Patents by Inventor ZUOHUI PENG

ZUOHUI PENG 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: 11910312
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for a WiFi module and system of the same. The method including: determining whether a specific process is a high-power consumption event; and when the specific process is determined as the high-power consumption event, performing a time-divisional operation upon the specific process. The present application further provides another method for a WiFi module, including: determining whether a specific process is a high-power consumption event; and when the specific process is determined as the high-power consumption event, estimating a first power consumption request information and transmitting the information to a control module of a local end; and receiving a first response corresponding to the first power consumption request information from the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhaoming Li, Mengzhou Shen, Zuohui Peng, Guofeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240031920
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an extension method, applied in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprises a wireless access point and a plurality of stations, to which the wireless access point is connected, wherein the following steps are performed by the wireless communication system: the wireless access point generating a trigger frame according to a self-defined user information; the wireless access point broadcasting the trigger frame to the plurality of stations through a wireless channel; the plurality of stations receiving the trigger frame and then sending an information frame to the wireless access point; wherein, the self-defined user information comprises a default state command, by which existing in the self-defined user information, there would be not necessary to wait for subsequent information frames for time saving and energy conserving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: YiDong HE, ZhaoMing LI, ZuoHui PENG
  • Publication number: 20240015821
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for switching pairing in a mesh network system, including: selecting, by a network node, a new parent node; generating and sending, by the network node, a pairing change request packet to the new parent node when the new parent node is not an access point; adding, by the new parent node, MAC addresses of the network node and its descendant nodes to a refugee table when determining that it can provide relay services; returning, by the new parent node, a first pairing approval packet to the network node when the new parent node is a root node; forwarding, by the new parent node, the pairing change request packet upstream when the new parent node is not the root node; wherein pairing switching is successful if the network node receives the first pairing approval packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: ZhaoMing LI, ZuoHui PENG
  • Publication number: 20240015585
    Abstract: Disclosed is a data transmission method, including: generating a packet by a station, wherein a sending address of the packet is a MAC address of the station and a receiving address of the packet is a MAC address of an access point; changing the receiving address of the packet to a MAC address of its parent node by the station, and then sending the packet; transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) frame by a relay node that receives the packet, changing the receiving address of the packet to a MAC address of its parent node, and then forwarding the packet uplink until the packet is forwarded to the access point; and transmitting an ACK frame by the access point after receiving the packet, parsing the packet, and determining that it receives data from the station based on the sending address of the packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: ZhaoMing LI, ZuoHui PENG
  • Publication number: 20230232332
    Abstract: A method of a communication circuit includes: using an analog circuit to receive and process a beacon signal transmitted from an antenna unit and through a channel to generate a baseband signal; using a digital circuit to process the baseband signal; during a predetermined early reception period corresponding to the beacon signal sent from a base station, waking up the analog circuit and at least one portion of the digital circuit to detect the signal power strength of the channel; and, determining whether make the analog circuit and the digital circuit enter a standby mode to save power according to the signal power strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: LIHUA WANG, MINGZHI GUO, Zuohui Peng
  • Patent number: 11609268
    Abstract: A debug system includes a chip to be tested and a debug controller. The chip to be tested includes a circuit to be tested, a debug access circuit and a debug protection circuit. When a protection function is not enabled, the debug protection circuit enables a communication between the debug access circuit and the chip to be tested, the debug controller accesses the data of the chip to be tested via the debug access circuit for debugging the circuit to be tested. When the protection function is enabled, the debug protection circuit blocks the communication between the debug access circuit and the chip to be tested, the debug controller transmits a message to the debug protection circuit via the debug access circuit, and the debug protection circuit determines whether to disable the protection function according to the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Jieyu Wang, Zhaoming Li, Zuohui Peng
  • Publication number: 20230007588
    Abstract: The application proposes a method for wireless data reception and a wireless device, adaptable for the wireless device to receive data from an access point. Firstly, a transceiver of the wireless device is switched on at the target beacon transmission time. Thereafter, a first portion of a beacon is received, wherein a length of the first portion is less than a complete length of the entire beacon, and the first portion comprises a time stamp and a TIM. Finally, it is determined whether a data packet needs to be received according to the TIM. If it is determined that there is no data packet to receive, the transceiver of the wireless device is switched off without completing the reception of the entire beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: ZhaoMing LI, ZuoHui PENG
