Patents by Inventor Luping Kong

Luping Kong 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).

  • Publication number: 20230368828
    Abstract: A circuit includes a series of a first latch circuit, selection circuit, second latch circuit, and pre-decoder. A control circuit, based on a clock signal, outputs control signals to the selection circuit and first and second latch circuits, and, to the pre-decoder, a pulse signal including a first pulse during a first portion of a clock period in response to a read enable signal having a first logical state, and a second pulse during a second portion of the clock period in response to a write enable signal having the first logical state. Based on the control signals, the selection circuit and first and second latch circuits output read and write addresses to the pre-decoder during the respective first and second clock period portions, and the pre-decoder outputs a partially decoded address in response to each of the read address and first pulse, and the write address and second pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: XiuLi YANG, Ching-Wei WU, He-Zhou WAN, Kuan CHENG, Luping KONG
  • Patent number: 11705175
    Abstract: A circuit includes a plurality of registers, each register including SRAM cells, a read port configured to receive a read address, a write port configured to receive a write address, a selection circuit, a latch circuit, and a decoder coupled in series between the read and write ports and the plurality of registers, and a control circuit. Responsive to a clock signal and read and write enable signals, the control circuit causes the selection circuit, the latch circuit, and the decoder to select a first register of the plurality of registers in a read operation based on the read address, and select a second register of the plurality of registers in a write operation based on the write address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED, TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: XiuLi Yang, Ching-Wei Wu, He-Zhou Wan, Kuan Cheng, Luping Kong
  • Publication number: 20220375512
    Abstract: A circuit includes a plurality of registers, each register including SRAM cells, a read port configured to receive a read address, a write port configured to receive a write address, a selection circuit, a latch circuit, and a decoder coupled in series between the read and write ports and the plurality of registers, and a control circuit. Responsive to a clock signal and read and write enable signals, the control circuit causes the selection circuit, the latch circuit, and the decoder to select a first register of the plurality of registers in a read operation based on the read address, and select a second register of the plurality of registers in a write operation based on the write address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: XiuLi YANG, Ching-Wei WU, He-Zhou WAN, Kuan CHENG, Luping KONG
  • Patent number: 11450367
    Abstract: A circuit includes a selection circuit configured to receive a first address from a first port and a second address from a second port, a first latch circuit coupled to the selection circuit and configured to output each of the first address and the second address received from the selection circuit, a decoder, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to generate a plurality of signals configured to cause the decoder to decode each of the first address and the second address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED, TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: XiuLi Yang, Ching-Wei Wu, He-Zhou Wan, Kuan Cheng, Luping Kong
  • Publication number: 20210183423
    Abstract: A circuit includes a selection circuit configured to receive a first address from a first port and a second address from a second port, a first latch circuit coupled to the selection circuit and configured to output each of the first address and the second address received from the selection circuit, a decoder, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to generate a plurality of signals configured to cause the decoder to decode each of the first address and the second address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: XiuLi YANG, Ching-Wei WU, He-Zhou WAN, Kuan CHENG, Luping KONG
  • Publication number: 20210065759
    Abstract: A circuit includes a selection circuit configured to receive a first address at a first input and a second address at a second input, pass the first address to an output when a select signal has a first logical state, and pass the second address to the output when the select signal has a second logical state different from the first logical state. The circuit also includes a decoder configured to decode the passed first address or second address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: XiuLi YANG, Ching-Wei WU, He-Zhou WAN, Kuan CHENG, Luping KONG
  • Patent number: 10937477
    Abstract: A circuit includes a selection circuit configured to receive a first address at a first input and a second address at a second input, pass the first address to an output when a select signal has a first logical state, and pass the second address to the output when the select signal has a second logical state different from the first logical state. The circuit also includes a decoder configured to decode the passed first address or second address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD., TSMC CHINA COMPANY, LIMITED, TSMC NANJING COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: XiuLi Yang, Ching-Wei Wu, He-Zhou Wan, Kuan Cheng, Luping Kong