Patents by Inventor Donald Leimer

Donald Leimer 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: 9037625
    Abstract: A method is provided for decimating a digital signal by a factor of M and matching it to a desired channel bandwidth. The method applies the digital signal input samples to a (M?1) stage tapped delay line, downsamples the input samples and the output samples of each tapped delay line stage by a factor of M, and applies each of the M downsampled sample value streams to M allpass IIR filters, respectively. The M allpass IIR filtered sample streams are then summed and scaled by a factor of 1/M. The result can then be filtered by a digital channel filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: CSR TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Sturza, Donald Leimer
  • Publication number: 20120254272
    Abstract: A method is provided for decimating a digital signal by a factor of M and matching it to a desired channel bandwidth. The method applies the digital signal input samples to a (M?1) stage tapped delay line, downsamples the input samples and the output samples of each tapped delay line stage by a factor of M, and applies each of the M downsampled sample value streams to M allpass IIR filters, respectively. The M allpass IIR filtered sample streams are then summed and scaled by a factor of 1/M. The result can then be filtered by a digital channel filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Alan Sturza, Donald Leimer
  • Patent number: 8176107
    Abstract: A method is provided for decimating a digital signal by a factor of M and matching it to a desired channel bandwidth. The method applies the digital signal input samples to a (M-1) stage tapped delay line, downsamples the input samples and the output samples of each tapped delay line stage by a factor of M, and applies each of the M downsampled sample value streams to M allpass IIR filters, respectively. The M allpass IIR filtered sample streams are then summed and scaled by a factor of 1/M. The result can then be filtered by a digital channel filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: CSR Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Sturza, Donald Leimer
  • Publication number: 20110205115
    Abstract: A wireless device including a transceiver that utilizes a power supply is described. The wireless device includes a Global Positioning System (“GPS”) section having a plurality of GPS subsystems and a power controller in signal communication with the power supply and GPS section, wherein the power controller is configured to selectively power each GPS subsystem from the plurality of GPS subsystems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: SiRF Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Gronemeyer, Mark A. Sturza, Donald Leimer, Sanjai Kohli
  • Patent number: 7889780
    Abstract: A method for estimating a Doppler spread and a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal includes: (a) calculating one or more functions of a carrier component of the received signal at a first time point relative to a pilot signal embedded in the received signal; (b) Calculating the one or more functions of the carrier component of the received signal at a second time point relative to the pilot signal; (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) over multiple time periods, each time period being substantially longer than the second time, and accumulating the one or more functions for the first time points and the second time points; and (d) Deriving the Doppler spread and the signal-to-noise ration based on the accumulated one or more functions calculated at the first and second time points. In one embodiment, the first time point is substantially closer to the pilot signal than the second time point. The first time point is one symbol interval from the pilot signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Sirf Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Leimer
  • Patent number: 7466778
    Abstract: A frequency domain diversity DVB receiver device includes multiple antenna ports for receiving radio signals, and radio signal processing circuits connected to the antenna ports that convert the received radio signals into digital samples. The digital samples from the different antenna ports time-share a front-end processor which processes the digital samples to provide time-domain symbols. The time-domain symbols are stored in time-domain symbol buffers according to which of the antenna ports the time-domain symbols are received. A fast fourier transform circuit then retrieves the time-domain symbols and converts them frequency-domain symbols, which are then stored one or more frequency-domain symbol buffers according to the antenna ports the corresponding radio signals are received. A diversity processor which combines the frequency-domain symbols from the frequency-domain symbol buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: SiRF Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharath Ananth, Sanjai Kohli, Mark Alan Sturza, Donald Leimer
  • Publication number: 20070206687
    Abstract: A frequency domain diversity DVB receiver device includes multiple antenna ports for receiving radio signals, and radio signal processing circuits connected to the antenna ports that convert the received radio signals into digital samples. The digital samples from the different antenna ports time-share a front-end processor which processes the digital samples to provide time-domain symbols. The time-domain symbols are stored in time-domain symbol buffers according to which of the antenna ports the time-domain symbols are received. A fast fourier transform circuit then retrieves the time-domain symbols and converts them frequency-domain symbols, which are then stored one or more frequency-domain symbol buffers according to the antenna ports the corresponding radio signals are received. A diversity processor which combines the frequency-domain symbols from the frequency-domain symbol buffers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Sharath Ananth, Sanjai Kohli, Mark Sturza, Donald Leimer
  • Publication number: 20070183485
    Abstract: A method for estimating a Doppler spread and a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal includes: (a) calculating one or more functions of a carrier component of the received signal at a first time point relative to a pilot signal embedded in the received signal; (b) Calculating the one or more functions of the carrier component of the received signal at a second time point relative to the pilot signal; (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) over multiple time periods, each time period being substantially longer than the second time, and accumulating the one or more functions for the first time points and the second time points; and (d) Deriving the Doppler spread and the signal-to-noise ration based on the accumulated one or more functions calculated at the first and second time points. In one embodiment, the first time point is substantially closer to the pilot signal than the second time point. The first time point is one symbol interval from the pilot signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventor: Donald Leimer
  • Publication number: 20070156800
    Abstract: A method is provided for decimating a digital signal by a factor of M and matching it to a desired channel bandwidth. The method applies the digital signal input samples to a (M?1) stage tapped delay line, downsamples the input samples and the output samples of each tapped delay line stage by a factor of M, and applies each of the M downsampled sample value streams to M allpass IRR filters, respectively. The M allpass IRR filtered sample streams are then summed and scaled by a factor of 1/M. The result can then be filtered by a digital channel filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Sturza, Donald Leimer
  • Patent number: 6486828
    Abstract: An adaptive antenna array employs selective polarization nulling and spatial nulling to receive desired signals in the presence of jamming signals. The desired signals have the same circular polarization, and the array includes at least one antenna element having an opposite circular polarization to null jamming signals having an opposite circular polarization. A gain pattern for the array is selected to minimize signals having the same circular, or linear, polarization. The gain pattern is computed based on jamming signals received when no desired signals are transmitted, or selected based on measured desired signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Western Multiplex
    Inventors: Charles R. Cahn, Donald Leimer
  • Patent number: 6081228
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System receiver incorporating a method of reducing the effect of common mode oscillator phase noise. Oscillator phase noise in the receiver is a basic limitation on narrowing the carrier tracking loop bandwidth and, therefore, on the achievable carrier-track C/No for a GPS receiver tracking a single satellite signal. However, when receiving several satellite signals, the receiver phase noise is common to all tracking loops and, in principle, can be removed by a common-mode rejection scheme. The phase noise contributed by the satellites is negligible in comparison with the phase noise contributed by the receiver's oscillator; hence, the common-mode rejection is improved by tracking multiple satellite signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: SiRF Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Leimer