Patents by Inventor Christoph M. Steinbrecher

Christoph M. Steinbrecher 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: 11374803
    Abstract: Quadrature error correction (QEC) for radio transceivers are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a transceiver includes an in-phase (I) signal path including a first controllable amplifier coupled to a first data converter, and a quadrature-phase (Q) signal path including a second controllable amplifier coupled to a second data converter. The transceiver further includes a QEC circuit operable to correct for a quadrature error between the I signal path and the Q signal path by adjusting a gain of the first controllable amplifier and/or a gain of the second controllable amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Omar A S Abdel Fattah, Christoph M. Steinbrecher
  • Publication number: 20220123975
    Abstract: Quadrature error correction (QEC) for radio transceivers are provided herein. In certain embodiments, a transceiver includes an in-phase (I) signal path including a first controllable amplifier coupled to a first data converter, and a quadrature-phase (Q) signal path including a second controllable amplifier coupled to a second data converter. The transceiver further includes a QEC circuit operable to correct for a quadrature error between the I signal path and the Q signal path by adjusting a gain of the first controllable amplifier and/or a gain of the second controllable amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Omar A S Abdel Fattah, Christoph M. Steinbrecher
  • Patent number: 11201600
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for control and calibration of tunable filters are provided. In certain embodiments, a tunable filter includes at least one controllable component (for instance, a controllable inductor or a controllable capacitor) having a value that changes or adjusts a center frequency of the tunable filter. For example, the controllable component can correspond to a controllable inductor or a controllable capacitor of an inductor-capacitor (LC) resonator of the tunable filter. The tunable filter further includes a control circuit implemented with an approximation function for estimating a value of the controllable component for achieving a desired center frequency indicated by a frequency control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph M. Steinbrecher, Ekrem Oran, Xizhen Xu, Christopher Mayer