Patents Assigned to Broadcom Corporation
  • Publication number: 20120246284
    Abstract: A handheld wireless communication device (HWCD) establishes an ad hoc network comprising interconnected networks for a user. The HWCD gains access to content on a first device and controls communication of the content from the first device via the HWCD to a second device. The HWCD enables the second device to consume the content. The content may be streamed from the first device via the HWCD to the second device. The first device is a service provider network device or other network device. The access may be authenticated and/or secure. Secure access to the content is extended from the first device to the second device. The ad hoc network is configured and/or reconfigured until communication is complete. The HWCD comprises multiple wireless interfaces. The ad hoc network comprises a PAN, WLAN, WAN and/or cellular network. The HWCD may hand-off among base stations during communication of the content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Buer, Arya Behzad, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Alexander MacInnis, Thomas Quigley, John Walley
  • Publication number: 20120246358
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and apparatus for a configurable connector for Ethernet are provided. In this regard, a configurable Ethernet connector residing in an Ethernet enabled communication device may couple the communication devise to one or more twisted pairs and enable communication of Ethernet frames over the twisted pair(s). Conductors of each of the twisted pairs may make contact with adjacent pins of the configurable Ethernet connector. A size and shape of the configurable Ethernet connector may enable housing of more than 48 instances of the configurable Ethernet connector in a single standard size one rack unit face plate of a 19-inch rack. The configurable Ethernet connector may provide mechanical and electrical indications that enable a device coupled to the configurable Ethernet connector to determine configuration information of the configurable Ethernet connector. The information may indicate presence or absence of various components within and/or on the configurable Ethernet connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Wael William DIAB, Kevin Brown, Michael Johas Teener
  • Publication number: 20120241955
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for the assembly of integrated circuit (IC) packages. A substrate panel is formed that includes a plurality of substrates. The substrate panel is singulated to separate the plurality of substrates. At least a subset of the separated substrates is attached to a surface of a carrier. One or more dies are attached to each of the substrates on the carrier. The dies and the substrates are encapsulated on the carrier with a molding compound. The carrier is detached from the encapsulated dies and substrates to form a molded assembly that includes the molding compound encapsulating the dies and substrates. A plurality of interconnects is attached to each of the substrates at a surface of the molded assembly. The molded assembly is singulated to form a plurality of IC packages. Each IC package includes at least one of the dies and a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Law, Rezaur R. Khan, Edmund Law
  • Publication number: 20120242294
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention enable energy transfer via short-range RF communication between a main device and an associated device, thereby allowing the main device to energy charge the associated device. Accordingly, the need for a separate charger for the associated device can be eliminated. Embodiments of the present invention are suitable for applications in which the main device and the associated device operate in close proximity to each other. Further, embodiments of the present invention are suitable for applications in which the associated device is more energy-constrained than the main device. According to embodiments, energy transfer applications can be supported using near field communication (NFC). In an embodiment, energy transfer via NFC is enabled between a Bluetooth enabled cellular phone and a Bluetooth headset. In another embodiment, energy transfer via NFC is enabled between a Bluetooth enabled digital camera and a Bluetooth enabled digital frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: James Michael MUTH
  • Patent number: 8276109
    Abstract: A mixed-height cell library for designing integrated circuits is provided. The mixed-height cell library includes a first plurality of cells having a first track height and a second plurality of cells having a second track height that are configured to be coupled to the first plurality of cells at respective power and ground rail lines. A method for mixed-height cell placement and optimization is also provided. The method comprises abutting cells of different track heights to form a plurality of rows of cells by coupling power and ground rails of the cells at a secondary layer that is different from a primary layer that is used to connect active material and determining whether re-ordering cells within rows allows for further compaction of adjacent rows. The method further comprises re-ordering cells within rows so to allow for further compaction of adjacent rows. The method also includes the steps of splitting rows vertically to minimize the distance between the split rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Penzes, Koen Lampaert
  • Patent number: 8274896
