Patents by Inventor Garret Webster Shih

Garret Webster Shih 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: 9363749
    Abstract: A system and method dynamically scale power consumed by the circuitry of an electronic device based on channel state and/or data rate. The electronic device then operates according to the power scaling. The scaling may be in accordance with an effective data rate, a number of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) layers, receiver type, a cell scenario, or a number of carriers. A number of MIMO layers can be predicted based on at least one of channel conditions or a channel quality index (CQI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Deepak Mathew, Garret Webster Shih, Jose Fridman, Robin Lee Brown
  • Patent number: 9236884
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication within a wireless terminal. The method can be implemented using dedicated logic and managed and controlled by state machines and/or sequencers. Data received or provided in a memory of a first integrated circuit of a terminal is encoded and transmitted in a data packet to a second integrated circuit. A header identifying the data type and providing a destination is included in the data packet. The destination may be identified as a memory address memory of the second integrated circuit that is mapped to a corresponding memory address of the first integrated circuit at which the data is received. In an aspect, the apparatus receives a header, detects an error in the received header, determines a failure to identify a packet boundary when the error is detected, and performs a search operation to identify the packet boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Hans Georg Gruber, Subra Dravida, Parvathanathan Subrahmanya, Vidyut Mukund Naware, Helena Deirdre O'Shea, Garret Webster Shih, Jason Thurston
  • Publication number: 20140071869
    Abstract: A system and method dynamically scale power consumed by the circuitry of an electronic device based on channel state and/or data rate. The electronic device then operates according to the power scaling. The scaling may be in accordance with an effective data rate, a number of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) layers, receiver type, a cell scenario, or a number of carriers. A number of MIMO layers can be predicted based on at least one of channel conditions or a channel quality index (CQI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Deepak MATHEW, Garret Webster SHIH, Jose FRIDMAN, Robin L. BROWN
  • Publication number: 20140006908
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication within a wireless terminal. The method can be implemented using dedicated logic and managed and controlled by state machines and/or sequencers. Data received or provided in a memory of a first integrated circuit of a terminal is encoded and transmitted in a data packet to a second integrated circuit. A header identifying the data type and providing a destination is included in the data packet. The destination may be identified as a memory address memory of the second integrated circuit that is mapped to a corresponding memory address of the first integrated circuit at which the data is received. In an aspect, the apparatus receives a header, detects an error in the received header, determines a failure to identify a packet boundary when the error is detected, and performs a search operation to identify the packet boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Hans Georg GRUBER, Subra DRAVIDA, Parvathanathan SUBRAHMANYA, Vidyut M. NAWARE, Helena Deirdre O'SHEA, Garret Webster SHIH, Jason THURSTON
  • Patent number: 8250337
    Abstract: General purpose array processing techniques including processing methods and apparatus. Processors may include parallel processing paths designed with reusable computational components such as multipliers, multiplexers, and ALUs. Flow of data through the paths and operations performed may be controlled based on opcodes. Processors may be shared, scalable, and configured to perform matrix operations. In particular, such operation may be useful for physical sections of MIMO-OFDM communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventor: Garret Webster Shih
  • Patent number: 8126953
    Abstract: A processor for performing a fast Fourier transform or inverse fast Fourier transform comprises a radix-2 butterfly structure; and a radix-4 butterfly structure. A method of performing a fast Fourier transform or inverse fast Fourier transform comprises selectively performing a radix-2 butterfly operation on an input data stream; and selectively performing a radix-4 butterfly operation on one of a result produced by the radix-2 butterfly operation and the input data stream. Apparatus for performing a fast Fourier transform or inverse fast Fourier transform comprises means for selectively performing a radix-2 butterfly operation on an input data stream; and means for selectively performing a radix-4 butterfly operation on one of a result produced by the radix-2 butterfly operation and the input data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Garret Webster Shih
  • Publication number: 20080109635
    Abstract: General purpose array processing techniques including processing methods and apparatus. Processors may include parallel processing paths designed with reusable computational components such as multipliers, multiplexers, and ALUs. Flow of data through the paths and operations performed may be controlled based on opcodes. Processors may be shared, scalable, and configured to perform matrix operations. In particular, such operation may be useful for physical sections of MIMO-OFDM communication systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Garret Webster Shih