Patents by Inventor Yingtao Zhang

Yingtao Zhang 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: 12027846
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electrostatic protection structure and an electrostatic protection circuit. The electrostatic protection structure includes: a SCR structure and a trigger structure; the SCR structure includes: a well region of a second conductivity type and a first well of a first conductivity type region, a first-doped region of the first conductivity type, and a first-doped region of the second conductivity type; the trigger structure includes: a first-doped region of the second conductivity type, a second well region of the first conductivity type, a second-doped region of two conductivity types, a third-doped region of the second conductivity type, a fourth-doped region of the second conductivity type, and a first gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: ChangXin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yingtao Zhang, Pan Mao, Junjie Liu, Lingxin Zhu, Bin Song, Qian Xu, Tieh-Chiang Wu
  • Patent number: 12009357
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a diode-triggered bidirectional silicon controlled rectifier and circuit. The silicon controlled rectifier includes: a P-type substrate; a first P well formed in the P-type substrate, a first P-type doped region and a first N-type doped region being formed in the first P well; a second P well formed in the P-type substrate, a third N-type doped region and a fourth P-type doped region being formed in the second P well; and an N well formed in the P-type substrate, a second P-type doped region, a second N-type doped region and a third P-type doped region being formed in the N well. The second N-type doped region is electrically connected with a positive electrode of a diode string, and the first P-type doped region and the fourth P-type doped region are electrically connected with a negative electrode of the diode string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Pan Mao, Yingtao Zhang, Junjie Liu, Lingxin Zhu, Bin Song, Qian Xu, Tieh-Chiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20240170952
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an electrostatic protection structure and an electrostatic protection circuit. The electrostatic protection structure includes: a SCR structure and a trigger structure; the SCR structure includes: a well region of a second conductivity type and a first well of a first conductivity type region, a first-doped region of the first conductivity type, and a first-doped region of the second conductivity type; the trigger structure includes: a first-doped region of the second conductivity type, a second well region of the first conductivity type, a second-doped region of two conductivity types, a third-doped region of the second conductivity type, a fourth-doped region of the second conductivity type, and a first gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yingtao Zhang, Pan Mao, Junjie Liu, Lingxin Zhu, Bin Song, Qian Xu, Tieh-Chiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11936179
    Abstract: A discharge unit is connected to a power pad, a ground pad, and an I/O pad, and can discharge an electrostatic charge when an electrostatic pulse appears on any of the power pad, the ground pad, and the I/O pad. The discharge unit includes a first discharge unit and a second discharge unit, the first discharge unit is connected to the second discharge unit, the power pad, and the I/O pad, and the second discharge unit is connected to the ground pad and the I/O pad. The first discharge unit and/or the second discharge unit can discharge electrostatic charges on different pads, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pan Mao, Yingtao Zhang, Junjie Liu, Lingxin Zhu, Bin Song, Qi'an Xu, Tieh-Chiang Wu
  • Publication number: 20230291199
    Abstract: A discharge unit is connected to a power pad, a ground pad, and an I/O pad, and can discharge an electrostatic charge when an electrostatic pulse appears on any of the power pad, the ground pad, and the I/O pad. The discharge unit includes a first discharge unit and a second discharge unit, the first discharge unit is connected to the second discharge unit, the power pad, and the I/O pad, and the second discharge unit is connected to the ground pad and the I/O pad. The first discharge unit and/or the second discharge unit can discharge electrostatic charges on different pads, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pan MAO, Yingtao ZHANG, Junjie LIU, Lingxin ZHU, Bin SONG, QI'AN XU, TIEH-CHIANG WU
  • Publication number: 20230022588
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a diode-triggered bidirectional silicon controlled rectifier and circuit. The silicon controlled rectifier includes: a P-type substrate; a first P well formed in the P-type substrate, a first P-type doped region and a first N-type doped region being formed in the first P well; a second P well formed in the P-type substrate, a third N-type doped region and a fourth P-type doped region being formed in the second P well; and an N well formed in the P-type substrate, a second P-type doped region, a second N-type doped region and a third P-type doped region being formed in the N well. The second N-type doped region is electrically connected with a positive electrode of a diode string, and the first P-type doped region and the fourth P-type doped region are electrically connected with a negative electrode of the diode string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Pan MAO, Yingtao Zhang, Junjie Liu, Lingxin ZHU, Bin SONG, Qian XU, Tieh-Chiang WU