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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150153405 | AUTOMATIC TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention discloses an automatic testing system. The automatic testing system includes a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a processor. The FPGA is preprogrammed with a digital signal protocol for testing a DUT. The FPGA generates a digital testing signal in compliance with the digital signal protocol and transmits the digital testing signal to the DUT. The FPGA receives a digital signal output generated by the DUT, analyzes the digital output signal based on the digital signal protocol and obtains a digital test result. The DAC converter generates an analog testing signal to the DUT such that the DUT generates an analog signal output. The ADC measures the analog signal output and gets an analog test result. The processor receives the digital and analog test results and determines whether the functions of the DUT are correct or not. | 06-04-2015 |
20150109065 | RELAXATION OSCILLATOR - A relaxation oscillator includes a first amplifier having a first input terminal receiving an output voltage signal, a second input terminal receiving a reference voltage signal, and an output terminal comparing the output voltage signal and the reference voltage signal and in response thereto outputting a control signal; a second amplifier having a first input terminal receiving the output voltage signal, a second input terminal connected to the output terminal of the first amplifier for receiving the control signal, and an output terminal connected to the first input terminal of the first amplifier and the first input terminal of the second amplifier for comparing the control signal and the output voltage signal and in response thereto outputting the output voltage signal; and a sensing capacitor for generating the output voltage signal by charging/discharging operations by the output terminal of the second amplifier. | 04-23-2015 |
20140363023 | GAIN CONTROLLING SYSTEM, SOUND PLAYBACK SYSTEM, AND GAIN CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A gain controlling system, a sound playback system, and a gain controlling method thereof are disclosed. The gain controlling system includes a main gain control unit, a sub gain control unit, and a logic control unit. The main gain control unit has a first step-by-step adjusting magnitude; the sub gain control unit has a second step-by-step adjusting magnitude; wherein the second step-by-step adjusting magnitude is smaller than the first step-by-step adjusting magnitude. The logic control unit is used for controlling the main and the sub gain control unit to transform an analog signal into a converted signal according to an adjustment command signal and further determining whether an adjusting magnitude required by the adjustment command signal is larger than a maximum gain range of the sub gain control unit. If yes, the logic control unit controls the main control unit and the sub gain control unit repeatedly. | 12-11-2014 |
20140355157 | Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection Circuit with EOS and Latch-Up Immunity - An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit with electrical overstress (EOS) and latch-up immunity has a main ESD circuit, a voltage detection circuit and an electrostatic driving circuit. The main ESD circuit is coupled between a first rail and a second rail and has a control end. The main ESD circuit is configured to establish an electrical connection between the first rail and the second rail based on a voltage of the control end. The voltage detection circuit is coupled between the first rail and the second rail for setting the voltage of the control end when a voltage of the first rail is greater than a limiting voltage. The electrostatic driving circuit is used to drive the main ESD circuit when an ESD phenomenon occurs. | 12-04-2014 |
20140292832 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - In a display control method applied to a display device including a display panel, statistics of luminance information of each row of display data is gathered and a statistical table of luminance information of each row of the display data is generated. A lookup table for each row of the display data, which defines a relationship between luminance and compensated pulse widths of each row of the display data, is generated according to the statistical table of luminance information of each row of the display data and a pulse width compensation table. Compensated display data is generated according to lookup tables of each row of the display data and the display data. Data driving signals and scan driving signals are generated according to the compensated display data. The data driving signals and the scan driving signals are outputted to the display panel to display an image. | 10-02-2014 |
20140232295 | LED DRIVING DEVICE - An LED driving device has a first constant current source circuit and a voltage control circuit. The first constant current source outputs a first constant current to a first node and the first constant current flows into a first LED module disposed between a driving node and the first node; wherein, the first constant current source circuit has a first detection node for generating a first detection signal in response to the voltage level of the first node. The voltage control circuit is coupled to the first detection node, for outputting a control signal in response to the first detection signal to a voltage regulator circuit in order to control and modulate the voltage regulator circuit to output a driving voltage to the driving node. | 08-21-2014 |
