Patents Represented by Attorney Richard A. Bachard
  • Patent number: 7433693
    Abstract: A system, method and device are provided for determining the position of a mobile station through the identification of an approximate position of the mobile station. Thereafter received signal strength (RSSI) fingerprint data for the approximate position is requested and retrieved. The fingerprint data and received signal strength data collected at the mobile station are compared in connection with fixing the position of the mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventor: Leonid Sheynblat
  • Patent number: 5397967
    Abstract: A high side driver circuit and method for controlling the turnoff slew rate to an inductor of a motor is presented. The inductor is selectively connected between a supply voltage on a high side and a reference potential on a low side. The driver circuit has a power transistor having a current control path connected in series between the high side of the inductor and the supply voltage to connect selectively the inductor to the supply voltage. An amplifier has an output connected to a control element of the power transistor. A capacitor connected between a non-inverting input of the amplifier and the reference potential and a current source connected between the non-inverting input of the amplifier and the reference potential are switchably connected between the supply voltage and the non-inverting input of the amplifier for turning on and off the circuit. A feedback path is connected between the high side of the coil and an inverting input of the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Francesco Carobolante, Ali J. Rastegar