Patents by Inventor Kai-Chuan CHAN

Kai-Chuan CHAN 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: 11169179
    Abstract: A current sensing circuit having self-calibration includes two leads, a sensing element having a sensing resistance, and a sensing and calibration circuit. The sensing and calibration circuit senses and calibrates a sensing voltage of the sensing element, and senses a sensing current through the sensing element according to the sensing resistance and the sensing voltage, to generate a current sensing output signal. The sensing and calibration circuit includes two pads, a V2I circuit, a current mirror circuit and an I2V circuit. The sensing element has a first temperature coefficient (TC). The TC and/or the resistance of an adjusting resistor in the V2I circuit and an adjusting resistor in the I2V circuit are determined according to the first TC, such that the TC of the current sensing output signal is equal to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isaac Y. Chen, Chien-Fu Tang, Hsin-Yi Wu, Kai-Chuan Chan, Yu-Lin Yang
  • Publication number: 20210270870
    Abstract: A current sensing circuit having self-calibration includes two leads, a sensing element having a sensing resistance, and a sensing and calibration circuit. The sensing and calibration circuit senses and calibrates a sensing voltage of the sensing element, and senses a sensing current through the sensing element according to the sensing resistance and the sensing voltage, to generate a current sensing output signal. The sensing and calibration circuit includes two pads, a V2I circuit, a current mirror circuit and an I2V circuit. The sensing element has a first temperature coefficient (TC). The TC and/or the resistance of an adjusting resistor in the V2I circuit and an adjusting resistor in the I2V circuit are determined according to the first TC, such that the TC of the current sensing output signal is equal to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Isaac Y. Chen, Chien-Fu Tang, Hsin-Yi Wu, Kai-Chuan Chan, Yu-Lin Yang
  • Publication number: 20150188437
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus includes at least two power conversion circuits and a control circuit. The power conversion circuits are connected in parallel to each other and each power conversion circuit has a power switch and an inductive component. The inductive component is connected to the power switch to form one phase of the power conversion circuit and generate a phase output current. The control circuit generates a plurality of control signals, and the number of the control signals is identical to that of the power conversion circuits. The control circuit controls the power switches so that the phase output currents are superposed to generate an output current with low ripple components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventor: Kai-Chuan CHAN