Patents by Inventor Catherine Ann Hearne

Catherine Ann Hearne 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).

  • Boosted cable for carrying high speed channels and methods for calibrating the same
    Patent number: 8437973
    Abstract: A self calibrating cable, including a USB3 cable, with a boost device of the embodiment of the invention is described, in which parameters that control the response of the boost device are set optimally in a self-calibrating process comprising looping the boosted cable on itself through a calibration fixture that contains a calibration control device. The boost device includes pattern generators and a sampling circuit. Each high speed channel of the cable is separately tested and calibrated with the help of one of the other channels serving as a sampling channel. Additional embodiments provide for a selected replica boost device and a distinct pattern generator device in the calibration fixture. A corresponding system and method for calibrating a cable are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Inventors: John Martin Horan, John Anthony Keane, Gerard David Guthrie, Catherine Ann Hearne
  • Boosted cable for carrying high speed channels and methods for calibrating the same
    Publication number: 20100013579
    Abstract: A self calibrating cable, including a USB3 cable, with a boost device of the embodiment of the invention is described, in which parameters that control the response of the boost device are set optimally in a self-calibrating process comprising looping the boosted cable on itself through a calibration fixture that contains a calibration control device. The boost device includes pattern generators and a sampling circuit. Each high speed channel of the cable is separately tested and calibrated with the help of one of the other channels serving as a sampling channel. Additional embodiments provide for a selected replica boost device and a distinct pattern generator device in the calibration fixture. A corresponding system and method for calibrating a cable are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: John Martin Horan, John Anthony Keane, Gerard David Guthrie, Catherine Ann Hearne