Patents by Inventor Shin-Chen Wang

Shin-Chen Wang 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: 10020736
    Abstract: A method and an information handling system (IHS) perform current calibration of a multi-phase voltage regulator (VR) by using a calibrated operating phase to calibrate an unknown operating phase. A calibration controller, using a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, enables a first unknown operating phase within a first converter sub-circuit in the multiphase VR. The calibration controller enables a calibrated circuit component electronically coupled to the first unknown operating phase. The calibration controller determines a target voltage for the first unknown operating phase based on sense component specifications. The calibration controller determines, for the first unknown operating phase, a sense voltage that identifies the first unknown operating phase as a first evaluated operating phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Feng-Yu Wu, Tsai-Fu Hung, Shin-Chen Wang, Shiguo Luo, Kejiu Zhang
  • Patent number: 9971389
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) performs current calibration of a multi-phase VR using leakage current as a reference current. The IHS includes a multi-phase voltage regulator (VR) module coupled to an output port of a power supply unit (PSU). The VR module includes: a multi-phase VR having an integrated power stage that provides pulse width modulation (PWM) functionality for controlling operating phases of VR current in the multi-phase VR; and a digital controller coupled to the multi-phase VR. The controller: enables a known, high accuracy operating phase as loading calibrator for offset training; records a leakage current value as a reference current; enables a first unknown, low accuracy operating phase; determines, for the unknown operating phase, an offset value that provides a specified target current accuracy; updates an offset register for the unknown operating phase with the corresponding offset value; and disables the unknown operating phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Feng-Yu Wu, Tsai-Fu Hung, Shin-Chen Wang, Shiguo Luo, Kejiu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170060213
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) performs current calibration of a multi-phase VR using leakage current as a reference current. The IHS includes a multi-phase voltage regulator (VR) module coupled to an output port of a power supply unit (PSU). The VR module includes: a multi-phase VR having an integrated power stage that provides pulse width modulation (PWM) functionality for controlling operating phases of VR current in the multi-phase VR; and a digital controller coupled to the multi-phase VR. The controller: enables a known, high accuracy operating phase as loading calibrator for offset training; records a leakage current value as a reference current; enables a first unknown, low accuracy operating phase; determines, for the unknown operating phase, an offset value that provides a specified target current accuracy; updates an offset register for the unknown operating phase with the corresponding offset value; and disables the unknown operating phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: Feng-Yu WU, Tsai-Fu Hung, Shin-Chen Wang, Shiguo Luo, Kejiu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170063239
    Abstract: A method and an information handling system (IHS) perform current calibration of a multi-phase voltage regulator (VR) by using a calibrated operating phase to calibrate an unknown operating phase. A calibration controller, using a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, enables a first unknown operating phase within a first converter sub-circuit in the multiphase VR. The calibration controller enables a calibrated circuit component electronically coupled to the first unknown operating phase. The calibration controller determines a target voltage for the first unknown operating phase based on sense component specifications. The calibration controller determines, for the first unknown operating phase, a sense voltage that identifies the first unknown operating phase as a first evaluated operating phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.
    Inventors: Feng-Yu WU, Tsai-Fu Hung, Shin-Chen Wang, Shiguo Luo, Kejiu Zhang