Patents by Inventor Ying-Chuan Tsai

Ying-Chuan Tsai 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: 7005877
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a burn-in adapter comprising a first connector, an interface circuit (e.g., RS-232 port), a jumper assembly, a reset instruction generator, and a second connector coupled to a motherboard, in which the interface circuit is electrically coupled to the first connector, the jumper assembly, the reset instruction generator, and the second connector respectively, different signal levels are generated by moving or removing a plurality of jumpers of the jumper assembly, the first connector is electrically coupled to a burn-in device via a first cable, and the second connector is electrically coupled to the motherboard via a second cable, thereby the burn-in adapter is adapted to burn a memory of the motherboard after generating a reset instruction and a burn-in signal level to cause the motherboard entering into a burn-in state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Chuan Tsai, Yi-Lin Chiang
  • Publication number: 20060023560
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a structure for directly burning a program into a motherboard comprising a burning plate having a series connected first transistor set, a resistor, a comparator and a series connected second transistor set mounted thereon, wherein the first transistor set, the resistor, and comparator are series connected, two input terminals of the first transistor set and an output terminal of the comparator are electrically connected to a burner, an output terminal of the first transistor set is coupled to a serial data pin of a memory on the motherboard, an input terminal of the second transistor set is electrically connected to the burner, and an output terminal of the second transistor set is coupled to a serial clock pin of the memory for directly burning the program into the memory and checking the program burned therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: INVENTEC COPORATION
    Inventor: Ying-Chuan Tsai
  • Publication number: 20060012390
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a burn-in adapter comprising a first connector, an interface circuit (e.g., RS-232 port), a jumper assembly, a reset instruction generator, and a second connector coupled to a motherboard, in which the interface circuit is electrically coupled to the first connector, the jumper assembly, the reset instruction generator, and the second connector respectively, different signal levels are generated by moving or removing a plurality of jumpers of the jumper assembly, the first connector is electrically coupled to a burn-in device via a first cable, and the second connector is electrically coupled to the motherboard via a second cable, thereby the burn-in adapter is adapted to burn a memory of the motherboard after generating a reset instruction and a burn-in signal level to cause the motherboard entering into a burn-in state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying-Chuan Tsai, Yi-Lin Chiang
  • Publication number: 20050010650
    Abstract: A network-based computer platform external access method and system is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer platform, especially with an I/O-unequipped computer platform, such as a network server, for the externally controlling the operations of the I/O-unequipped computer platform and monitoring responses from the same. The proposed method and system normally allows the user to gain access to the I/O-unequipped computer platform either in manual mode or auto mode. In auto mode, it allows the user to perform an externally-monitored auto test procedure on the I/O-unequipped computer platform by downloading a test-procedure description file via a network system from a server to test the internal hardware/software configurations of the I/O-unequipped computer platform. These features allow-the network system management personnel to perform network management tasks on the I/O-unequipped network server more conveniently and efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventor: Ying-Chuan Tsai