Patents by Inventor Peter Shing

Peter Shing 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: 7564454
    Abstract: A driver arrangement for a display includes at least one driver, such as a column driver, and a delay line arrangement coupled to the driver. The delay line arrangement delays a data signal provided to the driver by a delay period selectable from a plurality of possible delay periods. The delay line arrangement includes a calibration module that, when requested, is configured and arranged to adjust a current delay period produced by the delay line arrangement towards a predetermined delay period. Displays can include the driver arrangement to provide self-calibration of the delay line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Shing, Xin Liu, Min Du, Qingping Zheng
  • Patent number: 7512193
    Abstract: A circuit for pre-emphasis in data serialization. The circuit has a signal delayline to incrementally delay a serialized signal, producing a delayed serialized signal. The circuit has a one bit generator circuit, which determines the interval between receipt of one bit and a second bit. The one bit generator circuit has a strobe delayline to incrementally delay a strobe signal, producing a delayed strobe signal, a logical gate to compare the delayed strobe signal with a second strobe signal, and a logical component to determine how long the delayed strobe signal was delayed before it matched the second strobe signal. The circuit also has a comparison gate to detect transition points in the serialized signal by comparing the delayed serialized signal with the serialized signal. The circuit also has a current source to provide increased current for the serialized signal at the detected transition points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Shing, Min Du, Xin Liu, Qingping Zheng
  • Patent number: 6005438
    Abstract: A low voltage differential swing circuit includes a clamping circuit to prevent the output high voltage from exceeding a reference voltage. The low voltage differential swing circuit also includes a current source coupled to a control node and a current steering circuit coupled between the control node and first and second output nodes. The current source provides a constant drive current, and in response to first and second input signals, the current steering circuit generates first and second drive currents, wherein the first and second drive currents together form at the first and second output nodes a differential output signal. The clamping circuit comprises a operational amplifier and a shunting circuit. The operational amplifier senses the difference between a reference voltage and a voltage level at the control node, which voltage level varies in relation to the voltage level of the differential output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Shing