Patents by Inventor Ta-Chin Chiu

Ta-Chin Chiu 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: 20240069583
    Abstract: A control circuit including a storage circuit, a voltage detection circuit, a processing circuit, and a wake-up circuit is provided. The storage circuit includes a register and stores a program code. The voltage detection circuit detects an external voltage. The processing circuit accesses the register in response to the external voltage reaching a first predetermined voltage. The processing circuit enters a power-down mode in response to the external voltage reaching a second predetermined voltage. In the power-down mode, the processing circuit stops accessing the register. The wake-up circuit determines whether a wake-up event occurs. In response to the wake-up event, the wake-up circuit directs the processing circuit to exit the power-down mode and enter an operation mode. In response to there being no wake-up event, the processing circuit stays in the power-down mode. In the operation mode, the processing circuit executes the program code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Chieh-Sheng TU, Te-Tsoung TSAI, Ta-Chin CHIU
  • Publication number: 20240045826
    Abstract: A micro controller unit coupled between a master device and a slave device and including a first communication interface, a serial peripheral interface (SPI) circuit, a switch circuit, a second communication interface, and a switching control circuit is provided. The first communication interface receives a first external signal provided by the master device. The SPI circuit is configured to generate an internal signal. The switch circuit uses a second external signal or the internal signal as an output signal according to a control signal. The second communication interface provides the output signal to the slave device. The switching control circuit generates the control signal according to the level of the first external signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Chieh-Sheng TU, Ta-Chin CHIU
  • Publication number: 20240028807
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an online integrated microcontroller development tool system. Through the present disclosure, a microcontroller block of a suitable model number is selected according to a client requirement, pins of the microcontroller may be arranged, the microcontroller block with the arranged have been pins is connected to a functional component selected by the client, a corresponding circuit structure is generated, and based on the circuit structure, a microcontroller system hardware description code is generated and output. Different from the conventional development platform, the present disclosure helps clients to develop microcontroller application circuits for different applications through a pin required module, a functional component module and a description code project output module. Thus, purposes of simple operation and saving development time can be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: CHIEH-SHENG TU, TA-CHIN CHIU, CHUN-MING HUANG, JEN-CHIH LIU
  • Patent number: 11764769
    Abstract: A control circuit and method for detecting a glitch signal on a bus are provided. The control circuit includes: input ends, respectively receiving a data signal and a clock signal from the bus; a counter, for calculating a time or a number of times in a low level period of the clock signal; a comparator, receiving an output of the time counted by the counter and a threshold value, and generating a comparison result by comparing the time and the threshold value; and an error detector, coupled to the comparator to receive the comparison result, and generating an error flag. When the comparison result indicates that there is a level change during the low level period of the clock signal, the error detector generates an error flag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ta-Chin Chiu, Chieh-Sheng Tu
  • Patent number: 11721252
    Abstract: A control circuit driving a display panel and including a transmission interface, a charging circuit, an image driving circuit, and a loading management circuit is provided. The transmission interface is configured to be coupled to the display panel. The charging circuit is configured to charge a capacitor. The image driving circuit transforms the voltage of the capacitor into a plurality of driving signals and provides the driving signals to the display panel via the transmission interface. The loading management circuit measures the charge time of the capacitor. In response to the charge time of the capacitor exceeding a threshold value, the loading management circuit asserts a flag to indicate the occurrence of an overload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ta-Chin Chiu, Tu-Yiin Chang, Wen-Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11698875
    Abstract: An IC is provided. The IC includes an input pin, a controller, a timer, a first memory, a processor, at least one output pin, an output module coupled to the output pin, and a direct memory access (DMA) device coupled between the output module and the first memory. The controller is configured to provide a first control signal in response to a command from the input pin. The timer is configured to periodically provide a trigger signal according to the first control signal. The processor is configured to store first data in the first memory. The DMA device is configured to obtain the first data from the first memory in response to the trigger signal, and transmit the first data to the output module. The output module is configured to provide the first data to the output pin according to a transmission rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chieh-Sheng Tu, Ta-Chin Chiu
  • Publication number: 20220374373
    Abstract: An IC is provided. The IC includes an input pin, a controller, a timer, a first memory, a processor, at least one output pin, an output module coupled to the output pin, and a direct memory access (DMA) device coupled between the output module and the first memory. The controller is configured to provide a first control signal in response to a command from the input pin. The timer is configured to periodically provide a trigger signal according to the first control signal. The processor is configured to store first data in the first memory. The DMA device is configured to obtain the first data from the first memory in response to the trigger signal, and transmit the first data to the output module. The output module is configured to provide the first data to the output pin according to a transmission rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Chieh-Sheng TU, Ta-Chin CHIU
  • Publication number: 20210183285
    Abstract: A control circuit driving a display panel and including a transmission interface, a charging circuit, an image driving circuit, and a loading management circuit is provided. The transmission interface is configured to be coupled to the display panel. The charging circuit is configured to charge a capacitor. The image driving circuit transforms the voltage of the capacitor into a plurality of driving signals and provides the driving signals to the display panel via the transmission interface. The loading management circuit measures the charge time of the capacitor. In response to the charge time of the capacitor exceeding a threshold value, the loading management circuit asserts a flag to indicate the occurrence of an overload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Ta-Chin CHIU, Tu- Yiin CHANG, Wen-Yi LI
  • Patent number: 10826474
    Abstract: A clock generation circuit and a clock adjustment method thereof are provided. The clock generation circuit includes a fixed clock source, a variable clock source, a timing adjustment circuit, and a pulse width signal generator. The fixed clock source generates a reference clock signal having a fixed frequency. The variable clock source receives a frequency setting signal to correspondingly generate an operational clock signal having a variable frequency. The timing adjustment circuit determines whether a frequency of the operation clock signal is N times of a target frequency according to the reference clock signal to set a frequency of the operation clock signal. The pulse width signal generator divides the operating clock signal to generate a pulse width modulation signal having the target frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Nuvoton Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ta-Chin Chiu, Chieh-Sheng Tu
  • Publication number: 20200136597
    Abstract: A clock generation circuit and a clock adjustment method thereof are provided. The clock generation circuit includes a fixed clock source, a variable clock source, a timing adjustment circuit, and a pulse width signal generator. The fixed clock source generates a reference clock signal having a fixed frequency. The variable clock source receives a frequency setting signal to correspondingly generate an operational clock signal having a variable frequency. The timing adjustment circuit determines whether a frequency of the operation clock signal is N times of a target frequency according to the reference clock signal to set a frequency of the operation clock signal. The pulse width signal generator divides the operating clock signal to generate a pulse width modulation signal having the target frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Nuvoton Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ta-Chin Chiu, Chieh-Sheng Tu