Patents by Inventor Ya-Nan WEN
Ya-Nan WEN 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).
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Patent number: 11366554Abstract: The application discloses a touch controller to determine a position where a user touches a touchscreen. The touchscreen includes a first transmitting electrode, a second transmitting electrode and a receiving electrode. The touch controller includes a signal generation module and a demodulation module. The signal generation module is configured to perform an in-phase code transmission at a first time so that the receiving electrode receives an in-phase code receiving signal correspondingly, and perform an inverting-phase code transmission at a second time so that the receiving electrode receives an inverting-phase code receiving signal correspondingly. The demodulation module is configured to determine the position where the user touches the touchscreen according to the in-phase code receiving signal corresponding to the first time and the inverting-phase code receiving signal corresponding to the second time.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hsin-Jui Chou, Ya-Nan Wen, Po-Yuan Wang
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Patent number: 11068106Abstract: A noise sensing circuit is provided according to the disclosure. The noise sensing circuit includes a first filter, which is coupled to a plurality of receiving electrodes, and configured for receiving a plurality of reception signals corresponding to the plurality of receiving electrodes, and performing a high pass filtering operation or a band pass filtering operation on the plurality of reception signals to generate a filtering result; a down-sampling unit, which is coupled to the first filter, and configured for performing a down-sampling operation on the filtering result to generate a down-sampling result; and a noise detection unit, which is coupled to the down-sampling unit, and configured for determining a first operating frequency of the touch device according to the down-sampling result.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yingsi Liang, Ya-Nan Wen
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Patent number: 11003281Abstract: The present application provides a noise detection circuit, including: a mixing module, configured to perform a mixing operation based on a plurality of frequencies to an integrated signal, to generate a plurality of in-phase signals and a plurality of quadrature signals; a computing module, wherein when the touch control system uses the first frequency to perform the touch control, the computing module performs a signal cancellation operation to a first in-phase signal and a first quadrature signal to calculate and output a first output signal corresponding to the first frequency; and a determination module, configured to select a best output signal from the plurality of output signals and output a best frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ya-Nan Wen, Yingsi Liang
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Patent number: 10990215Abstract: The present disclosure is applied to touch technology, and provides an integrating circuit. The integrating circuit comprises an impedance unit, an amplifier, an integration capacitor, a discharge capacitor, a first switch and a second switch. The amplifier comprises a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal configured to output an output signal; the integration capacitor is coupled between the first input terminal and the output terminal; the first switch is coupled between the first input terminal of the amplifier and the second terminal of the discharge capacitor; and the second switch is coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal of the discharge capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ya-Nan Wen, Fu-Chiang Yang, Yingsi Liang
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Patent number: 10969886Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile device. The mobile device includes a casing, configured to accommodate or support the mobile device; a thin touchscreen, including at least one driving electrode and at least one receiving electrode, wherein the driving electrode is configured to receive a driving signal, and the receiving electrode is configured to generate a sensing signal to sense a touch operation; a capacitive sensing system, including a sense circuit, coupled to the at least one receiving electrode and configured to generate the driving signal and receive the sensing signal to determine the touch operation; and a power supply unit, configured to output a supply voltage and a ground voltage; and an isolation module, configured to isolate the supply voltage from the ground voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ya-Nan Wen, Hong Jiang, Yingsi Liang
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Publication number: 20200401254Abstract: The application discloses a touch controller, configured to determine a position where a user touches a touchscreen, wherein the touchscreen includes a first transmitting electrode, a second transmitting electrode and a receiving electrode. The touch controller includes: a signal generation module, configured to perform an in-phase code transmission at a first time so that the receiving electrode receives an in-phase code receiving signal correspondingly, and perform an inverting-phase code transmission at a second time so that the receiving electrode receives an inverting-phase code receiving signal correspondingly; and a demodulation module, configured to determine the position where the user touches the touchscreen according to the in-phase code receiving signal corresponding to the first time and the inverting-phase code receiving signal corresponding to the second time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Hsin-Jui CHOU, Ya-Nan WEN, Po-Yuan WANG
