Patents by Inventor Andreas Bock
Andreas Bock 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).
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Publication number: 20160082901Abstract: An energy absorber for an overhead system in a vehicle, wherein the energy absorber comprises a sound absorption device. To improve the sound absorption, it is provided that the sound absorption device comprises at least one acoustic membrane formed within a protrusion formed in an energy absorbing panel member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: ANDREAS BOCK, ROBERT WAGSCHAL, THOMAS KELLER
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Patent number: 9270378Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) for driving a light emitting semiconductor device is provided. The IC includes an input stage configured to receive a first input signal with a first differential pair of bipolar transistors and a second input signal with a second differential pair of bipolar transistors and to provide a pre-driver output signal being a superposition of the first input signal and the second input signal and an output stage including a third differential pair of bipolar transistors for receiving the pre-driver output signal of the input stage and for driving the light emitting semiconductor device in response to the pre-driver output signal, wherein the IC is configured to pre-distort the pre-driver output signal of the input stage so as to compensate a signal distortion of the output stage.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dirk Muentefering, Andreas Bock
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Publication number: 20160036422Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for shifting the cross-point of a digital signal in an optical transmitter. The cross-point shifting techniques may use multiple differential transconductors with their common polarity outputs coupled together to shift the cross-point of a signal. Using multiple differential transconductors in this manner may increase the balance between the positive and negative polarities of the resulting cross-point shifted signal relative to other types of cross-point shifting techniques, which may improve the quality of an optical signal generated by an optical transmitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2015Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventor: Andreas Bock
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Patent number: 8653856Abstract: A buffer is provided. The buffer includes a first switch and a second switch coupled in series at a first output node, a third switch and a fourth switch coupled in series at a second output node, a first current source and a second current source. The first current source is coupled with one side to the first switch and the third switch and with another side to a first supply voltage, the second current source is coupled with one side to the second switch and the fourth switch and with a second side to a second supply voltage. The first current source is configured to adjust an output swing in a first operation mode and in a second operation. The second current source is configured to adjust a common mode voltage level of the output signal in the first operation mode and to provide maximum series resistance in the second operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignees: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Oliver Piepenstock, Andreas Bock, Bhavesh G. Bhakta
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Publication number: 20130044209Abstract: The apparatus for detecting surface defects of a glass substrate, having a dark field optical system, includes: a first photographing device for photographing first image; a second photographing for photographing second image; a dark field illumination system disposed below the glass substrate for serving as a dark field illumination; and a detection signal processor operating coordinates of a defect position on the first image and the second image, wherein the first photographing device and the second photographing device form photographing areas in the shape of lines which are not parallel to at least the transferring direction of the glass substrate, form photographing areas for a top surface of the glass substrate to be overlapped by each other and form photographing areas for a bottom surface of the glass substrate differently from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG CORNING PRECISION MATERIALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Gyuhong HWANG, Taeho KEEM, Jihwa JUNG, Jaehoon KWON, Mark KEMMANN, Marko VOITEL, Erik LOHSE, Andreas BOCK
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Patent number: 8202892Abstract: Cosmetic composition comprising at least one compound from advanced glycation end products (‘AGEs’) and/or precursors thereof as an agent for skin treatment, especially for protection and/or care of the skin. The present invention further provides a cosmetic composition comprising at least one compound from the group of the AGEs and/or precursors thereof, wherein the AGEs are prepared by reacting sugars with the amino acids lysine and/or arginine.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Ursula Huchel, Christian Kropf, Thomas Welss, Melanie Giesen, Andreas Bock
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Publication number: 20120115805Abstract: A method for influencing the natural pigmentation process of skin or appendages thereof, includes the step of topically contacting the skin or appendages thereof with at least one nucleic acid containing at least 55% guanine nucleotide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Melanie Giesen, Andreas Bock, Erik Schulze zur Wiesche
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Publication number: 20120074987Abstract: A buffer is provided. The buffer includes a first switch and a second switch coupled in series at a first output node, a third switch and a fourth switch coupled in series at a second output node, a first current source and a second current source. The first current source is coupled with one side to the first switch and the third switch and with another side to a first supply voltage, the second current source is coupled with one side to the second switch and the fourth switch and with a second side to a second supply voltage. The first current source is configured to adjust an output swing in a first operation mode and in a second operation. The second current source is configured to adjust a common mode voltage level of the output signal in the first operation mode and to provide maximum series resistance in the second operation mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicants: Texas Instruments Incorporated, Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Oliver Piepenstock, Andreas Bock, Bhavesh G. Bhakta
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Patent number: 8125273Abstract: Here, a driver for an light emitting diode (LED) is provided. Within this driver, several differential pairs of bipolar transistors are employed in an input stage and output stage along with a control loop. Collectively, these components operate together to drive the LED with a low headroom voltage while still achieving high driver performance in terms of edge speed and jitter.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dirk Muentefering, Frank Gelhausen, Oliver Piepenstock, Andreas Bock
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Patent number: 8033187Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for taking liquid or gaseous samples from containers and/or tubes that are filled with a medium, in particular from fermenters, by means of negative pressure, wherein an element which acts as a non-return valve is arranged within a sample probe as an inlet for the sample that is to be taken, and a supply line which is able to convey gas and a discharge line which is able to discharge sample are arranged on a common side of the element.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2005Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Max-Planck-Gessellschaft Zur Forderung der Wissenschafter E.V.Inventors: Heiner Sann, Detlef Franz, Andreas Bock, Klaus Dieter Stoll, Udo Reichl
