Patents by Inventor Ertan Zencir

Ertan Zencir 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).

  • Low noise amplifier with multiple inputs and multiple outputs
    Patent number: 7728664
    Abstract: Satellite set-top boxes (STB) are increasingly being designed with multiple tuners, making them capable of receiving more than one program at a time. In addition, satellite STBs are increasingly being designed with multiple inputs, to permit reception of additional channels that will not fit within the conventional satellite intermediate frequency (IF) band (950-2150 MHz). Often, the STB must route these multiple inputs to the multiple tuners with some form of switching function, to allow each tuner to receive all channel bands. Accordingly, the invention includes an RFIC with two RF inputs and three RF outputs, and a crossbar switch that can route any input to any output. The two inputs are amplified by low-noise amplifier stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sung-Hsien Chang, Juo-Jung Hung, Stephen Edward Krafft, Ertan Zencir, Stefano Bozzola, Ramon Alejandro Gomez
  • Low noise amplifier with multiple inputs and multiple outputs
    Publication number: 20080116976
    Abstract: Satellite set-top boxes (STB) are increasingly being designed with multiple tuners, making them capable of receiving more than one program at a time. In addition, satellite STBs are increasingly being designed with multiple inputs, to permit reception of additional channels that will not fit within the conventional satellite intermediate frequency (IF) band (950-2150 MHz). Often, the STB must route these multiple inputs to the multiple tuners with some form of switching function, to allow each tuner to receive all channel bands. Accordingly, the invention includes an RFIC with two RF inputs and three RF outputs, and a crossbar switch that can route any input to any output. The two inputs are amplified by low-noise amplifier stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sung-Hsien Chang, Juo-Jung Hung, Stephen Edward Krafft, Ertan Zencir, Stefano Bozzola, Ramon Alejandro Gomez