Patents by Inventor Oliver J. Brennan

Oliver J. Brennan 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: 11448673
    Abstract: A device having an impedance measurement circuit that allows for reduction of flicker noise can be implemented in a variety of applications. A carrier suppression technique can be implemented that substantially removes the carrier signal with removal of noise artifacts associated with the carrier signal from sidebands of the carrier signal. Carrier suppression in an AC impedance measurement circuit can be implemented by sensing a carrier signal of the measurement circuit at a transmit location of the measurement circuit and subtracting a weighted version of the carrier signal at a receive location of the measurement circuit. One or more compensation impedances can be used such that the sidebands of the carrier signal are received with the carrier signal suppressed with respect to the receive location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Colin G. Lyden, Thomas J. Tansley, Oliver J. Brennan
  • Patent number: 11272854
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an impedance measurement circuit for measuring and detecting variations in an impedance under test, and methods of operating the impedance measurement circuit. The impedance measurement circuit comprises a plurality of converts, including at least two digital-to-analog converters (DACs). The DACs together alternate between a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. In the first mode, a first one of the DACs is operational to convert a first digital input signal to a first analog output using a first hardware component, and a second one of the DACs is operational to convert a second digital input signal to a second analog output using a second hardware component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. Tansley, Colin G. Lyden, Oliver J. Brennan
  • Publication number: 20220061690
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an impedance measurement circuit for measuring and detecting variations in an impedance under test, and methods of operating the impedance measurement circuit. The impedance measurement circuit comprises a plurality of converts, including at least two digital-to-analog converters (DACs). The DACs together alternate between a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. In the first mode, a first one of the DACs is operational to convert a first digital input signal to a first analog output using a first hardware component, and a second one of the DACs is operational to convert a second digital input signal to a second analog output using a second hardware component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas J. Tansley, Colin G. Lyden, Oliver J. Brennan
  • Publication number: 20210373056
    Abstract: A device having an impedance measurement circuit that allows for reduction of flicker noise can be implemented in a variety of applications. A carrier suppression technique can be implemented that substantially removes the carrier signal with removal of noise artifacts associated with the carrier signal from sidebands of the carrier signal. Carrier suppression in an AC impedance measurement circuit can be implemented by sensing a carrier signal of the measurement circuit at a transmit location of the measurement circuit and subtracting a weighted version of the carrier signal at a receive location of the measurement circuit. One or more compensation impedances can be used such that the sidebands of the carrier signal are received with the carrier signal suppressed with respect to the receive location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Colin G. Lyden, Thomas J. Tansley, Oliver J. Brennan
  • Patent number: 7068193
    Abstract: An integrated digital calibration circuit and digital to analog converter includes a digital to analog converter (DAC) and a digital calibration circuit including a memory for storing predetermined end point coefficients of the digital to analog converter transfer function; and an arithmetic logic unit for applying the end point coefficients to the DAC input signal to adjust the end points of the DAC and/or analog signal chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis A. Dempsey, Thomas G. O'Dwyer, Oliver J. Brennan, Alan Walsh, Tudor Vinereanu
  • Publication number: 20040085234
    Abstract: An integrated digital calibration circuit and digital to analog converter includes a digital to analog converter (DAC) and a digital calibration circuit including a memory for storing predetermined end point coefficients of the digital to analog converter transfer function; and an arithmetic logic unit for applying the end point coefficients to the DAC input signal to adjust the end points of the DAC and/or analog signal chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Dennis A. Dempsey, Thomas G. O'Dwyer, Oliver J. Brennan, Alan Walsh, Tudor Vinereanu