Marvell International Limited

Marvellworld Trade Ltd.

Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.

Yonghua Song

Tao Shui

Hao Zhou

Hui Wang

Swee-Ann Teo

Lawrence Tse

Yingxuan Li

Fu-Tai An

Randy Tsang

Donghong Cui

Pantas Sutardja

King Chun Tsai

Jie Jiang

Songping Wu

Xiaodong Jin

Daxiao Yu

Zubir Adal

Chun-Geik Tan

Bo Wang

Lei Wu

Gang Liu

Chun Geik Tan

Song Chen

Haiqing Zhang

Bingkun Yao

Qiang Tang

Timothy J Donovan

Wanfeng Zhang

Yungping Hsu

Sang Won Son

Chih-Hsin Wang

Shafiq M Jamal

George Chien

Chia-Chun Chung

Hsiao-Cheng Tang

Jianmin Guo

Tam Tran

Yongxu Wang

Wei Hou

Yihui Li

Hong Xue

Chunwei Chang

Yexin Chen

Dechao Meng

Yiran Li

Aspects of the disclosure provide a touch panel having an electrode array. The electrode array includes first electrodes arranged on a first layer, each first electrode patterned to include a plurality of sequentially connected first electrode elements that are generally shaped as elongated polygons, and second electrodes arranged on a second layer, each second electrode patterned to include a plurality of sequentially connected second electrode elements that are generally shaped as elongated polygons, wherein the first electrodes on the first layer and the second electrodes on the second layer are arranged over one another so as to form an interlocking pattern.

Touch panel and touch detection circuit

System and methods are provided for touch detection. The system includes: a sensing capacitive network configured to generate a touch-sensing signal based at least in part on a touch panel capacitance; an internal capacitive network configured to generate an input signal based at least in part on a predetermined internal capacitance; a comparative network configured to compare the touch-sensing signal with a reference signal to generate a first comparison result and compare the input signal with the reference signal to generate a second comparison result; and a signal processing component configured to generate a detection result to indicate whether a touch event occurs on the touch panel based at least in part on the first comparison result and the second comparison result.

Systems and methods for capacitive touch detection

AFE circuitry handles both voltage and current input signals. In one embodiment, both a voltage path and a current path are provided from the input. Switching circuitry selects one of the paths. A switch also turns on or off a current-to-voltage conversion circuit used to convert a current input into a voltage. In one embodiment, noise is significantly reduced by using a dedicated ground pin or terminal for the negative reference of a differential circuit. This applies the same external board noise, which is on the input signal, to the negative reference, so the noise is canceled in the differential signal. In one embodiment, temperature compensation is provided via an IPTAT circuit which is used to shift the voltage up in order to balance the decrease in DC voltage with increasing temperature.

Low-noise, temperature-insensitive, voltage or current input, analog front end architecture

Aspects of the disclosure provide a method. The method includes detecting a dimming characteristic in an energy source that provides energy to be transferred to a load via a magnetic component, receiving a dimming control signal, and controlling a switch in connection with the magnetic component based on the dimming characteristic and the dimming control signal to transfer energy to the load via the magnetic component.

Method and apparatus for controlling a lighting device

Aspects of the disclosure process an amplifier circuit. The amplifier circuit includes an input stage, an intermediate stage, an output stage and a detecting and controlling circuit. The input stage is configured to receive an electrical signal for amplification. The intermediate stage is configured to amplify with an adjustable gain. The output stage is configured to drive an audio output device in response to the amplified electrical signal. The detecting and controlling circuit is configured to detect a current for driving the audio output device, and adjust the gain of the intermediate stage based on the current to compensate for a pole change of the amplifier circuit due to a change of the current.

Headphone amplifier

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage. Level shifter circuitry is configured as a first voltage battery to shift a first voltage and a second voltage battery to shift a second voltage. A first circuit receives the shifted first voltage and sets a third voltage, and receives the shifted second voltage and sets a fourth voltage. The shifted first voltage is greater than the first supply voltage and the shifted second voltage level is less than the second supply voltage. A second circuit sets a fifth voltage and a sixth voltage. The fifth voltage follows the third voltage and the sixth voltage following the fourth voltage.

Voltage reference buffer using voltage battery level shifter

The present disclosure describes techniques for identity-based RF circuitry compensation. In some aspects data from a wireless device is received via radio frequency circuitry, the data including an identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device. Impairments of the radio frequency circuitry are estimated based on the received data and then the estimated impairments are associated with the identifier of the wireless device. In response to subsequently receiving data that includes the identifier, the radio frequency circuitry is compensated using the estimated impairments.

