Patents by Inventor Stephan Weber

Stephan Weber 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: 20070021950
    Abstract: A method for modeling a plurality of quantities continuously accumulating over time by performing for each quantity of the plurality of quantities the following steps: determining separate time intervals and further determining the quantity accumulated in each time interval, and representing the separate time intervals and the quantity accumulated in each time interval in a table comprising a plurality of related data elements corresponding to the separate time intervals, each data element comprising a point in time in predetermined relation to the time interval and the quantity accumulated in the time interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Rolf Mantel, Thorsten Glebe, Stephan Weber
  • Publication number: 20060143062
    Abstract: A method is described that involves locking a capacity demand profile of a resource for the use of a transaction. The method also involves obtaining a portion of the locked capacity demand profile. The portion describes the capacity demand profile over a time interval in which a locked out transaction desired to implement a change to the capacity demand profile prior to the locking. The method involves implementing the change to the portion to form a changed portion. The method also involves, after the implementing, implementing a second change to the changed portion. The second change is desired by the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Booss, Volkmar Soehner, Andrei Suvernev, Stephan Weber
  • Patent number: 7057271
    Abstract: A circuit chip has an apparatus for an electrically conductive connection of a terminal thereof to an external reference potential. The apparatus has a parallel connection of a bonding wire and a semiconductor area formed in a substrate of the circuit chip. The semiconductor area is doped higher than the substrate of the circuit chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Johann-Peter Forstner, Stephan Weber
  • Patent number: 7031677
    Abstract: An additional control voltage is used to adjust then operating point of a power amplifier. The amplitude of the control voltage is a measure of the maximum gain needed during the current time slot and which is already provided to the power amplifier before the beginning of the active time slot. This enables an individual adjustment of the operating point so that the power consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Dietmar Wenzel, Stephan Weber
  • Publication number: 20060006948
    Abstract: A circuit for providing a base operating voltage for a bipolar transistor includes a UBE multiplier providing, in response to a working-point control current, a working voltage fed to a circuit for reducing the working voltage in order to generate a base operating voltage smaller than a base-emitter voltage drop of a bipolar power transistor. With this, the bipolar power transistor may be maintained in the class C operation in a flexible and robust manner, so that an amplifier with high efficiency is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Johann-Peter Forstner, Stephan Weber
  • Publication number: 20050067697
    Abstract: A circuit chip has an apparatus for an electrically conductive connection of a terminal thereof to an external reference potential. The apparatus has a parallel connection of a bonding wire and a semiconductor area formed in a substrate of the circuit chip. The semiconductor area is doped higher than the substrate of the circuit chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Johann-Peter Forstner, Stephan Weber
  • Patent number: 6535059
    Abstract: A reference stage is provided in order to compensate for manufacturing tolerances, for example relating to the threshold voltage of a transistor. This reference stage has a transistor which is a physical equivalent of the transistor to be trimmed in a radio-frequency amplifier stage. In particular, this reference transistor has the same electrical direct current characteristics as the amplifier transistor. A reference voltage can be tapped off across a resistor on the reference stage and can be supplied to a control amplifier which uses this reference voltage to set the operating point of the radio-frequency amplifier transistor such that manufacturing tolerances are compensated for. Such radio-frequency power amplifiers are used, for example, as transmit amplifiers in mobile radios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Georg Lipperer, Stephan Weber
  • Patent number: 6515543
    Abstract: An electrical circuit is provided for controlling nonlinear paths. A first linearization block and a second linearization block are provided, which may each have a characteristic curve that is the inverse of that of the control path. The first linearization block is configured in a feedback path running from the output of the control path to an input of a regulator. The second linearization block is configured for supplying a reference variable to an input of the regulator. Nonlinearities in the control path are thus linearized. In consequence, major changes in the reference variable are acceptable. The linearization blocks can be designed in a simple manner and require only a small surface area, since low power levels are normally produced at the inputs of an operational amplifier contained in the regulator. An additional advantage resulting from this is compensation for temperature drift of the two linearization blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Stephan Weber
  • Publication number: 20030003940
    Abstract: An additional control voltage is used to adjust then operating point of a power amplifier. The amplitude of the control voltage is a measure of the maximum gain needed during the current time slot and which is already provided to the power amplifier before the beginning of the active time slot. This enables an individual adjustment of the operating point so that the power consumption can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Dietmar Wenzel, Stephan Weber
  • Patent number: 6414548
    Abstract: A differential amplifier includes two channels. Each channel has an input, an output, an emitter transistor, and a first current source. The channels are connected to one another via a resistor. In at least one of the two channels, a potential-shifting device is assigned to the first current source. A voltage-controlled, second current source is provided for linearization purposes. A third current source forms the output of the differential amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Stephan Weber
  • Publication number: 20010026190
