Patents by Inventor Kaihua Zheng

Kaihua Zheng 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: 9537390
    Abstract: A control circuit (115), a control method, a DC-DC converter and an electronic device are provided. The control circuit (115) is used to control the DC-DC converter to switch its operation modes. In the control circuit (115), whether mode of the DC-DC converter is to be switched is judged according to parameters of a first duration of an active duration and a second duration of an inactive duration. Comparison of analog values is prevented, and as a result, the use of the analog comparator is reduced, thus the influence of the semiconductor processes on designing a controller can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: OPTIS CIIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Jingwen Mao, Zhiyong Luo, Kaihua Zheng
  • Patent number: 9128505
    Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit comprises an amplifier (10) having a first input coupled to a first reference voltage node; a power pass element (20) having a control terminal coupled to an output of the amplifier, an input coupled to a power supply input of the voltage regulator circuit, and an output coupled to an output of the voltage regulator circuit; a feedback circuit (30, 31) having an input coupled to the output of the power pass element and an output coupled to a second input of the amplifier; and a compensation module (60) comprising a transistor (61), wherein a gate or base terminal of the transistor is coupled to a second reference voltage node, a drain or collector terminal of the transistor is coupled to the output of the amplifier, and a source or emitter terminal of the transistor is coupled to the power supply input of the voltage regulator circuit. The voltage regulator circuit is capable to increase the power supply rejection ratio of low drop-out voltage regulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventors: Amanda Sun, Zhen Yang, Kaihua Zheng
  • Publication number: 20150028825
    Abstract: A control circuit (115), a control method, a DC-DC converter and an electronic device are provided. The control circuit (115) is used to control the DC-DC converter to switch its operation modes. In the control circuit (115), whether mode of the DC-DC converter is to be switched is judged according to parameters of a first duration of an active duration and a second duration of an inactive duration. Comparison of analogue values is prevented, and as a result, the use of the analogue comparator is reduced, thus the influence of the semiconductor processes on designing a controller can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: ST-Ericsson SA
    Inventors: Jingwen Mao, Zhiyong Luo, Kaihua Zheng
  • Publication number: 20130271094
    Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit comprises an amplifier (10) having a first input coupled to a first reference voltage node; a power pass element (20) having a control terminal coupled to an output of the amplifier, an input coupled to a power supply input of the voltage regulator circuit, and an output coupled to an output of the voltage regulator circuit; a feedback circuit (30, 31) having an input coupled to the output of the power pass element and an output coupled to a second input of the amplifier; and a compensation module (60) comprising a transistor (61), wherein a gate or base terminal of the transistor is coupled to a second reference voltage node, a drain or collector terminal of the transistor is coupled to the output of the amplifier, and a source or emitter terminal of the transistor is coupled to the power supply input of the voltage regulator circuit. The voltage regulator circuit is capable to increase the power supply rejection ratio of low drop-out voltage regulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: ST-ERICSSON SA
    Inventors: Amanda Sun, Zhen Yang, Kaihua Zheng