Abstract:
An electrical energy transferring device coupled to an electrical energy receiving device is provided. The electrical energy transferring device includes an electrical source measuring unit and a power indicating unit. The electrical source measuring unit detects a power consumption and/or a charging status of the electrical energy receiving device. The power indicating unit is coupled to the electrical source measuring unit for showing the power consumption and/or the charging status of the electrical energy receiving device by a color signal and/or an audio signal.
Abstract:
A data storage system and the backup method thereof are provided. The data storage system includes a storage device and a storage controller. The storage controller is coupled to the storage device and used for dividing the storage device into a primary data block and a backup data block and setting the data storage system to operate under one of a real time backup mode and a non-real time backup mode. Under the non-real time backup mode, the storage controller backups the data stored in the primary data block to the backup data block when the data storage system is idle.
Abstract:
A voltage regulator includes a comparator, a first voltage output unit, a second voltage output unit, a third voltage output unit, a first switch and a second switch. The voltage regulator receives an operating voltage and a reference voltage generated by a reference voltage generator, and then outputs a corresponding output voltage. The voltage regulator of the present invention can provide an operation mode, a suspend mode and a standby mode and can be switched among these modes to provide corresponding current driving capacity for respective operation states. When in the operation mode, the voltage regulator can supply a great current. When in the suspend mode, the voltage regulator consumes less power. When in the standby mode, the voltage regulator consumes even less power.
Abstract:
A multi-media KVM switch is for providing an output signal to drive a user-interface output device. The multi-media KVM switch comprises an embedded multi-media system, an arbiter and a multiplexer. The embedded multi-media system is enabled as receiving an enabling signal and providing a first device signal. The arbiter is for determining an operational state of at least a computer system in response to a second device signal outputted by the at least computer system. The arbiter provides the enabling signal to enable the embedded multi-media system when the at least a computer system is in a standby or an off state, and the arbiter is further for providing a selection signal. The multiplexer is for receiving the first and the second device signals, and outputting one of the first and the second device signals as the output signal to the user-interface output device.
Abstract:
A method and a circuit for controlling a motor and a brushless motor using the same are provided. The brushless motor includes three phase coils, wherein the first terminals of all the phase coils are coupled to a common node. The method includes following steps: among the above-mentioned three phase coils, when there is no current flowing through the first phase coil of the above-mentioned three phase coils and a current flows from the second terminal of the second coil to the second terminal of the third phase coil, detecting the voltage at the second terminal of the first phase coil to be a first specific voltage; detecting the voltage drop of a DC sensing resistor to be a second specific voltage; and utilizing the first specific voltage, the second specific voltage and the DC voltage supplied to the motor to estimate zero crossing points for controlling the motor.
Abstract:
A flash storage comprises a flash memory, including a plurality of physical memory blocks, each of physical memory blocks comprising a plurality of memory segments, and a plurality of physical sectors, and each of physical sectors being further provided therein with at least a user data column and a logical address pointer column. When physical data is written into the user data column, writing logical address pointer data into the logical address pointer column of the same physical sector may be performed together by the control of a micro-controller. Furthermore, the logical address pointer data in the same memory segment are arranged to be a backup memory segment address mapping table and then stored in one physical memory block. The backup memory segment address mapping table may be loaded directly and stored into a registered memory by the micro-controller when the system boots. Thus, not only shortening the startup duration of the flash storage, but also saving the memory capacity of the registered memory and securing data access may be obtained.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses correlation architecture in the application of full-digital GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers. According to the present invention, a satellite C/A code generator is employed to generate N-bit parallel code data at a time, and a Doppler frequency generator is used to generate N-bit parallel Doppler frequency data at a time. Signals received by the receiver can be temporarily stored in a buffer that provides N-bit parallel reception data to a correlation circuit. In the correlation circuit, a N-bit multiplier is used to multiply the N-bit reception data by the N-bit C/A code data and the N-bit Doppler frequency data to generate multiplication results. The N-bit multiplication results are thereafter summed up in parallel by a digital summator. Accordingly, the correlator of the present invention can improve circuit performance and save the required cost.
Abstract:
A rational number frequency multiplier circuit and a method for generating rational number multiple frequency are disclosed. The circuit receives a plurality of input signals having the same frequency and different phase, and outputs at least one multiple frequency signal. The rational number frequency multiplier circuit includes a frequency divider module, for receiving and dividing the input signals to output frequency-divided signals having the same frequency and different phase; a first phase synthesis module and a second phase synthesis module for receiving and synthesizing the frequency-divided and input signals respectively into a plurality of first pulse period signals and second pulse period signals; and an adder for receiving and combining the first pulse period signals and the second pulse period signals into the multiple frequency signal according to the desired multiplication of the frequency.
Abstract:
A method and a circuit for controlling a motor and a brushless motor using the same are provided. The brushless motor includes three phase coils, wherein the first terminals of all the phase coils are coupled to a common node. The method includes following steps: among the above-mentioned three phase coils, when there is no current flowing through the first phase coil of the above-mentioned three phase coils and a current flows from the second terminal of the second coil to the second terminal of the third phase coil, detecting the voltage at the second terminal of the first phase coil to be a first specific voltage; detecting the voltage drop of a DC sensing resistor to be a second specific voltage; and utilizing the first specific voltage, the second specific voltage and the DC voltage supplied to the motor to estimate zero crossing points for controlling the motor.
Abstract:
An image capture apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an image capture, a memory unit, a sampling unit, and an image coder. The image capture captures a plurality of image data. The memory unit is coupled to the image capture and stores the image data output by the image capture. The sampling unit is coupled to the memory unit to sample the stored image data and outputs a sampling image data. The image coder is coupled to the sampling unit to code and compress the sampling image data.