Inventor · Sunnyvale, CA, US

Chih-Wei Yao

31Patents
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17Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 17, 2007 → Jan 2, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8564471B1 High resolution sampling-based time to digital converter Electricity 30 Active
US9240914B2 Communication system with frequency synthesis mechanism and method of operation thereof Electricity 17 Active
US7847650B2 Low phase-noise oscillator Electricity 14 Active
US10965297B1 Sigma-delta modulation quantization error reduction technique for fractional-N phase-locked loop (PLL) Electricity 10 Active
US10623010B2 System and method of calibrating input signal to successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in ADC-assisted time-to- digital converter (TDC) Electricity 9 Active
US10581418B2 System and method for fast converging reference clock duty cycle correction for digital to time converter (DTC)-based analog fractional-N phase-locked loop (PLL) Electricity 9 Active
US8970421B1 High resolution sampling-based time to digital converter Electricity 7 Active
US9746832B1 System and method for time-to-digital converter fine-conversion using analog-to-digital converter (ADC) Electricity 7 Active
US10996634B2 System and method for fast-converging digital-to-time converter (DTC) gain calibration for DTC-based analog fractional-N phase lock loop (PLL) Electricity 7 Active
US10917078B2 System and method for fast converging reference clock duty cycle correction for digital to time converter (DTC)-based analog fractional-N phase-locked loop (PLL) Electricity 6 Active
US10418981B2 System and method for calibrating pulse width and delay Electricity 5 Active
US8564342B2 Reference clock compensation for fractional-N phase lock loops (PLLs) Electricity 5 Active
US10841072B2 System and method for providing fast-settling quadrature detection and correction Electricity 4 Active
US8461886B1 Circuit and circuit method for reduction of PFD noise contribution for ADPLL Electricity 4 Active
US9219484B2 Reference clock compensation for fractional-N phase lock loops (PLLS) Electricity 3 Active
US10009036B2 System and method of calibrating input signal to successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in ADC-assisted time-to-digital converter (TDC) Electricity 2 Active
US11063599B2 Apparatus and method for automatic search of sub-sampling phase locked loop (SS-PLL) locking acquisition Electricity 2 Active
US11115005B2 Ring voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) startup helper circuit Electricity 1 Active
US11431344B2 Apparatus and method for automatic search of sub-sampling phase locked loop (SS-PLL) locking acquisition Electricity 1 Active
US11233627B2 System and method for providing fast-settling quadrature detection and correction Electricity 1 Active
US9356555B2 Fine tuning control for a digitally controlled oscillator Electricity 1 Active
US9379662B2 System and method using temperature tracking for a controlled oscillator Electricity 0 Active
US11050428B2 Synchronous sampling in-phase and quadrature-phase (I/Q) detection circuit Electricity 0 Active
US10725432B2 System and method for fast-converging digital-to-time converter (DTC) gain calibration for DTC-based analog fractional-N phase lock loop (PLL) General 0 Revoked
US11354476B2 Simulation method of an electron device Physics 0 Active

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