Patents by Inventor Gerard Villar Piqué

Gerard Villar Piqué 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: 20130038382
    Abstract: Body biasing circuit and methods are implemented in a variety of different instances. One such instance involves placing, a first well of a first body bias island and a second well of a second body bias island in a first bias mode by controlling switches of a body bias switch circuit. The biasing is one of a reverse body bias, a nominal body bias and a forward body bias. The second well is also biased according to one of a reverse body bias, a nominal body bias and a forward body bias. In response to the bias-mode input, the first well of the first body bias island and the second well of the second body bias island are each placed in a second bias mode by controlling switches of the body bias switch circuit. The bias of the first well and second well can be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Rinze Meijer, Cas Groot, Gerard Villar Pique
  • Publication number: 20120303983
    Abstract: A control system (100) for controlling a power consumption of an electronic device (300) is provided. The electronic device is adapted to communicate with a reader device via a wireless communication interface. The control system comprises a measuring unit (102) being adapted for measuring an actual field strength of an electromagnetic field provided by the reader device to the control system, a power delivery unit (101) being adapted for delivering power received via the electromagnetic field to the electronic device, and a control unit (103) being coupled to the measuring unit and being adapted for providing a control signal to the electronic device for controlling the consumption of the power being delivered to the electronic device, wherein the control signal is based on the actual field strength of the electromagnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Ajay KAPOOR, Gerard VILLAR PIQUE, Jose de Jesus PINEDA DE GYVEZ
  • Patent number: 8195102
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting a baseband real signal with a non-constant envelope using a polar transmitter involves decomposing a baseband real signal into a non-constant envelope signal of the baseband real signal and a sign signal of the baseband real signal, where the sign signal restores zero crossing regions of the non-constant envelope signal, modulating a carrier signal with the sign signal of the baseband real signal to generate a modulated signal, converting the non-constant envelope signal of the baseband real signal into a voltage signal using a voltage controlled supply regulator, amplifying the modulated signal into an amplified signal based on the voltage signal, and transmitting the amplified signal to an external wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Manel Collados, Melina Apostolidou, Ravichandra Karadi, Gerard Villar Pique, Jan Van Sinderen
  • Publication number: 20110300816
    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting a baseband real signal with a non-constant envelope using a polar transmitter involves decomposing a baseband real signal into a non-constant envelope signal of the baseband real signal and a sign signal of the baseband real signal, where the sign signal restores zero crossing regions of the non-constant envelope signal, modulating a carrier signal with the sign signal of the baseband real signal to generate a modulated signal, converting the non-constant envelope signal of the baseband real signal into a voltage signal using a voltage controlled supply regulator, amplifying the modulated signal into an amplified signal based on the voltage signal, and transmitting the amplified signal to an external wireless device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Manel Collados, Melina Apostolidou, Ravichandra Karadi, Gerard Villar Pique, Jan Van Sinderen