Patents by Inventor Nariman Yousefi

Nariman Yousefi 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).

  • Publication number: 20060258290
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Patent number: 7082372
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Patent number: 7054779
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Publication number: 20060034376
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Patent number: 6954708
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Publication number: 20050213637
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Publication number: 20040064275
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Publication number: 20040049359
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Patent number: 6643595
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Publication number: 20030154038
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector, output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Patent number: 6571181
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Publication number: 20030033098
    Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
  • Patent number: 5664108
    Abstract: In a fast Ethernet, each station is connected to the hub by four unshielded twisted pairs. A first pair is transmit only for the station and receive only for the hub, a second pair is transmit only for the hub and receive only for the station, and the third and fourth pairs are bidirectional. Both the station and the hub use their transmit only and the bidirectional pairs for data transmission and their receive only pair for collision detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Standard Microsystems Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Heaton, Nariman Yousefi, Khosrow Sadeghi, David Fischer
  • Patent number: 5544323
    Abstract: In a fast Ethernet, each station is connected to the hub by four unshielded twisted pairs. A first pair is transmit only for the station and receive only for the hub, a second pair is transmit only for the hub and receive only for the station, and the third and fourth pairs are bidirectional. Both the station and the hub use their transmit only and the bidirectional pairs for data transmission and their receive only pair for collision detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Assignee: Standard Microsystems Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Heaton, Nariman Yousefi, Khosrow Sadeghi, David Fischer
  • Patent number: 5448598
    Abstract: A VSLI transceiver chip incorporating an improved analog PLL circuit for recovering a digital clock signal from a digital data signal having pulse widths which may vary during each data cycle. The analog PLL clock recovery circuit comprises a phase detector, a gain control circuit, a variable current charge pump, a loop filter and a variable frequency oscillator. The phase detection means for detecting, during each data cycle, the phase error between the digital data signal and recovered digital clock signal, and produces first end second digital control pulse signals in response to the detection of the phase error. The gain control means produces third and fourth digital control pulse signals during each data cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Standard Microsystems Corporation
    Inventors: Nariman Yousefi, Benjamin E. Nise, Kelly P. McClellan
  • Patent number: 5136260
    Abstract: A high frequency clock signal synthesizer circuit employs a single fixed reference clock signal to generate one or more variable frequency clock signals. A phase comparator and a variable count counter generate a control signal from the reference clock and circuit output and provide it to a voltage controlled oscillator. High frequency stability of the voltage controlled oscillator is provided by a ring oscillator with a control signal response which is linear even at high frequencies. The ring oscillator employs an odd number of inverting delay stages coupled in series in a ring configuration, each delay stage having an input, an output, an inverter coupled to the input and a controllable current source buffering the switching transistors of the inverter from the output. A bias circuit controls the current of the current source and thereby controls the delay of each delay stage and thus the frequency of the ring oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Western Digital Corporation
    Inventor: Nariman Yousefi-Elezei