Patents by Inventor Yun-Shiang SHU

Yun-Shiang SHU 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: 11265010
    Abstract: An incremental analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with high accuracy. The incremental ADC has a delta-sigma modulator, performing delta-sigma modulation on an analog input signal to output a quantized signal, and a digital filter, receiving the quantized signal to generate a digital representation of the analog input signal. A loop filter of the delta-sigma modulator has a preset circuit. In the preset circuit, the output terminal of the loop filter is preset rather than being reset during the reset phase of the incremental ADC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Yun-Shiang Shu, Su-Hao Wu, Hung-Yi Hsieh, Albert Yen-Chih Chiou
  • Patent number: 10911059
    Abstract: A signal processing system includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that is used to convert a first analog value into a first digital value and convert a second analog value into a second digital value. The ADC includes a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit and a second DAC circuit operating in different voltage domains. A first bit segment and a second bit segment of each digital value are determined via the first DAC circuit and the second DAC circuit, respectively. An analog injection value is injected to the second analog value, the analog injection value is converted from a digital injection value formed by a subset of bits of the second bit segment of the first digital value, and the second bit segment of the second digital value is derived from injecting the digital injection value to a digital value determined by the second DAC circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Hsiang Huang, Yun-Shiang Shu, Su-Hao Wu
  • Publication number: 20200343905
    Abstract: An incremental analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with high accuracy. The incremental ADC has a delta-sigma modulator, performing delta-sigma modulation on an analog input signal to output a quantized signal, and a digital filter, receiving the quantized signal to generate a digital representation of the analog input signal. A loop filter of the delta-sigma modulator has a preset circuit. In the preset circuit, the output terminal of the loop filter is preset rather than being reset during the reset phase of the incremental ADC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yun-Shiang SHU, Su-Hao WU, Hung-Yi HSIEH, Albert Yen-Chih CHIOU
  • Publication number: 20200295772
    Abstract: A signal processing system includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that is used to convert a first analog value into a first digital value and convert a second analog value into a second digital value. The ADC includes a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit and a second DAC circuit operating in different voltage domains. A first bit segment and a second bit segment of each digital value are determined via the first DAC circuit and the second DAC circuit, respectively. An analog injection value is injected to the second analog value, the analog injection value is converted from a digital injection value formed by a subset of bits of the second bit segment of the first digital value, and the second bit segment of the second digital value is derived from injecting the digital injection value to a digital value determined by the second DAC circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Wei-Hsiang Huang, Yun-Shiang Shu, Su-Hao Wu
  • Patent number: 10205466
    Abstract: An electronic device has a transmit circuit and a processing circuit. The processing circuit outputs a first portion of compressive sensing (CS) samples corresponding to a signal segment to another electronic device via the transmit circuit, and selectively outputs a second portion of the CS samples corresponding to the signal segment to another electronic device via the transmit circuit according to a response of another electronic device. In this way, a balance between the compression ratio and the reconstruction quality/speed can be achieved. Moreover, the signal reconstruction performed at the processing circuit may employ a multi-resolution/multi-scale reconstruction scheme to achieve a balance between the dictionary size and the reconstruction quality/speed, and/or may employ a multi-stage reconstruction scheme to achieve a balance between the reconstruction algorithm control setting and the reconstruction quality/speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Qiang Zhou, Hua Wang, Yun-Shiang Shu, Bao-Chi Peng
  • Publication number: 20180183461
    Abstract: An electronic device has a transmit circuit and a processing circuit. The processing circuit outputs a first portion of compressive sensing (CS) samples corresponding to a signal segment to another electronic device via the transmit circuit, and selectively outputs a second portion of the CS samples corresponding to the signal segment to another electronic device via the transmit circuit according to a response of another electronic device. In this way, a balance between the compression ratio and the reconstruction quality/speed can be achieved. Moreover, the signal reconstruction performed at the processing circuit may employ a multi-resolution/multi-scale reconstruction scheme to achieve a balance between the dictionary size and the reconstruction quality/speed, and/or may employ a multi-stage reconstruction scheme to achieve a balance between the reconstruction algorithm control setting and the reconstruction quality/speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Qiang Zhou, Hua Wang, Yun-Shiang Shu, Bao-Chi Peng
