Patents by Inventor Ulf Backman

Ulf Backman 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: 8731497
    Abstract: Method and arrangement in a first carrier controller, associated with a network node. The method aims at providing distributed power management of a plurality of power amplifiers within a sector. The first carrier controller, the network node and the power amplifiers are comprised within a communication system. Also, at least one further carrier controller is comprised within the communication system. The first carrier controller is arranged for scheduling power allocation at each power amplifier of the radio frequency power estimated to be used by at least one carrier controlled by the first carrier controller. The method comprises allocating the estimated power usage to be used by the at least one carrier controlled by the first carrier controller during a predetermined time frame on one or more power amplifiers within the same sector. The allocation is based on a priority value of each carrier, dedicated to that sector or to a power amplifier within that sector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ulf Backman, Jacob Osterling
  • Publication number: 20110275405
    Abstract: Method and arrangement in a first carrier controller, associated with a network node. The method aims at providing distributed power management of a plurality of power amplifiers within a sector. The first carrier controller, the network node and the power amplifiers are comprised within a communication system. Also, at least one further carrier controller is comprised within the communication system. The first carrier controller is arranged for scheduling power allocation at each power amplifier of the radio frequency power estimated to be used by at least one carrier controlled by the first carrier controller. The method comprises allocating the estimated power usage to be used by the at least one carrier controlled by the first carrier controller during a predetermined time frame on one or more power amplifiers within the same sector. The allocation is based on a priority value of each carrier, dedicated to that sector or to a power amplifier within that sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Ulf Backman, Jacob Osterling
  • Publication number: 20080309282
    Abstract: Method of and system for controlling the restart of an A.C. motor drive comprising an A.C. motor (4), a power converter (20, 21, 22) for stepless speed control of the A.C. motor and a load switch (3) arranged between the power converter and the A.C motor, wherein when the power converter (20, 21, 22) detects the output current to go below a predefined limit during the load switch opening it goes to a continuous output sensing mode, and when the output current goes above a predefined limit during the output sensing mode the power converter restarts automatically to a desired operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventors: Brian Michael Morris, Jaakko Ollila, Stefan Strandberg, Ulf Backman, Lasse Kortelahti, Ahti Rauma, Pasi Alapeltola
  • Patent number: 6266545
    Abstract: In a fixed-site radio transceiver station, information about a tower-mounted radio frequency amplifier apparatus can be automatically transferred from the tower-mounted radio frequency amplifier apparatus to another portion of the fixed-site radio transceiver station. The information is transferred by modulating a power supply current that is drawn from the other portion by the tower-mounted radio frequency amplifier apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ulf Backman, Sven Nilsson