Patents by Inventor Qiming Li
Qiming Li 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).
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Publication number: 20250151461Abstract: A micro-LED chip includes multiple micro-LEDs. At least one micro-LED of the multiple micro-LEDs includes: a first type conductive layer; a second type conductive layer stacked on the first type conductive layer; and a light emitting layer formed between the first type conductive layer and the second type conductive layer. The light emitting layer extends along a horizontal level from a top edge of the first type conductive layer and a bottom edge of the second type conductive layer. The micro-LED chip further includes a metal layer formed on a portion of the light emitting layer that extends from the second type conductive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Qiming LI, Yuankun ZHU, Anle FANG, Deshuai LIU, Jian GUO
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Publication number: 20250150852Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configures radio resource management (RRM) relaxation in extended discontinuous reception (eDRX) in cases with or without a paging transmission window (PTW). The UE determines whether an eDRX cycle is configured as being greater or less than 10.24 seconds; determine whether the UE has met legacy RRM relaxation criteria for a relaxation scaling factor k; and configures RRM relaxation timing based on use of a paging transmission window (PTW) and the relaxation scaling factor k.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Jie Cui, Hong He, Yang Tang, Qiming Li, Manasa Raghavan, Yuanye Wang, Xiang Chen, Dawei Zhang, Qunfeng He
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Publication number: 20250151462Abstract: A micro-LED chip includes multiple micro-LEDs. At least one micro-LED of the multiple micro-LEDs includes: a first type conductive layer; a second type conductive layer stacked on the first type conductive layer; and a light emitting layer formed between the first type conductive layer and the second type conductive layer, at least one part of the light emitting layer being formed between adjacent micro-LEDs. the micro-LED chip further comprises a metal layer formed on the light emitting layer between the adjacent micro-LEDs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2025Publication date: May 8, 2025Inventors: Qiming LI, Yuankun ZHU, Anle FANG, Deshuai LIU, Jian GUO
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Publication number: 20250150165Abstract: Approaches are described to enhance radio link monitoring and link recovery for the integration of non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellites) into next generation wireless communication networks. Certain approaches describe the modification of block error rate threshold requirements based on the particulars of the satellites involved, and the procedure for making those modifications. Other approaches describe the modification of the evaluation period based on the particulars of the satellites involved, and the procedure for making those modifications. In making these modifications, user-equipment (UE)-specific margins are also considered. In addition, modifications to the procedure for higher priority cell search are also described when non-terrestrial wireless communication networks are involved.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jie CUI, Qiming LI, Xiang CHEN, Yang TANG, Hong HE, Haitong SUN, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Dawei ZHANG, Qunfeng HE, Chunxuan YE
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Publication number: 20250150926Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for a user equipment (UE) to perform a handover operation from a first base station in a serving cell to a second base station in a target cell under conditions. The UE can receive a conditional handover instruction including a channel quality condition for the handover operation and an additional condition for the handover operation. The UE may determine an operation order between testing the channel quality condition and testing the additional condition, and further determine whether the channel quality condition or the additional condition is met or not. In response to a determination that the channel quality condition is met and a determination that the additional condition is met, the UE can perform the handover operation to handover the UE from the first base station to the second base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jie CUI, Qiming LI, Yang TANG, Dawei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20250140173Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection system of a micro device is disclosed in the present disclosure. The ESD protection system includes: a pixel driver circuit electrically connected to at least one micro LED pixel for controlling the turning-on or off of the micro LED pixel; and a first ESD protective unit configured in an external circuit outside the pixel driver circuit. The first ESD protective unit comprises at least a unidirectional transient voltage suppressor. The cathode of the unidirectional transient voltage suppressor is connected to a first level voltage, and the anode of the unidirectional transient voltage suppressor is connected to the second level voltage. The micro LED pixel is connected to the second level voltage. The present disclosure can protect the micro LED pixel from being damaged by the electrostatic discharge. Various embodiments include an ESD protection system of a display panel with a micro-LED pixel array.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Jade Bird Display (Shanghai) LimitedInventors: Chunming LI, Hongyun LIU, Jing JU, Qiming LI
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Publication number: 20250142504Abstract: Systems and methods for performing timing advance (TA) validation at a user equipment (UE) for a TA to be used when transmitting a configured grant small data transmission (CG-SDT). Mechanisms for bounding one or more measurement windows during which one or more synchronization signal blocks are measured during a reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement method of the TA validation are discussed, and may be set using information corresponding to timing drift due to relativistic effects, clock differences between a UE and a base station, and/or information about a UE discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle. Further, time interval limitations between various events attendant to such an RSRP measurement method are discussed as being determined using information corresponding to timing drift due to relativistic effects, clock differences between a UE and a base station, information about a DRX cycle used at the UE, and/or a maximum TA timer duration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Dawei Zhang, Yang Tang, Chunhai Yao, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Hong He, Yushu Zhang, Fangli Xu
