Patents by Inventor Yong-Noen Rao

Yong-Noen Rao 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: 6255978
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for converting digital input signal to analog voltage are disclosed herein. The converting apparatus includes the following devices device. One of the pair of reference voltage selecting means is used to select a first voltage level as a first power source. Similarly, a second voltage level is selected as a second power source. The pair of controlled selectively coupling devices couples the first power source or the second power source as the charge power source responding to voltage level of every bit of the second portion of the digital input signal. The voltage cumulating device is used to generate the analog voltage by alternatively charging and redistributing the output capacitor with the first and the second capacitor. The foregoing method includes the following steps. At first, divide reference voltage levels into a first set and a second set of reference voltage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chia-Yuan Chang, Yong-Noen Rao