Patents by Inventor Dietmar Eggert

Dietmar Eggert 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: 11503425
    Abstract: A method for checking the association of radio nodes and objects to a radio environment with a radio node set having at least three radio nodes spaced apart from one another, each with a radio interface and its separate timer, wherein at least two radio nodes are reference radio nodes with known distances from one another and at least one radio node is a test radio node, the association of which with the radio environment of the reference radio node is checked. During a measuring process, signals are emitted and received by radio nodes of the radio node set, wherein at least two radio nodes of the radio node set operate as transceivers and at least one radio node exclusively operates as a transmitter or exclusively operates as a receiver or a transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Metirionic GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Eggert
  • Patent number: 11486990
    Abstract: A method for radio measuring applications, wherein at least a first radio node operates as an initiator and at least a second radio node as a transponder, in a first step a first carrier frequency is transmitted by the initiator as an initial signal and received by the transponder. In a second step a response signal with a second carrier frequency is transmitted by the transponder and received by the initiator, during a measurement cycle at least one step sequence of the first and the second step is performed. First the first steps of all sequence of steps and subsequently at least a portion of the second steps of the step sequences are performed in succession, the first carrier frequency assumes a value within a predetermined frequency domain for each repetition, and the initial signals and the response signals are mutually coherent at least within the measurement cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Metirionic GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Eggert
  • Patent number: 11317310
    Abstract: A method for radio measuring applications, wherein at least two radio nodes operate at least once in a transmit mode and in a receive mode and form a cell and at least one radio node operates as an extra radio node works exclusively in a receive or transmit mode, each radio node has a timer and a further data interface, to initiate the measurement cycle, an initial signal with a first carrier frequency is transmitted by one of the radio nodes and received by at least one radio node of the cell, during the measurement cycle at least one radio node of the cell transmits a response signal with a further carrier frequency and the response signal is received by at least one radio node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Metirionic GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Eggert
  • Patent number: 11275162
    Abstract: A method for radio measuring applications, wherein a first radio node functions as an initiator and a second radio node as a transponder, each radio node has its own timer and a data interface, in a first step, the initiator transmits a first carrier frequency as an initial signal and the initial signal is received by the transponder during a first reception period, in a second step, a response signal with a second carrier frequency is transmitted by the transponder and the response signal is received by the initiator during a second reception period. The initial signal and the response signal are coherent at least during each sequence of steps, the carrier frequency of the initial signal is changed within one predetermined frequency domain with each repetition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Metirionic GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Eggert
  • Patent number: 11051124
    Abstract: A method for checking the association of radio nodes with a radio environment having a radio node set by evaluating interference signal components. At least two radio nodes of the radio node set operate as transceivers during a measurement process and at least one radio node operates exclusively as a transmitter or exclusively as a receiver or as a transceiver during the measurement process. The first evaluation step is performed at least once in a first pass for two reference radio nodes and is performed at least once in a second pass for a test radio node and a reference radio node. A positive or negative decision is made on the association with a radio environment on the basis of at least one result of the first pass and at least one result of the second pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Metirionic GmbH
    Inventor: Dietmar Eggert
  • Publication number: 20200408868
    Abstract: A method for checking the association of radio nodes and objects to a radio environment with a radio node set having at least three radio nodes spaced apart from one another, each with a radio interface and its separate timer, wherein at least two radio nodes are reference radio nodes with known distances from one another and at least one radio node is a test radio node, the association of which with the radio environment of the reference radio node is checked. During a measuring process, signals are emitted and received by radio nodes of the radio node set, wherein at least two radio nodes of the radio node set operate as transceivers and at least one radio node exclusively operates as a transmitter or exclusively operates as a receiver or a transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: METIRIONIC GMBH
    Inventor: Dietmar EGGERT
  • Publication number: 20200322828