20140209689 | SMART CARD - A smart card includes a flexible printed circuit board, an electronic paper display panel, a flexible gate driver, a flexible source driver and an integrated circuit. The electronic paper display panel is disposed on the flexible printed circuited board. The flexible gate driver and the flexible source driver are formed by thin film transistors and are disposed on the electronic paper display panel. The integrated circuit is disposed on the flexible printed circuit board for providing control signals to the flexible gate driver and the flexible source driver. | 07-31-2014 |
20140184090 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUITS AND DRIVING METHODS THEREOF - A driving circuit includes a first PWM driving module and a second PWM driving module. The first PWM driving module generates a first square-wave signal to drive a first illumination unit according to a first data signal of a data stream, wherein the first square-wave represents an illumination period of the first illumination unit in a display cycle. The second PWM driving module generates a second square-wave signal to drive the second illumination unit according to a second data signal of the data stream, wherein the second square-wave signal, which has a different phase with the first square-wave signal, represents an illumination period of the second illumination unit in the display cycle. | 07-03-2014 |
20140167636 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - An LED driving method is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a brightness control signal, wherein the brightness control signal represents a duty cycle of an LED within a pulse width modulation cycle, and the duty cycle is indicated by a plurality of illuminating clocks; dividing the PWM cycle into a plurality of sub-PWM cycles; and equally distributing the illuminating clocks to each of the sub-PWM cycles. | 06-19-2014 |
20140159597 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A lighting system includes: a rectifier full-wave rectified an AC voltage to generate an output voltage; first and second LED groups connected to each other in series, wherein an input terminal of the first LED group is coupled to the output voltage; first terminals of first and second switches respectively coupled to output terminals of the first and second LED groups; a first resistor having a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first switch and the second switch and a second terminal connected to a ground voltage; and first and second operational amplifiers having output terminals respectively coupled to control terminals of the first and second switches, and inverting input terminals respectively coupled to the first terminal of the first resistor, and non-inverting input terminals respectively coupled to the first and second reference voltages. | 06-12-2014 |
20140149708 | DATA STRUCTURE PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR INTERFACE TRANSMISSION - The present invention discloses an interface transmission method including: enabling a first command string including a first sub-command to be transmitted to a storage device from a processing device during a first period; enabling a second command string including a second sub-command to be transmitted to the storage device from the processing device during a second period, wherein the first sub-command and the second sub-command constitute a command; when the command is a write command, enabling a write data string to be transmitted to the storage device from the processing device during a third period, wherein the write data string includes write data; and when the command is a read command, enabling a read data string to be transmitted to the processing device from the storage device during the third period, wherein the read data string includes read data. | 05-29-2014 |
20140139449 | TRANSMISSION INTERFACE FOR A TOUCH SYSTEM - A transmission interface for a touch system is provided. The touch system includes a micro controller and a touch device, the transmission interface comprising: a single transmission wire, connected between the micro controller and the touch device, for bi-directional transmission between the micro controller and the touch device. | 05-22-2014 |
20140139242 | TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A touch sensing circuit is provided. The touch sensing circuit includes: a touch capacitor, for being touched; a touch capacitor frequency detection unit, coupled to the touch capacitor, for detecting an output frequency from the touch capacitor; a reference frequency generation unit, for generating a reference frequency; a calculation unit, coupled to the touch capacitor frequency detection unit and the reference frequency generation unit, for calculating the variation of the difference between the output frequency from the touch capacitor and the reference frequency; and a determination unit, coupled to the calculation unit, for determining whether the touch capacitor is being touched based on whether the variation of the difference is greater than a criterion value. | 05-22-2014 |
20140132336 | TOUCH SENSING CIRCUIT AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - The present invention discloses a touch-sensing method, applied to a touch-sensing circuit, wherein the touch-sensing circuit includes a detection circuit and a comparison circuit. The touch-sensing method includes: enabling a receiving node to be coupled to a ground during a first discharge period, wherein the receiving node is coupled between the detection circuit and the comparison circuit; enabling the receiving node to obtain a first reference voltage during a first charge period; enabling the receiving node to be coupled to the ground during a second discharge period; and enabling the receiving node to obtain a second reference voltage and producing a sensing result according to the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage by the comparison circuit during a second charge period, wherein the sensing result represents whether a touch event occurs at a first node of the touch-sensing circuit. | 05-15-2014 |
