Patents by Inventor Hassan Maarefi
Hassan Maarefi 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).
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Patent number: 11211972Abstract: A wired communication system includes a bidirectional channel for sending information in one direction at a high bandwidth and sending control information for configuring a transmitter in the other direction at a lower bandwidth. Embodiments of the disclosure may use a primary transmitter output stage in the transmitter and a primary receiver input stage in the receiver to send and receive data or a clock, for example. An auxiliary transmitter output stage in the receiver and auxiliary receiver input stage in the transmitter send and receive control information for configuring the transmitter to efficiently send data over a wired channel.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: SERNAI NETWORKS, INC.Inventor: Hassan Maarefi
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Publication number: 20200313720Abstract: A wired communication system includes a bidirectional channel for sending information in one direction at a high bandwidth and sending control information for configuring a transmitter in the other direction at a lower bandwidth. Embodiments of the disclosure may use a primary transmitter output stage in the transmitter and a primary receiver input stage in the receiver to send and receive data or a clock, for example. An auxiliary transmitter output stage in the receiver and auxiliary receiver input stage in the transmitter send and receive control information for configuring the transmitter to efficiently send data over a wired channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventor: Hassan Maarefi
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Patent number: 9246670Abstract: A high-speed clock generator device includes a phase-interpolator (PI) circuit, a smoothing block, and inverter-based low-pass filters. The PI circuit receives a multiple clock signals with different phase angles and generates an output clock signal having a correct phase angle. The smoothing block smooths the clock signals with different phase angles and generates a number of smooth clock signals featuring improved linearity. The inverter-based low-pass filters filter harmonics of the clock signals with different phase angles.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi, Siavash Fallahi, Tamer Ali, Ali Nazemi, Hassan Maarefi, Burak Catli, Afshin Momtaz
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Publication number: 20150180649Abstract: A high-speed clock generator device includes a phase-interpolator (PI) circuit, a smoothing block, and inverter-based low-pass filters. The PI circuit receives a multiple clock signals with different phase angles and generates an output clock signal having a correct phase angle. The smoothing block smooths the clock signals with different phase angles and generates a number of smooth clock signals featuring improved linearity. The inverter-based low-pass filters filter harmonics of the clock signals with different phase angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Mahmoud Reza AHMADI, Siavash FALLAHI, Tamer ALI, Ali NAZEMI, Hassan MAAREFI, Burak CATLI, Afshin MOMTAZ
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Patent number: 9024659Abstract: A device for passive equalization and slew-rate control of a signal includes a first branch and a second branch. The first branch includes a first driver coupled in series with an equalization capacitor. The second branch includes a second driver coupled in series with a resistor. The second branch may be coupled in parallel to the first branch. The first branch may be configurable to enable either passive equalization or slew-rate control of the signal based on a mode control signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Tamer Ali, Hassan Maarefi, Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi, Afshin Momtaz
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Patent number: 9001869Abstract: A device for high-speed clock generation may include an injection locking-ring oscillator (ILRO) configured to receive one or more input clock signals and to generate multiple clock signals with different equally spaced phase angles. A phase-interpolator (PI) circuit may be configured to receive the multiple coarse spaced clock signals and to generate an output clock signal having a correct phase angle. The PI circuit may include a smoothing block that may be configured to smooth the multiple clock signals with different phase angles and to generate multiple smooth clock signals. A pulling block may be configured to pull edges of the multiple smooth clock signals closer to one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi, Siavash Fallahi, Tamer Ali, Ali Nazemi, Hassan Maarefi, Burak Catli, Afshin Momtaz
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Publication number: 20150092829Abstract: A device for passive equalization and slew-rate control of a signal includes a first branch that includes a first driver coupled in series with an equalization capacitor, and a second branch that includes a second driver coupled in series with a resistor. The second branch may be coupled in parallel to the first branch, and the first branch may be configurable to enable one of passive equalization or slew-rate control of the signal based on a mode control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Tamer ALI, Hassan Maarefi, Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi, Afshin Momtaz
