Patents by Inventor YangTao Cheng

YangTao Cheng 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: 11876514
    Abstract: In an optocoupler circuit, a first direction path, which transmits signals from a first to a second terminal, includes a first level shifter, a second level shifter, and a first optocoupler. The first level shifter receives a first input signal at the first terminal, and shifts a voltage level of the first input signal to a first shifted voltage level with respect to a first ground level in a first power domain, to provide a first shifted signal. The first optocoupler receives the first shifted signal, and generates a first optocoupler signal in response to the first shifted signal. The second level shifter receives the first optocoupler signal, and shifts a voltage level of the first optocoupler signal to a second shifted voltage level with respect to a second ground level in a second power domain, to provide a second shifted signal at the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc
    Inventors: YangTao Cheng, Kai Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220352892
    Abstract: In an optocoupler circuit, a first direction path, which transmits signals from a first to a second terminal, includes a first level shifter, a second level shifter, and a first optocoupler. The first level shifter receives a first input signal at the first terminal, and shifts a voltage level of the first input signal to a first shifted voltage level with respect to a first ground level in a first power domain, to provide a first shifted signal. The first optocoupler receives the first shifted signal, and generates a first optocoupler signal in response to the first shifted signal. The second level shifter receives the first optocoupler signal, and shifts a voltage level of the first optocoupler signal to a second shifted voltage level with respect to a second ground level in a second power domain, to provide a second shifted signal at the second terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: YangTao Cheng, Kai Zhu