Patents by Inventor Tzu-Chao Yan

Tzu-Chao Yan 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: 9306496
    Abstract: The present invention provides a frequency multiplier apparatus. The frequency multiplier apparatus includes an injection-locked frequency multiplier and a frequency-to-control signal converter. The injection-locked frequency multiplier outputs an output signal having a first frequency in response to an input signal having a first basic frequency. The frequency-to-control signal converter provides a first control signal to the injection-locked frequency multiplier in response to the input signal. The injection-locked frequency multiplier adjusts the first frequency to a second frequency in response to a change of the first control signal when the first basic frequency is changed to a second basic frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chien-Nan Kuo, Tzu-Chao Yan
  • Publication number: 20140084971
    Abstract: The present invention provides a frequency multiplier apparatus. The frequency multiplier apparatus includes an injection-locked frequency multiplier and a frequency-to-control signal converter. The injection-locked frequency multiplier outputs an output signal having a first frequency in response to an input signal having a first basic frequency. The frequency-to-control signal converter provides a first control signal to the injection-locked frequency multiplier in response to the input signal. The injection-locked frequency multiplier adjusts the first frequency to a second frequency in response to a change of the first control signal when the first basic frequency is changed to a second basic frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Chien-Nan Kuo, Tzu-Chao Yan
  • Patent number: 8237472
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying a specific number of communicating points having relatively smallest accumulated path values from a plurality of transmitting points for a receiving point in a communication system. The method includes steps of: (a) defining a first coordination of each of the plurality of transmitting points and the receiving point on a complex plane; (b) transferring the first coordination of the receiving point to a second coordination thereof, in which the second coordination of the receiving point is near an origin of the complex plane; and (c) identifying the specific number of transmitting points having relatively smallest accumulated path values based on the second coordination of the receiving point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Chien-Nan Kuo, Tzu-Chao Yan
  • Publication number: 20110187420
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying a specific number of communicating points having relatively smallest accumulated path values from a plurality of transmitting points for a receiving point in a communication system. The method includes steps of: (a) defining a first coordination of each of the plurality of transmitting points and the receiving point on a complex plane; (b) transferring the first coordination of the receiving point to a second coordination thereof, in which the second coordination of the receiving point is near an origin of the complex plane; and (c) identifying the specific number of transmitting points having relatively smallest accumulated path values based on the second coordination of the receiving point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chien-Nan Kuo, Tzu-Chao Yan