Patents by Inventor Yangwei Yu

Yangwei Yu 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).

  • Publication number: 20240146197
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a buck-boost converter and a control method therefor. The buck-boost converter includes a boost unit and a buck unit. The boost unit has a first capacitor and a first group of switches. The buck unit has an inductor and a second group of switches. The buck-boost converter has a cascaded structure of the boost unit and the buck unit to achieve multiple voltage conversion modes. The inductor of the buck unit is coupled to the output terminal. Therefore, not only can it achieve a smooth transition of the DC output voltage, but also reduce voltage ripple and improve dynamic response speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Joulwatt Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Linjue LI, Yangwei Yu
  • Publication number: 20230421062
    Abstract: The present application discloses a fast-response switch power supply control circuit and a control method thereof. A triangular wave signal associated with inductor current information is obtained by a triangular wave generation circuit; the triangular wave signal is calculated with an error compensation signal by the capacitor circuit to obtain a first compensation signal; a comparator compares the first compensation signal with an output voltage feedback signal to obtain a comparison result to control the turning-on of the power switch transistor. The present application has the beneficial effects of good loop stability and fast dynamic response of the system without requiring a sampling circuit to sample the inductor current information in the case of using a relatively simple circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Joulwatt Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangwei YU, Aimim XU, Xunjin DOU
  • Patent number: 11569743
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter control circuit includes an error amplifier, a voltage-to-current conversion circuit, an oscillator circuit, and a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) control circuit. The error amplifier is configured to generate a difference voltage as a difference of an output voltage of the DC-DC converter circuit and a reference voltage. The voltage-to-current conversion circuit configured to convert the difference voltage to a difference current. The oscillator circuit is configured to generate a clock signal at a predetermined frequency for pulse width modulation. The PFM control circuit is configured to disable the oscillator circuit, based on the difference current, for PFM operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yangwei Yu, Jian Liang, Weicheng Zhang, Ming Luo
  • Publication number: 20210194367
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter control circuit includes an error amplifier, a voltage-to-current conversion circuit, an oscillator circuit, and a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) control circuit. The error amplifier is configured to generate a difference voltage as a difference of an output voltage of the DC-DC converter circuit and a reference voltage. The voltage-to-current conversion circuit configured to convert the difference voltage to a difference current. The oscillator circuit is configured to generate a clock signal at a predetermined frequency for pulse width modulation. The PFM control circuit is configured to disable the oscillator circuit, based on the difference current, for PFM operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Yangwei YU, Jian LIANG, Weicheng ZHANG, Ming LUO
  • Patent number: 10897197
    Abstract: A switch-mode power supply and control circuitry that reduces variation in the switching frequency of the power supply with changes in loading. In one example, a switch-mode power supply includes an inductor, a transistor, and control circuitry. The transistor is coupled to the inductor, and configured to charge the inductor. The control circuitry is coupled to the transistor. The control circuitry is configured to turn off the transistor for a first time period. The first time period is a function of voltage across the inductor during the first time period. The control circuitry is also configured to determine whether the switch-mode power supply is operating in continuous conduction mode or discontinuous conduction mode. The control circuitry is further configured to add a predetermined fixed interval to the first time based on the switch-mode power supply operating in discontinuous conduction mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Yangwei Yu
  • Patent number: 10826392
    Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit includes a first transistor, an inductor, and a diode. The inductor connects to the diode at a switch node. The voltage converter produces an output voltage that is larger than an input voltage. The first transistor has on and off states and electrically couples a node to ground when in the on state. An error amplifier circuit generates an error signal based on a difference between a reference voltage and a voltage indicative of the output voltage. The error signal causes the first transistor to transition from the on to the off state. An adaptive off-time generator circuit couples to the input voltage node, and generates a signal to cause the first transistor to transition from the off to the on state. The time the first transistor is in the off state is inversely proportional to the time the first transistor is in the on state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jian Liang, Yangwei Yu, Chen Feng
  • Publication number: 20200136506
    Abstract: A switch-mode power supply and control circuitry that reduces variation in the switching frequency of the power supply with changes in loading. In one example, a switch-mode power supply includes an inductor, a transistor, and control circuitry. The transistor is coupled to the inductor, and configured to charge the inductor. The control circuitry is coupled to the transistor. The control circuitry is configured to turn off the transistor for a first time period. The first time period is a function of voltage across the inductor during the first time period. The control circuitry is also configured to determine whether the switch-mode power supply is operating in continuous conduction mode or discontinuous conduction mode. The control circuitry is further configured to add a predetermined fixed interval to the first time based on the switch-mode power supply operating in discontinuous conduction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Yangwei Yu
  • Publication number: 20200127565
    Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit includes a first transistor, an inductor, and a diode. The inductor connects to the diode at a switch node. The voltage converter produces an output voltage that is larger than an input voltage. The first transistor has on and off states and electrically couples a node to ground when in the on state. An error amplifier circuit generates an error signal based on a difference between a reference voltage and a voltage indicative of the output voltage. The error signal causes the first transistor to transition from the on to the off state. An adaptive off-time generator circuit couples to the input voltage node, and generates a signal to cause the first transistor to transition from the off to the on state. The time the first transistor is in the off state is inversely proportional to the time the first transistor is in the on state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jian Liang, Yangwei Yu, Chen Feng
  • Patent number: 8736209
    Abstract: A drive and control circuit for motor system and the method thereof are disclosed. The motor system could be applied in a cooling device, wherein the motor system comprises a rotor, a coil and a bridge circuit. The drive and control circuit comprises a control unit, a state detecting circuit, a load determining circuit, and a startup setting circuit. The startup setting circuit makes the motor run with the maximum torque, thus to make the motor system start up easily and quickly. The load determining circuit detects the load of the motor system, thus to generate a load determining signal to determine the speed of the motor system. The control unit could be realized with few components so as to save the costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Zhao, Yike Li, Yangwei Yu
  • Publication number: 20130308349
    Abstract: A switching regulator that decreases power loss and resolves thermal issues by jumping its switching frequency to a maximum frequency when its load reaches a peak load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Yangwei Yu, Yuancheng Ren, Junming Zhang, Sicong Lin, Jian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20120274247
    Abstract: A drive and control circuit for motor system and the method thereof are disclosed. The motor system could be applied in a cooling device, wherein the motor system comprises a rotor, a coil and a bridge circuit. The drive and control circuit comprises a control unit, a state detecting circuit, a load determining circuit, and a startup setting circuit. The startup setting circuit makes the motor run with the maximum torque, thus to make the motor system start up easily and quickly. The load determining circuit detects the load of the motor system, thus to generate a load determining signal to determine the speed of the motor system. The control unit could be realized with few components so as to save the costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Zhao, Yike Li, Yangwei Yu