Patents by Inventor Thomas Baier
Thomas Baier 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).
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Patent number: 11485669Abstract: In a known method for producing a quartz glass component, a crystal formation layer containing a crystallization promoter is produced on a coating surface of a base body of quartz glass. Starting therefrom, to provide a method for producing a quartz glass component of improved thermal strength and long-term stability which displays a comparatively small deformation particularly also in the case of rapid heating-up processes, it is suggested according to one aspect that a porous crystal formation layer containing amorphous SiO2 particles is produced with a mean thickness in the range of 0.1 to 5 mm, and that a substance which contains cesium and/or rubidium is used as the crystallization promoter.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christian Schenk, Nadine Tscholitsch, Thomas Baier
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Patent number: 11405247Abstract: A communication device and method include a reconfigurable receiver that is reconfigurable between communication, ranging and radar modes. The reconfigurable receiver includes a mixer configured to mix digital samples with a carrier phase estimate signal and configured to generate in-phase digital samples based on the carrier phase estimate. The reconfigurable receiver further includes a symbol correlator configured to correlate against the in-phase digital samples and generate correlated data, and a symbol binning unit configured to bin the correlated data and generate a first order channel impulse response estimate. The reconfigurable receiver yet further includes a multiplexer configured to switch the digital samples to the symbol binning unit when the reconfigurable receiver is configured in radar mode and to switch the correlated data to the symbol binning unit when the reconfigurable receiver is configured in a ranging mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Baier, Manuel Lafer, Gert Holler, Salvatore Drago
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Publication number: 20220200654Abstract: A communication device and method include a reconfigurable receiver that is reconfigurable between communication, ranging and radar modes. The reconfigurable receiver includes a mixer configured to mix digital samples with a carrier phase estimate signal and configured to generate in-phase digital samples based on the carrier phase estimate. The reconfigurable receiver further includes a symbol correlator configured to correlate against the in-phase digital samples and generate correlated data, and a symbol binning unit configured to bin the correlated data and generate a first order channel impulse response estimate. The reconfigurable receiver yet further includes a multiplexer configured to switch the digital samples to the symbol binning unit when the reconfigurable receiver is configured in radar mode and to switch the correlated data to the symbol binning unit when the reconfigurable receiver is configured in a ranging mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Thomas Baier, Manuel Lafer, Gert Holler, Salvatore Drago
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Patent number: 10805092Abstract: A processing module for a first lock device of a range determination system, the range determination system comprising a lock group comprising a plurality of lock devices of which the first lock device forms part, the plurality of lock devices physically spaced over a lockable element and configured to communicate with a key group comprising a plurality of key devices, a shortest distance between any one of the key devices of the key group and any one of the lock devices of the lock group providing for access to the lockable element relative to a threshold distance.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Jan Dutz, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong, Thomas Baier, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar
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Patent number: 10785650Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device is disclosed. The processing module is configured to provide for processing of a signal received by the receiver device from a transmitter device. The signal includes a secure training sequence divided into a plurality of time spaced blocks. The secure training sequence incoudes a non-repeating pattern of symbols. The processing module is configured to, based on a first phase marker in the first block and a second phase marker in the second block defining a phase difference of the signal between the first and second antennas and a known spacing of the first antenna relative to the second antenna, determine an angle of arrival of the signal relative to the receiver device.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Jan Dutz, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong, Thomas Baier, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar
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Patent number: 10771288Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device. The processor module comprises a channel estimate generation component arranged to output channel estimate information for a received signal, and a timestamping module arranged to determine a ToA measurement for a marker within a packet of the received signal based at least partly on the channel estimate information for the received signal generated by the channel estimate generation component. The channel estimate generation component comprises a validation component arranged to derive a validation pattern for the packet within the received signal for which a ToA measurement is to be determined, identify a section of the packet containing a validation sequence, and perform cross-correlation between at least a part of the validation sequence within the packet and at least a part of the generated validation pattern to generate channel estimate validation information.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Thomas Baier, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong
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Patent number: 10715355Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device. The processor module comprises a channel estimate generation component arranged to output channel estimate information for a received signal, and a timestamping module arranged to determine a ToA measurement for a marker within a packet of the received signal based at least partly on the channel estimate information for the received signal generated by the channel estimate generation component. The channel estimate generation component comprises a validation component arranged to derive a validation pattern for the packet within the received signal for which a ToA measurement is to be determined, identify a section of the packet containing a validation sequence, and perform cross-correlation between at least a part of the validation sequence within the packet and at least a part of the generated validation pattern to generate channel estimate validation information.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Thomas Baier, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong
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Patent number: 10530529Abstract: The disclosure relates to a processing module of a receiver device and associated method and apparatus. The method comprises receiving a signal comprising one or more frames, each frame comprising a synchronization-symbol-portion, a security-sequence-portion, and a data-payload-portion; and processing the signal to perform carrier recovery, and excluding at least part of the security-sequence-portions of the one or more frames from the carrier recovery process.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Wolfgang Küchler, Ghiath Al-kadi, Thomas Baier, Jan Dutz
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Patent number: 10404490Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device configured to provide for processing of a frame received by the receiver device from a transmitter device, the at least one frame comprising a plurality of repeating predetermined synchronization symbols for providing synchronization between the processing module and the transmitter device and one or more start-of-frame symbols defining the end of the synchronization symbols, the processing module configured to: perform cross correlation to obtain a cross-correlation function on i) at least a part of the received frame; with ii) a predetermined modulation sequence used to modulate the one or more start-of-frame symbols and not the synchronization symbols; and determine the location of the start-of-frame symbols based on an increase, above a threshold increase, in the cross-correlation function from a negative cross-correlation with the synchronization symbols to a greater cross-correlation with the part of the received frame containing the start-of-frame symbolsType: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Jan Dutz, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong, Thomas Baier, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar
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Publication number: 20190222443Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device. The processor module comprises a channel estimate generation component arranged to output channel estimate information for a received signal, and a timestamping module arranged to determine a ToA measurement for a marker within a packet of the received signal based at least partly on the channel estimate information for the received signal generated by the channel estimate generation component. The channel estimate generation component comprises a validation component arranged to derive a validation pattern for the packet within the received signal for which a ToA measurement is to be determined, identify a section of the packet containing a validation sequence, and perform cross-correlation between at least a part of the validation sequence within the packet and at least a part of the generated validation pattern to generate channel estimate validation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Thomas Baier, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong
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Patent number: 10298337Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device. The processor module comprises a channel estimate generation component arranged to output channel estimate information for a received signal, and a timestamping module arranged to determine a ToA measurement for a marker within a packet of the received signal based at least partly on the channel estimate information for the received signal generated by the channel estimate generation component. The channel estimate generation component comprises a validation component arranged to derive a validation pattern for the packet within the received signal for which a ToA measurement is to be determined, identify a section of the packet containing a validation sequence, and perform cross-correlation between at least a part of the validation sequence within the packet and at least a part of the validation pattern to generate channel estimate validation information.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Wolfgang Küchler, Thomas Baier, Manuel Lafer
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Patent number: 10291436Abstract: A processing module for a transmitter device configured to provide for generation of a signal comprising at least one frame for transmission by the transmitter device to a receiver device, the processing module configured to provide for processing of an input pulse stream comprising a stream of pulses representative of data, to provide an output pulse stream, each pulse of the pulse streams having one of two states defining the phase with which a carrier wave is modulated; the processing module configured to; divide the input pulse stream into consecutive groups of pulses; and for each group of pulses, based on determination that the first two or more consecutive pulses of the group have the same polarity, provide for addition of at least one dummy pulse to the group directly after the first two or more consecutive pulses, with an opposite polarity.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: NXP B.V.Inventors: Jan Dutz, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong, Thomas Baier, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar
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Publication number: 20190074930Abstract: The disclosure relates to a processing module of a receiver device and associated method and apparatus. The method comprises receiving a signal comprising one or more frames, each frame comprising a synchronization-symbol-portion, a security-sequence-portion, and a data-payload-portion; and processing the signal to perform carrier recovery, and excluding at least part of the security-sequence-portions of the one or more frames from the carrier recovery process.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Inventors: Wolfgang Küchler, Ghiath Al-kadi, Thomas Baier, Jan Dutz
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Publication number: 20190010073Abstract: In a known method for producing a quartz glass component, a crystal formation layer containing a crystallization promoter is produced on a coating surface of a base body of quartz glass. Starting therefrom, to provide a method for producing a quartz glass component of improved thermal strength and long-term stability which displays a comparatively small deformation particularly also in the case of rapid heating-up processes, it is suggested according to one aspect that a porous crystal formation layer containing amorphous SiO2 particles is produced with a mean thickness in the range of 0.1 to 5 mm, and that a substance which contains cesium and/or rubidium is used as the crystallization promoter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: January 10, 2019Applicant: Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Christian SCHENK, Nadine TSCHOLITSCH, Thomas BAIER
