Patents by Inventor Jyi-Si Lo

Jyi-Si Lo 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: 9232598
    Abstract: An operating circuit applied to a backlight includes at least one current control circuit, where the current control circuit includes a transistor, an operational amplifier and a switch module. The transistor has a gate, a first electrode and a second electrode, where the first electrode is coupled to a lighting element, and the second electrode is coupled to a resistor. The operational amplifier has positive and negative input terminals, and positive and negative output terminals. The switch module switches a connection relationship between the positive input terminal, the negative input terminal, the reference voltage and the second electrode of the transistor, and switches a connection relationship between the positive output terminal, the negative output terminal and the gate of the transistor to make the close loop form a negative feedback, and the current of the lighting element not influenced by an offset voltage of the operational amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shu-Min Lin, Jyi-Si Lo, Ying-Hsi Lin
  • Patent number: 9060399
    Abstract: An operating circuit applied to a backlight is provided, where the backlight includes a plurality of lighting elements, and the operating circuit includes a plurality of current control circuits, a plurality of switches, a minimum voltage selector, a supply voltage generating circuit and a control unit. The current control circuits are coupled to the lighting elements via a plurality of nodes, respectively. The switches are coupled to the nodes, respectively. The minimum voltage selector is utilized for receiving at least a portion of voltages of the plurality of nodes, and selecting a minimum voltage among the received voltages. The supply voltage generating circuit is utilized for generating a supply voltage of the lighting elements according to the minimum voltage. For each of the switches, the control unit determines an on/off state of the switch by determining whether the corresponding lighting element is an open circuit or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Shu-Min Lin, Jyi-Si Lo, Ying-Hsi Lin
  • Publication number: 20120293081
    Abstract: An operating circuit applied to a backlight includes at least one current control circuit, where the current control circuit includes a transistor, an operational amplifier and a switch module. The transistor has a gate, a first electrode and a second electrode, where the first electrode is coupled to a lighting element, and the second electrode is coupled to a resistor. The operational amplifier has positive and negative input terminals, and positive and negative output terminals. The switch module switches a connection relationship between the positive input terminal, the negative input terminal, the reference voltage and the second electrode of the transistor, and switches a connection relationship between the positive output terminal, the negative output terminal and the gate of the transistor to make the close loop form a negative feedback, and the current of the lighting element not influenced by an offset voltage of the operational amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Shu-Min Lin, Jyi-Si Lo, Ying-Hsi Lin
  • Publication number: 20120293084
    Abstract: An operating circuit applied to a backlight is provided, where the backlight includes a plurality of lighting elements, and the operating circuit includes a plurality of current control circuits, a plurality of switches, a minimum voltage selector, a supply voltage generating circuit and a control unit. The current control circuits are coupled to the lighting elements via a plurality of nodes, respectively. The switches are coupled to the nodes, respectively. The minimum voltage selector is utilized for receiving at least a portion of voltages of the plurality of nodes, and selecting a minimum voltage among the received voltages. The supply voltage generating circuit is utilized for generating a supply voltage of the lighting elements according to the minimum voltage. For each of the switches, the control unit determines an on/off state of the switch by determining whether the corresponding lighting element is an open circuit or not.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Shu-Min Lin, Jyi-Si Lo, Ying-Hsi Lin