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Publication number: 20250142364Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for reducing interruption lengths for Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) antenna switching. For example, some aspects of this disclosure relate to a user equipment (UE) configured to determine one or more symbols during which the UE is configured to perform an antenna switch for a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmission. The UE is further configured to generate an indication message including an indication of the one or more symbols and transmit, using the transceiver, the indication message to the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Manasa Raghavan, Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Xiang Chen, Haitong Sun
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Publication number: 20250141222Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection system of a micro device is disclosed in the present disclosure. The ESD protection system comprises: a pixel driver circuit, electrically connected to at least one micro LED pixel for controlling the turning-on or off of the micro LED pixel, wherein the micro LED pixel is electrically connected to a second level voltage (Vcom): a first ESD clamp, electrically connected to a first level voltage (Vdd) and the second level voltage (Vcom); and, a second ESD clamp, electrically connected to a third level voltage (Vss) and the second level voltage (Vcom). The present disclosure can protect the micro LED pixel from being damaged by the electrostatic discharge. Various embodiments include an ESD protection system of a display panel with a micro-LED pixel array.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2022Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Jade Bird Display (Shanghai) LimitedInventors: Chunming LI, Hongyun LIU, Jing JU, Qiming LI
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Patent number: 12289647Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for generating a report result based on a set of measurements performed at measurement gaps during a reporting period. The set of measurements are performed on a reference signal at a first bandwidth part (BWP) or a second BWP when BWP switching is performed. The first BWP has a first measurement gap configuration, the second BWP has a second measurement gap configuration. The measurement gaps of the reporting period are configured according to a third measurement gap configuration that is determined based on the first measurement gap configuration and the second measurement gap configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dawei Zhang, Yang Tang, Jie Cui, Xiang Chen, Manasa Raghavan, Huaning Niu, Qiming Li
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Patent number: 12289610Abstract: A network may transmit either beam deployment information or beam number information to a user equipment (UE) carried on a train and configured for operation in the millimeter wave band. The deployment information may include deployment related distance parameters or azimuth angle spread parameters. The beam number information may indicate a number of network beams associated with a current cell. The UE may determine a number of UE receive beams based on deployment information or the network-indicated number of network beams. The UE may transmit feedback to the network, indicating the number of UE receive beams. Alternatively, the network may send a configuration message indicating a first number of UE receive beams to the UE, which the UE may treat as an upper bound or lower bound in its determination of a desired number of UE receive beams. The UE may transmit the desired number to the network.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12289267Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for periodic reference signal activation and deactivation in a wireless communication system. Information configuring periodic reference signals may be received by a wireless device. Information deactivating some or all of the periodic reference signals may be received by the wireless device. The information deactivating some or all of the periodic reference signals may be received using different signaling type than the information configuring the periodic reference signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Qiming Li, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Huaning Niu, Chunxuan Ye, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang
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Publication number: 20250133592Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed for determining prioritization of subsequent small data transmissions (SDTs) and measurement occasions for a UE in inactive mode. The UE may determine that one or more subsequent SDT occasions of an SDT session conflict in time with one or more measurement occasions scheduled during the SDT session. In response, the UE may determine which of the subsequent SDT occasions to utilize or forgo, and which of the measurement occasions to utilize or forgo. The procedure for making such determinations may vary based on the type of measurement occasion involved in the conflict. For example, the procedure may vary based on whether the measurement event pertains to inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement occasions, inter-RAT neighbor cell measurement occasions, intra-frequency neighbor cell measurement occasions, serving cell downlink measurement occasions, and/or serving cell paging occasions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Qiming Li, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Yuanye Wang, Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao
