Patents by Inventor ERIK BUEHLER

ERIK BUEHLER 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).

  • Publication number: 20240146402
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuitry is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Paul RUTT, Erik Buehler, Damon Van Buren
  • Patent number: 11711139
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuitry is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SEAKR Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Rutt, Erik Buehler, Damon Van Buren
  • Publication number: 20220271830
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuitry is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Paul RUTT, Erik Buehler, Damon Van Buren
  • Patent number: 11329718
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications capable of flexibly processing high-bandwidth and low-bandwidth RF input signal(s). The RF transceiver may selectively distribute high-bandwidth RF input signals among one or more DSP pipelines for parallel processing of the RF input signals, and the RF transceiver may coherently recombine the processed signals from the one or more DSP pipelines to generate an RF output signal. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one or more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on one or more ASICs, FPGAs, or modular electronic devices in a single semiconductor package. Further, the RF transceiver is radiation tolerant at the module, circuit, and/or system level for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Seakr Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Rutt, Erik Buehler, Damon Van Buren
  • Patent number: 10771145
    Abstract: A satellite communication system processes a plurality of input signals to generate beamformed signals, drives a plurality of nonlinear power amplifiers with the beamformed input signals to produce RF signals for transmission; and transmits the RF signals with a plurality of Tx antenna elements. Conversion to and from linear signals to and from nonlinear or digitized signals is performed. Temporal or spatial decorrelation of the beamformed signals is employed to reduce the impact of intermodulation products. In some cases the power amplifiers are nonlinear, and can be one-sided or two-sided and produce two or three distinct output levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SEAKR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Erik Buehler
  • Patent number: 10594385
    Abstract: An electronic device for a communications satellite for beamforming, channelization, and/or routing is implemented using a digital folded architecture to reduce the number of serial communication paths and provide more flexible routing and network configurability and scalability. A method for configuring the switching network of a system comprising multiple electronic devices allows the system to be dynamically reconfigured to implement different types of networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SEAKR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Buehler, Richard E. Perego
  • Patent number: 10243650
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuitry is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SEAKR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Buehler, Damon Van Buren, Paul Rutt
  • Patent number: 10218430
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuity is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: SEAKR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Buehler, Damon Van Buren, Paul Rutt
  • Publication number: 20180287694
    Abstract: An electronic device for a communications satellite for beamforming, channelization, and/or routing is implemented using a digital folded architecture to reduce the number of serial communication paths and provide more flexible routing and network configurability and scalability. A method for configuring the switching network of a system comprising multiple electronic devices allows the system to be dynamically reconfigured to implement different types of networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: SEAKR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Buehler, Rich E. Perego
  • Publication number: 20170264360
    Abstract: A satellite communication system processes a plurality of input signals to generate beamformed signals, drives a plurality of nonlinear power amplifiers with the beamformed input signals to produce RF signals for transmission; and transmits the RF signals with a plurality of Tx antenna elements. Conversion to and from linear signals to and from nonlinear or digitized signals is performed. Temporal or spatial decorrelation of the beamformed signals is employed to reduce the impact of intermodulation products. In some cases the power amplifiers are nonlinear, and can be one-sided or two-sided and produce two or three distinct output levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventor: ERIK BUEHLER
  • Patent number: 9690646
    Abstract: Light-weight, configurable error detection in a satellite communication system that detects invalid SerDes lanes via hash codes appended to packets of data in the lanes. An indication can be passed back upstream about the invalid lane so that the lane can be reset. Error correction can be provided by reconstructing the bit data in the invalid SerDes lane based on parity information in an optional parity lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SEAKR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Erik Buehler
  • Publication number: 20170063446
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuity is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: ERIK BUEHLER, DAMON VAN BUREN, PAUL RUTT
  • Publication number: 20170054492
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuitry is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: ERIK BUEHLER, DAMON VAN BUREN, PAUL RUTT
  • Patent number: 9461732
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuitry is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SEAKR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Erik Buehler, Damon Van Buren, Paul Rutt
  • Publication number: 20160188395
    Abstract: Light-weight, configurable error detection in a satellite communication system that detects invalid SerDes lanes via hash codes appended to packets of data in the lanes. An indication can be passed back upstream about the invalid lane so that the lane can be reset. Error correction can be provided by reconstructing the bit data in the invalid SerDes lane based on parity information in an optional parity lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventor: ERIK BUEHLER
  • Publication number: 20160050010
    Abstract: An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuitry is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: ERIK BUEHLER, DAMON VAN BUREN, PAUL RUTT