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Patent number: 10852883Abstract: A touch controller (16) includes: a signal generating module (12), coupled to a plurality of transmit electrodes (TE1˜TEM) of a touch panel, and is configured to output a first transmitting signal to a first transmit electrode (TEa) and simultaneously output a second transmitting signal to a second transmit electrode (TEb), wherein the first transmitting signal has a first phase, the second transmitting signal has a second phase; and a demodulating module (14), coupled to a plurality of receive electrodes (RE1˜REN) of the touch panel, and is configured to calculate a first amplitude (A) corresponding to the first phase and a second amplitude (B) corresponding to the second phase of the receiving signal according to a receiving signal (RXn) of a receive electrode (REn) of the plurality of receive electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hsin-Jui Chou, Ya-Nan Wen, Yingsi Liang
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Patent number: 10852878Abstract: The present application provides a non-orthogonal demodulation module, receiving a received signal and the received signal is related to a summation of a plurality of transmitted signals. The plurality of transmitted signals are corresponding to a plurality of frequencies, and the plurality of transmitted signals are not orthogonal to each other. The non-orthogonal demodulation module comprises a mixing-and-integrating unit, configured to perform mixing operations and integrating operations on the received signal respectively at the plurality of frequencies, to generate a plurality of in-phase components and a plurality of quadrature components corresponding to the plurality of frequencies; and a decoding unit, configured to generate at least a decoding matrix, and compute a plurality of energies corresponding to the plurality of transmitted signals according to the at least a decoding matrix, the plurality of in-phase components and the plurality of quadrature components.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hsin-Jui Chou, Ya-Nan Wen, Yingsi Liang
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Patent number: 10712888Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitance detection circuit, which includes a sense circuit coupled to a plurality of receive electrodes and configured to generate a plurality of sense results, the plurality of sense results being associated with capacitance between a plurality of transmit electrodes and the plurality of receive electrodes; and a first driving circuit coupled to the plurality of transmit electrodes; wherein when the first driving circuit keeps at least one first transmit electrode of the plurality of transmit electrodes floating, the first driving circuit generates at least one first driving signal and sends the least one first driving signal to at least one second transmit electrode of the plurality of transmit electrodes, to compensate a baseline current between the plurality of receive electrodes and a ground terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ya-Nan Wen, Yingsi Liang
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Patent number: 10642430Abstract: A differential circuit is provided. The differential circuit comprises a plurality of electrodes comprising at least a middle electrode, wherein the middle electrode is directly adjacent to a first electrode and a second electrode of the plurality of electrodes; a plurality of amplifiers, coupled to the plurality of electrodes; and at least a buffer, coupled between the middle electrode and at least one amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tzu-Li Hung, Fu-Chiang Yang, Ya-Nan Wen
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Patent number: 10566986Abstract: The present disclosure provides a converting module formed in a first die. The first die is coupled to a bus having a bus bit width. The converting module includes an analog-to-digital converter, configured to generate a first digital signal having a first bit width different from the bus bit width; and a sigma-delta modulator, coupled to the analog-to-digital converter, and configured to generate a second digital signal according to the first digital signal. The second digital signal has a bit width equal to the bus bit width. The sigma-delta modulator includes a filter and a quantizer. The number of bits outputted by the quantizer is equal to the bus bit width.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: SHENZHEN GOODIX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ya-Nan Wen, Yingsi Liang
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Publication number: 20190384477Abstract: The present application provides a noise detection circuit, including: a mixing module, configured to perform a mixing operation based on a plurality of frequencies to an integrated signal, to generate a plurality of in-phase signals and a plurality of quadrature signals; a computing module, wherein when the touch control system uses the first frequency to perform the touch control, the computing module performs a signal cancellation operation to a first in-phase signal and a first quadrature signal to calculate and output a first output signal corresponding to the first frequency; and a determination module, configured to select a best output signal from the plurality of output signals and output a best frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventors: Ya-Nan WEN, Yingsi LIANG
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Publication number: 20190265857Abstract: A touch controller (16) includes: a signal generating module (12), coupled to a plurality of transmit electrodes (TE1˜TEM) of a touch panel, and is configured to output a first transmitting signal to a first transmit electrode (TEa) and simultaneously output a second transmitting signal to a second transmit electrode (TEb), wherein the first transmitting signal has a first phase, the second transmitting signal has a second phase; and a demodulating module (14), coupled to a plurality of receive electrodes (RE1˜REN) of the touch panel, and is configured to calculate a first amplitude (A) corresponding to the first phase and a second amplitude (B) corresponding to the second phase of the receiving signal according to a receiving signal (RXn) of a receive electrode (REn) of the plurality of receive electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: HSIN-JUI CHOU, YA-NAN WEN, YINGSI LIANG
