Patents by Inventor ZHIGANG LIANG
ZHIGANG LIANG 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).
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Publication number: 20240363603Abstract: A semiconductor package structure includes a first redistribution layer, a capacitor structure, and a second redistribution layer. The capacitor structure is disposed over the first redistribution layer and includes a semiconductor substrate, a first capacitor cell, a second capacitor cell, and a through via. The first capacitor cell and the second capacitor cell are disposed over the semiconductor substrate and separated by a first scribe line region. The through via is disposed in the first scribe line region. The second redistribution layer is disposed over the capacitor structure and is electrically coupled to the first redistribution layer through the through via.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Chang LIANG, Zhigang DUAN, Jubao ZHANG
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Publication number: 20240363568Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a first capacitor, a first conductive via, a second conductive via, a second capacitor, a first conductive pad, and a second conductive pad. The first capacitor is disposed over the semiconductor substrate. The first conductive via is disposed over the first capacitor. The second conductive via is bonded to the first conductive via. The second capacitor is disposed over the second conductive via. The first conductive pad and the second conductive pad are disposed over the second capacitor and are electrically coupled to the first capacitor and the second capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2024Publication date: October 31, 2024Inventors: Zhigang DUAN, Chang LIANG, Jubao ZHANG
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Patent number: 12113857Abstract: A blockchain-based data processing method, device, and a computer-readable storage medium are provided. A first resource acquisition request of an object identification is transmitted for a target virtual resource to a blockchain network to make the blockchain network query a target ticket identification associated with the object identification and the target virtual resource based on the first resource acquisition request. Metadata is acquired having a binding relationship with the target ticket identification. The target ticket identification is used for characterizing that the object identification has ownership of the target virtual resource. The target virtual resource is acquired according to the metadata returned by the blockchain network. The target virtual resource is controlled to perform an interaction output in response to a triggering operation for interacting with the target virtual resource.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Rui Guo, Hu Lan, Zongyou Wang, Yang Lu, Jun Liang, Chaojie Qi, Yang Mo, Yifang Shi, Hui Zhang, Zimin Chen, Guihong Huang, Zuodong Liang, Bo Qin, Lisen Li, Yubin Song, Yongjing Li, Chao Wang, Ming Liu, Tao Fan, Yongjia Xue, Shitao Xu, Shihao She, Gengliang Zhu, Zhigang Lu
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Publication number: 20240288487Abstract: A semiconductor structure is provided. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor wafer and a test structure. The semiconductor wafer has a substrate having a scribe line area and die areas. The die areas are separated by the scribe line area. The test structure is disposed in the scribe line area. The test structure includes an isolation feature, a first transistor test device, a second transistor test device. The isolation feature is located in the substrate. The first transistor test device and the second transistor test device are disposed on opposite sides of the isolation feature. Channels of the first transistor test device and the second transistor test device have the same conductivity type. A first gate electrode of the first transistor test device and a second gate electrode of the second transistor test device have opposite conductivity types.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2024Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Jubao ZHANG, Zhigang DUAN, Chang LIANG, Lian DUAN
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Publication number: 20240204682Abstract: When a voltage phase of an ith-phase rectifier circuit of the three-phase rectifier circuit precedes a current phase of the ith-phase rectifier circuit by a first angle, the controller controls a switch of the ith-phase rectifier circuit to be turned on within a second angle after a voltage of the ith-phase rectifier circuit reaches a zero crossing point, where the second angle is greater than or equal to the first angle; and when the current phase of the ith-phase rectifier circuit of the three-phase rectifier circuit precedes the voltage phase of the ith-phase rectifier circuit by the first angle, the controller controls the switch of the ith-phase rectifier circuit to be turned on within a third angle before the voltage of the ith-phase rectifier circuit reaches the zero crossing point, where the third angle is greater than or equal to the first angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2024Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhigang LIANG, Yuandong MENG, Tao ZENG, Lixia ZOU, Chao YAN
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Publication number: 20240128778Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may include a device with an input power component, a system supply component, an inductive charger component operatively coupled to the input component and the system component, and a direct charger component operatively coupled to the inductive charger and the system component. Exemplary embodiments may further include an input node of the inductive charger component and an input node of the direct charger component operatively coupled to an output node of the input power component at a first device node. Exemplary embodiments may also include a method of receiving an input power signal, obtaining a charging condition, entering a first charging state, in accordance with the obtained charging condition satisfying a first charging condition, and entering a second charging state, in accordance with the obtained charging condition satisfying a second charging condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Zhigang LIANG, Mehul SHAH, Sungkeun LIM, Ryan FORAN
