Patents by Inventor JOSE AUGUSTO LIMA

JOSE AUGUSTO LIMA 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: 9450624
    Abstract: Interference cancellation for wideband and narrowband communications systems is provided without apriori knowledge of statistical information about an interfering signal. In one embodiment a demodulator circuit can operate in an environment where a “no lock” situation would normally occur to remove the interference and acquire signals in low signal-to-noise ratio conditions and high signal-to-interference ration conditions. In other embodiments, performance is improved by introducing statistics of the interfering signal, and these statistics regarding the communications channel and interference properties (i.e., characteristics of the interfering signal) can be adaptive or “learned” in other embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Canada), Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Augusto Lima, Antonio Mascioli
  • Publication number: 20150180520
    Abstract: Interference cancellation for wideband and narrowband communications systems is provided without apriori knowledge of statistical information about an interfering signal. In one embodiment a demodulator circuit can operate in an environment where a “no lock” situation would normally occur to remove the interference and acquire signals in low signal-to-noise ratio conditions and high signal-to-interference ration conditions. In other embodiments, performance is improved by introducing statistics of the interfering signal, and these statistics regarding the communications channel and interference properties (i.e., characteristics of the interfering signal) can be adaptive or “learned” in other embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Jose Augusto Lima, Antonio Mascioli
  • Publication number: 20150136760
    Abstract: A microwave oven may include a housing defining an oven cavity therein configured to receive material to be heated, and a plurality of solid state microwave generating cells carried by the housing. At least one feedback circuit may be carried by the housing and configured to detect EM radiation within the oven cavity not absorbed by the material to be heated. A processor may be carried by the housing and coupled to the plurality of microwave beamforming cells and to the at least one feedback circuit. The processor may be configured to receive feedback from the at least one feedback circuit based upon the EM radiation not absorbed by the material to be heated, and control phase shifters of the beamforming cells to change the patterns of EM energy transmitted by antennas of the beamforming cells based upon the feedback received from the at least one feedback circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Jose Augusto LIMA, AMERICO PAULICCHI FILHO
  • Publication number: 20120170691
    Abstract: Interference cancellation for wideband and narrowband communications systems is provided without apriori knowledge of statistical information about an interfering signal. In one embodiment a demodulator circuit can operate in an environment where a “no lock” situation would normally occur to remove the interference and acquire signals in low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions and high signal-to-interference ration (SIR) conditions. In other embodiments, performance is improved by introducing statistics of the interfering signal, and these statistics regarding the communications channel and interference properties (i.e., characteristics of the interfering signal) can be adaptive or “learned” in other embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: STMICROELECTRONICS (CANADA), INC.
    Inventors: JOSE AUGUSTO LIMA, ANTONIO MASCIOLI