Patents by Inventor Wen-Chieh Wang

Wen-Chieh Wang 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: 12224739
    Abstract: A fast-transient buffer is shown. The fast-transient buffer has a flipped voltage follower coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer, and a first MOS transistor coupled to the flipped voltage follower as well as the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer. The first MOS transistor regulates the output voltage of the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer, in the opposite direction in comparison with an output voltage regulation direction due to the flipped voltage follower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Yueh-Min Chen, Ting-Yang Wang, Yu-Hsin Lin, Wen-Chieh Wang
  • Patent number: 12212325
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quadrature phase detector including a detection circuit. The detection circuit includes a first switch, a second switch and a first filter, wherein the first switch is controlled by a second clock signal to selectively couple a first clock signal to a first node, the second switch is controlled by the second clock signal to selectively coupled the first node to a reference voltage, and the first filter is configured to filter voltages at the first node to generate a first detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Fong-Wen Lee, Wen-Chieh Wang, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Publication number: 20240251542
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device. The method includes: sequentially forming a first supporting layer, a first mold layer, and a second supporting layer on a surface of a substrate; forming a plurality of first openings on the second supporting layer to expose the first mold layer; sequentially forming a second mold layer and a third supporting layer on the second supporting layer including the first openings; forming a plurality of second openings on the third supporting layer to expose the second mold layer; filling a mold material in the second openings; forming a plurality of trenches to expose the substrate, and the trenches are separated from the second openings; conformally forming a conductive layer on inner sidewalls of the trenches; and removing the mold material, the second mold layer, and the first mold layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventor: Wen-Chieh WANG
  • Publication number: 20240105714
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower horizontal supporting layer, an upper horizontal supporting layer, a vertical supporting structure, and a first capacitor electrode. The lower horizontal supporting layer is disposed on the substrate. The upper horizontal supporting layer is disposed on the lower horizontal supporting layer. The vertical supporting structure extends between the lower horizontal supporting layer and the upper horizontal supporting layer. The first capacitor electrode is disposed on the substrate and extends from the lower horizontal supporting layer to the upper horizontal supporting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: WEN-CHIEH WANG
  • Publication number: 20240105715
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower horizontal supporting layer, an upper horizontal supporting layer, a vertical supporting structure, and a first capacitor electrode. The lower horizontal supporting layer is disposed on the substrate. The upper horizontal supporting layer is disposed on the lower horizontal supporting layer. The vertical supporting structure extends between the lower horizontal supporting layer and the upper horizontal supporting layer. The first capacitor electrode is disposed on the substrate and extends from the lower horizontal supporting layer to the upper horizontal supporting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventor: WEN-CHIEH WANG
  • Publication number: 20230396246
    Abstract: A fast-transient buffer is shown. The fast-transient buffer has a flipped voltage follower coupled between the input terminal and the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer, and a first MOS transistor coupled to the flipped voltage follower as well as the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer. The first MOS transistor regulates the output voltage of the output terminal of the fast-transient buffer, in the opposite direction in comparison with an output voltage regulation direction due to the flipped voltage follower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Yueh-Min CHEN, Ting-Yang WANG, Yu-Hsin LIN, Wen-Chieh WANG
  • Patent number: 11811413
    Abstract: The present invention provides a filtering circuit comprising a poly phase filter and a quadrature phase detector. The poly phase filter comprises a first path, a second path, a third path and a fourth path. The first path is configured to receive a first input signal to generate a first clock signal. The second path comprising a first adjustable delay circuit is configured to receive the first input signal to generate a second clock signal. The third path comprising a second adjustable delay circuit is configured to receive a second input signal to generate a third clock signal. The fourth path is configured to receive the second input signal to generate a fourth clock signal. The quadrature phase detector is configured to detect phases of these clock signals to generate control signals to control the first adjustable delay circuit and the second adjustable delay circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Fong-Wen Lee, Wen-Chieh Wang, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Publication number: 20230239690