20140132242 | CURRENT MIRROR CIRCUITS - A current mirror circuit, receiving an input current and outputting a plurality of mirroring currents, comprising: a first transistor, wherein a control terminal and a first terminal of the first transistor are connected to a first mirroring current of the input current; at least one second transistor, wherein a control terminal and a first terminal of the at least one second transistor are connected to the at least one second mirroring current of the input current; and a plurality of third transistors, outputting the plurality of mirroring currents from first terminals of the plurality of third transistors, wherein control terminals of the plurality of third transistors are connected to control terminals of the first transistor and the at least one second transistor. The first transistor, the at least one second transistor and the plurality of third transistors are identical. | 05-15-2014 |
20140086280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL CHIRP MODULATION - A system for dual chirp modulation includes a transmission unit, a receiving unit, and a transmission channel. A modulation module of the transmission unit is configured to receive binary data and modulate the binary data by a first dual chirp sequence and a second dual chirp sequence for generating an output signal. Then the output signal is converted from digital form to analog form by a digital to analog converter. A transmission channel is configured to receive the output signal converted to analog form, wherein the output signal converted to analog folio passes the transmission channel for generating a received signal. An analog to digital converter converts the received signal from analog form to digital form and a demodulation module demodulates the received signal with digital form, by the first dual chirp sequence and the second dial chirp sequence, for recovering the binary data. | 03-27-2014 |
20140050287 | DATA SLICER FOR REDUCING SYSTEM START-UP TIME AND RECEIVER WITH THE SAME - A receiver for reducing a system start-up time includes an antenna, an RF (Radio Frequency) circuit, a demodulation circuit, and a data slicer. The data slicer includes a filter, a comparator, a switch, and a delay generator. The filter filters a demodulated signal so as to generate a threshold level. The comparator has a positive input terminal for receiving the demodulated signal and a negative input terminal for receiving the threshold level. The comparator compares the demodulated signal with the threshold level so as to generate a digital signal. The switch is coupled between the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal. The delay generator determines whether or not to close the switch during a delay time according to an enable signal. | 02-20-2014 |
20130335143 | CLASS-D POWER AMPLIFIER CAPABLE OF REDUCING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE AND TRIANGULAR WAVE GENERATOR THEREOF - A class-D power amplifier capable of reducing electromagnetic interference includes an integrator, a triangular wave generator, a comparator, a gate driver, a feedback circuit, and an output stage circuit. The integrator is used for receiving an input signal and potential of ground, and outputting a first voltage. The comparator is used for comparing the first voltage with a triangular wave generated by the triangular wave generator to output a pulse-width modulation signal. The gate driver is used for driving the output stage circuit to output an output voltage according to the pulse-width modulation signal. Therefore, the class-D power amplifier reduces the electromagnetic interference by the triangular wave. | 12-19-2013 |
20130033319 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS AND MODULATION SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUITS THEREIN - An amplifier circuit includes a modulation signal generating circuit, a driving stage circuit and an output stage circuit. The modulation signal generating circuit generates a pair of modulation signals according to a pair of differential input signals and a pair of clock signals. The pair of clock signals includes a first clock signal and a second clock signal having a phase difference therebetween. The driving stage circuit generates a pair of driving signals according to the pair of modulation signals. The output stage circuit generates a pair of amplified output signals according to the pair of driving signals. | 02-07-2013 |
20120229207 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT AND AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT WITH BEAT FREQUENCY CANCELLATION CIRCUIT - A beat frequency cancellation circuit, for an amplifier, includes a coupling device connected between two signal processing paths of the amplifier for compensating for beat frequency effects of output signals between the signal processing paths. | 09-13-2012 |
20120187855 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM - A light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit is provided. The LED driving circuit includes: at least one LED driving module, coupled to the at least one LED series, for driving the corresponding LED series; and a voltage regulating module, coupled to the at least one LED driving module, for providing a regulation signal according to an output signal from the at least one LED driving module, wherein an input voltage of the at least one LED series is regulated according to the regulation signal. | 07-26-2012 |