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Publication number: 20100295615Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) for driving a light emitting semiconductor device is provided. The IC includes an input stage configured to receive a first input signal with a first differential pair of bipolar transistors and a second input signal with a second differential pair of bipolar transistors and to provide a pre-driver output signal being a superposition of the first input signal and the second input signal and an output stage including a third differential pair of bipolar transistors for receiving the pre-driver output signal of the input stage and for driving the light emitting semiconductor device in response to the pre-driver output signal, wherein the IC is configured to pre-distort the pre-driver output signal of the input stage so as to compensate a signal distortion of the output stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dirk Muentefering, Andreas Bock
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Publication number: 20100295617Abstract: Here, a driver for an light emitting diode (LED) is provided. Within this driver, several differential pairs of bipolar transistors are employed in an input stage and output stage along with a control loop. Collectively, these components operate together to drive the LED with a low headroom voltage while still achieving high driver performance in terms of edge speed and jitter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventors: Dirk Muentefering, Frank Gelhausen, Oliver Piepenstock, Andreas Bock
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Publication number: 20100204176Abstract: Cosmetic composition comprising at least one compound from advanced glycation end products (‘AGEs’) and/or precursors thereof as an agent for skin treatment, especially for protection and/or care of the skin. The present invention further provides a cosmetic composition comprising at least one compound from the group of the AGEs and/or precursors thereof, wherein the AGEs are prepared by reacting sugars with the amino acids lysine and/or arginine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: Ursula Huchel, Christian Kropf, Thomas Welss, Melanie Giesen, Andreas Bock
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Patent number: 7592794Abstract: An RSS indicator with a linear characteristic that is of a simple configuration, low current consumption and small die area requirements, comprises a pair of input transistors with coupled emitters and base electrodes to which an input signal is differentially applied. Each of the input transistors has a collector load circuit connected between a first supply terminal and its collector, and a tail current sink connected between a second supply terminal and the coupled emitters. The load circuit of each input transistor includes a current source which supplies a current copied from the tail current. A signal strength indicator signal is obtained from a differential signal between corresponding output nodes of the collector load circuits by taking the mean value of the differential signal referenced to the first supply terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2007Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbHInventor: Andreas Bock
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Publication number: 20080265963Abstract: The invention relates to a phase shifter which has at least two cascaded delay stages (1, 2), each including a first differential pair of bipolar transistors (Q1, Q1?) and a second differential pair of bipolar transistors (Q2, Q2?). The bases of the first differential pair (Q1, Q1?) serve as input nodes for the delay stage. The emitters of the first differential pair are coupled to a first current source (CS1), and their collectors are coupled to respective loads (D1, D1?; R1, R1?) to provide differential output nodes (OUT1, OUT1?) of the delay stage. The bases of the second differential pair (Q2, Q2?) are coupled to respective output nodes of the first differential pair (Q1, Q1?) of a delay stage, and their emitters are coupled to a variable current source (CS21, CS22, . . . ) for selectively adjusting the current (IA, IB, . . . ) through the second differential pair (Q2, Q2?). The input nodes of each following delay stage (2, . . .Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Andreas Bock
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Publication number: 20080253414Abstract: The invention provides a driver for a semiconductor light emitting device, in particular a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) which includes a delay buffer for generating an output signal as a delayed version of an input signal; a pulse generation stage coupled in parallel with the delay buffer and adapted to produce selectively positive and negative output pulses starting concurrently with respective positive and negative edges of the output signal of the buffer; and a summer for summing the output signal and the pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Andreas Bock
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Patent number: 7343925Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for extracting liquid samples from containers (1) and/or tubes filled with a medium (2), especially from fermenters, via a filter membrane (5) by means of a partial vacuum. Said filter membrane (5) arranged inside a sample probe (3) consists of a material acting as a sterile boundary, a supply line (6) which can be used to guide gas and a discharge line (7) which can be used to guide the sample being arranged on the sterile boundary side (5a) of the filter membrane (5).Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft ZurInventors: Heiner Sann, Andreas Bock, Udo Reichl
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Publication number: 20080022786Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for taking liquid or gaseous samples from containers and/or tubes that are filled with a medium, in particular from fermenters, by means of negative pressure, wherein an element which acts as a non-return valve is arranged within a sample probe as an inlet for the sample that is to be taken, and a supply line which is able to convey gas and a discharge line which is able to discharge sample are arranged on a common side of the element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2005Publication date: January 31, 2008Inventors: Heiner Sann, Detlef Franz, Andreas Bock, Klaus Dieter Stoll, Udo Reichl
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Publication number: 20080024221Abstract: An RSS indicator with a linear characteristic that is of a simple configuration, low current consumption and small die area requirements, comprises a pair of input transistors with coupled emitters and base electrodes to which an input signal is differentially applied. Each of the input transistors has a collector load circuit connected between a first supply terminal and its collector, and a tail current sink connected between a second supply terminal and the coupled emitters. The load circuit of each input transistor includes a current source which supplies a current copied from the tail current. A signal strength indicator signal is obtained from a differential signal between corresponding output nodes of the collector load circuits by taking the mean value of the differential signal referenced to the first supply terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: January 31, 2008Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Andreas Bock
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Patent number: 7176726Abstract: A loss-of-signal (LOS) detector includes a variable gain amplifier with an input receiving an input signal, a threshold comparator with a first input receiving a signal derived from an output of the variable gain amplifier, a second input receiving a reference level and an output providing a loss-of-signal indication signal. The variable gain amplifier has a gain control input receiving a gain control signal derived from the output of the threshold comparator and such that the gain of the variable gain amplifier is set to a lower value when the loss-of-signal indication signal is active, and set to a higher value when the loss-of-signal indication signal is not active. Accordingly, the LOS detector needs only one decision level for both of the LOS and NotLOS decisions, which is set in the linear range of the signal detector so that the hysteresis is reproduced precisely.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Andreas Bock