Method and apparatus for compensating impairments in radio frequency circuitry of a wireless device

Systems and methods for using non-crystal-based reference oscillators in the transmission and reception of frequency-modulated signals are disclosed. To protect against intrusion on neighboring designated frequency bands, guard bands, having a collective width greater than the total expected error based on the contribution of the frequency error from the non-crystal-based oscillators in the transmitter and/or receiver, can be designated. To protect against inter-channel interference within a designated frequency band, transmitters and receivers can include static sub-bandwidths wider than any possible total frequency error, such that it would be impossible for a transmitter or receiver to attempt to communicate on an unintended sub-band. The determination of the total possible frequency error can be determined dynamically based on the correlation between a received training sequence and a known pattern before or a communication session to avoid or correct for frequency offset or drift due to the use of non-crystal-based reference oscillators.

System and method for tuning a receiver by iteratively dividing a frequency band into multiple sub-bands

A voltage regulator for a plurality of radio frequency subcircuits of a radio frequency circuit. A first transistor configured to receive, based on a comparison between a reference voltage signal and a feedback signal, a bias signal corresponding to a desired regulated voltage for the plurality of radio frequency subcircuits, output the bias signal, and generate the feedback signal according to the bias signal as output from the first transistor. A second transistor configured to receive the bias signal as output from the first transistor and provide, based on the bias signal, the desired regulated voltage to a respective first one of the plurality of radio frequency subcircuits. A third transistor is configured to receive the bias signal as output from the first transistor and provide, based on the bias signal, the desired regulated voltage to a respective second one of the plurality of radio frequency subcircuits.

Voltage regulator for providing a regulated voltage to subcircuits of an RF frequency circuit

In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for a time-interleaved pipeline analog to digital converter. An example pipeline analog to digital converter may include passive sampling circuits and a multiplying digital to analog converter circuit. A first passive sampling circuit includes an input terminal coupled to an analog input signal, and outputs a first sample voltage that is responsive to the analog input signal. A second passive sampling circuit includes an input terminal coupled to the analog input signal, and outputs a second sample voltage that is responsive to the analog input signal. The first and second passive sampling circuits are clocked such that the first sample voltage and the second sample voltage are time-interleaved. A multiplying analog to digital converter (MDAC) circuit receives the time-interleaved first and second sample voltages from the first and second passive sampling circuits and processes the time-interleaved first and second sample voltages to generate a residue output voltage.

Low power high speed pipeline ADC

A method includes, in at least one aspect, selecting a first phase signal, where the first phase signal concurrently enables a first pair of switching elements; selecting a second phase signal, where the second phase signal concurrently enables a second pair of switching elements; and generating an interpolated phase signal by providing a connection between a switching element of the first pair of switching elements to an output node and providing a connection between a switching element of the second pair of switching elements to the output node.

Low power, low voltage phase interpolator

A method includes, in at least one aspect, connecting an input of a bias circuit and an output of the bias circuit to another circuit while the other circuit is in a first power mode, such that the bias circuit has an operating state corresponding to the first power mode; switching the input of the bias circuit and the output of the bias circuit from the other circuit to a dummy circuit when a power mode of the other circuit is changed from the first power mode to a second power mode; and maintaining the bias circuit at the operating state corresponding to the first power mode using the dummy circuit while the other circuit is in the second power mode.

Method and apparatus for reducing wake up time of a powered down device

A beta enhancement circuit includes a current source connected in series with a transistor between two voltage supply lines. In an embodiment, the voltage supply lines are configured for connection to a power source and ground potential. A resistor device is connected between a control terminal of the transistor device and one of voltage supply lines. A value for the resistor device is selected based on one or more process dependent parameters of the transistor.

Beta enhanced voltage reference circuit

In at least one aspect, an apparatus includes a plurality of inverter groups and a plurality of bias current sources. The plurality of inverter groups is configured to amplify a signal. Each of the inverter groups has one or more inverters and is in communication with at least one other inverter group of the plurality of inverter groups. Each of the bias current sources is configured to provide a bias current to a different inverter group of the plurality of inverter groups to perform signal amplification.

Method and apparatus for reducing jitter in a transmitter

A radio frequency transceiver for a wireless communications device transceiver comprising a plurality of subcircuits, a first regulator circuit, and a plurality of second regulator circuits. Each subcircuit is configured to perform an operation of the radio frequency transceiver in accordance with a corresponding regulated voltage. A first regulator circuit is configured to provide a bias signal based on a reference signal and a feedback signal indicative of the bias signal. The bias signal corresponds to a desired regulated voltage for the plurality of subcircuits. A plurality of second regulator circuits corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of subcircuits are each configured to provide the regulated voltage to the respective one of the plurality of subcircuits.

Voltage regulator for high performance RF systems

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Yonghua Song