Patents by Inventor Felix Naethe

Felix Naethe 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).

  • Sigma delta modulator
    Patent number: 8462032
    Abstract: A method for driving a sigma delta modulator, a sigma delta modulator comprising at least one integrator device and one quantizer device, and a readable medium having a computer program stored thereon for performing the method are described. The method comprises setting a sigma delta modulator to an irrational operation mode. The method comprises monitoring at least one output signal of the sigma delta modulator. The method comprises resetting the sigma delta modulator to the irrational operation mode depending on the monitored output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Ulrich Moehlmann, Felix Naethe
  • SIGMA DELTA MODULATOR
    Publication number: 20110234437
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method for driving a sigma delta modulator. The present application relates also to a sigma delta modulator comprising at least one integrator device and one quantizer device and it relates to a readable medium having a computer program stored thereon for performing said method. The method comprises setting a sigma delta modulator to an irrational operation mode. The method comprises monitoring at least one output signal of the sigma delta modulator. The method comprises resetting the sigma delta modulator to the irrational operation mode depending on the monitored output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Ulrich Moehlmann, Felix Naethe