Patents by Inventor Alaa El-Agha

Alaa El-Agha 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: 8144802
    Abstract: Digital data encoding and decoding method and system is provided. The data encoding includes encoding a frame signal into a bit stream, including detecting a specific bit pattern in the bit stream when the frame signal is present, generating a control signal in respect to the specific bit pattern, and encoding the bit stream into one or more marks and one or more spaces so that encoded data include a unique encoding pattern for the frame signal. The data decoding includes detecting at least one of mark and space from encoded data, recovering a bit stream from the encoded data when the at least one of mark and space is present, detecting a specific bit pattern associating with a frame signal from the encoded data when the at least one of mark and space is present, and recovering the frame signal from the encoded data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Alaa El-Agha, Dustin Griesdorf
  • Patent number: 7816979
    Abstract: A method and system for a frequency shift key demodulation is provided. The system includes a counting block for counting a reference clock within a window defined by a modulated signal, a detector for comparing a count value output from the counting block with digital multi-level thresholds and outputting baseband data based on the comparison, and a configurations block for configuring at least one of the counting block and the detector. The method includes counting a reference clock within a window defined by the FSK modulated signal and outputting a count value as a result of the counting, and comparing the count value with multi-level thresholds to output baseband data based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: ON Semiconductor Trading Ltd.
    Inventors: Alaa El-Agha, Dustin Griesdorf, Gareth P. Weale, Jakob Nielson
  • Patent number: 7795986
    Abstract: A method, system and digital modulator for modulation are provided The modulator includes a dividing mechanism for dividing a reference clock by a divide value to produce a modulated signal associated with at least one input data, and a control unit for providing at least one divide sequence to the dividing mechanism. The at least one divide sequence includes a sequence of one or more divide values. The divide value of the divide sequence is configurable and selectively provided to the dividing mechanism based on the at least one input data. The method includes configuring at least one divide sequence including a sequence of one or more divide values, and selecting a divide value from the at least one divide sequence based on at least one input data. The method includes dividing a reference clock by the selected divide value and generating a modulated signal based on the divide operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Alaa El-Agha, Dustin Griesdorf, Gareth P. Weale, Jakob Nielson
  • Publication number: 20090097588
    Abstract: Digital data encoding and decoding method and system is provided. The method for digital data communication include encoding bit stream having monitoring a specific bit pattern in the bit stream when a frame signal is received, and based on the monitoring, creating a unique encoding pattern for the frame signal in encoded data. The system for digital data communication includes an encoder having a control unit for monitoring incoming bit stream to detect a specific bit pattern at a bit position relative to a frame signal and asserting a control signal, and a mark and space unit for generating encoded data having at least one of one or more marks and one or more spaces, based on the bit stream in response to the control signal so that the frame signal is embedded into the encoded data. The method for decoding includes recovering bit stream from encoded data. The encoded data is generated using a unique encoding pattern for a frame signal in the encoded data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: AMI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Alaa El-Agha, Dustin Griesdorf
  • Publication number: 20090096543
    Abstract: A method, system and digital modulator for modulation are provided The modulator includes a dividing mechanism for dividing a reference clock by a divide value to produce a modulated signal associated with at least one input data, and a control unit for providing at least one divide sequence to the dividing mechanism. The at least one divide sequence includes a sequence of one or more divide values. The divide value of the divide sequence is configurable and selectively provided to the dividing mechanism based on the at least one input data. The method includes configuring at least one divide sequence including a sequence of one or more divide values, and selecting a divide value from the at least one divide sequence based on at least one input data. The method includes dividing a reference clock by the selected divide value and generating a modulated signal based on the divide operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: AMI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: Alaa El-Agha, Dustin Griesdorf, Gareth P. Weale, Jakob Nielson
  • Publication number: 20090096519
    Abstract: A method and system for a frequency shift key demodulation is provided. The system includes a counting block for counting a reference clock within a window defined by a modulated signal, a detector for comparing a count value output from the counting block with digital multi-level thresholds and outputting baseband data based on the comparison, and a configurations block for configuring at least one of the counting block and the detector. The method includes counting a reference clock within a window defined by the FSK modulated signal and outputting a count value as a result of the counting, and comparing the count value with multi-level thresholds to output baseband data based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: AMI SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
    Inventors: ALAA EL-AGHA, DUSTIN GRIESDORF, GARETH P. WEALE, JAKOB NIELSON