Patents by Inventor Robert Ng Liang

Robert Ng Liang 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: 3995307
    Abstract: An integrated monolithic switch is fabricated in an epitaxial layer united to a semiconductor substrate. The switch includes a Darlington amplifier, a power output switch, a bilateral device, typically a diffused diode, and an epitaxial resistor, the combination being connected between a set of high voltage lines. The epitaxial layer has an appropriate thickness and resistivity to accommodate all active and passive elements. For a first input signal, the switch is connected to one high voltage line. For a second input signal, the switch is connected to the other high voltage line. The switch is adapted to sink current. The diode structure, when forward biased by the sinking current, forms a parasitic path to direct the sinking current to the substrate even though the high voltage lines are up. The Darlington is connected to the switch output to lower output voltage during the sinking condition.A set of switches of the same conductivity type may be employed to drive a cross point in a gas panel display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Noble Alcorn, Robert Joseph DeFilippi, John David Henke, Robert Ng Liang