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Patent number: 10367478Abstract: The present application provides a window function processing module including an integrating circuit, configured to receive an integrating input signal, the integrating circuit comprising an operational amplifier; an integrating capacitor, coupled to an output terminal and a first input terminal of the operational amplifier; and an adjustable impedance module, coupled between the first input terminal of the operational amplifier and an integrating input terminal of the integrating circuit, wherein the adjustable impedance module is controlled by at least one control signal to adjust an impedance value of the adjustable impedance module; and a control unit, coupled to the integrating circuit, configured to generate the at least one control signal according to a window function, to adjust the integration gain of the integrating circuit, such that the integrating output signal is related to an operation result of the integrating input signal and the window function.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Fu-Chiang Yang, Ya-Nan Wen, Yingsi Liang
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Publication number: 20190163305Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile device. The mobile device includes a casing, configured to accommodate or support the mobile device; a thin touchscreen, including at least one driving electrode and at least one receiving electrode, wherein the driving electrode is configured to receive a driving signal, and the receiving electrode is configured to generate a sensing signal to sense a touch operation; a capacitive sensing system, including a sense circuit, coupled to the at least one receiving electrode and configured to generate the driving signal and receive the sensing signal to determine the touch operation; and a power supply unit, configured to output a supply voltage and a ground voltage; and an isolation module, configured to isolate the supply voltage from the ground voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: YA-NAN WEN, HONG JIANG, YINGSI LIANG
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Publication number: 20190129569Abstract: The present application provides a non-orthogonal demodulation module, receiving a received signal and the received signal is related to a summation of a plurality of transmitted signals. The plurality of transmitted signals are corresponding to a plurality of frequencies, and the plurality of transmitted signals are not orthogonal to each other. The non-orthogonal demodulation module comprises a mixing-and-integrating unit, configured to perform mixing operations and integrating operations on the received signal respectively at the plurality of frequencies, to generate a plurality of in-phase components and a plurality of quadrature components corresponding to the plurality of frequencies; and a decoding unit, configured to generate at least a decoding matrix, and compute a plurality of energies corresponding to the plurality of transmitted signals according to the at least a decoding matrix, the plurality of in-phase components and the plurality of quadrature components.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Hsin-Jui Chou, Ya-Nan Wen, Yingsi Liang
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Publication number: 20190073060Abstract: The present disclosure provides a capacitance detection circuit, which includes a sense circuit coupled to a plurality of receive electrodes and configured to generate a plurality of sense results, the plurality of sense results being associated with capacitance between a plurality of transmit electrodes and the plurality of receive electrodes; and a first driving circuit coupled to the plurality of transmit electrodes; wherein when the first driving circuit keeps at least one first transmit electrode of the plurality of transmit electrodes floating, the first driving circuit generates at least one first driving signal and sends the least one first driving signal to at least one second transmit electrode of the plurality of transmit electrodes, to compensate a baseline current between the plurality of receive electrodes and a ground terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: YA-NAN WEN, YINGSI LIANG
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Publication number: 20190074843Abstract: The present disclosure provides a converting module formed in a first die. The first die is coupled to a bus having a bus bit width. The converting module includes an analog-to-digital converter, configured to generate a first digital signal having a first bit width different from the bus bit width; and a sigma-delta modulator, coupled to the analog-to-digital converter, and configured to generate a second digital signal according to the first digital signal. The second digital signal has a bit width equal to the bus bit width. The sigma-delta modulator includes a filter and a quantizer. The number of bits outputted by the quantizer is equal to the bus bit width.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: YA-NAN WEN, YINGSI LIANG
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Publication number: 20190012034Abstract: A noise sensing circuit is provided according to the disclosure. The noise sensing circuit includes a first filter, which is coupled to a plurality of receiving electrodes, and configured for receiving a plurality of reception signals corresponding to the plurality of receiving electrodes, and performing a high pass filtering operation or a band pass filtering operation on the plurality of reception signals to generate a filtering result; a down-sampling unit, which is coupled to the first filter, and configured for performing a down-sampling operation on the filtering result to generate a down-sampling result; and a noise detection unit, which is coupled to the down-sampling unit, and configured for determining a first operating frequency of the touch device according to the down-sampling result.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: YINGSI LIANG, YA-NAN WEN
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Publication number: 20180373363Abstract: A differential circuit is provided. The differential circuit comprises a plurality of electrodes comprising at least a middle electrode, wherein the middle electrode is directly adjacent to a first electrode and a second electrode of the plurality of electrodes; a plurality of amplifiers, coupled to the plurality of electrodes; and at least a buffer, coupled between the middle electrode and at least one amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Inventors: Tzu-Li Hung, Fu-Chiang Yang, Ya-Nan Wen