    Abstract: An electrical circuit is provided for controlling nonlinear paths. A first linearization block and a second linearization block are provided, which may each have a characteristic curve that is the inverse of that of the control path. The first linearization block is configured in a feedback path running from the output of the control path to an input of a regulator. The second feedback path is configured for supplying a reference variable to an input of the regulator. Nonlinearities in the control path are thus linearized. In consequence, major changes in the reference variable are acceptable. The linearization blocks can be designed in a simple manner and require only a small surface area, since low power levels are normally produced at the inputs of an operational amplifier contained in the regulator. An additional advantage resulting from this is compensation for temperature drift of the two linearization blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Inventor: Stephan Weber
  • Publication number: 20010009388
    Abstract: A reference stage is provided in order to compensate for manufacturing tolerances, for example relating to the threshold voltage of a transistor. This reference stage has a transistor which is a physical equivalent of the transistor to be trimmed in a radio-frequency amplifier stage. In particular, this reference transistor has the same electrical direct current characteristics as the amplifier transistor. A reference voltage can be tapped off across a resistor on the reference stage and can be supplied to a control amplifier which uses this reference voltage to set the operating point of the radio-frequency amplifier transistor such that manufacturing tolerances are compensated for. Such radio-frequency power amplifiers are used, for example, as transmit amplifiers in mobile radios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: Georg Lipperer, Stephan Weber
  • Patent number: 6154102
    Abstract: A controllable LC oscillator circuit has a resonant circuit including an inductance and a capacitance disposed in parallel. The oscillator is driven by an amplifier and the inductance is produced using coupled coils. The effective inductance of the coupled coils can be set by changing a gain of the amplifier, and a magnitude of the coupling factor of the coupled coils defines a magnitude of an adjustable frequency band of the oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventor: Stephan Weber
  • Patent number: 6104226
    Abstract: A circuit configuration for digitally setting analog parameters includes at least two analog multiplying devices each having a differential amplifier stage. The differential amplifier stages have differential inputs connected in parallel with one another and driven by an analog bipolar input signal. The differential amplifier stages have outputs coupled to one another cumulatively. The differential amplifier stages receive supply currents which are to be switched on and off individually as a function of a corresponding digital control signal and are graded using binary code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stephan Weber
  • Patent number: 6069916
    Abstract: An interface circuit for transmitting binary signals includes a signal transmitting device, a signal receiving device and a transmission device connected therebetween. The signal transmitting device has a device for limiting steepness of ascending and descending edges of the binary signals to certain inclination values which are identical to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Weber, Volker Thomas
  • Patent number: 5978422
    Abstract: A circuit for determining and evaluating a data signal with a disturbing direct voltage portion has a signal processor with which the direct voltage portion is determined and then subtracted from the signal. A non-linear control is provided that changes a time constant of the circuit in dependence on the signal curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Weber, Volker Thomas
  • Patent number: 5973562
    Abstract: The amplifier stage of the invention has a first and a second differential amplifier branch and a first and a second impedance-burdened branch. The first impedance-burdened branch is connected in parallel with the input impedance of the first differential amplifier branch, and the second impedance-burdened branch is connected in parallel with the input impedance of the second differential amplifier branch. As a result, it is possible to maintain the amplifier parameters largely constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Stephan Weber
  • Patent number: 5969566
    Abstract: A circuit for generating a reference potential includes a first transistor having an emitter connected to a ground potential, a base, and a collector connected to the base; a second transistor having a base connected to the base of the first transistor; a first resistor connected between the collector of the first transistor and an output terminal outputting the reference potential; a second resistor connected between the collector of the second transistor and the output terminal; a third resistor connected between the emitter of the second transistor and ground potential; a third transistor having a base connected to the collector of the second transistor, and an emitter connected to the ground potential; a fourth transistor having a collector connected to a supply potential, an emitter connected to the output terminal, and a base connected to the collector of the third transistor; a first current source connected between the base and the collector of the fourth transistor; and a second current source connec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Weber, Udo Matter, Stefan Heinen
  • Patent number: 5945864
    Abstract: A circuit configuration for offset compensation includes a filter device for ascertaining a direct component in an input signal delivered to it and a linking device for subtractive linking of the input signal and an output signal of the filter device. A tracking and holding device which is connected between the filter device and the linking device is controllable by a control signal. The control signal is furnished by a window comparator device having an input to which the input signal is applied. When the input signal is within a predetermined window, the tracking and holding device is located in a tracking mode, while otherwise it is in a holding mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Weber, Volker Thomas
  • Patent number: 5929698
    Abstract: A low-pass filter circuit including a first sub-filter designed in integrated circuit technology. The first sub-filter includes high-impedance resistor elements and smaller capacitances. A second sub-filter preceding the first sub-filter is constructed with low-impedance resistor elements and higher capacitances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Weber, Volker Thomas