Realtek Semiconductor Inc.

Industrial Technology Research Institute

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Young Optics Inc.

Pixart Imaging Incorporated

Chien-Jung Huang

Beng-Meng Chen

Yu-Chung Lin

Jhih-Yuan Ke

Yi-Hua Lu

Chih-Hsien Tsai

Wei-Szu Lin

Min-Kai Lee

Hung-Chih Chou

Cheng-Chang Chang

Fu-Lung Chou

Hsin-Yu Chang

Ming-Tsan Kao

Tzu-Yu Chen

Wei-Hsuan Chang

Yung-Hui Yeh

S-Wei Chen

Heng-Yin Chen

Chun-Ming Chen

Chih-Yen Wu

Kuo-Tso Chen

Chen-Chu Tsai

Wei-Chi Lai

Chih-Wei Chien

Chih-I Wu

Shih-Ming Lin

Yao-Hsuan Lin

Pin-Hao Hu

Li-Ren Lin

Pei-Ching Liu

Ching-Chih Chen

Nain-Sung Lee

Hung-Han Chen

Kang-Hsi Li

Meng-Che Li

Cheng-Che Wu

Kuang-Yao Huang

Po-Jen Chung

Chun-Jen Gu

Yung-Hsing Chen

Ruei-Bin Jhang

Chun-Han Li

Chieh-Ting Tseng

A wireless communication device includes a processor, a baseband signal processing circuit and a wireless transceiver circuit. The processor determines a transmission need, determines a transmission rate according to the transmission need and a channel condition, and provides data and information regarding the transmission rate to the baseband signal processing circuit. The information regarding the transmission rate includes at least one of a selected transmission standard, a selected physical layer data transmission rate and a selected modulation and coding scheme. The baseband signal processing circuit is coupled to the processor and processes the data according to the information regarding the transmission rate to accordingly generate a packet. The wireless transceiver circuit is coupled to the baseband signal processing circuit and transmits the packet.

Wireless communication device and method for determining data transmission rate

The present invention discloses a transmission circuit having output power compensation mechanism. A base-band circuit receives and processes a digital input signal to perform conversion and amplification according to at least one gain parameter to generate an analog output signal. A frequency up-converting circuit performs frequency up-conversion on the analog output signal to generate an RF signal. A RF amplification circuit amplifies the RF signal to generate an output RF signal to an antenna. A temperature monitoring circuit monitors temperature of the RF amplification circuit to generate an instant temperature value thereof. A calibration circuit increases at least a part of the gain parameter when the instant temperature value makes a power of the RF amplification circuit decrease and decreases at least a part of the gain parameter when the instant temperature value makes the power increase.

Transmission circuit and operation method having output power compensation mechanism

A calibration circuit and a calibration method for a wireless transceiver are provided. The wireless transceiver includes a transmission path and a reception path, and the transmission path includes a radio frequency (RF) circuit and a baseband amplifier. The calibration method includes the following steps: setting a target gain of the RF circuit according to a first gain setting value; receiving a first input signal through a coupling path and the reception path; measuring first power of the first input signal; setting the target gain of the RF circuit according to a second gain setting value; receiving a second input signal through the coupling path and the reception path; measuring second power of the second input signal; calculating a power difference between the first power and the second power; and adjusting at least one of the baseband amplifier and a digital circuit according to the power difference.

Calibration circuit and calibration method of wireless transceiver

The present invention provides a calibration method of a transmitter, wherein the transmitter includes a power amplifier, a transformer, an adjusting circuit and a coupling circuit, wherein the power amplifier receives an input signal to generate an amplified input signal, the transformer receives the amplified input signal to generate an output signal, the adjusting circuit adjusts phase and amplitude of a common mode signal of the amplified input signal to generate a first signal, and the coupling circuit generates a coupled signal to the output signal according to the first signal. In addition, the calibration method includes: controlling the adjusting circuit to have a specific setting of the phase and amplitude adjustment for the common mode signal, to effectively eliminate a second harmonic generated due to the power amplifier, to improve electromagnetic interference and signal quality.

Transmitter and associated calibration method

A transceiver circuit includes a counter device, a compensation circuit and an adjusting circuit. The counter device is configured to count an execution time of a reception operation and accordingly generate a counting result. The compensation circuit is coupled to the counter device and configured to receive the counting result, determine a plurality of compensation values according to the counting result and sequentially output the compensation values in a transmission operation. The transmission operation follows the reception operation. The adjusting circuit is coupled to the compensation circuit, and configured to receive the compensation values and sequentially adjust amplitude of a signal according to the compensation values in the transmission operation. The compensation values are respectively applied to different portions of the signal.

Transceiver circuit and method for compensating for transmission power deviation

A transmission circuit includes a power amplifier, a power amplifier forestage circuit and a signal strength adjusting circuit. The power amplifier is configured to amplify an input signal to output an output signal. The power amplifier forestage circuit is configured to output the input signal. The signal strength adjusting circuit includes a conversion circuit, a processing circuit and a storage unit. The conversion circuit is configured to convert the voltage of the output signal into an operation value. The processing circuit is configured to perform an operation according to a target index value stored by the storage unit and the operation value to obtain a differential value. The processing circuit is further configured to adjust the input signal outputted by the power amplifier forestage circuit according to the differential value, so that the power of the output signal is maintained at a target power value.