  • Patent number: 11416219
    Abstract: Disclosed is a true random number generator and a method for generating a true random number. The true random number generator includes a sampling circuit and a random number generating circuit. The sampling circuit is configured to sample N voltage(s) of N capacitors according to a clock signal and thereby generate N sample value(s), in which the N is a positive integer. The random number generating circuit is configured to generate a random number according to at least a part of the N sample value(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huye Fu, Tianyi Zhu, Zuohui Peng, Fengqiao Ye, Yuxiang Qi
  • Patent number: 11382041
    Abstract: A method for dynamically adjusting wake-up time for a communication device includes: estimating a timing error for each reception in a first phase and determining a first basic correction value according to the timing errors obtained in the first phase, estimating a timing error for each reception in a second phase, updating a second basic correction value according to a trend of the timing errors and determining a first timing correction value according to the timing errors obtained in the second phase, and estimating a timing error for each reception in a third phase, updating a third basic correction value according to a trend of the timing errors recently obtained, and updating the wake-up time in the third phase according to the first timing correction value and the third basic correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Zhibin Liu, Jiehong Yu, Zuohui Peng
  • Patent number: 11372558
    Abstract: The present invention provides a circuitry including a processor, a one-time programmable memory and an access control circuit. The one-time programmable memory includes a first area and a first access control data, wherein the first access control data is used to indicate whether the first area can be written or read by the processor. When the processor writes or reads the first area through the access control circuit, the access control circuit determines whether to write or read the first area according to the first access control data, and the access control circuit determines what kind of data for sending back to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Zhaoming Li, Jieyu Wang, Zuohui Peng
  • Publication number: 20220170985
    Abstract: A debug system includes a chip to be tested and a debug controller. The chip to be tested includes a circuit to be tested, a debug access circuit and a debug protection circuit. When a protection function is not enabled, the debug protection circuit enables a communication between the debug access circuit and the chip to be tested, the debug controller accesses the data of the chip to be tested via the debug access circuit for debugging the circuit to be tested. When the protection function is enabled, the debug protection circuit blocks the communication between the debug access circuit and the chip to be tested, the debug controller transmits a message to the debug protection circuit via the debug access circuit, and the debug protection circuit determines whether to disable the protection function according to the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Jieyu Wang, Zhaoming Li, Zuohui Peng
  • Patent number: 11249931
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pin multiplexer including a multiplexing circuit, a control circuit and a detecting circuit. The multiplexing circuit includes a first port, a second port and a third port, wherein the first port, the second port and the third port are coupled to a first device, a second device and a third device, respectively. The control circuit is configured to control the multiplexing circuit to operate in a first mode or a second mode, wherein when the multiplexing circuit operates in the first mode, the first port is coupled the second port; and when the multiplexing circuit operates in the second mode, the first port is coupled to the third port. When operating in the second mode, the detecting circuit detects a signal of the first port to generate a detection result for dynamically switching the data transmission direction between the third device and the first device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Li Tong, Zuohui Peng
  • Publication number: 20210342076
    Abstract: The present invention provides a circuitry including a processor, a one-time programmable memory and an access control circuit. The one-time programmable memory includes a first area and a first access control data, wherein the first access control data is used to indicate whether the first area can be written or read by the processor. When the processor writes or reads the first area through the access control circuit, the access control circuit determines whether to write or read the first area according to the first access control data, and the access control circuit determines what kind of data for sending back to the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: ZHAOMING LI, JIEYU WANG, Zuohui Peng
  • Publication number: 20210334381
    Abstract: A method capable of securely storing and loading firmware includes: dividing operating system environment into a secure world and a non-secure world wherein the secure world includes read-only memory and one-time programmable circuit configured within electronic device while non-secure world includes flash memory externally coupled to electronic device; reset handler of read-only memory performs boot up when system is powered up and is used to load initialization program code; using specific initialization program code to initialize decryption engine; obtaining key from one-time programmable circuit and loading key to configure decryption engine; reading cipher text of firmware from flash memory; decrypting cipher text of firmware to generate plain text of firmware; and determining whether secure boot procedure successfully completes according to cipher text and plain text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: TIANYI ZHU, ZHAOMING LI, Zuohui Peng
