Patents by Inventor Chris Michael Thomas

Chris Michael Thomas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9876518
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are provided for capacitive passive mixer baseband receivers with broadband harmonic rejection. In some embodiments, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive an input signal and generate, based on the input signal, an in-phase portion and a quadrature phase portion. The apparatus further includes a harmonic rejection mixer comprising a plurality of capacitors, the plurality of capacitors encoded with a plurality of capacitance values, the harmonic rejection mixer configured to reduce harmonics in the input signal based on applying a quantity of the plurality of capacitance values to the input signal. The apparatus further includes a plurality of switches configured to activate the plurality of capacitors, the quantity of the plurality of predetermined capacitance values applied to the input signal based on a quantity of the plurality of capacitors that are active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Chris Michael Thomas, Gert Cauwenberghs, Lawrence E. Larson, Siddharth Joshi, Sohmyung Ha
  • Publication number: 20170141805
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are provided for capacitive passive mixer baseband receivers with broadband harmonic rejection. In some embodiments, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive an input signal and generate, based on the input signal, an in-phase portion and a quadrature phase portion. The apparatus further includes a harmonic rejection mixer comprising a plurality of capacitors, the plurality of capacitors encoded with a plurality of capacitance values, the harmonic rejection mixer configured to reduce harmonics in the input signal based on applying a quantity of the plurality of capacitance values to the input signal. The apparatus further includes a plurality of switches configured to activate the plurality of capacitors, the quantity of the plurality of predetermined capacitance values applied to the input signal based on a quantity of the plurality of capacitors that are active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Chul Kim, Chris Michael Thomas, Gert Cauwenberghs, Lawrence E. Larson, Siddharth Joshi, Sohmyung Ha
  • Publication number: 20140132357
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a single-ended transmission line N-path filter includes one or more filter stages, each stage having a first series inductive element, a shunt N-path filter, and a second series inductive element; an input port; and an output port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: University of California, Brown University
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Larson, Chris Michael Thomas
  • Patent number: 8494474
    Abstract: In one preferred embodiment, the data receiver includes an input matching circuit for receiving an input RF data and forming an impedance matched signal and an amplifier circuit responsive to the impedance matched signal for forming an impedance transformed signal. The data receiver further includes a dual band RF tank/IF tank circuit forming respective RF and IF components and a diode mixer for mixing the impedance transformed signal with the dual band RF/IF components to form a mixed signal so that the RF tank filters the RF component from the mixed signal to form an IF tone signal as an output. The amplifier circuit preferably includes a source impedance control circuit for controlling high RF and IF impedances and a low noise amplifier (LNA) for forming, in conjunction with the source impedance control circuit, the impedance transformed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Brewer, Sandra Nicole Kjono, Chris Michael Thomas