Patents by Inventor Kun-Yung K. Chang

Kun-Yung K. Chang 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: 8040988
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device having a selectable data rate clock data recovery (CDR) circuit and a selectable data rate transmit circuit. The CDR circuit includes a receive circuit to capture a plurality of samples of an input signal during a cycle of a first clock signal. A select circuit is coupled to the receive circuit to select, according to a receive data rate select signal, one of the plurality of samples to be a first selected sample of the input signal and another of the plurality of samples to be a second selected sample of the input signal. A phase control circuit is coupled to receive the first and second selected samples of the input signal and includes circuitry to compare the selected samples to determine whether the first clock signal leads or lags a transition of the input signal. The transmit circuit includes a serializing circuit to receive a parallel set of bits and to output the set of bits in sequence to an output driver in response to a first clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Rambus, Inc.
    Inventors: Kun-Yung K. Chang, Kevin S. Donnelly
  • Patent number: 7467320
    Abstract: A fault-tolerant clock generation circuit. First and second clock signal generators are provided to generate first and second clock signals. The second clock signal generator includes a locked loop circuit that, in a first operating mode, adjusts the phase of the second clock signal as necessary to maintain phase alignment between the first and second clock signals. A fail detect circuit is provided to determine whether a failure relating to generation of the first clock signal has occurred and, if so, to assert a hold signal. The locked loop circuit responds to assertion of the hold signal by transitioning to a second operating mode in which the phase of the second clock signal is not adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Kun-Yung K. Chang, Mark A. Horowitz
  • Patent number: 7190754
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device having a selectable data rate clock data recovery (CDR) circuit and a selectable data rate transmit circuit. The CDR circuit includes a receive circuit to capture a plurality of samples of an input signal during a cycle of a first clock signal. A select circuit is coupled to the receive circuit to select, according to a receive data rate select signal, one of the plurality of samples to be a first selected sample of the input signal and another of the plurality of samples to be a second selected sample of the input signal. A phase control circuit is coupled to receive the first and second selected samples of the input signal and includes circuitry to compare the selected samples to determine whether the first clock signal leads or lags a transition of the input signal. The transmit circuit includes a serializing circuit to receive a parallel set of bits and to output the set of bits in sequence to an output driver in response to a first clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Kun-Yung K. Chang, Kevin S. Donnelly
  • Patent number: 7099424
    Abstract: A clock data recovery (CDR) circuit to recover a clock signal and data signal from an input signal. The CDR circuit includes a control circuit, a select circuit and a phase adjust circuit. The control circuit generates a first control signal according to a phase relationship between the input signal and a first clock signal. The select circuit is coupled to receive the first control signal from the control circuit and coupled to receive a second control signal. The select circuit is responsive to a select signal to select either the first control signal or the second control signal to be output as a selected control signal. The phase adjust circuit is coupled to receive the selected control signal from the select circuit, the phase adjust circuit being responsive to the selected control signal to adjust the phase of the first clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Kun-Yung K. Chang, Jason C. Wei, Donald V. Perino
  • Patent number: 7089442
    Abstract: A fault-tolerant clock generation circuit. First and second clock signal generators are provided to generate first and second clock signals. The second clock signal generator includes a locked loop circuit that, in a first operating mode, adjusts the phase of the second clock signal as necessary to maintain phase alignment between the first and second clock signals. A fail detect circuit is provided to determine whether a failure relating to generation of the first clock signal has occurred and, if so, to assert a hold signal. The locked loop circuit responds to assertion of the hold signal by transitioning to a second operating mode in which the phase of the second clock signal is not adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Kun-Yung K. Chang, Mark A. Horowitz
  • Publication number: 20040158759
    Abstract: A fault-tolerant clock generation circuit. First and second clock signal generators are provided to generate first and second clock signals. The second clock signal generator includes a locked loop circuit that, in a first operating mode, adjusts the phase of the second clock signal as necessary to maintain phase alignment between the first and second clock signals. A fail detect circuit is provided to determine whether a failure relating to generation of the first clock signal has occurred and, if so, to assert a hold signal. The locked loop circuit responds to assertion of the hold signal by transitioning to a second operating mode in which the phase of the second clock signal is not adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Kun-Yung K. Chang, Mark A. Horowitz
  • Patent number: 6696829
    Abstract: An integrated circuit device having a self-resetting phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit. The PLL circuit generates an output clock signal having a first frequency in a first operating mode and a second frequency in a second operating mode, the second frequency being determined, at least in part, by a reference clock signal. A control circuit within the integrated circuit resets the PLL circuit by selecting the first operating mode for a predetermined time interval, then selecting the second operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Rambus Inc.
    Inventors: Nhat M. Nguyen, Kun-Yung K. Chang