Patents by Inventor Bjorn Lofter

Bjorn Lofter 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: 6946916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for phase locking of a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) to a selected frequency harmonic among a number of predetermined or available frequencies (harmonics), comprising a reference generator for generating a reference frequency, a phase lock loop (1; 101; 10; 4, 5, 6, 9) for producing an output signal in response to the input reference frequency, said phase lock loop comprising (enclosing) a phase defector (1), a loop filter (10), said VCO (5), adding means (4) and a power splitter (6). The arrangement also includes a sweep generator (9). It further comprises or is associated with storing means 82) for scoring information about, for each selectable or available frequency harmonic, a first (coarse) control voltage providing a VCO frequency output which is lower/higher than, and differs from the selected frequency (harmonic) by a given value (?f1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lennart Hyden, Björn Lofter, Máns Cederlof
  • Publication number: 20050104668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for phase locking of a Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) to a selected frequency harmonic among a number of predetermined or available frequencies (harmonics), comprising a reference generator for generating a reference frequency, a phase lock loop (1; 101; 10, 4, 5, 6, 9) for producing an output signal in response to the input reference frequency, said phase lock loop comprising (enclosing) a phase detector (1), a loop filter (10), said VCO (5), adding means (4) and a power splitter (6). The arrangement also includes a sweep generator (9). It further comprises or is associated with storing means 82) for storing information about, for each selectable or available frequency harmonic, a first (coarse) control voltage providing a VCO frequency output which is lower/higher than, and differs from the selected frequency (harmonic) by a given value (?f1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventors: Lennart Hyden, Bjorn Lofter, Mans Cederlof
  • Patent number: 5697089
    Abstract: A device for generating a first signal and a second signal in a receiver for reception of a number of radio frequency signals. The first signal is mixed in a first mixer with the received radio frequency signals in order to generate an intermediate frequency signal which is subsequently mixed with the second signal in a second mixer. A first oscillator generates a signal which, after frequency multiplication in a frequency multiplier, is the first signal, the frequency of which can be changed in a number of frequency steps. A second oscillator generates the second signal, the frequency of which also can be changed in a number of frequency steps. The magnitude of the frequency steps by which the first signal can be changed is a multiple of the frequency steps by which the second signal can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
    Inventors: Bjorn Lundqvist, Bjorn Lofter