20120169417 | CURRENT GENERATOR - A current generating circuit for providing one or more than one load current is provided. The current generating circuit includes: one or more than one operational amplifier, coupled to a reference voltage source, wherein each positive input end of the one or more than one operational amplifier receives the reference voltage source; | 07-05-2012 |
20120013558 | TOUCH DEVICES AND DETECTION METHODS THEREOF - A detection method for detecting a touch point on a touch panel is provided. The detection method includes: (1) providing a touch panel which is capable of being divided into even unit regions; (2) defining a plurality of unit regions as a detection region by a control unit; (3) detecting the detection region to obtain a position of the touch point in the corresponding unit region by a driving unit; (4) when the detecting is failed to obtain the position, re-defining the number of unit regions consisting of the detection region by the control unit; and (5) when the position is detected, memorizing the position into a memory unit. The number of unit regions defined in the step (4) is equal to a half of the number of unit regions defined in the step (2). | 01-19-2012 |
20100166224 | LOUDNESS CIRCUIT WITHOUT OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER - A loudness circuit without operational amplifiers is provided. The loudness circuit includes a first equivalent resistance circuit for accepting an audio signal; a second equivalent resistance circuit connected to the first equivalent resistance circuit; and a series resistor and capacitor, parallel connected with the second equivalent resistance circuit for determining zeros of the loudness circuit; wherein the first and the second equivalent resistance circuit, the resistor and the capacitor regulates the output gain of the loudness circuit in all frequency bands such that the gain is raised in a predetermined low-frequency band and reduced in a predetermined high-frequency band, and a loudness signal is output from the second equivalent resistance circuit such that zeros of the loudness circuit are fixed. | 07-01-2010 |
20100164930 | DRIVE CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING BRIGHTNESS OF DISPLAY - A drive circuit of a displayer for driving at least a pixel, including: an output stage coupled to the pixel and controlled by a pixel signal to switch an output voltage on the pixel; a calibration device coupled between the output stage and the pixel and including an input end controlled by a bias voltage further calibrating the brightness of the pixel; a stabilizing device coupled between the input end of the calibration device and the pixel signal for stabilizing the voltage on the input end of the calibration device to be at the level of the bias voltage after a variation; and a accelerating device coupled between the stabilizing device and a voltage source for generating the bias voltage and accelerating the speed stabilizing the voltage on the input end of the calibration device to be at the level of the bias voltage. | 07-01-2010 |
20090237061 | DC-DC CONVERSION DEVICE WITH DIGITALLY CONTROLLED COMPARATOR - A DC-DC conversion device is provided. The DC-DC conversion device includes a control signal generator, a conversion module and a comparison module. The control signal generator generates a control signal according to a delay signal. The conversion module is coupled to the control signal generator to convert an input voltage to an output voltage according to the control signal. The comparison module is coupled to the control signal generator and conversion module to compare the output voltage with a reference voltage and output the delay signal according to the comparison result, an enable signal and a clock signal. | 09-24-2009 |
20090153584 | IMAGE ADJUSTING APPARATUS - An image adjusting apparatus is provided for adjusting the contrast of an input image. The image adjusting apparatus comprises a transformation module, a memory module, a processing module, an output module and a display module. The transformation module is used for transforming the input image to a plurality of input image values. The memory module is used for pre-storing a plurality of gain curves, wherein each of the gain curves comprises at least one first segment with a first slope and one second segment with a second slope. The processing module is coupled to the transforming module and the memory module for adjusting the plurality of the input image values and generating a plurality of output image values corresponding thereto according to a gain curve. The output module is coupled to the processing module for generating an output image according to the plurality of the output image values. The display module is coupled to the output module for displaying the output image. | 06-18-2009 |
20080253584 | AUDIO PLAYING SYSTEMS - An audio playing system is provided comprising a first processing module, a second processing module, a control module, an output module, and a displaying module. The first and second processing modules amplify an audio signal and respectively generates a first first processed signal, a first second processed signal, a second first processed signal, and a second second processed signal. The control module is coupled to the first processing module and the second processing module and generates a playing signal according to a control signal, the first first processed signal, the first second processed signal, the second first processed signal, and the second second processed signal. The output module is coupled to the control module and amplifies the playing signal to generate an output signal. The displaying module is coupled to the output module and plays the output signal. | 10-16-2008 |