Patents by Inventor Ming-Yu Hsieh

Ming-Yu Hsieh 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: 20110057696
    Abstract: A frequency calibration apparatus, applied to a phase locked loop (PLL), includes a frequency detecting module and a search module. The frequency detecting module includes a first counter, a second counter and a comparing unit. During a monitoring period, the first counter and the second counter respectively generates a first count and a second count. The comparing unit compares the first count with the second count to generate a comparison result indicating at least three situations. The search module selects a frequency curve in response to the comparison result, and calibrates configuration of a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) according to the frequency curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Hsieh, Shih-Chieh Yen, Yao-Chi Wang
  • Publication number: 20090247102
    Abstract: A circuit for calibrating the DC offset in a wireless communication device utilizes a voltage-generating circuit to generate a first voltage value and its negative value, and utilizes a detecting circuit to detect an output of the wireless communication device and generate a first target-branch reference value corresponding to the power of the output when the first voltage value is inputted into a target branch (e.g., the in-phase branch or the quadrature branch) of the wireless communication device, and detect an output of the wireless communication device and generate a second target-branch reference value corresponding to the power of the output when the negative value of the first voltage value is input into the target branch. Then, an estimating circuit estimates the DC offset on the target branch according to the first and second target-branch reference values and the first voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Ming-Yu Hsieh, Hsu-Hung Chang