Patents by Inventor Ming Ping Mao

Ming Ping Mao 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: 10536088
    Abstract: In some embodiments, upon detecting a fault condition, switching in a switched mode power supply is disabled only after a current switching cycle of the switched mode power supply is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Ming Ping Mao, Tong Bao, Yaw Hann Thian, Weifu Yu
  • Publication number: 20190149058
    Abstract: In some embodiments, upon detecting a fault condition, switching in a switched mode power supply is disabled only after a current switching cycle of the switched mode power supply is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Ming Ping Mao, Tong Bao, Yaw Hann Thian, Weifu Yu
  • Patent number: 10256744
    Abstract: In an example, a controller device for a resonant converter includes processing circuitry configured to output a first switching signal and a second switching signal. A switching module is configured to electrically couple a primary side winding of a transformer to a voltage source during an activated state of the first switching signal and to electrically couple the primary side winding to a reference node during an activated state of the second switching signal. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a first synchronous rectification signal and a second synchronous rectification signal. A synchronous rectification module is configured to generate a first channel for a first secondary side winding of the transformer during an activated state of the first synchronous rectification signal and to generate a second channel for a second secondary side winding of the transformer during an activated state of the second synchronous rectification signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Weifu Yu, Tong Bao, Ming Ping Mao, Yaw Hann Thian
  • Publication number: 20190081547
    Abstract: In an example, a controller device for a resonant converter includes processing circuitry configured to output a first switching signal and a second switching signal. A switching module is configured to electrically couple a primary side winding of a transformer to a voltage source during an activated state of the first switching signal and to electrically couple the primary side winding to a reference node during an activated state of the second switching signal. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine a first synchronous rectification signal and a second synchronous rectification signal. A synchronous rectification module is configured to generate a first channel for a first secondary side winding of the transformer during an activated state of the first synchronous rectification signal and to generate a second channel for a second secondary side winding of the transformer during an activated state of the second synchronous rectification signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Weifu Yu, Tong Bao, Ming Ping Mao, Yaw Hann Thian
  • Patent number: 8098502
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of operating a switched-mode power supply that has a switch coupled to a drive signal is disclosed. The method includes deactivating the drive signal at a first instance of time, and comparing a power supply signal to a threshold after deactivating the drive signal. The method further includes activating the drive signal a variable period of time after the power supply signal crosses the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ming Ping Mao, Yong Siang Teo, Siu Kam Eric Kok
  • Publication number: 20100315838
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of operating a switched-mode power supply that has a switch coupled to a drive signal is disclosed. The method includes deactivating the drive signal at a first instance of time, and comparing a power supply signal to a threshold after deactivating the drive signal. The method further includes activating the drive signal a variable period of time after the power supply signal crosses the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Ming Ping Mao, Yong Siang Teo, Siu Kam Eric Kok