comprises: a first PMOS transistor, a first NMOS transistor, an inverter and a logic gate. The data register unit of the present disclosure is composed of a high-speed flip-flop circuit with a very simple structure and suitable for fast operation. In a further embodiment, the high-speed flip-flop circuit can combine the bit pulse to realize the capacitor switching based on the comparison result. This increases the operation speed of the SAR ADC while significantly reducing the number of transistors required to implement the EMCS logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SILEAD Inc.
    Inventor: Jinling Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240331438
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a fingerprint identification circuit. The method is used for detecting fingerprint recognition units arranged in an array. A fingerprint recognition unit is connected to a fingerprint recognition circuit. The fingerprint recognition circuit includes a loop selection unit and a signal processing unit. The method includes: resetting the fingerprint recognition circuit to enable the loop selection unit to load a first driving voltage to a sensing electrode; and, controlling a state of the loop selection unit through a sequence signal control to enable the fingerprint recognition units arranged in an array to be in different working states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Jinling Zhou, Jun Yang, Wei Su
  • Patent number: 12052028
    Abstract: A SAR ADC and an electronic device are disclosed. The SAR ADC includes a read clock generation circuit, configured to connect to a first output terminal and a second output terminal of a dynamic comparator, and generate a read clock signal for reading a first or a second comparison result based on the first and the second comparison result received from the dynamic comparator. The invention reads the comparison result using the read clock signal generated by grabbing the output of the comparator, and can improve the overall analog-to-digital conversion speed of the SAR ADC. Further, the present invention can detect the occurrence of metastable state of the comparator by judging that the output of the comparator has no pulse, and read the comparison result based on the backup clock generated by the operating clock of the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: SILEAD Inc.
    Inventor: Jinling Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230291415
    Abstract: A data register unit, a SAR ADC and an electronic device are disclosed. The data register unit comprises: a first high-speed flip-flop; a second high-speed flip-flop; and a third logic gate, wherein the first high-speed flip-flop and the second high-speed flip-flop comprise a high-speed flip-flop circuit respectively, which comprises: a first PMOS transistor, a first NMOS transistor, an inverter and a logic gate. The data register unit of the present disclosure is composed of a high-speed flip-flop circuit with a very simple structure and suitable for fast operation. In a further embodiment, the high-speed flip-flop circuit can combine the bit pulse to realize the capacitor switching based on the comparison result. This increases the operation speed of the SAR ADC while significantly reducing the number of transistors required to implement the EMCS logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Jinling Zhou
  • Publication number: 20230208431
    Abstract: A SAR ADC and an electronic device are disclosed. The SAR ADC includes a read clock generation circuit, configured to connect to a first output terminal and a second output terminal of a dynamic comparator, and generate a read clock signal for reading a first or a second comparison result based on the first and the second comparison result received from the dynamic comparator. The invention reads the comparison result using the read clock signal generated by grabbing the output of the comparator, and can improve the overall analog-to-digital conversion speed of the SAR ADC. Further, the present invention can detect the occurrence of metastable state of the comparator by judging that the output of the comparator has no pulse, and read the comparison result based on the backup clock generated by the operating clock of the comparator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Jinling Zhou