Patents by Inventor Ernst Hofer

Ernst Hofer 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: 4112426
    Abstract: Apparatus for a telecommunication system having subscriber stations constructed to send and receive analog signals which are communicated from one station to the other by means of digital signals is described. Each subscriber station is equipped with a converter for converting received digital signals into analog signals and analog signals into digital signals for transmission. The converter circuit employs an analog to digital converter constructed to work according to the iterative principle and including a binary counter and a buffer register, the stages of which are enabled, respectively, by predetermined counter stage outputs. A digital to analog converter is connected to receive the outputs of the bistable stages forming the buffer register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst Hofer, Klaus Wintzer
  • Patent number: 4112427
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a telecommunication installation is disclosed for converting PAM analog signals into PCM digital signals and vice versa. A conversion circuit which is connected to a telephone station comprises an input register for temporarily storing the incoming PCM digital signals and an output register for temporarily storing the outgoing PCM digital signals. This conversion circuit includes a clock pulse generator which enables a counter to count through all its counter positions upon the appearance of each channel time slot pulse of the incoming PCM channel time slot pulse train. The input register and counter are connected to an intermediate register which in turn is connected to a digital-to-analog converter for converting the incoming PCM digital signal into an analog signal. This analog signal is sent to the receiving unit of the telephone station in a first time interval of the counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst Hofer, Peter Hirschmann, Klaus Wintzer
  • Patent number: 4056820
    Abstract: A switching arrangement for converting analog signals into digital signals, and vice versa, is described. Conversions between pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) and pulse code modulated (PCM) signals are performed. In telecommunication systems having subscriber stations equipped to transmit and receive analog signals it is necessary to carry out these conversions to facilitate PCM transmission. An analog to digital converter is thus provided at each subscriber station for converting received digital signals into analog signals and analog signals to be transmitted into digital signals; the converter utilizes the iterative principle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ernst Hofer
  • Patent number: 4042893
    Abstract: A technique of reducing "crosstalk" in transmission lines for time multiplex pulse communication, by insertion of artificial compensating networks having an impedance varying with frequency in opposite sense as compared with the natural impedance of the line. The values of the elements of the network are determined by transmitting a pulse over the line and determining the distortion to that pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1972
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst Hofer, Max Schlichte
  • Patent number: RE30294
    Abstract: A switching arrangement for converting analog signals into digital signals, and vice versa, is described. Conversions between pulse amplitude modulated (PAM) and pulse code modulated (PCM) signals are performed. In telecommunication systems having subscriber stations equipped to transmit and receive analog signals it is necessary to carry out these conversions to facilitate PCM transmission. An analog to digital converter is thus provided at each subscriber station for converting received digital signals into analog signals and analog signals to be transmitted into digital signals; the converter utilizes the iterative principle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ernst Hofer