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Patent number: 8836553Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for a DSP receiver with an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having high speed, low BER performance with low power and area requirements. Speed is increased for multi-path ADC configurations by resolving a conventional bottleneck. ADC performance is improved by integrating calibration and error detection and correction, such as distributed offset calibration and redundant comparators. Power and area requirements are dramatically reduced by using low BER rectification to nearly halve the number of comparators in a conventional high speed, low BER flash ADC.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Bo Zhang, Ali Nazemi, Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi, Afshin Momtaz, Heng Zhang, Hassan Maarefi
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Publication number: 20140241442Abstract: A device for high-speed clock generation may include an injection locking-ring oscillator (ILRO) configured to receive one or more input clock signals and to generate multiple clock signals with different equally spaced phase angles. A phase-interpolator (PI) circuit may be configured to receive the multiple coarse spaced clock signals and to generate an output clock signal having a correct phase angle. The PI circuit may include a smoothing block that may be configured to smooth the multiple clock signals with different phase angles and to generate multiple smooth clock signals. A pulling block may be configured to pull edges of the multiple smooth clock signals closer to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi, Siavash Fallahi, Tamer Ali, Ali Nazemi, Hassan Maarefi, Burak Catli, Afshin Momtaz
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Publication number: 20140126614Abstract: A communication system is described that includes a transmitter to transmit data using one or more drivers. The drivers may drive the data in a manner that accords with pre-emphasis being selectively enabled or disabled for each driver. The pre-emphasis, when enabled, is applied by corresponding driver. The drivers may also be programmably selected and enabled or disabled. The transmitter also includes one or more driver selection circuits. The driver selection circuits may be configured to select one or more of the drivers to transmit the data, to selectively enable or disable pre-emphasis to be applied by each of the selected drivers, and to provide the data, or representations thereof, to the selected drivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Hassan Maarefi, Siavash Fallahi
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Publication number: 20140104086Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for a DSP receiver with an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having high speed, low BER performance with low power and area requirements. Speed is increased for multi-path ADC configurations by resolving a conventional bottleneck. ADC performance is improved by integrating calibration and error detection and correction, such as distributed offset calibration and redundant comparators. Power and area requirements are dramatically reduced by using low BER rectification to nearly halve the number of comparators in a conventional high speed, low BER flash ADC.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Bo Zhang, Ali Nazemi, Mahmoud Reza Ahmadi, Afshin Momtaz, Heng Zhang, Hassan Maarefi
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Publication number: 20120169428Abstract: A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) may include a stack of a plurality of non-connected inductors that are magnetically and/or electrically through capacitor (AC) coupled to each other and not directly physically connected to each other. The plurality of inductors includes a first inductor connected to a supply voltage and a second inductor connected to a VCO control voltage. The VCO may include a first varactor having a gate coupled to a first terminal of the second inductor to receive the VCO control voltage, a second varactor having a gate coupled to a second terminal of the second inductor to receive the VCO control voltage, and an oscillator sub-circuit coupled to first and second terminals of the first inductor. In one example implementation, the second inductor may contribute to the overall inductance of the inductor stack and provide AC decoupling and/or DC coupling between the VCO control voltage and the varactor(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Hassan Maarefi, Afshin Momtaz
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Publication number: 20080317165Abstract: In one embodiment the present invention includes a method of calibrating the frequency response of a transmitter comprising generating a plurality of calibration tones across a frequency range, coupling the plurality of calibration tones to an input of said transmitter, detecting the plurality of calibration tones at an output in said transmitter, and in accordance therewith, generating a plurality of calibration values, receiving digital data to be transmitted, the digital data comprising a plurality of frequency components in said frequency range, and calibrating said frequency components of said digital data using the calibration values.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: WiLinx Inc.Inventors: Mahdi Bagheri, Rahim Bagheri, Saeed Chehrazi, Masoud Djafari, Hassan Maarefi, Ahmad Mirzaei, Edris Rostami, Alireza Tarighat-Mehrabani