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Patent number: 11939679Abstract: The invention discloses a method for preparing an anticorrosive surface layer of a metal material in a marine environment by laser, which belongs to the technical field of laser processing. First, the laser cladding method is used to prepare a cladding surface layer on the surface of the metal material that is not easy to undergo chemical substitution reaction with the chlorides (NaCl, MgCl2 , CaCl2 etc.) in the seawater. Then, on the surface of the cladding surface layer, ultrafast laser processing is used to form a surface layer with a wetting angle (and water) greater than 90 degrees and with hydrophobic characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Wenqing Shi, Fenju An, Jiang Huang, Yuping Xie, Zhanxia Wu, Zhigang Liang, Jinming Zhan, Jinyu Huang, Yi Ba
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Patent number: 11888338Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may include a device with an input power component, a system supply component, an inductive charger component operatively coupled to the input component and the system component, and a direct charger component operatively coupled to the inductive charger and the system component. Exemplary embodiments may further include an input node of the inductive charger component and an input node of the direct charger component operatively coupled to an output node of the input power component at a first device node. Exemplary embodiments may also include a method of receiving an input power signal, obtaining a charging condition, entering a first charging state, in accordance with the obtained charging condition satisfying a first charging condition, and entering a second charging state, in accordance with the obtained charging condition satisfying a second charging condition.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Zhigang Liang, Mehul Shah, Sungkeun Lim, Ryan Foran
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Patent number: 11689042Abstract: Example implementations include obtaining charging power from a power source, obtaining a charging command, activating a trickle current to a battery, entering a first charging state in response to a condition that a voltage of the battery does not satisfy a deep discharge threshold, and entering a second charging state in response to a condition that a voltage of the battery satisfies a deep discharge threshold. Example implementations can further include supplying the trickle current in a burst to the battery in response to a condition that the voltage of the battery does not satisfy a fuel gauge threshold, upon entering the second charging state. Example implementations can further include supplying the trickle current continuously to the battery in response to a condition that the voltage of the battery satisfies the fuel gauge threshold, upon entering the second charging state.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Zhigang Liang, Byongho Park, Mehul Shah
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Patent number: 11616383Abstract: Example implementations include a method of obtaining an input voltage of a power converter circuit and a system voltage of the power converter circuit, obtaining a voltage rate gain based on an aggregate inductance of the power converter circuit, and in accordance with a determination that the input voltage and the system voltage are not equal, generating a rate offset voltage based on the voltage rate gain and the system voltage difference.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Yang Li, Sungkeun Lim, Zhigang Liang
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Patent number: 11596706Abstract: An ultraviolet air sterilizer for disinfecting bacterium and virus includes a shell, a sandwich activated carbon cloth filter element, a nanometer titanium dioxide screen filter, an ultraviolet light source, a heat sinking kit, and a fan. The shell includes a shell body and a cover plate. The shell body is provided with an air inlet and an opening. The cover plate is provided with an air outlet. The sandwich activated carbon cloth filter element, the nanometer titanium dioxide screen filter, the heat sinking kit and the fan are arranged sequentially along an air path from the air inlet to the air outlet. The ultraviolet light source is configured for emitting ultraviolet light to the nanometer titanium dioxide screen filter. The air sterilizer has a compact small-sized structure and effectively removes ambient gaseous as well as particulate pollutants and kills micro-organisms harmful to health and well being.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: MICROCOOL ENTERPRISE INCInventors: Zhigang Liang, Bing Li
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Publication number: 20220402581Abstract: The invention discloses a method for preparing an anticorrosive surface layer of a metal material in a marine environment by laser, which belongs to the technical field of laser processing. First, the laser cladding method is used to prepare a cladding surface layer on the surface of the metal material that is not easy to undergo chemical substitution reaction with the chlorides (NaCl, MgCl2 , CaCl2 etc.) in the seawater. Then, on the surface of the cladding surface layer, ultrafast laser processing is used to form a surface layer with a wetting angle (and water) greater than 90 degrees and with hydrophobic characteristics. The anti-corrosion surface layer obtained by the invention has hydrophobic properties, the high humidity and high salt water vapor and marine organisms in the marine environment are not easy to adhere, and the anti-corrosion surface layer is stable in salt water resistance, and is not easy to undergo chemical substitution reaction with chlorides in seawater (NaCl, MgCl2 , CaCl2 etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Wenging Shi, Fenju An, Jiang Huang, Yuping Xie, Zhanxia Wu, Zhigang Liang, Jinming Zhan, Jinyu Huang, Yi Ba
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Patent number: 11511006Abstract: A LED ultraviolet germicidal lamp includes a bracket, a power box, a driving light source, a heat sink, an ultraviolet light source, a lampshade, a quartz glass, a catalyst gauze, and a lamp frame. The bracket is connected to the heat sink, and the power box and the driving light source are provided in the bracket in sequence from outside to inside. The driving light source is provided in the power box and is connected to the power box by bolts. The heat sink is connected to the power box and is provided at a lower end of the power box. Titanium dioxide is used as the catalyst and is catalyzed by the UVC light source. Hydroxyl radicals produced when nanoscale titanium dioxide catalyst gauze is exposed to the UVC light source destroy bacteria and viruses.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: MICROCOOL ENTERPRISE INCInventors: Zhigang Liang, Bing Li