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Publication number: 20180254870Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device is disclosed. The processing module is configured to provide for processing of a signal received by the receiver device from a transmitter device. The signal includes a secure training sequence divided into a plurality of time spaced blocks. The secure training sequence incoudes a non-repeating pattern of symbols. The processing module is configured to, based on a first phase marker in the first block and a second phase marker in the second block defining a phase difference of the signal between the first and second antennas and a known spacing of the first antenna relative to the second antenna, determine an angle of arrival of the signal relative to the receiver device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Jan Dutz, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong, Thomas Baier, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar
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Publication number: 20180254923Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device configured to provide for processing of a frame received by the receiver device from a transmitter device, the at least one frame comprising a plurality of repeating predetermined synchronization symbols for providing synchronization between the processing module and the transmitter device and one or more start-of-frame symbols defining the end of the synchronization symbols, the processing module configured to: perform cross correlation to obtain a cross-correlation function on i) at least a part of the received frame; with ii) a predetermined modulation sequence used to modulate the one or more start-of-frame symbols and not the synchronization symbols; and determine the location of the start-of-frame symbols based on an increase, above a threshold increase, in the cross-correlation function from a negative cross-correlation with the synchronization symbols to a greater cross-correlation with the part of the received frame containing the start-of-frame symbolsType: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Jan Dutz, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong, Thomas Baier, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar
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Publication number: 20180254925Abstract: A processing module for a transmitter device configured to provide for generation of a signal comprising at least one frame for transmission by the transmitter device to a receiver device, the processing module configured to provide for processing of an input pulse stream comprising a stream of pulses representative of data, to provide an output pulse stream, each pulse of the pulse streams having one of two states defining the phase with which a carrier wave is modulated; the processing module configured to; divide the input pulse stream into consecutive groups of pulses; and for each group of pulses, based on determination that the first two or more consecutive pulses of the group have the same polarity, provide for addition of at least one dummy pulse to the group directly after the first two or more consecutive pulses, with an opposite polarity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Jan Dutz, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong, Thomas Baier, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar
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Publication number: 20180254910Abstract: A processing module for a first lock device of a range determination system, the range determination system comprising a lock group comprising a plurality of lock devices of which the first lock device forms part, the plurality of lock devices physically spaced over a lockable element and configured to communicate with a key group comprising a plurality of key devices, a shortest distance between any one of the key devices of the key group and any one of the lock devices of the lock group providing for access to the lockable element relative to a threshold distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Jan Dutz, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong, Thomas Baier, Arie Geert Cornelis Koppelaar
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Publication number: 20180138993Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device. The processor module comprises a channel estimate generation component arranged to output channel estimate information for a received signal, and a timestamping module arranged to determine a ToA measurement for a marker within a packet of the received signal based at least partly on the channel estimate information for the received signal generated by the channel estimate generation component. The channel estimate generation component comprises a validation component arranged to derive a validation pattern for the packet within the received signal for which a ToA measurement is to be determined, identify a section of the packet containing a validation sequence, and perform cross-correlation between at least a part of the validation sequence within the packet and at least a part of the validation pattern to generate channel estimate validation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Wolfgang KÜCHLER, Thomas BAIER, Manuel LAFER
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Publication number: 20170359134Abstract: A processing module for a receiver device. The processor module comprises a channel estimate generation component arranged to output channel estimate information for a received signal, and a timestamping module arranged to determine a ToA measurement for a marker within a packet of the received signal based at least partly on the channel estimate information for the received signal generated by the channel estimate generation component. The channel estimate generation component comprises a validation component arranged to derive a validation pattern for the packet within the received signal for which a ToA measurement is to be determined, identify a section of the packet containing a validation sequence, and perform cross-correlation between at least a part of the validation sequence within the packet and at least a part of the generated validation pattern to generate channel estimate validation information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2017Publication date: December 14, 2017Inventors: Thomas Baier, Wolfgang Küchler, Frank Leong