Patents by Inventor Yonggen LIU

Yonggen LIU 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).

  • Voltage regulation associated with a switching converter and a set of linear regulators
    Patent number: 9362829
    Abstract: Hybrid buck converters that incorporate switching converter and auxiliary linear regulators are described. The auxiliary linear regulators are automatically activated during load transients to source or sink large currents to the output to achieve fast transient responses and are automatically deactivated during steady states to maintain high power efficiencies. With the proposed control scheme of automatic loop transition between linear and switching regulation loops, the power management interface design is simplified while the transient response performances are improved without compromising the power efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yonggen Liu, Chenchang Zhan, Wing Hung Ki
  • VOLTAGE REGULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140021930
    Abstract: Hybrid buck converters that incorporate switching converter and auxiliary linear regulators are described. The auxiliary linear regulators are automatically activated during load transients to source or sink large currents to the output to achieve fast transient responses and are automatically deactivated during steady states to maintain high power efficiencies. With the proposed control scheme of automatic loop transition between linear and switching regulation loops, the power management interface design is simplified while the transient response performances are improved without compromising the power efficiencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Yonggen LIU, Chenchang ZHAN, Wing Hung KI
  • Integrated circuit and standby controlling method thereof
    Patent number: 8415994
    Abstract: The present invention is applicable to the field of electrics and provides an integrated circuit (IC) and a standby controlling method thereof. The IC comprises a reset device, a standby control device, a functional device and a power supply control device. The functional device at least comprises a functional unit that does not operate in a standby mode. The power supply control device is configured to supply power to the functional device, the standby control device and the reset device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Artek Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonggen Liu, Jiang Xiong, Lirong Xiao
  • INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND STANDBY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110221483
    Abstract: The present invention is applicable to the field of electrics and provides an integrated circuit (IC) and a standby controlling method thereof. The IC comprises a reset device, a standby control device, a functional device and a power supply control device. The functional device at least comprises a functional unit that does not operate in a standby mode. The power supply control device is configured to supply power to the functional device, the standby control device and the reset device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: ARTEK MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonggen LIU, Jiang XIONG, Lirong XIAO