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Publication number: 20220224124Abstract: Systems and methods for balancing a pair of battery cells are described. A controller can determine a voltage difference based on a first voltage of a first battery cell and a second voltage of a second battery cell. The controller can determine a current difference between current of an inductor and a current limit of the inductor, where the inductor can be connected to a node between the first and second battery cells. The controller can identify at least one switching elements among a plurality of switching elements based on the voltage difference and the current difference. The controller can activate the identified switching elements to perform battery cell balancing between the first battery cell and the second battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Zhigang Liang, Jia Wei, John H. Carpenter, Jr., Masaya Emi
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Publication number: 20220052534Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may include a device with an input power component, a system supply component, an inductive charger component operatively coupled to the input component and the system component, and a direct charger component operatively coupled to the inductive charger and the system component. Exemplary embodiments may further include an input node of the inductive charger component and an input node of the direct charger component operatively coupled to an output node of the input power component at a first device node. Exemplary embodiments may also include a method of receiving an input power signal, obtaining a charging condition, entering a first charging state, in accordance with the obtained charging condition satisfying a first charging condition, and entering a second charging state, in accordance with the obtained charging condition satisfying a second charging condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Zhigang LIANG, Mehul SHAH, Sungkeun LIM, Ryan FORAN
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Patent number: 11243551Abstract: Exemplary implementations include dynamically compensating a system voltage by determining an actual load current based on a sense voltage across a sense resistor and a resistance of the sense resistor, the sense resistor being operatively coupled to a system node, generating a gain current based on the actual load current and a predetermined load current, determining a gain voltage based on a system gain and the gain current, and generating a compensation voltage based on a predetermined system voltage at a system node, an actual system voltage at the system node, and the gain voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Zhigang Liang, Qian Sun, Bin Li
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Publication number: 20210283296Abstract: An ultraviolet air sterilizer for disinfecting bacterium and virus includes a shell, a sandwich activated carbon cloth filter element, a nanometer titanium dioxide screen filter, an ultraviolet light source, a heat sinking kit, and a fan. The shell includes a shell body and a cover plate. The shell body is provided with an air inlet and an opening. The cover plate is provided with an air outlet. The sandwich activated carbon cloth filter element, the nanometer titanium dioxide screen filter, the heat sinking kit and the fan are arranged sequentially along an air path from the air inlet to the air outlet. The ultraviolet light source is configured for emitting ultraviolet light to the nanometer titanium dioxide screen filter. The air sterilizer has a compact small-sized structure and effectively removes ambient gaseous as well as particulate pollutants and kills micro-organisms harmful to health and well being.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: MICROCOOL ENTERPRISE INCInventors: Zhigang LIANG, Bing LI
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Publication number: 20210275701Abstract: A LED ultraviolet germicidal lamp includes a bracket, a power box, a driving light source, a heat sink, an ultraviolet light source, a lampshade, a quartz glass, a catalyst gauze, and a lamp frame. The bracket is connected to the heat sink, and the power box and the driving light source are provided in the bracket in sequence from outside to inside. The driving light source is provided in the power box and is connected to the power box by bolts. The heat sink is connected to the power box and is provided at a lower end of the power box. Titanium dioxide is used as the catalyst and is catalyzed by the UVC light source. Hydroxyl radicals produced when nanoscale titanium dioxide catalyst gauze is exposed to the UVC light source destroy bacteria and viruses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: MICROCOOL ENTERPRISE INCInventors: Zhigang LIANG, Bing LI
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Publication number: 20210175734Abstract: Example implementations include a method of obtaining an input voltage of a power converter circuit and a system voltage of the power converter circuit, obtaining a voltage rate gain based on an aggregate inductance of the power converter circuit, and in accordance with a determination that the input voltage and the system voltage are not equal, generating a rate offset voltage based on the voltage rate gain and the system voltage difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Yang LI, Sungkeun LIM, Zhigang LIANG
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Publication number: 20210119467Abstract: Example implementations include obtaining charging power from a power source, obtaining a charging command, activating a trickle current to a battery, entering a first charging state in response to a condition that a voltage of the battery does not satisfy a deep discharge threshold, and entering a second charging state in response to a condition that a voltage of the battery satisfies a deep discharge threshold. Example implementations can further include supplying the trickle current in a burst to the battery in response to a condition that the voltage of the battery does not satisfy a fuel gauge threshold, upon entering the second charging state. Example implementations can further include supplying the trickle current continuously to the battery in response to a condition that the voltage of the battery satisfies the fuel gauge threshold, upon entering the second charging state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Renesas Electronics America Inc.Inventors: Zhigang LIANG, Byongho PARK, Mehul SHAH