Transmission circuit and transmission signal strength adjusting method thereof

The present invention discloses a calibration method and calibration circuit for a wireless transceiver. The wireless transceiver includes a transmission path and a reception path, and there is a mixer on the transmission path. The calibration method includes the following steps: (A) adjusting a first parameter of a first LC tank circuit of the mixer; (B) receiving a first input signal via a coupling path and the reception path; (C) measuring a first power of the first input signal; (D) repeating steps (A) to (C) to obtain multiple first powers; and (E) determining a first target parameter corresponding to a largest power of the first powers.

Method and circuit for calibrating wireless transceiver

A gain control circuit utilized in a transmitter is disclosed. The transmitter is configured to amplify an input signal according to a gain via a digital amplifier, an analog amplifier and a power amplifier, to generate an output signal. The gain control circuit includes a correction unit configured to calculate a correction power according to an elapsed time since a current packet transmission duration of the transmitter is completed. The gain control circuit adjusts the gain according to the correction power, a transmitter signal strength indication of the input signal and an environment temperature of the transmitter.

Gain control circuit for transmitter and method thereof

A method of fabricating a substrate having a through via includes: providing a carrier board having a release layer thereon; attaching the substrate onto the carrier board via the release layer; applying a light beam to the substrate to form a first blind hole in the substrate, wherein the first blind hole penetrates a first surface and a second surface of the substrate; performing an enlargement process on the first blind hole to form a second blind hole; forming a through via in the second blind hole; and performing a de-bonding process to release the substrate having a through via from the carrier board.

Substrate having through via and method of fabricating the same

A cutting method for forming a chamfered corner includes a step of selecting a light pattern-adjusting module according to a pre-cut chamfer angle, a step of the light pattern-adjusting module emitting a laser beam to a substrate and thus forming a modified region extending in a thickness direction at the substrate, a step of the light pattern-adjusting module adjusting an axial energy distribution of a light pattern of the laser beam to vary an appearance of the modified region so as to form the modified region fulfilling the pre-cut chamfer angle, and a step of etching the substrate having the modified region to form a chamfered surface on the substrate by cutting the modified region from the substrate.

Cutting method for forming chamfered corners

A transceiver circuit is configured to couple an oscillation crystal. The transceiver circuit includes a local oscillator, a filter circuit, a control circuit, and a radio frequency signal generator circuit. The local oscillator includes a capacitive element. The local oscillator generates a phase locked loop signal based on an oscillation frequency of the oscillation crystal and a capacitance value of the capacitive element. The filter circuit generates a filtered signal according to the phase locked loop signal. The control circuit adjusts the capacitance value to be an adjusted capacitance value according to the filtered signal and the phase locked loop signal. The local oscillator further generates a calibrated local oscillation signal according to the oscillation frequency and the adjusted capacitance value. The radio frequency signal generator circuit generates a radio frequency signal according to the calibrated local oscillation signal and a baseband signal.

Transceiver circuit and self-calibration method

A laser cleaning apparatus and a laser cleaning method are furnished, for switching the wavelengths of laser beams furnished by a single laser module using a wavelength switching module and cleaning a test piece using the laser beams having wavelengths and energy suitable for manufacturing needs. The laser cleaning method includes: creating a laser beam; switching the wavelength output by the laser based on process requirements; propagating the laser beam via an optical path propagating module for laser cleaning the test piece; and removing debris. A transfer platform allows movements of the laser beams with respect to the test piece to achieve cleaning of the entire test piece. A control module controls the wavelength switching unit, the laser beam regulating module, and the transfer platform. Total laser cleaning with improved laser cleaning quality is achieved by using these laser beams with the appropriate wavelengths and energy.

Laser cleaning apparatus and laser cleaning method

A device includes a baseband circuit that generates a first digital signal, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that converts the first digital signal into a baseband signal, a first mixer that generates a first mixed signal based on the baseband signal and a first reference signal, a second mixer that generates a second mixed signal based on the baseband signal and a second reference signal, a third mixer that generates a down-converted signal based on the first mixed signal and the second mixed signal, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that converts the down-converted signal into a second digital signal. The frequency of the first reference signal is different from the frequency of the second reference signal.

Receiver, transmitter and correction circuit thereof

A modular structure of a fuel cell is provided, which includes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), at least one first electrode plate, at least one second electrode plate, at least one first fixing element and at least one second fixing element. The first electrode plate is disposed at one side of the MEA and has at least one first through hole. The second electrode plate is disposed at the other side of the MEA and has at least one second through hole corresponding to the first through hole. The first fixing element and the second fixing element correspond to each other, and are joined to each other through the first through hole and the second through hole to fix the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate for the first electrode plate, the MEA and the second electrode plate to form a single cell module.

Modular structure of fuel cell

This disclosure provides a device for heating to generate a uniform molten pool, including: a source unit for generating an energy beam; a beam expanding/reducing unit positioned in an energy path of the energy beam for adjusting the diameter of the energy beam; a flat-top conical lens set positioned in the energy path and including at least two flat-top axicons, with the beam expanding/reducing unit positioned between the source unit and the flat-top conical lens set; and a focusing lens positioned in the energy path, with the flat-top conical lens set between the beam expanding/reducing unit and the focusing lens, and the energy beam being focused by the focusing lens. This disclosure generates a uniform molten pool to prevent vaporization splash due to overheating of the material during melting.

Device for heating to generate uniform motlen pool

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Hsinchu, Taiwan

Chien-Jung Huang