Patents by Inventor Albert Hubert Dorner

Albert Hubert Dorner 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: 10914772
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to phase measurement circuitry operable based on a first clock signal having an intended clock frequency F1 and a second clock signal having an intended clock frequency F2, the circuitry comprising: a delay line configured to receive the first clock signal, the delay line comprising a plurality of delay units each configured to cause a propagation delay, and the plurality of delay units connected in series along the length of the delay line and defining a series of positions therebetween through which signal edges of the first clock signal propagate over time; an edge detector configured to sample the delay line at successive sample times based on the second clock signal and to record at each sample time the position of a given signal edge of the first clock signal along the delay line; and a phase angle determiner configured to determine a phase angle per delay unit based on successive recorded said positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Albert Hubert Dorner, Martin Wahle
  • Patent number: 10637486
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to oscillating circuitry, comprising a controllable oscillator operable to generate an output signal having an output frequency dependent on a coarse value and a fine value, the coarse value causing the output frequency to be within an associated band of output frequencies and the fine value controlling the output frequency within that band; and control circuitry operable to generate the coarse and fine values so as to control the controllable oscillator. In certain arrangements, the control circuitry compensates for temperature fluctuations during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT, INC.
    Inventor: Albert Hubert Dorner
  • Publication number: 20190033355
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to phase measurement circuitry operable based on a first clock signal having an intended clock frequency F1 and a second clock signal having an intended clock frequency F2, the circuitry comprising: a delay line configured to receive the first clock signal, the delay line comprising a plurality of delay units each configured to cause a propagation delay, and the plurality of delay units connected in series along the length of the delay line and defining a series of positions therebetween through which signal edges of the first clock signal propagate over time; an edge detector configured to sample the delay line at successive sample times based on the second clock signal and to record at each sample time the position of a given signal edge of the first clock signal along the delay line; and a phase angle determiner configured to determine a phase angle per delay unit based on successive recorded said positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Albert Hubert DORNER, Martin Wahle
  • Publication number: 20190036537
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to oscillating circuitry, comprising a controllable oscillator operable to generate an output signal having an output frequency dependent on a coarse value and a fine value, the coarse value causing the output frequency to be within an associated band of output frequencies and the fine value controlling the output frequency within that band; and control circuitry operable to generate the coarse and fine values so as to control the controllable oscillator. In certain arrangements, the control circuitry compensates for temperature fluctuations during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: Albert Hubert Dorner
  • Patent number: 10075172
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein current-mode circuitry for measuring a timing difference between first and second signals, the circuitry comprising: a tail node configured during a measurement operation to receive a current pulse in dependence upon the first signal; first and second nodes conductively connectable to said tail node along respective first and second paths; and steering circuitry configured during the measurement operation to control such connections between the tail node and the first and second nodes based on the second signal to steer the current pulse so that a first portion of the current pulse passes along the first path and a second portion of the current pulse passes along the second path in dependence upon the timing difference between said first and second signals; and a signal output unit configured to output a measurement-result signal indicating a measure of said timing difference based upon one or both of the first and second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Ian Juso Dedic, Gavin Lambertus Allen, Bernd Hans Germann, Albert Hubert Dorner
  • Publication number: 20170264304
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein current-mode circuitry for measuring a timing difference between first and second signals, the circuitry comprising: a tail node configured during a measurement operation to receive a current pulse in dependence upon the first signal; first and second nodes conductively connectable to said tail node along respective first and second paths; and steering circuitry configured during the measurement operation to control such connections between the tail node and the first and second nodes based on the second signal to steer the current pulse so that a first portion of the current pulse passes along the first path and a second portion of the current pulse passes along the second path in dependence upon the timing difference between said first and second signals; and a signal output unit configured to output a measurement-result signal indicating a measure of said timing difference based upon one or both of the first and second portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ian Juso DEDIC, Gavin Lambertus Allen, Bernd Hans Germann, Albert Hubert Dorner