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Patent number: 12284666Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus is provided for performing carrier aggregation (CA) radio resource management (RRM). The system, method, and apparatus can receive a configuration message having configuration information from an access node; determine a measurement period for a secondary cell (SCell) and a cell identification delay based upon the configuration information; identify a new detectable cell on a secondary component carrier (SCC) as the SCell within the cell identification delay; perform a measurement for a CA operation within the measurement period; and report the measurement to the access node. The configuration message can be a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message. The measurement for the CA operation can be a measurement of the SCell on the SCC.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Yuhan Zhou, Shuang Tian
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Patent number: 12279166Abstract: A method for a network element is provided. The method comprises: encoding a message for transmission to a user equipment (UE) including neighbor cell configuration information that includes a list of a plurality of neighbor cell groups, wherein each of the plurality of neighbor cell groups is associated with a specific cell; and transmitting the message to the UE.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen
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Patent number: 12278307Abstract: A micro-LED chip includes multiple micro-LEDs. At least one micro-LED of the multiple micro-LEDs includes a first type conductive layer; a second type conductive layer stacked on the first type conductive layer; and a light emitting layer formed between the first type conductive layer and the second type conductive layer. The light emitting layer is continuously formed on the whole micro-LED chip, the multiple micro-LEDs sharing the light emitting layer. The micro-LED chip further includes: a top spacer formed on a top surface of the light emitting layer; a bottom spacer formed on a bottom surface of the light emitting layer, wherein an edge of the top spacer is aligned with an edge of the light emitting layer, and an edge of the bottom spacer is aligned with the edge of the light emitting layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITEDInventors: Qiming Li, Yuankun Zhu, Anle Fang, Deshuai Liu
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Publication number: 20250119197Abstract: A base station includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit a first synchronization signal block (SSB) burst including a first set of SSBs. The first set of SSBs is transmitted via the transceiver on a first set of beams having a first beam pattern. The processor is also configured to signal, via the transceiver, a change in beam pattern for transmitted SSBs. The change in beam pattern is signaled before or during transmission of a second SSB burst. The processor is further configured to transmit the second SSB burst. The second SSB burst includes a second set of SSBs transmitted via the transceiver on a second set of beams having a second beam pattern. The second set of beams has a different number of beams than the first set of beams, and the second set of SSBs has a different number of SSBs than the first set of SSBs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Yushu ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Haitong SUN, Dawei ZHANG, Jie CUI, Sigen YE, Huaning NIU, Qiming LI
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Publication number: 20250119199Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are disclosed for avoiding slot decoding failure due to beam switching of a common beam. In one example, a baseband processor for a user equipment (UE) is configured to cause the UE to perform various operations. The operations include receiving a data transmission on a plurality of component carriers (CCs) carrying corresponding symbols on a common beam; receiving a beam switch command from the network node, wherein the beam switch command is configured to cause the UE to switch a receiving (RX) beam at an end boundary of a first symbol of the data transmission; identifying one or more symbols for restricted scheduling in one or more CCs of the plurality of CCs based on the beam switching on the first symbol; and ignoring the one or more symbols identified for restricted scheduling for decoding of the data transmission.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He
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Patent number: 12273827Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices, apparatuses, and methods for enhanced PHR reporting in support of UE antenna scaling. A wireless device, which comprises at least one antenna array each comprising a plurality of antenna elements may perform antenna scaling by activating or deactivating at least one of the plurality of antenna elements (with corresponding RF chains) of one or more antenna arrays. The wireless device may generate a power headroom (PHR) report based at least on a difference between beamforming gains obtained after the antenna scaling and before the antenna scaling. The wireless device may then send the PHR report to a base station in communication with the wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Xiang Chen, Anatoliy S Ioffe, Dawei Zhang, Fucheng Wang, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Yang Tang
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Patent number: 12272682Abstract: A micro multi-color LED device includes two or more LED structures for emitting a range of colors. The two or more LED structures are vertically stacked to combine light from the two more LED structures vertically, and/or horizontally and reflected upward via some reflective structures. In some embodiments, each LED structure is connected to a pixel driver and/or a common electrode. The LED structures are bonded together through bonding layers. In some embodiments, planarization layers enclose each of the LED structures or the micro multi-color LED device. In some embodiments, one or more of reflective layers, refractive layers, micro-lenses, spacers, and reflective cup structures are implemented in the device to improve the LED emission efficiency. A display panel comprising an array of the micro tri-color LED devices has a high resolution and a high illumination brightness.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: JADE BIRD DISPLAY (SHANGHAI) LIMITEDInventors: Qiming Li, Qunchao Xu, Huiwen Xu