Patents Assigned to MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP.
  • Patent number: 9685976
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved K-Delta-1-Sigma Modulators (KG1Ss) that achieve multi GHz sampling rates with 90 nm and 45 nm CMOS processes, and that provide the capability to balance performance with power in many applications. The improved KD1Ss activate all paths when high performance is needed (e.g. high bandwidth), and reduce the effective bandwidth by shutting down multiple paths when low performance is required. The improved KD1Ss can adjust the baseband filtering for lower bandwidth, and can provide large savings in power consumption while maintaining the communication link, which is a great advantage in space communications. The improved KD1Ss herein provides a receiver that adjusts to accommodate a higher rate when a packet is received at a low bandwidth, and at a initial lower rate, power is saved by turning off paths in the KD1S Analog to Digital Converter, and where when a higher rate is required, multiple paths are enabled in the KD1S to accommodate the higher band widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORP.
    Inventor: Sasan Ardalan
  • Patent number: 9647731
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices and methods which implement a reconfigurable network-on-a-chip (NoC) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) architecture which fully implements a 4×4 MIMO OFDM receiver and transmitter, which has a radiation hardened phase-locked loop (PLL) that provides a 1 GHz or 500 MHz clock to a NoC switch fabric, and at least two NoC Clusters on said NoC switch fabric, an Up/Down conversion cluster and a main MIMO OFDM and Single Carrier system cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Microelectronics Research & Development Corp.
    Inventor: Sasan Ardalan
  • Publication number: 20160373158
    Abstract: The invention relates to devices and methods which implement a reconfigurable network-on-a-chip (NoC) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) architecture which fully implements a 4×4 MIMO OFDM receiver and transmitter, which has a radiation hardened phase-locked loop (PLL) that provides a 1 GHz or 500 MHz clock to a NoC switch fabric, and at least two NoC Clusters on said NoC switch fabric, an Up/Down conversion cluster and a main MIMO OFDM and Single Carrier system cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: MICROELECTRONICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP.
    Inventor: Sasan Ardalan
  • Patent number: 9367488
    Abstract: This invention relates to both a method and device for booting up a device and online scrubbing utilizing a system on chip appliqué sensor interface module in a Space Plug-and-Play Avionics environment that incorporates Radiation Hardened by Design components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Microelectronics Research Development Corp.
    Inventor: Sasan Ardalan