Patents by Inventor Seng Huat Ng

Seng Huat Ng 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: 6678129
    Abstract: The protection circuit comprises a clamping circuit with a switching element for reducing a supply voltage in case of an over voltage condition, and a holding circuit for providing a holding current for the clamping circuit. The clamping circuit comprises a threshold circuit, which provides a switching voltage for a switching element when the supply voltage reaches an upper voltage limit. The switching element is connected to a charge capacitor, which provides the switching-on voltage for the switching transistor, and by reducing this supply voltage, the switching of the switching transistor is disabled. The holding circuit comprises in particular a capacitor, which is coupled via a resistor to the clamping circuit for providing an additional current in case of an over voltage condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A.
    Inventors: Kian Meng Koh, Seng Huat Ng, Kum Yoong Zee
  • Publication number: 20010019469
    Abstract: The protection circuit comprises a clamping circuit with a switching element for reducing a supply voltage in case of a failure, especially in case of an overvoltage condition, and a holding circuit for providing a holding current for said clamping circuit. With the holding current the switch-off time in case of a failure is extended which avoids therefore an immediate start-up of the power supply when the supply voltage is reduced, and which would lead to a hiccup stage. The clamping circuit comprises a threshold circuit, which provides a switching voltage for the switching element when the supply voltage reaches an upper voltage limit. The switching element is connected to a charge capacitor which provides the switching-on voltage for the switching transistor, and by reducing this supply voltage the switching of the switching transistor is disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Inventors: Kian Meng Koh, Seng Huat Ng, Kum Yoong Zee
  • Patent number: 6233164
    Abstract: The protection circuit comprises a storage capacitor which is coupled with a terminal of a secondary winding which charges said storage capacitor during the on-interval of the switching transistor. During the off-interval of the switching transistor the charge of the storage capacitor is fed to the driver stage or the control capacitor for closing or keeping closed the switching transistor when one of the secondary windings has a short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Thomson Multimedia S.A.
    Inventors: Kum Yoong Zee, Kian Meng Koh, Seng Huat Ng
  • Patent number: 5952786
    Abstract: Circuitry to control a power supply of a degaussing coil of a cathode ray tube, said degaussing coil is coupled to a main voltage supply through a switching device the circuitry has inputs coupled to a direct source of current of a switched mode power supply, the switched mode power supply comprises a switched mode transformer with primary windings coupled to the main source of voltage, and secondary windings and the switched mode power supply is switched in a first range of frequencies when the power supply is in a "standby" mode and in a second range of frequencies when the power supply is in an "on" mode wherein said circuitry comprising a detecting circuit which detectes a change in the range of switching frequencies when the power supply is switched from standby to on, the detecting circuit having an input coupled to a direct current source being downstream of a primary winding of the switched mode transformer and an output coupled to an input of a control circuit of the switching device the control circ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Thomson multimedia S.A.
    Inventors: Seng Huat NG, Chun-Hsing Wu
  • Patent number: 5914574
    Abstract: The most popular method for reducing stray emission effects in a cathode ray tube is to install a bleeder resistor at the flyback transformer of the tube. Such a bleeder resistor is, however, quite expensive. Therefore, the stray emission reduction circuit according to the invention differentiates the H pulse when the TV set is switched from "on" to "standby" which results in a higher duty cycle of the control transistor, implying a lower duty cycle of the horizontal output transistor HOT. This results in a lower voltage at the tuning capacitor and hence lowers the flyback peak voltage at the anode. This results in a drop of the EHT voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Thomson Multimedia S.A.
    Inventors: Hsu Flame, Seng Huat Ng, Chun-Hsing Wu