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a network connection system. The network connection system includes a gateway, an extender, and a wireless access point. Wherein, the gateway can be used as one of the enrollee router and the registrar router, and the extender can be used as the other of the enrollee router and the registrar router, and the extender can send authentication information to the gateway. After the gateway confirms that the extender is a model supported by the gateway according to the authentication information, the gateway sends a credential to the extender, allowing the extender to establish a wireless mesh network through the wireless access point. In this way, the purpose of seamless connection is achieved. In addition, the network connection system of the present invention has functions such as high security and convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Wei Ru TSENG, Kuo Shu HUANG, Hong Chou LIN, Wei Yang TENG, Wen Chieh WANG
  • Publication number: 20230231551
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transmitter including a first variable resistor, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor is disclosed. The first variable resistor is coupled between a supply voltage and a first node. A first electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the first node, and a second electrode of the first transistor is coupled to a first output terminal of the transmitter. A first electrode of the second transistor is coupled to the first output terminal of the transmitter, and a second electrode of the second transistor is coupled to a second node. A first electrode of the third/fourth transistor is coupled to the first node, and a second electrode of the third/fourth transistor is coupled to a second output terminal of the transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Fong-Wen Lee, Wen-Chieh Wang, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Publication number: 20230200049
    Abstract: The present application provides a memory device having a double-sided capacitor. The memory device includes a semiconductor substrate; a capacitor protruding from the semiconductor substrate; a first supporting layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the capacitor; and a second supporting layer disposed above the first supporting layer and surrounding the capacitor, wherein the second supporting layer includes a first opening extending through the second supporting layer and disposed adjacent to the capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: WEN-CHIEH WANG
  • Publication number: 20230200042
    Abstract: The present application provides a method of manufacturing a memory device. The method includes steps of providing a semiconductor substrate; disposing a first supporting layer over the semiconductor substrate; disposing a first molding layer over the first supporting layer; disposing a second supporting layer over the first molding layer; removing a portion of the second supporting layer to form a first opening; disposing a second molding layer over the second supporting layer and within the first opening; forming a trench extending through the first supporting layer, the first molding layer, the second supporting layer and the second molding layer; disposing a conductive layer conformal to the trench; and removing the first molding layer and the second molding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: WEN-CHIEH WANG
  • Publication number: 20230113143
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quadrature phase detector including a detection circuit. The detection circuit includes a first switch, a second switch and a first filter, wherein the first switch is controlled by a second clock signal to selectively couple a first clock signal to a first node, the second switch is controlled by the second clock signal to selectively coupled the first node to a reference voltage, and the first filter is configured to filter voltages at the first node to generate a first detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Fong-Wen Lee, Wen-Chieh Wang, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Publication number: 20230114343
    Abstract: The present invention provides a filtering circuit comprising a poly phase filter and a quadrature phase detector. The poly phase filter comprises a first path, a second path, a third path and a fourth path. The first path is configured to receive a first input signal to generate a first clock signal. The second path comprising a first adjustable delay circuit is configured to receive the first input signal to generate a second clock signal. The third path comprising a second adjustable delay circuit is configured to receive a second input signal to generate a third clock signal. The fourth path is configured to receive the second input signal to generate a fourth clock signal. The quadrature phase detector is configured to detect phases of these clock signals to generate control signals to control the first adjustable delay circuit and the second adjustable delay circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Fong-Wen Lee, Wen-Chieh Wang, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Patent number: 11552602
    Abstract: A class-D amplifier with good signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance is shown. The class-D amplifier includes a loop filter, a pulse-width modulation signal generator, a gate driver, a power driver, and a feedback circuit, which are configured to establish a closed amplification loop. The feedback circuit is configured to establish a feedback path. The class-D amplifier further includes a feedback breaker. The feedback breaker breaks the feedback path in response to conditions in which there no-signal information in the class-D amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Fong-Wen Lee, Wen-Chieh Wang, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Publication number: 20220255516
