Patents by Inventor Sung-Han Wen

Sung-Han Wen 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).

  • Publication number: 20250080128
    Abstract: A DAC cell circuit includes: at least a DAC cell, including: a first MOSFET having a drain coupled to a first switch for receiving a first current and coupled to a second switch for generating a second current, a source coupled to ground, and a gate coupled to a first bias voltage; a capacitor coupled between the gate and the drain of the first MOSFET; and a dead-band switch coupled between the gate of the first MOSFET and the bias node. The dead-band switch is controlled by a signal which is periodic with respect to a frequency equal to an input data rate of the DAC cell, and the dead-band switch is open during a data transition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: SUJITH KUMAR BILLA, Sung-Han Wen
  • Patent number: 12160206
    Abstract: The present invention provides an amplifier circuit, wherein the amplifier circuit includes an input terminal, a capacitor, an amplifier, a feedback circuit and an aliasing tone cancellation circuit. The input terminal is configured to receive a first input signal. The capacitor is coupled to the input terminal. The amplifier is configured to receive the input signal through the capacitor to generate an output signal. The feedback circuit is coupled between an input node and an output node of the amplifier, and is configured to generate a feedback signal according to the output signal, wherein the feedback circuit includes a storage block including a switched-capacitor. The aliasing tone cancellation circuit is coupled between the input terminal of the amplifier circuit and the input node of the amplifier, and configured to generate a signal to cancel or reduce an aliasing tone of the feedback signal according to the input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Sujith Kumar Billa, Sung-Han Wen
  • Publication number: 20240313706
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-stage amplifier, wherein the multi-stage amplifier includes a plurality of amplifier stages and a compensation circuit. The compensation circuit is coupled to an output terminal of one of the plurality of amplifier stages, and the compensation circuit includes a first auxiliary amplifier, a capacitor, a second auxiliary amplifier, a first resistor and a second resistor. The capacitor is coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of the first auxiliary amplifier. The second auxiliary amplifier is coupled to the first auxiliary amplifier. The first resistor is coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of the second auxiliary amplifier. The second resistor is coupled between an output terminal of the first auxiliary amplifier and a ground voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: You-Shin Chen, Ya-Chi Chen, Sung-Han Wen
  • Publication number: 20240039548
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a plurality of DAC cells, a mismatch error sorting circuit, and a dynamic element matching (DEM) circuit. The mismatch error sorting circuit generates a sorting result of the plurality of DAC cells according to mismatch error levels of the plurality of DAC cells. The DEM circuit shapes the mismatch error levels of the plurality of DAC cells according to the sorting result of the plurality of DAC cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Hao Sun, Chuan-Hung Hsiao, Sung-Han Wen
  • Publication number: 20230412181
    Abstract: A tri-level digital-to-analog converter (DAC) element includes a first DAC cell. The first DAC cell includes a first reference circuit, a second reference circuit, and a switch circuit. The first reference circuit provides a first reference signal. The second reference circuit provides a second reference signal. The first switch circuit receives a control input from an input port of the tri-level DAC element, and controls interconnection between the first reference circuit, the second reference circuit, and an output port of the tri-level DAC element according to the control input. During a period in which the tri-level DAC element operates in a “0” state, the first switch circuit is arranged to couple at least one of the first reference circuit and the second reference circuit to the output port of the tri-level DAC element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chuan-Hung Hsiao, SATYA NARAYANA GANTA, Sung-Han Wen, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Patent number: 11848646
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes a voltage-to-current conversion circuit and a current-to-voltage conversion circuit. The voltage-to-current conversion circuit generates a current signal according to an input voltage signal, and includes an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) used to output the current signal at an output port of the OTA. The current-to-voltage conversion circuit generates an output voltage signal according to the current signal, and includes a linear amplifier (LA), wherein an input port of the LA is coupled to the output port of the OTA, and the output voltage signal is derived from an output signal at an output port of the LA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Hsiung Chien, Sung-Han Wen, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Publication number: 20230396152
