Patents by Inventor Chihming (Norman) Chen

Chihming (Norman) Chen 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: 7382831
    Abstract: A Viterbi decoder is configured for subtracting each survivor metric for each corresponding encoder state by a prescribed subtraction operator based on a prescribed event. The subtraction of each survivor metric by a prescribed subtraction operator based on a prescribed event minimizes memory requirements in the accumulated metric table by limiting the survivor metric values to a identifiable range. Hence, the Viterbi decoder can be implemented in an economical manner with reduced memory requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Chihming (Norman) Chen, Howard Hicks, Chien-Meen Hwang
  • Patent number: 7292527
    Abstract: An OFDM receiver configured for measuring frequency error based on comparing prescribed pilot tones from a prescribed group of consecutive symbols in a received OFDM signal. A complex conjugate generator is configured for generating complex conjugates of the prescribed pilot tones of a first subgroup of the consecutive symbols. A multiplier is configured for generating a complex pilot product, for each symbol subgroup position, by multiplying the pilot tones of a second subgroup symbol at the corresponding symbol subgroup position with the respective complex conjugates of the first subgroup symbol at the corresponding symbol subgroup position. A complex summation circuit sums the complex pilot products of the symbol subgroup positions to obtain an accumulated complex value. A error calculator calculates the frequency error from the accumulated complex value for use in correcting frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Xu Zhou, Chihming (Norman) Chen, Chih (Rex) Hsueh, Orlando Canelones