Patents by Inventor Tien-Min Miao

Tien-Min Miao 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).

  • Methods and apparatuses for supplying current using a digital sequence
    Publication number: 20090040326
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for supplying current to an electronic device include incrementally changing an output current supplied to the device according to a digital sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Tien-Min Miao, Chiajen Michael Lee
  • Signal slew rate control for image sensors
    Publication number: 20060006915
    Abstract: An imager with a slew rate control circuit that uses multiple digital control signals to control the rising and falling slew rates of boosted signals, such as transistor gate signals, and/or supply voltages used by an imager or other device. By using digital signals, the invention provides slew rate control that is less affected by power supply, temperature and process variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Hai Yan, Chiajen Lee, Geetanjali Asuri, Tien-Min Miao, Siri Eikedal, Christopher Zeleznik, Kwang-Bo Cho, Gennadiy Agranov