  • Patent number: 9831885
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for conversion between analog domain and digital domain with mismatch error shaping, including a DAC, a first injection circuit coupled to the DAC, and a second injection circuit coupled to the DAC. The DAC generates a first analog value in response to a first digital value, and generates a second analog value in response to a second digital value. The first injection circuit enables an analog injection value to be injected to the second analog value when the DAC generates the second analog value, wherein the analog injection value is converted from a digital injection value formed by a subset of bits of the first digital value. The second injection circuit injects the digital injection value to the second digital value, or combines the digital injection value and a related value obtained according to the second analog value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Patent number: 9787316
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for conversion between analog domain and digital domain with mismatch error shaping, including a DAC, a first injection circuit coupled to the DAC, and a second injection circuit coupled to the DAC. The DAC generates a first analog value in response to a first digital value, and generates a second analog value in response to a second digital value. The first injection circuit enables an analog injection value to be injected to the second analog value when the DAC generates the second analog value, wherein the analog injection value is converted from a digital injection value formed by a subset of bits of the first digital value. The second injection circuit injects the digital injection value to the second digital value, or combines the digital injection value and a related value obtained according to the second analog value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Publication number: 20170230056
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for conversion between analog domain and digital domain with mismatch error shaping, including a DAC, a first injection circuit coupled to the DAC, and a second injection circuit coupled to the DAC. The DAC generates a first analog value in response to a first digital value, and generates a second analog value in response to a second digital value. The first injection circuit enables an analog injection value to be injected to the second analog value when the DAC generates the second analog value, wherein the analog injection value is converted from a digital injection value formed by a subset of bits of the first digital value. The second injection circuit injects the digital injection value to the second digital value, or combines the digital injection value and a related value obtained according to the second analog value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Publication number: 20170077937
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for conversion between analog domain and digital domain with mismatch error shaping, including a DAC, a first injection circuit couple to the DAC, and a second injection circuit coupled to the DAC. The DAC generates a first analog value in response to a first digital value, and generates a second analog value in response to a second digital value. The first injection circuit enables an analog injection value to be injected to the second analog value when the DAC generates the second analog value, wherein the analog injection value is converted from a digital injection value formed by a subset of bits of the first digital value. The second injection circuit combines the digital injection value and one of the following: the second digital value and a related value obtained according to the second analog value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Patent number: 9385744
    Abstract: A delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (?? ADC) has a delta-sigma modulator, a decimation filter and an error suppression circuit. The delta-sigma modulator receives an analog input, and converts the analog input into a first digital output. The decimation filter is coupled to the delta-sigma modulator, and generates a second digital output according to the first digital output. The error suppression circuit is coupled to the decimation filter, and receives an error input and injects an error output into the second digital output according to the error input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Patent number: 9236855
    Abstract: A comparator has a differential pair circuit and a current control circuit. The differential pair circuit has first and second comparator transistors, and is arranged to compare a first input and a second input according to a clock signal to generate a result indicating whether a difference of the first and second inputs exceeds an internal offset. The current control circuit is coupled in series with the differential pair circuit, and configured to provide unequal abilities of drawing currents for the first and second comparator transistors. An amplifier circuit is also disclosed, having a differential pair circuit, a current control circuit, an amplification circuit and a reset circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Patent number: 9077320
    Abstract: An offset adjustment circuit of a dynamic comparator has a detection unit and a control unit. The detection unit detects whether a comparator offset possessed by the dynamic comparator is deviated from a target offset setting, and accordingly generates a detection result. The control unit adjusts a voltage setting of at least one input received by the dynamic comparator when the detection result indicates that the comparator offset is deviated from the target offset setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Patent number: 8988265
