Patents by Inventor Weichen Tao

Weichen Tao 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: 12683616
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a CSS-PD (Charge-Steering-Sampling Phase Discriminator), a DLF (Digital Loop Filter) and a CSS-ADPLL (Charge-Steering-Sampling All Digital Phase-Locked Loop) thereof The CSS-PD includes a Frac-N C-DAC, a CSS, and a SAR-ADC. The CSS-PD has a controlling method including four steps: (1) charge presetting; (2) charge-steering sampling; (3) fractional charge compensating; (4) digitalizing. Wherein when ?Verr,pn sampled by the CSS included two errors ?Verr,pn and ?Verr,frac, ?Verr,frac had fractional charge compensating by setting part of the capacitors of the Cfrac of the Frac-N C-DAC to a Vref,adc. Vref,adc was satisfied the following formula: ?Verr,frac=Dfrac·Cunit/(Cfrac+Csar)·Vref,adc. Cunit is for capacitance of Cfrac, Cfrac is also for capacitance of Cfrac, Csar is also for capacitance of Csar of the SAR-ADC, Dfrac is the output signal of the Frac-N C-DAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA
    Inventors: Yizhe Hu, Weichen Tao
  • Publication number: 20250167791
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a CSS-PD (Charge-Steering-Sampling Phase Discriminator), a DLF (Digital Loop Filter) and a CSS-ADPLL (Charge-Steering-Sampling All Digital Phase-Locked Loop) thereof The CSS-PD includes a Frac-N C-DAC, a CSS, and a SAR-ADC. The CSS-PD has a controlling method including four steps: (1) charge presetting; (2) charge-steering sampling; (3) fractional charge compensating; (4) digitalizing. Wherein when ?Verr,pn sampled by the CSS included two errors ?Verr,pn and ?Verr,frac, ?Verr,frac had fractional charge compensating by setting part of the capacitors of the Cfrac of the Frac-N C-DAC to a Vref,adc. Vref,adc was satisfied the following formula: ?Verr,frac=Dfrac·Cunit/(Cfrac+Csar)·Vref,adc. Cunit is for capacitance of Cfrac, Cfrac is also for capacitance of Cfrac, Csar is also for capacitance of Csar of the SAR-ADC, Dfrac is the output signal of the Frac-N C-DAC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Yizhe Hu, Weichen Tao