Patents by Inventor Zhaoqi Mao

Zhaoqi Mao 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: 11368096
    Abstract: A control method includes the steps of: setting first control periods of a switching transistor group, the first control periods including operating periods in the first driving mode and operating periods in the second driving mode; setting an output voltage and a K value in a directly proportional relationship, wherein the K value is the ratio of the number of the operating periods in the second driving mode to the number of the operating periods in the first driving mode; receiving the output voltage, and determining a K value corresponding to the existing output voltage according to the set relationship between the output voltage and the K value; and outputting a driving signal group of the switching transistor group according to the number of the operating periods in the first driving mode and the number of the operating periods in the second driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Inventor: Zhaoqi Mao
  • Publication number: 20210367522
    Abstract: A control method includes the steps of: setting first control periods of a switching transistor group, the first control periods including operating periods in the first driving mode and operating periods in the second driving mode; setting an output voltage and a K value in a directly proportional relationship, wherein the K value is the ratio of the number of the operating periods in the second driving mode to the number of the operating periods in the first driving mode; receiving the output voltage, and determining a K value corresponding to the existing output voltage according to the set relationship between the output voltage and the K value; and outputting a driving signal group of the switching transistor group according to the number of the operating periods in the first driving mode and the number of the operating periods in the second driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Zhaoqi MAO
  • Patent number: 8537584
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light load control circuit and the method accordingly where the synchronous rectification is latched off when the light load condition is detected for several successive cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuancheng Ren, Junming Zhang, Lei Miao, Zhaoqi Mao
  • Patent number: 8400790
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light load control circuit and the method accordingly where the synchronous rectification is latched off selectively according to the gate voltage of the synchronous rectifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Junming Zhang, Yuancheng Ren, Lei Miao, Zhaoqi Mao
  • Patent number: 8102680
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a smart driving method for a secondary synchronous rectifier of an isolated converter and its apparatus thereof. The apparatus comprises: a main circuit having a secondary synchronous rectifier Q1; a differentiation filter circuit, filtering the drain-source voltage Vds of the secondary synchronous rectifier, comprising a capacitor and at least one resistor connected in series and outputting a filtered voltage Vf from either between said capacitor and said at least one resistor or between said at least one resistor; a smart driver, receiving Vf and Vds and putting out a driving signal to the gate of the secondary synchronous rectifier. The control approach is fulfilled by comparing Vds to a reference voltage Vthr2 and comparing the absolute value of Vf to another reference voltage Vthr3. When Vds<Vthr2 and |Vf|>Vthr3, Q1 is turned on. When Vds>Vthr1, Q1 is turned off, where Vthr1 is a predetermined reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuancheng Ren, Junming Zhang, Lei Miao, Zhaoqi Mao
  • Publication number: 20110012538
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light load control circuit and the method accordingly where the synchronous rectification is latched off when the light load condition is detected for several successive cycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Yuancheng Ren, Junming Zhang, Lei Miao, Zhaoqi Mao
  • Publication number: 20110006706
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a light load control circuit and the method accordingly where the synchronous rectification is latched off selectively according to the gate voltage of the synchronous rectifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Junming Zhang, Yuancheng Ren, Lei Miao, Zhaoqi Mao
  • Publication number: 20090273951
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a smart driving method for a secondary synchronous rectifier of an isolated converter and its apparatus thereof. The apparatus comprises: a main circuit having a secondary synchronous rectifier Q1; a differentiation filter circuit, filtering the drain-source voltage Vds of the secondary synchronous rectifier, comprising a capacitor and at least one resistor connected in series and outputting a filtered voltage Vf from either between said capacitor and said at least one resistor or between said at least one resistor; a smart driver, receiving Vf and Vds and putting out a driving signal to the gate of the secondary synchronous rectifier. The control approach is fulfilled by comparing Vds to a reference voltage Vthr2 and comparing the absolute value of Vf to another reference voltage Vthr3. When Vds<Vthr2 and |Vf|>Vthr3, Q1 is turned on. When Vds>Vthr1, Q1 is turned off, where Vthr1 is a predetermined reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Yuancheng Ren, Junming Zhang, Lei Miao, Zhaoqi Mao