    Abstract: A noise filter circuit includes a filter and a transistor off-resistance control circuit. The filter includes a first transistor and a charge storage component. The first transistor has off-resistance when turned off or operated under sub-threshold region. A control terminal of the first transistor is not directly tied to a reference voltage, and is used to receive a first control voltage. The charge storage component has one terminal coupled to a connection terminal of the first transistor. The transistor off-resistance control circuit is coupled to the first transistor, and arranged to set the first control voltage for controlling the off-resistance of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chuan-Hung Hsiao, Sung-Han Wen
  • Publication number: 20230231523
    Abstract: The present invention provides an amplifier system including an audio amplifier and a power converter. The audio amplifier is supplied by at least a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage, and the audio amplifier is configured to receive an audio signal to generate an output signal. The power converter includes only one inductor, and is configured to generate the first supply voltage and the second supply voltage according to an input voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Wei Huang, Sung-Han Wen, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Patent number: 11632087
    Abstract: A high-linearity amplifier including a main operational amplifier, a feedback circuit, and a compensation circuit is shown. The feedback circuit couples an output signal of the main operational amplifier to an input port of the main operational amplifier. The compensation circuit couples a former-stage circuit of the amplifier to the input port of the main operational amplifier to compensate for the non-linearity of the feedback circuit. The compensation circuit and the feedback circuit form an inverse paralleling linearization architecture. In the inverse paralleling linearization architecture, a resistor in the feedback circuit corresponds to a resistor in the compensation circuit which is biased in an inversed way in comparison with the corresponding resistor in the feedback circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Sung-Han Wen
  • Publication number: 20230077479
    Abstract: The present invention provides an amplifier including an input stage, an amplifier stage, a power stage and a de-gain stage. The input stage is configured to receive an input signal to generate an amplified signal. The amplifier stage is configured to generate a first driving signal and a second driving signal according to the amplified signal. The power stage comprises a first input terminal and a second input terminal, wherein the power stage is coupled to a supply voltage and a ground voltage, for receiving the first driving signal and the second driving signal from the first input terminal and the second input terminal, respectively, and generating an output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Sung-Han Wen, Yu-Hung Lin, Shih-Hsiung Chien, Chi-Heng Chung
  • Publication number: 20230078955
    Abstract: The present invention provides a linear amplifier including an amplifier stage, a DC-shifting stage, a compensation network and a power stage. The amplifier stage is configured to generate a first signal and a second signal. The DC-shifting stage is configured to adjust a DC voltage of the first signal and a DC voltage of the second signal to generate an adjusted first signal and an adjusted second signal. The compensation network is configured to generate a first driving signal and a second driving signal according to the first signal, the second signal, the adjusted first signal and the adjusted second signal. The power stage is configured to generate an output signal according to the first driving signal and the second driving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Hsiung Chien, Sung-Han Wen, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Publication number: 20220407476
    Abstract: The present invention provides an amplifier circuit, wherein the amplifier circuit includes an input terminal, a capacitor, an amplifier, a feedback circuit and an aliasing tone cancellation circuit. The input terminal is configured to receive a first input signal. The capacitor is coupled to the input terminal. The amplifier is configured to receive the input signal through the capacitor to generate an output signal. The feedback circuit is coupled between an input node and an output node of the amplifier, and is configured to generate a feedback signal according to the output signal, wherein the feedback circuit includes a storage block including a switched-capacitor. The aliasing tone cancellation circuit is coupled between the input terminal of the amplifier circuit and the input node of the amplifier, and configured to generate a signal to cancel or reduce an aliasing tone of the feedback signal according to the input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Sujith Kumar Billa, Sung-Han Wen
  • Publication number: 20220321064
    Abstract: A high-linearity amplifier including a main operational amplifier, a feedback circuit, and a compensation circuit is shown. The feedback circuit couples an output signal of the main operational amplifier to an input port of the main operational amplifier. The compensation circuit couples a former-stage circuit of the amplifier to the input port of the main operational amplifier to compensate for the non-linearity of the feedback circuit. The compensation circuit and the feedback circuit form an inverse paralleling linearization architecture. In the inverse paralleling linearization architecture, a resistor in the feedback circuit corresponds to a resistor in the compensation circuit which is biased in an inversed way in comparison with the corresponding resistor in the feedback circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Sung-Han WEN