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a virtual queue configured to virtually receive virtual data units as the data units are actually received by a real queue. In various embodiments, the virtual queue may include a token counter decrementor configured to, as an entering data unit virtually enters the virtual queue, attempt to allocate the entering data unit to either the committed burst or the excess burst and decrement either the committed token counter (CTC) or the excess token counter (ETC) respectively. In one embodiment, a token counter incrementer configured to, as a data unit virtually exits the virtual queue, increment one of the token counters. In some embodiments, the virtual queue may include a congestion indicator configured to categorize the entering data unit. In various embodiments, the virtual queue may be configured to provide congestion feedback information based, at least in part, upon the state of the CTC & ETC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ashvin Lakshmikantha, Mohan Kalkunte, Bruce Kwan
  • Patent number: 8275031
    Abstract: Certain aspects of a system and method for handling video data may comprise determining data rates associated with each of a plurality of destination devices utilized for processing video data in a video processing system that supports multiple display data rates. A data rate associated with a first portion of the plurality of destination devices may be adjusted to match at least one data rate associated with one or more of a remaining portion of the plurality of destination devices in instances where the determined data rate of the first portion of the plurality of destination devices is greater than one or more data rate associated with one or more of the remaining portion of the plurality of destination devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Darren Neuman
  • Patent number: 8275316
    Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for a fast power control mechanism for Bluetooth devices may include receiving from a first Bluetooth device, a request for a transmit power adjustment for one or more operating modes. A step size may be received for the transmit power adjustment via the received request. The transmit power may be adjusted as a function of the step size. A feedback message may be sent to the first Bluetooth device, wherein the feedback message may indicate a status of the adjusting. The transmit power adjustment may be requested via a Link Management Protocol (LMP) message. One or more operating modes may comprise a Bluetooth Basic Rate (BR) mode, and/or a Bluetooth Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Shawn Ding
  • Patent number: 8276011
    Abstract: A system and method for tunneling control over a MAC/PHY interface for legacy ASIC support. Energy efficient Ethernet control or status information can be communicated over a MAC/PHY interface using control codes that are embedded in sequence ordered sets. These sequence ordered sets would not affect the data flow and can be tunneled within an existing interface (e.g., XAUI, XFI, xxMII or derivative interfaces) without generating errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Wael William Diab, Maurice David Caldwell
  • Patent number: 8274353
    Abstract: An inductor circuit is disclosed. The inductor circuit includes a first in-silicon inductor and a second in-silicon inductor each having multiple turns. A portion of the multiple turns of the second in-silicon inductor is formed between turns of the first in-silicon inductor. The first and second in-silicon inductors are configured such that a differential current flowing through the first in-silicon inductor and the second in-silicon inductor flows in a same direction in corresponding turns of inductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Carol Barrett, Tom McKay, Subhas Bothra
  • Patent number: 8275423
    Abstract: A power management scheme for a wireless communications device processor substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. By incorporating controls for sleep and wake-up mode transitions in the processor's control logic, improved power savings with reduced latency is provided, obviating the need for hardware-focused solutions with elaborate signaling mechanisms. A fully integrated power management with staged wake-up operations controlled by the MAC solution consumes less power than the conventional wireless LAN solutions in standby mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Mark D. Matson, Bruce E. Edwards
  • Patent number: 8276009
    Abstract: A mobile phone that uses OS virtualization for minimizing power consumption in mobile phones is provided. Apparatus and methods may involve conserving processor power in a mobile phone according to the invention may include the following steps. A first step may be awakening a first processing core from a low power state in response to a first operating system (OS) thread. A following step may include processing the first OS thread using the first processing core. A next step may include determining whether utilization of the first processing core over a first time period has exceeded a predetermined threshold. The method may also include awakening a second processing core from a low power consumption state if utilization of the first processing core over a first time period has exceeded a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: James King
  • Patent number: 8274147
    Abstract: Methods and systems for intra-printed circuit board communication via waveguides are disclosed and may include communicating one or more signals between or among a plurality of integrated circuits via one or more waveguides integrated on a printed circuit board. The integrated circuits may be bonded to the printed circuit board. The waveguides may be configured via switches integrated within each of the plurality of integrated circuits. The one or more signals may include microwave signals. The one or more waveguides may be configured for communicating microwave signals with a frequency of 60 GHz or greater. The communication of the one or more signals may be configured via a low frequency control signal, which may include a digital signal. The one or more waveguides may include metal and/or semiconductor layers deposited on and/or embedded within the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8275319
