Patents by Inventor Tom Vandeplas

Tom Vandeplas 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: 8767898
    Abstract: A device receives a data signal and a reference timing signal provided from a first clock. The device includes a sample clock that operates independently from the first clock, wherein the sample clock outputs a sample clock signal that is asynchronous with the reference timing signal; a sampler for sampling a data signal in accordance with the sample clock signal and outputting a sampled data signal; and a resampler for resampling the sampled data signal according to a resampling ratio and outputting a resampled data signal such that a number of data samples in the resampled data signal within a synchronization time interval defined with respect to the reference timing signal equals a nominal number of data samples that would occur in the sampled data signal within the synchronization time interval when the sample clock signal was synchronized to the reference timing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gery Verhaegen, Tom Vandeplas
  • Publication number: 20120099687
    Abstract: A device receives a data signal and a reference timing signal provided from a first clock. The device includes a sample clock that operates independently from the first clock, wherein the sample clock outputs a sample clock signal that is asynchronous with the reference timing signal; a sampler for sampling a data signal in accordance with the sample clock signal and outputting a sampled data signal; and a resampler for resampling the sampled data signal according to a resampling ratio and outputting a resampled data signal such that a number of data samples in the resampled data signal within a synchronization time interval defined with respect to the reference timing signal equals a nominal number of data samples that would occur in the sampled data signal within the synchronization time interval when the sample clock signal was synchronized to the reference timing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Gery VERHAEGEN, Tom VANDEPLAS
  • Patent number: 8150388
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for testing a navigation receiver comprised in a communication device, whereby the communication device further comprises a device for mobile wireless communication. The method comprises the steps of: connecting the communication device to a test equipment device, sending navigation assistance data information comprising test configuration data from the test equipment device via the device for mobile wireless communication to the navigation receiver over an assistance data communication port in order to initiate a test procedure, sending test navigation ranging signals from the test equipment device to the navigation receiver, processing the test navigation ranging signals in the navigation receiver, sending a message concerning the test procedure in response from the navigation receiver to the device for wireless mobile communication, feeding back the message to the test equipment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Dieudonné, Tom Vandeplas, Wim Cresens
  • Publication number: 20080085704
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for testing a navigation receiver comprised in a communication device, whereby the communication device further comprises a device for mobile wireless communication. The method comprises the steps of: connecting the communication device to a test equipment device, sending navigation assistance data information comprising test configuration data from the test equipment device via the device for mobile wireless communication to the navigation receiver over an assistance data communication port in order to initiate a test procedure, sending test navigation ranging signals from the test equipment device to the navigation receiver, processing the test navigation ranging signals in the navigation receiver, sending a message concerning the test procedure in response from the navigation receiver to the device for wireless mobile communication, feeding back the message to the test equipment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Dieudonne, Tom Vandeplas, Wim Cresens