    Abstract: A comparison circuit is provided and includes first and second comparators and a first time-to-digital comparator. The first comparator with a first offset voltage receives an input signal and generates a first comparison signal and a first inverse comparison signal. The second comparator receives the input signal and generates a second comparison signal and a second inverse comparison signal. The first offset voltage is larger than the second offset voltage. The first time-to-digital comparator receives the first comparison signal and the second inverse comparison signal and generates first and second determination signals according to the first comparison signal and the second inverse comparison signal. The first and second determination signals indicate whether a voltage of the input signal is larger than a first middle voltage. The first middle voltage is equal to a half of the sum of the first offset voltage and the second offset voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Publication number: 20150015307
    Abstract: A comparator has a differential pair circuit and a current control circuit. The differential pair circuit has first and second comparator transistors, and is arranged to compare a first input and a second input according to a clock signal to generate a result indicating whether a difference of the first and second inputs exceeds an internal offset. The current control circuit is coupled in series with the differential pair circuit, and configured to provide unequal abilities of drawing currents for the first and second comparator transistors. An amplifier circuit is also disclosed, having a differential pair circuit, a current control circuit, an amplification circuit and a reset circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang SHU
  • Patent number: 8878608
    Abstract: A comparator has a differential pair circuit, a current control circuit, and a latch. The differential pair circuit has first and second comparator transistors, and is arranged to compare a first input and a second input according to a clock signal to generate a result indicating whether a difference of the first and second inputs exceeds an internal offset. The current control circuit is coupled in series with the differential pair circuit, and configured to provide unequal abilities of drawing currents for the first and second comparator transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Publication number: 20140077860
    Abstract: An offset adjustment circuit of a dynamic comparator has a detection unit and a control unit. The detection unit detects whether a comparator offset possessed by the dynamic comparator is deviated from a target offset setting, and accordingly generates a detection result. The control unit adjusts a voltage setting of at least one input received by the dynamic comparator when the detection result indicates that the comparator offset is deviated from the target offset setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Publication number: 20140077984
    Abstract: A delta-sigma modulator has a delta-sigma modulation loop and a plurality of excess loop delay (ELD) adjustment circuits. The delta-sigma modulation loop converts an analog input into a digital output. The ELD adjustment circuits perform different ELD adjustments according to the digital output for jointly adjusting an ELD of the delta-sigma modulation loop. Besides, a delta-sigma modulation method includes at least the following steps: converting an analog input into a digital output through a delta-sigma modulation loop; and employing different ELD adjustment schemes for jointly adjusting an ELD of the delta-sigma modulation loop according to the digital output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Publication number: 20140070969
    Abstract: A delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (?? ADC) has a delta-sigma modulator, a decimation filter and an error suppression circuit. The delta-sigma modulator receives an analog input, and converts the analog input into a first digital output. The decimation filter is coupled to the delta-sigma modulator, and generates a second digital output according to the first digital output. The error suppression circuit is coupled to the decimation filter, and receives an error input and injects an error output into the second digital output according to the error input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang Shu
  • Publication number: 20130300593
    Abstract: A comparison circuit is provided and includes first and second comparators and a first time-to-digital comparator. The first comparator with a first offset voltage receives an input signal and generates a first comparison signal and a first inverse comparison signal. The second comparator receives the input signal and generates a second comparison signal and a second inverse comparison signal. The first offset voltage is larger than the second offset voltage. The first time-to-digital comparator receives the first comparison signal and the second inverse comparison signal and generates first and second determination signals according to the first comparison signal and the second inverse comparison signal. The first and second determination signals indicate whether a voltage of the input signal is larger than a first middle voltage. The first middle voltage is equal to a half of the sum of the first offset voltage and the second offset voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Yun-Shiang SHU