Patents by Inventor Vafa Rakshani
Vafa Rakshani 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: 8949049Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2006Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20080033670Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20070191007Abstract: Certain aspects of a method and system for handling signals in a communication system are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include processing, within a single chip, any one of a plurality of wireless access communication protocols by any one of a plurality of on-chip baseband processors. None of the on-chip baseband processors is a dedicated processor that is configured to handle only a single wireless access communication protocol. The plurality of wireless access communication protocols may comprise WCDMA, HSDPA, GSM, GPRS, and EDGE. Any one of the plurality of on-chip baseband processors may be configured to process any one of the plurality of wireless access communication protocols.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Claude Hayek, Lawrence Madar, Nelson Sollenberger, Frederic Hayem, Vafa Rakshani
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Patent number: 7254495Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20070131966Abstract: A memory cell for reducing the cost and complexity of modifying a revision identifier (ID) or default register values associated with an integrated circuit (IC) chip, and a method for manufacturing the same. The cell, which may be termed a “Meta-Memory Cell” (MMCEL), is implemented on metal layers only and utilizes a dual parallel metal ladder structure that traverses and covers each metal and via layer from the bottom to the top of the metal layer structure of the chip. One of the metal ladders is connected to a power supply at the bottom metal layer, corresponding to a logic 1, and another metal ladder is connected to ground at the bottom metal layer, corresponding to a logic 0. The output of the MMCEL can thus be inverted at any metal or via layer and can be inverted as often as required. Significant cost savings are achieved because a revision ID or default register bits may be modified by altering only those metal layers where design changes are necessary.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2007Publication date: June 14, 2007Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Manolito Catalasan, Vafa Rakshani, Edmund Spittles, Tim Sippel, Richard Unda
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Patent number: 7174259Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2005Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20060258290Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Patent number: 7082372Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2003Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Patent number: 7054779Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20060034376Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2005Publication date: February 16, 2006Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Patent number: 6954708Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2002Date of Patent: October 11, 2005Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20050213637Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2005Publication date: September 29, 2005Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20050110136Abstract: Multi-concentric pad (MCP) arrangements provide for increased pad densities on integrated circuits. The multi-concentric pad (MCP) configuration includes a first set of input output (IO) pads and a second set of IO pads, both disposed on an integrated circuit die. Each IO pad in said first set and said second set of IO pads includes a bond pad for receiving a bond wire connection, and an IO circuit coupled to the bond pad. The IO circuits provide an interface between a signal received at the corresponding bond pad and a core circuit disposed on said IC die. The first set of IO pads are arranged closer to the perimeter of the IC die than the second set of IO pads. Furthermore, the second set of IO pads are arranged so that each IO circuit in the second set of IO pads is closer to the center of the IC die than a corresponding IO circuit in the first set of IO pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: May 26, 2005Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Vafa Rakshani
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Publication number: 20040064275Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20040049359Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Patent number: 6643595Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20030154038Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector, output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Patent number: 6571181Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: May 27, 2003Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Publication number: 20030033098Abstract: A system and technique for detecting a device that requires power is implemented with a power detection station. The power detection system includes a detector having an output and a return which are coupled together by the device when the device requires power. The detector includes a word generator for generating test pulses for transmission to the device via the detector output, and a comparator for comparing the detector output with the detector return. The power detection station has a wide variety of applications, including by way of example, a switch or hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2002Publication date: February 13, 2003Inventors: Vafa Rakshani, Nariman Yousefi
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Patent number: 5956196Abstract: A disk drive having an embedded servo disk format preferably having a fixed-number of radial servo sample wedges per track, in which data blocks are located independently of the servo sample wedge locations of any particular track, and can be split around servo sample wedges. Thus, a fraction of a data block, or more than one data block, can be written between consecutive servo sample wedges, beginning almost anywhere in a data wedge. Each data sector has an associated identification (ID) field that includes at least one segment descriptor. Each segment descriptor describes the data segments into which a data block can be split. Provision is made for as many segment descriptors as there can be data segments for a data block. In general, a segment descriptor is a multi-bit digital signal that defines the absolute or relative location of split data segments (or, alternatively, the absolute or relative length of split data segments, from which the location can be determined).Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1997Date of Patent: September 21, 1999Assignee: Western Digital CorporationInventors: Richard W. Hull, Marc E. Acosta, Carl Bonke, Vafa Rakshani, Ronald E. Wilson