Patents by Inventor Markus Brachmann

Markus Brachmann 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: 6873271
    Abstract: A power supply particularly suitable for high-speed optical data transmission employs readily available components to achieve desired voltage tolerances. More specifically, a voltage signal supplied to a load is converted into a digital signal and provided to a processor that derives a digital correction signal from the digital signal. The digital correction signal is then converted to an analog correction signal and is used by a feedback control circuit in the power supply to regulate the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Brachmann, Armin Feustel, Hans-Joachim Goetz, Peter Ott
  • Patent number: 6859912
    Abstract: Clock recovery from transmitted data signals is carried out entirely digitally, and in a manner that is essentially insensitive to dynamic changes in the phase of the data signal. To this end, at least four phase-shifted sample signals are produced from a predetermined time signal. At least two of these phase-shifted sample signals are selected as a function of the respective phase angles with respect to the data signal, and in each case are supplied separately to a device for time sampling of the data signal with the selected sample signal. One of the devices in each case is connected to an output device for the data signal as a function of the respective phase separations between the data signal and the selected phase-shifted sample signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Brachmann, Thomas Eckart, Hans-Joachim Goetz, Marcus Putzer
  • Publication number: 20050029998
    Abstract: A power supply particularly suitable for high-speed optical data transmission employs readily available components to achieve desired voltage tolerances. More specifically, a voltage signal supplied to a load is converted into a digital signal and provided to a processor that derives a digital correction signal from the digital signal. The digital correction signal is then converted to an analog correction signal and is used by a feedback control circuit in the power supply to regulate the output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Markus Brachmann, Armin Feustel, Hans-Joachim Goetz, Peter Ott
  • Patent number: 6788509
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for protection of electronic circuits with a decentralized power supply (PS1, PS2). One object of the invention is to avoid damage to other loads (PN1, PN2) which are still intact when a short circuit occurs in one load (PN1, PN2) in the circuit. The apparatus (1) comprises a number of loads (PN1, PN2) which are supplied in a decentralized manner. One monitoring device (PSUP1, PSUP2) in each case monitors a respective one of the load supply voltages (P1, P2) and ensures primary-side fault disconnection of all the power supplies (PS1, PS2) if a threshold value is undershot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Markus Brachmann
  • Publication number: 20030189805
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for protection of electronic circuits with a decentralized power supply (PS1, PS2). One object of the invention is to avoid damage to other loads (PN1, PN2) which are still intact when a short circuit occurs in one load (PN1, PN2) in the circuit. The apparatus (1) comprises a number of loads (PN1, PN2) which are supplied in a decentralized manner. One monitoring device (PSUP1, PSUP2) in each case monitors a respective one of the load supply voltages (P1, P2) and ensures primary-side fault disconnection of all the power supplies (PS1, PS2) if a threshold value is undershot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventor: Markus Brachmann
  • Publication number: 20030145287
    Abstract: Clock recovery from transmitted data signals is carried out entirely digitally, and in a manner that is essentially insensitive to dynamic changes in the phase of the data signal. To this end, at least four phase-shifted sample signals are produced from a predetermined time signal. At least two of these phase-shifted sample signals are selected as a function of the respective phase angles with respect to the data signal, and in each case are supplied separately to a device for time sampling of the data signal with the selected sample signal. One of the devices in each case is connected to an output device for the data signal as a function of the respective phase separations between the data signal and the selected phase-shifted sample signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Markus Brachmann, Thomas Eckart, Hans-Joachim Goetz, Marcus Putzer
  • Publication number: 20030043434
    Abstract: A device and method for ensuring parallel data transmission and reception based on a high speed transmission rate between an electrical system (1) and an optical network (2) adapted for optical data transmission, wherein a plurality of logical channels (TXDATA, RXDATA) with the data to be transmitted embedded therein is synchronously transmitted from the electrical system (1) to the optical network (2) together with an additional control channel (TXPAR) comprising information usable for detecting a transmission error by a respective adapted receiving means of the optical network, and wherein a clock rate is ensured having the half rate in relation to the transmission rate of a respective logical channel (TXDATA, RXDATA).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Markus Brachmann, Klaus-Holger Otto
  • Patent number: 6351154
    Abstract: A phase detector including a voltage controlled oscillator generating a voltage controlled oscillator output, and a first logic state device for receiving said voltage controlled oscillator output as an input. The phase detector also includes a reset device, for generating a reset signal to reset the first logic state device such that the output control signal of the first logic state device reaches a low level in response to a first edge of the reset signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Markus Brachmann, Hans-Joachim Goetz
  • Publication number: 20020000836
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field phase detectors and particularly to a phase detector being formed by a flip-flop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: MARKUS BRACHMANN, HANS-JOACHIM GOETZ
  • Patent number: 5617454
    Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission system comprising a phase-locked loop (12) which includes a phase comparator (15) for comparing an oscillator signal with a reference signal and for generating a comparison signal, and an oscillator which is provided for receiving a control signal derived from the comparison signal. The oscillator arranged as a ring oscillator (14) comprises at least one delay element (27 to 31) included in a closed circuit. At least one delay element (27 to 30) has at least two different adjustable delay times. A controller (19) is provided for setting the delay times of at least one delay element (27 to 30) in dependence on the comparison signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Hans-Joachim Gotz, Markus Brachmann, Georg Frank, Thomas Eckart