Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Lite-on Technology Corporation

Silitek Electronic (guangzhou) Co., Ltd.

Lite-on Electronics (guangzhou) Limited

Wen-Sheng Chen

Tzu-Jin Yeh

En-Hsiang Yeh

An-Hsun Lo

Garming Liang

Simon Chai

Chia-Ming Liang

Yeh Guan

Liang-Hong Wang

Chih-Lung Liu

Zong-You Li

Chun-Hung Lin

Yi-Chou Hsiao

Chien-Lung Kuo

Chung-Ho Chai

Wei-Chih Liao

Ming-An Chiu

Chung-Chih Chen

Chang-Kuo Chang

Disclosed is an amplifying circuit and method. In one embodiment, an amplifying circuit, includes: a common-gate (CG) amplifier, wherein the CG amplifier comprises a first transistor, wherein source terminal and body terminal of the first transistor is coupled together through a first resistor.

Method and circuit to isolate body capacitance in semiconductor devices

A low noise amplifier (LNA) includes a pair of n-type transistors, each configured to provide a first transconductance; a pair of p-type transistors, each configured to provide a second transconductance; a first pair of coupling capacitors, cross-coupled between the pair of n-type transistors, and configured to provide a first boosting coefficient to the first transconductance; and a second pair of coupling capacitors, cross-coupled between the pair of p-type transistors, and configured to provide a second boosting coefficient to the second transconductance, wherein the LNA is configured to use a boosted effective transconductance based on the first and second boosting coefficients, and the first and second transconductances to amplify an input signal.

Wireless receiver

A power amplifier structure includes at least one power amplifier circuit. The power amplifier circuit includes a transistor of a first type connected in series with a transistor of a second type connected between the same voltage supply. In a non-limiting nonexclusive example, an n-type transistor is connected in series with a p-type transistor connected between Vdd. The power amplifier structure can include two amplifier circuits configured in a differential amplifier structure. The differential amplifier structure includes two amplifier circuits operably connected in parallel between the same voltage supply.

Power amplifiers

A semiconductor device includes: a polygonal inductive device disposed on a first layer on a substrate, the polygonal inductive device including a first line portion; a first conductive line disposed on a second layer on the substrate; a second conductive line disposed on a third layer on the substrate; and a first conductive via arranged to electrically couple the second conductive line to the first conductive line; wherein the first layer is different from the second layer and the third layer, the first conductive line is electrically connected to a reference voltage, and the first conductive line crosses the first line portion viewing from a top of the semiconductor device.

Semiconductor device with polygonal inductive device

The measurement method includes operations of applying a first gate bias voltage to a gate terminal of a first transistor that is included in a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier during a direct current (DC) measurement period, wherein the first transistor operates in a linear operation mode during the DC measurement period; measuring a first drain-source voltage of the first transistor and a current flowing through the first transistor via a connection node during the DC measurement period; applying a second gate bias voltage and a drain bias voltage to a gate terminal and a drain terminal of a second transistor that is electrically connected to the first transistor via the connection node; and measuring a DC value of the second transistor via the connection node during the DC measurement period.

Measurement method using radio frequency power amplifier

A wireless transmitter includes a an amplifier; and a switchable transformer, coupled to the amplifier, wherein the amplifier is configured to be coupled to the switchable transformer in first and second configurations, wherein the first configuration causes the amplifier to provide a first output impedance to the switchable transformer, and wherein the second configuration causes the amplifier to provide a second output impedance to the switchable transformer, the first and second output impedances being different from each other.

Wireless transmitter with switchable mode

An amplifying unit includes a converter and a feedback mechanism. The converter has a supply input coupled to a supply node. The converter further has an input terminal configured to receive an input signal. The converter is configured to amplify the input signal from the input terminal to generate an output signal. The feedback mechanism is coupled to the input terminal of the converter and is configured to cause a constant bias current to flow from the supply node through the converter based on the input signal.

Semiconductor device having a low power consumption

A liquid crystal display (LCD) system includes an LCD device and an alternating current (AC) adapter. The LCD device includes a video processing module and a light emitting diode (LED) backlight module. The AC adapter includes a backlight driving module and an AC-to-DC (direct current) converting module. The backlight driving module generates a backlight driving signal, and outputs the backlight driving signal to drive the LED backlight module of the LCD device. The AC-to-DC converting module is adapted to convert an AC line voltage into first and second DC voltages, and outputs the first and second DC voltages to power the video processing module of the LCD device and the backlight driving module, respectively.

LCD system, and AC adapter and backlight driving module for the same

The instant disclosure relates to a LED backlight driving module. The driving module utilizes a plurality of second power isolation transformers interconnected to each other in series and connected to a secondary winding of a first power isolation transformer in parallel to produce a plurality of second driving signals with uniform current, and driving corresponding LED light bars with uniform brightness. Optionally, a base voltage circuit can be used to provide a base voltage with negative voltage level on the other end of LED light bars, so as to lower the positive voltage level of the second driving signals. Thus, it is beneficial that the LED backlight driving module provides higher power conversion efficiency and has lower design cost.

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Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Sheng Chen