Patents by Inventor Allison Y. Pern

Allison Y. Pern 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: 11664837
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for spread spectrum (SS) receiver interference mitigation are presented. An interference mitigation unit can include an interference analyzer that receives a complex-valued signal and estimates statistical characteristics of at least a portion of the complex-valued signal, a unit controller that receives the estimated statistical characteristics from the interference analyzer, classifies the interference distribution based on statistical characteristics as a Gaussian, long-tail, or short-tail, selects a non-linearity for that distribution, and a programmable non-linear module that performs a non-linear functional conversion of an envelope of the received complex-valued signal using a non-linear input-output characteristic based on the classification by the unit controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Gennady Y. Poberezhskiy, Antoine J. Rouphael, Phillip M. Izdebski, Allison Y. Pern
  • Patent number: 11658643
    Abstract: A finite impulse response (FIR) filter including a delay line and a plurality of arithmetic units. Each arithmetic unit is coupled to a different one of a plurality of tap points of the delay line, is configured to receive a respective signal value over the delay line, and is associated with a respective coefficient. Any given one of the arithmetic units is configured to receive a respective control word. The respective control word specifying: (i) a plurality of trivial multiplication operations, and (ii) a plurality of bit shift operations. Any given one of the arithmetic units is further configured to estimate or calculate a product of the respective signal of the arithmetic unit respective signal value and the respective coefficient of the arithmetic unit by performing the trivial multiplication operations and bit shift operations that are specified by the respective control word that is received at the given arithmetic unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Antoine Rouphael, Phillip Izdebski, Allison Y. Pern, Joon S. Choi
  • Publication number: 20220329275
    Abstract: Systems, devices, methods, and computer-readable media for spread spectrum (SS) receiver interference mitigation are presented. An interference mitigation unit can include an interference analyzer that receives a complex-valued. signal and estimates statistical characteristics of at least a portion of the complex-valued signal, a unit controller that receives the estimated statistical characteristics from the interference analyzer, classifies the interference distribution based on statistical characteristics as a Gaussian, long-tail, or short-tail, selects a non-linearity for that distribution, and a programmable non-linear module that performs a non-linear functional conversion of an envelope of the received complex-valued signal using a non-linear input-output characteristic based on the classification by the unit controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gennady Y. Poberezhskiy, Antoine J. Rouphael, Phillip M. Izdebski, Allison Y. Pern
  • Publication number: 20220231670
    Abstract: A finite impulse response (FIR) filter including a delay line and a plurality of arithmetic units. Each arithmetic unit is coupled to a different one of a plurality of tap points of the delay line, is configured to receive a respective signal value over the delay line, and is associated with a respective coefficient. Any given one of the arithmetic units is configured to receive a respective control word. The respective control word specifying: (i) a plurality of trivial multiplication operations, and (ii) a plurality of bit shift operations. Any given one of the arithmetic units is further configured to estimate or calculate a product of the respective signal of the arithmetic unit respective signal value and the respective coefficient of the arithmetic unit by performing the trivial multiplication operations and bit shift operations that are specified by the respective control word that is received at the given arithmetic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Antoine Rouphael, Phillip Izdebski, Allison Y. Pern, Joon S. Choi