  • Patent number: 11394351
    Abstract: A high-linearity amplifier including a main operational amplifier, a feedback circuit, and a compensation circuit is shown. The feedback circuit couples an output signal of the main operational amplifier to an input port of the main operational amplifier. The compensation circuit is coupled to the input port of the main operational amplifier to compensate for the non-linearity of the feedback circuit. A signal coupled to the input port of the main operational amplifier through the compensation circuit has an inverse phase compared to the output signal of the main operational amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Sung-Han Wen
  • Patent number: 11309839
    Abstract: A multi-stage amplifier with a high signal-to-noise ratio is introduced. Multiple amplification stages are cascaded between an input terminal and an output terminal of the amplifier. A controller switches the output stage among the multiple amplification stages from a normal mode to an attenuation mode in response to the amplifier input being lower than the threshold. In the attenuation mode, the output stage provides an attenuation resistor coupled in series with the load resistor of the amplifier. Noise is successfully attenuated by the attenuation-mode output stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Sung-Han Wen, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Publication number: 20220045647
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit includes a voltage-to-current conversion circuit and a current-to-voltage conversion circuit. The voltage-to-current conversion circuit generates a current signal according to an input voltage signal, and includes an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) used to output the current signal at an output port of the OTA. The current-to-voltage conversion circuit generates an output voltage signal according to the current signal, and includes a linear amplifier (LA), wherein an input port of the LA is coupled to the output port of the OTA, and the output voltage signal is derived from an output signal at an output port of the LA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Hsiung Chien, Sung-Han Wen, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Patent number: 11205999
    Abstract: The present invention provides an amplifier including a DAC, an analog signal processing circuit, a digital signal processing circuit, a signal detector and a driving stage is disclosed. The DAC is configured to perform a digital-to-analog conversion operation on a digital input signal to generate an analog input signal. The analog signal processing circuit is configured to generate a first processed signal according to the analog input signal and a feedback signal. The digital signal processing circuit is configured to process the digital input signal to generate a second processed signal. The signal detector is configured to detect strength of the digital input signal to generate a mode selection signal. The driving stage is configured to refer to the mode selection signal to receive one of the first processed signal and the second processed signal to generate an output signal, wherein the feedback signal is generated by the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Sung-Han Wen, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Patent number: 11196387
    Abstract: An amplifier circuit with in-band gain degradation compensation is shown. The amplifier circuit has an input-stage amplifier, at least one intermediate-stage amplifier, and an output-stage amplifier cascaded between an input port and an output port of the amplifier circuit. A compensation capacitor is coupled between the output port of the amplifier circuit and an output port of the input-stage amplifier. A high-order damping circuit is coupled to an output port of the intermediate-stage amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Sung-Han Wen
  • Patent number: 11025204
    Abstract: The present invention provides a circuit having a filter with an amplifier circuit for filtering and amplifying an input signal to generate an output signal, wherein a corner frequency of the filter is adjustable to control a settling time of the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Wei Chou, Sung-Han Wen, Chen-Chien Lin, Jou Lee
  • Publication number: 20210152134
    Abstract: A high-linearity amplifier including a main operational amplifier, a feedback circuit, and a compensation circuit is shown. The feedback circuit couples an output signal of the main operational amplifier to an input port of the main operational amplifier. The compensation circuit is coupled to the input port of the main operational amplifier to compensate for the non-linearity of the feedback circuit. A signal coupled to the input port of the main operational amplifier through the compensation circuit has an inverse phase compared to the output signal of the main operational amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Sung-Han WEN