    Abstract: Embodiments for methods and apparatuses for processing a multi-carrier signal are disclosed. One method includes shaping a frequency spectrum of a multi-carrier transmit signal wherein an amplitude of a plurality of subcarriers of the multi-carrier transmit signal is increased relative to at least one other subcarrier of the multi-carrier transmit signal. The shaped frequency spectrum multi-carrier transmit signal is amplified with a power amplifier, wherein a power level of an output of the power amplifier is greater than a rated power level of the power amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Sriraman Dakshinamurthy, Robert G. Lorenz, Ming Hu, Derek K. Shaeffer
  • Patent number: 8275050
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed to map a sequence of data to Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) constellation symbols. The method and apparatus encodes only a portion of the sequence of data and leaves a remaining portion of the sequence of data unencoded. The encoded portion of the sequence of data and the remaining unencoded portion of the sequence of data are then mapped into modulation symbols of the QAM constellation. The encoded portion of the sequence of data selects subsets of the QAM constellation, and the remaining unencoded portion of the sequence of data determines a specific modulation symbol within each subset of the QAM constellation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Lin He, Thomas J. Kolze, Ba-Zhong Shen, Gottfried Ungerboeck, Bruce J. Currivan
  • Patent number: 8275068
    Abstract: A method for processing signals in a communication system includes delaying a baseband signal based on at least one calibration signal, and amplifying the delayed baseband signal. The at least one calibration signal may be generated based on an amount of intermodulation distortion associated with the amplified delayed baseband signal. A bias voltage of an amplifier used for the amplifying may be adjusted, where the adjusting is in proportion to an envelope of the baseband signal. A number of samples used for the delaying may be calculated, by minimizing the amount of the intermodulation distortion at an output of the amplifier. The envelope may be measured by evaluating a plurality of I and Q samples of the baseband signal. A supply and/or bias voltage for the amplifier may be generated by using a switching regulator. The bias voltage may control a gain of the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 8275082
    Abstract: Certain aspects of a method and system for a delay locked loop for a rake receiver are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include normalizing a signal power of a first control channel based on a threshold value. A sampling time associated with at least one or more of the following: the first control channel, a second control channel, an on-time control channel, and a data channel, may be adjusted based on a comparison between the normalized signal power of the first control channel and a signal power of the second control channel. The second control channel may be delayed with respect to the first control channel by a particular time period. The first and second control channels may be common pilot control channels (CPICHs). The combined signal power of the first control channel may be normalized based on said threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Hongwei Kong, Li Fung Chang, Huaiyu Zeng
  • Patent number: 8274914
    Abstract: A first of a plurality of intermediate routing devices is operable to advertise to and/or receive status information from remaining one(s) of the intermediate routing devices. The intermediate routing devices may store and/or analyze the advertised and/or received status information and may make routing decisions based on it. The first routing device may advertise status information for itself and/or for one or more other intermediate routing devices. Data may be routed based on type of data, service level and/or priority associated with the data. The advertised and/or received status information comprises current status information, predicted status information and/or past status information which may be based on one or more of port status, CPU utilization, memory utilization, quality of service (QoS), bandwidth utilization, bandwidth availability, traffic load, congestion, number of connections handled and capability to provide a particular level of service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Jeyhan Karaoguz, James D. Bennett
  • Patent number: 8276013
    Abstract: A system and method for using a link energy signal in physical layer devices (PHYs) having a silent channel/interface in energy efficient Ethernet (EEE). LPI modes in EEE suffer deficiencies in cable unplug detection due to the latency in refresh cycles. LPI modes in EEE also suffer from potential frequency drift, which leads to high bit error rate (BER) when coming out of LPI mode. A link energy signal transmitted during LPI modes enables real-time detection of cable unplug and the frequency lock to be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Wael William Diab, Scott Powell
  • Patent number: 8274957
    Abstract: Wireless mobile communication (WMC) devices located in near proximity of each other may be enabled to form a mesh (ad hoc wireless) network. WMC devices may form and/or tear down intra-mesh connection with other WMC devices in the same mesh network. WMC devices may utilize information related to other WMC devices in the mesh network in determining formation and tearing down of intra-mesh connections. This information may comprise relative speeds, locations, and directions of movement of the WMC devices forming/tearing intra-mesh connections. Other information including data bandwidth and/or power consumption may be utilized in such determination. This information may also comprise available services advertised by WMC devices in the mesh network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: John Walley, Thomas Quigley, Alexander G. MacInnis, Arya Behzad, Jeyhan Karaoguz, Mark Buer