  • Publication number: 20210337478
    Abstract: A method for dynamically adjusting wake-up time for a communication device includes: estimating a timing error for each reception in a first phase and determining a first basic correction value according to the timing errors obtained in the first phase, estimating a timing error for each reception in a second phase, updating a second basic correction value according to a trend of the timing errors and determining a first timing correction value according to the timing errors obtained in the second phase, and estimating a timing error for each reception in a third phase, updating a third basic correction value according to a trend of the timing errors recently obtained, and updating the wake-up time in the third phase according to the first timing correction value and the third basic correction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: ZHIBIN LIU, JIEHONG YU, Zuohui Peng
  • Publication number: 20210314861
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for a WiFi module and system of the same. The method including: determining whether a specific process is a high-power consumption event; and when the specific process is determined as the high-power consumption event, performing a time-divisional operation upon the specific process. The present application further provides another method for a WiFi module, including: determining whether a specific process is a high-power consumption event; and when the specific process is determined as the high-power consumption event, estimating a first power consumption request information and transmitting the information to a control module of a local end; and receiving a first response corresponding to the first power consumption request information from the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: ZHAOMING LI, MENGZHOU SHEN, ZUOHUI PENG, GUOFENG ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11039396
    Abstract: A communication method includes the following steps: acquiring a data rate of a data packet; setting a clock frequency of at least one component disposed along a data transmitting path or a data receiving path of a communication system according to the data rate of the data packet, and processing the data packet after the clock frequency of the at least one component disposed along the data transmitting path or the data receiving path of the communication system is set. When the data packet has a higher data rate, the clock frequency of the at least one component is set to a higher clock frequency. When the data packet has a lower data rate, the clock frequency of the at least one component is set to a lower clock frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventors: Zuohui Peng, Qin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10996801
    Abstract: Disclosed is a capacitive touch detecting device including a sampler circuit and a detection-and-calibration circuit. The sampler circuit executes the following steps: charging a capacitor when the level of a clock signal is high, wherein the capacitor's capacitance is a first capacitance provided a touch event occurs and is a second capacitance provided the touch event doesn't occur, the first capacitance is greater than the second capacitance and related to a parasitic capacitance and a touch capacitance, and the second capacitance is unrelated to the touch capacitance; sampling a voltage determined by the capacitor during the level transition of the clock signal to generate a sample value; and discharging the capacitor when the level of the clock signal is low. The detection-and-calibration circuit determines whether the touch event occurs and whether at least one parameter needs to be updated according to the sample value and at least one parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huye Fu, Jian Dong, Zuohui Peng, Yuxiang Qi, Fengqiao Ye
  • Patent number: 10969856
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wireless communication circuit is provided, wherein the wireless communication circuit is positioned in a first electronic device, and the method includes the steps of: obtaining parameters of each of a plurality of channels of the wireless communication circuit, and storing the parameters of each channel into a first storage device of the wireless communication circuit, wherein the plurality of channels are capable of being used for communications between the first electronic device and a second electronic device; using at least one specific channel of the plurality of channels to communicate with the second electronic device; and when the wireless communication circuit enters a power saving mode, retaining the parameters of the at least one specific channel, and removing at least a portion of the parameters of the other channels from the first storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventor: Zuohui Peng
  • Patent number: 10959177
    Abstract: An energy detection method includes the following steps: controlling a communication device to enter a sleep mode during a first time interval; intermittently turning on and turning off a part of receiving functions of the communication device during a second time interval, in which the second time interval is after the first time interval, and when the part of receiving functions of the communication device are turned on, the communication device is controlled to receive a signal; and determining if a beacon signal is present according to energy of the signal received by the communication device. The first time interval and the second time interval form a detection period. First average power consumption of the communication device during the second time interval is smaller than second average power consumption of the communication device, in which the second average power consumption corresponds to enabling all receiving functions of the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
    Inventor: Zuohui Peng