    Abstract: A method for radio measuring applications, wherein at least two radio nodes operate at least once in a transmit mode and in a receive mode and form a cell and at least one radio node operates as an extra radio node works exclusively in a receive or transmit mode, each radio node has a timer and a further data interface, to initiate the measurement cycle, an initial signal with a first carrier frequency is transmitted by one of the radio nodes and received by at least one radio node of the cell, during the measurement cycle at least one radio node of the cell transmits a response signal with a further carrier frequency and the response signal is received by at least one radio node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: METIRIONIC GMBH
    Inventor: Dietmar EGGERT
  • Publication number: 20200322752
    Abstract: A method for checking the association of radio nodes with a radio environment having a radio node set by evaluating interference signal components. At least two radio nodes of the radio node set operate as transceivers during a measurement process and at least one radio node operates exclusively as a transmitter or exclusively as a receiver or as a transceiver during the measurement process. The first evaluation step is performed at least once in a first pass for two reference radio nodes and is performed at least once in a second pass for a test radio node and a reference radio node. A positive or negative decision is made on the association with a radio environment on the basis of at least one result of the first pass and at least one result of the second pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: METIRIONIC GMBH
    Inventor: Dietmar EGGERT
  • Publication number: 20200249335
    Abstract: A method for radio measuring applications, wherein a first radio node functions as an initiator and a second radio node as a transponder, each radio node has its own timer and a data interface, in a first step, the initiator transmits a first carrier frequency as an initial signal and the initial signal is received by the transponder during a first reception period, in a second step, a response signal with a second carrier frequency is transmitted by the transponder and the response signal is received by the initiator during a second reception period. The initial signal and the response signal are coherent at least during each sequence of steps, the carrier frequency of the initial signal is changed within one predetermined frequency domain with each repetition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: METIRIONIC GMBH
    Inventor: Dietmar EGGERT
  • Publication number: 20200252814
    Abstract: A method for radio measuring applications, wherein at least a first radio node operates as an initiator and at least a second radio node as a transponder, in a first step a first carrier frequency is transmitted by the initiator as an initial signal and received by the transponder. In a second step a response signal with a second carrier frequency is transmitted by the transponder and received by the initiator, during a measurement cycle at least one step sequence of the first and the second step is performed. First the first steps of all sequence of steps and subsequently at least a portion of the second steps of the step sequences are performed in succession, the first carrier frequency assumes a value within a predetermined frequency domain for each repetition, and the initial signals and the response signals are mutually coherent at least within the measurement cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: METIRIONIC GMBH
    Inventor: Dietmar EGGERT
  • Patent number: 9780944
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a circuit includes a synchronizer configured to generate a trigger signal synchronized to a reference clock. A synthesizer is configured to synthesize a signal according to frequency control data in response to the trigger signal. A radio receiver is configured to process a carrier signal according to the synthesized signal. A phase measurement unit is configured to measure a first channel frequency response based on the processed carrier signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Sachse, Dietmar Eggert, Sascha Beyer, Wolfram Kluge
  • Publication number: 20170033919
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a circuit includes a synchronizer configured to generate a trigger signal synchronized to a reference clock. A synthesizer is configured to synthesize a signal according to frequency control data in response to the trigger signal. A radio receiver is configured to process a carrier signal according to the synthesized signal. A phase measurement unit is configured to measure a first channel frequency response based on the processed carrier signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Eric SACHSE, Dietmar EGGERT, Sascha BEYER, Wolfram KLUGE
  • Patent number: 9054718
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a transceiver may set a first receive frequency of a first channel of the transceiver and a second receive frequency of a second channel of the transceiver. The transceiver may receive, during a first time interval, a first radio frequency (RF) signal on the first channel. The transceiver may determine that a first measured value indicative of a first detectable received RF signal on the first channel exceeds a first predetermined threshold, and in response, receive a first data frame on the first channel. The transceiver may receive, during a second time interval, a second RF signal on the second channel. The transceiver determine that a second measured value indicative of a second detectable received RF signal on the second channel exceeds the first predetermined threshold, and in response, receive a second data frame on the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Tilo Ferchland, Sascha Beyer, Dietmar Eggert, Udo Walter
  • Patent number: 8929264
