Patents by Inventor Shitong ZHAO

Shitong ZHAO 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: 11705897
    Abstract: An aspect relates to an apparatus, including: a ring oscillator coupled between a first node and a first voltage rail; a control circuit coupled to the first node; a delay line coupled between a second node and the first voltage rail; and a voltage regulator including an input coupled to the first node and an output coupled to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Xu Zhang, Xuhao Huang, Shitong Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230105664
    Abstract: An aspect relates to an apparatus, including: a ring oscillator coupled between a first node and a first voltage rail; a control circuit coupled to the first node; a delay line coupled between a second node and the first voltage rail; and a voltage regulator including an input coupled to the first node and an output coupled to the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Xu ZHANG, Xuhao HUANG, Shitong ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11614763
    Abstract: An aspect of the disclosure relates to a reference voltage generator, including: a first field effect transistor (FET) including a first threshold voltage; a second FET including a second threshold voltage different than the first threshold voltage; a gate voltage generator coupled to gates of the first and second FETs; a first current source coupled in series with the first FET between first and second voltage rails; a second current source; and a first resistor coupled in series with the second current source and the second FET between the first and second voltage rails, wherein a reference voltage is generated across the first resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Debesh Bhatta, Sulin Li, Shitong Zhao, Hui Wang, John Abcarius
  • Patent number: 11115036
    Abstract: An oscillator including a switched capacitor configured to generate a sawtooth or ramp voltage in response to a switched capacitor drive signal; a low pass filter (LPF) configured to filter the sawtooth or ramp voltage to generate a filtered voltage; a reference voltage generator configured to generate a reference voltage; an integrator configured to integrate a difference between the sawtooth or ramp voltage and the reference voltage to generate a frequency control signal; a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) configured to generate a first clock based on the frequency control signal; a frequency divider configured to frequency divide the first clock to generate a second clock; and a switched capacitor driver configured to generate the switched capacitor drive signal in response to the second clock. The oscillator may also include a switched capacitor sampler to sample the sawtooth or ramp voltage, wherein the filtered voltage is based on the sampled voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Shitong Zhao, Kevin Jia-Nong Wang, Shyam Sivakumar, Debesh Bhatta
  • Publication number: 20200156108
    Abstract: A voltage burst is generated using a voltage supply having a single DC output voltage, VH coupled with a switching arrangement, including an input and a voltage transmitter output (Tx_Out), the input coupled with the output of the voltage supply. A control arrangement coupled with the switching arrangement is configured to operate the switching arrangement so as to provide, at the Tx_Out, a voltage burst that varies between an intermediate voltage, VM, and one or both of VH, and a minimum voltage, VL, where VL<VM<VH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Shitong Zhao, Masoud Roham, Lennart Mathe, Bo-Ren Wang
  • Publication number: 20160056763
    Abstract: An RC oscillator includes a first capacitive element and a second capacitive element and a comparator having a first input, a second input, and an output for outputting an oscillating signal. The oscillator further includes an integrator having a first input, a second input coupled to a reference voltage source, and an output coupled to the second input of the comparator. The oscillator further includes a switch circuit configured to provide a voltage of the first capacitive element to the first input of the comparator in a cycle and a voltage of the second capacitive element to the first input of the comparator in a subsequent cycle. The integrator is configured to sample and to hold the voltage of the second capacitive element continuously in the cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Shitong ZHAO, Jingxue LU