Patents by Inventor Zongyu Dong

Zongyu Dong 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: 10461768
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The DAC generally includes a plurality of transistors selectively coupled to an output of the DAC, and a biasing circuit coupled to gates of the plurality of transistors. The biasing circuit may include a first transistor having a gate coupled to a drain of the first transistor, a first buffer having an input coupled to the gate of the first transistor, a second transistor having a gate coupled to an output of the first buffer, a first resistive-capacitive (RC) circuit having a first resistive element and a first capacitive element, the first RC circuit being coupled between the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor, and a first switch coupled between the first resistive element and the first capacitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Zongyu Dong, Andrew Weil, Dongwon Seo
  • Patent number: 10447212
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a reference voltage circuit having a bandgap input and a reference voltage output. The apparatus also includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) coupled to the reference voltage output and having a digital signal input. The apparatus includes an amplifier having a first input coupled to an output of the DAC. The first input is coupled to an output of the amplifier via a feedback resistor. The apparatus includes a resistor coupled to the reference voltage output and having a body terminal coupled to the output of the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arash Mehrabi, Zongyu Dong, Vijayakumar Dhanasekaran, Dongyang Tang, Chien-Chung Yang
  • Publication number: 20190294295
    Abstract: A touchscreen controller includes a set of transmitters for generating transmit signals applied to electrically-conductive transmit lines of a touchscreen panel, and a set of receivers configured to receive the signals via electrically-conductive receive lines that are capacitively coupled to the transmit lines. Each receiver includes an integrator to integrate the received current signal to generate an output voltage used for determining a location, if any, of a finger or object touching the panel. The integrator includes input and output amplification stages, and a feedback capacitor coupled between an input and output of the cascaded amplification stages. The capacitance of the feedback capacitor is configured so that the integrator achieves a desired rejection of a received jammer current signal. To reduce the size of the feedback capacitor, a bypass amplification stage is provided to steer away some of the input jammer current from the input of the integrator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Zongyu Dong, Sameer Wadhwa, Shunxi Wang
  • Publication number: 20180269839
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a reference voltage circuit having a bandgap input and a reference voltage output. The apparatus also includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) coupled to the reference voltage output and having a digital signal input. The apparatus includes an amplifier having a first input coupled to an output of the DAC. The first input is coupled to an output of the amplifier via a feedback resistor. The apparatus includes a resistor coupled to the reference voltage output and having a body terminal coupled to the output of the amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Arash Mehrabi, Zongyu Dong, Vijayakumar Dhanasekaran, Dongyang Tang, Chien-Chung Yang
  • Patent number: 9998077
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an amplifier having a first input and a second input. A first feedback resistor is coupled to the first input and has a first body terminal coupled to a first bias terminal. A second feedback resistor is coupled to the second input and has a second body terminal coupled to a second bias terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Arash Mehrabi, Zongyu Dong, Vijayakumar Dhanasekaran, Dongyang Tang, Chien-Chung Yang
  • Publication number: 20170187336
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an amplifier having a first input and a second input. A first feedback resistor is coupled to the first input and has a first body terminal coupled to a first bias terminal. A second feedback resistor is coupled to the second input and has a second body terminal coupled to a second bias terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Arash Mehrabi, Zongyu Dong, Vijayakumar Dhanasekaran, Dongyang Tang, Chien-Chung Yang
  • Publication number: 20170040952
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and circuits for providing low-noise amplification with input common mode voltage following are disclosed. A circuit includes: an amplifier configured to receive a voltage input having an input common mode voltage and configured to generate a differential voltage output having an output common mode voltage; a feedback circuit in communication with the amplifier, the feedback circuit configured to receive the input common mode voltage and the differential voltage output and to generate a feedback voltage in response to the input common mode voltage and the differential voltage output; and an adjustable current source of the amplifier configured to receive the feedback voltage and to adjust a tail current of the amplifier in response to the feedback voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Zongyu Dong, Matthew David Sienko, Vijayakumar Dhanasekaran, Mayur Kantharaj Siddanna, Wenchang Huang