    Abstract: In one embodiment, receiving a first radio frequency (RF) signal from a first node, generating a first digital data set by decoding the first received RF signal, determining whether a first address in the first digital data set is associated with at least one of a first radio network or a second radio network by comparing the first address to a first set of addresses associated with the first radio network and a second set of addresses associated with the second radio network, appending a first status to the first digital data set indicating that the first address is associated with the first or second radio network, and transmitting an interrupt signal and the first digital data set to a microcontroller for evaluation by the microcontroller in response to determining that the first address is associated with at least one of the first or second radio network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Tilo Ferchland, Katja Schwieger, Joerg Wunsch, Dietmar Eggert, Leslie J. Mulder, Fred Fierling
  • Publication number: 20120163424
    Abstract: In one embodiment, by a transceiver, setting a first receive frequency of a first channel of the transceiver and a second receive frequency of a second channel of the transceiver, during a first time interval, receiving a first radio frequency (RF) signal on the first channel, determining that a first measured value indicative of a first detectable received RF signal on the first channel exceeds a first predetermined threshold, and in response, receiving a first data frame on the first channel, during a second time interval, receiving a second RF signal on the second channel, and determining that a second measured value indicative of a second detectable received RF signal on the second channel exceeds the first predetermined threshold, and in response, receiving a second data frame on the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ATMEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tilo Ferchland, Sascha Beyer, Dietmar Eggert, Udo Walter
  • Publication number: 20120142281
    Abstract: In one embodiment, receiving a first radio frequency (RF) signal from a first node, generating a first digital data set by decoding the first received RF signal, determining whether a first address in the first digital data set is associated with at least one of a first radio network or a second radio network by comparing the first address to a first set of addresses associated with the first radio network and a second set of addresses associated with the second radio network, appending a first status to the first digital data set indicating that the first address is associated with the first or second radio network, and transmitting an interrupt signal and the first digital data set to a microcontroller for evaluation by the microcontroller in response to determining that the first address is associated with at least one of the first or second radio network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Tilo Ferchland, Katja Schwieger, Joerg Wunsch, Dietmar Eggert, Leslie J. Mulder, Fred Fierling
  • Publication number: 20090262666
    Abstract: A digital radio network, a circuit of a node of a digital radio network, and method for setting up a digital radio network is provided, wherein a transmission power of the first node is set for a radio link between a first node of the digital radio network and a second node of the digital radio network. A sensitivity of a receiving circuit of the second node is set by programming a threshold with which a field-strength-dependent signal is compared. Signal processing of a received and digitized received signal by the second node is activated when the field-strength-dependent signal reaches or exceeds the programmed threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Dietmar EGGERT, Tilo Ferchland, Rolf Jaehne
  • Patent number: 7184729
    Abstract: An automatic gain controller for transceiver elements uses a digital topology to achieve an efficient and rapid gain settling so that an output signal of the variable gain section is within a predefined range. In one embodiment, an input signal is periodically sampled and latched so as represent the gain excess of a variable gain section. An accumulator, including an adder having saturation characteristics and a latch as a feedback element, creates a number for a new gain setting so that the variable gain section may adapt to the new gain setting within one clock period. In one example, a gain range of 84 dB is controllable and settling is achieved within 3 clock periods at most.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfram Kluge, Lutz Dathe, Dietmar Eggert
  • Patent number: 7151298
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection network comprising electrostatic discharge (ESD) clamp devices distributed between turns of a coil shaped inductor. The inductance of the coil shaped inductor and parasitic capacitance of the ESD clamp devices form a low pass filter structure having a very high cut-off frequency. Below the low pass filter cutoff frequency, the capacitive influence of the ESD clamp devices are cancelled by the series inductance of the coil shaped inductor. The turns of the coil shaped inductor may be fabricated on insulation layers proximate to one another so as to achieve close magnetic coupling there between, thereby achieving a larger inductance value for a given sized coil structure. Improved input and output impedance matching is also achieved by adjusting the inductive and capacitive components of the low pass filter structure formed by the coil shaped inductor and capacitance of the ESD clamp devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Dietmar Eggert, Wolfram Kluge
  • Patent number: 7085548
    Abstract: The invention provides a harmonic direct conversion mixer having a multiplier circuit comprising first and second mixers and a generator for generating two first and two second control signals for controlling the first and second mixers. The control signals are balanced signals and are provided in four phases shifted by ?/2 in phase. The frequency of the control signals is different from the frequency of the mixer input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfram Kluge, Dietmar Eggert