    Abstract: An amplification circuit with a common-mode voltage compensation circuit is shown. The common-mode voltage compensation circuit has a first compensation resistor coupled between an input terminal of a loop filter of the amplification circuit and a control node, and a second compensation resistor coupled between another input terminal of the loop filter and the control node. The control node is coupled to a power ground voltage when the two output signals of the amplification circuit are high, and it is coupled to a power supply voltage when the two output signals of the amplification circuit are low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Yu-Hsin LIN, Fong-Wen LEE, Wen-Chieh WANG
  • Publication number: 20220182040
    Abstract: A filter circuit includes a polyphase filter used to generate a plurality of output signals with different phases according to a plurality of input signals. The polyphase filter includes a switch circuit and a feed-forward capacitor. The switch circuit has a control terminal used to receive a control voltage, a first connection terminal used to output one of the output signals, and a second connection terminal used to receive one of the input signals. The feed-forward capacitor has a first plate coupled to the second connection terminal of the switch circuit and a second plate coupled to the control terminal of the switch circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Fong-Wen Lee, Wen-Chieh Wang, Yu-Hsin Lin
  • Patent number: 11290940
    Abstract: A network path selection method and a network node device using the same are disclosed. The network path selection method includes: determining whether a first uplink time parameter table is received from the first relay node device and whether a second uplink time parameter table is received from the second relay node device; when the first uplink time parameter table is received from the first relay node device and the second uplink time parameter table is received from the second relay node device, calculating a first estimated uplink time parameter according to the first uplink time parameter table and a second estimated uplink time parameter according to the second uplink time parameter table; and determining to connect to a gateway via one of the first relay node device and the second relay node device according to the first estimated uplink time parameter and the second estimated uplink time parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kuo-Shu Huang, Wen-Chieh Wang, Wei-Ru Tseng, Wei-Yang Teng
  • Publication number: 20210368416
    Abstract: A wireless network bridging method and a wireless network transmission device using the same are provided. The wireless network bridging method includes the following steps. A first wireless network transmission device sets a downlink channel and at least one connection channel connected to at least one user equipment. A second wireless network transmission device sets an uplink channel. The second wireless network transmission device sets a downlink channel according to a channel information of the first wireless network transmission device. The downlink channel and the uplink channel of the second wireless network transmission device are different. The second wireless network transmission device sets at least one connection channel connected to at least one user equipment according to the channel information of the first wireless network transmission device. The connection channels of the second wireless network transmission device and the first wireless network transmission device are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Kuo-Shu HUANG, Tsung-Hsien HSIEH, Wen-Chieh WANG, Wei-Ru TSENG
  • Publication number: 20210359653
    Abstract: A class-D amplifier with good signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) performance is shown. The class-D amplifier includes a loop filter, a pulse-width modulation signal generator, a gate driver, a power driver, and a feedback circuit, which are configured to establish a closed amplification loop. The feedback circuit is configured to establish a feedback path. The class-D amplifier further includes a feedback breaker. The feedback breaker breaks the feedback path in response to conditions in which there no-signal information in the class-D amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Fong-Wen LEE, Wen-Chieh WANG, Yu-Hsin LIN
  • Publication number: 20210160758
    Abstract: A network path selection method and a network node device using the same are disclosed. The network path selection method includes: determining whether a first uplink time parameter table is received from the first relay node device and whether a second uplink time parameter table is received from the second relay node device; when the first uplink time parameter table is received from the first relay node device and the second uplink time parameter table is received from the second relay node device, calculating a first estimated uplink time parameter according to the first uplink time parameter table and a second estimated uplink time parameter according to the second uplink time parameter table; and determining to connect to a gateway via one of the first relay node device and the second relay node device according to the first estimated uplink time parameter and the second estimated uplink time parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Kuo-Shu HUANG, Wen-Chieh WANG, Wei-Ru TSENG, Wei-Yang TENG